My mother's parents were light brights so was my mother. My grandfather rescued people who were illegally kept on farms, plantations in the early 20th century.
Back then some people who could pass for white did..I heard of a black woman who passed for white to work as a Photojournalist back during a time when some Newspapers didn't, wouldn't and where not hiring black photojournalists..She went to work white..came home from work and lived her black life that mattered..It was about the work..the income and being able to pay her bills..
@@zavayapullo2474 blackness with African Americans can range in color hues from almost near white to deep brown tones..all beautiful though cause God created it like that....Some People can Pass for White even in this day and age.....They are so light Complected unless one saw their original birth certificate and saw that both parents are black... One wouldn't know.. They where / are a Person of Color..There was a beautiful Black actress years ago who played in the first original movie Imitation of Life...Who could have passed for white to even further her career but She did not..She owned and claimed Who she was..She let it be known that She was a Woman of Color..
@@vaimende I see that you keep repeating that in multiple comments and I just wanted to say that I’m from Africa, 100% black. Never been to the US. I’m not light skinned myself, but a lot of my relatives are light skin and could pass. There are also different ethnic groups in my country where people have different features and skin tones and they aren’t mixed with white. I know that most black Americans aren’t fully African, but fair skin isn’t a white prerogative and you don’t have to be mixed to look a certain way
@@Salma.Salma.Salma. what country in Africa is it where people are black but pass for white?? and what tribe as I would love to see.pictures of black sub saharan Africans who look like white blonde people thanks. I dont belive this and I'm from africa too.and yes africa is a big continent but I know you are lying sorry.
I have a lot of videos on my channel that I uploaded that is similar to this video news footage. I like sharing information that hopefully people may find useful. I'm so into social rights info and education because Black People really don't know a lot of our history because that information is not ubiquitous. I also like to talk about finance too because it's so many of us that don't know or is taught that information as well.
This is a phenomenal story. Our story as Black folks is a story that has so many secrets, but it was survival for our ancestors. They survived so that we could live. Our Blackness is beautiful!!!
Roosevelt would of never been President if not for the Buffalo Soldiers who saved his life. Him and his rough riders were not the hero's of San Jaun hill.
Very grateful to all our 'white passing' ( what ever that means lol) black brothers and sisters who stood up for their race when it was difficult to do so
@jasiel jasper yea I like her movie imitation of life she could be mix of something maybe her grandparents she has European feature tisha Campbell is very light skin can pass as white but she has all the black features
I understand that.. I had maternal Great Aunts who could “ pass”. Most of the time they only did it to travel freely. The ones I knew were ok with their culture. It was only done out of convenience. It definitely was a different time in America.
Of course they would have used the advantage their light skin and hair gave them; they wouldn't have wanted to go through the stuff dark skin black people went through
@Beatrice Mwenso One Drop Rule was outlawed in 1967 so they aren’t “passing.” They are just being who they are (mixed people who are mostly European genetically).
@ILOVELIFE outlawed 😆 🤣 yea in slavery was outlawed after 1865 but yet the last slaveship came to the South Carolina shore 2 years later from African even though the importation of Slaves from Africa 20 years b4
My Grandma could pass. She didn’t try too. She married my Papa who was part Cherokee. They had kids who were the perfect mix of light and brown. I guess their skin tone is tan. She stopped coming out are being tired of being asked “what are you doing with those nxxxxr kids?” It upset her for anyone to insult her beautiful creation that she found it best not to come out the house so her kids could be kids. I never got to meet her bc she passed away well before I was born. RIP Bessie Mae Lewis Thompson
I'm a descendant of early Free People of Color Ohioans to include the Alexander family and nearly all of my family back then could very easily pass as white... but thank God most of them didn't. In fact several of those relatives were very important part of the Underground Railroad which assisted escaped slaves.
I'm also a descendant of the same people (Atlantic Creoles, Eastern Woodlands and Free People of Color from North Carolina) and some of my ancestors went to Ohio. One of my ancestors also was a part of the Underground Railroad as well.
Love this and related stories like these❣️ My Paternal Grandmother and Great-Grandmother were of mixed race, predominately of Native-American x German-Dutch lineages. Yet, particularly w/my Great-Grandmother she was light enough to “pass.”
What's crazy is my family's(maternal side)name is Alexander, that goes back to my 3rd great grandfather. They were white passing. Most didn't pass but Im sure a couple did. I'm still researching them. My mom and her sisters caught hell growing up when they were moved back to the N.C.
