I can't tell the difference between blacks and mulattoes most of the time. Many light-skin blacks claim they're 100% black, so I don't know. Obviously, you don't look white.
@anonymous19601 No, I'm clearly not all white. There's really no such thing as a light-skin black. Those people have mixed ancestry, but just personally choose to identify as 100% black. I can usually tell the difference between a black person & a mulatto, but I think it's because I have a good mixed people radar lol.
I always go by what the person looks like if they're biracial and they look white then I would consider them white and the same vice versa. It's not to bee offensive towards anyone thats just how my thought process is. If someone wants to be classified as biracial and not one or the other than I think thats great and I will respect that. Like If I seen you in public I would say this girl is black but I think she is Biracial. Race is such a stupid subject we're all human at the end of the day.
Both whites, black, also hispanics have in some way supported the one drop rule. My hispanic grandmother calls my cuban, and my black father calls me black..its really not even a big deal you know what you are just like any other mixed person does. this video was honestly uncalled for
@epiphany740 The One Drop Rule I'm speaking of was historically applied to black ancestry. Your hispanic grandmother calling you cuban is not an example of her enforcing the one drop rule. Cuban is a nationality not a race. You can be of the black race & still be Cuban. At the time I made this video, it was a big deal & it was called for. Unless you know what someone has personally experienced, you can't say whether or not their feelings/opinion on something is uncalled for.
@epiphany740 cuban is a race when its the culture you identify with. This is why some bi-racials actually claim one side or the other, because its what they most identify with. Its baffling that people care SO much to me. More serious things in the world to worry about then some one calling a person black. Correct them and keep it moving.
Biracial women NEVER want to blame race classifications on evil white men, they always tell black people to get over it just like their white fathers tell black people all the time. I never saw biracial black women as so self-hating until I saw video after video of them attacking black people and defending white people who created all the problems we are dealing with. White people dont care if unarmed black people are getting shot daily for simply being black.
@LISTENtotheMANofGOD What does your comment have to do with the video? I know where the classifications of race came from & this video is not about defending a particular race.
one drop rule was created to keep the white race pure!Fuck how people see you or look at it. If you are biracial you are biracial end of story. I read a couple comments sayin somethin about mixed race people trying to gain "status" from white people which i find funny because when white people see biracials they see black so how is claiming the race you are gonna gain anything from them? what is there to gain? sayin somethin like that is sayin there better. Im sick of self hating black people
Self-hatred, self-loathing, also sometimes autophobia refers to an extreme dislike of oneself, or being angry at oneself.
Now that you have the real definition go read my comment agian. So many people throw that word around and have no idea what their even saying. Nowhere in my comment did I say anything that would lead anyone to believe I have a problem with myself or my race! nice try NEXT
@briarts Who were these mulattos that were gaining the staus of white people? What process did some one go thru in order to gain the same status as whites?
@rashadkijani In certain states, mulattoes were considered white if they looked white enough. Also, of course those who passed as white gained the status of a white person.
14 . ) Now the Black people that aren't into pressuring an exclusive Black identity on me or Biracial people in general I have absolutely no problems with and I don't mind chilling and hanging out with those types of black people but the others can go kick rocks
@chsn09 She said there are "virtually no black people", meaning they're very hard to find. She knows that there are blacks everywhere. Out of over 14 million people who live in the Scandinavian region, roughly about 3% of the population is black or of Afro-descent. Hence, there are virtually no blacks in the area b/c your chances of seeing a black person are slim. I knew a Swedish guy who came to the USA & at age 17, he could count the number of blacks he had interaction with in Sweden.
@briarts Actually, it depends on how you define 'black'. B/c in Norway 11% (one out of every 10 persons) is a first generation immigrant, among the five largest groups are Pakistanis, Iraqi and Somali. In Denmark it's 9.5%. They mostly come from Southwest Asia, and Turkey, but also e.g. Somalis, Ethiopians, Sudanese. In Sweden 14.3% of the inhabitants is foreign-born. Somali, Iran, Iraq people are among the top ten countries of origin. These numbers exclude Scandinavia-born offspring. (wiki)
@briarts You are entitled to perceive them as non-black. However, many Pakistanis, Southeast Asians etc have an equally dark or even darker skin colour than African Americans do. In Northern Europe though, African Americans, Pakistani, Southeast Asians etc are all called black. Contrary to the US, where 'black' seems to have a cultural component, the term in Europe is based on skin colour only (meaning: non-white and non-light-Asian/Middle Eastern).
@chsn09 Yea they go there to dilute their blood lines. How many, would you say in percentage, are in Scandinavia? I'm encouraging people who don't want to be black to disregard the one drop rule and call themselves whatever they want. They are free to go. Basically, I don't care where they go. I figure Scandinavia is as white as you get. Yet, I read they're not that big on immigration. Hmmm (scratching my head). Think of another place I can send them to, would ya? T.I.A.
@WhereYaBoss Scandinavia never had colonies, so the black immigrants that come there are political refugees. They don't come there to 'dilute their bloodline'! Are you serious? They come because they've escaped war and dictatorships. All the things we in the West don't know anything about, and don't want to know anything about either...
13. ) The way I see it is... accept me as I am or don't accept me at all . If you're going to pressure me about the way I identify then guess what ? I don't want to have anything to do with you simple as that . That pressuring crap wont do anything but push me away from you not bring me closer to you .
12. ) NOW If I'm going to care about one group or anothers acceptance then it will be other Black/white Biracial people's acceptance because I feel they are the ones that are truly MY PEOPLE Black people have proved time and time again that their acceptance comes with conditions .
11. ) I'm personally to the point now where I don't give a damn whether Black people accept me or not and I never cared whether white people accepted me but most have accepted me for who i fully am unlike a lot of Black people I've come across .
10. ) I've never in my life got the impression from white people that in order to be accepted by them I had to only identify as Black or I was going to get hurt . I've identified as Biracial around white people and they totally accepted me as Biracial and never got mad or pissed off at me for that .
9. ) So that's not really accepting us now is it . If we have to totally pretend like we're not even biracial in order for Black people to feel comfortable around us then that is not true acceptance. We are accepted on Black people's terms and not for who we fully are . And that's the crap that pisses me off .
8. ) But now as an adult I don't give a crap anymore I'm going to be true to myself and if another Black person wants to fight me over it bring it . I think it's BULL SHIT that In order for us to be accepted by Black people it seems we have to solely and exclusively identify as Black and nothing else or now Black people get all offended and shit .
7. ) I at one time wanted black people's acceptance so badly . I also wanted to stop getting my ass kicked by groups of people so in my early teens I started to identify as Black ONLY to save drama and to keep myself from being Black and Blue.
6. ) At that time I just wanted Black people to like me ( I was a kid, what kid doesn't want to be accepted ? ) and I didn't really understand why they didn't and I also didn't understand how those Black girls could take me saying " I acknowledge both equally as me saying or thinking " I saw myself as better " My mother told me Black people would always accept me so I was sooo damn confused and frankly heart broken when I wasn't .
5. ) I still remember some of the things that were being said to me as I was down on the ground in the fetal position being kicked and stomped in the head, face, stomach,everywhere really " You mixed Bitch , you think you're better than us don't you , you just too good to call yourself Black ain't you ? Well bitch, I'll bet you wont think you too good for us anymore will you ? " I'm gonna pull out all your damn hair , This bitch gonna be bald head when we're finished "
4. ) There was no word exchange I didn't even have a chance to get out the word " Hi " and the next thing I know I'm being tackled to the ground punched in the face then the rest of the girls started in . Come to find out why I'm getting jumped , SMH I'm getting jumped because ... wait for it ... because I didn't say I identify as Black and nothing else .
3. ) And within the same day or the day after my first encounter with them upon seeing them again I would be approached in a even bigger group ( and the first time this happened to me I thought the girls were approaching me to ask if I wanted to play or hang out I thought they were approaching me to make friends with me and I was all for it , I seriously thought I had made some new friends I was all excited and shit I had NO idea what was coming .
3. ) Getting jumped happened to me 4 times throughout my childhood . Whenever I was asked if I was mixed and I would say " yeah " then the question that always followed was " Well what do you consider yourself " and I would say " I acknowledge both sides equally so i consider myself mixed with both black and white " then they would be like " Oh Okay " and walk away . ( continued )
2. ) All throughout my childhood i identified as mixed . Well .. in my teens I started identifying as Black instead of mixed because I knew that if I didn't I would be ridiculed, jumped, and condemned for not identifying as strictly Black .
1. ) Many Black people are only accepting of Biracial's if we DON'T identify as Biracial .
in my experience In order for many Black people to accept me I had to lie and tell them I only identified as Black when in truth I knew I didn't only see myself as black .
Hey briarts, I will always be glad that it was a comment of "one drop rule" i made on some's video that your read and decide to make this video. You and any of your so-called biracials are free to consider your selves any thing and any race you want. So good luck with being biracial!
@Koffidenda2 Um, you're not the reason I made this video. I made this video because of a book I was reading & paper I was writing for a class at the time. I saw on your page where I commented on the One Drop Rule 11 months ago, but this video was made almost 18 months ago.
@TaelynWallace Well some people assume that everyone in Africa is black, so African & black have sort of become interchangeable. However, there are some people here who realize that not every African is black.
I have had the same experience with Whites being very accepting with my identity as a multi-ethnic woman (AA, English, French, Irish). Blacks do tend to take it as somehow 'disowning' the Black race- especially being half-White. It is, simply, a fact that I am not as inclined to the Black culture as I am my European cultures.
@briarts Yes, Sadly, many African-Americans do not accept biraciality.
I have gotten messages here on youtube from people who were treated badly by blacks because they were biracials.
