I had my natural hair down all week, then on Friday I put it in a bun. Folks were like " I didn't recognize you! You keep changing your hair!" Really???
My friend of 4 years called out to me, when I responded she told me she just wanted to confirm my identity. She must've saw my face at least 3 times that day😒
+rocketburn You must be having a bad day. I understand, it happens. I wasn't talking about race. Women of all cultures have curly hair. Perhaps you don't know anyone who does and talked to them about it. Cheers mate!
Cheyenne Marie I think that's due to the fact of us being called African America. Africa is a continent so calling us that is the same thing as calling a Indian American Asian American (given that fact India is a country that's apart of the continent Asia), sounds silly when you look at it using a different nationality right? Once blacks were allowed to become full citizens of America the government should of gave them their family paper work that included where they came from so we could be called by our country not continent but no they sold all of that information to private companies. You have to pay $250 or plus if you want to know your family history and that's sad how we have to read a piece of paper to know these things. I would rather learn my family history by word of mouth. But anyway, the image America puts out of Africa is the reason people think its a one spoken language land. Yes we are taught in schools its a continent but was also spoken of as a land where all blacks look a like (dark skinned with "nappy" hair) but practice different culture in different tribes. If you show someone a picture of South Africa, their mouth would drop to the floor. I don't blame the girl I blame America weak education system.
Brittany Johnson That's hard on everybody if you classified people by country. "Hello 911, there is a Ugandan-Americ..wait no...a Nigerian-Amer....i don't know. A Tunisian-American on the loose?" It's a lot easier to say African-American. Plus, I doubt the American government even kept track of where the slave came from. Especially after slaves from different countries started breeding together. A descendent of a slave isn't a pure Ugandan. The descendant would be like ethiopian-ugandan-tunisian-ghanian-algerian-american. They would lose track quickly and nobody would be able to remember or identify that. Also, I don't blame the weak education system. Although students are taught about Africa briefly, they at least tell you about their several languages. And the reason we don't teach about Africa a lot is because we know the least about it. Eurasia was practically the entire world. Little is to be said about Africa, Australia, North America and South America until later in history. I think the problem is the lack of common sense of some people. I've heard the same question several times but it was always asked by a lower achieving student. In other words, the people who barely try in school.
Chidube Mekkam For me it's not about how people classify someone when calling the police or whatever. I want to be legally recognized for what I am on paper. The government had papers on every slave that was brought to America. All slaves on the boat coming to America were asked their name, age, and what language they spoke, when the ship arrived that information was given to the government for legal reason. When a slave was sold documents was given to the owner for proof of ownership and that information was given to the government so yeah they had and kept information but sold it to private companies like Ancestry Inc. How could a company randomly have documents of how much a slave sold for and who they was sold to with name and age listed?
This made me cringe so bad...especially the last one. "I don't get mad when people try to touch my hair." Yeah, that's nice. BUT DON'T TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANNA BE TOUCHED.
missael soto Sooo, if I wanted to kill you...it's totally okay to do that, right? Because people can act however they want, right? Hmm. Might wanna rethink that, sweetie.
***** Everything has a consequence. If someone kills me, they go to jail. If someone touches me without my permission, it's not my fault when I break their fucking hands. It's common courtesy. Don't touch people that don't want to be touched.
***** omg just stop already, shes just saying that if somebody makes it clear and obvious that they dont wanna be touched then dont do it, its pretty obvious that pushing away the guys hands that she didnt want to br touch. You cant randomly touch a girls breast without premission either so idk why if somebody tells you to stop touching their hair, they keep doing it anyways
Yeah, someone so much as stands within a 5 foot radius from me and I start to feel uncomfortable. And may the devil have mercy on their soul if they try to touch me for more that 0.00001 seconds.
Orange Slices WoW she wasn't even that serious. No need to be offended 🙄(man,people in this modern society get offended so frickin easly.Get over urselves...)
Let me tell u some people confused people by races they’re not use to being around. I’ve had an English teacher who kept confusing all the dark skinned Latino girls. I, myself have been compared to my other co workers who are different, races, color tones, and heights 🙄 we get very confused bcuz we know we don’t look anything alike. It doesn’t happen that often but still.
I'm a black guy in a predominantly white university. the amount of white people that touch my hair on a daily basis is amazing. ain't u never seen twists?
***** it's not that it's racist it's just that we are really cautious about who makes potato salad and there's a common understanding amongst us that white people make it completely different just like peach cobbler.
That isn't a black thing, it is a "I have tasted real food" thing. I am as white as they come (Swedish) and American potato salad makes me gag. Why even call it potato salad when it is basically a jar of mayo with a potato in it. How anything can be so gross and simultaneously so bland is a miracle.
Fariko Wishless I am sure there are but to be honest this is not my experience. I lived for a few years in the US and one of the things I dreaded the most was getting invited to "white" or northern black people for dinner. It would usually be fine if they were a couple of generations away from somewhere (Ireland, Mississippi..anywhere but Connecticut.) but if you went full Martha Stewart it was always a nightmare of bland and boring.
Luvly Ren I think the potato salad thing is definitely a Black WOMAN thing. I don't even get involved when Black women get to judging the salads: potato, cole slaw, mac n cheese. I stay away and out of it. I WOULD NEVER bring any, to anywhere, where Black women were remotely involved.
I'm mixed (black and white) and I'm a vegetarian, so people say I'm not black enough. Far enough I guess it's what happens when you're raised by a white woman.
If only people knew how LONG it takes for me to detangle and pic out my afro... then pat it into the perfect round shape, then I walk into the club and a complete stranger decides to stick out their nasty hand before even saying hello and put a DENT in my fro, all because you want to see how my hair feels......................
Bishop Brett Yes it does more often that you think. Especially the hair thing. e.e There are times when people think it's "funny" to stick random ass objects in my afro just to see if it'll stay... .-.
Bishop Brett Nope, they don't, because sometimes people think what they're doing is fine and not racist or rude at all when it really is. Take note of all the butt hurt people in the comments saying "I don't do such and such action", and "Black people are overreacting and blah blah blah." It's not overreacting it's based off of shit that actually happens to us by other people, and they want to get mad because someone's pointing it out.
Bishop Brett I didn't notice it until I moved to a predominantly white area, but a lot of them do. I don't think I do but that might just be because I was raised around so many black people that it never seemed all that "weird" or different to me?
While I'm at work( Coworker): " Hey, Chesiree!" Me: "What did you just call me?" Coworker: "Chesiree. That is your name, right?" Me: "Its Chesnee, like Kenney Chesney" -_- Coworker: "Oh, I just thought-" Me: "That I had a name that was hard to pronounce. Yeah, I know" -_- Coworker (saying horrible joke): "Haha, I remember this black girl's name was Qdgfhrgeytbajd. Why would you name your child that? Hahaha! I'm going to call you that from now on (insert derp face)" Me: -____- I never look at that person the same again haha XD
TWENTYFO5 Yeah, because you were there -_- its not fake. I hear a lot of stuff from white people that makes me think if they actually said that to me, but I'm going to since I live in the south
So my landlord is black and I'm white and he and his son were over doing work in the yard. I had just cut up a super delicious watermelon and wanted to share it because it would have been such a nice refreshing treat on a hot and sunny day, but I didn't because it just seemed too random and specific to offer him just watermelon. I mean 95% of people like watermelon, but the stigma was just too great. :(
betotrono Yeah that sucks. I hate having to second guess my kindness. The debate that we have with ourselves to do, or not do something kind for fear of it having a perceived negative connotation is unfortunate.
betotrono Yea I really want to know what started the watermelon thing XD It's delicious and growing up I was always like "What's wrong with watermelon?" Everyone likes it. Same thing with the fried chicken thing like...yes people like good food lmao
Jesus, it's just watermelon, eat it or don't eat it is what I said when I was in a situation with my black cousins. They even had the nerve to ask me why do I call them black, I said because of James Brown. They paused for a while which made me laugh in their face, their mom got embarrassed and told them. Lol. #Oldschool
Actually there's a word for it... its called being a bigot. A lot of people use the word racist WAYY to much. People have started to forget what racism really is.