Thank you for her work and her Grandmother's work. Being black is not relegated to one or two shades. Blackness encompasses a kaleidoscope of shades and a state of beingness. A passing Suffragette surely understood the nuances of her experience and chose a higher cause than merely pretending she was solely Caucasian. We are all individuals whatever shade or complexion we have. This reminds me that the birth of a nation is illegitimate and handicapped when group-think seeks to destroy everything else for profit. As such, we are in this space in time, reviewing the choices and acts of our predecessors. Thank you again for the work of this family.
@James Quinlan Who decided it was outdated? You? I am not sure if you were being unnecessarily rude since it is so trendy, but I hope not. Unnecessary rudeness contributes greatly to the ills of society. Hopefully, you are not just smarter than that but also are actually a human being with baseline compassion.
If blackness is not relegated to a shade and can encompass many shades how did the concept of blackness and whiteness get created in the first place. If black people could be confused for white people how did slavery happen?
I swear people be so confused about race, nationality, and ethnicity. Race is a social construct, of white supremacy. nonetheless that's the world we live in. Her ethnicity might be mixed with African ancestry, but she's still WHITE, passing in term of the 'race' you portray is not a thing. notice I said white not Caucasian
I agree. I am partly African-American & have always considered 'passing' to be shameful & sad. It is much better to be proud of the *entirety* of what one is than living half-truths & outright lies.
No. The brown paper bag test is about colorism within the black community. Light skin was seen as better than dark skin and people with light skin looked down on those with darker skin.
@@Ablestreet Got ya. You are right, I read that like you were saying only blacks used it. Whites and blacks both used the test. Extra disgusting for blacks, the conditioning and systemic oppression is real.
I can’t understand a country that needs to know ones race other than if you are a citizen of that country or not ! I believe when you apply for a job you have to identify what actual color you are ! Why is that necessary it wouldn’t happen in the UK and probably many other countries !
In the USA, we have what we call Equal Employment Opportunity, meaning you can not discriminate based on race, region, etc., as such the company gets audited to ascertain that you are actually making an effort to Interview/hire minorities / exercising affirmative action. Some countries, outside the USA require that you submit a picture I.D. when applying for a job.
Lol maybe because you don’t know how light black people are. Especially if you grew up around them. She looks like a fair skinned black woman. Especially if you look at her features. That’s why most are able to pass and get by .. those a great part of history.
It’s because of the one drop rule that was created buy European men to have more slaves and to avoid having to pay inheritance to their mixed race children during slavery, which was required in the early days of slavery. So if you want to point fingers, point them to Europe and to England specifically.
@@Anonanon45 They were all british dominions. Scotish or English planters sometimes accepted their sons out of concubinage and sent them for education to europe. White planters also continued to send their offspring to Britain for their education despite the increasingly negative rhetoric surrounding the presence of privileged people of colour arriving in the metropole. So it was fact
To a White person Black is Black. It doesn't matter the skin shade. You're talking about White people from 150 years ago! The only time I've ever seen shade matter is when romance was involved.
@@purplevamp3132 No one would ever have known unless they knew her genealogy though. If she had moved to another state, nobody would have ever guessed. This was a woman with 99% European ancestry and a drop of African ancestry at best.
@@ilovelife3328 While I agree with yiu, I was responding to this man who thinks he can read minds. I know what White people are going to say when there are no Black people within earshot. Not once have I ever heard a White person say. 'Light-skins are better than dark-skins'. A Black person is a Black person to 90% of White people. Show business is however another video.
@@purplevamp3132 Oh yes you are right. This foolish One Drop Rule mess comes from the British mindset. In no other country would anyone ever ID this woman as being African American. I'm sick of the foolishness in this country. This woman is a EUROPEAN woman with distant African ancestry as far as I am concerned. Ronda Rousey had an African American ancestor too along with many other people. So does Meghan McCain. Does that suddenly make them or anyone else like them "African American"? Of course not! This idea of the ODR has always been rooted in racism - as if the African blood suddenly "taints" that person so they can no longer be seen as "white." Once we start IDing these historic figures PROPERLY, then this concept will finally die out.
@@ilovelife3328 My own mother was a light-bright as both of her parents identified as Negro on the Census. That's what I'm going by. But she had more than just one drop of Black blood. I consider myself mixed race and White at the same time. I go by 'You are what you are, and you are what you see in the mirror.'
The ship just landed in South America for my family. Idk my ancestors only my parents idk my grandparent or anyone beyond that. Anyone who can trace your ancestors you’re lucky
D devil has put it into people's MIND THERE are Different RACE. The fact is that THERE are NO different RACE'S.... There's just ONE THE HUMAN RACE... BUT WE ARE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM BLACK PEOPLE.. CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF DIFFERENT RACES... NOT ONLY HISTORY BUT SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY SHOWS WE ALL CAME FROM ONE SOURCE...
