you came to south Africa open-minded and NO prejudice at all , that is the reason many South African love you and embrace you, you came with positive vibes and many South African respond with positive...Xoxo
Mummm I think my mom and I might be colored lol in south africa especially my mom lol 😆 But anywhoop black Americans aka African Americans are by default a mixed race we not really 50 percent anything lol 😆 our blood is literally of both American European/native American Indian and African many ethnic groups and countries even few surprises me to found 10 percent a south African tribe and some east African ethic group which is particularly interesting since people say they didn't sale slaves maybe groups traveled and got captured I guess ....but as black American that all said is very true 👍
@@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica yes, "prejudice” , sometimes other travelers to south Africa do come with superior complex , where they feel like better than everyone because they come from certain country, south Africa is diverse country and it doesn't matter your race if you come with negative energy, south Africans will multiple that negative energy back multiply by 100 times, however it is easy to love and embrace Tyler, because it seem she came open-minded not having stereotype about SA
Restaurants to try in JHB: - The Shortmarket Club (more fancy) - Kream (Great steak) at Mall of Africa - The Big Mouth (great everything but personally love the sushi) - Fireroom at Monte Casino (amazing sushi)
You came to SA open minded and you did your research well. I have been following you since you came to our country and it has been a pleasure to watch explore our country. I wish most utubers do their research properly before they comment about our country. Today i watched one of utuber from other African country and it was clear that there was a very little research which was done by the utuber and the comments left me traumatized. Well done and hope to come back to our beautiful country.
I love how you described your understanding of what “being colored” in South Africa is all about. I say this because I’ve happen to come across many African American TH-camrs that’s in the process of moving to South Africa or have already made that transition. The part that “erks me a little” listening to them is that they all carry on and on about “coming home to the motherland” but then for whatever reason as soon as they arrive, always seem to go out of their way to only make friends/connections with black South Africans and not any other race groups e.g. Indian, White or Colored (generalising of course). Now for many South Africans, we already understood that in the US, “mixed race” is considered black. However here in South Africa it’s not the case as you already correctly pointed out. I’m not wanting to debate if that thinking is right or wrong as I’m sure many would have a strong opinion on that, I’m merely pointing out what is the current state and what’s factually true at this point I’m time. In South Africa, a black man doesn’t identify as being colored in the same way a colored person does not identify as being black. Being black is a completely different race as well as culturally different to being colored. As South Africans we pride ourselves as being a rainbow nation where we live in a society where each of us are free to choose our friends, partners despite the color of one’s skin. I just wish more black Americans would really try to take a bit more time to try and understand the colored race in the context of South Africa and not just based on their preconceived thoughts of what “mix race” is all about. Ps: love your channel ❤️
But also I know some black Americans (of the biracial variety) that especially in Cape Town feel alienated from the Coloured identity, particularly due its South-East Asian Cape Creole character, as well as finding it alienating that *some* coloureds often have rejected the identity and genetic ancestry that they (the Americans) identify with. Among other reasons, that is a reason why a lot of black Americans don't really see it as a community to focus on, like many black Americans wouldn't focus on Indians for example.
@@agrid2608 I hear you, make sense. I can agree with what you’ve said on the pretext that we still generalizing ;-) although now that I give it some thought, in my personal experience, these topics cannot really be discussed with broad paint strokes of generalisation as I have done with my earlier post. For example, and I’m guessing you already know this? In the colored community, you have coloreds from the Cape Flats, Eldorado Park (JHB), Durban, Port Elizabeth, Kimberly etc all colored yet all so vastly and distinctively different from one another. Another extreme stereotypical example: You can have two colored ppl living next door to each other in Mitchell’s Plain and the one is dark skinned with short hair speaking Afrikaans as their primary home language and the other fair skin, straight hair and speaks only English, both attending the same school. One last example, families or individuals from a common community can have very different views and opinions on what colored is all about or have a vastly different outlook on South Africa and the progress it’s made in relation to race, its past ills or future prospects. These examples are true for every race group in our country. Not all whites/blacks/Indians are the same. So it would be a little unfair to lump any opinion on an entire race group? Your thoughts?
@@Van_Wilder Indeed, which is why I used the words *some* and *many.* (and also why I specifically mentioned Cape Town regarding the concentrated Asian component.) In fact I have often said that many coloured persons should be included by default in the broader black community because there are genetically African (i.e. non-Asian) Coloureds who also identify as black while being Coloured by *culture.* (Also there are genetically admixed people labelled as black and Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho by *culture,* (e.g Pearl Thusi who is part Caucasian.) Millions of people in SA in fact.) Again the caveat is always that there are always different people with different outlooks.