When people here on youtube try to act like Blacks are entirely accepting of biracials, I would have them talk to the people who have reached out to me online and told me their stories.
Look, I would like nothing better than AA being fully accepting of us but that's not the reality.
@briarts There appears to a level of insecurity that grips black people at times.
I can understand this based on history: slavery, jim crow, lack of economic opportuntiies, police harassment etc.
However, biracial people are just like anyone else, We just want to live our lives free of unecessary pain and enjoy friendships and relationships like anyone else.
I find it hilarious that black people detest passing for white by people of mixed race.
@briarts Not just a double standard, they adopt-consciously or unconsciously-the ODR and use it as a unshakable prison-like rubric in order to imprison biracials.
Anyone who thinks they are of mixed race heritage from parents of two different races is laughed at and considered crazy.
Just consider how they treated Tiger Woods.
Blacks went nuts when Woods stated-truthfully-that he was half Thai, half black.
They thought he was distancing himself from blacks when in reality he was biracial.
@MultiSmartass1 Yeah, I see what you mean. There are several blacks who have left comments on my videos about how I supposedly hate being black lol. There's even a video here on YT that this one woman made in response to this video & completely bashes me about how I identify as mixed. When I first saw it, I was kind of upset because she was the rudest anyone had ever been.
@briarts Par for the course to make a golfing analogy.
I have recieved insulting rejoinders from supposedly black people here on youtube but also odd ones that push me to deny my biraciality and simply consider myself black.
There's a weirdo-Where ya Boss i think is her handle-who endeavors in vain for me to do this.
"Trust and believe"
Some of these black people are either full of hate or bizarrely trying to embrace you for the wrong reasons.
@MultiSmartass1 Lol, I agree. "Where ya Boss" used to do that to me, but she has now accepted my choice (or rather my right) to identify as mixed. The other black who have done this to me on YT are usually so-called "afrocentric" or black nationalists.
@briarts I guess that's good but I still regard her as a weirdo racist fanatic.
I don't know if i have dealt with any black nationalist types.
Oh, you might find this intersting.
Someone called One Summer Sky or some such handle accused me on another YT page of misleading youth- as an adult- into "segregation" and "blind prejudices" by my supporting their right to be accepted as biracial people.
I, a biracial person, support others like me and that's "wrong".
@MultiSmartass1 Ha, that doesn't make any sense. So because you support people's rights to be accepted as a biracial then you're supposedly misleading. One Summer Sky once left a comment to me on someone else's video when I expressed being proud of non-black side. She basically assumed that I didn't probably didn't even have contact with my non-black side (which I do) & that I was just boasting about it.
@briarts Hahaha! She was doing the textual version of a tongue-lashing.
She sounded like an old lady -" as an adult" Iam misleading "youth"
What am I Socrates?
What is wrong with this woman?
It is fascinating to me that I have often by attecked by people claiming to be black on youtube because I insist biracial people should not pretend to be black or any other race and just admit to and live with the fact that they are biracial.
What's sad is that this doesn't appear to come from whites.
@MultiSmartass1 Lol, I think to mislead youth it would take more than simply leaving comments on YT. I have never had whites on here or even in my personal life that tell me not to say I'm mixed. For the most part, they really don't care.
@briarts That is one of the odd things that I have across in examining this issue.
My responses to comments on YT have come from 1) fellow biracials like you who clearly accept their status and find it illogical to "pass" something they are not entirely and 2) supposed black people and some disgruntled supposed biracials who insist that I claim to be black only and push the notion that biraciality doesn't exist.
I have not come across a white poster here who denies that Iam "half white"
@MultiSmartass1 It's because, at least from my experience, white people don't really care. They will either assume you're mixed or they will ask you. Once you give them a "yes" or "no" answer that's the end
@briarts I have had a white person or two show some inteerst in the fact Iam mixed but generally I have not run into many white people who are overfascinated with the issue.
I tend agree-once they find out what you are, that usually settles it.
I have no idea why people continue to define themselves by a rule made to define all Non-whites as non-humans. I am Afro-European and think that it is ridiculous, when people try to convince me that it is wrong to identify as multi-ethnic. Mixed is mixed- be it bi or multi-racial...not Black.
My culture is very much European, not just Black- actually, moreso European. I can relate to what you said about not being raised in the Black community.
miss one drop rule >>look at the Ethiopians and the Somalians are they mix race NO!! ask a Ethiopian his race hes gonna tell u black so ...omg*** a Ethiopian and Somalian look so different from a Nigerian or southern Sudanese..my mother is probably more whiter than your mother my father is black and my mother is puerto rican don't know why people cant accept the different diversity of black people i really need to move to Brazil they gonna accept me more than here in America.
@mofire9999 Lol, your mother does look whiter than my mother because my mother isn't white. What do the Ethiopians & somalians have to do with this? I'm talking about people who are mixed, not black people who just don't look as black as people from Nigeria or southern Sudanese. Of course you will me accepted more in Brazil because multiracial people are the majority & they aren't being one-dropped like here in America. There are a list of places you we would be more accepted.
Have you ever thought about why these Black people behave the way that they do. African American people have been taken from their land and put in to slavery while being robbed of their language, culture, history. After slavery, subjected to 100 years of Jim Crow laws and to this date being ignored, harassed, or terrorized by the government (police) due to racism.
@briarts I served two years in Iraq with the same platoon of 24 men. If me and my platoon went back to Iraq, we would all survive in that environment. If you took 24 random people in the street and put them in Iraq, I would give them only 2 months for the last one to die. This is due to their ignorance and lack of training for that type of environment. This is why you have immigrants including blacks from other ethnicities that come to this country & prosper faster than AA here in the U.S.
@GoinBack2Naija It sounds like you are jus basing it off of skin tone though. There are people darker than Naomi Campbell who are biracial & there are people who are much lighter than her who are black so shouldn't those people still be considered black?
@chsn09 I realize that Hispanic is not a race--I never said that it was, but it is a culture and that is the culture that I identify with, not the AA culture. I agree that we should have common ground, unfortunately there is much ignorance & much of the time the ignorant are the loudest, which interferes with my desire to be uniquely me. The True ME. I resent being bullied into representing only one side of my DNA ancestry just to satisfy ignorance. I am a biracial Hispanic! ¿Entiendes?
I could relate to your message in your video because I am also a biracially mixed person. Infact, I was raised as a Black Hispanic, my culture is Hispanic, so I identify myself to be simply "Hispanic", but since I'm biracial, I relate to the Black side of my family--but still of Latin culture, which is not the same as your average typical African American, so we don't feel necessarily identical to them. I have had similar experiences to yours as well, especially w/ AAs having issues w/ me.
My Baby is Black and Filipino and girl if you were 2 see him youd say he was 100% Asian. He is only a Baby now but I in a way worry about my son growing up. My Family ( Which is Black Im Black) Likes to make annoying jokes about my son Because he is basically the only mixed Grandchild (On my dad's side) They act as if he is a green alien. I worry for him dealing with the mixes in the Asian and Black community as he grows up.
People like these (Afrocentrics/KKKs or whatever they call themselves) usually stir up things, create turmoil where peace already exists. Why do they think everything is about colour. Full blooded indians from India are darker than lots of black people, yet they have no affiliation with Africa, they are not african anything nor "black".Aborigins are dark and they are not african anything.People should just try to respect each other, classifying people by colour only leads to hatred among peoples
When I said Afrocentics need company, I should have been more clear. Deep down, some are feel inferior, so to feel better they try to recruit mixed people, especially beautiful mixed people to make them feel better about being fully black. African does not mean black; Egyptians are certainly not black, people need to research more before delving into this race thing. Afrocentrics are just trying to fight a non-existent war by recruiting people they think are black and KKKs are plain retarded.
@kerala605 By all means I support biracial people regarding their identity. But do not deny Africans their identity. Noah had three sons Japeth, Ham, and Shem. Ham is the father of all dark races that dwell in Africa except the so called Negroes. Until you absorb that truth do not attempt to explain who the Egyptians were bcs you have no idea and you are way over your head.
Totally get where you're coming from, it seems so wrong for people not to be able to talk about their heritage! I've heard white people who had one native american ancestor from centuries ago, proudly refer to themselves as mixed! Why take that right from other people to do the same. Afrocentrics are lonely people that need company! That's the way I feel!
LOL @ Birarts actually suggesting someone can be their own blood for cash lmao, wow you are sad. Thandie is just "playing" the part of a person with African Blood, that a lie but we know you are just "playing" the part of a non-black person lol smh..anyhow
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I'm attracted to mixed guys first, specifically black/white mixed. White guys come in close 2nd. I like some hispanic guys.
Very telling, Full Black didnt even make the list, but full white is cool and anything close
@YoGirlHey Thandie is the one who used to go on interviews saying "I'm not black", but yet she plays black roles. She will claim black for a role, but that's it. That is considered "black for cash". The question was about my preference for guys as far as race and that is my opinion. So what if they didn't make the list. How am I "playing" the part of a non-black person?
@briarts Really? Hmm there were ones where it was mentioned that she is half white or biracial. Biracial and black are treated as the same when portrayed in Hollywood. I mean they will mention biraciality but it still gets treated as black because WHITE is exclusive. You can try to get acceptance for your white half but WHITENESS is considered to be exclusive while black is more inclusive and blacks tend to be more accepting.
@chsn09 Again, she has played biracial roles before where it's mentioned she's biracial, but most of the time the roles are black. I feel the roles should be seperate for the reason that many other blacks do: people like her are not a true representation of blacks. For one, you have a woman who states she isn't black, so why should be given a black role instead of another woman. Secondly, darker skinned black actresses have lower representation in the media.
@briarts Excellent points. That is probably because most "blacks" in the USA are not even dark skinned or super dark skinned to say the least. Even on BET many "blacks" that are used are the token blacks or lighter skinned blacks.