This is a excellent piece of history but her ancestor did NOT pass. Passing means she went to live her life as a white woman and became a part of the white community which is not what she did. She used phenotype to gather information to help her people.
@@malikranger1371 Hispanic isn't a race ... he is described as a black man from England who came to America to fight in the civil war, to fight as a black man.
@@KEMET1971 stop following one drop rule who maded that rule hates everything black ,mexican & asia indians are a group of mix race & tribes just like hispanic people
A "suffragist" could be a man or woman who believed in extending the right to vote, also known as "suffrage." "Suffragette" is an intentionally demeaning term for women that were suffragists.
Like the n word is a word whites used among themselves and when they started using it among blacks the blacks co-opted it and made it a term of endearment?
@@lenaely6146 yet the word means a type of attitude...yes, blacks have a certain type of attitude and that word can be applied appropriately to those who act tat way .
@@lenaely6146 No. The n word is not a term of endearment to black people. Ray Charles said it was a term of endearment. Ray Charles does not and didn't speak for anyone but himself. No black person speaks for all of the rest of us.
Miss, He most certainly would have become president. He was an man who faced many obstacles in his life ,he suffered physical ailments as a child,and overcame that,his wife and Mother died on the same day. He built the Panama canal, which was genius, the French tried it and failed,he is also responsible for our national parks,that we enjoy today. He was once shot in the chest while giving a speech, and continued before getting medical attention. The man was unstoppable, a true American hero.
These days we need to redefine what is black as the one drop rule does darker skin black women particularly no favours. We have been all but replaced by mixed race women who are defined as black when they are not in fact black at all. Notice this documentary is all about mixed race whose light skin has always given them an advantage in society
First of all, every person has a back story, and to somehow tell a person my pain was greater than yours is insane. Not to mention there is nothing about this woman other than having lighter skin that seems even remotely white. She has totally black facial features.
It pisses me off that Black people weren't allowed to have a quality of life for so long. I do get really curious though, when I see people throughout history passing as white. I mean, it would be really interesting to see the details of their ancestry. Has this woman ever done a DNA test?
That's nothing new everybody has some makes your name family some look Almost White and some look almost black best centuries ago and now and still now
It's no big thing about color ancestors I'm mixed with everything because of slavery in the years back so just let us let us accept it and go on thank you
The truth is the one drop rule is a law. Because at that time that law was put in place to keep segregation. I drop of black blood can't truly mean you're black. That would actually mean most people are black. The question is not if we are black or white. The question is what is your origin and your nationality. One drop of black blood yet the person maybe 60% German Jewish Italian you name it. We as a whole need to move on from a laws that was put in place because of racism. We really are a mix world. Yet we seem to thrive off of bring better then one another even within our own so call races. " God made us all" Will the world ever let it go" Selfishness is what holds on to that rule. Stay Safe Healthy Happy And Bless.
Most people in America are mixed race. Not recent immigrants but those of us who have been here for hundreds or thousands of years. Take a look at some DNA tests of (non-immigrant) Americans whose lineages go back to the 1600s in America.
Speak for yourself @Nomadic. “Most people in America are mixed race” is a statement we all repeat, just to get along. I am from the Tikar Tribe and it’s our culture to marry within the tribe, from Generation to generation.
@@Onni_johnwickswife I'm speaking of Americans who have been here since the colonial era. My family has been in America for thousands of years (the Indigenous side) and my African and European ancestors came over in the 1500s and 1600s. Most Americans with a similar lineage as me will be either biracial or tri-racial due to the nature of the Colonies, just like Latinos in Latin America. Obviously, people who immigrated to the US in recent times would have a different heritage than the rest of us. We don't really have a tribal system in America the way other countries do. The first people who came here were predominately male explorers, indentured servants and slaves so they would have had to marry women from a different ethnic group other than their own.
@@ilovelife3328. True, but once again. You are speaking for your family. That’s fine. But it’s not wise or factual to extend your bloodline to the rest of the population as a whole. Asians, Norwegian, Mongolians and other nations do maintain their phenotype. I live in America where mixing is promoted (to the black population) So if you don’t return to your original nationality. Your genes will eventually be wash out. That’s why this lady (claims to be black but dam near white) and her husband (claims to be black but dam near white) and descendants will continue to get whiter and whiter. True Latinos is a “mutt nationality” however their origins comes from Asia and North Europe. Mix breeding is nothing to be proud of, so staying within your nationality strengthen Phenotype, mixing with other nations weakens phenotype. Similar to dog breeding, only the true bloods (pure pedigree) are worth more. You have to give the mutts (mixed breeds) away. Mixing people is no different. I love my pure pedigree. I’m so grateful my ancestors knew this and did not decrease my bloodline.
