I was just coming to comment about how beautiful this video was!!! You're literally so talented and gorgeous

I see the quotes around it. I get it. That's a rough title. Something obviously used against us. But then again, that's everything lol

I love the pole dance opera combo on TikTok I quite literally was mesmerized for a min before I realized it was you❤❤❤❤

Dad says yes. Mom says boy we not doing that 😂

@@coffeewednesday553you are not the authority. You might not think they’re ethnically mixed but that doesn’t make it untrue. Open your mind and heart. Personally, after reading the definition of ethnic, I can definitely see how being ethnically mixed is a thing. I’m interested as to why you think it isn’t.

Thiiiis, my aunt was indigenous, so my phenotypes resemble one. Its what most people call me, saying that I am black its forgetting my native american ancestry.

I once heard someone say that the oppression of Black people in America is tied to making us as hypervisible as possible, while the oppression of Indigenous people is tied to making them as invisible as possible, and I think that definitely comes into play here.

some of the most heartbreaking research ive done into my lineage is the melungeon history for this reason :/ (disclaimer: info on us is hard to find and i would recommend only trusting african sources bc thats where we were first historically recorded)

@@kaylyn3996 you definitely nailed it. That is what I was getting at but you said that in a much more concise way than I could manage.

the US government forcing native american people to "prove" their ancestry is a genocide in its own right, they try to conflate being indigenous with blood quantum when indigenous people say over and over again that it's not a race etc. it's a culture that is passed down. but even if that culture is passed down to you, the government won't recognize it if you can't "prove" it for them personally, which ends up erasing more and more indigenous people and their cultures.

Period! NOBODY can tell ANYBODY what THEIR lived experience is just bc they’re suffering from insecurity, resentment and or inadequacy which I as a Caribbean American Black woman feel is the ROOT of why I’ve ONLY been seeing monoracial BW at the HELM of these trash revisionist gaslighting delulu think-pieces about OTHER mixed race Black WOMEN, it’s never abt the mixed race Blk MALES. It’s very clear to me by them being the only ones spearheading these discussions the past few yrs on twitter and KZfaq. It’s very much giving projection that the LIGHT SKINNED biracial Blk girlies are beneficiaries of colorism-a system they did not create yet receive all the flak for because they’re pedestalized in the Blk community by colorist Blk folks and mainly colorist Blk MALES. It’s always abt desirability for women and jealousy. Projection projection projection. I emphasized and put in all caps the term light skinned bc God knows these same “pro Black” “Black” women, who posture themselves as Blk superiority while they themselves are descendants of chattel slavery and are mixed, do not give af about including biracial Ryan Destiny in their “she ain’t Blk she biracial” delulu rants, bc her dark skin and beauty validates these women and makes them feel represented as far as dark skin beauty goes, which is fine, except it’s insanely hypocritical lol. Notice how these same “pro black” anti-Black descendants of chattel slavery who love to stoke yt supremacist divide&conquer tactics and are unfailingly women, never got the same energy for Malcom X who was biracial and both fought and died on behalf of ALL Blk folks , Frederick Douglass who DESPITE being biracial was born into slavery and became an abolitionist, Bob Marley who was biracial, Jimi Hendrix, Prince who was visibly MIXED, Lenny Kravitz who is MIXED, Colin Kaepernick, J Cole, Drake, Joyner Lucas, not even Rihanna who has a biracial FATHER and a yt grandparent, lol, not even Beyoncé who is CREOLE aka inherently MIXED race with a mother who is VISIBLY mixed and who was even white presenting upon first look to Beyoncé’s father according to him, nah, Rihanna and Beyoncé are convenient enough for these anti Black perpetually resentful women to claim as Black women since they are by far the most positive representation for us in the media, and bc of course they came out during a time when these “she ain’t Blk she biracial” delulu rants weren’t being spouted since there was no social media thus nobody was crazed enough to say that bs in person. Point is, it’s ONLY EVER the LIGHT SKINNED, biracial Black WOMEN, never the males. Why? Bc it’s a projection of RESENTMENT on their end that LS biracial BW are pedestalized in the community due to hue, and bc they benefit from colorism and or featurism which makes them more desirable superficially according to these systems. Their shxt is never rooted in reality or fact rather than projection and petty ass jealousy abt not feeling as tho they’re seen enough in the media so let’s just lash out by saying that the biracial Blk girlies ain’t Blk and gaslight them until they’re beaten down and brainwashed enough to create a “lightskin” and or “mixed” community. Lol.

You know who else they don’t say “she’s biracial not Black” abt? Lauren London. She came out during a time when that bs wasn’t being spouted too and any anti Black monoracial “Black” woman knows that she would b looked at crazily if she attempted to say that Lauren wasn’t Black. They pick and choose and think that God descended from the sky and knighted them gatekeepers of Blackness lmao. Also, referring to the inherently revisionist and incorrect title of this video in which the topic is so played out at this point, the one drop rule upon its creation as a concept historically NEVER ONCE applied to HALF BLACK people as they were Black then and now and as their having a Black PARENT would indicate more than a “drop of Blackness” I mean it’s pretty self explanatory and yet creators like this knowingly continue to spread lies re the term to ostracize biracial Blk people it seems; the concept applied to WHITE PEOPLE with DISTANT AFRICAN ANCESTRY who upon getting found out by their yt counterparts, were ostracized by white folks and had their privileges revoked according to their DROP OF BLACKNESS. It’s easier to say it applied to biracial Blk people tho with 50% African ancestry although easily disputable so that it could convenience the argument of these anti Blk women many of whom are, again, descendants of chattel slavery and yet think they’re 100% African and have authority to tell light skinned BW how they navigate society, that are looking to push them out of Blackness due to their deep seated insecurity and resentment about their phenotypes. Beyoncé herself is mixed and although the anti Black bitter Betty’s attempted to say that her light skinned behind was “tryna be white” even tho she only did what heaps of Black women have done before her regarding the wearing of a blonde wig , not even now is the critique that “she ain’t Black she mixed,” bc THEY know how much backlash they’d get. So they go for the light skinned Blk women who are not as revered to lash out at. Like Yara Shahidi, like Tyla, like Ice Spice, like Cardi B, like Zendaya, like Tracee Ellis Ross etc. All to say, I agree with you. Blackness is more than skin color; it’s a birthright, it’s culture. You have it. Nobody can tell anybody how THEY navigate society. I remember in 2020 reading in the news how a biracial, lightskinned Black girl with “pretty privilege” who would’ve never suffered from racism according to many of these anti Black “Black” women, suffered from an acid attack IN the states by white supremacists. Claim ur Blackness until the day you mf die regardless of what these chronically online, envious, anti Black “black” women who constantly switch up the goal posts according to who the subject is b sayin. Blackness comes in different shades and it is very diverse, it always has been. This is a reality those kind of women want to eradicate bc for their own reasons, they want to b the only depiction of Blackness and the only source of coolness in the US, it ain’t gonna happen tho. Frederick Douglass the abolitionist was “biracial” yet born into slavery. Malcom X was mixed and yet was a leader for ALL. Please.