I agree. I never realized that Thandie Newton did not identify as black. I always had thought she was black but when years ago I began to think deeper and was like wait a minute? Thandie Newton is biracial and is NOT even from the USA. She is a biracial UK woman.
@chsn09 Yeah, at first I didn't know she was biracial, but I wasn't surprised when I found out & I understand why she doesn't identify as black. Since she is from the UK, biracial people there are not automatically grouped with blacks like they are in the U.S.
@briarts Well I had thought she may have been mixed but was never really sure. I was not shocked either when I heard that she was mixed. UK has lots of mixed folks. Yeah UK handles race and classification issues much better than the USA. I can understand why she says she is NOT black because she is BI RACIAL. Biracial is not black and it is not white.
But I am shocked she would benefit from black roles and AA roles when she is neither of them. She is only fooling herself
@chsn09 Many times, the female black leading role goes to a biracial or a woman who is lighter-skinned and/or has European features as opposed to brown/darker women with more ethnic features. As far as blacks or whites being more accepting, that varies based on personal experiences.
@briarts True. The ligher skinned people are picked over others. I agree. Well lets be real, blacks are usually more accepting of things as opposed to whites. That is not saying that they don't show hate or racism but the blacks would be able to accept a biracial knowing that part of them is similar racially to them. Whites have that purist racialist mentality. Also many biracials are seen as "light skinned blacks". Of course that term is contradictory but no skin off of my back lol
@chsn09 I think it goes both ways the common, non-racist person black or white will accept biracials, but there are also groups of blacks & whites who will not accept them such as the KKK & NBPP or any type of purist, racist individual. Looking at it as a whole, I would say the numbers are probably even between the numbers of blacks & whites who accept or don't accept biracials.
@briarts True but the NBPP person will probably accept the biracial if that biracial person considered themselves as black.
I hate KKK and NBPP. Eurocentrics and Afrocentrics need to get a clue and they are just ridiculous. I stay away from them.
But in the long run I would think that most biracials would be able to accepted by blacks nonetheless. But of course there are accepting whites as well.
@chsn09 I doubt it. In the end they would still be seen as an abomination & threat to the "black race" I went to school with an Afrocetrics once & she didn't make exceptions.
@briarts Well that depends. Afrocentrics often feel that they can dictate who and what is black. They will tell people that consider themselves black as not being black and they will claim others as black that don't consider themselves black so it goes both ways. I HATE AFROCENTRICS.
Hello Briarts I find you a very intelligent and clear-headed person, but I just want to know what you think makes a person black or white, is it just skin color or facial features because I'm beginning to think it's just facial features, because there are many pale skinned mulattoes who are called black and the N word by racist whites online because they have african features, so that's the conclusion I've now come to. What do you think?
@gatheringleaves Thank you. Since race is just a social construct, I really don't know how to answer the question. I think it's more than facial features because I know people who could pass as fully white, but yet call themselves black. I think it has a lot to do with culture and upbringing.
@briarts But aren't there ever times that you feel white or when you feel black? And so if someone says your black will you say no that you aren't or do you tell them that is part of who you are?
@chsn09 When I was younger, until about 8th grade, I did feel white. Now most of the time I don't really feel like either one. When people call me black, I just tell them that's a part of me. The only time I got really upset was when this one lady told me that I wasn't mixed, I was just black. From my experience, many people already assume that I'm mixed or some other race without me mentioning it.
@briarts When you felt white was it self hate or just associating more w/ whites? And so you don't feel black at all. You feel neutral from black and white etc? True. I can see that you are mixed but usually it is safer to call mixed ppl w/ black simply as just black, not to neglect the other parts of them but at the end of the day mixed and blacks have a "forced" solidarity due to white vs non-white tension and opression. It is good you stand up for your mixed identity =-]
@chsn09 Thank you! It was just associating more with whites. My elementary & middle school was predominately white so I had white friends. Race & differences were never discussed in my home, and I just associated all "black" people as having brown or dark skin b/c the few blacks who were in my class weren't light-skinned and my mom's family is brown or dark.
@chsn09 Yes, for the most part I feel neutral from both. At some points, I have a specific connection that I feel with blacks or whites, but I don't see myself as being totally part of either one. I think I've never really felt black because I haven't had black experiences. I've never experienced racism or being treated differently due to race. I've never enjoyed soul food, dancing or other modern cultural things such as hip-hop/rap music.
@MsInformitive You should get your information straight and you're very rude. It has nothing to do with self-hate because I am very proud of my heritage. Not everyone follows the one drop rule, and it's an ignorant rule. I'm very confidant in myself and don't feel inferior/lower to anybody. Where in this video do I talk about feeling superior and not wanting to be black.
There is No Such Thing as a "Light Skinned Black" person!
The term "Light Skinned Black" is a racist oxymoron coined by White racial supremacists who tried to forcibly deny 'Mixed-Race' people who are of a Multi-Generational Multiracially-Mixed (MGM-Mixed) Lineage the right to embrace & acknowledge their full ancestry.
Again, so-called "Light Skinned Blacks" are simply 'Mixed-Race' people who are from families that BOTH BECAME & CONTINUALLY REMAINED Mixed-Race THRU-OUT multiple generations.
This is NOT stating or implying that having a LIGHT-Complexioned SKIN tone IS is THE 'ONLY' (OR even a 'REQUIRED') PROOF of a person being OF MIXED-RACE LINEAGE.
It 's simply stating that the person's Light-complexioned Skin tone is simply an Undeniable physical Proof Of the Fact that their family's Ancestral Lineage has been 'Continually' racially Admixed 'Throughout' the Generations (from the first incident of admixing to their present generation -- ex. Griffe marries Metis, etc.).
In order to be MGM-Mixed*/Mixed-Race one's ancestry MUST have BOTH BECOME & REMAINED (at least 25%) racially-admixed THRU-OUT all your family generations!
Having 1 or 2 "ancient-ancestors found "somewhere-down-the-line" (ex.1 or 2 great-grand whatever of another "race") DOES NOT make a person MGM-Mixed (or else everyone could (falsely)claim to be MGM-Mixed)!
You're black sista , stop trying to evade it , and deny it, your nose is black , your lips are negroid just like mines.. but you think just because your skin is fair and you have a little bit of extra hair makes you in a class of your own HAHAHAHAHA...You saditty mulattoes kill me..Its a shame how most blacks hate themselves..So tonight while you're shacking up with your white man which i know you have., try and find out who te fuck you are , before you do aything
@blackwarlord92 I'm creole and creoles can be any race. Yes, I have a broad nose and full lips, but I'm still mixed. I don't shack up and my man isn't white. He's mixed as well.
@blackwarlord92 Besides, there are europeans that have never been around blacks, yet they have kinky hair! Does that make them black? Who cares what a person looks like, just try to see the beauty of the human race. If one day everyone becomes mixed up, are we going to use foot size to differentiate? Know who u are first before telling anyone else who he/she is!
@blackwarlord92 What does her nose have to do with anything, chinese people have similar noses, does that make them black? Europeans that have never been in contact with black people have kinky hair, does that make them black? Can't wait for the world to become fully mixed, then we'll start classifying our races by the size of our feet! Black people seem to have nothing to do but to sit and think how many people they can call black; you people kill me! Lol!
The racist 'One-Drop Rule' (ODR) was created by White Supremacists & it falsely claims the Black blood found in a Mixed-Race person's full lineage is tainted, inferior; &, thus, destroys all the other bloodlines found in the person's lineage &, thus, then makes the person full-Black IMO, a non-Racist should not support a false theory (like the ODR) which falsely claims that Black blood is 'inferior' BTW, the odious ODR was made ILLEGAL in 1967 by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 'Loving' case
Hi! I was just wondering how you feel about mixed race people who portray "black" people in movies and appear in black magazines and commercial geared towards blacks. Would you take a role playing a "black" person? Do you think it's a double standard for people to say "Don't call me black" but have no problems getting paid to sing black music, act in black movies, etc? How do you feel about "black" for cash?
@LuV4RoBnFaB I don't like African-American either, or any "-American" label unless you are a recent immigrant. Other than that you should be labeled an American, but America just can't seem to get that right. I don't think there is really any name for a race that won't offend somebody. Some people don't like black, some don't like Caucasian. I had a teacher one time tell the class that the word Caucasian is off b/c he was not born in Caucus mountains as far as he knows.
@citylights07 A person CANNOT be included in the unique, & largely Mixed-Race^, AFRICAN-AMERICAN (AA) ETHNIC group UNLESS they are ALSO: "A 'Descendant-Of-The-Survivors' Of the Targets of the Chattel-slavery System that took place on the Continental United States in it's antebellum era" [^The Lineage of MOST (+70%) AAs is that of +20-30% European & +25% Amerindian THROUGHOUT the line] [*The Non-AA Black-Citizens of the U.S. are called Black-American (BA), not AA]
@kagerone thankfully I've never been in a situation where it mattered. Nobody has ever identified me with a black stereotype. In fact, many of the negative black stereotypes are usually associated with darker skin blacks. Today, and even back in slavery, whites viewed light-skinned blacks/biracials as different from the brown/dark blacks. Many whites feel comfortable with what's even slightly close to them and there are many examples of how they feel more comfortable around light skin
@kagerone of course I can't force someone to change their opinion. Yes, I would like the government to identify mixed people as mixed and I feel that it's slowly happening. If a light-skinned black is not biracial, they shouldn't be considered biracial.
It's interesting. Your features are completely African (with obiviously relaxed hair), but your skin is lighter than the typical Black person. You have something in common with dark-skinned Black women: people will know you're Black upon first looking at you. I wonder if that's made it easier for Black people to be comfortable around you. In my experience, having light skin and Caucasian features causes problems w/some Blacks.