I'm so happy u became honest and open about the issue of being called colored because its quite a sensitive issue but u approached it very well proud of u because wen I first saw u moved to cape town where colored ppl are a major race that side I wondered how your experience was with regards to that because I knew u wud get that a lot sorry for the shock but I'm proud u opened your mind to it and I think u shud go ahead and teach yourself more from the ppl themselves their experiences and their history
I'm dead at how you couldn't reconcile bitong with jerky when you first got here and now it's your favourite snack 🤣🤣🤣 South A has grown on you! Jo'burg restaurant for good food, good vibes with friends, and good views: Momo Kuro at the Keys Art Mile-it's Aisian inspired food and it's so good!
Being biracial doesn't necessarily make you "Coloured" in South Africa. Most Biracial South Africans Identify as exactly what they are, which is biracial. Coloured people are multiracial people, who have mixed from generation to generation. They have a deep history, culture and an identity of their own. Simply being half white and half black doesn't make you coloured. This is something most biracial South Africans struggle with because they are not Coloured but they look Coloured. Most biracial South Africans just tick "other" or whatever they feeling that day- it could be white or black, lol. Being Biracial in South Africa is complicated😂.
Black Americans, all of those family have been here for generations would be “Coloured”, especially if culture is a big part of the definition. The average Black person is ~73% Sub-Saharan African, ~23% European and ~2% Indigenous American. As a woman who has a ancestry genetics specifically catered to African Americans said (I’m paraphrasing) “the African American who is 100% African is a unicorn”, in other words they don’t exist. All Black people who originated from the Western Hemisphere are multiracial. It varies from region to region and country to country but genetically you are not going to find a Black person who is 100% Sub-Saharan African. It is a statistical impossibility. Remember Africans have been in the Americas for over 500 years. Given that fact it is hardly surprising that no Black person from the Americas is some kind of mixture. I would say Black Americans compared to other parts of the Americas are the least similar to Africans culturally, compared to Brazilians, Cubans and many other countries they all have much more obvious identifiable cultural characteristics than Black Americans. The closest you’re likely to get in the U.S. is like New Orleans or the Gulah peoples along the Georgia coast… though it may stretch further north.
@@BlackDoveNYC This whole comment is unnecessary. It is ignorant on Africa. It generalises Africa. Very white washed 'anti-African' view. Your knowledge of Africa is very narrow and disgusting. Literally a colonists view on Africa. SIES!
Yes My Love you are Coloured LOL Welcome to Cape Town you look like the girl next door so happy you feel so good about Cape Town it is also one of the most beautiful Countries in the World also remember Coloured is a Culture not just of Mix Race Unless You have Lived ,Loved ,Experienced,had Fun,and Made Fun with the Coloured Culture will you understand how unique we are, a Melting Pot of generations as Tasneem says and very Rich History reading all these comments below makes me smile unless you have lived in Cape Town will u understand just have fun and enjoy and experience what Cape Town and her people has to offer xx
I’m an American, so I might be totally off on this… but when I hear the word colored, I get this feeling that the European colonizers created this caste system with all types of “ buffers” put in to separate the white minority from the black Majority… and each tier in that system was trying hard as hell not to be categorized as ( and therefore get the same treatment) as the Africans ( the blacks)…. So while everyone hated the racial classification system, at least they weren’t black. It was a very ingenious way for whites to divide and conquer because they didn’t have the numbers on their own. Now in America, everyone was lumped in together as black… whites in America had the numbers ( and Europeans kept coming to America in DROVES) so they didn’t really need that tiered racial system where everybody got a little more access and privileges as you went up the ladder. The whites in America had the numbers to enforce the ideology of the one drop rule where one drop of blood made you black… and nothing happened in America without the paternalistic consent of the white majority… nothing.
Nice observation.... but in SA nothing stopped the white minority from exercising their hold on power as they had a long history of doing so in spite of being a minority... from the earliest days of colonialism whites have been in the minority... in the Cape Colony the non-white slaves were always a majority and that continues to this day where the descendants of these slaves... the coloureds are still in the majority in Cape Town and the Western Cape Province.... So being a minority does not necessarily imply not having a hold on power and exercising that power... and today the economy of SA is still mostly in the hands of the white minority... and that is not going to end soon... as the economy allows a group to continue to dominate and exercise power in spite of being a minority and the whites in SA have a very long history of doing that dispite the "numbers" ... ok 👍
@@mikescythian5729 the point I was making is that the “ tiered” system was a way to facilitate the power process for the whites. Why else would they institute it. In the United States, all black people have European add mixture, and yet there was no tiered process here. The difference? Demographics. It was not needed to cement white power in the states . The “ Americans” just sent a call out for the huddled masses from Europe to come, and in one generation, they were assimilated. SA is 30 years out from apartheid? Black Americans are 170 years from Slavery and about 55 years out from Segregation and we are still fighting, just slogging through the quagmire. Why? We are only about 13% of the population so EVERY advance is an appeal, a fist fight, sometimes white guilt, just to move forward. But you Black South Africans? I envy you. You’ve got the NUMBERS, sitting on the most beautiful peace of land on Earth. In a hundred years, imagine where you’ll be! And if you can effectively market yourself to blacks in the west with MONEY, they’ll come running…because they are sweltering under Racism in the west. We in the west are in Awe of what we are seeing.