@@SupernaturalLove100I understand your point, it is true that some people underestimate the discrimination that mixed people go through. However, I do think that it is a disservice to the complexity of the mixed identity to just call anyone with one black ancestor black, why can’t they be both ?

Same. I'm Black/Japanese

If you bircial then you biracial. Don’t let nobody tell you different from what you born with chile

Im the same but im closer in skin tone to my Mexican friends. If my hair is natural black and white people are after me. But if i braid it then im racist. If I straighten it im every other mixed girl.

like H.E.R is mixed and no one questions whether shes black ….

My wife is brown and darker than me, she is mixed ethnicity white British mother and Afro Caribbean father. I have four ethnic mixes in me and Jewish, German white, west African dominant ancestry and Indian.

Correct. This is especially true in the American context when most Black Americans have mixed ancestry. It also becomes obnoxious when others try to redefine who gets to be part of an ethnicity that fought 400+ years to be free.

@@ScoobySnacksYum not even most more than 90 percent are mixed. Sometimes heavily and they still mostly look black but nobody cares about perentages if someone looks slightly african. In the end the dominant phenotype dominates especially if a person is in the sun all the time and doesn't straighten or color their hair or wear wigs. The reality is most other 'races' don't like anyone who even looks black and they end up being rejected if they don't look like their other side. People arguing with the one drop rule are arguing with the wall. Be mad at the people who are racist and refuse to accept members of their race who look different. But they won't. They'd rather make videos talking to the black community about an issue we have no control over. Argue with asians who don't like dark skinned individuals of their race and call them black people, or with middle easterners and europeans who dislike black features. It's annoying cause in reality interracial mixing isn't new at all. The reality is if other races wanted to accept black looking offspring they would of been did it thousands of years ago. Even if they look mostly like the other race all they see is the tiny bit of black in them.

I'm half black but everyone thinks I'm Spanish. I just turn my brain off when people get *this* deep into the rabbit hole. Been there, done that.

You rambling is always appreciated

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That last part! We need to center those affected by colorism and and anti-blackness, and build a community that is politically engaged and caring for each other.

Well Said. 👏🏾

Thank you so much! Too many people be making up their own history around how the one drop rule came about

Also, fun fact we also have a large influence from Indonesian culture, so we have heritage from Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and India, so you KNOW our food is delicious 😂😂

It's also important to know that many (if not most, in my experience) coloured people identify with the political Blackness, whether is the struggle for black liberation, pan-africanism, economic empowerment, etc. We recognise that we're are Africans and are affected by anti-blackness, but in South Africa we don't think that recognising our cultural differences prevents solidarity.

This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing

this is interesting! it reminds me of creole people of louisiana which is my dad's side

It's also important to note that the reason Trevor identified as black was because the Apartheid regime didn't recognize mixed race children and he had to "pass as black" so he could not be taken away from his parents. Most mixed race children born post Apartheid identity as mixed race

This comment is an example of how instead of saying “I don’t know where to fit in” you could be yourself, and that’s how there are very proud coloured/mixed communities within Africa. A lot of people’s issues with being biracial is claiming it’s not a race but as you’ve shown, it can be if you want it to be. If you’re not afraid to make it so.

@@faaizahkhan9959 awe awe

lol.

I'm pretty sure there were tons of nice non stereotypical black women you could've befriended

​@libfuzzy4629 How can you be sure of that? I'm mixed, and from 6-12th grade, I had one black female friend who accepted me. I was friendly, but they were either not interested or catty. I was friends with mostly foreign students or students who were 1st generation born in the USA. White girls usually weren't interested in being friends with me either. As an adult I have awesome adult black women friends though 😊

@@CiaoColeG I can see that , im Haitian american I don't fit in with most blacks but haven't had issues with running into black women who also aren't stereotypical. I've never discriminated against mixed race women. For me forming friendships has more to do with shared values and Interest

well of course you were treated differently, you ARE different. you're not fully Mexican or black, otherwise you would have to pick one side. why didn't you just befriend other mixed people? and let's add the societal context of half-black, biracial women being a preferred standard of black beauty/feminity/womanhood over mono-racial black women, the perpetuation of that standard in skin preferences, hair preferences, eye-colour preferences proliferated throughout media and how that deeply affects the self-esteem of young, black girls. and could contribute to our/their aversion towards you as children. outside of the basic human tendancy to gravitate towards and form communities around people who are similar to you and reject people who aren't, especially as children. but hopefully as we enter a less racially segregated world, children will be less likely to discriminate against each other based on race.

MEXICAN is not a race!

This bothers me too, southerners are whiter, that doesn’t mean we aren’t south american or that we don’t speak spanish just because of being yt

No. It doesn’t sound like eugenics in the slightest.

If you don't a black mother and black father your not black. That's just a fact.

The word you're looking for is ethnostate. There's this idea that nation states should contain within own borders only one ethnic group which is very easily translated into one race It's usually an internal issue. In an x country you will find nationalists rejecting immigrants (even white immigrants) and subjugating ethnic minorities (again, whiteness won't always save you). Sometimes it's projected from the outside. Like Americans being surprised that there're black Irish people. Or that there're French minorities in Germany Or maybe it's just bigotry. There're so many form of it

I'm mixed with black n Mexican, my mom worked really hard to raise us with a fusion of both cultures so we identify as mixed. My sister gets told all the time she not black because of her light skin an Hispanic looks, I get told I have self hate because I don't identify only as black. All this mind you is being told to us by black people. In my personal experience, it appears the black community picks n chooses when to acknowledge its mixed populous.

yo that's wild. I hope you found a more educated and supportive therapist

You just reminded me of the time I was getting ready for a solo at church and the organist told me that I was sounding half white and half black and I just had to laugh. Still don't know what he was trying to say. White people man.

I'm so sorry that's horrible but "do you feel torn?" is hilarious 😭😭😭😭

that is fucking crazy wtf

Torn is crazy cuz why would yt ppl feel torn this ain't a race war its a fight against a one-sided oppression

We all knew it. Your kid ain't special. We just stop saying it when we realize the rest of the world doesn't see it that way and that white folks seem to think that claiming mixed means you don't support black people or black issues. I was actually very proud of being mixed as a child. Y'all swear we're all self hating and confused and we're not. You are what you look like in this country. Youll see. Unless your kid actually looks Mexican and can speak Spanish they're gonna call him black regardless of what he calls himself and eventually you get tired of arguing over semantics. It probably won't even matter that he can speak Spanish. If he's dark and got nappy hair they're gonna call him black. I know from personal experience that Hispanic people are colorist AF too.

Using mexican and the best in the same sentence is wild 😂

PERIOD, as he should

Period as he should. He won't have identity issues. He loves who he is as a whole.

So, he avoids the white, black, and Mexican kids? That does not sound very open to other racial groups.

We need to talk about the people that are mixrace or biracial that are black. Because not all of us are light skin either

​@@ms.shinerayso you mean people that are mixed race that are dark-skinned or brown skin?