I think it is definitely different in America, in the UK there isn't black divide like there is there, we dont really have neighbourhoods where there are only black people its just mixed and we talk in the same way as we would to everyone.
statistics show that the U.S. is more segregated in present day society than it was 60 years ago (segregation by neighborhoods). a lot of minorities live in the "bad parts of town", where there is a significantly less amount of opportunities and resources, therefore these neighborhoods experience high crime rates.
I don't think you should speak for all black people in the UK. A lot of my friends are from the UK and have told me similar things. Racism happens in every country, and in fact, I've heard some of the most blatant racism I've ever heard in my life in the UK. That's not to say the UK is racist, but that racism is alive and well, there. Also, these videos are condensed examples of experiences many black people may have in the workplace. It's not an exhaustive list of things that will happen if you're black & in the workplace. Don't comment on the racial climate in America by pretending your country is so much better. It's not. And America isn't a big wastehole of racism, either. A black person can go through their normal routine, here, without being reminded that they're "different" in America, too. Currently, my time is spent around mostly white people and I don't get the things in the videos. But I have, ever, so I can relate. The main difference, I think, between the US and a lot of places outside of the US is that we talk about our shit more openly, here. Everyone else pretends they don't even have shit. Like, I've heard France is one of the most racist countries on Earth, but when you think of France, you don't think of racism and you rarely hear French people talking about the racism in their country. So, when Americans are like "this is racist bullshit, we need to address it!" everyone else sees it and goes "Haha, America is so racist" while they're saying anti-black shit and committing Islamophobic hate crimes. But that's none of my business.
tyebird2026 Unless of course it's a video or article stereotyping whites, then you'll see the "check your privilege" , "come back when you've been oppressed for hundreds of years", and, my favorite, "racism requires institutional power, not just hurt feelings." Moral of the story? No one should be telling anyone how to feel, regardless of 'race'
+Pat Kittle Many Black people's hair become the center of attention because of it's natural texture. It's "different" according the white people and for some reason, white people forget about boundaries and get to touching people without permission as if the hair is an artifact.
I'm white and yes, sorry, I love to touch black people's hair (with their permission of course). Why is it a bad thing ? I don't understand... Am I being racist and offensive when I do that ?!
Uranium it's offensive to touch people without permission and it is offensive to treat people's hair as though it belongs in a museum. It's hair. A natural part of someone. Why treat it as though it's some artifact? If you have permission, then touch all you want but hair isn't an artifact. It's a part of someone's body.
Cory Baxter But I always ask permission before I do it, because yes, it's extremely rude to touch people without permission. Oh well I'm sorry. I guess it's just because it's really different from mine so I'm curious, and it's also really beautiful and I love how it feels. People touch my hair all the time too (even though I'm white) because it's really long.
"I'm not racist but.." Just stop just don't even continue if so.If you have to say something you can say it without that first part cause like 80% of the time they're gonna think you're racist. Lol.
As seen in the video above, you have to say "I'm not racist, but" in order to cover up for the extremely petty, tiny things that might upset a black co-worker. You always need to be double careful you don't offend because 75% of the time they'll get offended.
Not all black women go with the stereotypes. I don't wear weave, I don't like most soul food' I hate R&B, and there are many other things. I hate how people act like everyone runs into these problems. All of my friends are white and they never act like this, ever. Maybe it's because I don't give off the stereotypical aura, idk. But this is slightly offensive.
Not all black women go through these stereotypes buts there's obviously enough that so many black women could relate to this. Just because you don't personally experience anything in this video does not mean it doesn't happen. Please get off you your high horse.
Everyone is freaking out about this video if you haven't had these things happen to you then it's hard to understand. I'm black and people say racist things to me ALL THE TIME, you can go on and say I'm overreacting but it's true. People come up to me and ask if I like watermelon and I say no, because I don't, and then they laugh and say that I should, because I'm black. Same with chicken and I'm a vegetarian. It's hard to be able to tell if a white person is being racist or not because I feel like it's a common trait to just be completely out of line with this question asking, and I don't even know how to respond anymore. When we talk about slavery in school literally everyone turns to look at me, even the teacher. White people say the most racist things and literally don't even blink an eye. I say white people because no other race is rude enough to say something like that in my face.
lol I remember being in school talking about slavery or the civil rights movement. As an African american you feel that you *have* to have a strong opinion. Generally, you should but it's kind of awkward knowing that others expect that of you simply because of your race
Well I'm Asian and nothing happens to me. You should probably just move out to a less racist town or state (in some places the kids are just racist) or stop talking to those shits.
people are stereotypical because most people of a race act that way (for the most part) just like you calling all white people rude. thats a stereotype and racist.
"But she ain't messing with no broke, broke..." "Uh oh,uh oh. Oh ok we're good Lol my thoughts exactly when any song with the N word pops up and idk what people are gonna sing.
Nathan Canada Occasionally it does. I know a few friends that have experienced it. Haha. It's funny to some people, but highly offensive if just out of the blue. Although, I'm not Black, this has happened to me. Maybe it's a different hair texture thing. Who knows? Haha
I HAD a black friend and when I offered him chicken he said I was racist and I lost a friendship. I wasn't being racist. I was just going to KFC and asked him if he wanted some. Some people take it too personally.
Megan S There's this saying you can't trust other people to make your potato salad. And from my experience you usually don't want a white person to make it since they make it differently/not well
Megan S It means that you typically wouldn't eat food native to your own culture that someone else has cooked. If they are not of your culture then they probably cant cook it as well. Sad but true. It is especially common with black food, being that we tend to really season our food, and white people tend to under season it in our eyes.
The internal dialog she has over the chicken invitation is one of the smartest things I've seen Buzzfeed do over race. It snaps through so many aspects of how racism affect every interaction she has, innocent or not. I know "privilege" is a "bad word" but I can't help thinking: I'll never have to go through the exhausting task of navigating a mine field like that every day. also, "the internal dialog she had over the chicken invitation" is the weirdest phrase I have ever typed.
Oh stop already. My manager is black as well as 80% of my co workers and let me tell you some of the S-it that comes out of there mouths daily is even worse so take the victim shroud off already. Strange how you never hear this same BS from blacks who come to the US from Africa or the islands. Why is that? In fact most times they say that it's US blacks that have issues with the way they dress and act.
You forgot about our natural hair. I would often switch my hairstyles up from having it out and having it twisted up in a protective style. My boss noticed that I switched it up and he be like "Why you keep changing your hair, one minute its flat and the next its puffy and big." I'm just like why the hell you complaining about how my hair is? It's not dyed or and its neat so why you complaining? If anything he should have been complaining at his other employee who's hair is dyed bright red. But since my hair is different I get called out.
I can relate. I was constantly mistaken for the other black woman at work even though she was 300+ pounds, dark-skinned and had straightened hair. The only way we could have been more physically different was if my skin was white. Yes, we really do get mistaken for people who look nothing like us simply because we are the same race.
Ugh does anyone else have this problem? I'm in a class and I'm mixed and there is only about 3-4 black and mixed people in my class and we watch a video about slaves. Like while I'm sitting in the front row! ITS SO EMBARRASSING!!! it feels like EVERYONES eyes are on me and that people are laughing to each other about it. i try to let it go and think to myself "there is only about 4 minutes left in the video. hopefully they will stop talking about slaves soon! just act like it doesn't bother you. ugh this would be a good time to blend in with the darkness of the room while the lights are off wouldn't it😫"
+LifeAsKalyn ! i had this feeling when i went to a mostly white school and they played ROOTS i thought that the other kids swould make fun of me because im darkskin black and i look just like the slaves in the film did...they didnt but i still felt like they did
Although, when I've been new on the job, I have also confused the two white bald men, or the two thin girls with waist length gold hair, until I learned who everyone was...
