"You are *como* helping me through this" JAJAJAJAJAJAJ La amo

I’m native Mexican, and my abuela is “Morena” real morena 👵🏽 but she’s soooooo colorist, if a baby it’s not white it’s not cute, and it’s kinda sad :/ to me.

I'm Panamanian, so Spanish is my first language, and even though I can communicate perfectly in English, I do have my accent. Long story short: I used to work at a Call Centre, and One guy from the US Called and asked for my name. So I said: My name is Eric. But he said that that's impossible and my real name might be Enrico. He also told me that his brother's name is Eric but his brother is white and tall... 'Till this day, I don't know how he was able to see me over the phone, and for the record, I'm blonde, and 6'4." Another time, I woman asked for my full name and looked for me on Facebook. But she couldn't believe it was me because there was a white man in the picture... Americans believe that all Spanish Speakers look like Aztecs. Maybe we should blame Hollywood. They have no idea that Argentinians and Spaniards are very much white and they can also speak Spanish.

To the world, Joanna is simply white. To the US, Joanna is white, "but...". Because... 'murica.

I'm a blond Brazilian with no accent, my privilege is that everyone in the US just assumed I was a citizen before I even got my citizenship

I´m a pale latino lliving in Canada... and keeping my mouth shut is the best camouflage I have ever worn.

I feel like Joanna is a lot of people right now during the BLM Movement ...

I am of South Asian origin and colourism is also a huge issue in my ethnic group. The cruelty of this mindset is unspeakable. One of the reasons why I became a beauty writer was because my childhood friend who was quite dark-skinned rejected a compliment I gave about her looks. I envied her perfect skin, slimness and cute nose, and I told her that she was pretty. I emphasise: She was pretty! She looked at me and said that she would never be considered pretty because she was not as light as me and another girl of South Asian origin in our class. I was shocked and told my mom. Mom was very matter-of-fact about how cruel the culture can be and that is why she tried her best to raise my brother and I with a more open minded approach. I never forgot my friend's sadness. Now, when I write beauty stories I strive to include shades for all South Asian skin tones and insert compliments, so that I am inclusive and reinforce this truth: all skin tones are lovely and pretty. It would sadden me if I wrote a story for South Asians and someone felt less than or left out. I despise colourism.

"That's not sexism... that's Joannaism" 😆

im a pasty pale mexican with blue eyes/ black hair, I no longer live in the US anymore but when i did, the anglos thought i was one of them until they heard my very hispanic last name. I would listen to them make some subtle racist remarks about hispanics and blacks and I always got the feeling they did that bc they thought of me as not being "actually latino". I eventually left that friend group and joined the black/hispanic kids lol. (the school was majority hispanic (of all shades/colors) and the white kids alI had their own group and so did the asians, ) I believe white latinos definitely have privilege because we can blend in with the anglo american peeps. Afro latinos also blend in with african americans. So we're not as "singled out" or the target of an attack because people assume were not immigrants. Americans are OBSESSED with race. Im not even exaggerating. Unlike Latin American countries in which the people identify as their nationality first, in the US, people identify as their race first. That's why you can slice through the racial tension with a butter knife. That's why the country is so divided.

"You are *como* helping me" 1:47 Joanna's venezuelan spanish glitched out there. It corrupted her english for a bit lmao

I have a lot of stories about colorism. I'm from Argentina. One of my aunts was born with dark complexion, and the sister of her father wanted to put bleach on her hair and skin to clear it, when she was a baby. The grandmother of my neighbor use to tell her that if she drank a lot of milk, she will get whiter. My mother is half aborigin, so her skin is dark, and when her sister was a baby, her aunts thougt that she was dirgthy so they tried to brush her skin in process to clean her

Joanna is my favorite

JOHANNA! PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION IN NICARAGUA. IT'S SIMILAR TO VENEZUELA'S PLEASE. IT'S URGENT. PEOPLE ARE DYING HERE.

One privilege that I've noticed I've had even more during these past few years is birthright citizenship here in the US. As a woman of color growing up in the US I never considered myself a privileged person until I started college. I grew up in a Mexican community, so we all had a very similar lifestyle; however, I started noticing how it was easier for me to apply for things like financial aid while some of my friends where DACA students. I noticed things that required anything to do with laws were just easier for me. I've also had a recent feeling of this privelege while dating my current boyfriend. He was born and raised in India, and he's currently working here on an H1B visa. He's applied to get his visa renewed right before the quarantine, but now with Trump considering a ban on immigration, he has to worry about what to do if his renewal is denied. He also constantly lives in fear about breaking laws or regulations since any police record would badly hurt his visa status. So small things I wouldn't think about like driving past the speed limit or j-walking are constantly on his mind. The more time I spend with people of different cultures and backgrounds, it becomes clearer and clearer the amount of privilege I really have

Loved this. I’m a white Venezuelan too and it’s truly a weird space- people are nice until they realize you’re not from here and then it’s “go back to your banana republic nation” (been actually told that by none other than my sister in law who says she’s not racist but boy can she hit below the belt when she’s mad and it suits her). I’m also from a mixed family- my stepdad was black, my sister is half Venezuelan and half black and because of my dad (stepdad), I have a lot of black family. I’ve seen their struggles and compared to me it’s nothing. All we can do is support each other and stand up for one another when needed.