You are absolutely correct. This effect of this differentiation still exist today. There are coloured people who does not want to be associated with their black ancestry. I've seen it a lot in my community.
@TheFtfamu89, I actually agree with this observation. Additionally, back in the day, the lighter skin colour you were and the more straight your hair, the higher the chances that you would be better treated. For example, in the apartheid era, who would you think would be promoted: 2 coloured gents, same skill level, one looks as African as you can get, one looks like a tanned white man, blue eyes etc.This translated into coloured people subconciously associating European features with attractiveness and African features as unattractive.
Honestly love how down to earth and open minded you come across. Thanks for sharing your experience with us Taylor. A few of the restaurants I'd suggest you try out are: -And then there was fire (@Nirox sculpture park. It is quite far out but really worth the drive on a sunny day because you can also enjoy the art installations) -Saint Restaurant -Saigon Suzy -Cafe Cielo at Avianto. This place is beautiful and there's so much to do at the location. I prefer visiting the restaurant on weekend afternoons because the live music just sets the tone. I'll be honest though, the food is good, not great but still love the place. -Aurum -Cowfish
Oh wow, I just came across ur channel and yes the title got me here lols. Yes coloured term in South Africa is very normal, u might have to get used to it. Hope u enjoy ur holidays here and u will definitely get urself more subbies, we love people from overseas that embrace our country and culture. Ask Mansa Mayne🤗🙏🇿🇦
Yes, colored means something totally different in the U.S than it does in S.A...We have different labels, different history and different culture and that's okay. I know what you mean about not being used to the term "colored." It hits us, Americans a little differently and that too, is okay. Your personality is so lit and I just feel that you will be loved wherever you go. 💝
It's because here in South Africa mixed race people don't want to be associated with the idea of being called blacks. They don't see themselves as black people, honestly I love how American's ideal on this issue, cause mixed race people consider themselves as blacks. Thats the beginning of unite and love❤️
Every human being can be traced back to Africa, look it up. What’s more, if you’re from South Africa, there is a very high chance you have black African ancestry. Traditional race classification is superficial and stupid and not based on science at all, genetics is the truth.
Mummm I think my mom and I might be colored lol in south africa especially my mom lol 😆 But anywhoop black Americans aka African Americans are by default a mixed race we not really 50 percent anything lol 😆 our blood is literally of both American European/native American Indian and African many ethnic groups and countries even few surprises me to found 10 percent a south African tribe and some east African ethic group which is particularly interesting since people say they didn't sale slaves maybe groups traveled and got captured I guess ....but as black American that all said is very true 👍
@@wineshiacarolann919 if you're mixed with black, you're black & if you're mixed with Asian, you're Asian. The term "coloured" should only used to describe crayons.
I am a coloured female in Cape Town and was guessing your race in your first video and legit coloured came to mind. I am glad you brought it up! Thanks for sharing your height and I literally had chilly biltong last night. It's addictive .
Just something about coloured people in SA, theyre not really "mixed race", like my parents are both coloured and not actually one of them black and one white. Coloured is used for people that have a diverse multiracial ancestry, so they would have some African mixed with European mixed with Koisan mixed with Malaysian or Indian for example.
It's confusing when you say coloureds are mixed in a same sentence you mention Khoi San and Africans as separate, Khoi San just another African tribe just like Xhosa, and Sotho, Zulu, Somalian or Sudanese
@@siyanomagqwathekane3581 True they are another African tribe, but they are not a part of the Bantu tribes. Xhosa, Sotho, Zulu are Bantu peoples that originated from Central Africa and then migrated to Southern Africa about 1500 years ago (I think). Khoisan were in South Africa millenia before that, so I just wanted to present them as a distinct ethnicity or group.
@@SJokes Slave mentality you have there wanting to separate African people like apartheid style we as Africans we know who we are, the real Khoi people knows they are Africans just like the other African tribes and as Africans we know no there was never borders in our motherland until the Colonial powers separated us
@@siyanomagqwathekane3581 When did I say the Khoi are not Africans? I just stated the different groups and wanted to highlight the diversity?? I think its disingenious to say "slave mentality" when someone mentions the different groups and tries to explain the diversity we have in this country, dont you think? You just focused on the wording I used instead of trying to bring discourse to the point I was trying to make
If you ever do come to Joburg, you should enjoy it's always busy hustling and bustling but do come with a friend and maybe force your old man to come with you it'll be a completely different experience and visit the monuments in Soweto of Apartheid, it'll really immerse you even deeper into the why South Africa is the way it is today the bad, good and all the beauty and horridness. And eat at any place on Vilakazi street in Soweto it's time you have some home cooked SA foods🤣 and Pretoria too while you're in Gauteng province I am sure you'd love to see the union buildings and everything else about the city they're not more than a 25 minute drive apart
you startin to look like a south african and its beautiful, and you beautiful. lemme know when you come to Joburg side, i'll be your tour guy. been watching your videos since your fist video of your trip from Us to Dubai to Cape town. am a huge fan. same details on Faceb, just halla.