One day at school i had my hair loose(my hair is 4b/c) it was curled up, i had done two strand twists the night before. A few minutes after i had left my dorm a cleaning ladie shouted out," Go comb yuh head. It nuh look gud. Gyal muss learn fi comb dem head. A wah yuh tek dis ting fa. It nuh look gud!" To this day i cry because she said that in front of many people and she hurt my pride and damaged my confidence.
Tell her that she needs to learn how to talk right,she must have the equivalent IQ of a potato and I love natural hair,I love the two cute pom-poms hair style and the Afro Mohawk corn row (Like pig tails)
If everything you do is racist, I think that they're probably just being oversensitive. I'm black, and tbh I'm fine with most of the stuff in the video. Except hair touching though 😂
Not all black people think that, sometimes it might be them but most of the time you probably say the wrong thing that might make them angry. And over generalizations like this is a wrong thing to say, not all black people are the same.
I experienced this all thru highschool. IN FACT I REMEMBER they use to say your so pretty for a black girl, you must be mixed. LIKE WTF. First of all im mixed but that doesnt make a person pretty. and there are alot of full black girls that are beautifull. Somepeople acted like black was some weird alien race.
Teaching in mostly black schools, the kids ask & try to touch my blonde hair all the time; they are fascinated by it. Need a video showing opposite situations. This is a lame attempt to promote racial strife.
Catatafish Every food you mention is nasty. Plus I don't think they are commenting about the food itself but that white people don't season food as well
Catatafish Yeah it is but at the same time most white countries use a lot less spices that other countries. The more salt someone uses the more someone needs it to feel the flavour of the food. So when someone who usually eats a lot of spices taste something with less salt, it often tastes bland.
I hate when people make black jokes and I laugh along and they apologize to me oh it pisses me off so much unless the joke is directed at me I do not find it offensive until to mention me in it because im black ->-
You guys should really say something. A black joke can be funny to one person and not the other. So your friends see that you are okay with it and think any other black person will be too. That also brings along the excuse: "My friend/bf/gf/etc. is black so I'm not racist." Not telling you what to do but I highly advise it because letting race jokes slide like that encourages stereotypes. Whether it is your intention or not.
I have long hair naturally and I’m black and I get this question everyday: “Is that weave?” “Omg that’s totally weave!!” “Is your hair real?” I’m like “NOOO”
Now about the hair, I am white and I try to not touch my blacks friends's hair a lot. Although, once I was at a party and I was the only white girl, and they straightened my hair and played with it for about 4 hours. My other friend is always asking to do my hair. So although I know it does happen to black people more, it happens to everyone. That's my opinion.
Tee Moo KEEP MISSING HOW LONG AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE BLACK WOMEN SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A GOOD BLACK MAN? ALONG WITH THE THEME OF THE VIDEO OF BLACK WOMEN AND WHAT HAPPENS AT WORK, WAS THE ABSENCE OF BLACK MEN ALSO ONE OF THOSE ISSUES AT WORK? must everything said of black people be explained? Why do you perceive everytime black people are mentioned it's racial? QUESTION TO BLACK WOMEN.
Privat Who you think you're giving orders? Illiterate, the person that had the misunderstanding evidently got it. What happens between me and black women is our business. What, you're pissed I didn't say I like white women, (I do not the case, like all women)? Or you want you a black woman? White women have a fad for that too. Either way, the confusion was solved. YOU, after your bull, are the one that should step back.
Privat I've seen black males in buzzfeed video's just not this. If you ask me they did it because they didn't want to show a black male flipping out on some of these dumbass questions.
When I am working with black co workers I chat it up with them if I think there cool I might not If i think we are a lot different from each others personalities. I usually avoid race conversations, not because of PC issues but I assume most black people get tired of being bogged down in race talk with every white gut they meet. Ps. the co worker in the vid asking about bringing chicken back was just asking if she wanted some lunch.
Stop complaining. You wouldn't know unless you are African American, which I am, that these things do happen and it actually does kind of hurt. You have to always second guess everything you do so people don't say things but you want to be yourself and in out society you can't really do that.
I'm a white Hispanic. you guys should make a video about that. Yes, I'm a bit Americanized, but despite my paleness, (that's not a word... but curse my pale skin!) I wouldn't be so "gringa" if I hadn't moved to America at age six/seven. People think I'm not Hispanic, then they ask if I'm Mexican, then they ask if I'm _illegal_, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT! And Puerto Ricans don't see me as a "real" Puerto Rican. As for the potato salad part, WHY DO WHITE PEOPLE PUT MUSTARD IN IT?!?! NO, THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS!!!
Ew who puts mustard in salad? Anyway I know how you feel I hate being a white looking latina, I get bullied for it endlessly in school No one believes I'm Mexican ughhhh
I actually hate watermelon and all types of melon, but I agree that many non-Blacks do like chicken and watermelon. That stereotype really does need to end.
Most relatable: “Is he offering me chicken because I’m black? Or is he just being considerate?” 😅 Most frustrating: “it’s at a plantation?!!” NO PLANTATIONS, NO RODEOS, NO BLACK FRIDAY COUPONS, COMPANIES PLEASE!!!!!
What's wrong with asking someone if they want chicken? Seriously, why do you yanks take offence in everything? Because stereotypically, blacks like chicken, people aren't allowed to ask them if they want any? I weep for humanity.
That's the funny part, turning the stereotype on its head. It's not limited to race either. Sometimes people get overly sensitive when they've been in situations where they've legitimately been offended. The musing over the chicken is silly and made to look that way in the video. Also, show me someone who doesn't love chicken, right?
I had no idea black people have trouble being mistaken for one another. I just transferred to a new work location with a higher number of black employees and I'm going to be really careful not to do that to anybody as I get to know who everyone is. We all deserve to be treated as individuals.
I'm black and I find this funny, it's not offensive at all to blacks or whites because it's a COMEDY and therefore EXAGGERATED on purpose. How do people not understand this? When did everyone become so sensitive and easily angered by a freaking buzzfeed video? More important things out there to argue over.
Three things: My friends are always touching my hair and I'm white, I have never asked to touch a black persons hair and I mean why not ask? We can't just act like your hair isn't freaking amazing and we want to touch it. If you don't like it say no and make it clear to them that you do not want them touching your hair. K I'm done.
I empathize with having people always wanting to touch your hair. I'm an Ashkenazi Jew and our hair is a pretty unique texture. A lot of people will just reach out and touch it without even asking. I hate having to remind people that this isn't a petting zoo and I'm not a goat.
exactly, like as a black girl I've had all types of people including some of my own just touch my hair and not say a word to me like its apart of my body, ASK me before you TOUCH me. Then they go "omg your hair is so pretty" ok ya thanks but you could've still told me that without shoving your hand in my hair
I'm white but was born with white hair that was a bright whitish yellow until I was in middle school. I was taking a math test and a teacher just grabbed my hair and started gushing over it.
This is hysterical! Everyday - but you should have added my favorite - "how do you wash your hair, I mean it's sooo preeetaaay but I could never wear my hair like (locs) that because I like to wash my hair a lot."
Now you say "people" but cmon, I mean really? You actually consider them your equal? Assuming you're White. Look at what White people have done for the world. Look at what Black people have done TO it. Think about the fact that every formerly white ruled country inhabited by blacks is now a cesspool. Don't believe me? I have proof. Google "countries with a black majority. And there is your proof. Look at Haiti, look at Jamaica/Dominican Republic/ every Afro-carribean country. And don't get me started on Sub-Saharan (human) Africans and the Aborigines
I guess it's because there's a lot of feminists working at buzzfeed and according to modern feminism, men in general are of course by definition not people.