@@Onni_johnwickswife I'm only talking about AMERICA though. Not other countries. I can't speak for them as I don't know how things operate in those nations. We here in America have been mixed for the last 500 years. I'm not washing anything out because my family started off as a tri-racial family 500 years ago when my European ancestors married Indigenous Women and Atlantic Creole people of Portuguese and Angolan lineage. I'm glad that you are proud of your ancestry. I'm proud of who I am - I love my heritage and I would never change my ancestry for anything! Creoles like W.E.B. DuBois, Frederick Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Pinchback, Homer Plessy and many others built America into the powerhouse that it is today! #proudCREOLE
It's been said he is of Indigenous descent; during his era the tribes people were marked as white (meaning freedom to society; not race/skin color) & that's why amerikkka portrays him as a white male
@@lenaely6146 He was Melungeon/Cherokee on his mother’s side and English on his father’s side. I looked up his Haplogroups. Melungeons are Turkish Phoenicians.
.......america is full of $#!+, when it comes towards acknowledging race. If all those who possess that "one 8th drop" stood up ADOS wouldn't be the minority or be forced into that awesome second class citizenship spot that no one in the first class cares to recognize. PEACE Family.
Her grandmother could really pass, but the lady shown here looks like a light skinned black women, however does sound like a white woman. I have plenty of people on my mother's side that could easily pass for white or Caucasian/Mexican
looks like they practiced the paper bag discrimination in her family well over a century aftet the suffrageth death, because neither her nor her husband nor her kids look like actual Black people. this is fine and all but they were in it for themselves not for the greater cause.
The definition seems far from absolute - Lechiffresix seems to feel that one must be 100% African or black to be black. If that is the case then the majority of blacks (at least in the united states) are not really black.
They really don’t look white’ especially if a real white person is next to here . She’s very light like my mom wit black features, no white features at all
My mother's parents were light brights so was my mother. My grandfather rescued people who were illegally kept on farms, plantations in the early 20th century.
God bless your grandfather
Light Bright's😂Haven't heard that one in 30yrs!!
@@guyanacreations4073 Light skinned could mean almost anything. I've seen brown skinned people say they were light skinned.
no such thing as a light skin african person these people are mxied
Had to survive by any means necessary during those horrendous times.
My mother passed for White when she needed to.
No. Selfish lies didn't help.
@@lenaely6146 Were you there????
there were alot of lightskin blks passing
who didnt want to be identified as blk and in 2020 im sure it still exist
That is why mixing is touchy, but too often people are not allowed to discuss it for fear of being called "racist."
It does
@@valuecalc Mixing has been going on since Slavery.
@@rtp1968 Mixing has been going on since the beginning of time.
Oh don't be a hater... give us a break... we can't change what happened to us.
Back then some people who could pass for white did..I heard of a black woman who passed for white to work as a Photojournalist back during a time when some Newspapers didn't, wouldn't and where not hiring black photojournalists..She went to work white..came home from work and lived her black life that mattered..It was about the work..the income and being able to pay her bills..
If she could pass for white then she is not black ✊🏿
@@zavayapullo2474 blackness with African Americans can range in color hues from almost near white to deep brown tones..all beautiful though cause God created it like that....Some People can Pass for White even in this day and age.....They are so light Complected unless one saw their original birth certificate and saw that both parents are black...
One wouldn't know.. They where / are a Person of Color..There was a beautiful Black actress years ago who played in the first original movie Imitation of Life...Who could have passed for white to even further her career but She did not..She owned and claimed Who she was..She let it be known that She was a Woman of Color..
Exactly
@@zavayapullo2474 Why when black women have the EVE gene 🧬 and can give birth to any shade and any race! She was black like she said!
@@heavenawilson5140 Exactly
If you can "pass" for another race, then what is race?
A "science" based on superficial differences, made up by the "race" that thought they were superior to everybody else on earth.
It's because they are light skinned mixed people with heavily white ancestry. Without the white ancestry there is no such thing as white passing.
@@vaimende I see that you keep repeating that in multiple comments and I just wanted to say that I’m from Africa, 100% black. Never been to the US. I’m not light skinned myself, but a lot of my relatives are light skin and could pass. There are also different ethnic groups in my country where people have different features and skin tones and they aren’t mixed with white.