Many African Americans move to South Africa to get away from racial discrimination in South Africa. I imagine it to be a shock when they discover that we face the same issues here. Some of us mix culturally as the rainbow nation we are and some of us stick only to our own kind.
Very interesting listening to your culture shocks. I remember Trevor Noah changing his jokes and using the words mixed when performing in the states. Next sa stop after jhb? Durban 😁
@@carguy7797 I get that. I watch and enjoy both their channels. Got to like both of them independently because they offer different content other than being both US citizens who happen to be currently in eMzansi. My enjoyment of both these channels is independent upon them doing a collaboration and hopefully I will watch their content even long after they have left our shores.
The word colored doesn't have as much a negative connotation in South Africa, but it does have a lot of historical significance that could be compared to the "one drop" rule in the US. So yeah it still sucks that you have to tick a box like that. Thanks for discussing it. Love your content!
You should watch trevor Noah He once spoke about coulored thing He said he's colored and they told him they don't use the term colored they say mixed race or black
As a south African 🇿🇦 I love African Americans and I don't know why,it's like there is an attraction that I cannot stop,maybe history is not telling us the whole truth cos really it can't be this easy to relate with them
178 that's means you are tall, lol. I am 180 and I was considered tall in SA. I am south african living abroad but will be back home in less than two years, enjoy SA
@Taylor Spencer Great work again on the vlog. My offer still stands, invitation to you and friends for Umgidi in my neck of the woods - kwaLanga. Let me know?
Colored just what in America they called all black people during jim cow even black Americans called themselves Colored during Jim crow segregation you had whites lable and Colored .....so that's kind of what it is in America
you came to south Africa open-minded and NO prejudice at all , that is the reason many South African love you and embrace you, you came with positive vibes and many South African respond with positive...Xoxo
Prejudice? She African American consider black in America
Mummm I think my mom and I might be colored lol in south africa especially my mom lol 😆
But anywhoop black Americans aka African Americans are by default a mixed race we not really 50 percent anything lol 😆 our blood is literally of both American European/native American Indian and African many ethnic groups and countries even few surprises me to found 10 percent a south African tribe and some east African ethic group which is particularly interesting since people say they didn't sale slaves maybe groups traveled and got captured I guess ....but as black American that all said is very true 👍
@@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica yes, "prejudice” , sometimes other travelers to south Africa do come with superior complex , where they feel like better than everyone because they come from certain country, south Africa is diverse country and it doesn't matter your race if you come with negative energy, south Africans will multiple that negative energy back multiply by 100 times, however it is easy to love and embrace Tyler, because it seem she came open-minded not having stereotype about SA
@@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica which tribe in south Africa ?, Or you wanna say southern Africa ?
@@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica other black people can still be prejudiced towards other black people.
Even if you left South Africa we will always cherish you in our subscribers list.
Restaurants to try in JHB:
- The Shortmarket Club (more fancy)
- Kream (Great steak) at Mall of Africa
- The Big Mouth (great everything but personally love the sushi)
- Fireroom at Monte Casino (amazing sushi)
Fireroom had the best sushi I’ve ever tasted
You came to SA open minded and you did your research well. I have been following you since you came to our country and it has been a pleasure to watch explore our country. I wish most utubers do their research properly before they comment about our country. Today i watched one of utuber from other African country and it was clear that there was a very little research which was done by the utuber and the comments left me traumatized. Well done and hope to come back to our beautiful country.
Must go restaurant in Rosebank Johannesburg. Marble Restaurant.
Being south african this video was so lekker to watch 😂🥺
I love how you described your understanding of what “being colored” in South Africa is all about. I say this because I’ve happen to come across many African American TH-camrs that’s in the process of moving to South Africa or have already made that transition. The part that “erks me a little” listening to them is that they all carry on and on about “coming home to the motherland” but then for whatever reason as soon as they arrive, always seem to go out of their way to only make friends/connections with black South Africans and not any other race groups e.g. Indian, White or Colored (generalising of course).
Now for many South Africans, we already understood that in the US, “mixed race” is considered black. However here in South Africa it’s not the case as you already correctly pointed out. I’m not wanting to debate if that thinking is right or wrong as I’m sure many would have a strong opinion on that, I’m merely pointing out what is the current state and what’s factually true at this point I’m time. In South Africa, a black man doesn’t identify as being colored in the same way a colored person does not identify as being black. Being black is a completely different race as well as culturally different to being colored. As South Africans we pride ourselves as being a rainbow nation where we live in a society where each of us are free to choose our friends, partners despite the color of one’s skin. I just wish more black Americans would really try to take a bit more time to try and understand the colored race in the context of South Africa and not just based on their preconceived thoughts of what “mix race” is all about. Ps: love your channel ❤️
Why?
