What also upsets me is that people make it seem like the darker a black woman's skin is the uglier she is.

when i was 12 this girl literally introduced me as "her friend from africa". she was deadass serious. i was born and raised in the us.

"You're the whitest black person I know"

White guys who say, "I've always wanted mixed kids." Like they're collector's items.

I hate when people be like..... "Omg is that your REAL hair? " Like I hate going out and. Everyone asks that 😒

I dislike when someone thinks that just because the person in front of them looks "different" that they MUST be mixed. Black people come in all colors and variations, don't be so close minded.

"How do you make your hair grow like that?" Well my hair reaches for the stars because I am a badass.

"Like.. How do you wash your hair? Do you like take out your braids and then wash it and then put it back?"

LOLL "Can I touch it? Just kidding I'm already touching it. My hand is in your scalp." I think every girl with a fro can relate to this video on a spiritual level. Thank you guys for raising awareness through this much needed dialogue!!

Dear Black Girl You are beautiful no matter what shade You are❤

"Woah, you're like really really smart". Am I supposed to be dumb? Like please elaborate on your ignorance.

My friend was like why do u always do black girl hairstyles u should try some white stuff , I ducking died

"Are you mixed with anything?" "Do you curl every strand in the morning?" "Is that real?" "Are you sure you're not mixed with anything?" "Mexican?" "Can I touch it?" "What kind of conditioner do you use?" "It's soooo fluffy!" "Are you SURE you're not mixed with anything?!" Me: *rolls the fuck out of eyes*

I wear my hair naturally curly and this guy I was talking to told me oh, you look better with straight hair, so I asked him why, and he said oh well I like straight hair on girls it looks better. I was really offended like my hair doesn't grow that way I feel however my hair is naturally is how its supposed be and of course it suits me I was born that way lol.

Or when you're mixed and they say things like "oh you don't get it you're not black black" or they seem to forget that you're still black

When my white co-workers say "What?! You listen to John Mayer and Paramore... but thats like...white people music." or... "What?! You don't know/like Kodak Black's music?! Damn, I'm blacker then you."

YAAS vogue!!! 10/10 rather see Amandla than kylie !!

and also a couple black people would tell me "why do you speak so proper like your white " omg -_- I also had a white friend and she told me, oh Tuesday your not like other black people your actually not ghetto or loud" -_- , another story when I was in 11th grade a girl who I thought was cool and thought we were friends once said in front of the whole class that I had "nappy ugly hair" I felt really embarrassed and I just froze cause I didn't know what to say and everyone laughed even the other black students. just a few of my stories lol

This was pretty bold for Teen Vogue. Nice!

My white friend asks the silliest things I swear. "Does your hair repel water? Because when we were swimming it stayed poofy" "Do black people use dry shampoo since they can't wash their hair?" "How does your hair never get dirty." "Can I touch your hair?" "Why does your hair grow like that." "Don't get mad at me I don't know anything about black people hair!"

I agree with this video, these things ARE being said constantly. However, they are also being said by black women themselves to other black women.... all the time. I've dealt with this when I went to an all black high school and because I didn't "look" or "act" black, it was always questioned and it got so annoying. I love that Teen Vogue made this video, though! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.

People always asked me what it's like in Africa so I would just say, "if you keep asking what its like in Africa I'm gonna start asking you what its like in Europe"

this video has some points, ive only ever been told "i talk white" by black people

Love this.

I hate it when people say I talk like a white girl and the thing is...black people tell me that all the time.

I tried explaining the whole "you're so pretty for a black girl" statement to my friends and they wouldn't understand it! They just said it's a compliment. But is it really?

The "pretty black girl" thing and the "you act so white" thing, I get a lot.

In the 6th grade some white boy told me my hair is like Velcro, another white kid asked me if I got breast implants. While another white boy just stared at me all the time. They can't understand our black girl magic

the melanin in this video was poppin yaaas!

Unfortunatly this happens because white people are not exsposed to blackness. Entertainment/media/magazines have always glorified white features over well, everyone. Its pretty pathetic. I have a half white daughter. I constantly tell her how beautiful her natural curls are, and I hardly allow her to watch shows if there are not enough races other than whites in it, yup I said it. My daughter should grow up and see the world as it truly is, full of beautiful people. Different colors, shapes, and sizes. We are ALL magnificent! It is the fault of producers, editors, and casting agents shame. Thank you Teen V for doing your part :)

Thank you teenvogue for this ✊

YES YES YES

I love wearing my hair natural in twist braids or out in a curly afro...so one day a not so good friend anymore told me that I should put weave in my hair, now she tells me this everyday so I got tired of it and stood for myself/hair "stop I like my hair, just cause you hate your on hair and wear weave with it dosent mean I have to...I'm sick of hearing them words out your mouth don't be hating because I have a lot more hair on my head than you do". Their was also this boy who told me I would look better with straight hair "stop right their don't tell me what looks better on me as you haven't seen me with straight hair yet so don't say that or anything close to that to me again please and thank you" the boy surprisingly respected that. A girl once told me that I'm pretty for a black girl I just reply with "your pretty for a white girl" she was very clueless and just giggle agreeing with me I barely talk to her now.

