What the hell this biracial switch hitter talking about the lesser race. She means that blacks are inferior to whites. Once these biracials have this mentally that they are better. There are just cockroachs
@kaliyuta LOL!!! I Know Right! Closet Racist is what I call them. Naw..this chickon the bus wasn't trying to figure me out. she had that usual stank look in her eye but like I said I smiled anyway. Whatever. LOL
I put up a wall but it's to keep myself away from further pain.It's not a superiority complex on my part.I would give anything to be a browner complexion than pail olive.I get accused of wanting to be white by random ignorant black folk who have been taught to think that from generation after generation.I get this mainly because i am so fair,i have seen darker bi-racial people who are more embraced by the black community.I have always just wanted to be an individual.Which come across as wanting
@kaliyuta I feel you & I know that Wall we put up isn't always about conceitedness...it's to block the Negativity. I am so tired of it happening. I got on the bus yesterday..sat down & sitting across from me was this black female that was just looking at me. In my head I was like..here we go again....but I still smiled and looked away. Just tired of it. I mean..WTH is she looking at ..really? There is nothing about my appearance that warrants that much attention LOL
@ttopcar They are trying to read you to see "What you are".It's a test thing.In some cities there are people of all shades of brown from many different parts of the world.Dominican,Trini,guyanese,Jaimacan,Belize etc.Not to go on the other persons defense,but i could see for some that being a reason.I usually see the look in thier eyes and for me it is pure hatred and rage from just random ppl that you dont even know.I hate it when white women tell me all the time."I'm not racist i have a child
Thanks for sharing. I don't think "MOST" of us are stuck up and conceited. "SOME" of us are. I always try to educate people on what it means to be biracial and sticking up a barrier between one's self and black society doesn't accomplish anything. Using the way a black person treats you as a reason to be arrogant, snobby, or distant is in the same vein as a white person using the way a black person treated them to be racist. Instead of meeting hate with hate, meet it with education.
@mwtwyman True..and when I said it I didn't mean it in a negative way but more as a defensive measure...keeping our guard up...not that we think we are beter than any other race..but you are correct. Thank you for sharing your thoughts =)
as a fellow mixed race girl myself....its absolutely gets on my last nerve when and i get this mainly from black women, not the intelligent ones mind you, that tell me just because im part black that makes me a black person when IM NOT lol im multiracial i mixed with all kinds of crap but they just want to notice the black part.
@xRyokuxluvsxUx OMG i Know! So Frustrating..Aggravating and Disappointing that people allow themselves to get sucked into the white propoganda bullshit!
It;s all very interesting. When bi-racials interact with black they think that the black people will judge them and assume that they think they wanna be white or that they believe that they are better than they are. And black people tend to think that the bi-racial people will judge them and think that they are ignorant or classless. It's all very sad because I see that a lot of bi-racials WANT to be involved in black culture and WANT to be around black people.
Well, if you are Bi-Racial, being Part White, then you are White. You're Black as well. People are always classifying President Obama as Black...He's Black and White. You are you. You cannot reject your backgrounds, both of them. People who are not bi-racial can never understand what you are going through.,,,And, yes, you are White. And you're Black, too. So embrace it, love, and those who hate, are haters and need to get a life...and you are a hot, hot, hot 41 year old...
aS A black and native american man of latino ethnicity I get this all the time as I look more black to some act more latino to others and have american indian features nose skin red tones str8er hair than some blacks and it is very fucked up to feel as if you are in the middle and can't enough love from either or. Hey yeah Mami - it's Miguel! Great video!
@gambit1357 I suggest that the next time, when leaving a comment and you feel the need to pass along advice to a specific person...then speak directly to that person..instead of leaving a comment under My Video telling other's what You think I need to be buying and reading ;D
What rascism are all of you talking about? I'm bi-racial and have never had true rascist comments given to me by anyone! Please, someone explain why it's a big deal to me.
Oh and by the way, I'm not joking or lying when I say that. I've never, ever had racial problems with anyone. Whatsoever.
ttopcar Am confused by what is making you think like that? I guess its only in the USA because you sound very contradictory. You don't look Bi-racal or Mix-race, as we would call you in Great Britain. You look black! So if Black people are giving you a hard time maybe its something to do with you and only You??
@jayhere40 LOL Seriously? Not every bi-racial is a Mariah Carey, nothing contradictory here. Plenty of black chicks hate on other women of color b/c of skin tone and hair texture.. These females don't even know me, haven't said Boo to me but yet I get a dirty look. So no it's not me & I love those of you that like to pass that judgement. You don't even know me & instead of trying to look at things from another's point of view, you assume it's me. Gotta open up that mind a lil bit there mate!
I normally enjoy your videos & point-of-view, but I facepalmed when you said "lesser race/side"....I'm sorry, I mean no disrespect, but I did. As a user here said, comments like that get biracials & multiracials villified. However, although I'm not biracial I have been rejected by black people growing up for a myriad of reasons (some of them *thought* I was biracial) but even though they hurt I never viewed them as "lesser"...I just...I never viewed ANY race like that.
@BValchan However, that "lesser" comment aside, I can relate to black people hating my guts and assuming I'm concieted even when I was very sweet, and it DID confuse me too, because I was told that whites were evil & hated everything brown, but my experience interacting with both didn't reflect that @ all.
Hey, Michelle. I'm returning to this video again because what you said at 1:30 about the, uhm, "Lesser race", that phrase has been coming up so much that I had to address it. Biracial Tiffany uses the term in her videos to denote the nonwhite side of a biracial. Actually, the majority of biracials are born to lower-class white people. Their white side is very rarely rich or well-to-do. If anything the well-to-do parent is more often than not the nonwhite parent. Most times both parents are poor.
