David Blaine

Saw part of a program on the Travel Channel on David Blaine; fascinated. David Blaine: What is Magic? Not the least of my fascination was his racial and ethnic identity: he seemed black skinned, sort of, but I wasn't sure. Turns out: Blaine was born David Blaine White in Brooklyn, New York and is of Puerto Rican descent on his father's side, and Russian Jewish on his mother's.