Going purely by what I have read on the internet (I know, I know), it seems that Halle Berry's Afro-American father walked out on the family when she was four, leaving the family to struggle in poverty in a deprived inner-city neighbourhood. Her (white) mother took on extra work, encouraged her in her career, and found the money to put her through stage school. If all this is true, how come Halle insists on being called 'black', and is quoted as being pretty scathing about the white audiences who see her films? Just asking.