@WhereYaBoss Hello, I had no idea Tiffany used the same phrase...not sure how it came to mind for me to use but just seemed any easy way for me to lump everyone into one pot vs calling them out individually seeing that I have time constraints ;D I have no knowledge of what social class bi-racials are born into but in my case, my mother and her family (white) are the financially secure family compared to my father and his family. Thanks for sharing your thoughts :-)
@ttopcar Whoa, your rich white mom married a poor black dude? That's almost unheard of. Usually the black man has to either be making six figures or above. It's very rare that a wealthy white woman marries a man making average wages. That's phenomenal. I would love to hear that story...so, was your father poor when he met your mother and her wealthy family? How did they react to her bringing home a black man from an low economic background? That must have been interesting. It's so rare to see...
@WhereYaBoss ttopcar didn't say her mother has a wealthy background. All she said was "my mother and her family (white) are the financially secure family compared to my father and his family." Being financially secure doesn't make you "rich". Or am I being a snob here ;)
@OneSummerSky, Financially secure usually means financially secure. I've never heard it to mean just above the poverty level or middle class. My point is that usually in interracial couples involving white women the woman is usually poor and the black man is "financially secure". It's very rare to see a white woman dating a poor black man unless she's poor, too. So, Ttopcar is way off when she calls the non-white parent the "lesser race". Poor white people out number any other group in the USA.
@WhereYaBoss I dont have the stats but you may be right. And there is no excuse for calling anyone the "lesser race". Poor white people may outnumber any other group in the USA, *in absolute numbers* but not in percentages (meaning: the percentage poor white people on the total group of white people is lower than the percentage of black people that is poor). So even though there are more poor white people, black people as a group are more vulnerable to poverty.
@OneSummerSky Black people are not more vulnerable to poverty. I do not believe that poor black people out number poor whites. Not in the USA. If you travel the country you will find roughly 8 or so poor black communities. They are usually within a city like NYC, DC, Detroit, LA, Philly etc. But you will find whole poor white STATES. Kentucky, Alabama, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Alaska, etc. You can literary go from town to town and witness white poverty. I have seen this with my own eyes.
@WhereYaBoss Like you, I too don´t think that poor black people out number poor white people in the USA.
Not when looking at absolute numbers.
But I do think there is a larger percentage of poor people within the black community as compared to the percentage of poor people within the white community. I cant back this with stats though. You´re right about the poor white states. But the (few) black people that live in those states don´t beat the stats by being middle class.
@OneSummerSky That's just not true. Have you seen poor white people? If you are on the East Coast I implore you to drive down I-81 South through Pennsylvania...you will see poor whites from the border all way through to Virginia. It's no teeth, trailer homes, shotguns and whiskey straight down. I have been to the inner-city and I have been through these towns and let me tell you white poverty is marginly understated in the media! Diane Sawyer and Dr Phil are the only ones to broadcast this fact.
@WhereYaBoss I don´t disagree with you at all! I very much have the same feeling as you regarding white poverty being the absolute majority. I am only pointing out that I have my doubts about white poverty being a relative majority. I also agree that the topic of white poverty is majorly ignored in the media. As a matter of fact, "white (countryside) poverty" is a great topic for anyone looking for a topic to write a dissertation on!
@OneSummerSky Yes, it's this misinformation and brainwashing that whites are better and wealthier that keeps them in poverty. I have spoken to impoverished whites who think they are better than blacks just because they are white. When I say, 'But YOU haven't achieved anything' they don't care. It's this thinking in our society that keeps them as underachievers. They don't even try. Talk to young white kids, they have no drive or goals. Every job is beneath them. They're just happy being white.
@WhereYaBoss You may appreciate the book entitled: "The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class". It's a classic. Written by David Roediger.
@OneSummerSky I will check that out! I am an advid researcher. I read books and then I see it with my own eyes. I will ask people questions like a mini-interview and people are very willing to part with their opinions on things. I think a lot of people are fooling themselves. Especially the ones that think black people are the lowest racial group in this country. I do know too many blacks not striving to make something of themselves. Even if it is just to be a truck driver. They have dreams.
@WhereYaBoss It is indeed enriching do research and talk with a broad variety of people. A couple of years ago I had conducted a field research to poverty in rural Belgium (Western Europe). That was also an eye-opener. Small countryside villages where white families didn't even have a flushing toilet in their house...they had to pee outside in a squat toilet in the garden. In the larger cities, Brussels and Antwerp, you find white people begging on the streets for money.
@OneSummerSky Here in the states I have seen whites begging on the street but they were usually herion addicts,etc. For the most part the poor whites are on disability for mental issues. You will be surprised how many children are considered mentally disturbed or ADHD. It's almost as if the mentally ill are mating with each other and making kids who don't even have a genetic chance for success. It's rather scary. I actually cried when I saw the enormity of the situation. I mean this is the USA
@WhereYaBoss Hey in which video did Tiffany call the black side "lesser"? I wouldn't think she would say anything like that. But then she did make that #11 video which was caused an EPIC facepalm lol.
@BValchan LOL, Hey There was a time when I kept a record of which # of her videos had negative black connotations in them because people kept calling me a liar. Saying she never said those things, So I would forward them the video and tell them the time to fastforward to so that they could hear it from her mouth. But I no longer go onto her site. I got so tired of her calling black people monoracial that I realized that she had no clue or cognizance, so I absolved myself of her ignorance.
