Looks shouldn't matter, unfortunately they do in this world.

@@silentnight3970 😓

That is part of the requirement in ballet. It is first and foremost, an aesthetic. Yes, of course, she is a beautiful girl, but talented and accomplished in classical ballet as well for her age. Be honest, people will not pay $200 a seat for a ballet performance to see and experience anything less than an aesthetic that will take their breath away when that curtain opens, or a dancer enters stage. No one goes to the ballet to observe mediocrity in any way. Yes, it is a brutal fact.

Silent Night what “looks” I believe everyone is beautiful

Bleh ! Not me 😀

fruff30 cause there not speaking about race

fruff30 stfu let us have something

Lola Bee they always do that though, they never want the black part to have anything good at least , it always has to be the other part. She both, but the world will see her as black, and so this is what matters right now

Erasing a part of any individuals culture is ignorant and insensitive, regardless of what part. Makes you no better than the white people who have done that for years. As someone who’s actually blasian, I think it’s safe to say that I’ve seen even less people who look like me in media.

Maybe they already had an asian girl play her? Idk

true. dude.... getting cast as a rat for nutcracker sucks

i was a rat this year... it was terrible 😂

I did it I high key loved it I was just happy to be apart of the show

I saw, her on get out my room!

When you audition hoping you’ll get snow.... But you get rat king

she is not black.

ms renee what’s wrong with you? She is black.

@@lizapaza7046 We don't have to subscribe to white people standards just because they own the media. African Americans are waking up and acknowledging biracials and the need to protect the AA phenotype for economic, political and cultural reasons. Change is afoot. We are redrawing our boundary lines. The little dancer is precious her; Asian heritage should be acknowledged. Yes I know that Asians don't acknowledge half of nothing. As half black biracials continue to be more vocal they will create awareness and change the white media definition of who they are just as we are being vocal and redefining who we AAs are.

ms renee so what is she

ms renee in Asia she would be considered a black Asian not black and Asian.

MsRose00, PREACH!

Thank you 👏🏾👏🏾

Randall 45 I agree with you. It’s like saying that White people should stop doing things out of their culture and feel represented. We don’t always get represented not everything is originally from Europe lol

THANK YOU

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

ngl thought this was her at first (younger her) 💀

Its Heaven legittttt she looks so much like her!!!!

I wasn’t the only one who thought of that.

No, she looks nothing like her. Not all brown people look the same 🙄

Honey ALDC omg yesssssss like I thought it was young Rue.

just me I totally hate the loading of black. as soon as I saw this pretty little girl I could tell she was mixed with an oriental ethnic back ground but could tell which one.

Rakhi L was “loading” the right word? No I knew she was mixed

@Candy Reign Black person...what does this mean?... shes dancing for herself and her fam. Get a life. Shes Black. Deal with it. She called herself Black.

@Candy Reign you know you have some white some Indian and some Asian in you? So you are not fully black. Your parents might be “black” even though they also have some other stuff in them, but no one is fully black, white, Asian, Indian etc. So you can say a Mostly black person here

Candy Reign I have to agree... black would be like miss universe with dark skin and kinky very curly hair... this girl is mixed... but whites like to label her like this to avoid ever making it obvious that a fully black person may not be given this role anytime soon

👍👍👍👍👍👍

Bravo Charlotte 👏🏽👏🏽🩰🩰

Sagittarius why is it sad? Races uniting is beautiful.

My nieces Mackenzie and Madelyn are also blasian (Black and Korean) and I love them to death 🥰🥰

Peanut Butter Marie and Clara are the same character just different names, it depends on the company and variation!

Joe Gonzales ahhh

Thanks!!!!!! Plesase i thought that i was crazy.

I know😚

The original is Clara but the George Balanchine version is different in some ways and the girls’ name is Marie

WickedLeah biracial wouldnt have made the point they needed as she might not be the first biracial person.

The point is racist American sees no difference. Do your research. Black is what people perceive you to be upon seeing you. Biracial is a subcategory

U need help

yes biracial

@@earlem9771 well Black is the wrong term to call our people

Now why is it such a big deal? There are famous actors, well known athletes, and even A PRESIDENT whom are African American. Moronic.

Chrissy Mullins Because despite all the progress, it’s still not quite “normal.” It’s a big deal in ballet, which is especially considered to be a “white” sport.

Chrissy Mullins Kinda gross how you can’t be happy for a little girl. You should probably fix your attitude.

@@bunnysenpaimon6742 when did ballet become a sport u fool.. that says it all?

@@nitabailey426 This was a moronic comment.

she's black.

N.W.A. If she was white and Japanese what would you call her ? 🍿

@@Summerbeeuty She still will be biracial

N.W.A. Lol you’re commenting everywhere that she’s black. Can’t you accept that she’s half black, half asian? Why are you so adamant that she’s just black?