Real spill. Most ppl think I'm half white but I'm not just high yella lol and I don't have the wavy silky hair... 9 ether afro nd all plus I know half white ppl that range from red to dark brown skinned. Genetics just be geneticin

@@SirDave yes, some people think only light skinned people are mixed but come in all shades too

​@@DiamondD-zc1egyeah, I have 2 brothers that are light skinned, but both of their parents are black, one being my dad whose caramel complexion, the other being their mom, now deceased , who's caramel complexion. They're both black, though it's possible that the mom might have a little bit of mix if Indian.

Lol because full black obsess over us!

Because biracials should have never been forced to identify as black in the first place , their was a time that biracials were considered their own separate race but to keep wealth out the black community the whites created the one drop rule and made them identify as black

@@coltrached4601 no ,because alot of full blacks have self hate , they consider the less black you are the better you are , that's why they glorify white phenotypes, like different color eyes or looser hair texture or slim nose or lighter skin complexions , but they don't want to admit it

This is how I have felt all of my life

Biracial mixed race people should be called just that and not black

If ya mama ain’t black you ain’t either lol

Yeah do you, ❤

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@@niakw9929 I’m literally half native and half white have white skin green eyes, But have my mothers Native bone structure. I am white passing I do not deny this. My father exposed me to French culture and my mother exposed me to native culture. I identify as both because that how I grew up. It’s my culture. Whenever I talk about my ethnicity most people agree that I do indeed look white however they do see the native in me once I mention it. I’ve only had fellow natives (mainly rez natives) and black Americans say to my face. “Your are not ethnic you are white.” Meanwhile their light skinned and got white in them aswell 💀

Exactly. In the states, if you ain’t white monoracial, and you’re half anything and not white presenting, you’re of color. Even Logic had to deal w being called the n word growing up by racist kids. These chronically online, anti Black “black” women just resent these light skinned and mixed BW for being beneficiaries of colorism, and so they lash out at these women for a system they didn’t create by being delulu and telling them that their lived experience ain’t a Black one despite their experience and phenotype, lol. Notice how it’s only toward the women too. Never have I seen the “she not Blk she biracial” pea-brained nonsense abt Malcom X’s mixed behind, Prince, Frederick Douglass, J Cole, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Colin Kaepernick, Drake etc, ONLY the women, apart from Rihanna and Beyoncé of course who are both mixed; these yt supremacist “Black” women don’t attempt to say they ain’t blk bc to Blk America, B and Rih are loved and respected and came out during a time in which this nonsense wasn’t being spewed due to the absence of social media. Rihanna has a biracial father, a yt grandparent and Beyoncé is creole i.e mixed, and yet they’re Black. lol. “Black” women aka descendants of chattel slavery who posture themselves as “superior Blks” like to pick and choose who Blk and who not depending on who makes them feel threatened re their positions in society esp as far as desirability goes. What’s crazy to me is that Blk women like this knowingly perpetuate divide and conquer tactics taught by yt supremacists and they do so proudly if it means it’ll make themselves feel “less erased,” as if they’re actually being erased off the side of the earth. As if the light skins and biracial blackies just came into existence yesterday.

Wow. Just as I said it to my South American mother, "it's not serving anyone but the white man", I read your words here.

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You are speaking 100% truth, but it doesn't matter. The vast majority of mixed, indigenous, Asians and some black people will be submissive to whites until the end of time.

Well said!

Culture doesn't define race girly...

@a.sydney5036 I didn't say it did.

read the comment slowly .THEN respond@@a.sydney5036

ALL HUMANS ARE BLACK. see science. white people are black people Asians are black people, Africans are black people, Australians are black people. -----------------------> that is the error; we the globe told white people from day 1. race do not exist. Like how to do think the Polynesians do it? they come with random hair texture and skintones. -----------------------> DNA ancestry test do nothing: other than tell you the last place your ancestor stop walking and settled. Dutch + Britannia were all BLACK KINGDOMS. 🤴🏾 🤴🏿 👸🏽 👸🏾 __ that is why all language are BLACK. see history ALL HISTORY IS BLACK even after the DNA ancetry test; your ancestor history is going to lead you to a black man and black woman. it end that way 1000% of the time. Queen Victoria grandmother is black so is her granddad. *it doesnt matter how white you are) - ask the Irish: solid pale skin, solid black history. ALL HISTORY IS BLACK

@@a.sydney5036 Weird

I love to hear that. I've seen conversations from indigenous people talking about how it doesn't matter what your percentage is, if you're indigenous you should get to learn about your history. While it is important to acknowledge that being mixed CAN give you a more privileged life, as some who was never hispanic enough I love to see this type of inclusion in the conversation.

Hence the future erasure of their culture

Yeah, as a white Aussie that's what confused me about the "biracial isn't black" thing in America. Cos from what I've seen, it's the opposite with Indigenous people here, but it seemed to be like you said, about including people, especially when the govt. had tried to erase their identity & culture. It's particularly relevant here in Tasmania, of course- if "biracial isn't Indigenous", then nobody here is Indigenous, & that's exactly why it was the official history.

I came to say this! It's almost flipped in terms of the origin. US- trying to keep Black people out of white society. Aus- attempted genocide by breeding blakness out. Connection to mob, culture and land is more important to Aboriginality than the colour of someone's skin.

Yes! I was just gonna come here to say this so boost

Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm curious as to why you had to pick your race on a standardised test, was that a survey or like an actual school test?

​@@kseniav586That is/was how it is done in the US for like ITBS and SAT. Its for demographic studies

@@kseniav586 standardized tests( state, SAT, etc) did not have an other option. Required for demographics reasons? For state tests it's to track different groups education but for the SAT/PSAT it's for ???? I dunno , college board is a weird monopoly.

@@kseniav586In my state, "mixed," or "multi-racial" is not on most forms, including for Driver's Licenses or other state IDs. In school, I was always told to just put whatever my father's racial identity was on everything. He's black, so I list myself as black on all my state IDs, though I'm very light-skinned and have had folks argue with me that I'm not black at all (until I whip out a picture of my father, because I look a lot like him). It's very weird, but we're kind of forced to pick a camp by society, though that's changing a bit.

@@kseniav586 they ask you in almost any form you fill out, even as an adult lmao. I remember having to check a box at least 100 times before turning 18

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Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean too. 💀

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So let me get it straight if you are raised mostly black and your mixed then that’s OK. Forget your other side but if your mix and yours race on your other side, then forgetting your blackness is bad. The black community in America , Are confusing and out of touch

@Seoul2Sol You are mixed, not black. Just because your father told you a half of your history means nothing. Two ppl make a baby not one. I think alot of y’all get it confused because you are immersed in the culture. It’s no different if a white boy grew up in the black neighborhood he still white.

@@googlea2692 comments like these are exactly what we're talking abt. stop telling people how to identify. you dont know anything about their life, upbringing or experiences, so who are you to comment on it?? let people be people smh

Out of curiousity, what circles or people are you surrounded by? I have seen and heard from my light skin friends who experience their idenity being challenged IRL, to why I'm asking.

I take it you’re American? Where I’m from biracial people are never referred to as black. They’ll even correct you if you do refer to them as black. It’s only Americans in my experience who lump black and biracial people in the same group.

Literally this! I also realize that a lot of white people call me white but black folks recognize im mixed with black? Its a lot. Sorry you had to go through that.