@FreyaMarsha Je hebt helemaal gelijk. In terms of scientific discourse, there is no such thing as a race that has any scientific utility. The same scientific groups that developed the biological concept over the last century have now concluded that its use for characterizing human populations is so flawed that it is no longer a scientifically valid concept. In fact, the biological concept of race as applied to humans has no legitimate place in biological. - the UNESCO Statement on Race.
im sorry ttopcar but this is the shit that gets us mixed folk in trouble.calling people lesser.i got called orero,zebbra & honkey and i don't return the favor so to speak.whites don't really accept us, blacks do. but they tend to show their anger towards white people to us.you know they can't say that shit to white people,so they say it to us because we're the closest thing to it.but i understand were they coming from.
@msmelody1960 You know aht..i know my choice of words wasn't the best but that's the only thing I could think of at the time to make it simple for some to follow along. I meant no disrespect and I think I said that in the video if I'm not mistaken..and I understand why black people would show their angert towards us..but it don't make it right. Thanks for sharing :-)
@msmelody1960 Did I ever respond to this? LOl I thought I did b/c when I read It I thought "in trouble"???? Any race that's not white is lesser & I don't see any of them trying to break that belief so.... I got called all those names as well. It's just another form of bullying, a race bullying a race. I don't see bi-racials hating on each other. Have you? & if they had balls they could say it to whites..why not? Whites have no probelm talking shit to any non white...to their face even!
Thanks for this video. It was very powerful in that you are talking for a number of biracials who feel as you do. Some don't, but what you are saying is what I've been hearing for a while now. This is part of the reason that I myself have decided not to have mixed kids. I think other people should start listening to what biracials are saying so they can decided if they want their child to go thru this. Some people seriously just think they're making a kid with curly hair and a tan. It's so sad.
@WhereYaBoss And for all of us that have been born into this racialized world...a great video to check out is the TED talk of *Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story*. Very insightful. If we hear only one single story about a group (any group) of people, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
I love this video michele (i hope i spelled your name right) I really need to get a new camera because im well over due for a video.. The WALL is definitely there.. As i get older tho, i seem to care less and less about it. BUt not something to totally ignore when it stares us in the face almost everyday..
When you say that negative stereotypes are actually true for *the majority of biracials*, I am really curious what gives you the authority to make such a claim.
@OneSummerSky For the simple fact that i, myself am Bi-Racial, I have bi-racial friends, I have seen other videos by bi-racials and being bi-racial I know the reason why.
@ttopcar Why don't you just speak for yourself (and your friends) and leave the rest of us alone. I can speak for myself, I dont need anyone to say what I think or not think.
@OneSummerSky If you are not a part of the majority of which I speak.then why the attitude?!?!?!? Unless....oh no! Have I violated some Bi-racial Code of Silence???
@ttopcar First of all, I asked you to back your claims with facts, and you failed to provide me with any. Than you refer to yourself, your friends and some YT vids?! Right. Since you *drag* me personally into your camp, you force me to respond and correct this image you are trying to create and apply to the majority of biracials. Which is totally false. I have no idea what you are talking about, neither do I know of any code BS. How can any black parent raise children like tthis! Disgusting.
@OneSummerSky First of all, I don't know who you are, so how am I personally dragging you into anything? Second, you never asked for facts. If you want facts, that would take another mode of communication as I recount my life story. Third..maybe .. just maybe if I had been raised by a black parent, then maybe my life story would have turned our differently. If you are one of those rare few that never got hated on then good for you. I know of which I speak. It's digusting that you do not.
@ttopcar 1) You are making statements about the majority of biracials. You force me into a camp, according to your theory I am most likely part of that majority. And I now have to proove that I am part of the minority. Whereas I am not convinced that I am part of a minority. On the contrary. Second, I belief all you say about your life story. But do realize that eventhough your life story has resemblances with your friends, it doesnt mean that it resembles that of the majority of biracials. I
@ttopcar 2) A life story is no statistical proof that gives you the authority to speak about biracials as a group. It gives you the authority to talk about your own life story and perhaps that of your friends. Obviously you've chosen your friends because you feel connected to them. Their life stories may resemble yours and that is what connects. I've different experiences and so do my friends, though I would never make a claim about biracials as a whole. You cant base a claim on assumptions.
I don't think I am stuck up but I must admit that I'm on the defensive most of the time(with people in general).Building a wall around you can be a question of survival especially when you're in a world that doesn't really suit you.
@Thebraids and you are so right! i don't consider myself conceited at all but I am definetly on the defense. I'm going to be doing a part two to this to kind of clear up a few things and elaborate more on this topic. i only have 10 minutes LOL so I feel so rushed to get my point across and I forget things so thank you for reminding me of that b/c that was something I truly wanted to point out in this vid. Thanks!
Michelle, too true...too true... before I comment on the topic, I want to note that you look sooo beautiful with this lucious dark hair color!!! Botticelli angel! lol. Now, to the topic: I cannot agree more. The same is also generally true for those of us who are "red-boned", "yellow", those who pass for mixed-race, or light-skinned. I have had to deal with the same nasty attitudes because of my complexion and mannerisms. Also, sometimes, Whites have made ignorant/offensive comments as well.
@schwarzkopf79 Thank for the compliment fist off! :-)))) and you are so right and even tho it's F'd up..you expect the negativity from whites b/c history documents this..but when you get it from the other side to!!!!!!! LOL I'm doing a part two to this one so that i can go into more detail. I forgot to mention/point out a few particulars.
I think bi racials act like because they know black females want to be them. People hate on fat & dark skin people. They get just as much or even more hate than mixed people & they are not arrogant. i think your focus should be on the spiritual that is the real struggle. No matter what color let niggas be niggas. When you wanted to gain knowledge you seeked it out. There is too much information available in the world for people to be ignorant.