ugh i love this teen vogue you're doing so well

When people say "You talk well for a black person," they're not implying that black people are stupid. They're demeaning the cultural significance and the competence of Ebonics. It's a dialect of English just like any other, with its own grammar rules and what not. When they say "You talk well for a black person," they're saying that 1) they're used to hearing black people speaking Ebonics, and 2) that White English is the better dialect of English ("you talk well").

"How do you like wash your cause like its so big wtf."

I am a blonde haired blue eyes woman and I think that the world would be soooooo boring if everyone looked just like me. It seems to be equated as the "classic beauty standard" and it can get kind of annoying and irritating to be treated like "old fashioned beauty" or something, like a poodle or a cute vintage thing. I think HELLO black women and every other race color combinations have ALWAYS been beautiful, and it is not just some recent thing that other races of women are beautiful. I am not "quaint" for being blonde haired blue eyed woman. I know that every skin hair color and texture combination is beautiful. I really appreciate that uniqueness. Every race of woman is just as beautiful as me. Beauty comes in every color that humans come in. It is about having clear skin, facial symmetry, being overall healthy and having bright eyes, good posture and a nice smile that really make a person beautiful. I have met a lot of frumpy raggy haggy fat looking blue eyed blonde women, and a lot of gorgeous sexy healthy blue eyed blonde women. It is about health not color, bottom line. I LOVE BLACK BEAUTY. I think that nappy hair is amazing and gorgeous and I do want to touch it, but not a stranger, and not like you are a dog or something, I am just attracted to it because black hair is just sooooooooooo amazing and I love it. I just want to stick my whole face in some lady's afro someday and breath in. LOL (with permission of course and not a stranger) My blonde hair does it's normal predictable thing, and I am actually PISSED OFF at the beauty industry for sensationalizing my hair color, because it makes people hate it and want to rebel against it and get bored of it, to the point where I feel like a poodle, like was popular in the 1950s, but today just kindof quaint.

I hate when white people every hairstyle is weave if my hair is long then my hair is long all black girls hair isn't going to be short so 🙄. It gets so annoying like I wear weave too for hairstyles but every black girl doesn't wear weave😂😭.

MY NEW FAVORITE VIDEO!!! This honestly explains my life! Thank you for making these videos, please make more!

have heard all of these! Thank you for understanding

my class Mate once Ask me ,,do you Wash your hair" and i felt very offended because what she is saying implies that my hair looks dirty and i was like what would you feel like if i Came to you and ask you if you wash you hair

After getting my hair straightened.... Every white person ever: “Is that your real hair?” Or Every white person ever:”You look so good with straight hair. You should keep it like that.”

This was very powerful and necessary. Thank you!!

I only really get mad about the touching my hair thing if the person doesn’t ask or I don’t know them

"yOu TaLK wHIte" I hear that 24/7 from ppl mostly my skin tone and it makes me upset you can't act a color and that finall

Dear black girls, you are beautiful the way you are. Ignore them ignorant jerks.

She's just very beautiful & well spoken. I first discovered her in hunger games & fell in love with her. Watching how she's grown no just as a beautiful young woman but young actress is incredible. I can't wait to see more of this wonderful young lady. Her smile is so pure its just so natural.

The last part is my absolute fave and really stuck with me *you would change your hair this much if you could, I promise you*

Glad you ladies are calling society out on it! Back in the day, I was punished and sent to detention for waering my hair in its natural state! They claimed that it scared them and that I was being rebellious it was 1966!

I am indian, and i have asked my black friends about their hair routine cause i am curious. I probably asked some sterotypical questions to people from different races, not because i want to hurt them or insult them but to understand their culture and customs better.

omggggg tHANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO'

Everything they said was too real. I hope this series continues and brings new upcoming faces in the mix with different topics. Please make more series like this!!!! 😃😃😃

“ is this real hair or fake hair? “ “ Oh it’s real, but it’s not mine “ Reaches to touch my hair “ Don’t touch my hair “

everything about this vid 👏👏👏

Thank you for this! 👏👏👏👏👏

Someone once asked “ are you mixed because you have good hair” I was like *WHAT*

A girl once told me: I wanna be a doctor and go to Africa to help people like you! And I low key looked at her like 😧🤦🏽‍♀️ ppl this days honestly

You look beautiful for a black girl is a back handed compliment. Like telling a plus size girl she is beautiful for a thick girl. Moral to story if you think someone is pretty just say that without adding the for a.