"Taelor you should consider changing the spelling of your name, it's not professional. I'm not racist I've watched the wire" things a white professor has said to my sorority sister
JROTC in high school: we were practicing some formation that I can't remember by name. We were waiting for the Colonel to bring us to attention. since we weren't in uniform that day I had my hair out in a frohawk blowout. Dude just turns around and acts like a moth drawn to a flame. It was like my fro was eating his soul. He walked toward me with his arm stuck out like a zombie and was like "I'm sorry but can I just" and proceeded to burry his hand in my hair. Do y'all know how long a blowout takes? What is it that you're so fascinated about? It's hair and I don't know where your hands have been
Bc black people are known to be ratchet, like if we yell in the store or are just loud people say that we are ratchet. I'm saying that all people say that bc I have never been called ratchet well never mind but I'm going to explain the story especially not on a TH-cam comment section lol. I hope this helped I talk a lot so that's y there is so much writing. Sorry.
'Have you seen Heaven?'
'Have you *ever* seen Heaven?'
omg
Clara Perrine That made me laugh so hard
It's Heben :)
+desertflwrs ???
Sorry if unclear, just meant the lady's name is Heben not Heaven!
+desertflwrs I'm pretty sure they were saying Heaven.
I had my natural hair down all week, then on Friday I put it in a bun. Folks were like " I didn't recognize you! You keep changing your hair!" Really???
+diva1675 im crying xD im not xD hahaha
My friend of 4 years called out to me, when I responded she told me she just wanted to confirm my identity. She must've saw my face at least 3 times that day😒
+rocketburn You must be having a bad day. I understand, it happens. I wasn't talking about race. Women of all cultures have curly hair. Perhaps you don't know anyone who does and talked to them about it. Cheers mate!
+Momofuku Murphy most folks don't know shrinkage. I get that a lot too and then I pull one of my curls and say "nope!"
+Danielle Wallace OMG!!! Not every black woman wears a weave. We all have the ability to grow long hair. People will learn eventually... I hope
I once had a girl ask me if I spoke African.
omg
That's really upsetting to hear
Cheyenne Marie I think that's due to the fact of us being called African America. Africa is a continent so calling us that is the same thing as calling a Indian American Asian American (given that fact India is a country that's apart of the continent Asia), sounds silly when you look at it using a different nationality right? Once blacks were allowed to become full citizens of America the government should of gave them their family paper work that included where they came from so we could be called by our country not continent but no they sold all of that information to private companies. You have to pay $250 or plus if you want to know your family history and that's sad how we have to read a piece of paper to know these things. I would rather learn my family history by word of mouth. But anyway, the image America puts out of Africa is the reason people think its a one spoken language land. Yes we are taught in schools its a continent but was also spoken of as a land where all blacks look a like (dark skinned with "nappy" hair) but practice different culture in different tribes. If you show someone a picture of South Africa, their mouth would drop to the floor. I don't blame the girl I blame America weak education system.
Brittany Johnson That's hard on everybody if you classified people by country.
"Hello 911, there is a Ugandan-Americ..wait no...a Nigerian-Amer....i don't know. A Tunisian-American on the loose?"
It's a lot easier to say African-American. Plus, I doubt the American government even kept track of where the slave came from. Especially after slaves from different countries started breeding together. A descendent of a slave isn't a pure Ugandan. The descendant would be like ethiopian-ugandan-tunisian-ghanian-algerian-american. They would lose track quickly and nobody would be able to remember or identify that.
Also, I don't blame the weak education system. Although students are taught about Africa briefly, they at least tell you about their several languages. And the reason we don't teach about Africa a lot is because we know the least about it. Eurasia was practically the entire world. Little is to be said about Africa, Australia, North America and South America until later in history. I think the problem is the lack of common sense of some people. I've heard the same question several times but it was always asked by a lower achieving student. In other words, the people who barely try in school.
Chidube Mekkam For me it's not about how people classify someone when calling the police or whatever. I want to be legally recognized for what I am on paper. The government had papers on every slave that was brought to America. All slaves on the boat coming to America were asked their name, age, and what language they spoke, when the ship arrived that information was given to the government for legal reason. When a slave was sold documents was given to the owner for proof of ownership and that information was given to the government so yeah they had and kept information but sold it to private companies like Ancestry Inc. How could a company randomly have documents of how much a slave sold for and who they was sold to with name and age listed?
This made me cringe so bad...especially the last one. "I don't get mad when people try to touch my hair." Yeah, that's nice. BUT DON'T TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANNA BE TOUCHED.
missael soto Sooo, if I wanted to kill you...it's totally okay to do that, right? Because people can act however they want, right? Hmm. Might wanna rethink that, sweetie.
***** Everything has a consequence. If someone kills me, they go to jail. If someone touches me without my permission, it's not my fault when I break their fucking hands. It's common courtesy. Don't touch people that don't want to be touched.
***** omg just stop already, shes just saying that if somebody makes it clear and obvious that they dont wanna be touched then dont do it, its pretty obvious that pushing away the guys hands that she didnt want to br touch. You cant randomly touch a girls breast without premission either so idk why if somebody tells you to stop touching their hair, they keep doing it anyways
Yeah, someone so much as stands within a 5 foot radius from me and I start to feel uncomfortable. And may the devil have mercy on their soul if they try to touch me for more that 0.00001 seconds.
Exactly
quinta is like 2 ft tall. how do you make that kind of mistake ....
Orange Slices WoW she wasn't even that serious. No need to be offended 🙄(man,people in this modern society get offended so frickin easly.Get over urselves...)
Let me tell u some people confused people by races they’re not use to being around. I’ve had an English teacher who kept confusing all the dark skinned Latino girls. I, myself have been compared to my other co workers who are different, races, color tones, and heights 🙄 we get very confused bcuz we know we don’t look anything alike.
It doesn’t happen that often but still.
I'm a black guy in a predominantly white university. the amount of white people that touch my hair on a daily basis is amazing.
ain't u never seen twists?
***** loool I think it's innocent
***** I hear you!
it happens so mUCH
Who are these people and where are they? It blows my mind that random white people walk up to anyone and just touch your hair.
Mike oone drunk white girls who I see everytime I go out.
Ever notice that all the black women at Buzzfeed are all natural =)
I certainly did🙋🏽
***** ??
+Kaapo Hämeenaho dude...their hair. Don't try to be funny
Ariyona McMillan Do we have the same first name just different spelling? lol
Yasss!!
Who made the potato salad!!! AAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! OH MY GOD!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😩😩😩😂😂😂😂
***** it's not that it's racist it's just that we are really cautious about who makes potato salad and there's a common understanding amongst us that white people make it completely different just like peach cobbler.
кαωιι ℓαиα єѕт.2013 #NotEverybodysPotatoSalad LOLOL
кαωιι ℓαиα єѕт.2013 LOL I was so weak!! I always ask who made the potato salad.
кαωιι ℓαиα єѕт.2013 Ahahahahahaha yuppp!!!
seemslikeiveseenub4 yes that's a black thing.....I don't eat everybody potatoes salad
LMAOOOO The potato salad part has me in tears!! XD
That isn't a black thing, it is a "I have tasted real food" thing. I am as white as they come (Swedish) and American potato salad makes me gag. Why even call it potato salad when it is basically a jar of mayo with a potato in it. How anything can be so gross and simultaneously so bland is a miracle.
I think when ppl say "white" they are usually referring to white ppl in America
Relax dude it it don't like it I'm black but it heavily depends on who made it I'm serious it's insane how different peoples could be.