@BRAZEN08 i never seeked out knowledge. I had no reason what so ever to doubt anything that I learned until I met my husband who took the time to point things out to me and then the flood gates opened but for many of us..no matter what race, creed, nationality...if we have no reason to think something is suspect .. then why would we seek the Truth? That's why we need people like myself, to make these vids and come at people with a postive direct approach and not spewing hostility like some do.
@ttopcar So u wasn't interested in way people did certain things & why a person color made them act different? It took your husband for u to see the world as is? I guess most women are like that!
@BRAZEN08 Why would ii be curious to learn why certain people act a certain way???? My husband pointed out the lies that our white society has conjured up to protect themselves. If I'm growing up primarily around whites....then why am I ever going to question something? ESPECIALLY if what I'm learning from whites is being confirmed thru the actions of blacks?
@BRAZEN08 I mean..don't get me wrong..I hear what you're saying..but like I said..if I grow up hering that black people are paranoid and black people don't even like their own race and so on and so forth...and then I have black women that hate on me or every black man I dated had hate for the police LOL which I could never understand..but I now see that yes it is paranoia BUT with good reason.
you know what, you are absolutely right! on this video. I am very close to the black side of my family but as far as those who are not family, I can't relate to them, I grew up feeling rejected even if it wasn't direct. People go around saying, "Biracial people are stuck up..." Yeah because if you are going around making statements like that, we have every reason to seem "stuck up" to you." I used to hear the term, "acting white," far too often.
@frenchie510 Oh there's my girl!!!! How've you been Sweetie??? I have been thinking about you so much ever since we last spoke. Hope you're feeling well. Much Love! and girl..when I have I not spoken the Truth?!?!?! LOL xoxo
I have had racial stereotypes bcuz people think I'm Indian ( ok I'm 1/4) but I'm more maroon which is a African tribe; hence the skin tone & hair texture. But dark skinned girls like myself hate me bcuz of my hair texture & the way I speak. I get people telling me I act white & all this crap. Its all insecurity with self. The funny thing is Indians don't accept me either. U r right we didn't ask to be mixed but I get their struggle.
@MichyGW I know..exactly. It is so incredibly stupid. I mean..what is "acting white" ??? Speaking with intelligence and enunciation? I mean come on. I get so tired of it and it agfgravates the Hell out of me b/c it's not necessary. Insecurities yes and we have the mother's/families to blame for not instilling confidence and pride of self within their children...but then of course..if the parent hates who they are..then what does the child learn...
@pbg98pbgpbg98pbg there are a lot of whites that recognize the fact when someone is not white like them and a good portion of those folks are actually racist..so.....
Biracials belong nowhere
Africanstar6 2 months ago
i am Bi-racial , my whole life i have had problem, identifying my race, and wanting to belong.
mariahxgarzaxmlg 3 months ago
Black community regards the biracials as nothing more sadistic and we do not allow biracials in our churches
Africanstar6 5 months ago
What the hell this biracial switch hitter talking about the lesser race. She means that blacks are inferior to whites. Once these biracials have this mentally that they are better. There are just cockroachs
Africanstar6 5 months ago
(cont) that looks just like you".After they've clearly made a racist statement.
kaliyuta 11 months ago
@kaliyuta LOL!!! I Know Right! Closet Racist is what I call them. Naw..this chickon the bus wasn't trying to figure me out. she had that usual stank look in her eye but like I said I smiled anyway. Whatever. LOL
ttopcar 11 months ago
I put up a wall but it's to keep myself away from further pain.It's not a superiority complex on my part.I would give anything to be a browner complexion than pail olive.I get accused of wanting to be white by random ignorant black folk who have been taught to think that from generation after generation.I get this mainly because i am so fair,i have seen darker bi-racial people who are more embraced by the black community.I have always just wanted to be an individual.Which come across as wanting
kaliyuta 11 months ago
@kaliyuta I feel you & I know that Wall we put up isn't always about conceitedness...it's to block the Negativity. I am so tired of it happening. I got on the bus yesterday..sat down & sitting across from me was this black female that was just looking at me. In my head I was like..here we go again....but I still smiled and looked away. Just tired of it. I mean..WTH is she looking at ..really? There is nothing about my appearance that warrants that much attention LOL
ttopcar 11 months ago
@ttopcar They are trying to read you to see "What you are".It's a test thing.In some cities there are people of all shades of brown from many different parts of the world.Dominican,Trini,guyanese,Jaimacan,Belize etc.Not to go on the other persons defense,but i could see for some that being a reason.I usually see the look in thier eyes and for me it is pure hatred and rage from just random ppl that you dont even know.I hate it when white women tell me all the time."I'm not racist i have a child
kaliyuta 11 months ago
You funny as Hell!!!
but you where dropping some real jewels though!!!
so peace sista!!!
ThePurplepistol 11 months ago
@ThePurplepistol LOL..Thank you ;D
ttopcar 11 months ago
Thanks for sharing. I don't think "MOST" of us are stuck up and conceited. "SOME" of us are. I always try to educate people on what it means to be biracial and sticking up a barrier between one's self and black society doesn't accomplish anything. Using the way a black person treats you as a reason to be arrogant, snobby, or distant is in the same vein as a white person using the way a black person treated them to be racist. Instead of meeting hate with hate, meet it with education.
mwtwyman 1 year ago
@mwtwyman True..and when I said it I didn't mean it in a negative way but more as a defensive measure...keeping our guard up...not that we think we are beter than any other race..but you are correct. Thank you for sharing your thoughts =)
ttopcar 1 year ago
as a fellow mixed race girl myself....its absolutely gets on my last nerve when and i get this mainly from black women, not the intelligent ones mind you, that tell me just because im part black that makes me a black person when IM NOT lol im multiracial i mixed with all kinds of crap but they just want to notice the black part.
xRyokuxluvsxUx 1 year ago
@xRyokuxluvsxUx OMG i Know! So Frustrating..Aggravating and Disappointing that people allow themselves to get sucked into the white propoganda bullshit!