@CheezInspector, I don't know how my hair is obviously relaxed when there are no chemicals in my hair. Not everyone knows I'm black upon first looking at me because many people only pay close attention to skin/hair color. Most people think I'm mixed/latina. Blacks (with darker skin), generally don't feel comfortable around me until they learn more about me. I think having light skin and a personality that's "not black" causes problems w/some blacks despite the features.
@briarts, so you don't relax or straighten your hair? Anyway, based on comments here and IMO, you're obviously Black, which is why they call you "mixed". You and Obama are both considered just Black by many. He is darker than you but has a lot of Caucasian features. You're lighter but have all Black features. Latinas are often mixed w African (ie: Puerto Rican). I can see where ppl could think you "act White", but that's just stupid. You have a right to speak/act however you'd like to.
@CheezInspector, I straighten my hair with a flat iron. Relaxing the hair only does damage. How can you say what I'm considered when you don't know me. Also, how can someone be mixed and "just black". There have been several polls done prior to Obama's election and even now to show that the majority of the people surveyed consider him mixed and not "just black".
@briarts, right, what I meant was it's obvious you straighten your hair (which turns out to be true ;) ... I'm just reflecting what people (plus me) are saying about you here, which is that you look totally African, but with lighter skin. Also, I'm not denying you're "mixed". Obama is too. Some people accept that you and Obama are mixed (as well they should). But you both looks more Black. So I guess you would be treated differently than someone who looks less obviously Black.
@briarts I saw a poll on CNN before Obama got elected too and it asked black and white the same question. what race do you consider Obama they were given a choice between white, black or biracial 55% of white people looked at him as Biracial (slightly over half ) while 64% of blacks looked at him as ONLY Black totally canceling out his white mother. The one drop rule was made by whites but blacks totally took that mindset and ran with it. blacks enforce that rule more than whites do. SO SICK
@BiracialGirl1977 Yeah, I saw that poll. They even did another one fairly recently asking the same question and the result was still the same. More white people than black considered him biracial
@briarts The many racist tea party members showing racist images of Obama as a monkey should be seen as more offensive than some blacks who get in your face about the ODR. And I believe things are gonna get much worse. There have been more and more White Nationalists that have come out since Obama got elected president. I understand people being fed up with the government but these racists need to realize that many blacks are too and Obama never promised black people anything.
@LuV4RoBnFaB Stupidity does not offend me. Racism of any form is stupid so why should I get worked up about a bunch of rednecks on the news or about someone trying to tell me what I am when I already know that for myself? Yes, as long as people hold on to their ignorant views things will get much worse.
@briarts On the NAACP's website it says "after decades of progress, hate is on the rise across America." That's the reality that we have no control over. I'm not telling you to get worked up but you have to face reality that to most whites if you have some black ancestry that is what you'll be seen as. A CNN poll does not reflect the views of most white Americans. Like I said before, why is it that most whites want to live amongst their own?
@LuV4RoBnFaB I know what some will see me as, but that does not mean I have to conform to their view. Just because some blacks or white think a certain way does not mean that's how most think. In my view, hate is not on the rise. People are just more open about it. Why is it that anyone wants to live amongst their own? We as people are comfortable with what's familiar.
@BiracialGirl, Aren't biracials also enforcing the "Rule" when they sing black music, and take on black roles in movies? Isnt that a double standard? Would you turn down a role in a movie if your parents were being portrayed by two black actors? I'm just curious because I see biracial people in these roles all the time. Alicia Keyes is always on BET. What's your take on that? Should we start checking to see if people have white parents before we let them take role? Or is "black for cash" okay?
I'm mix and it's not a big deal for me. And just because your mix don't mean you're not going to have dark baby. You are black just face it, and love yourself for who you are.
What is this talk about babies? I didn't even say anything about kids. I already love myself and I'm confident in who I am. That is why I don't allow ignorant people in society to label me. Bottom line, the One Drop Rule is a slave master's rule that is outdated. On my application, I choose "Other" or "Multiracial" because that's what I am: neither black nor white.
If you where dark skin mix woman you wouldn't be making these videos. And yes you where right about the one drop rule it did come from the slave master, but guess what don't think that white people are going to accept you as being white.
You're right. If I was a dark skin mix woman I wouldn't be making these videos. It's because me experiences would be different. Why would I want to be accepted as being a person who has stolen practically everything they claim to "own" throughout history. Culturally, they are the dumbest race. I know who I'm accepted by.
@alwayscarmel So what !! !! , who cares if white people don't accept us as white . Biracial people aren't asking for white people to accept us as white nor do we want to be white, we are happy with being accepted and looked at as biracial not white or black but both. So i don't know where you got this biracial people wanting to be accepted and looked at as white by white people WE ARE NOT WHITE so why would we want white people to look at us as something were not ?
You are black. My niece isn't mix and she's lighter than you. Your nose is big it remind me of my grandmother, and yes she's black just like you. when you look for a job what to you put on your application. Black, because if you put white than go in for an interview there damn sure going to look at you crazy because you're black.
@alwayscarmel@alwayscarmel #1: Damn for one no one is talking about how light skin your niece is she is talking about herself and her mixed heritage who cares what you or your niece looks like its not about you or your niece its about her, and you must be under the mistaken assumption she only has 2 options on application forms you need to get with it, multiracial is now being put on application forms DUH !
@alwayscarmel #2: And when multiracial is not there theres always the " Other " option and on some forms it says check all that apply so maybe you should evolve to 2010 . It sounds like you dont want times to change it sounds like you would like things to stay in a racist mindset .Sorry things are changing whether you want them to or not.
@alwayscarmel #3: Just because there are light skin blacks doesn't mean that should have any bearings on biracial people that want to identify as biracial you honestly and i hate to say it but you sound like you're mad cause you dont have any choice but to be black cause both of your parents are black
@alwayscarmel #4: You sound a little jealous with the... " well... my niece is lighter than you and she's still called black " it sounds like you're basically saying... " why should you be able to be called mixed race? if i gotta be black and my niece has to be black then so should you that's not fair
@BiracialGirl1977 WOW the sickness is beyond repair. First Off no one is forced to call themselves ANYTHING if her light skin niece OR EVEN SHE wanted to call herself mixed race she could. We ALL have the free will/right to identify as we choose. Point is you and her both have black blood mixed with other blood and are light skin you just think because you have less African blood you are less Black LOL the amount of blood doesnt make you the blood does. Black is apart of your DNA just like hers
@alwayscarmel #5: That's exactly how you sound. you sound as if you don't even want to be black yourself so you don't think mixed people should be allowed to identify as anything other than black because you can't. " If you gotta stay black then so do we " right , that's it isn't it ?
@alwayscarmel #6: What am i doing you would never admit to that shit even if it was true you would deny it all the why to church wouldn't you ? Hey that maybe not what you are trying to say but that's what it sure as hell sounds like. maybe you should think of a different approach or tactic when trying to oppress Bi
I can't tell the difference between blacks and mulattoes most of the time. Many light-skin blacks claim they're 100% black, so I don't know. Obviously, you don't look white.
anonymous19601 1 day ago
@anonymous19601 No, I'm clearly not all white. There's really no such thing as a light-skin black. Those people have mixed ancestry, but just personally choose to identify as 100% black. I can usually tell the difference between a black person & a mulatto, but I think it's because I have a good mixed people radar lol.
briarts 20 hours ago
In all of my life I've never heard of a white person refer to a 1 drop rule. It's always blacks who bring this up.
Armadillarodeo 2 months ago
I always go by what the person looks like if they're biracial and they look white then I would consider them white and the same vice versa. It's not to bee offensive towards anyone thats just how my thought process is. If someone wants to be classified as biracial and not one or the other than I think thats great and I will respect that. Like If I seen you in public I would say this girl is black but I think she is Biracial. Race is such a stupid subject we're all human at the end of the day.
TiffyBear 2 months ago
Both whites, black, also hispanics have in some way supported the one drop rule. My hispanic grandmother calls my cuban, and my black father calls me black..its really not even a big deal you know what you are just like any other mixed person does. this video was honestly uncalled for
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@epiphany740 The One Drop Rule I'm speaking of was historically applied to black ancestry. Your hispanic grandmother calling you cuban is not an example of her enforcing the one drop rule. Cuban is a nationality not a race. You can be of the black race & still be Cuban. At the time I made this video, it was a big deal & it was called for. Unless you know what someone has personally experienced, you can't say whether or not their feelings/opinion on something is uncalled for.
briarts 4 months ago
@epiphany740 cuban is a race when its the culture you identify with. This is why some bi-racials actually claim one side or the other, because its what they most identify with. Its baffling that people care SO much to me. More serious things in the world to worry about then some one calling a person black. Correct them and keep it moving.
epiphany740 4 months ago
@epiphany740 Alright. There is a difference between race & culture, but I'm not going to get into that.
briarts 4 months ago
I've never believed in the One Drop Rule, never will
gatheringleaves 4 months ago
Biracial women NEVER want to blame race classifications on evil white men, they always tell black people to get over it just like their white fathers tell black people all the time. I never saw biracial black women as so self-hating until I saw video after video of them attacking black people and defending white people who created all the problems we are dealing with. White people dont care if unarmed black people are getting shot daily for simply being black.
LISTENtotheMANofGOD 6 months ago
@LISTENtotheMANofGOD What does your comment have to do with the video? I know where the classifications of race came from & this video is not about defending a particular race.
briarts 6 months ago
one drop rule was created to keep the white race pure!Fuck how people see you or look at it. If you are biracial you are biracial end of story. I read a couple comments sayin somethin about mixed race people trying to gain "status" from white people which i find funny because when white people see biracials they see black so how is claiming the race you are gonna gain anything from them? what is there to gain? sayin somethin like that is sayin there better. Im sick of self hating black people
imgreat234 6 months ago
@imgreat234 Well SINCE YOU ARE A self hating black person then take your advice and find a cure.
chsn09 4 months ago
@chsn09 definition of self hate....