Fariko Wishless
I am sure there are but to be honest this is not my experience. I lived for a few years in the US and one of the things I dreaded the most was getting invited to "white" or northern black people for dinner. It would usually be fine if they were a couple of generations away from somewhere (Ireland, Mississippi..anywhere but Connecticut.) but if you went full Martha Stewart it was always a nightmare of bland and boring.
Luvly Ren I think the potato salad thing is definitely a Black WOMAN thing. I don't even get involved when Black women get to judging the salads: potato, cole slaw, mac n cheese. I stay away and out of it. I WOULD NEVER bring any, to anywhere, where Black women were remotely involved.
*But if I do want some chicken, do I look like a stereotype? Man, I just want some LUNCH why does this have to be so hard*
Lol, I was DYINGGG at that part!!
I'm mixed (black and white) and I'm a vegetarian, so people say I'm not black enough. Far enough I guess it's what happens when you're raised by a white woman.
If only people knew how LONG it takes for me to detangle and pic out my afro... then pat it into the perfect round shape, then I walk into the club and a complete stranger decides to stick out their nasty hand before even saying hello and put a DENT in my fro, all because you want to see how my hair feels......................
This is me when I straighten my hair
Preach!
Afro Man So true.But I'm a boy, so I just pic it.
gg Except if it's one of those jerks who try to mess up your hair by shoving it on your head and stuff. That is beyond fixing
That's why I touch people's hair. If you can touch mine without permission, I can touch your hair. (At least I ask first)
...
do people actually act like this towards black people?
Bishop Brett Yes it does more often that you think. Especially the hair thing. e.e There are times when people think it's "funny" to stick random ass objects in my afro just to see if it'll stay... .-.
wtf... do people even think about what their actions say about themselves LET ALONE how their actions effect others?
Bishop Brett Nope, they don't, because sometimes people think what they're doing is fine and not racist or rude at all when it really is. Take note of all the butt hurt people in the comments saying "I don't do such and such action", and "Black people are overreacting and blah blah blah." It's not overreacting it's based off of shit that actually happens to us by other people, and they want to get mad because someone's pointing it out.
Bishop Brett I didn't notice it until I moved to a predominantly white area, but a lot of them do. I don't think I do but that might just be because I was raised around so many black people that it never seemed all that "weird" or different to me?
Bishop Brett sometimes people literally just stroke my hair, like just randomly lol, omg and the chicken thing ugh
"Have you ever seen Heaven?"
I never knew that people did the touching your hair thing until I started wearing my hair in an afro I don't mind but ask me please!!!!!
same, I don't care much if I know you but like strangers just dive on in without asking😂like bish no!
I always have my hair in a bun dunno why I'm getting attention and then they r like wow its so soft I'm like 😂what
When I had my bald head white women use to ask to rub it all the time.
I've had black girls touch my hair and there like "Oh it's sooo soft"!
as long as its on my head everybody at my school wants to touch it
Wait I'm crying!! When gold digger came on I was laughing so hard. "We good no fights" Im literally crying right now
that chicken inner dialogue is so real
While I'm at work( Coworker): " Hey, Chesiree!"
Me: "What did you just call me?"
Coworker: "Chesiree. That is your name, right?"
Me: "Its Chesnee, like Kenney Chesney" -_-
Coworker: "Oh, I just thought-"
Me: "That I had a name that was hard to pronounce. Yeah, I know" -_-
Coworker (saying horrible joke): "Haha, I remember this black girl's name was Qdgfhrgeytbajd. Why would you name your child that? Hahaha! I'm going to call you that from now on (insert derp face)"
Me: -____-
I never look at that person the same again haha XD
Me: can I watch
Cool fake story
TWENTYFO5 Yeah, because you were there -_- its not fake. I hear a lot of stuff from white people that makes me think if they actually said that to me, but I'm going to since I live in the south
chesneectp I believe it
I don't even know how to react. And why couldn't that person just say "a kid was named qdg..." , why say "a BLACK girl was named qdg.."
So my landlord is black and I'm white and he and his son were over doing work in the yard. I had just cut up a super delicious watermelon and wanted to share it because it would have been such a nice refreshing treat on a hot and sunny day, but I didn't because it just seemed too random and specific to offer him just watermelon. I mean 95% of people like watermelon, but the stigma was just too great. :(
betotrono looool
betotrono Yeah that sucks. I hate having to second guess my kindness. The debate that we have with ourselves to do, or not do something kind for fear of it having a perceived negative connotation is unfortunate.
betotrono Yea I really want to know what started the watermelon thing XD It's delicious and growing up I was always like "What's wrong with watermelon?" Everyone likes it. Same thing with the fried chicken thing like...yes people like good food lmao
Leslie Taylor because slave owners use to feed their slaves water to keep them hydrated and so they didn't have to feed them much
Jesus, it's just watermelon, eat it or don't eat it is what I said when I was in a situation with my black cousins. They even had the nerve to ask me why do I call them black, I said because of James Brown. They paused for a while which made me laugh in their face, their mom got embarrassed and told them. Lol. #Oldschool
Accidental racism, it is a thing.
What do you mean?
Muriel Melly People can be racist without thinking about it or without trying to be.
Soccerkins Ain't no surprise to me lol sometimes we call it microaggressions
Actually there's a word for it... its called being a bigot. A lot of people use the word racist WAYY to much. People have started to forget what racism really is.
get over yourself
I think it is definitely different in America, in the UK there isn't black divide like there is there, we dont really have neighbourhoods where there are only black people its just mixed and we talk in the same way as we would to everyone.
I know right
I'm black and I live in the UK and i definitely experience half of the things in this video.
I'm black and live in the UK, I agree to some extent, I have experienced a few of the things from this video.
statistics show that the U.S. is more segregated in present day society than it was 60 years ago (segregation by neighborhoods). a lot of minorities live in the "bad parts of town", where there is a significantly less amount of opportunities and resources, therefore these neighborhoods experience high crime rates.
I don't think you should speak for all black people in the UK. A lot of my friends are from the UK and have told me similar things. Racism happens in every country, and in fact, I've heard some of the most blatant racism I've ever heard in my life in the UK. That's not to say the UK is racist, but that racism is alive and well, there. Also, these videos are condensed examples of experiences many black people may have in the workplace. It's not an exhaustive list of things that will happen if you're black & in the workplace. Don't comment on the racial climate in America by pretending your country is so much better. It's not. And America isn't a big wastehole of racism, either. A black person can go through their normal routine, here, without being reminded that they're "different" in America, too. Currently, my time is spent around mostly white people and I don't get the things in the videos. But I have, ever, so I can relate. The main difference, I think, between the US and a lot of places outside of the US is that we talk about our shit more openly, here. Everyone else pretends they don't even have shit. Like, I've heard France is one of the most racist countries on Earth, but when you think of France, you don't think of racism and you rarely hear French people talking about the racism in their country. So, when Americans are like "this is racist bullshit, we need to address it!" everyone else sees it and goes "Haha, America is so racist" while they're saying anti-black shit and committing Islamophobic hate crimes. But that's none of my business.
Someone asked my sister if she was born with braids...
If they come back with their hair braided, ask them if they were born with braids
I did that once when I was like 5..... Because I was really jealous of that girl's hair!!!!
yes. because all black people are freakin born with braids xd
I've been asked that.
When I thought I've heard everything and now I read this. LOL!
Ok they actually look NOTHING alike. To get Quinta confused with anyone else I absurd
Sarahnessoyeah it’s just to exaggerate
@@nomitio3709 Oh trust me, it's not an exaggeration.
It's always the people who are not black, that tells us how to feel and react to those situations smh
I've noticed that, too.
Thank you! They will never understand.
tyebird2026 Unless of course it's a video or article stereotyping whites, then you'll see the "check your privilege" , "come back when you've been oppressed for hundreds of years", and, my favorite, "racism requires institutional power, not just hurt feelings." Moral of the story? No one should be telling anyone how to feel, regardless of 'race'
"it's at a plantation?" - actually me
LMAO I literally had to pause and rewind the video like "hold up, it's WHERE??"