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar mmmhhmm its pitiful, but hey you know how ignorant bitches are lol
xRyokuxluvsxUx 1 year ago
@xRyokuxluvsxUx *smh* Unfortunately..Yes. LOL!!!
ttopcar 1 year ago
It;s all very interesting. When bi-racials interact with black they think that the black people will judge them and assume that they think they wanna be white or that they believe that they are better than they are. And black people tend to think that the bi-racial people will judge them and think that they are ignorant or classless. It's all very sad because I see that a lot of bi-racials WANT to be involved in black culture and WANT to be around black people.
lakendrawriter 1 year ago
@lakendrawriter Great Observation! Thank you for sharing =)
ttopcar 1 year ago
Well, if you are Bi-Racial, being Part White, then you are White. You're Black as well. People are always classifying President Obama as Black...He's Black and White. You are you. You cannot reject your backgrounds, both of them. People who are not bi-racial can never understand what you are going through.,,,And, yes, you are White. And you're Black, too. So embrace it, love, and those who hate, are haters and need to get a life...and you are a hot, hot, hot 41 year old...
MrTonyCejas 1 year ago
@MrTonyCejas Thank you for sharing your thoughts =)
ttopcar 1 year ago
amen.
IF0UNDN3M0 1 year ago
aS A black and native american man of latino ethnicity I get this all the time as I look more black to some act more latino to others and have american indian features nose skin red tones str8er hair than some blacks and it is very fucked up to feel as if you are in the middle and can't enough love from either or. Hey yeah Mami - it's Miguel! Great video!
soymiguelalejandro23 1 year ago
@soymiguelalejandro23 and can't get enough love from either or!!!!! Exactly! So Stupid! TY for sharing Miguel =)
ttopcar 1 year ago
this woman needs to read more books. perform more research. i'd suggest she BUY and READ "Sex and Race" by J. A. Rogers
gambit1357 1 year ago
@gambit1357 I suggest that the next time, when leaving a comment and you feel the need to pass along advice to a specific person...then speak directly to that person..instead of leaving a comment under My Video telling other's what You think I need to be buying and reading ;D
ttopcar 1 year ago
I would love to listen to your video but all i see is tities!!!! Daaaaaaaaamn!!!!
dontrustwhiteyever1 1 year ago
What rascism are all of you talking about? I'm bi-racial and have never had true rascist comments given to me by anyone! Please, someone explain why it's a big deal to me.
Oh and by the way, I'm not joking or lying when I say that. I've never, ever had racial problems with anyone. Whatsoever.
Spiqaro 1 year ago
ttopcar Am confused by what is making you think like that? I guess its only in the USA because you sound very contradictory. You don't look Bi-racal or Mix-race, as we would call you in Great Britain. You look black! So if Black people are giving you a hard time maybe its something to do with you and only You??
jayhere40 1 year ago
@jayhere40 LOL Seriously? Not every bi-racial is a Mariah Carey, nothing contradictory here. Plenty of black chicks hate on other women of color b/c of skin tone and hair texture.. These females don't even know me, haven't said Boo to me but yet I get a dirty look. So no it's not me & I love those of you that like to pass that judgement. You don't even know me & instead of trying to look at things from another's point of view, you assume it's me. Gotta open up that mind a lil bit there mate!
ttopcar 1 year ago
I normally enjoy your videos & point-of-view, but I facepalmed when you said "lesser race/side"....I'm sorry, I mean no disrespect, but I did. As a user here said, comments like that get biracials & multiracials villified. However, although I'm not biracial I have been rejected by black people growing up for a myriad of reasons (some of them *thought* I was biracial) but even though they hurt I never viewed them as "lesser"...I just...I never viewed ANY race like that.
BValchan 1 year ago
@BValchan However, that "lesser" comment aside, I can relate to black people hating my guts and assuming I'm concieted even when I was very sweet, and it DID confuse me too, because I was told that whites were evil & hated everything brown, but my experience interacting with both didn't reflect that @ all.
BValchan 1 year ago
Hey, Michelle. I'm returning to this video again because what you said at 1:30 about the, uhm, "Lesser race", that phrase has been coming up so much that I had to address it. Biracial Tiffany uses the term in her videos to denote the nonwhite side of a biracial. Actually, the majority of biracials are born to lower-class white people. Their white side is very rarely rich or well-to-do. If anything the well-to-do parent is more often than not the nonwhite parent. Most times both parents are poor.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago 3
@WhereYaBoss Hello, I had no idea Tiffany used the same phrase...not sure how it came to mind for me to use but just seemed any easy way for me to lump everyone into one pot vs calling them out individually seeing that I have time constraints ;D I have no knowledge of what social class bi-racials are born into but in my case, my mother and her family (white) are the financially secure family compared to my father and his family. Thanks for sharing your thoughts :-)
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar Whoa, your rich white mom married a poor black dude? That's almost unheard of. Usually the black man has to either be making six figures or above. It's very rare that a wealthy white woman marries a man making average wages. That's phenomenal. I would love to hear that story...so, was your father poor when he met your mother and her wealthy family? How did they react to her bringing home a black man from an low economic background? That must have been interesting. It's so rare to see...