Self-hatred, self-loathing, also sometimes autophobia refers to an extreme dislike of oneself, or being angry at oneself.
Now that you have the real definition go read my comment agian. So many people throw that word around and have no idea what their even saying. Nowhere in my comment did I say anything that would lead anyone to believe I have a problem with myself or my race! nice try NEXT
imgreat234 4 months ago
You know I'm going to be honest, I think race wouldn't be such a big deal if black people would have never existed.
JOSUE1987 8 months ago
@JOSUE1987 What do you mean?
briarts 8 months ago
@briarts Who were these mulattos that were gaining the staus of white people? What process did some one go thru in order to gain the same status as whites?
rashadkijani 6 months ago
@rashadkijani In certain states, mulattoes were considered white if they looked white enough. Also, of course those who passed as white gained the status of a white person.
briarts 6 months ago
@briarts That is true. About 100 years ago under law and clauses Obama would have been considered a WHITE man in OHIO.
chsn09 4 months ago
14 . ) Now the Black people that aren't into pressuring an exclusive Black identity on me or Biracial people in general I have absolutely no problems with and I don't mind chilling and hanging out with those types of black people but the others can go kick rocks
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
@BiracialGirl1977 LOL. Girl, move to Scandanavia. There are virtually no black people there.
WhereYaBoss 7 months ago
@WhereYaBoss LOL! There are black people in Scandinavia lmao
chsn09 7 months ago
@chsn09 She said there are "virtually no black people", meaning they're very hard to find. She knows that there are blacks everywhere. Out of over 14 million people who live in the Scandinavian region, roughly about 3% of the population is black or of Afro-descent. Hence, there are virtually no blacks in the area b/c your chances of seeing a black person are slim. I knew a Swedish guy who came to the USA & at age 17, he could count the number of blacks he had interaction with in Sweden.
briarts 7 months ago
@briarts Actually, it depends on how you define 'black'. B/c in Norway 11% (one out of every 10 persons) is a first generation immigrant, among the five largest groups are Pakistanis, Iraqi and Somali. In Denmark it's 9.5%. They mostly come from Southwest Asia, and Turkey, but also e.g. Somalis, Ethiopians, Sudanese. In Sweden 14.3% of the inhabitants is foreign-born. Somali, Iran, Iraq people are among the top ten countries of origin. These numbers exclude Scandinavia-born offspring. (wiki)
OneSummerSky 7 months ago
@OneSummerSky You're right, it does depend on how you define 'black'. I don't define Pakistanis, Iraqis, or Turks as black.
briarts 7 months ago
@briarts You are entitled to perceive them as non-black. However, many Pakistanis, Southeast Asians etc have an equally dark or even darker skin colour than African Americans do. In Northern Europe though, African Americans, Pakistani, Southeast Asians etc are all called black. Contrary to the US, where 'black' seems to have a cultural component, the term in Europe is based on skin colour only (meaning: non-white and non-light-Asian/Middle Eastern).
OneSummerSky 7 months ago
@briarts - Yet, there are black Iraqis (about 10% of the population). Here is a video: Black Iraqis make Obama a model.
lovingit1000 1 month ago
@chsn09 Yea they go there to dilute their blood lines. How many, would you say in percentage, are in Scandinavia? I'm encouraging people who don't want to be black to disregard the one drop rule and call themselves whatever they want. They are free to go. Basically, I don't care where they go. I figure Scandinavia is as white as you get. Yet, I read they're not that big on immigration. Hmmm (scratching my head). Think of another place I can send them to, would ya? T.I.A.
WhereYaBoss 7 months ago
@WhereYaBoss Scandinavia never had colonies, so the black immigrants that come there are political refugees. They don't come there to 'dilute their bloodline'! Are you serious? They come because they've escaped war and dictatorships. All the things we in the West don't know anything about, and don't want to know anything about either...
OneSummerSky 7 months ago
13. ) The way I see it is... accept me as I am or don't accept me at all . If you're going to pressure me about the way I identify then guess what ? I don't want to have anything to do with you simple as that . That pressuring crap wont do anything but push me away from you not bring me closer to you .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
12. ) NOW If I'm going to care about one group or anothers acceptance then it will be other Black/white Biracial people's acceptance because I feel they are the ones that are truly MY PEOPLE Black people have proved time and time again that their acceptance comes with conditions .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
11. ) I'm personally to the point now where I don't give a damn whether Black people accept me or not and I never cared whether white people accepted me but most have accepted me for who i fully am unlike a lot of Black people I've come across .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
10. ) I've never in my life got the impression from white people that in order to be accepted by them I had to only identify as Black or I was going to get hurt . I've identified as Biracial around white people and they totally accepted me as Biracial and never got mad or pissed off at me for that .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
9. ) So that's not really accepting us now is it . If we have to totally pretend like we're not even biracial in order for Black people to feel comfortable around us then that is not true acceptance. We are accepted on Black people's terms and not for who we fully are . And that's the crap that pisses me off .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
8. ) But now as an adult I don't give a crap anymore I'm going to be true to myself and if another Black person wants to fight me over it bring it . I think it's BULL SHIT that In order for us to be accepted by Black people it seems we have to solely and exclusively identify as Black and nothing else or now Black people get all offended and shit .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
7. ) I at one time wanted black people's acceptance so badly . I also wanted to stop getting my ass kicked by groups of people so in my early teens I started to identify as Black ONLY to save drama and to keep myself from being Black and Blue.
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
6. ) At that time I just wanted Black people to like me ( I was a kid, what kid doesn't want to be accepted ? ) and I didn't really understand why they didn't and I also didn't understand how those Black girls could take me saying " I acknowledge both equally as me saying or thinking " I saw myself as better " My mother told me Black people would always accept me so I was sooo damn confused and frankly heart broken when I wasn't .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
5. ) I still remember some of the things that were being said to me as I was down on the ground in the fetal position being kicked and stomped in the head, face, stomach,everywhere really " You mixed Bitch , you think you're better than us don't you , you just too good to call yourself Black ain't you ? Well bitch, I'll bet you wont think you too good for us anymore will you ? " I'm gonna pull out all your damn hair , This bitch gonna be bald head when we're finished "
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
4. ) There was no word exchange I didn't even have a chance to get out the word " Hi " and the next thing I know I'm being tackled to the ground punched in the face then the rest of the girls started in . Come to find out why I'm getting jumped , SMH I'm getting jumped because ... wait for it ... because I didn't say I identify as Black and nothing else .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
3. ) And within the same day or the day after my first encounter with them upon seeing them again I would be approached in a even bigger group ( and the first time this happened to me I thought the girls were approaching me to ask if I wanted to play or hang out I thought they were approaching me to make friends with me and I was all for it , I seriously thought I had made some new friends I was all excited and shit I had NO idea what was coming .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
3. ) Getting jumped happened to me 4 times throughout my childhood . Whenever I was asked if I was mixed and I would say " yeah " then the question that always followed was " Well what do you consider yourself " and I would say " I acknowledge both sides equally so i consider myself mixed with both black and white " then they would be like " Oh Okay " and walk away . ( continued )
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
2. ) All throughout my childhood i identified as mixed . Well .. in my teens I started identifying as Black instead of mixed because I knew that if I didn't I would be ridiculed, jumped, and condemned for not identifying as strictly Black .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
1. ) Many Black people are only accepting of Biracial's if we DON'T identify as Biracial .
in my experience In order for many Black people to accept me I had to lie and tell them I only identified as Black when in truth I knew I didn't only see myself as black .
BiracialGirl1977 9 months ago
Hey briarts, I will always be glad that it was a comment of "one drop rule" i made on some's video that your read and decide to make this video. You and any of your so-called biracials are free to consider your selves any thing and any race you want. So good luck with being biracial!
Koffidenda2 1 year ago
@Koffidenda2 Um, you're not the reason I made this video. I made this video because of a book I was reading & paper I was writing for a class at the time. I saw on your page where I commented on the One Drop Rule 11 months ago, but this video was made almost 18 months ago.
briarts 1 year ago
why are African people called black?
TaelynWallace 1 year ago
@TaelynWallace Well some people assume that everyone in Africa is black, so African & black have sort of become interchangeable. However, there are some people here who realize that not every African is black.
briarts 1 year ago
I have had the same experience with Whites being very accepting with my identity as a multi-ethnic woman (AA, English, French, Irish). Blacks do tend to take it as somehow 'disowning' the Black race- especially being half-White. It is, simply, a fact that I am not as inclined to the Black culture as I am my European cultures.
IsisAmtiess 1 year ago
@IsisAmtiess Iam not inclined toward black culture either.
Then again, i wasn't raised in a black community so I wasn't socialized that way.
You can't "disown" the black race if you are mutiracial or biracial-only if you pass.
Sadly, I have to agree with about acceptance levels between whites and blacks.
Whites-unless they are racists or white supremacists-don't take me as a personal affront.
Blacks seem to think they are losing something if you acknowledge the reality of biraciality.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 I agree with both of you guys.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Yes, Sadly, many African-Americans do not accept biraciality.
I have gotten messages here on youtube from people who were treated badly by blacks because they were biracials.
When people here on youtube try to act like Blacks are entirely accepting of biracials, I would have them talk to the people who have reached out to me online and told me their stories.
Look, I would like nothing better than AA being fully accepting of us but that's not the reality.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Right
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts There appears to a level of insecurity that grips black people at times.
I can understand this based on history: slavery, jim crow, lack of economic opportuntiies, police harassment etc.