I have a completely different experience in the US than I do in the UK.People honestly seem like they can’t place me there (In the US) I’m not sure why the idea of a brown person with an admittedly kind of posh English accent is weird or unexpected.I’ve been told I act white (which is a concept I will never understand.I honestly never encounter racism at all in a way that upsets me or is noticeable in London though.I used to a tiny bit but nothing ever really in my adult life. Last year I was in San Fran and I asked a black police officer where a street was.I was utterly taken aback when he made a joke about black solidarity.I just felt like the “ us and them” thing is a lot more pronounced in the US.Ofcourse it’s very clear here in the UK too ,except,in the US I can feel this poisonous feeling of “us and them” lurking in the ether.

I’m German-American. So I’m pretty white, what’s funny is that I went to Peru to see the Machu Pichu and made a couple of friends. My Peruvian friend had the chance to visit USA for about a few weeks. Get this, he’s German-Peruvian. He looks as much white as I do. And some people asked him if he felt oppressed. Ethnically we’re the same, nationality, we’re different. My country can be dumb sometimes... well at many times.

"a snake but furry" FERRET THE WORD IS FERRET

A big & usually overlooked component is that it’s all local. Having lived in different parts of the USA and traveled internationally, I can say that the types and amounts of racism varies drastically depending on your current location and the local culture. Though it never goes away, it expresses differently.

Joanna is more like horchata with too much cinnamon, definitely not mayo.

For me all of this is confusing because half my family is really white and the other half is of color, both my sisters are white, and I'm not. But considering the fact that I'm Venezuelan, and my family is really mix I don't feel like they are more privilege than me

Since when did being white require you to speak English? The color of your skin does not determine the language you should speak. There are different colored people speaking English in England and yet they aren't asked why they're not white. In fact, a white person is considered to be from Europe which has tons of languages and it's also a very loose definition because I've seen many Europeans who have darker skin pigmentation than Latinos because they're mixed with African and other nationalities. So answer this question for me, what is a European?

I always thought all humans were people of color including blond blue eyed people, until I moved to the states.

I'm from Colombia with a rather subtle tanned skin color, but I never felt like I had any privileges or disadvantages because of it. I lived in Germany for a while, and people just assumed I was from Spain or Italy, even some people would think I was from South Asia. The funny thing is that no one ever asked me if I was latino.

I have the privilege of not knowing how many privileges I have...

1:46 "I love you are *como* helping me" XD spanglish.

Here's a crazy thought: color biases exist and should be dealt with and at the same time people shouldn't feel ashamed about being white.

the green screen doesnt work well with joannas hair today

Colorism is racism wearing pastels. I'm the most morena in my family and everybody calls me "la negra". I have a good job and make money and even so, "white people" tend to look at me like I am the maid of the place and not the owner. Me encanta to canal Joanna. Por cierto, Soy Chilena y no somos tan raros como piensas. 💙💙💙💙

Privilege isn’t something that gives you an advantage in everything. It’s something that gives you an advantage in certain things and a disadvantage in other things due to the certain privileges of other people.

I wish I had the privilege to walk into my AP classes at my majority white school without getting dumbfounded looks and having teachers ask me if I’m in the right classroom or if I’m lost

I'm from Spain and I'm living in San Francisco. One side, white people are surprise that I can speak Spanish (I'm from Spain what the hell do you think I speak!? French!?) and the other side, latinos are very surprise! Sometimes they look me weird, they distrust me, they look like "how? you are white.. you are trying to trick us!" Thank you for share about Colorism!!

When I dyed my hair blonde, people used to say that “I looked good as blonde because I have a lighter color skin, ergo I didn’t looked cheap”... I supposed they though that was a great compliment... that I was white enough to be blonde...