@@Muffinga Why do y’all insist on this “America bad” narrative. African Americans paved the way for people of color around the globe to access equal rights. Do you really think black Americans invented the one drop rule?? Do you think we want to be put in a box and denigrated for literal genetics?? Educate yourself bro

Do you have an issue identifying as mixed race? If people are questioning you, then you likely look mixed. What’s wrong with that? Serious question..

I only learned about that this week. Reviewing a Clive Cussler book that largely takes place in South Africa for.... *REASONS* ... and wondered why they referred to Black and Colored people differently. I guess this book was good for something!

this context matters SO much, we need to remember that not everyone has the same exact history as black americans with words

So coloreds is as nonsense a term as Latino is what I'm getting here.

Let's extend compassion to one another. Honestly, we're all going through it in our own ways...

How can anyone not know what "coloured" means?

Thank you for being honest

growing up, i used to envy light people, not light skinned, and wondered why they always had everything. Around age eight, i realized after seeing slave movies what happened to my ancestor. jumping ahead to high school, i hung around white people mostly and now that i am an adult looking back, i realized the trama and learned to love my own. WE have been taught white supremacy and it started in the schools. But now that i am older and wiser and woke up to our truth, we are Gods Choen people, the people of the book, those people in the bible are black, the bible is a history book not a religious book, it was stolen from us during slavery, as weird as it may seem, its the truth, King David is or was a black man. He authorized the bible to be translated. We have been bamboozled to believe that it is a white mans book. We believe it becuase they have dumbed us down, put us in a low estate to make us believe we are nothng and come from nothing. that is far from the truth. In these last days, people wishing to be white will change their tune real fast because the so called black, hispanics and natives are the children of Israel, Gods chosen, the people that he is sending christ to redeem, to save. i could go on but i digress. If your father is a so called African american, Hispanic and native of indigenous decent, you are an Israelite, I'm sure you would not want to be an edomite.

I completely relate 🫂

Boohoo. There are enough mixed people to do your own thing. Run along and sob to each other.

imagine what a fully blk girls and women go thru with

This is the best comment.

Im not south African but i am a mixed person from a Brazilian family & race is similier here too(with biracial people being refered to as either mulatto or mestizo), only its often catragrised on skintone due to many Brazilians being mixed race I was often called white by my mom due to me being lightskinned even tho im not white i would even be bullied in school due to havin Black features like my nose and hair

Thank you for this clarification bhuti I am Bhaca and I live in Cape Town It frustrates me when Americans think their ideology is law and if anyone that's "mixed race" should automatically identify as Black becuase that's the American way of identification I just wish they would let Africa do and run our countries the way we see fit

Man I'm a zulu from Qwa qwa I understand your point

As a fellow African (Zambian)....I agree with your statement

@@BhayekaTshaziAgree! they cant even comprehend that each country, region and cities have their own clans and tribes but want to lecture us on how we should be classifying ourselves🫠

Yea in my country.....kenya and alot of predominantly black countries if your mixed they'll just say your white

That’s so refreshing to hear. It’s like ppl in America want to be victimized so bad instead of identifying with what they are-which is biracial! Biracial is literally its own category that comes with its own experiences, issues, etc. it’s so exhausting.

I'm mixed race, live in the UK and have always been similtaneously considered black. I dont know a single mixed race British person who doesn't also consider themselves black tbh. I dont recognise your description of the UK.

@@dillilyeverage315 literally same

@@dillilyeverage315 I’m a British white person and I call my aunts and uncles who are mixed race black.

And people usually just perceive me as an Afro Latina and assume I am Dominican and black, which is always frustrating, but funny to me. However Back to what I was saying, I consider mixed people especially as one apart of the black community, I feel like we count, we’re just unique in our own way, and yes we may have differences but some of us can also share similarities. When people bring up the One Drop Rule for mixed people, it lowkey stressed me, because I cannot handle how people pull the one drop rule against Biracial people especially when you have a fully black parent. I think it’s different when you found a small percentage of black in your DNA vs actually having a black parent. Once again speaking from my POV, My black parent is from Jamaica, so my pov is also different from having an immigrant parent, from the Caribbean, different culture vs growing up half AA. Both beautiful cultures! (2)

Thankfully Growing up, I didn’t experience the typical mixed child “Struggle”. My hair was always done, I was always well taken care of, my white parent wasn’t nor is deemed racist, a fetish, so the way I was raised was appreciative and involved in both of my cultures and both sides. Definitely more attached and confined with my JA side more than Italian, just because that’s mostly what consists of my household. 😂

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not to mention the amount of racism that many bi racial people experience at the hands of their own family. that really messes with our identity and how we see ourselves.

YES! I have a similar experience of growing up fair-skinned and being one of the only people of color in most spaces I entered. I moved around a lot when I was little too, so it was hard enough keeping constant friendships or accessing cultures that weren’t available through my immediate family members - who are also mixed for the most part. It’s frustrating because the conversation feels like an excuse to just tell mixed people how to live our lives and feel bad about never being a part of communities that, at least in my experience, I never really had the chance to be a part of to begin with.

WELL SAID!!!!!!!

@@largeproblem Us Africans [Blacks] accept our mixed raced Black brothers/sisters 100% as long as you're psychologically Black. The moment you "Love is love" "Black people don't deserve reparations" "I would never attend a HBCU" is when we begin to disown you.

Trevor Noah's book unpacks the identity of coloureds in South Africa ✨️

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I am "Morena" from Brazil, but Americans refuse to accept me for who I am. They think that their way of seeing race is the only way 🙄

@@sumimaindwell you can just stay in Brazil and not have to worry about it ….

@@SE-gs6gd wtf

Knocked this comment out of the park! 🤌🏾🔥

We need a term like orientalist but for Africa

As a South African too I approve of this!!

I think the confusion is in North America colored is an offensive slur. So if an artists performs in a place where your ethnicity …or the word used is a homonym for that slur it is a slippery slope. I believe that it’s only a slur in North America. When on the international internet, Americans should recognize that colored and coloured aren’t the same and coloured is an ethnicity….specifically in Southern Africa. If people only informed themselves and listened to other people’s perspectives and cultural experiences and not project ….we would all be better off. Your comment is so informative and nuanced and it must be terribly frustrating.

​@@smarti1144It used to be a slur here too ,we just took the power of the word by embracing it , like the black Americans did with "Nigga/Negro" , the problem is western countries want to be the centre of blackness,they live in the northern hemisphere afterall

And u r white and u believe u hve a valid opinion about this.

u r white

SA black woman here. You're right. Coloured in South Africa is more than just mixed race. It's actually been said that South African coloured people are some of the most mixed people there are cause there are multiple races mixed in and that goes on and on.

U r white that's your race u will never experience what fully blk girls and women go thru with

In America the word colored is considered a slur , because during the Civil rights movement in the 50's and 60's African Americans were call and refered to with derogatory names such as colored or negro

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eyes wide OPEN shawty

It's interesting to see "biracial Black woman". I've never seen biracial white woman.

@@rahbeeuh there’s plenty of biracial white women. jennifer beals, rashida jones, halsey, etc.