However, biracial people are just like anyone else, We just want to live our lives free of unecessary pain and enjoy friendships and relationships like anyone else.
I find it hilarious that black people detest passing for white by people of mixed race.
However they expect biracials to pass for black
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Lol, right. They make a double standard for passing.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Not just a double standard, they adopt-consciously or unconsciously-the ODR and use it as a unshakable prison-like rubric in order to imprison biracials.
Anyone who thinks they are of mixed race heritage from parents of two different races is laughed at and considered crazy.
Just consider how they treated Tiger Woods.
Blacks went nuts when Woods stated-truthfully-that he was half Thai, half black.
They thought he was distancing himself from blacks when in reality he was biracial.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Yeah, I see what you mean. There are several blacks who have left comments on my videos about how I supposedly hate being black lol. There's even a video here on YT that this one woman made in response to this video & completely bashes me about how I identify as mixed. When I first saw it, I was kind of upset because she was the rudest anyone had ever been.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Par for the course to make a golfing analogy.
I have recieved insulting rejoinders from supposedly black people here on youtube but also odd ones that push me to deny my biraciality and simply consider myself black.
There's a weirdo-Where ya Boss i think is her handle-who endeavors in vain for me to do this.
"Trust and believe"
Some of these black people are either full of hate or bizarrely trying to embrace you for the wrong reasons.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Lol, I agree. "Where ya Boss" used to do that to me, but she has now accepted my choice (or rather my right) to identify as mixed. The other black who have done this to me on YT are usually so-called "afrocentric" or black nationalists.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts I guess that's good but I still regard her as a weirdo racist fanatic.
I don't know if i have dealt with any black nationalist types.
Oh, you might find this intersting.
Someone called One Summer Sky or some such handle accused me on another YT page of misleading youth- as an adult- into "segregation" and "blind prejudices" by my supporting their right to be accepted as biracial people.
I, a biracial person, support others like me and that's "wrong".
I guess Iam a bad influence.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Ha, that doesn't make any sense. So because you support people's rights to be accepted as a biracial then you're supposedly misleading. One Summer Sky once left a comment to me on someone else's video when I expressed being proud of non-black side. She basically assumed that I didn't probably didn't even have contact with my non-black side (which I do) & that I was just boasting about it.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Hahaha! She was doing the textual version of a tongue-lashing.
She sounded like an old lady -" as an adult" Iam misleading "youth"
What am I Socrates?
What is wrong with this woman?
It is fascinating to me that I have often by attecked by people claiming to be black on youtube because I insist biracial people should not pretend to be black or any other race and just admit to and live with the fact that they are biracial.
What's sad is that this doesn't appear to come from whites.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Lol, I think to mislead youth it would take more than simply leaving comments on YT. I have never had whites on here or even in my personal life that tell me not to say I'm mixed. For the most part, they really don't care.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts That is one of the odd things that I have across in examining this issue.
My responses to comments on YT have come from 1) fellow biracials like you who clearly accept their status and find it illogical to "pass" something they are not entirely and 2) supposed black people and some disgruntled supposed biracials who insist that I claim to be black only and push the notion that biraciality doesn't exist.
I have not come across a white poster here who denies that Iam "half white"
Odd.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 It's because, at least from my experience, white people don't really care. They will either assume you're mixed or they will ask you. Once you give them a "yes" or "no" answer that's the end
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts I have had a white person or two show some inteerst in the fact Iam mixed but generally I have not run into many white people who are overfascinated with the issue.
I tend agree-once they find out what you are, that usually settles it.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Yeah.
briarts 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Ad dictum simpliciter.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
Thank you for stating an obvious truth.
I have no idea why people continue to define themselves by a rule made to define all Non-whites as non-humans. I am Afro-European and think that it is ridiculous, when people try to convince me that it is wrong to identify as multi-ethnic. Mixed is mixed- be it bi or multi-racial...not Black.
My culture is very much European, not just Black- actually, moreso European. I can relate to what you said about not being raised in the Black community.
IsisAmtiess 1 year ago
@IsisAmtiess I am biracial and I was not raised in a black community or a white community for that matter either.
The ODR was created to stigmatize black people socially and legally and every other facet of society.
In any event, the ODR and racism in general is about power.
Black people have embraced the ODR as a way of maintaining power in their communities.
Biracial people have no choice-at least I didn't.
A mule can't be either a horse or donkey.
Grey is neither black or whitebutboth
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
good for you sweetie,define yourself for yourself <3
msmelody1960 1 year ago
@msmelody1960 Thank you :)
briarts 1 year ago
miss one drop rule >>look at the Ethiopians and the Somalians are they mix race NO!! ask a Ethiopian his race hes gonna tell u black so ...omg*** a Ethiopian and Somalian look so different from a Nigerian or southern Sudanese..my mother is probably more whiter than your mother my father is black and my mother is puerto rican don't know why people cant accept the different diversity of black people i really need to move to Brazil they gonna accept me more than here in America.
mofire9999 1 year ago
@mofire9999 Lol, your mother does look whiter than my mother because my mother isn't white. What do the Ethiopians & somalians have to do with this? I'm talking about people who are mixed, not black people who just don't look as black as people from Nigeria or southern Sudanese. Of course you will me accepted more in Brazil because multiracial people are the majority & they aren't being one-dropped like here in America. There are a list of places you we would be more accepted.
briarts 1 year ago
@GoinBack2Naija Oh shut the hell up.Kill yourself!
MrBric12 1 year ago
Have you ever thought about why these Black people behave the way that they do. African American people have been taken from their land and put in to slavery while being robbed of their language, culture, history. After slavery, subjected to 100 years of Jim Crow laws and to this date being ignored, harassed, or terrorized by the government (police) due to racism.
MrBric12 1 year ago
@MrBric12 Okay, I'm aware of those things. How does that affect their behavior in your opinion?
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts I served two years in Iraq with the same platoon of 24 men. If me and my platoon went back to Iraq, we would all survive in that environment. If you took 24 random people in the street and put them in Iraq, I would give them only 2 months for the last one to die. This is due to their ignorance and lack of training for that type of environment. This is why you have immigrants including blacks from other ethnicities that come to this country & prosper faster than AA here in the U.S.
MrBric12 1 year ago
@MrBric12 Very true.
briarts 1 year ago
@GoinBack2Naija It sounds like you are jus basing it off of skin tone though. There are people darker than Naomi Campbell who are biracial & there are people who are much lighter than her who are black so shouldn't those people still be considered black?
briarts 1 year ago
@chsn09 I realize that Hispanic is not a race--I never said that it was, but it is a culture and that is the culture that I identify with, not the AA culture. I agree that we should have common ground, unfortunately there is much ignorance & much of the time the ignorant are the loudest, which interferes with my desire to be uniquely me. The True ME. I resent being bullied into representing only one side of my DNA ancestry just to satisfy ignorance. I am a biracial Hispanic! ¿Entiendes?
exotiq88 1 year ago
I could relate to your message in your video because I am also a biracially mixed person. Infact, I was raised as a Black Hispanic, my culture is Hispanic, so I identify myself to be simply "Hispanic", but since I'm biracial, I relate to the Black side of my family--but still of Latin culture, which is not the same as your average typical African American, so we don't feel necessarily identical to them. I have had similar experiences to yours as well, especially w/ AAs having issues w/ me.
exotiq88 1 year ago
My Baby is Black and Filipino and girl if you were 2 see him youd say he was 100% Asian. He is only a Baby now but I in a way worry about my son growing up. My Family ( Which is Black Im Black) Likes to make annoying jokes about my son Because he is basically the only mixed Grandchild (On my dad's side) They act as if he is a green alien. I worry for him dealing with the mixes in the Asian and Black community as he grows up.
Marica0yo0gurl 1 year ago
People like these (Afrocentrics/KKKs or whatever they call themselves) usually stir up things, create turmoil where peace already exists. Why do they think everything is about colour. Full blooded indians from India are darker than lots of black people, yet they have no affiliation with Africa, they are not african anything nor "black".Aborigins are dark and they are not african anything.People should just try to respect each other, classifying people by colour only leads to hatred among peoples
kerala605 1 year ago
When I said Afrocentics need company, I should have been more clear. Deep down, some are feel inferior, so to feel better they try to recruit mixed people, especially beautiful mixed people to make them feel better about being fully black. African does not mean black; Egyptians are certainly not black, people need to research more before delving into this race thing. Afrocentrics are just trying to fight a non-existent war by recruiting people they think are black and KKKs are plain retarded.
kerala605 1 year ago
@kerala605 I agree with you. Even a lot of the Northern Africans aren't black.
briarts 1 year ago
@kerala605 By all means I support biracial people regarding their identity. But do not deny Africans their identity. Noah had three sons Japeth, Ham, and Shem. Ham is the father of all dark races that dwell in Africa except the so called Negroes. Until you absorb that truth do not attempt to explain who the Egyptians were bcs you have no idea and you are way over your head.
twoTQt 1 year ago
Totally get where you're coming from, it seems so wrong for people not to be able to talk about their heritage! I've heard white people who had one native american ancestor from centuries ago, proudly refer to themselves as mixed! Why take that right from other people to do the same. Afrocentrics are lonely people that need company! That's the way I feel!
kerala605 1 year ago
@kerala605 Ha, right. Glad you agree.
briarts 1 year ago
LOL @ Birarts actually suggesting someone can be their own blood for cash lmao, wow you are sad. Thandie is just "playing" the part of a person with African Blood, that a lie but we know you are just "playing" the part of a non-black person lol smh..anyhow
briarts (1 week ago)
I'm attracted to mixed guys first, specifically black/white mixed. White guys come in close 2nd. I like some hispanic guys.