People touching my hair freaking stop! Just because I'm black does not give you and right!!!!!!
+Cubeatron -- I don't get it -- why would anyone want to touch your hair?
+Pat Kittle Many Black people's hair become the center of attention because of it's natural texture. It's "different" according the white people and for some reason, white people forget about boundaries and get to touching people without permission as if the hair is an artifact.
I'm white and yes, sorry, I love to touch black people's hair (with their permission of course). Why is it a bad thing ? I don't understand... Am I being racist and offensive when I do that ?!
Uranium it's offensive to touch people without permission and it is offensive to treat people's hair as though it belongs in a museum. It's hair. A natural part of someone. Why treat it as though it's some artifact? If you have permission, then touch all you want but hair isn't an artifact. It's a part of someone's body.
Cory Baxter But I always ask permission before I do it, because yes, it's extremely rude to touch people without permission.
Oh well I'm sorry. I guess it's just because it's really different from mine so I'm curious, and it's also really beautiful and I love how it feels. People touch my hair all the time too (even though I'm white) because it's really long.
The Kanye part.....
i was laughing so hard oh my
XD
LOL, "Who made the potato salad??" We definitely don't eat everybody's cooking!!!
I always get "I'm not trying to be racist but...".
lol me too
"I'm not racist but.." Just stop just don't even continue if so.If you have to say something you can say it without that first part cause like 80% of the time they're gonna think you're racist. Lol.
***** thank you people think ,because I'm really light I'm Spanish or I have to be mixed with something and I'm like nah bruh I'm black .
i hate that more than anything
As seen in the video above, you have to say "I'm not racist, but" in order to cover up for the extremely petty, tiny things that might upset a black co-worker. You always need to be double careful you don't offend because 75% of the time they'll get offended.
Not all black women go with the stereotypes.
I don't wear weave, I don't like most soul food' I hate R&B, and there are many other things.
I hate how people act like everyone runs into these problems. All of my friends are white and they never act like this, ever. Maybe it's because I don't give off the stereotypical aura, idk. But this is slightly offensive.
I know right people are taking this out of context , not all black people go through this nor do all white people do these things .
Finally someone who gets it.
Not all black women go through these stereotypes buts there's obviously enough that so many black women could relate to this. Just because you don't personally experience anything in this video does not mean it doesn't happen. Please get off you your high horse.
***** What are you even trying to say?
Scramblieggs this person is basically summing up what OP has commented.
0:42 omfg Quinta's face I can't 😂😂😂
ikr
ikr
+ellie bridge lol you said what i was gonna comment.
sry but its 1:42 XP
Funny, I paused the video at that exact moment and went to the comments.
Everyone is freaking out about this video if you haven't had these things happen to you then it's hard to understand. I'm black and people say racist things to me ALL THE TIME, you can go on and say I'm overreacting but it's true. People come up to me and ask if I like watermelon and I say no, because I don't, and then they laugh and say that I should, because I'm black. Same with chicken and I'm a vegetarian. It's hard to be able to tell if a white person is being racist or not because I feel like it's a common trait to just be completely out of line with this question asking, and I don't even know how to respond anymore. When we talk about slavery in school literally everyone turns to look at me, even the teacher. White people say the most racist things and literally don't even blink an eye. I say white people because no other race is rude enough to say something like that in my face.
lol I remember being in school talking about slavery or the civil rights movement. As an African american you feel that you *have* to have a strong opinion. Generally, you should but it's kind of awkward knowing that others expect that of you simply because of your race
i totally agree with you
Well I'm Asian and nothing happens to me. You should probably just move out to a less racist town or state (in some places the kids are just racist) or stop talking to those shits.
You might start something with the last few words.
people are stereotypical because most people of a race act that way (for the most part) just like you calling all white people rude. thats a stereotype and racist.
No woman wants their bubble broken without permission. That includes unannounced hair touching and rubbing a baby bump.
"But she ain't messing with no broke, broke..."
"Uh oh,uh oh. Oh ok we're good
Lol my thoughts exactly when any song with the N word pops up and idk what people are gonna sing.
I..I don't...Do interactions like these happen often in America?
Nathan Canada Occasionally it does. I know a few friends that have experienced it. Haha. It's funny to some people, but highly offensive if just out of the blue. Although, I'm not Black, this has happened to me. Maybe it's a different hair texture thing. Who knows? Haha
Yes, very often, unfortunately, and don't let anyone tell you differently.
Allllll the time.😆 sooooo awkward.
Unfortunately yes
Nathan Canada .....Yes... Please come get me..... take me with you...
I HAD a black friend and when I offered him chicken he said I was racist and I lost a friendship. I wasn't being racist. I was just going to KFC and asked him if he wanted some. Some people take it too personally.
Hilarious
+AWP7 1v1er how is it racist?
+dadevi true maybe he fucked up many times or his friend was just trippin
;
what human would reject chicken FTW.
The potato salad part is so real!!!!
i dont get that part can you explain it?
Megan S There's this saying you can't trust other people to make your potato salad. And from my experience you usually don't want a white person to make it since they make it differently/not well
Megan S It means that you typically wouldn't eat food native to your own culture that someone else has cooked. If they are not of your culture then they probably cant cook it as well. Sad but true. It is especially common with black food, being that we tend to really season our food, and white people tend to under season it in our eyes.
Ladeja Morris yeah that too lol
ohhhhhh thanks!
The internal dialog she has over the chicken invitation is one of the smartest things I've seen Buzzfeed do over race. It snaps through so many aspects of how racism affect every interaction she has, innocent or not. I know "privilege" is a "bad word" but I can't help thinking: I'll never have to go through the exhausting task of navigating a mine field like that every day.
also, "the internal dialog she had over the chicken invitation" is the weirdest phrase I have ever typed.
Oh stop already. My manager is black as well as 80% of my co workers and let me tell you some of the S-it that comes out of there mouths daily is even worse so take the victim shroud off already. Strange how you never hear this same BS from blacks who come to the US from Africa or the islands. Why is that? In fact most times they say that it's US blacks that have issues with the way they dress and act.
You forgot about our natural hair. I would often switch my hairstyles up from having it out and having it twisted up in a protective style. My boss noticed that I switched it up and he be like "Why you keep changing your hair, one minute its flat and the next its puffy and big." I'm just like why the hell you complaining about how my hair is? It's not dyed or and its neat so why you complaining? If anything he should have been complaining at his other employee who's hair is dyed bright red. But since my hair is different I get called out.
Wow.. that's none of his damn business😑😤🙅☝
+moonrockers1962 lol he dont know how to formulate a compliment thats all he a natural born hater.
He just asked.. Geesh
Not your fault that your hair is naturally versatile. Your hair should have nothing to do with your work. Smh
They’re not complaining, just curious. Still, it could have been worded better and less aggressively
I got to a mostly white school, and being black, i HATE eating fried chicken at school. I feel uncomfortable.
em ro thanks for that
why would you wanna eat that go to popeyes
• Lani • Like in most of the classes I am the only DARK-skinned black girl. Idk why but people seem to like the light skins better? 😐
I can relate. I was constantly mistaken for the other black woman at work even though she was 300+ pounds, dark-skinned and had straightened hair. The only way we could have been more physically different was if my skin was white. Yes, we really do get mistaken for people who look nothing like us simply because we are the same race.
Ugh does anyone else have this problem?