Greendro A.K.A Emerali Tha King Exactly, notice that the other commenter that my question was directed to didn’t reply😂

True.

Negative. We don't claim her.

Ascension 2000 who don’t?

@@Ascension1004 just shut up

@@Ascension1004 They said MOST counties, not all. Maybe not your country, but here in the U.S, Melanin/Complexion=Race identification.

J Taj Well, the Clara/Marie is supposed to be white so...

ExtraSwirl Well, the story is not necessarily set in Russia but the characters are most likely european or american (they’re rich so even if they are american, they should be white). The dancers who play the arabian girl and the chinese should be of the same ethnic background as their characters though. It would be nice too if the russians and the spaniards were really russian and spanish too

Rita Vilar are you implying on white people are rich in america lmao

She’s biracial, not black, not letting biracials represent me.

That’s because not so many black people want to do it.

S D this deserves all the likes

Really ???

NO, I AM

Larissa rose I meant that I resonate with the rat, not I AM IN THE RAT COSTUME AHAHAHAH

@@SD-cn4ux it would be cooler if you were the actual rat haaha

Glad I brought the popcorn.

she's black. not a single person would even think of her as anything else. what's funny is that 99% of black people in america are biracial, but they still call themselves black, so why is this girl now all of a sudden biracial? biracial mean two races. if you're 99% black and 1% white, you're biracial.

@@bnwo black woman love to live vicariously through Mixed woman... the girl in this video is probably only 25% black her mother looks mixed and her dad is asian.. this video doesn't hold the same weight if she was a full black or 90% black woman with dark skin and stereotypical west african features . If you accept white media making her seem like full black than these are the girls that will eventually replace full blown african woman in media if black woman accept and live vicariously through them... i see it all the time .. there would be a group of girls two dark skin and one mixed girl .... the dark skin girls hang with the mix girl becuase she gets all the attention and they live vicariously through her to try and piggy back off her , yall got to stop it and push for more full black girls in media.... and every black person in America is not really mixed... mixed is having two parents of different races... not becuase your great great great great grand dad was a white slave owner.... it doesn't deny the fact we have some white dna in us but that doesn't make us white.. I found out that i'm 7% white Russian and British but that's only 7% you can't call me white or even Mixed i'm black. the girl in this video is not just black she is Biracial but she is African American.... and you also say if people look at her they think nothing but black, actually there are millions of Dark skin Asian people from thailand and other southern asian countries. Even though I think some of the darker skin asian people have some african history

@@msg360 tl'dr.

@@bnwo dont know what that means but ok

bambam hof - And what’s the point of you comment ?

Liza Paza Because this interview completely ignores that part. They’re making out to be as if she’s completely black. She’s bi-racial. And her mom looks bi-racial too.

@@lizapaza7046 I am a Filipino, I am just happy that she has filipino blood. If people see this talented little girl as a black girl, it's perfectly alright. After all, it is her talent that counts the most. I am just happy that she is half filipino.

bambam hof I’m half Filipino too!

He is still a man of color

C G thank u

She still has black in her. Why are you upset about that? She even self identified as the first black girl

sweets3445 Bc it erases blackness for one. For two, it denies her other half. We biracial people exist, stop avoiding it

sweets3445 If she was white and Asian you wouldn’t be one dropping her. We only do that when the person has a black parent, ask yourself why is that. It needs to stop 🛑

Summerbeeuty exactly!

Wow this just happened to pop up when you were thinking abt that? The government rlly do be listening tho 😳

Exactly !! I’m half Filipino, and I’m also proud that a fellow Filipino is doing great things, bc just like the african American community, Asians experience racial inequality too, so seeing her star in the nutcracker is amazing for our community just as much as it is for the African American community :)

M A ain’t that the truth she is actually supporting both Asian and her black side :)

M A thank you because there is yet to be one that looks like us..... 100 percent melanin. But I’m still happy for her

Thank you

Layla Petes you can say that you are “black and *****,” but I don’t think you should just cancel off one side.

lol she's black. stay mad.

N.W.A. Well you can stay mad when little girls like her and women like me get elevated over actual black women 🤷🏽‍♀️. Would you consider her siblings black? They looked pretty Asian to me. Or are you a racist one drop kinda person?

the fact that she is the first with any drop of black is saying something tho. still happy for her, cant wait for the first fully black star

Why is that surprising?

MyAkachi in this case, hopefully because she is so very young, but I know what you mean.

Had to dislike this comment

i'd like to think that you say that because she's so young, but i see why people would dislike. maybe a little more context would do the trick?

Nobody said they were surprised. Its an observation.