I am a dark "white" person and i was subjected to a LOT of colorism. I was born in Tennessee and constantly had strangers demanding to know where i am from. I said "here" and they would be like, "no, i mean what country are you from?" 🤦‍♀️

Thanks for the video, very interesting. I'm not of colour, but I am an immigrant in Australia and people sometimes treat me differently because of my accent (is that 'languagism'?). Some people seem to think that I'm less intelligent because I don't sound like them, even though they don't speak another language and have never been out of their own country. So I guess being born in the country you live in is also a privilege, regardless of colour. I feel privileged that I was accepted into this country, but that has nothing to do with my race or culture.

I live in Peru. I have Italian ancestry so I'm light skinned, but not entirely white. My sisters are whiter, but they're charged more in the taxis because they look like gringa

I don't think you can simply always explain colorism as "internalized white superiority" yes its true among latin american countries/ african american communities. But what about Indian, and other Asian Cultures? Light skin has been seen as "superior" in general without white people as a standard even before colonization.

1:47 "I love that you are 'como' helping me through this" LOL! You sound like the people I grew up with and actually look like some of them. You're not alone! I was once cast in a play because I had a Spanish last name (well...and I can do a Spanish accent) and they said "We need a person of color" I was looking around. Then it dawned on me. "Me? I am a person of color? Cool!" He's like "So am I" he was a total white jewish dude who looked a little more ethnic than me, I was like "wait, you consider yourself a person of color? That was short lived."

I think “privilege” changes with where you’re at and who’s around you. I’m mestiza but have very light skin and an Italian last name. Most people think I’m Russian or Armenian or just American (white). I had issues in school with other Latinos (mostly Mexican ) kids who were very racist against me (they thought I was Russian) and would speak about me in Spanish not thinking I knew what they were saying. I kept it that way, I wanted to know what people were saying about me and their deep dark secrets lmaoo! I was denied job interviews because they wanted someone who spoke Spanish. When I told them I knew how to speak Spanish, they said they needed native speakers and literally ignored me. same happened in a mostly African American neighborhood where I asked for an application and I was told they weren’t hiring. Man right behind me asked the same thing and was happily given one! Of course, this happens a LOT to darker skinned people, but let’s not pretend it doesn’t go both ways!

Now I know I'm toilet-white

Funny thing that happens to me in Brazil: nobody cares if I'm black! We joke about it all the time and it doesn't feel wrong you know? It's the best

My privilege as a white person in the US: people don't make racist assumptions about me character or motivations in every public situation or interaction. Privileges I wish I had but don't have as a disabled female American: the ability to speak with much more limited interruptions, the privilege of not being touched casually by strangers on a frequent basis, the privilege of NOT being called "honey" or "girl" (i.e. 'Well, one of the other girls said something else when I talked to her') even though I'm over 40), and many more.

I laughed so hard when she said " ... You are COMO helping me ... " hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

I love that she has an actual person of color with her to talk about privilege instead of just white people talking about it with other white people

I LOVE YOU Joanna!!! Me he visto todos tus videos en solo 3 días!

I’m black, Korean, native Hawaiian, and white, but look white. So I understand where Joanna stands.

Good Job with the vlog! I am of Mexican descent and a fourth-generational Latino. The only place where I experienced my culture was at church, which was a Spanish speaking Methodist Church that was established in the early 1900's. My parents never taught us Spanish because they felt we needed to be strong in one language, so they went with English. My mother continued to make Mexican food, but she also made American standards as well. I was always the only Latino in my classes, but I never felt out of place. My friends never said any racial slurs to me or made me ever feel different. Could be I was with them from kindergarten up to high school. My childhood was very near perfect. I was born with a natural tan but light hair that was blonde before it got darker? I honestly have felt very fortunate in that I was raised how I was. I didn't have any problems at school until middle school, which is when other latino kids told me I should not be with the white kids? I explained to them that I was raised with them, we all grew up together. Then they would call me names that I didn't understand? By high school I was already feeling kind of like I didn't fit in any place? So now this school was really anglo, but I didn't grow up with them? So I had to make friends the regular way. After graduation I was back to normal for me. I've learned that my sisters and I should just consider ourselves fortunate in that my family tried to give us a good life. I learned Spanish later when I worked as a teacher at a local elementary school which was 98% Hispanic/Latino? Sometimes I kind of feel like I've had two lives going on at the same time. My mother being from Kansas and living on a farm, she taught us about the mid-west culture. I am very proud to say that I am of Mexican descent, and that my heritage of being American goes far back. Now, as a older adult I have met many other hispanics that have been fully assimilated as well. We're out there, we just blend I guess. I even feel that today when our differences become foreign and different to the dominant culture, problem can arise. That is up for academic discussion...Thank you and keep up the good work!