Very telling, Full Black didnt even make the list, but full white is cool and anything close
YoGirlHey 1 year ago
@YoGirlHey Thandie is the one who used to go on interviews saying "I'm not black", but yet she plays black roles. She will claim black for a role, but that's it. That is considered "black for cash". The question was about my preference for guys as far as race and that is my opinion. So what if they didn't make the list. How am I "playing" the part of a non-black person?
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Thandie Newton has played in a role as a biracial
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 I know that, but in general, she plays black roles.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Really? Hmm there were ones where it was mentioned that she is half white or biracial. Biracial and black are treated as the same when portrayed in Hollywood. I mean they will mention biraciality but it still gets treated as black because WHITE is exclusive. You can try to get acceptance for your white half but WHITENESS is considered to be exclusive while black is more inclusive and blacks tend to be more accepting.
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 Again, she has played biracial roles before where it's mentioned she's biracial, but most of the time the roles are black. I feel the roles should be seperate for the reason that many other blacks do: people like her are not a true representation of blacks. For one, you have a woman who states she isn't black, so why should be given a black role instead of another woman. Secondly, darker skinned black actresses have lower representation in the media.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Excellent points. That is probably because most "blacks" in the USA are not even dark skinned or super dark skinned to say the least. Even on BET many "blacks" that are used are the token blacks or lighter skinned blacks.
I agree. I never realized that Thandie Newton did not identify as black. I always had thought she was black but when years ago I began to think deeper and was like wait a minute? Thandie Newton is biracial and is NOT even from the USA. She is a biracial UK woman.
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 Yeah, at first I didn't know she was biracial, but I wasn't surprised when I found out & I understand why she doesn't identify as black. Since she is from the UK, biracial people there are not automatically grouped with blacks like they are in the U.S.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Well I had thought she may have been mixed but was never really sure. I was not shocked either when I heard that she was mixed. UK has lots of mixed folks. Yeah UK handles race and classification issues much better than the USA. I can understand why she says she is NOT black because she is BI RACIAL. Biracial is not black and it is not white.
But I am shocked she would benefit from black roles and AA roles when she is neither of them. She is only fooling herself
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 Many times, the female black leading role goes to a biracial or a woman who is lighter-skinned and/or has European features as opposed to brown/darker women with more ethnic features. As far as blacks or whites being more accepting, that varies based on personal experiences.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts True. The ligher skinned people are picked over others. I agree. Well lets be real, blacks are usually more accepting of things as opposed to whites. That is not saying that they don't show hate or racism but the blacks would be able to accept a biracial knowing that part of them is similar racially to them. Whites have that purist racialist mentality. Also many biracials are seen as "light skinned blacks". Of course that term is contradictory but no skin off of my back lol
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 I think it goes both ways the common, non-racist person black or white will accept biracials, but there are also groups of blacks & whites who will not accept them such as the KKK & NBPP or any type of purist, racist individual. Looking at it as a whole, I would say the numbers are probably even between the numbers of blacks & whites who accept or don't accept biracials.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts True but the NBPP person will probably accept the biracial if that biracial person considered themselves as black.
I hate KKK and NBPP. Eurocentrics and Afrocentrics need to get a clue and they are just ridiculous. I stay away from them.
But in the long run I would think that most biracials would be able to accepted by blacks nonetheless. But of course there are accepting whites as well.
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 I doubt it. In the end they would still be seen as an abomination & threat to the "black race" I went to school with an Afrocetrics once & she didn't make exceptions.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts Well that depends. Afrocentrics often feel that they can dictate who and what is black. They will tell people that consider themselves black as not being black and they will claim others as black that don't consider themselves black so it goes both ways. I HATE AFROCENTRICS.
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 Same here.
briarts 1 year ago
Thank u for making this video my sister! I wanted to make a video about this myself. You did a better job than I would have =]
P.S. - All humanity originates from Africa, so the whole world has at least one drop of African. One Love, One World, One People =]
OfficialGetGln 1 year ago
@OfficialGetGln Thanks brother!
briarts 1 year ago
Hello Briarts I find you a very intelligent and clear-headed person, but I just want to know what you think makes a person black or white, is it just skin color or facial features because I'm beginning to think it's just facial features, because there are many pale skinned mulattoes who are called black and the N word by racist whites online because they have african features, so that's the conclusion I've now come to. What do you think?
gatheringleaves 1 year ago
@gatheringleaves Thank you. Since race is just a social construct, I really don't know how to answer the question. I think it's more than facial features because I know people who could pass as fully white, but yet call themselves black. I think it has a lot to do with culture and upbringing.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts But aren't there ever times that you feel white or when you feel black? And so if someone says your black will you say no that you aren't or do you tell them that is part of who you are?
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 When I was younger, until about 8th grade, I did feel white. Now most of the time I don't really feel like either one. When people call me black, I just tell them that's a part of me. The only time I got really upset was when this one lady told me that I wasn't mixed, I was just black. From my experience, many people already assume that I'm mixed or some other race without me mentioning it.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts When you felt white was it self hate or just associating more w/ whites? And so you don't feel black at all. You feel neutral from black and white etc? True. I can see that you are mixed but usually it is safer to call mixed ppl w/ black simply as just black, not to neglect the other parts of them but at the end of the day mixed and blacks have a "forced" solidarity due to white vs non-white tension and opression. It is good you stand up for your mixed identity =-]
I'm mixed as well.
chsn09 1 year ago
@chsn09 Thank you! It was just associating more with whites. My elementary & middle school was predominately white so I had white friends. Race & differences were never discussed in my home, and I just associated all "black" people as having brown or dark skin b/c the few blacks who were in my class weren't light-skinned and my mom's family is brown or dark.
briarts 1 year ago
@chsn09 Yes, for the most part I feel neutral from both. At some points, I have a specific connection that I feel with blacks or whites, but I don't see myself as being totally part of either one. I think I've never really felt black because I haven't had black experiences. I've never experienced racism or being treated differently due to race. I've never enjoyed soul food, dancing or other modern cultural things such as hip-hop/rap music.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts
What kind of music do you like listening to?
gatheringleaves 1 year ago
@gatheringleaves I'll listen to anything except rap.
briarts 1 year ago
@MsInformitive You should get your information straight and you're very rude. It has nothing to do with self-hate because I am very proud of my heritage. Not everyone follows the one drop rule, and it's an ignorant rule. I'm very confidant in myself and don't feel inferior/lower to anybody. Where in this video do I talk about feeling superior and not wanting to be black.
briarts 1 year ago
There is No Such Thing as a "Light Skinned Black" person!
The term "Light Skinned Black" is a racist oxymoron coined by White racial supremacists who tried to forcibly deny 'Mixed-Race' people who are of a Multi-Generational Multiracially-Mixed (MGM-Mixed) Lineage the right to embrace & acknowledge their full ancestry.
Again, so-called "Light Skinned Blacks" are simply 'Mixed-Race' people who are from families that BOTH BECAME & CONTINUALLY REMAINED Mixed-Race THRU-OUT multiple generations.
APGifts 1 year ago
This is NOT stating or implying that having a LIGHT-Complexioned SKIN tone IS is THE 'ONLY' (OR even a 'REQUIRED') PROOF of a person being OF MIXED-RACE LINEAGE.
It 's simply stating that the person's Light-complexioned Skin tone is simply an Undeniable physical Proof Of the Fact that their family's Ancestral Lineage has been 'Continually' racially Admixed 'Throughout' the Generations (from the first incident of admixing to their present generation -- ex. Griffe marries Metis, etc.).
APGifts 1 year ago
One's LINEAGE-CONTINUITY is 'THE KEY'!
In order to be MGM-Mixed*/Mixed-Race one's ancestry MUST have BOTH BECOME & REMAINED (at least 25%) racially-admixed THRU-OUT all your family generations!
Having 1 or 2 "ancient-ancestors found "somewhere-down-the-line" (ex.1 or 2 great-grand whatever of another "race") DOES NOT make a person MGM-Mixed (or else everyone could (falsely)claim to be MGM-Mixed)!
MGM-Mixed REQUIRES a "CONTINUITY-of-Admixture"
[*Multi-Generational Multiracially-Mixed]
APGifts 1 year ago
You're black sista , stop trying to evade it , and deny it, your nose is black , your lips are negroid just like mines.. but you think just because your skin is fair and you have a little bit of extra hair makes you in a class of your own HAHAHAHAHA...You saditty mulattoes kill me..Its a shame how most blacks hate themselves..So tonight while you're shacking up with your white man which i know you have., try and find out who te fuck you are , before you do aything
blackwarlord92 1 year ago
@blackwarlord92 I'm creole and creoles can be any race. Yes, I have a broad nose and full lips, but I'm still mixed. I don't shack up and my man isn't white. He's mixed as well.
briarts 1 year ago
@blackwarlord92 What has this girl's nose got to do with anything? Chinese people have a similar nose, does that make them black?
kerala605 1 year ago
@blackwarlord92 Besides, there are europeans that have never been around blacks, yet they have kinky hair! Does that make them black? Who cares what a person looks like, just try to see the beauty of the human race. If one day everyone becomes mixed up, are we going to use foot size to differentiate? Know who u are first before telling anyone else who he/she is!
kerala605 1 year ago
@blackwarlord92 What does her nose have to do with anything, chinese people have similar noses, does that make them black? Europeans that have never been in contact with black people have kinky hair, does that make them black? Can't wait for the world to become fully mixed, then we'll start classifying our races by the size of our feet! Black people seem to have nothing to do but to sit and think how many people they can call black; you people kill me! Lol!
kerala605 1 year ago
Whoever is "falsely spamming" my comments
clearly supports the racist One-Drop Rule !!!
Pathetic !!!
