Tyrese Gibson wishes he was born Latino because the community is “grounded in family” and tradition.
Tyrese’s ex-wife, Samantha Lee, filed for contempt of court against her ex-husband, claiming that he failed to pay child support for their daughter.
The actor’s contentious divorce battle with his ex-wife has dragged on for years.
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Lee accused Tyrese of failing to pay his court-ordered child support of $10,690 for their 4-year-old daughter, Soraya.
A frustrated Tyrese took to social media to vent.
He shared a video of adult children gifting their father with a new truck.
“Sometimes I wish I was born Latino,” Tyrese wrote in a lengthy caption.
“I mean the Latin community is grounded in family, loyal, entrepreneurs, businessman, and women literally represent the dream, the grind the hustle doing whatever it takes to stick together against all odds.”
He continued: “I’ve learned a lot from the Jewish community sticking together eating dinner every Friday together. I’ve learned a lot about the Muslim community throughout all my travels in the Middle East. They have a father structure where they honor their fathers…”
“I have no idea how we lost our way.. We can’t get anything done and accomplished, as a fragmented culture… insecure, threatened by each other … Competitive towards our own race, killing ourselves every single day frivolously the majority of us is black men and the millions are locked up in prison.”
Tyrese referenced a recent statistic that shows 70% of inmates serving life in prison are Black.
He concluded: “Of course we ARE we are beyond powerful, influential and successful, but imagine if we all linked up like other communities have linked? Poured and built up on each other Instead of moving like fragmented and dysfunctional… We have what it TAKES to take over the WORLD!!! We are nothing trying to do it ALONE!! Please chime in… Would love to know your thoughts on this.”