Lol omg I was just talking to my friend about this when it comes to Asian Latinos....(I obviously am neither, but still!). Idk...I just noticed it a lot when I went to Costa Rica and Asian Latinos were discriminated against but so were Black/darker skinned Latinos (Nicaraguans, people from Limón, who are also people usually people from the Caribbean or Nicaragua). So it really made me wonder what people expected a Latino to look like. I say the same when it comes to the black community. Like if dark skins are bad and light skins are considered “too white”, what is a black person supposed to look like? Colorism within communities of color is interesting and weird all at the same time. Because really if you think about it if we all go to America where people hate you just for being a minority, colorism kinda doesn’t seem that important anymore. **runs away because I may have said something truthful but I’m also an awkward person who doesn’t have the Spanish level yet to fight with people who might call me a pendeja**

I really appreciate this video! As a lighter skinned Hispanic woman born and raised in CA, I never really understood or appreciated the privileges that I have; and since moving to WA have found myself confused about where I fit in conversations about race. It's more black/white here in Seattle, where in the small town I grew up in it was different shades of brown plus white people. I also totally recognize colorism everywhere now. I even catch myself thinking in that way unfortunately :/

Man, I think that I will put subtitles in this video to share with my family, especially, aunts and uncles. It's very good Joanna you give the "place of speech" to Akilah that obviously has so much to say and feels in the skin everyday.

"you're like aioli" y'all have no idea how much this made everything finally make sense to me"

Honestly privilege in South America (at least Venezuela) is based more on how much money you have then race. Although more often than not because of slavery white people are more economically advantaged

Ok here is the confusing part, I'm also a white venezuelan who got to live racism both from government officials (institutional racism) and people of color, who are the majority in Venezuela, when I was a kid they would say racist jokes about my skincolor, and then when I grew up I got kidnapped by corrupt policemen because they assumed I was rich because of my skin color, and then got beat up and called racist slur like "Gringuito de mierda maricon", so I can tell you about REAL racism first hand, but still you think I have "White Privilege"?? This is just cultural marxist propaganda Joanna, don't apologize for being white, and trust me, thes days it is IMPOSSIBLE not to offend anyone, getting offended is a choise.

My privelege is different. I’m from the Caribbean. I’m a shapely, brown skinned, curly haired, mixed girl and that alone is privilege for me on my island because those characteristics are aesthetically desired, if I were lighter skinned, I would have more privelege but being brown skinned and obviously mixed is an advantage for me because people find it exotic. Which I think is different in the states where I won’t be considered multiracial but black.

Te quiero, Joanna! This is honestly a wonderful vid

Soy chilena y soy alta y blanquita (debo hablar como chilena para que me crean!). Mis ex-suegros se alegraron mucho al verme y me dijeron "qué bueno es es blanca". Por ser alta, igual me sueen tomar más en serio, a veces incluso me tratan como hombre y por lo tanto puedo evitar que me saluden de besos y abrazos (gosh qué molesto eso, es lo peor que te obliguen a darle besos en la mejilla a todos sólo porque "soy mujer y las mujeres lo hacen"). Por ser blanca me han dicho "creí que eras extranjera" pero con voz dulce, no como cuando hablan de haitianos, colombianos y otros latinoamericanos viviendo en Chile. Lo bueno es que no soy "totalmente blanca", tengo mis caderas latinas ;) así que tuve suerte con la mezcla hahahaha.

I also think it's important how race is very dependable on where you are, since there are huge differences between black Americans, and black Africans, same way with white americans, and white Europeans.

5:07 But that's not a real thing... Quetzalcoatl: HHMMM??!?!

Tight rope of shame! LOL This was a great conversation. It's key to TALK and get a respectful conversation going. Using comedy is a great way to relax people on serious subjects. Thank you my friend!

what an unconfortable video. But why?

I am mix race but my skin is white, my hair is extremely curly I don't fit in with being white or black, everyone just puts a little bit of hatred into me because I'm Brazilian and living in a all white or black place.... idk

This video made me subscribe. Love that you're hitting hard to talk about topics.

can someone help me what's the song at 3:38. am i stupid and is it stock music or is it an instrumental to an actual song help

Privileges I wish I had: the ability to go to any country without being murdered just for being gay, be able to get married, adopt kids, not be able to be turned down from an ambulance and a lot of other just basic human things. (Still love being gay though)

Bruh, just use clear bandages Also privilege I have: no sunburns! And I never have to worry about my tan!

gosh, I was really just thinking about that today. thanks!