APGifts 1 year ago
APGifts 1 year ago
Hi! I was just wondering how you feel about mixed race people who portray "black" people in movies and appear in black magazines and commercial geared towards blacks. Would you take a role playing a "black" person? Do you think it's a double standard for people to say "Don't call me black" but have no problems getting paid to sing black music, act in black movies, etc? How do you feel about "black" for cash?
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@LuV4RoBnFaB I don't like African-American either, or any "-American" label unless you are a recent immigrant. Other than that you should be labeled an American, but America just can't seem to get that right. I don't think there is really any name for a race that won't offend somebody. Some people don't like black, some don't like Caucasian. I had a teacher one time tell the class that the word Caucasian is off b/c he was not born in Caucus mountains as far as he knows.
citylights07 1 year ago
APGifts 1 year ago
@kagerone thankfully I've never been in a situation where it mattered. Nobody has ever identified me with a black stereotype. In fact, many of the negative black stereotypes are usually associated with darker skin blacks. Today, and even back in slavery, whites viewed light-skinned blacks/biracials as different from the brown/dark blacks. Many whites feel comfortable with what's even slightly close to them and there are many examples of how they feel more comfortable around light skin
briarts 1 year ago
@kagerone of course I can't force someone to change their opinion. Yes, I would like the government to identify mixed people as mixed and I feel that it's slowly happening. If a light-skinned black is not biracial, they shouldn't be considered biracial.
briarts 1 year ago
: ) :) :)
CheezInspector 1 year ago
It's interesting. Your features are completely African (with obiviously relaxed hair), but your skin is lighter than the typical Black person. You have something in common with dark-skinned Black women: people will know you're Black upon first looking at you. I wonder if that's made it easier for Black people to be comfortable around you. In my experience, having light skin and Caucasian features causes problems w/some Blacks.
CheezInspector 1 year ago
@CheezInspector, I don't know how my hair is obviously relaxed when there are no chemicals in my hair. Not everyone knows I'm black upon first looking at me because many people only pay close attention to skin/hair color. Most people think I'm mixed/latina. Blacks (with darker skin), generally don't feel comfortable around me until they learn more about me. I think having light skin and a personality that's "not black" causes problems w/some blacks despite the features.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts, so you don't relax or straighten your hair? Anyway, based on comments here and IMO, you're obviously Black, which is why they call you "mixed". You and Obama are both considered just Black by many. He is darker than you but has a lot of Caucasian features. You're lighter but have all Black features. Latinas are often mixed w African (ie: Puerto Rican). I can see where ppl could think you "act White", but that's just stupid. You have a right to speak/act however you'd like to.
CheezInspector 1 year ago
@CheezInspector, I straighten my hair with a flat iron. Relaxing the hair only does damage. How can you say what I'm considered when you don't know me. Also, how can someone be mixed and "just black". There have been several polls done prior to Obama's election and even now to show that the majority of the people surveyed consider him mixed and not "just black".
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts, right, what I meant was it's obvious you straighten your hair (which turns out to be true ;) ... I'm just reflecting what people (plus me) are saying about you here, which is that you look totally African, but with lighter skin. Also, I'm not denying you're "mixed". Obama is too. Some people accept that you and Obama are mixed (as well they should). But you both looks more Black. So I guess you would be treated differently than someone who looks less obviously Black.
CheezInspector 1 year ago
@CheezInspector yeah, maybe so.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts, btw, from one biracial female to another ... you are beautiful and I hope your weekend is going well :)
CheezInspector 1 year ago
@CheezInspector , thank you. My weekend is going great. I hope yours is well too.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts I saw a poll on CNN before Obama got elected too and it asked black and white the same question. what race do you consider Obama they were given a choice between white, black or biracial 55% of white people looked at him as Biracial (slightly over half ) while 64% of blacks looked at him as ONLY Black totally canceling out his white mother. The one drop rule was made by whites but blacks totally took that mindset and ran with it. blacks enforce that rule more than whites do. SO SICK
BiracialGirl1977 1 year ago
@BiracialGirl1977 Yeah, I saw that poll. They even did another one fairly recently asking the same question and the result was still the same. More white people than black considered him biracial
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts The many racist tea party members showing racist images of Obama as a monkey should be seen as more offensive than some blacks who get in your face about the ODR. And I believe things are gonna get much worse. There have been more and more White Nationalists that have come out since Obama got elected president. I understand people being fed up with the government but these racists need to realize that many blacks are too and Obama never promised black people anything.
LuV4RoBnFaB 1 year ago
@LuV4RoBnFaB Stupidity does not offend me. Racism of any form is stupid so why should I get worked up about a bunch of rednecks on the news or about someone trying to tell me what I am when I already know that for myself? Yes, as long as people hold on to their ignorant views things will get much worse.
briarts 1 year ago
@briarts On the NAACP's website it says "after decades of progress, hate is on the rise across America." That's the reality that we have no control over. I'm not telling you to get worked up but you have to face reality that to most whites if you have some black ancestry that is what you'll be seen as. A CNN poll does not reflect the views of most white Americans. Like I said before, why is it that most whites want to live amongst their own?
LuV4RoBnFaB 1 year ago
@LuV4RoBnFaB I know what some will see me as, but that does not mean I have to conform to their view. Just because some blacks or white think a certain way does not mean that's how most think. In my view, hate is not on the rise. People are just more open about it. Why is it that anyone wants to live amongst their own? We as people are comfortable with what's familiar.
briarts 1 year ago
@BiracialGirl1977 i read the same thing! it's oddly ironic.
LaMulattaful 1 year ago
@BiracialGirl, Aren't biracials also enforcing the "Rule" when they sing black music, and take on black roles in movies? Isnt that a double standard? Would you turn down a role in a movie if your parents were being portrayed by two black actors? I'm just curious because I see biracial people in these roles all the time. Alicia Keyes is always on BET. What's your take on that? Should we start checking to see if people have white parents before we let them take role? Or is "black for cash" okay?
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
That's what I meant. I'm both, not one more than the other.
briarts 2 years ago
I'm mix and it's not a big deal for me. And just because your mix don't mean you're not going to have dark baby. You are black just face it, and love yourself for who you are.
alwayscarmel 2 years ago
What is this talk about babies? I didn't even say anything about kids. I already love myself and I'm confident in who I am. That is why I don't allow ignorant people in society to label me. Bottom line, the One Drop Rule is a slave master's rule that is outdated. On my application, I choose "Other" or "Multiracial" because that's what I am: neither black nor white.
briarts 2 years ago
If you where dark skin mix woman you wouldn't be making these videos. And yes you where right about the one drop rule it did come from the slave master, but guess what don't think that white people are going to accept you as being white.
alwayscarmel 2 years ago
You're right. If I was a dark skin mix woman I wouldn't be making these videos. It's because me experiences would be different. Why would I want to be accepted as being a person who has stolen practically everything they claim to "own" throughout history. Culturally, they are the dumbest race. I know who I'm accepted by.
briarts 2 years ago
@alwayscarmel So what !! !! , who cares if white people don't accept us as white . Biracial people aren't asking for white people to accept us as white nor do we want to be white, we are happy with being accepted and looked at as biracial not white or black but both. So i don't know where you got this biracial people wanting to be accepted and looked at as white by white people WE ARE NOT WHITE so why would we want white people to look at us as something were not ?
BiracialGirl1977 1 year ago
You are black. My niece isn't mix and she's lighter than you. Your nose is big it remind me of my grandmother, and yes she's black just like you. when you look for a job what to you put on your application. Black, because if you put white than go in for an interview there damn sure going to look at you crazy because you're black.
alwayscarmel 2 years ago
@alwayscarmel @alwayscarmel #1: Damn for one no one is talking about how light skin your niece is she is talking about herself and her mixed heritage who cares what you or your niece looks like its not about you or your niece its about her, and you must be under the mistaken assumption she only has 2 options on application forms you need to get with it, multiracial is now being put on application forms DUH !
BiracialGirl1977 1 year ago
@alwayscarmel #2: And when multiracial is not there theres always the " Other " option and on some forms it says check all that apply so maybe you should evolve to 2010 . It sounds like you dont want times to change it sounds like you would like things to stay in a racist mindset .Sorry things are changing whether you want them to or not.
BiracialGirl1977 1 year ago
@alwayscarmel #3: Just because there are light skin blacks doesn't mean that should have any bearings on biracial people that want to identify as biracial you honestly and i hate to say it but you sound like you're mad cause you dont have any choice but to be black cause both of your parents are black
BiracialGirl1977 1 year ago
@alwayscarmel #4: You sound a little jealous with the... " well... my niece is lighter than you and she's still called black " it sounds like you're basically saying... " why should you be able to be called mixed race? if i gotta be black and my niece has to be black then so should you that's not fair
BiracialGirl1977 1 year ago
@BiracialGirl1977 WOW the sickness is beyond repair. First Off no one is forced to call themselves ANYTHING if her light skin niece OR EVEN SHE wanted to call herself mixed race she could. We ALL have the free will/right to identify as we choose. Point is you and her both have black blood mixed with other blood and are light skin you just think because you have less African blood you are less Black LOL the amount of blood doesnt make you the blood does. Black is apart of your DNA just like hers
MsInformitive 1 year ago
@alwayscarmel #5: That's exactly how you sound. you sound as if you don't even want to be black yourself so you don't think mixed people should be allowed to identify as anything other than black because you can't. " If you gotta stay black then so do we " right , that's it isn't it ?
BiracialGirl1977 1 year ago
@alwayscarmel #6: What am i doing you would never admit to that shit even if it was true you would deny it all the why to church wouldn't you ? Hey that maybe not what you are trying to say but that's what it sure as hell sounds like. maybe you should think of a different approach or tactic when trying to oppress Bi