OMG I think there ALL SO GORGEOUS & I don't even consider skin colour., hair composition or background. They are ALL just total God given gifts & oh so BEAUTIFUL. LOVE U ALL

Love these videos. Most people who say such things just lack the awareness.

When someone tells you "for a black girl", you know you're talking to someone who seriously needs to reevaluate everything they think they know. Signed: Double national white guy, father of two girls from a "mixed race" woman (BTW, "mixed race" makes about as much sense as saying the color of my skin is like that of a white sheet of paper)

I totally agree. I don't unterstand why people differ between black and white. Nobody should discriminated for their skin colour. Especially bc in the last year's (in my Instagram feed) the discrimination changed. White girl get insult bc they are "so white" , "acting so white". I mean whut?! Everyone is acting like they is. It's so unimportant if the person is black, white, mixed or whatever!

You are sooooooo well spoken! Ugh...

I can relate to everything in this video. Great video Teenvogue! lol

I hate when people think all black people are cousins people always ask me that like no we aren't

I dont know if its just me but I like when people touch my hair. Not strangers or without asking but I do like it

More Black Girl Magic videos please!! In love with Amandla Stenberg

I like the fact that they explain why is offensive. Is more easy to people undertand if you show them the reasons.

It's even worse if you're African "How do you speak English so good "

My friends alyways get a black or brown marker, colorpencil, crayon, ect. And say/ask "Can you draw a line on your arm? I wanna see if it shows up on your skin." And even though it hurts my feelings I do it and they're like "Wow! you're not that dark afterall" And they will sometimes compare their skin to mine and be like "Wow I look so pale compared to you!". They also make make jokes like "I don't wanna stay in the sun to long or i'll look like her!" (aka me). One of my friends also said something like "She (me) makes me look prettier thats why im her friend".My crush also called me a burnt pizza. This is why Im insecure. Thanks for reading my little rant. Also should I still be friends with them?...

seeing camonghne felix was a nice surprise! I have replayed her poems so many times nd shared them with anyone that would listen.

0:37 omg loving ur hair sis😍😍

wow thanks for making this video

Omg so relatable

Yaaaas!!!!!!!! Love this video. Its like their reading my mind!!!!!!

I personally always like to keep an open mind that some people just don’t know. And if they don’t know, I should teach them.

I have a big afro and I actually love when people ask to touch my hair. First of all because it feels nice lol and secondly, because I feel like the person touching it is in awe and wants to learn more about my hair type. But I guess you can embrace it or be offended, its however you choose to view it 👍

Are people forgetting that Aman dla Stenberg is biracial

So fun to see Johnetta in this video, love the work she is doing!

I am always having a braid for school because Florida humidity makes my hair really frizzy and then people always ask me "Why don't you leave your hair loose" Or "Why don't you just straighten your hair"

“Is that your real hair???????” No shit

I was literally stopped a store, when a white girl walks up to me and basically told me I was mixed. That I had to be white because my skin was so "pale" 😓😓

Scrolling through the comments makes me feel less isolated in the situations I’ve been in, being told to straighten my hair because it looks too poofy or people grabbing my hair because they think it’s fake. i love my hair the way it is and all black/mixed girls shouldn’t have to deal with this to the point it’s normalized.

THIS IS ALSO GREAT! So well done!! :--*

Ok but I live in Eastern Europe and I've only met one black girl in my life and once I asked her if I can touch her hair because I've always wondered how it feels like, is it that dehumanizing?

my life

They are so BEAUTIFUL OMG ❤️❤️❤️❤️

this was right on point

I dont mind people touching my hair tho...Like watever.(Also...i have a habit of petting people so it would be hypocritical of me lol) and it's fascinating tho, like i go to school in kenya so like there is about 2 white girls and everyone wants to touch there hair to just cause. BUT YES TO THE REST!

I ask white people where they are from though too....like idk for me its not a race thing more of a small talk thing.

Im mixed and I hate when people ask to touch my hair and then dont even wait for an answer and just sticks their hand on my head

every single one of these has been said to me no joke every single one

"Where are you from, you're different (not the way they ask it but it's too much to write lol when white ppl make it seem like beautiful black girls/women are rare af)

I actually don't mind people touching my hair lol. I find it as a compliment when people like to touch it or say it's so soft or something.

New year, New teen vogue?!!! YAs teen vogue is slaying right now, teen vogue is my new favorite now!

In middle school used to get things like why don't you straighten your hair,why is it so puffy, you need to do your hair and every time they say those things I used to tell them that my hair won't stay straight and that my hair is not like theirs but, they still said the same thing like I was speaking a different language

"You'd look so pretty with weave" Yawn..

I have the same hair (not really me in the profile pic), and have never felt dehumanized by people asking to touch it.:/

this is so relatable i love this

my hand is in your scalp❤❤❤ I've been there so many times it's nice that someone else can relate.