Exactly! 🤗

💀💀 honestly 😩

She isn't Black she is biracial. So, they may very well be biased against Blacks.

@@jennjoint6123 tell that to them.

@@jennjoint6123 I was being a bit sarcastic. I hope they do a lot better with incorporating the melting pot that America really is. I am happy for this baby, and it is shameful that in 2019 she is the first black, who technically isnt really black, because the are using an antiquated one drop rule to classify her.

Congratulations!

xavier B wow that is so nice! Congrats again!

Well done!!! 🎉🎉🎉

xavier B bottom too I bet - can’t believe u can top

Playfulpanthress who is we?

Playfulpanthress I’m all for African American representation but this unfortunately is not it for me...she is a mixed girl and will forever be a mixed girl, me and her are not the same and this is coming from a person who is 100 percent black UNDOUBTABLY. My point is is why are mixed people always claimed by black people when u hardly ever here there other side claim them?

The black genes are dominant. That’s why. Usually the BLACK genes dominate. Just like when someone is white and asian they’re asian because the ASIAN genes dominate

huntey that still doesn’t negate the FACT that they are not the other race IF YOU ARE BIRACIAL YOU ARE TWO RACES NO MATTER WHICH IS MORE DOMINANT OR WHAT BI MEANS 2 last time I checked a fraction isn’t a whole number being 1/2 black doesn’t make u all of a sudden a whole black person call biracial people what they are which is MIXED point blank period

Barbara Ann thank you although I don’t agree with the west African part, I do agree with the rest

Biracials and Blacks....

If i may... Miss France too

It's a big deal becuz we are a big deal 💖💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

Asia J no it’s because we have not been represented right but you should still be proud :D

Tawanda Thurman But she isn’t AA. She is biracial.

Truth Sayer THANK YOU !

Tawanda Thurman SHE IS NOT AFRICAN-AMERICAN. Her mother is Afro- Trinidadian and her father is from the Philippines. Her mother is mixed heritage as well as both her parents are mixed race. I am quite sure that this girl is less than 40% African DNA. That doesn't equate black. There are black girls out here thinking that they should have hair like this " black girl". She does not look like black and she is NOT African- American. She is a mixed race Afro-Trinidadian and Filipino descendant.

True! But you know how it is!

😂😂😂

It’s sad really!

NaksPizza lol that’s what I’m thinking, grantees she’s a bit more tanned than her siblings, there’s a mixed family.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 the little girl is biracial. That's a blasian family.

Like you should your perfect the way you are💙

@@maggieverschut8872 thank you so much I appreciate ❤️😊

same!

Yep she does but just give her the praise she richly deserved.

She is. They showed a family picture and her Dad is Asian.

Her dad is not fully Asian

@@Glycam Not that it matters...but their family picture is at 1:17. He looks fully Asian to me.

Sao O her dad is 100 percent Filipino

Asians have white skin normally. It wouldn’t be a big deal for them to play that role. This little girl will be treated as a black women in America, not an asian. She is black

In America she would be called black

кαуlα that wasn’t the point. The point is, even Asians won’t claim this girl as Asian, they would see her as just black because she has “black” features

Victoria Adeyemi unless they bleach...what?

Facts.

nice one she’s still black

@@kactus1889 no❤

Elle Belle it’s not their choice sometimes

Perhaps they can just put the best dancers in the company.

It's about talent, not the color of someone's skin.

If you know anything about classical ballet, you would know it has plenty to do with skin color disguised as body type. Black girls are often told their bodies are “too athletic” to ever be a professional ballerina. NYCB is notorious for filling their ranks with white dancers. Their dancers are very thin, long necks, small heads...it is the “look” NYCB goes for. I’ve been a patron of NYCB for many, many years and I have only seen a couple black dancers BECAUSE the look they want is NOT black dancers. It’s a very common complaint among some patrons of the company.

No one is saying they *have* to. But with so many new pieces NYCB is putting out with NEW and YOUNG choreographers, there is no reason a ballet company can’t reflect the diversity of the city in which it resides. You can’t sit there and tell me that with all the new ballets they are churning out, at NO point a black dancer wouldn’t be suited for the role? Many patrons of NYCB have been asking for increased diversity in their dancers for years, so save me your racist rhetoric.

What about cultural appropriation?

​@@EVZYLhuh???

GrilledGacha lol

Doesn't it get warm in that costume? Have to give credit for the talent!

They need to change the title or omit her race. So disrespectful.