But also I know some black Americans (of the biracial variety) that especially in Cape Town feel alienated from the Coloured identity, particularly due its South-East Asian Cape Creole character, as well as finding it alienating that *some* coloureds often have rejected the identity and genetic ancestry that they (the Americans) identify with.
Among other reasons, that is a reason why a lot of black Americans don't really see it as a community to focus on, like many black Americans wouldn't focus on Indians for example.
@@agrid2608 I hear you, make sense. I can agree with what you’ve said on the pretext that we still generalizing ;-) although now that I give it some thought, in my personal experience, these topics cannot really be discussed with broad paint strokes of generalisation as I have done with my earlier post. For example, and I’m guessing you already know this? In the colored community, you have coloreds from the Cape Flats, Eldorado Park (JHB), Durban, Port Elizabeth, Kimberly etc all colored yet all so vastly and distinctively different from one another. Another extreme stereotypical example: You can have two colored ppl living next door to each other in Mitchell’s Plain and the one is dark skinned with short hair speaking Afrikaans as their primary home language and the other fair skin, straight hair and speaks only English, both attending the same school. One last example, families or individuals from a common community can have very different views and opinions on what colored is all about or have a vastly different outlook on South Africa and the progress it’s made in relation to race, its past ills or future prospects. These examples are true for every race group in our country. Not all whites/blacks/Indians are the same. So it would be a little unfair to lump any opinion on an entire race group? Your thoughts?
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@@Van_Wilder Indeed, which is why I used the words *some* and *many.* (and also why I specifically mentioned Cape Town regarding the concentrated Asian component.)
In fact I have often said that many coloured persons should be included by default in the broader black community because there are genetically African (i.e. non-Asian) Coloureds who also identify as black while being Coloured by *culture.*
(Also there are genetically admixed people labelled as black and Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho by *culture,* (e.g Pearl Thusi who is part Caucasian.) Millions of people in SA in fact.)
Again the caveat is always that there are always different people with different outlooks.
I'm so happy u became honest and open about the issue of being called colored because its quite a sensitive issue but u approached it very well proud of u because wen I first saw u moved to cape town where colored ppl are a major race that side I wondered how your experience was with regards to that because I knew u wud get that a lot sorry for the shock but I'm proud u opened your mind to it and I think u shud go ahead and teach yourself more from the ppl themselves their experiences and their history
I'm dead at how you couldn't reconcile bitong with jerky when you first got here and now it's your favourite snack 🤣🤣🤣 South A has grown on you! Jo'burg restaurant for good food, good vibes with friends, and good views: Momo Kuro at the Keys Art Mile-it's Aisian inspired food and it's so good!
Absolutely love your personality ☺️
I like how u ain't focused on Men You gonna go Far😌❤️
Thank you for being your true self...You are the best!!!!!
Being biracial doesn't necessarily make you "Coloured" in South Africa. Most Biracial South Africans Identify as exactly what they are, which is biracial.
Coloured people are multiracial people, who have mixed from generation to generation. They have a deep history, culture and an identity of their own.
Simply being half white and half black doesn't make you coloured.
This is something most biracial South Africans struggle with because they are not Coloured but they look Coloured. Most biracial South Africans just tick "other" or whatever they feeling that day- it could be white or black, lol.
Being Biracial in South Africa is complicated😂.
Absolutely right. Being Coloured is more of culture than about racial mixture
Take Trevor Noah, for example. Black mother, white father, looks like a coloured, but identifies as black because he grew up with Xhosa culture.
Ppl like Trevor Noah conveniently choose to tick the politically correct box.
Black Americans, all of those family have been here for generations would be “Coloured”, especially if culture is a big part of the definition. The average Black person is ~73% Sub-Saharan African, ~23% European and ~2% Indigenous American. As a woman who has a ancestry genetics specifically catered to African Americans said (I’m paraphrasing) “the African American who is 100% African is a unicorn”, in other words they don’t exist.
All Black people who originated from the Western Hemisphere are multiracial. It varies from region to region and country to country but genetically you are not going to find a Black person who is 100% Sub-Saharan African. It is a statistical impossibility. Remember Africans have been in the Americas for over 500 years. Given that fact it is hardly surprising that no Black person from the Americas is some kind of mixture.
I would say Black Americans compared to other parts of the Americas are the least similar to Africans culturally, compared to Brazilians, Cubans and many other countries they all have much more obvious identifiable cultural characteristics than Black Americans. The closest you’re likely to get in the U.S. is like New Orleans or the Gulah peoples along the Georgia coast… though it may stretch further north.