@@alexandervelez9507 no. I mean I don't hear people say they're a biracial white person. They might exist but I've never heard it said as much as I've heard or even read "biracial Black person" being used.

@user-rl7mt4gh3o European and Mexican aren't races tho. Someone who's half those identifiers aren't examples of biracial. Multicultural or multiethnic may be a better identifier in those cases.

​​@user-rl7mt4gh3o2023 and people still don't know the difference between race and nationality

nobody says they’re black bc they’re great granny girl and u fucking know it 💀 this video is directed towards ppl with parents of two different races. a mixed person w a black mom and white did is black and white

@@Aj-sn1dp ever heard of Cardi B?? That’s EXACTLY what happened 😂

By Definition it is light skin , because coloured is black . As a coloured, I know people hate anything associated with blackness. The term comes from Oppressors to divide us. So called coloureds only love the term because it comes with light skin privileges and social privileges. Coloureds don't know what African group they come from but if you Ask them what they mix with , they will list a detail description of their European background while they live in Africa.

Both in the U.S. and SA, it's based upon white purity standards

Please keep saying “coloured.” Don’t try to appease other people by betraying yourself.

@@Xxmilkshake202xX i hate the term colored. “People of color”, “colored” etc are just dumb

No one gets to tell you that. Especially if they don’t qualify by blood. Its always some non blasian trying to tell me about my identity. And idc what person is offended by this. I dont and will never respect a monoracial persons opinions about how we identify. They are not qualified to have an opinion. I always promote mixed people saying they are mixed. Doesnt matter how you look because at the end of the day it is very racist to replace and erase blk people with mixed ones. ITs insidious and wyte people wanted this. Blk ppl in western society wont learn until they all look like halsey. But at this point im convinced western blk people would love that. They get so triggered by my username. Its all very telling and it makes me wanna slap them up because 1: you do NOT have to be mixed to be beautiful. 2: it’s offensive to me because im part blk and obviously any talking bad about blkness is going to offend me 3: it truly breaks my heart that blk people dont love themselves and view us as better. 4: it leads to delusion and dishonesty which further puts a strain between mixed ppl and NON mixed blk ppl 5: its erasure 6: it centers wyte people and upholes wyte supremacy “Well dawyte man gone think-“ as if i could EVER give af aboit them. The issue is blk ppl in western society are still shackled in their mind. And until they are honest and stop being delusional they will NEVER be able to properly heal. Which makes me very sad because blk is beautiful and you do NOT have to be mixed to be beautiful. High Admixtured blk people need to honestly just come to terms with being mixed. Heck, they are even treated differently by blk ppl…which proves to me people are being wilfully delusional

oh wow, the whole "my mom used to be accused of kidnapping me" is SO real. We used to travel a lot and it causes big issues. Funny thing is, we have the same features.

As a fellow hapa/hafu, I understand, though my mom is white and my dad is Japanese. I used to hate being mixed deeply. When we lived in Japan, we were not treated well. In the US, it was better, but we were still outsiders no matter my parents made to fit into a predominantly white society. Socially, I am treated like I am white. I acknowledge that I am "white passing" to most people and benefit from the privileges of that to a point (I am also Jewish, which has been an "interesting experience.") However, because my parents instilled a good sense of morality in both my sister and me, I tried to use my privilege to try to help marginalized people when I began learning more about white supremacy's hold in America by way of activism or financially helping orgs doing amazing work. If anything, I am now fine with being an outsider, but it took a long time to get there. I feel like my life is incredibly rich because of it and made me less attached to maintaining my status in a group and more receptive to making space for the experiences of others. I hope one day you find some similar peace with your mixed (and rich) identity.

I'm also half white, half Asian (Taiwanese) and had a similar experience growing up in the US. Even just between me and my sister, the way people treated us was vastly different because my sister looks more white, and I look more Asian. yt people in my hometown bullied me and treated me so badly growing up, while she was accepted with no question. When I would go out to lunch with my dad, people would be rude to us and give us dirty looks because they thought I was his much younger wife 🤢 As an adult, I was able to travel to Asia and spend some time there, and to compare the difference between how I was treated there vs how I was treated at home is crazy. Over there, no one believed me when I told them I was American, and I was even slapped one time by a man who thought I was lying about not being able to speak the local language. I constantly had to explain why I looked Asian but didn't speak the language, and even though I was able to blend in whenever I wasn't speaking, I knew that anytime I had to say something, it would have to come with an explanation. It hurts and is exhausting to never feel fully accepted anywhere. But on the other hand, I think we are privileged to get a very unique view of the world, and I think being the product of more than one culture gives us greater adaptability. At least, that's how it feels to me. I wouldn't change myself just to fit in, even if I could. The only thing I wish we had more of is community - when I speak to other hapas, I find that a lot of us have similar experiences, but no way to connect with each other. The only places I've been able to find for that have been online spaces that are colonized by self loathing incels, unfortunately

I feel for you. But one way to look at it is that "acceptance" is a trap. It's looking to bury yourself in the safety of the herd. That's a sure route to mediocrity, of worldview if nothing else. Dare to be exceptional, to not be as limited as the crowd. It's the dull and timid people who need to be assured of where you "fit" before they feel safe enough for the most basic encounter with another unique human being. Nothing of larger value comes from being like this, from people like this, only tribes and phobias and absurd conflicts.

I'm white/Indian, from the UK and usually white passing (I tan quite dark if I go on holiday to a hotter climate). Many times in my life I've been accused of lying about my heritage. I was raised by my white mother, but my Indian family and culture was still a huge part of my life, so it always really upset me to have that part of my identity ignored. I was never seen as Asian enough by the other Asian kids at school. Now both of my Indian grandparents have passed away and the rest of my family live so far away from me, I feel so detached from Indian culture. It makes me feel so isolated and lonely, and honestly like I've lost myself.

it's good you've found a community of other mixed race people who understand you

that's where i'm at on it as well, but i still like hearing what the People are Saying lol. but yeah at this point i'm so comfortable in my racial identity no one is gonna make me feel some type of way about it. and on the other hand, i have never felt the need to argue with another mixed person about 'how' they identify. that ain't none of my business i'm still waiting to find a mixed (black+white) person who just claims white though, idk it sounds Funny to me and i wanna see the reactions.... 💀💀⚰

@@mightymeatymech If a mixed person just claim whiteness, people will scream that they reject their blackness pr that they hate themselves so you cant never win in this conversation.

Felt! We have bigger fish to fry in our communities, other people are way too preoccupied /obsessed with how we identify when we ourselves have that low on our priority list. We are more than our % of melanin

You’re not black and you’re not in black culture if you’re mixed. Black children come from black men and black women and we are raised in the same household. Biracials are confused and need therapy. Black people have no real connection to biracials.

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it aint the flex they think it is! and its mainly propped up by BM that have babies with WW

@@submissiveproviderstboth9485 say that!

It’s not even black people, it’s just north Americans. If you are black, you are black. If you’re mixed, you are mixed. That’s how people are classified in African countries and most parts of the world.