A Jesus Christ shut UP

A Jesus Christ shut UP

@@user-pu2xu2iq9o I feel sad for you. Do you know what the word hypocrisy means? Jesus christ would ask a person to be quiet, or silent. By using his name while telling a person to shut xxxxxx, is disrespect, blasphemy even, bad manners, poor ettique. You are misrepresenting the lord. The more I read the more refined I get, so I speak differently even when I'm frustrated

randy Pall Really wrote a whole paragraph huh. Not particularly a fan of Jesus but I’ll use his name since I’m an atheist

Latifah Eden thank you love for clarifying. You are right. I was guilty of thinking of her as African American. However I hope they see your post because they are media and reporters etc. so they need to be accurate. I in turn know better now so when similar statements are made about others I will know how to correct them.

She might identify as African American

IKR, I’m black and I’m sick of biracial people identifying as black, be what you are and stop trying to be classified as something you’re not. It’s her mothers fault most likely, telling her she’s black.

Sabina T that doesn’t mean she is though.

chevon1920 she’s biracial she can identify as either or

Kay TV She’s still black

Ky Camp nah she’s biracial.

Somehow, I'm unsurprised to come across such a comment here. Can you acknowledge her acheivement at least?

Barack Obama is biracial but everyone considers him the first black president.

Same thing Obama was the first black president and his mom was white most African Americans are mixed most Black people aren’t full African and many black celebs are mixed too. Tiger Woods for example.

Exactly.. bravo 👏

She is not black,her father is asian,and her mother is form trinidad,how is she identify as black ,so nowadays everyone with dArk skin,and achiever arw now identify as black.

American children from what country and edited to add (White) so sad.... So you only “HOPE” for black and white childhood ha? No hope for the brown and yellow children?

@@grp2009able your dumb

Jemaine Clement exactly especially considering she is half Asian! This is exactly why they should make it known she’s half Filipino!

Anyone can and should be inspired by her work but the white kids already have several people to look up too.

Yea. I’m pretty sure she’s also half Asian too.

She looks like her dad is black n Asian and moms black, judging from the family photos .

april hanako Yes she is not black she is a Filipino

@@arriere100 Mom = Black, Dad = Asian. How does that make her filipina? You do not even know what ethnicity her father is.

@@arriere100 Nope, try again, she's black and Asian.

She is biracial. She isn’t black.

Marie is the name in E.T.A. Hoffmanns Story, in the original story Clara is the name of Maries doll.

I thought so too

@@sunflowervol.6414 Thats weird

I thought so too

@ Jennifer Dutka I was looking for this comment😂

not mad just confused

There are different names for the princess in the nutcracker. Usually her name is Clara, but sometimes it’s Marie,Maria, or Masha. In the nutcracker I was in her name was Masha because it was a Russian Nutcracker.

Clara is of Germanic origin. Marie is of French origin, where ballet began centuries ago. And yes, there is Masha in Russia, a variation of Marie. The story of Nutcracker has been in most of the world for centuries, as many old world fairy tales are, for example, like the story of Cinderella. There are different variations of the story and therefore the ballet. The name of the girl of the story represents only one of the different variations to the story.

Susan Sauls thank you for the lesson but I know that I was literally in the nutcracker with nycb because I used to go to sab anyway I don’t need a fact check I’m just frustrated

I was Marie this year. They say it’s Italian

Daleylife that’s what I thought too

Yes! I thought so!

Mandela effect!

It’s Marie in the original story by E. T. A. Hoffman. Clara is actually Maries dolll.

Daleylife it’s Clara and Marie there are two names

So if you don't want the one drop rule, why are you calling beyonce and rihanna black when they're biracial too?

N.W.A. They aren’t biracial . They have white heritage but they are majority black. Stop acting stupid in every comment section about blackness. This little girl is like 30% black at most.

she's black. and if she's not, then no one in america is black.

@@bnwo so you saying her asian dad does not exist? The average black american have some non black genes that is coming from slavery (great great grandparents ago). However, having one non black parent is biracial. How many black people you know with those feature.... she looks asian and that wavy hair not a black feature. If her skin was as light as her dad's nobody would think she is mixed because of her facial features.

@@monicajade3704 lol so if you're black or not is about your features? funny, since black women are quick to tell you they can have blonde hair.

She is whatever she wants to be, obviously. Stop being negative.

BuzzKillington Huh? Do you understand what you’re saying so folks with a drop of black can say they’re black 🤦🏽‍♀️. This is why Rachel Dolazol exists

She isn't 1 drop though ?

@@bittersweet6927 exactly she is half.

people need to stop to refer as mixed people as black. let a real black person play the role. stop pushing them to the side and act as if half mixed people are black people they are not. the moment you have futures that obviously are not your but came down from your grandmother or one side of your parent your are not black. i have never seen a black person like her in Africa EVER

@@Jessicaro , You do know that Black people are mixed right ? White , African, Native American and for some Asian.

@@bittersweet6927 yes but that is exactly what i am saying unless they are mixed a pure black person in Africa does not look like her at all. even in Africa unless they are mixed they do not look like her