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss ttopcar didn't say her mother has a wealthy background. All she said was "my mother and her family (white) are the financially secure family compared to my father and his family." Being financially secure doesn't make you "rich". Or am I being a snob here ;)
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky, Financially secure usually means financially secure. I've never heard it to mean just above the poverty level or middle class. My point is that usually in interracial couples involving white women the woman is usually poor and the black man is "financially secure". It's very rare to see a white woman dating a poor black man unless she's poor, too. So, Ttopcar is way off when she calls the non-white parent the "lesser race". Poor white people out number any other group in the USA.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss I dont have the stats but you may be right. And there is no excuse for calling anyone the "lesser race". Poor white people may outnumber any other group in the USA, *in absolute numbers* but not in percentages (meaning: the percentage poor white people on the total group of white people is lower than the percentage of black people that is poor). So even though there are more poor white people, black people as a group are more vulnerable to poverty.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky Black people are not more vulnerable to poverty. I do not believe that poor black people out number poor whites. Not in the USA. If you travel the country you will find roughly 8 or so poor black communities. They are usually within a city like NYC, DC, Detroit, LA, Philly etc. But you will find whole poor white STATES. Kentucky, Alabama, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Alaska, etc. You can literary go from town to town and witness white poverty. I have seen this with my own eyes.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss Like you, I too don´t think that poor black people out number poor white people in the USA.
Not when looking at absolute numbers.
But I do think there is a larger percentage of poor people within the black community as compared to the percentage of poor people within the white community. I cant back this with stats though. You´re right about the poor white states. But the (few) black people that live in those states don´t beat the stats by being middle class.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky That's just not true. Have you seen poor white people? If you are on the East Coast I implore you to drive down I-81 South through Pennsylvania...you will see poor whites from the border all way through to Virginia. It's no teeth, trailer homes, shotguns and whiskey straight down. I have been to the inner-city and I have been through these towns and let me tell you white poverty is marginly understated in the media! Diane Sawyer and Dr Phil are the only ones to broadcast this fact.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss I don´t disagree with you at all! I very much have the same feeling as you regarding white poverty being the absolute majority. I am only pointing out that I have my doubts about white poverty being a relative majority. I also agree that the topic of white poverty is majorly ignored in the media. As a matter of fact, "white (countryside) poverty" is a great topic for anyone looking for a topic to write a dissertation on!
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky Yes, it's this misinformation and brainwashing that whites are better and wealthier that keeps them in poverty. I have spoken to impoverished whites who think they are better than blacks just because they are white. When I say, 'But YOU haven't achieved anything' they don't care. It's this thinking in our society that keeps them as underachievers. They don't even try. Talk to young white kids, they have no drive or goals. Every job is beneath them. They're just happy being white.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss You may appreciate the book entitled: "The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class". It's a classic. Written by David Roediger.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky I will check that out! I am an advid researcher. I read books and then I see it with my own eyes. I will ask people questions like a mini-interview and people are very willing to part with their opinions on things. I think a lot of people are fooling themselves. Especially the ones that think black people are the lowest racial group in this country. I do know too many blacks not striving to make something of themselves. Even if it is just to be a truck driver. They have dreams.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss It is indeed enriching do research and talk with a broad variety of people. A couple of years ago I had conducted a field research to poverty in rural Belgium (Western Europe). That was also an eye-opener. Small countryside villages where white families didn't even have a flushing toilet in their house...they had to pee outside in a squat toilet in the garden. In the larger cities, Brussels and Antwerp, you find white people begging on the streets for money.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky Here in the states I have seen whites begging on the street but they were usually herion addicts,etc. For the most part the poor whites are on disability for mental issues. You will be surprised how many children are considered mentally disturbed or ADHD. It's almost as if the mentally ill are mating with each other and making kids who don't even have a genetic chance for success. It's rather scary. I actually cried when I saw the enormity of the situation. I mean this is the USA
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss I was thinking, another very interesting book to read is: Black Skin, White Masks. It's written by Frantz Fanon.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss Hey in which video did Tiffany call the black side "lesser"? I wouldn't think she would say anything like that. But then she did make that #11 video which was caused an EPIC facepalm lol.
BValchan 1 year ago
@BValchan LOL, Hey There was a time when I kept a record of which # of her videos had negative black connotations in them because people kept calling me a liar. Saying she never said those things, So I would forward them the video and tell them the time to fastforward to so that they could hear it from her mouth. But I no longer go onto her site. I got so tired of her calling black people monoracial that I realized that she had no clue or cognizance, so I absolved myself of her ignorance.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
There's only one race, and that's the human race. I hope people will get over this bullshit.
FreyaMarsha 1 year ago 5
@FreyaMarsha Je hebt helemaal gelijk. In terms of scientific discourse, there is no such thing as a race that has any scientific utility. The same scientific groups that developed the biological concept over the last century have now concluded that its use for characterizing human populations is so flawed that it is no longer a scientifically valid concept. In fact, the biological concept of race as applied to humans has no legitimate place in biological. - the UNESCO Statement on Race.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@FreyaMarsha Amen!!!
Spiqaro 1 year ago
im sorry ttopcar but this is the shit that gets us mixed folk in trouble.calling people lesser.i got called orero,zebbra & honkey and i don't return the favor so to speak.whites don't really accept us, blacks do. but they tend to show their anger towards white people to us.you know they can't say that shit to white people,so they say it to us because we're the closest thing to it.but i understand were they coming from.
msmelody1960 1 year ago 5
@msmelody1960 You know aht..i know my choice of words wasn't the best but that's the only thing I could think of at the time to make it simple for some to follow along. I meant no disrespect and I think I said that in the video if I'm not mistaken..and I understand why black people would show their angert towards us..but it don't make it right. Thanks for sharing :-)
ttopcar 1 year ago
@msmelody1960 Did I ever respond to this? LOl I thought I did b/c when I read It I thought "in trouble"???? Any race that's not white is lesser & I don't see any of them trying to break that belief so.... I got called all those names as well. It's just another form of bullying, a race bullying a race. I don't see bi-racials hating on each other. Have you? & if they had balls they could say it to whites..why not? Whites have no probelm talking shit to any non white...to their face even!