@@submissiveproviderstboth9485 that part

LMAOOOOOO 🤦🏽‍♂️

Yall do have a group there’s a bunch of mixed people that’s your group

@@everybodywannabelikemike_ as a mixed person, I don’t feel as if I have a group. Even though there are tons of biracial people out there, a lot of us still can’t relate really to one another, culturally wise. I think it really depends on how the biracial kid grew up. Depending on what side of their family they saw most, or maybe if they were in a neighborhood with a lot more of one side of their race than the other, it would affect how that person views themselves. Growing up I’ve had mostly biracial friends, but I still don’t feel like they are my “racial community”. The thing is, society doesn’t want us to have each other as a community. They want to keep everything simple and everyone has to be one direct race. I’ve always been called black, even though I’m white and black into me. Personally I feel more white than black because I’ve only really been around my white mom’s side of the family. But it doesn’t matter what I think because I will always be treated like I am black, because of the way I look.

@@Chloeunicorn510 I so feel every word you said.

Mixed people come by the millions. Stop this poor me bs. Blame your parents tf

​@@Chloeunicorn510: So you're not confused and exactly, the world will treat you like a Blk person.

Lots of Dominican, Puerto Rican even Mexican folks in the places I've lived i.e. NYC and Dallas use the "n" word and it's kinda weird cause sometimes it bothers me and other times it doesn't but I'm Nigerian so I got a different perspective. But yeah I wonder what the current internet discourse is around Spanish folks using the n word. I feel like it would bother me most if I saw some fucking Wall St Puerto Rican dude using the N word vs some guy I'm playing soccer with in Plano TX.

@@PeterEhik it’s a weird discourse, people still haven’t come to accept Hispanic not being a race and there’s a lot of erasure of Afro Latinos and Afro Hispanics in regards to how people see the communities

Hi sonic people live saying the n word their their whole chest imo they only do it cause they feel better than black people and are desensitized from rap

@@NicoleReignit’s usually 10/10 not Afro Latinos that are saying the n word like water it’s the white/native Latinos 10/10. It’s disturbing because those types usually hate black people and it’s not their word to reclaim. You don’t hear black people calling themselves Latino slurs cuz it’s ridiculous, racist, and not our lane

Well, I would’ve got up the energy to get that b@#h straight. I’m from Chicago generation X we did not have no problems with Hispanics trying to use that word because they knew they couldn’t! I don’t even let FBA/ADOS call me that word. I’m one of those Black people that will give you a history lesson I don’t play.

Im light skin and black. People often mistake me for mixed race, I feel offended because I grew up in a black home. It’s a completely different life and experience. If we’re talking white and black mixed. The privilege of having a white parent in the home is HUGE, it’s also a completely different way of being raised and what opportunities will be afforded to your family. It’s more complex to me then the “one drop rule” I can’t stand when I’m mistaken for a mixed person, I feel it invalidates my experience as black woman.

​@@psychomaia I don't know you but more then likely you ethnicity mixed just not directly. I'm chocolate as hell I have 13+ ethnicities,I don't have the mixed aesthetic. Most black Americans are mixed at the end of the the day our phenotype is black. Because a person came out with 3c hair and a lighter skin tone don't excuse thier blackness they use that to denie it.

the term is "everybody wants to be black until its time to be black"

meaning, they like they music, food, culture etc... but as soon as the struggles of black ppl comes up then its "oh, im biracial, or whatever".

Ohhhhhhhh chiiiileeeeeee you said a whole word. Im not light by any means so blk ppl get REALLY aggressive and annoyed with me and say i look blk as an insult (which i literally dont. Im no where near unambiguous but you know how thr blk community literally lies and also they center wyte people alot. So mixed to them is ALWAYS part wyte and proximity to wytness…which is so racist and problematic on so many levels). What i find crazy is how the community literally thinks its their obligation to tell people who they are and are not. One minute its we all mixed, next minute when it comes to male validation…we become mutts. We behave in a way that isnt deemed acceptable…we become mutts. Ppl will compare admixture due to slavery, to a legit multiracial person. Its all very telling. And the beauty of me being VISIBLY blk adjacent presenting mixed person…it really showed me how much blk people hate themselves. I wish i could show you the sick wyte supremacist crap blk people spew at me because they are salty i look so close to them. The way the obsess over puerto ricans and dominicans (THE MIXED ONES BEFORE SOMEONE TRIES TO GASLIGHT ME AND PLAY IN MY FACE) is weird af. I only ever grew up around my korean and my Jamaican family. I know VERY well im mixed. Meanwhile IN REAL LIFE ill have blk people becoming aggressive and “correcting” me telling me im JUST blk. Like no. Im blasian. You cant fully relate to me and vice versa. I am strongly against mixed people identifying as one thing. Reality is, its racist, erasure, and it can give you a complex. I hate how america is so weird to mixed ppl. And what annoys me with blk ppl “we are all 35% mixed” no. Thats a lie. If this was true american “blk” would look very similar to PR/DR/Nola Creoles. And they just dont. Even if on the darker spectrum they would look Trini or Malagasy. But they dont. I realized blk people continue to uphold wyte supremacy and center wyte people which is the ONLY reason they think when someone identifies as mixed that “you think you better/ur anti blk/u self hateful”. People literally call me self hateful for identifying as what i am. Like thats literally insanity. They arent mixed but will tell me what im going to experience. Wyte cops mark me “other” yet im such a “n word that would be swinging from a tree just like me” like, u cant make this crap up. Also if we are all mixed, then why complain about mixed women in masses erasing actual bw in media. Peep you dont see bw even embracing and uplifting unambigous BW. Nah they mainly support the girls like mariah the scientist. Yet in masses dont look like her. I love bw and it breaks my heart when little blk girls or bw precieve me as blk and then get sad about not looking like me. I had on a whole blasian pride shirt and a bw told her daughter to look up to me as hair goals. Im biracial with type 3b hair. Why tf would you tell your kid that. Then complain about texturism and all thr other ism. At some point we HAVE to be honest. If i was the standard look, then how come i was never treated that way? You said a whole word.

They still deal with the same problems that BLACK FOLKS deal with 💯

South African history in a nutshell.

It's just absurd. It's like saying, pick a parent - you can only be your mother's child or your father's, but not both. Um, no. I'm literally both. Luckily, I haven't really had to face that nonsense outside of the internet, but if I did I'd just shrug. I don't care what people think.

@@luna-p Your Black side will disown you the moment you give us that "Blacks don't deserve reparations" "Slavery was a choice" "HBCU's are divisive" talk. Whites will disown you based on your lack of "Purity". Never has a White person identified a biracial person as [Half White]

I feel those that are mixed take the best of both worlds, being able to see from a new and different perspective, one with fresh eyes and new ideas on how to go about creating a more balanced society and loving community. It's definitely a difficult place to be in but just keep shining your light ❤️

Well the fundamental issue with a mixed persons self identity stems from their parents. Alot of interracial parents seem to have extremely superficial, corrupted reasoning for having kids together.

