#1 - a mother and daughter speak on colorism

Anesa and India are mother and daughter. They speak on their experiences with colorism. This is part one. I had to upload two different videos because my WMM was acting up. Please proceed to part two after watching this video. Feel free to leave a comment or do a video response. THANKS!

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[svaughn4]

Why is it that many black women have an issue with colorism and beauty, but many black men do not? I'm a dark skinned black man and I've never really had a problem getting a female due to my skin tone. However, this is a concern for many black women. Could you please provide me with some insight on the matter?

[AtlantaSistah]

This problem is just not significant to Black women. You sound silly. Black women and MEN experience this BS. But thanks for sharing your experience.

[KKS685]

wow didnt no the black community had all these inner racism(colorism)

[AtlantaSistah]

yeah, we are human just like anyone else. All commuinities have problems. We are no exception.

[AAu99]

Colorism is the Internalization of White supremacy ...Black racism, my people when will we be free!

[AtlantaSistah]

@reuven2007

Light skin does not always equal biracial heritage. And no, she is not.

[gatheringleaves]

LOL I'm from New York and I'm light skinned but my father is dark skinned, but I have a white mother so I guess that's why I'm so light

[SaySay208]

@amasonga I totally agree with you. People forget that their are bi-racial dark skin people and looking at their features you can tell that they are mixed. On the contrary their are light skin people who have more negroid features than the dark skin bi-racial person. People assume that the light skin person is mixed because of their complexion.

[metamaggot]

inparts of northern africa people are white...tunisia for instance.

in morocco and algeria people are tanned (berber or arabic etc...)

then in mauritania there's a bit of both,then it's nearly all black from there down.

to me the mum looks moroccan

[message2blackwomen]

black people are just the original people and we historically didn't care about color because we knew that we produced all kinds of color. My wiife & I have 3 shades of black in our 4 children. The source of this confusion is really other races that are monotinous and they want everyone else to look like them and we can't continue to follow these people's views

[nyeeezy]

my mother is straight from ghana and light skiinnned lol and im darker skinned

[tdotmusiq]

There is NO SUCH THING AS PURE BLOOD ANY MORE! this woman has a mixture in her blood with someone who is lighter. She may not know who, since most american dont even want to recognize that. Once you are african american you are mixed with something eles. Point blank. People want to come up with their own history and say look i'm black and light skinned with no mix, bull shit! Especially americans. a lot are mixed with aboriginal, white (caucasion), asian, spanish and the likes.

[AtlantaSistah]

@tdotmusiq LOL! You are so wrong. But good luck with that.

[tony666ism]

@ismaithleat

you are only saying that because of her skin complexion

there is nothing caucasion looking about that woman

halle berry and obama are half white and they are darker than she is

[Magic9053]

@reuven2007 I have light skin and BOTH my parents are black

[Magic9053]

I have "light" skin and my mother has "dark" skin, but it's never been a problem with us. People are so damn ignorant about skin color.......SMH

[amasonga]

To ismaithleat Are you stupid or just unaware? Just because a Black person has a very light skin doesn't make them biracial! Idiot! A part of my family is from East Africa and many of us have sharp features like White people, but we are 100% Black! How do you know that she has more European blood than the average Black American? Skin isn't always an indicator of more European ancestry! There are many light-skinned Africans who are light-skinned, but have no European blood! O.K.!!!

[amasonga]

@ismaithleat Let me ask you a question. Are you stupid or just unaware? There are plenty of people in East Africa, where a part of my family ails from, who have very sharp features like what you call White people. You cannot always tell if somebody is 50% White or not. I'm dark-skinned with facial features similar to that of Whites! How do you know she ahs more European heritage? My mother is almost just as light, but she's African! You're an idiot! LOL! Blackness is diversity! Fuck racism!