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar LOL i hear that. but it.s true most non-whites have an inferiotiy complex so they really do believe their lesser it's a shame too
msmelody1960 1 year ago
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@ttopcar LOL i hear that. but it.s true most non-whites have an inferiotiy complex so they really do believe their lesser it's a shame too!
msmelody1960 1 year ago
Thanks for this video. It was very powerful in that you are talking for a number of biracials who feel as you do. Some don't, but what you are saying is what I've been hearing for a while now. This is part of the reason that I myself have decided not to have mixed kids. I think other people should start listening to what biracials are saying so they can decided if they want their child to go thru this. Some people seriously just think they're making a kid with curly hair and a tan. It's so sad.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss The best way to protect your children from prejudice or from getting hurt, is by not getting any!!!
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky Yes. That's correct.
WhereYaBoss 1 year ago
@WhereYaBoss And for all of us that have been born into this racialized world...a great video to check out is the TED talk of *Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story*. Very insightful. If we hear only one single story about a group (any group) of people, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago 2
@WhereYaBoss Thank you :-)
ttopcar 1 year ago
I love this video michele (i hope i spelled your name right) I really need to get a new camera because im well over due for a video.. The WALL is definitely there.. As i get older tho, i seem to care less and less about it. BUt not something to totally ignore when it stares us in the face almost everyday..
bmatt820 1 year ago
@bmatt820 Thanks Matt! and Heeeeeeeeey Man!!! Yes..a video is waaaaaaay overdo with you ;D When are we going to do one?
ttopcar 1 year ago
Hey ..... whateva is whateva ....... JUST KEEP YOUR HAIRCOLOR BLACK .... i think it's hot !!! ..... Don't change it or i'm hatin' ( lol, hahahahaha )
anonymousent 1 year ago 3
@anonymousent :-)
ttopcar 1 year ago
Great video
jon8342 1 year ago
@jon8342 Thank you ;D
ttopcar 1 year ago
When you say that negative stereotypes are actually true for *the majority of biracials*, I am really curious what gives you the authority to make such a claim.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky For the simple fact that i, myself am Bi-Racial, I have bi-racial friends, I have seen other videos by bi-racials and being bi-racial I know the reason why.
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar Why don't you just speak for yourself (and your friends) and leave the rest of us alone. I can speak for myself, I dont need anyone to say what I think or not think.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky If you are not a part of the majority of which I speak.then why the attitude?!?!?!? Unless....oh no! Have I violated some Bi-racial Code of Silence???
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar First of all, I asked you to back your claims with facts, and you failed to provide me with any. Than you refer to yourself, your friends and some YT vids?! Right. Since you *drag* me personally into your camp, you force me to respond and correct this image you are trying to create and apply to the majority of biracials. Which is totally false. I have no idea what you are talking about, neither do I know of any code BS. How can any black parent raise children like tthis! Disgusting.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@OneSummerSky First of all, I don't know who you are, so how am I personally dragging you into anything? Second, you never asked for facts. If you want facts, that would take another mode of communication as I recount my life story. Third..maybe .. just maybe if I had been raised by a black parent, then maybe my life story would have turned our differently. If you are one of those rare few that never got hated on then good for you. I know of which I speak. It's digusting that you do not.
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar 1) You are making statements about the majority of biracials. You force me into a camp, according to your theory I am most likely part of that majority. And I now have to proove that I am part of the minority. Whereas I am not convinced that I am part of a minority. On the contrary. Second, I belief all you say about your life story. But do realize that eventhough your life story has resemblances with your friends, it doesnt mean that it resembles that of the majority of biracials. I
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
@ttopcar 2) A life story is no statistical proof that gives you the authority to speak about biracials as a group. It gives you the authority to talk about your own life story and perhaps that of your friends. Obviously you've chosen your friends because you feel connected to them. Their life stories may resemble yours and that is what connects. I've different experiences and so do my friends, though I would never make a claim about biracials as a whole. You cant base a claim on assumptions.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
I don't think I am stuck up but I must admit that I'm on the defensive most of the time(with people in general).Building a wall around you can be a question of survival especially when you're in a world that doesn't really suit you.
Thebraids 1 year ago
@Thebraids and you are so right! i don't consider myself conceited at all but I am definetly on the defense. I'm going to be doing a part two to this to kind of clear up a few things and elaborate more on this topic. i only have 10 minutes LOL so I feel so rushed to get my point across and I forget things so thank you for reminding me of that b/c that was something I truly wanted to point out in this vid. Thanks!
ttopcar 1 year ago
Hi Michelle!! Did you see Nineteenpercent's Story of Bacon video?
army2k08 1 year ago
@army2k08 Hey Army! No I haven't seen it! Will go check it out...thanks :D
ttopcar 1 year ago
Michelle, too true...too true... before I comment on the topic, I want to note that you look sooo beautiful with this lucious dark hair color!!! Botticelli angel! lol. Now, to the topic: I cannot agree more. The same is also generally true for those of us who are "red-boned", "yellow", those who pass for mixed-race, or light-skinned. I have had to deal with the same nasty attitudes because of my complexion and mannerisms. Also, sometimes, Whites have made ignorant/offensive comments as well.
schwarzkopf79 1 year ago
@schwarzkopf79 Thank for the compliment fist off! :-)))) and you are so right and even tho it's F'd up..you expect the negativity from whites b/c history documents this..but when you get it from the other side to!!!!!!! LOL I'm doing a part two to this one so that i can go into more detail. I forgot to mention/point out a few particulars.
ttopcar 1 year ago
I think bi racials act like because they know black females want to be them. People hate on fat & dark skin people. They get just as much or even more hate than mixed people & they are not arrogant. i think your focus should be on the spiritual that is the real struggle. No matter what color let niggas be niggas. When you wanted to gain knowledge you seeked it out. There is too much information available in the world for people to be ignorant.