@@berickslime6718 these issues don’t stem from parents. the overall consensus of the issue is our society. people feel as if (especially in the black community) you have to pick being one or nothing or you’re seen as anti black. i shouldn’t have to only state that i’m black to validate others and not own or be proud of all that i am. this is where the division begins. everything and everyone is beautiful and the day we stop separating ourselves things will be better.

@@Hannah-ec2xg biracial meaning mixed you mixed get over it

Awful that white people ever invented it.

Agreed. I’m also mixed (white & black British) & I’ve never felt any internalised conflict. The call’s always been coming from outside the house. People are so desperate to project all the problems of society onto individuals who have absolutely no say on how we were born, it’s exhausting.

@@katlbird Good for you. But I think this video is specially about the gatekeeping of blackness and trying to stop people who share your background from identifying with blackness only when it's convenient.

@@freedomm I think there's potentially been a little bit of a misunderstanding. What I meant by "the call is coming from outside the house" is that the conflict that's imposed on a mixed race experience is, in my personal experience, external. Intrinsically, the experience is akin to being bilingual - second-nature if you're raised with both and not if you're not. Unfortunately, due to circumstance and where we are currently as a society, there is enough conflict around even the concept of mixed relationships/ the products of those relationships that it's rarely an "organic" consideration. The identity in itself is politicised. For example, being white/black mixed is interesting because you are almost always considered to be black by everyone but black people, but then black people get upset (rightly or wrongly so, it's not my place to make a value judgment) if you point out that's not the entirely of your heritage. It feels dismissive, I understand that, but so is expecting someone to reject the biological facts of their parentage just for the comfort of current social norms. I actually think about this enough that I wrote an article (in a science fiction context) about racial hybrids and their reflection of the fraught approach to "race mixing" we still have globally for Blood Knife. I'm not trying to be dismissive of truly anyone's experience ever (and I'm genuinely sorry if that's what I achieved). But I also refuse to have my identity only be seen as political/ a subject of constant external judgment and debate. I also deserve to be just some guy. That's what we all deserve. This is an essay, I apologise again!

You don't have to try to fit in on either side. You are mixed. Not full black or white.

Have you heard the song "I Am The Color" by Stan Walker? If not, you should give it a listen. He's a Beyonce fan, opened for her Australian tour and everything! I could go all day of the subject but the song does a better job.

In the nineties this was called being a poser

it is literally a fact that biracial people are biracial. Idk why the truth is so hard for them to accept. Halle berry and Barack Obama both are biracial and should be categorized as such. Please do not tell black women what they should and should not do. A part of not being erased in the media is protecting your identity and not opening your arms to people who will happily take roles from you in the future. If there was real allyship, we wouldn't be in this mess. Obviously we can dismantle white supremacy, but we can gatekeep our image and support our own image.

Oh this was beautifully put! I relate a lot to this!

This was really well put. Using the term "unhealed, insecure biracial person" made me feel seen in a really sad way.

I’m just curious to know why your mother raised you in a sundown town.

Y'all need to stop limiting blackness to your experiences . It's minimizesour identities solely to our experiences. Kind of like saying " i got wide hips and nappy hair too therefore i only ever identified as black" . Just stop

interesting, so what are u?

You must have a racially ambiguous look

mixed race Latina? She’s just mixed girl.

I feel the same. My issue is that as a (very obviously) mixed person born and raised in the US, this leaves me with no community at all. I might be light but I can’t and don’t wish to be white. There is no community/communal history of mixed people in this country so what happens to us.

Same, I am canadian mixed race and I get excluded from my own ancestry and community- I don’t even bother to try anymore. It does hurt to not have any cultural traditions or community to connect with - I was *really really* torn up about it in high school when my school was super diverse, but I’ve had to accept it overtime. Honestly, part of me wishes I could marry into a family with really strong cultural routes to experience that community and feeling and learn from them in a way my own family hasn’t been able to. It sucks that there isnt a place for us, but I think that mixed people just get it and we can build a community of caring people who accept each other no matter who we are and what our backgrounds are

Oh no... a "tragic mulatto". 😂😂

youtube people?

@@en7252You're only proving their point right like gtfo

Having therapists who understand your cultural nuances and experiences is a godsend. I've taken to asking for Latinx therapists bc they just understand the context much easier. I don't have to explain the context with minorities, they just get it. My favorite counselor I've ever had was Afro Latina and she changed my life. She actually gave me the courage to say "No, I'm biracial, how do I fill that out on this form?" and eased my anxiety about choosing a side. I'm both Mexican and Caucasian, why should I choose one for your comfort? If my existence challenges your beliefs, rethink them.

I notice no mixed/biracial person ever feels entitled to white spaces and culture (which rejects them outright) and only demand involvement in black issues whether it's for identity purposes or superficial reasons like a pass to say the N-word. 🤔

You calling yourself black isn’t denying your white side😂 at all. You can be a mixed-black person

@@FirstnameLastname-hm9vlthat doesn't make any sense. You're either black or mixed. How tf can you be a mixed black person? Y'all reach to the heavens with forcing ppl to be black.

@@FirstnameLastname-hm9vl You can also be a mixed white person as well.

Race is preceived differently in different cultures and societies.

Yeah and one color can have many shades!

You are who your father is its in the bible.

In a global context, mulatto would probably be the best term to describe the race of ethnic coloured people. It has context in Brazil, Latin America, US and elsewhere.

No one cares, this is not South Africa!

@@reneehocker3237 No one cares, the U.S. is not South Africa and the word is not accepted here. This is not the home of Tyla or African Culture!

@@wiz823 We don't use mulatto here. It's clear many of you are backwards therefore your countries still lag 100 years behind. That's your issue don't bring that ish to Black America. It's going to be rejected right along with you!

Like we even distinguish between English whites and Dutch/Afrikaans whites

@workitladypodcast She has common sense. So you are saying black Americans clearly don’t. Those people you named are mixed discrimination does not constitute what is in your blood. There are dark skin people who aren’t blacks that are discriminated against by your logic are they black too? Learn your history.

@@googlea2692 clearly you need to learn it- there are Indians that are darker than many black Americans and even Africans and of course they are not black. That’s the point! being black does not always have anything to do with skin tone. People of all races come in all shades-🙄 stop equating blackness with shades of skin. If a person has even partial African decent and live in America they have the right to call themselves a black American. Other countries it can be different.

👀 ain’t nobody ready for this tea, though

​@@andiman44I once brought it up on twitter and they said I was just mad coz I'm ugly and poor 😂

Honestly, we probably already had a Dark Skinned tightly coiled-haired woman with all of Beyonce's talent come and go because White and Black America didn't want to see that kind of Black representation get that level of push. This is not take away from the extreme level of talent Beyonce has but she definitely benefits from having the complexion of the most mainstream acceptable version of Blackness.

Sadly the PROXIMITY TO WHITENESS card seems to always been the go to for these artists to be elevated to Superstars Level. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🙄🙄🧐🧐

@@Xara_K1 I really hate stans calling people poor to defend their faves. Like the working class isn’t the reason people know their fave even exists

Well it depends. If you get advantages over another simply because you look 'less black' then another, how can you even stomach that person after that?