@@BlackDoveNYC This whole comment is unnecessary. It is ignorant on Africa. It generalises Africa. Very white washed 'anti-African' view.
Your knowledge of Africa is very narrow and disgusting. Literally a colonists view on Africa.
SIES!
TAYLOR!!
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Yes My Love you are Coloured LOL Welcome to Cape Town you look like the girl next door so happy you feel so good about Cape Town it is also one of the most beautiful Countries in the World also remember Coloured is a Culture not just of Mix Race Unless You have Lived ,Loved ,Experienced,had Fun,and Made Fun with the Coloured Culture will you understand how unique we are, a Melting Pot of generations as Tasneem says and very Rich History reading all these comments below makes me smile unless you have lived in Cape Town will u understand just have fun and enjoy and experience what Cape Town and her people has to offer xx
Girl stay in Cape Town ,if theres heaps of work for you knows next thing you might get a role in a local soapie, Suid Ooster.
Imagine that. She'll be famous here after that!
I’m an American, so I might be totally off on this… but when I hear the word colored, I get this feeling that the European colonizers created this caste system with all types of “ buffers” put in to separate the white minority from the black Majority… and each tier in that system was trying hard as hell not to be categorized as ( and therefore get the same treatment) as the Africans ( the blacks)…. So while everyone hated the racial classification system, at least they weren’t black. It was a very ingenious way for whites to divide and conquer because they didn’t have the numbers on their own. Now in America, everyone was lumped in together as black… whites in America had the numbers ( and Europeans kept coming to America in DROVES) so they didn’t really need that tiered racial system where everybody got a little more access and privileges as you went up the ladder. The whites in America had the numbers to enforce the ideology of the one drop rule where one drop of blood made you black… and nothing happened in America without the paternalistic consent of the white majority… nothing.
Nice observation.... but in SA nothing stopped the white minority from exercising their hold on power as they had a long history of doing so in spite of being a minority... from the earliest days of colonialism whites have been in the minority... in the Cape Colony the non-white slaves were always a majority and that continues to this day where the descendants of these slaves... the coloureds are still in the majority in Cape Town and the Western Cape Province.... So being a minority does not necessarily imply not having a hold on power and exercising that power... and today the economy of SA is still mostly in the hands of the white minority... and that is not going to end soon... as the economy allows a group to continue to dominate and exercise power in spite of being a minority and the whites in SA have a very long history of doing that dispite the "numbers" ... ok 👍
@@mikescythian5729 the point I was making is that the “ tiered” system was a way to facilitate the power process for the whites. Why else would they institute it. In the United States, all black people have European add mixture, and yet there was no tiered process here. The difference? Demographics. It was not needed to cement white power in the states . The “ Americans” just sent a call out for the huddled masses from Europe to come, and in one generation, they were assimilated. SA is 30 years out from apartheid? Black Americans are 170 years from Slavery and about 55 years out from Segregation and we are still fighting, just slogging through the quagmire. Why? We are only about 13% of the population so EVERY advance is an appeal, a fist fight, sometimes white guilt, just to move forward. But you Black South Africans? I envy you. You’ve got the NUMBERS, sitting on the most beautiful peace of land on Earth. In a hundred years, imagine where you’ll be! And if you can effectively market yourself to blacks in the west with MONEY, they’ll come running…because they are sweltering under Racism in the west. We in the west are in Awe of what we are seeing.
You are absolutely correct. This effect of this differentiation still exist today. There are coloured people who does not want to be associated with their black ancestry. I've seen it a lot in my community.
The effect*
@TheFtfamu89, I actually agree with this observation. Additionally, back in the day, the lighter skin colour you were and the more straight your hair, the higher the chances that you would be better treated. For example, in the apartheid era, who would you think would be promoted: 2 coloured gents, same skill level, one looks as African as you can get, one looks like a tanned white man, blue eyes etc.This translated into coloured people subconciously associating European features with attractiveness and African features as unattractive.
In Johannesburg go to key art miles, they have the best restaurants
love from south Africa
You need to visit other places in Mzansi... It's completely different from Cape Town
Honestly love how down to earth and open minded you come across. Thanks for sharing your experience with us Taylor.
A few of the restaurants I'd suggest you try out are:
-And then there was fire (@Nirox sculpture park. It is quite far out but really worth the drive on a sunny day because you can also enjoy the art installations)
-Saint Restaurant
-Saigon Suzy
-Cafe Cielo at Avianto. This place is beautiful and there's so much to do at the location. I prefer visiting the restaurant on weekend afternoons because the live music just sets the tone. I'll be honest though, the food is good, not great but still love the place.