BRAZEN08 1 year ago
@BRAZEN08 i never seeked out knowledge. I had no reason what so ever to doubt anything that I learned until I met my husband who took the time to point things out to me and then the flood gates opened but for many of us..no matter what race, creed, nationality...if we have no reason to think something is suspect .. then why would we seek the Truth? That's why we need people like myself, to make these vids and come at people with a postive direct approach and not spewing hostility like some do.
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar So u wasn't interested in way people did certain things & why a person color made them act different? It took your husband for u to see the world as is? I guess most women are like that!
BRAZEN08 1 year ago
@BRAZEN08 Why would ii be curious to learn why certain people act a certain way???? My husband pointed out the lies that our white society has conjured up to protect themselves. If I'm growing up primarily around whites....then why am I ever going to question something? ESPECIALLY if what I'm learning from whites is being confirmed thru the actions of blacks?
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar damn
BRAZEN08 1 year ago
@BRAZEN08 I mean..don't get me wrong..I hear what you're saying..but like I said..if I grow up hering that black people are paranoid and black people don't even like their own race and so on and so forth...and then I have black women that hate on me or every black man I dated had hate for the police LOL which I could never understand..but I now see that yes it is paranoia BUT with good reason.
ttopcar 1 year ago
@BRAZEN08 Dark black women are beautiful and graceful, don't let anyone convince you otherwise. Ever.
OneSummerSky 1 year ago
lol @ that "Together" ...
PhantomLyric 1 year ago
@PhantomLyric LOL..I Know Right! You heard that? LOLOLOLOL I am mixed!
ttopcar 1 year ago
you know what, you are absolutely right! on this video. I am very close to the black side of my family but as far as those who are not family, I can't relate to them, I grew up feeling rejected even if it wasn't direct. People go around saying, "Biracial people are stuck up..." Yeah because if you are going around making statements like that, we have every reason to seem "stuck up" to you." I used to hear the term, "acting white," far too often.
PhantomLyric 1 year ago
@PhantomLyric Yep..acting white..Zebra..oreo...a punk...think you're too good...and all that BS.
ttopcar 1 year ago
Girl you are speaking the truth!
frenchie510 1 year ago
@frenchie510 Oh there's my girl!!!! How've you been Sweetie??? I have been thinking about you so much ever since we last spoke. Hope you're feeling well. Much Love! and girl..when I have I not spoken the Truth?!?!?! LOL xoxo
ttopcar 1 year ago
Well said sis. we walk a unique path. love that intro song btw! who do ya love. . . .
amazonjah6 1 year ago
@amazonjah6 Thank you My Sister :-) That song is my jam!
ttopcar 1 year ago
I have had racial stereotypes bcuz people think I'm Indian ( ok I'm 1/4) but I'm more maroon which is a African tribe; hence the skin tone & hair texture. But dark skinned girls like myself hate me bcuz of my hair texture & the way I speak. I get people telling me I act white & all this crap. Its all insecurity with self. The funny thing is Indians don't accept me either. U r right we didn't ask to be mixed but I get their struggle.
MichyGW 1 year ago
@MichyGW I know..exactly. It is so incredibly stupid. I mean..what is "acting white" ??? Speaking with intelligence and enunciation? I mean come on. I get so tired of it and it agfgravates the Hell out of me b/c it's not necessary. Insecurities yes and we have the mother's/families to blame for not instilling confidence and pride of self within their children...but then of course..if the parent hates who they are..then what does the child learn...
ttopcar 1 year ago
you speak the truth
sorrenity 1 year ago
@sorrenity Thank you.
ttopcar 1 year ago
I would like to know in what sense do bi-racial people get dissed by whites?
pbg98pbgpbg98pbg 1 year ago
@pbg98pbgpbg98pbg there are a lot of whites that recognize the fact when someone is not white like them and a good portion of those folks are actually racist..so.....
ttopcar 1 year ago
@ttopcar i had no idea.
pbg98pbgpbg98pbg 1 year ago
Keeping it real! When you know better you do think better ... maturity and experience.
You are beautiful - you remind me so much of my half sister.
Peace and blessing,
Angie
betterthaneverbeen 1 year ago
@betterthaneverbeen Peace and Blessings to you as well...Thank you ;D
ttopcar 1 year ago
is that your real hair?
Pentazoid111 1 year ago
You can't be biracial. You are darker than me and both of my parents are black.
Pentazoid111 1 year ago
@Pentazoid111 What do you mean I can't be bi-racial??? We aren't all Mariah Carey's color LOL
ttopcar 1 year ago
@Pentazoid111 Yes..it's all my hair.
ttopcar 1 year ago
Honestly, I'm just here to admire your beauty. Forgive my shallowness, my dear. ;)
JaiCourvoisier 1 year ago
@JaiCourvoisier LOL..umm ok...Thanks ;D
ttopcar 1 year ago