@@miamitten1123its that part for me. They dont get that this is usually why we lean to the black or minority side. Cuz the other side too often expects us to excuse their racism. Its not self hate. Its actually the opposite. I dont have an issue with white people. I have an issue with RACIST people. Not the same thing.

You can't pick between the 2. Your both

​@@alizehustle9385: Usually, the world will especially if they're phenotypically Blk.

Here's the biracial tears ladies and gentleman

@@tatsf stop with the word “cis”. your just a man.

Black folks in the USA are quick to call mixed folks white and if you don’t want to acknowledge that, and want to blame some white Armenian chick, the problem will continue. I’ve heard too many black women hate on mixed women, never heard it the other way.

I understand that of how representation matters in media. But wouldn't it make sense to go after the companies who r getting away with the poor rep not the people??

​@@brandond1947they audition for the roles why are biracials auditioning for roles again

@@leavemeal0ne378 fair point but don't biracials still feel like they r blk? What you're saying is how yt people feel wen blk people take roles of known yt characters. Wouldn't it better instead of getting mad at the people or person auditioning for the role, to just put pressure on companies who ultimately have the decision? Also, it's still up to the person who is doing the auditions to decide

@@brandond1947 but they’re not full black. That makes them biracial or mixed.

@@blackellegirl yes but they still feel and get treated as being blk. Alot of us in the US r not Fully blk so let's please stop sayin that lol. My grandpa is half blk and half native but he looks like a regular blk man, was in the blk community, and was a blk activist. Hes blk lol. Going by your logic would people able to tell on first glance a dif between a lightskinned blk or a biracial person??

I completely relate to this. I feel like it’s the opposite of the original one drop rule. One drop of white, you are not black. Unless you look black because of course most black people in the US are mixed with something other than black. I wonder if some fully black people who have loser curls or lighter skin experience a bad attitude from black women who think they are not “pure” black. What also confuses me is why they don’t want me to embrace my culture. And yeah I’ve only recently noticed people not wanting me to be called black. Maybe cause they think I’m impure 🤷‍♀️. (Which is reminding me of why the one drop rule was created and it’s very hypocritical).

@@Chloeunicorn510 I wonder too! It really is ridiculous. I see the comments all the time and I try not to comment back bc its pointless bc some people cant even explain the real reasoning behind this. The hypocritical part is how we dont like colorist but yet claiming black as a biracial is a problem. Its the hypocrisy for me.

why don't you claim both??

@@zoro-i8u because black women don’t want us to claim ourselves as black. It annoys them for some reason.

@@Chloeunicorn510 because you're mixed, you're both black and whichever other ethnicity

“Beeeinggssahh” you mean?

Kelly bleaches her skin that’s why 🤣🤣

@@meiko2164 LOL delulu

@@meiko2164 Kelly doesn't bleach her skin and she's already addressed that accusation. I guess you don't know anything about lighting which is silly that you act as if you don't since your on youtube. Listen, if these light and medium brown skinned woman is an issue for you people then I suggest you start listening to artist from Africa because there are plenty of blue black and obsidian colored women for your to choose from. You people pick and choose which light skinned woman you want to complain about for example, Rihanna. You people don't seem to have an issue with that light skinned, green eyed woman. Hypocrites. n

@@meiko2164she doesn’t

MGM is still mixed. MGM ppl still have something else or a quarter range. By America logic most ppl in Brazil just blk and Dominicans are just blk. Beyoncé Rihanna Stephen curry hodgetwins are mixed. Outside America 76%+ blk or white is just having admixture but in between is mixed. If America never had a one drop system I guarantee most of you ppl wouldn’t automatically assume all the white ancestry is from slavery but instead it’s ppl 13-25% African identifying as blk

@@DoubleBeezy you just restated what i said lol. I just said she isn’t biracial.

@@LilTomatoBoi kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z6uYd9egm6qupWQ.htmlsi=Ik5ChCwk2nRbvlzm

@@LilTomatoBoiI had to give a more detailed explanation for ppl who probably wouldn’t understand 😂

And Trevor Noah isn't coloured either

​@@bri1085yes good point

EXACTLY asking Tyla to call herself mixed race is literally asking her to erasure her history and culture

I was just thinking that for the South African singer its different because here "coloured" is a race with its own culture. Why are we erasing the context and arguing as if Tyla is American. South Africans have their own identity, let her keep hers.

I co-sign all of this.

yessss i mean i can see how americans would get confused that tyla is black. she looks like a regular black american, but respect her ethnicity and culture. we need to stop grouping all black ppl together. i dont care if they're darker than you, worry about our black american ethnicity!!

​@@iglesiamiredf6428but does she... She doesnt look like coco jones, flo milii, justin skye

@@leavemeal0ne378 but she does look like halle bailey, chloe bailey, mariah the scientist etc. black americans are not monolithic and produce an array of phenotypes

For the record not all black mother spent all day doing our hair. At least my mother didn’t….. and I’m a dark skinned black woman with naturally long hair I know a unicorn😂😂😂😂

oh for sure lol. If there's one thing I've learned in this life it's nothing is universal@@anuday2022

Honestly it's really no one else business on your identity

True. Most Americans don't also know much about the world except in media.

Buddy I can tell you that judging from your pfp, if you live in the US you’re definently read as mixed. Quite obviously

This is my point. In mainstream media, I do not exist as a dark skinned woman. It is infuriating knowing that darker women are being looked over to shine the light on light skinned women. This has been going on for decades. If I were to consider America from media, I would wager that black men are typically dark skinned, and black women are mixed. I have every right to point this out and b me horrified at this erasure

You lost me at Victoria

​@@mahlatse8605she lost me at Ciara 😅

Girl Ciara and Victoria Monet????are you for real 😳

People are also right to react to that picture of Beyonce. There is basically one plastic surgery/photoshop/filter face these days. Beyonce and the Kardashians are merging into one.

Genetics literally doesn't matter. All that should matter, is how you were accultured growing up.

@@DreamersOfRealitygenetics literally matters. An Asian girl was adopted by a black family. Does that make her black ? Y'all sound pathetic

@@DreamersOfRealitymy cousin has a white mother and black father she grew up with her white family…..she acts “like a ghetto black American” despite being German….her black family isn’t even American they are Caribbean. At this point all that matters is what she is genetically because she does whatever she wants despite never stepping foot in the US…she’s been cultured by her media interpretation not real life!

Genetics is different from culture.You can be mixed race and identify culturally as black just like a japanese person born and raised in Puerto Rico is racially asian but culturally puerto rican. Ive seen it first hand.

I agree that nobody should be told how to identify , but we should be critical of the categories we were presented to identify with. "Mixed" race is in itself an idea coming from white supremacy. It identifies a person according to their number of white/non white anscestors. In French we have similar words to call "mixed" people: "Chabbin" "metisse" "mulatre" and even words that designate people according to their percentage of Black/white blood. All these terms come from slavery. They stem from the same system that supported slavery, anti Black racism and white supremacy. By identifying with genetical terms coming from the slavery system... aren't we saying that genetics and blood proportions do count ? It shouldn't count in an antiracist society... culture, love, community, family... to me, those are clearer basis for our identity

Black men throwing themselves at you isn't a privilege.