I'm in a class and I'm mixed and there is only about 3-4 black and mixed people in my class and we watch a video about slaves. Like while I'm sitting in the front row! ITS SO EMBARRASSING!!! it feels like EVERYONES eyes are on me and that people are laughing to each other about it. i try to let it go and think to myself "there is only about 4 minutes left in the video. hopefully they will stop talking about slaves soon! just act like it doesn't bother you.
ugh this would be a good time to blend in with the darkness of the room while the lights are off wouldn't it😫"
I relate. I'm mixed also. (Black [idk what specifically], Portuguese , And Mexican)
+Kalyn Mae omg, I know how you feel. In my entire school, there are up to 5 black/mixed people and I'm the only on in class
+The_Fennec _Fox *care
+LifeAsKalyn ! i had this feeling when i went to a mostly white school and they played ROOTS i thought that the other kids swould make fun of me because im darkskin black and i look just like the slaves in the film did...they didnt but i still felt like they did
The mixups and the hair touching is too real omg!! 😂
Although, when I've been new on the job, I have also confused the two white bald men, or the two thin girls with waist length gold hair, until I learned who everyone was...
"We good, no fights." LMFAO
One day at school i had my hair loose(my hair is 4b/c) it was curled up, i had done two strand twists the night before. A few minutes after i had left my dorm a cleaning ladie shouted out," Go comb yuh head. It nuh look gud. Gyal muss learn fi comb dem head. A wah yuh tek dis ting fa. It nuh look gud!" To this day i cry because she said that in front of many people and she hurt my pride and damaged my confidence.
Omg How am I just seeing this! Thank you sooo much. You literally made my day😊😊
Tell her that she needs to learn how to talk right,she must have the equivalent IQ of a potato and I love natural hair,I love the two cute pom-poms hair style and the Afro Mohawk corn row (Like pig tails)
Honestly the only reason I get anxious around black people sometimes is that they think everything I do is racist apparently. There's no right answer.
If everything you do is racist, I think that they're probably just being oversensitive. I'm black, and tbh I'm fine with most of the stuff in the video. Except hair touching though 😂
Not all black people think that, sometimes it might be them but most of the time you probably say the wrong thing that might make them angry. And over generalizations like this is a wrong thing to say, not all black people are the same.
then maybe everything you do is racist...?
Now THAT is racist
if you think what you do is racist then you probably shouldn’t do it
Am I the only black person who wasn't offended by this?
I personally find it funny.
No, it was really funny :)
Nope
"Can you braid my hair?"
I don't know how to braid hair... I don't know why people keep asking me to braid their hair. Blame it on the pigment. xD
I experienced this all thru highschool. IN FACT I REMEMBER they use to say your so pretty for a black girl, you must be mixed. LIKE WTF. First of all im mixed but that doesnt make a person pretty. and there are alot of full black girls that are beautifull. Somepeople acted like black was some weird alien race.
"Imma go get a hamburger" YOOOO I CRIED!!! when I heard her say that😂😂👏👏
+Mieshia Dyches I didn't get it what was wrong with the potato salad?
mixing up black girls at work lmaooo
Happens to me EVERYDAY.
I'm white, but people want to touch my hair because I'm a redhead. I had people stalk me into Ulta just to touch my hair. LMAO
Kaitlyn Knight no one cares. Go shave your head. You wont be any uglier
Teaching in mostly black schools, the kids ask & try to touch my blonde hair all the time; they are fascinated by it. Need a video showing opposite situations. This is a lame attempt to promote racial strife.
I'm sorry black "boyfriend" I had in middle school... ^_^; I was soooo awkward and oblivious and your hair was fun to touch!
Yikes
Haha lol 😂😂😂😂
that’s different because u guys are dating
Yup this crap happens to me all the time, it's really annoying especially with the food
HA!!
White people food makes me so sad :/// ain't got shit on Hispanic or black food
yeah very true
Catatafish Every food you mention is nasty. Plus I don't think they are commenting about the food itself but that white people don't season food as well
Catatafish Yeah it is but at the same time most white countries use a lot less spices that other countries. The more salt someone uses the more someone needs it to feel the flavour of the food. So when someone who usually eats a lot of spices taste something with less salt, it often tastes bland.
I hate when people make black jokes and I laugh along and they apologize to me oh it pisses me off so much unless the joke is directed at me I do not find it offensive until to mention me in it because im black ->-
Wingedwolf I know, mentioning race is not bad. Like, the joke is funny don't apologize to me.
Before my friends make a black joke, they look at me and say,"is it okay?" and im like "uh, i dont care??? dont ask me??"
TheCraftGirl300 I know.
You guys should really say something. A black joke can be funny to one person and not the other. So your friends see that you are okay with it and think any other black person will be too. That also brings along the excuse: "My friend/bf/gf/etc. is black so I'm not racist." Not telling you what to do but I highly advise it because letting race jokes slide like that encourages stereotypes. Whether it is your intention or not.
+Leilani W. (rosierra) I'm sorry but your picture. D.O
kay bye
I have long hair naturally and I’m black and I get this question everyday:
“Is that weave?”
“Omg that’s totally weave!!”
“Is your hair real?”
I’m like
“NOOO”
Now about the hair, I am white and I try to not touch my blacks friends's hair a lot. Although, once I was at a party and I was the only white girl, and they straightened my hair and played with it for about 4 hours. My other friend is always asking to do my hair. So although I know it does happen to black people more, it happens to everyone. That's my opinion.
At least they asked though
Ikr I'm irish and my hair is really wild and curly, and people always tell me straighten it.
+IIBRIDGETII I usually want to to do my white friend hair cuz it's easier to do and she's like a liveing doll.
+IIBRIDGETII literally most of my friends grab my hair at least 1 or twice in our friendship for no reason. some more than once...
What was the point of this comment, honestly. To contradict the video?
"Is he offering me chicken cause I'm black?" I DIED!! xD
NO BLACK MEN?
IS THIS THE SHORTAGE BLACK WOMEN SPEAK OF?
Tee Moo
KEEP MISSING
HOW LONG AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE BLACK WOMEN SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A GOOD BLACK MAN?
ALONG WITH THE THEME OF THE VIDEO OF BLACK WOMEN AND WHAT HAPPENS AT WORK,
WAS THE ABSENCE OF BLACK MEN ALSO ONE OF THOSE ISSUES AT WORK?
must everything said of black people be explained?
Why do you perceive everytime black people are mentioned it's racial?
QUESTION TO BLACK WOMEN.
I haven't ever seen a black man in a buzzfeed video. And excuse me. But don't put your problems on black women.
Privat
Who you think you're giving orders?
Illiterate, the person that had the misunderstanding evidently got it.
What happens between me and black women is our business.
What, you're pissed I didn't say I like white women, (I do not the case, like all women)?
Or you want you a black woman? White women have a fad for that too.
Either way, the confusion was solved.
YOU, after your bull, are the one that should step back.
Privat I've seen black males in buzzfeed video's just not this. If you ask me they did it because they didn't want to show a black male flipping out on some of these dumbass questions.
Lonnie Dobbins III Do you even english?
When I am working with black co workers I chat it up with them if I think there cool I might not If i think we are a lot different from each others personalities. I usually avoid race conversations, not because of PC issues but I assume most black people get tired of being bogged down in race talk with every white gut they meet. Ps. the co worker in the vid asking about bringing chicken back was just asking if she wanted some lunch.
Stop complaining. You wouldn't know unless you are African American, which I am, that these things do happen and it actually does kind of hurt. You have to always second guess everything you do so people don't say things but you want to be yourself and in out society you can't really do that.
+Dallys Edwards ?
this happens in Canada too sigh
Dallys Edwards You are the one complaining, dude.
not just African american ,just black
ok but are we going to talk about how Tracy had her hair styled? like damn that looks amazing
Let's not forget the one who tells racist jokes all day even if no one laughs and insist on telling them anyway.
Lol this is so funny. Like I wouldn't be offended by a thing. Life's too short!😂😂😂😂😂
I'm a white Hispanic. you guys should make a video about that. Yes, I'm a bit Americanized, but despite my paleness, (that's not a word... but curse my pale skin!) I wouldn't be so "gringa" if I hadn't moved to America at age six/seven. People think I'm not Hispanic, then they ask if I'm Mexican, then they ask if I'm _illegal_, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT! And Puerto Ricans don't see me as a "real" Puerto Rican.