-Aurum
-Cowfish
Thanks for answering my questions 🥰
Oh wow, I just came across ur channel and yes the title got me here lols. Yes coloured term in South Africa is very normal, u might have to get used to it. Hope u enjoy ur holidays here and u will definitely get urself more subbies, we love people from overseas that embrace our country and culture. Ask Mansa Mayne🤗🙏🇿🇦
Lekker girl 😄👌🏻 Keep enjoying yourself, stay safe 😎🙌🏻
Love your videos and your positivity.. You should try Eastern Bazar chicken fried rice 🍚 and stir fry ..
Your content is addictive,plus your so beautiful
I'm from Joburg and a lovely restaurant is Lupa
can't get enough of ur vlogs....❤
Yes, colored means something totally different in the U.S than it does in S.A...We have different labels, different history and different culture and that's okay. I know what you mean about not being used to the term "colored." It hits us, Americans a little differently and that too, is okay. Your personality is so lit and I just feel that you will be loved wherever you go. 💝
It's because here in South Africa mixed race people don't want to be associated with the idea of being called blacks. They don't see themselves as black people, honestly I love how American's ideal on this issue, cause mixed race people consider themselves as blacks. Thats the beginning of unite and love❤️
Not all coloureds have African ancestry. Some has Asian and European ancestry. It's because you guys think,all coloured are mixed black and white.
We don't live in a bi-racial world. There are more than 2 races out there,
For example black people in Australia are called aborigines
Every human being can be traced back to Africa, look it up. What’s more, if you’re from South Africa, there is a very high chance you have black African ancestry. Traditional race classification is superficial and stupid and not based on science at all, genetics is the truth.
Mummm I think my mom and I might be colored lol in south africa especially my mom lol 😆
But anywhoop black Americans aka African Americans are by default a mixed race we not really 50 percent anything lol 😆 our blood is literally of both American European/native American Indian and African many ethnic groups and countries even few surprises me to found 10 percent a south African tribe and some east African ethic group which is particularly interesting since people say they didn't sale slaves maybe groups traveled and got captured I guess ....but as black American that all said is very true 👍
@@wineshiacarolann919 if you're mixed with black, you're black & if you're mixed with Asian, you're Asian. The term "coloured" should only used to describe crayons.
you have beautiful eyes. hopefully you can show me around Capetown one day i haven't been there
Omg she’s so gorgeous 😍😍😍😍💕
I am a coloured female in Cape Town and was guessing your race in your first video and legit coloured came to mind. I am glad you brought it up! Thanks for sharing your height and I literally had chilly biltong last night. It's addictive .
Just something about coloured people in SA, theyre not really "mixed race", like my parents are both coloured and not actually one of them black and one white. Coloured is used for people that have a diverse multiracial ancestry, so they would have some African mixed with European mixed with Koisan mixed with Malaysian or Indian for example.
It's confusing when you say coloureds are mixed in a same sentence you mention Khoi San and Africans as separate, Khoi San just another African tribe just like Xhosa, and Sotho, Zulu, Somalian or Sudanese
@@siyanomagqwathekane3581 True they are another African tribe, but they are not a part of the Bantu tribes. Xhosa, Sotho, Zulu are Bantu peoples that originated from Central Africa and then migrated to Southern Africa about 1500 years ago (I think). Khoisan were in South Africa millenia before that, so I just wanted to present them as a distinct ethnicity or group.
@@SJokes Slave mentality you have there wanting to separate African people like apartheid style we as Africans we know who we are, the real Khoi people knows they are Africans just like the other African tribes and as Africans we know no there was never borders in our motherland until the Colonial powers separated us
@@siyanomagqwathekane3581 When did I say the Khoi are not Africans? I just stated the different groups and wanted to highlight the diversity?? I think its disingenious to say "slave mentality" when someone mentions the different groups and tries to explain the diversity we have in this country, dont you think? You just focused on the wording I used instead of trying to bring discourse to the point I was trying to make
@@SJokes They are part of the bantu, colonialists created that propaganda to divide us.
This women is drop dead gorgeous, you know the kinda women whose is scarily beautiful. Yoh
If you ever do come to Joburg, you should enjoy it's always busy hustling and bustling but do come with a friend and maybe force your old man to come with you it'll be a completely different experience and visit the monuments in Soweto of Apartheid, it'll really immerse you even deeper into the why South Africa is the way it is today the bad, good and all the beauty and horridness. And eat at any place on Vilakazi street in Soweto it's time you have some home cooked SA foods🤣 and Pretoria too while you're in Gauteng province I am sure you'd love to see the union buildings and everything else about the city they're not more than a 25 minute drive apart
Oh but do be safe too because I am sure in the states it's the same issue, the bigger the city the more fascades you see
Stellar 🤌🏿
You got me at lekker 😂💀, yup I'm a subbie now
You're adorable and cute af so sweet
Enjoy Cape Town....Great place
Some Americans are dwanky no offence but your vibe is so cool and stuff so as South Africans we have accepted you
What is “dwanky”?