[DiversityisAdversity]

PEOPLE ARE JUDGING THIS WOMAN BY HER COMPLEXION. YOU CANNOT JUDGE BLACK PEOPLE BY COMPLEXION BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL COMPLEXIONS IN OUR RACE. ANYBODY THAT LOOKS AT THIS WOMAN'S CHILD WITHOUT JUDGING HER BY HER COMPLEXION CAN SEE THAT SHE DAMN NEAR LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HER MOTHER. SO DOES THE CHILD HAVE 50% WHITE IN HER TOO BECAUSE SHE LOOKS LIKE HER MOTHER ? IF YOU PUT A BUNCH OF BLACK PEOPLE IN A ROOM I GUARANTEE YOU WE WILL NOT ALL LOOK LIKE WESLEY SNIPES OR MORGAN FREEMAN. THIS WOMAN IS BLACK

[DiversityisAdversity]

THIS WOMAN IN THIS VIDEO DOES NOT HAVE EUROPEAN FEATURES.I HAVE SEEN AFRICANS THAT LOOK JUST LIKE HER WITH DARK SKIN.LIGHT SKIN DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE EUROPEAN ANCESTRY.AFRICANS COME IN DIFFERENT COMPLEXIONS, FEATURES & HAIR TEXTURES. PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT THIS WOMAN IS MIXED RACED WANT HER TO BE MIXED RACE.MY DAD HAS A DARK BROWN COMPLEXION AND MY MOTHER IS DARK SKIN BUT I CAME OUT LIGHT SKIN SO DOES THAT MAKE ME MIXED TOO BECAUSE I AM LIGHT SKINNED ? NOT ALL BLACK PEOPLE LOOK LIKE WESLEY SNIPES

[starr7070]

they look alike  same eye shape, same lips, and similar noses

[faissa2]

@reuven2007 I have lived around North, East, West, and South AFRICANS all my life and i could never, never distinguish physically between them. I have meet people from Uganda who resemble what you call "biracial people" who have very light brown soft curly hair long bridged noises and are very, very fair skinned to the point where they resemble white folks w w/tans and yet you would see there brothers or sister dark as can be. So acquire more knowledge before you spew your ignorance!

[tdotmusiq]

@reuven2007

bi-racial no. Both her parent can be dark and she still be light. Black people are the most mixed of all races. She just happened to show the recessive white gene that exists in her family. That should be common knowledge by now. But people still think that black people can have light skin without there be a white or lighter skinned ancestor. NOT gonna happen.

[tdotmusiq]

@AtlantaSistah

Her daughter also carries the white gene, so she can go on and have kids who are lighter than her. It's just common sense.

[tdotmusiq]

@AtlantaSistah

Actual it does. Anesa would have to have a white ancestor somewhere in her family tree. black people just don't come out light skinned for no reason. Her daughter is darker because she shares the fathers genes and her mother's genes. Think about. The lighter gene is more recessive. Anesa could have 2 or 3 more kids and maybe 1 might come out light. My boyfriends sister has 3 kids same guy, 1 is really dark and the last 2 are light skinned.

[blackcherry8907]

@svaughn4 Even though it may affect both sexes, Any issue (skin color, weight, eating disorders) that has to do with the outward appearance or beauty seems to have more of an impact on women...that why it seems like that :-) Hope that helps...

[ismaithleat]

@AtlantaSistah ah now..of course the mother is closer to being 50% white than she is 100% black, judging from her features and colour she has more european heritage than the average black american....does it matter that much anyway? lol

[4spitfire]

@KKS685 LOl it aint only black with this stupidity colourism, indian people look down on dark skinned indians, white people see Blonde & blue/ green eyes as more beautiful and worthy than dark hair , and brown or black eyes thanx to that b***** hitler...why do u think every white people are dying their hair fake blond & getting blue eye contact....so ya racism will always exist for yrs too come, coz people are too dang stupid....

[4spitfire]

@reuven2007 thats ignorant dudey, black people can be as light as the sun.....get educated...u saying black people should be only DEEP DARK BLACK as darkness...

[RETROGEMS]

Very thought-provoking! I can really relate to Anisa and India, but on the flip-side. I am a white appearing Black woman and my mother is darker than me. We've had one bizarre reaction after another, related to us being mother & daughter. One time, in an NYC restaurant, the White waitress tried to ignore my mother and address me even though I was only 10 yrs old.Another person even referred to my mother as 'mammy'. Colorism is vicious and cruel and ignores our common humanity. :-(

[ripleereeves]

why the fuck do people talk about skin colour when they talk about race. a black man can have white skin. i think people need to focus on the life that is passed on from father to son. cannot separate skin colour from the spirit. mixed race kids can have white spirit with black skin or black spirit with white skin like michael jackson. so fuck everyone! the world judges anyone with black skin or black features as black but they ignore the spirit inside even if the father is white. SHYTAN!