As for the potato salad part, WHY DO WHITE PEOPLE PUT MUSTARD IN IT?!?! NO, THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS!!!
Look up stuff white Latinos are tired of hearing
Ew who puts mustard in salad? Anyway I know how you feel I hate being a white looking latina, I get bullied for it endlessly in school No one believes I'm Mexican ughhhh
Norberto DiazSantos they do have the right
Norberto DiazSantos I
Norberto DiazSantos that's the worse thing to put in potato salad just like fruit in regular salad, they don't mix
The chicken part is funniest =)
I feel like I'm so blessed because I have natural hair and no has ever come up to me and touched my hair. Or even asked for that matter....
THE POTATO SALAD PART I'M SCREAMING
Thats one stereotype that needs to end EVERYONE loves chicken & watermelon. Damn now I want chicken thanks alot buzzfeed
I actually hate watermelon and all types of melon, but I agree that many non-Blacks do like chicken and watermelon. That stereotype really does need to end.
Memoria James i hate when i get shit for liking chicken *ALL OF YOU SHUT UP WE ALL KNOW YOU LIKE IT TOO*
Meat rank
1. Cow
2. Chicken
3. Lamb
4. Pig
5. Deer
6. Fish
***** FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS MY DAILY STUGGLES!!!!!
***** same not much of a watermelon fan
LOL I could be friends with Tracy! Especially with the way she handled that potato salad situation! Go girl!
I didn't know the difference between Heaven and Tracy by the end of the video.
Have you ever seen heaven? Cracked me up
Most relatable: “Is he offering me chicken because I’m black? Or is he just being considerate?” 😅
Most frustrating: “it’s at a plantation?!!”
NO PLANTATIONS, NO RODEOS, NO BLACK FRIDAY COUPONS, COMPANIES PLEASE!!!!!
I don't care if people touch my hair but maybe that's because I'm always touching other people's hair
My best friend ASKS me to touch her hair. I feel like she literally lives to have people play with her hair.
" Are they going to say it?"
"We good, no fight" 😂😂
Quinta's dilemma with chicken and lunch - yes!!
It's only made easier for me since I don't like chicken but i still wonder lol
What's wrong with asking someone if they want chicken? Seriously, why do you yanks take offence in everything? Because stereotypically, blacks like chicken, people aren't allowed to ask them if they want any? I weep for humanity.
This is less of a Yankee Problem and more of Buzzfeed trying to reveal racism but just fucking up and look like there white shaming.
I agree with you, but im pretty sure most people like chicken tho
That's the funny part, turning the stereotype on its head. It's not limited to race either. Sometimes people get overly sensitive when they've been in situations where they've legitimately been offended. The musing over the chicken is silly and made to look that way in the video. Also, show me someone who doesn't love chicken, right?
Joel Tate.... this isn't the norm... in the US we just like to make fun of people with exceptionally low IQ's....
Disney Davis My daughter hates watermelon with a passion.
Hey! It's Heaben and Tracy from another round! Awesome podcast!
I had no idea black people have trouble being mistaken for one another. I just transferred to a new work location with a higher number of black employees and I'm going to be really careful not to do that to anybody as I get to know who everyone is. We all deserve to be treated as individuals.
I've never know that either (I'm also black)
I'm black and I find this funny, it's not offensive at all to blacks or whites because it's a COMEDY and therefore EXAGGERATED on purpose. How do people not understand this? When did everyone become so sensitive and easily angered by a freaking buzzfeed video? More important things out there to argue over.
I love Tracy. "HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HEAVEN" The sass is real.
"She aint messin' with no broke..broke." Lmaoooo
Three things: My friends are always touching my hair and I'm white, I have never asked to touch a black persons hair and I mean why not ask? We can't just act like your hair isn't freaking amazing and we want to touch it. If you don't like it say no and make it clear to them that you do not want them touching your hair.
K I'm done.
This is why I have my own business and work from home
I think people have a thing for curly hair or something. I have curly hair and people always want to touch it and it gets so old.
potato salad? really? what's wrong with potato salad?...
it is said that white people cant make potato salad....
Lolll
She's black so she's used to having great tasting potatoe salad and she thinks her white friend probably doesn't know how to make potatoe salad.
+MSCAPITAL EVILCAPRICORN (M5CAP1TAL) I'd rather eat at a black household idk I'm not even black either I just think they get down in the kitchen
+zalien6 hahaha lollll
I honestly don't understand how some people can't tell them apart! They have very distinct differences!
I empathize with having people always wanting to touch your hair. I'm an Ashkenazi Jew and our hair is a pretty unique texture. A lot of people will just reach out and touch it without even asking. I hate having to remind people that this isn't a petting zoo and I'm not a goat.
exactly, like as a black girl I've had all types of people including some of my own just touch my hair and not say a word to me
like its apart of my body, ASK me before you TOUCH me. Then they go "omg your hair is so pretty" ok ya thanks but you could've still told me that without shoving your hand in my hair
I'm white but was born with white hair that was a bright whitish yellow until I was in middle school. I was taking a math test and a teacher just grabbed my hair and started gushing over it.
America!!!! ALL of you need to grow up!!! seriously
M ern Mind your own business
This is hysterical! Everyday - but you should have added my favorite - "how do you wash your hair, I mean it's sooo preeetaaay but I could never wear my hair like (locs) that because I like to wash my hair a lot."
I don't relly care if people touch my hair it's more like "my hair goes forward plz don't put it back
"black people"
>shows only black women
Now you say "people" but cmon, I mean really? You actually consider them your equal? Assuming you're White. Look at what White people have done for the world. Look at what Black people have done TO it. Think about the fact that every formerly white ruled country inhabited by blacks is now a cesspool. Don't believe me? I have proof. Google "countries with a black majority. And there is your proof. Look at Haiti, look at Jamaica/Dominican Republic/ every Afro-carribean country. And don't get me started on Sub-Saharan (human) Africans and the Aborigines
Hello Paul, you're a beast, how's Juve?
TimenyCricket that has nothing to do with what i said and i am of mixed race
I guess it's because there's a lot of feminists working at buzzfeed and according to modern feminism, men in general are of course by definition not people.
this isn’t a black men problem
"hav u ever seen heaven!!" lmfao!! i almost died!
"Taelor you should consider changing the spelling of your name, it's not professional. I'm not racist I've watched the wire" things a white professor has said to my sorority sister
JROTC in high school: we were practicing some formation that I can't remember by name. We were waiting for the Colonel to bring us to attention. since we weren't in uniform that day I had my hair out in a frohawk blowout. Dude just turns around and acts like a moth drawn to a flame. It was like my fro was eating his soul. He walked toward me with his arm stuck out like a zombie and was like "I'm sorry but can I just" and proceeded to burry his hand in my hair. Do y'all know how long a blowout takes? What is it that you're so fascinated about? It's hair and I don't know where your hands have been
He would've caught my hands
"We good, no fights" 😂😂
why is the word ratchet offensive?
Bc black people are known to be ratchet, like if we yell in the store or are just loud people say that we are ratchet. I'm saying that all people say that bc I have never been called ratchet well never mind but I'm going to explain the story especially not on a TH-cam comment section lol. I hope this helped I talk a lot so that's y there is so much writing. Sorry.
Ohh thanks :) . I didn't know..
Marìa V. Np
Marìa V. I meant I am not saying all people call people ratchet. Sorry
and I'm guessing your white...?
buzzfeed has zero chill
Man, this is the first time seeing these ladies for me. Why don't we see them more? They're hilarious!
Hahaha! "Have you ever seen Heaven?" Lol