Lol loadshedding is still a shock even to us South Africans....
you startin to look like a south african and its beautiful, and you beautiful. lemme know when you come to Joburg side, i'll be your tour guy. been watching your videos since your fist video of your trip from Us to Dubai to Cape town. am a huge fan. same details on Faceb, just halla.
Many African Americans move to South Africa to get away from racial discrimination in South Africa. I imagine it to be a shock when they discover that we face the same issues here. Some of us mix culturally as the rainbow nation we are and some of us stick only to our own kind.
Thankfully here in SA racism is gradually losing its momentum.
You're such a vibe!!!Nice video
You speak so farst dear, pls make may visit each and every province in South Africa.
I'm gonna miss you without ever meeting you. 😢 I do wish you would stay here in South Africa permanently but I'll stay tuned.....
Very interesting listening to your culture shocks. I remember Trevor Noah changing his jokes and using the words mixed when performing in the states.
Next sa stop after jhb? Durban 😁
Another recommendation is 44 Stanley
Meet up with Julian Albino please !
she needs to
@@teamfoute but why?
Was thinking the same
@@mhlave2440Julian is quite funny and both of them have a cool vibe
@@carguy7797 I get that. I watch and enjoy both their channels. Got to like both of them independently because they offer different content other than being both US citizens who happen to be currently in eMzansi. My enjoyment of both these channels is independent upon them doing a collaboration and hopefully I will watch their content even long after they have left our shores.
Taylor have you realized since you making videos about SA or being here you got so many views.
Taylor you are a Xhosa girl certainly, just like Pearl Thusi is Zulu girl ❤️
The word colored doesn't have as much a negative connotation in South Africa, but it does have a lot of historical significance that could be compared to the "one drop" rule in the US. So yeah it still sucks that you have to tick a box like that. Thanks for discussing it. Love your content!
Well enjoy your first summer Christmas 🎄 Have a lovely Christmas 🎉🎊🎊🎉
One of our fav spots for sushi is from Tomo Izakaya in Kyalami.
I subscribed for the personality, Such a great Super Amazing personality ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👌👌
Your editing is dope
You should watch trevor Noah
He once spoke about coulored thing
He said he's colored and they told him they don't use the term colored they say mixed race or black
Wow very beautiful and you look alike.
girl i so wish you were here in joburg🥲
Restaurants in Parkhurst/Parktown in Johannesburg 😍 Foundry, Louiseandanna
As a south African 🇿🇦 I love African Americans and I don't know why,it's like there is an attraction that I cannot stop,maybe history is not telling us the whole truth cos really it can't be this easy to relate with them
I love who you are n what you represent 🤌🏾
To me you're a black queen Taylor.
Yeses your so tall
I’d like to meet you before you leave SA 😭😭😭
you beautiful❤
So Afrikaans is cool now?
Ay Taylor what modelling agency do you work for ? Do you have any advice for someone aspiring to be a fashion photographer ?
Second 🥳🥳
Go to aurum it’s in sandton 🥰
I love you 💕
I've recently been watching your videos and I love them 😭.
I was also wondering what modeling agency you work for
🇿🇦❤️Move here permanently
Come baby to live in South Africa plz you are welcome
When are you going to come to Durban?
👍👍
4:04 "Girl" [ya know]🤣 #kendrick
Come to Botswana next!
Etla pheli sweets
Has a coloured person ever started speaking to you in Afrikaans(Coloured language )
The choice that you came to south africa is amazing but loadshedding is annoying
Anyway enjoy our beautiful country ❤
Lekker lol U are awesome.
Hi, what do you use for your curls?
South African it's a real Wakanda
178 that's means you are tall, lol. I am 180 and I was considered tall in SA. I am south african living abroad but will be back home in less than two years, enjoy SA
I'm truly curious to know, do you have any other side hustles besides TH-cam?
Come to Cape Town?
Hello gorgeous ❤️
i could listen to you all day i like your personality ,except that you talk incredibly fast😂
Are you not considering a more reliable and permanent job? 🤔
Modeling is pretty much short-lived!
@Taylor Spencer Great work again on the vlog. My offer still stands, invitation to you and friends for Umgidi in my neck of the woods - kwaLanga. Let me know?
Are you the famous son of former president Jacob Zuma?? 🤔 Michael ???
@@mikescythian5729 Hello Mike, it's a name's sake, we are not related. 😂
What was the answer about being single? I couldn't hear her answer.
4 life
@@TaylorSpencer no😭😭😭
Colored just what in America they called all black people during jim cow even black Americans called themselves Colored during Jim crow segregation you had whites lable and Colored .....so that's kind of what it is in America
Etla pheli sweetheart
Gosh you are so beautiful🔥
You're one of an evolving Earth race, you beautiful Coloured woman.
Her mom is white, her dad is black lol
@@david-arthur8166 🤷♀
Tell them in the US biltong its not what they have😅
Jy is te vinnig.
I'm sorry you had to experience being called that, i can see it really doesn't sit well with you.