Loved this thanks joanna

Omg when Akilah says “I’m Akilah” in Aussie English it sounds pretty much like “I’m a killer” 😂 lol

I’m glad to see that now I have a race to feel represented with: Aioli

“You are, como, helping me through this” oh bilingual code switching 😂

“Put that 23 and Me away blackie” I should not have laughed as hard as I did at that.......pero I did....

saludos de una venezolana en alemania

I don't understand why in the US everything is about color, race, background. That sh.t doesn't matter. What really matters for me is the manners, culture (knowledge about things, languages, others), emotions, not silly and stupid things such as color or where you were born.

Whats the color of her braids i want to do it this summer

3:00 SISTA BROKE IT DOWN SO SIMPLY! THANK YOU!

I’m a third generation Spaniard-Mexican. People are like “oh you don’t look Mexican” and I can go into any fancy store without having people looking at me like I am about to steal something. Policemen do talk to me a little nicer. People give me compliments when I get tan. Lol.

How the f&%$ Joanna is not consider white af?

“Off the top of your head, what are some privileges that you know you enjoy?” k

Ok I know this isn’t the topic but Akilah’s makeup is so cute! Thank you for having her represent

Thank you 👏👏👏👏👏👏 because it's true. Jo passes as white and people don't question why she's there. People love your videos because they don't sound like a dark latina "complaining about everything". The videos are considered "funny" and not "another foreigner telling us how to behave in our country" video.

You know what I love about living in Latin America, this insane PC culture doesn't exist. It's come to the point where you're all comparing people's privilege and who's got it worse. It's pretty insane and counter productive in my opinion. All love Johanna, you shouldn't be scared to share your opinion. Why don't you make one on antisemitism? I've seen a lot of it lately.

My grandfather was born in Poland but fled to Peru as a child because he was a Jew and the Nazis rose to power. His family became wealthy after opening a fish factory, and he eventually became a surgeon. I don’t know if that was privilege or not.

Omg. Loved akilah. She should be featured on ur video more. Great discussion. Love it.

yes I think colorism is so real, bc in my school ppl always make jokes about the "morenito" como que no queriendo la cosa en las bromas y luego la clasica frase de "ando trabajando como negro" es decir es como si que decimos muchas cosas sin realmente pensarlas o darles el peso que tienen... si se fijan el estereotipo de belleza siempre es hacia pieles, cabello, ojos de color mas claros, (sacan siempre productos de belleza para aclarar la piel de la cara, aclarar tu cabello, y ponerte pupilentes) en todas las culturas. Y en latinoamerica existe no es racismo tal cual pero es mucho colorism.

You are racially white. Not anglo white. Ethnic white and ethnically Latina.

I absolutely LOOOOOVED this

OMG, bring Akilah more often!!! That was awesome!

I have been told I'm not latina because I'm white and have been treated like shit by other latinos until they hear me speak in Spanish. And I am from Costa Rica

definitivo yo en venezuela nunca pense en el racismo pero ahora si entiendo la diferencia de color y racismo. Gracias excelente se nota la diferencia aqui en USA

It’s pretty crazy how perspectives on privilege can be impaired by your environment - we knew we were privileged af in Boston, but couldn’t see the scope of it till we moved to the USVI and got away from that total lack of diversity. Figuring out how to be a good Allie takes time and some legit uncomfortable convos - I love how you frame it (as always)! Also - 2pm is wayyyy late for a beer

I love how you can have a discussion like this in a casual, relaxed context without anyone getting mad.

Im privileged because I can do a really convincing cat "meow."

I'm Asian living in America so when I was in school, teachers always acted nicer to me compared to other students 😆

I´m Puerto Rican and white...even though my father was black (Puerto Rican but black). I studied in the USA for a year and traveled there and I haven´t experienced racism. Then I moved to Spain and everybody thinks of me as another Spanish. People even have told me so.

2 cousins, sons of Italian immigrants. One grows up in Argentina. The other grows up in the US. The one from Argentina moves to the US, and is immediately labeled a "victim". The other is labeled as the "oppressor".

I've seen band-aids for darker skin.. At my local CVS

I was at a self checkout at my local grocery store and I had the voice on Spanish because I knew what it was saying (I'm half Latino), and some guy in another line glared at me with disgust. I am visibly not completely white, so it's not like I looked like I was just doing it because. My brother was with me, so I started speaking to him in Spanish when I saw the guy looking at me just for kicks and he looked almost angry!

I was really lucky to attend to an school in where there was people from all type of countries, cultures and "colours", so I could live everyday with all this people and never had to ask if someone was better for being white or not, we were all equals, I was bullied a lot, but I am white, so it has nothing to do with racism or even colourism. I could grow up between all sorts of "colours" and that let me be a respectful and open minded person. So thankful with these teachers and school!! I was lucky for my education 😊

did you say "that you are como helping me" xD