I know that most black Americans aren’t fully African, but fair skin isn’t a white prerogative and you don’t have to be mixed to look a certain way
@@Salma.Salma.Salma. what country in Africa is it where people are black but pass for white?? and what tribe as I would love to see.pictures of black sub saharan Africans who look like white blonde people thanks. I dont belive this and I'm from africa too.and yes africa is a big continent but I know you are lying sorry.
@James Quinlan i wished everybody thinked
like this 🙁
We need more stories daily like this Remarkable
I have a lot of videos on my channel that I uploaded that is similar to this video news footage. I like sharing information that hopefully people may find useful. I'm so into social rights info and education because Black People really don't know a lot of our history because that information is not ubiquitous. I also like to talk about finance too because it's so many of us that don't know or is taught that information as well.
That's why you should study black history, which they don't teach in school bc white don't want their kids to know their history.
She was a double-agent for good
Mrs Kenya Wilson…….You should be ashamed of yourself
@@callmemr.thomasreagan1157 Why? What did I say wrong?
@@callmemr.thomasreagan1157 I see you you like Japanese, Korean and Indian symbols
This is a phenomenal story. Our story as Black folks is a story that has so many secrets, but it was survival for our ancestors. They survived so that we could live. Our Blackness is beautiful!!!
Do your genealogy and you will find some of those secrets
So... her family line is full of badasses? I would hate to be average in that family 😆
Roosevelt would of never been President if not for the Buffalo Soldiers who saved his life. Him and his rough riders were not the hero's of San Jaun hill.
Very grateful to all our 'white passing' ( what ever that means lol) black brothers and sisters who stood up for their race when it was difficult to do so
@Angeliquelovely *True a very light, mixed Black person can pass. She's a "mixed" Black woman*
Bulls shit look at fredi Washington a White passing female who had to black American parents
@@mystyyykweeen1573 fredi Washington was white passing had to African American parents
@Angeliquelovely In order to pass as white you would have to predominatly look white. That is the whole point.
@jasiel jasper yea I like her movie imitation of life she could be mix of something maybe her grandparents she has European feature tisha Campbell is very light skin can pass as white but she has all the black features
I understand that.. I had maternal Great Aunts who could “ pass”. Most of the time they only did it to travel freely. The ones I knew were ok with their culture. It was only done out of convenience. It definitely was a different time in America.
Of course they would have used the advantage their light skin and hair gave them; they wouldn't have wanted to go through the stuff dark skin black people went through
I know some who only do it to get white privilege, the other times they just live a Black life, even marry brown skinned people and have brown kids.
@Beatrice Mwenso One Drop Rule was outlawed in 1967 so they aren’t “passing.” They are just being who they are (mixed people who are mostly European genetically).
@ILOVELIFE outlawed 😆 🤣 yea in slavery was outlawed after 1865 but yet the last slaveship came to the South Carolina shore 2 years later from African even though the importation of Slaves from Africa 20 years b4
My Grandma could pass. She didn’t try too. She married my Papa who was part Cherokee. They had kids who were the perfect mix of light and brown. I guess their skin tone is tan. She stopped coming out are being tired of being asked “what are you doing with those nxxxxr kids?” It upset her for anyone to insult her beautiful creation that she found it best not to come out the house so her kids could be kids. I never got to meet her bc she passed away well before I was born. RIP Bessie Mae Lewis Thompson
Too many today are easily judging some shoes they’ll never walk in. I’ve always tried to see beauty in anyone’s life and this is fascinating for me.
I enjoy stories like this.
Me too
Yeah, me too!
Im sure you do
Me too
@@nvefau9753 Just found out about him yesterday. And now TH-cam is showing me lots of videos with similar stories.
I'm a descendant of early Free People of Color Ohioans to include the Alexander family and nearly all of my family back then could very easily pass as white... but thank God most of them didn't. In fact several of those relatives were very important part of the Underground Railroad which assisted escaped slaves.
That’s beautiful ☺️ I would love to read more about your people. Thank them for their contributions♥️🇺🇸💙🙌🏽
I'm also a descendant of the same people (Atlantic Creoles, Eastern Woodlands and Free People of Color from North Carolina) and some of my ancestors went to Ohio. One of my ancestors also was a part of the Underground Railroad as well.
Brave people and survivors , much respect !
My ancestors helped on the underground railroad. They moved from South Carolina to Ohio also.
@@Catlily5 That’s beautiful 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Use it to everyone’s benefit. Only in America 🙁. It’s the reason people are confused. Don’t allow any one else define your self worth
Her family is brilliant
People " made the choice" back then to do what they needed to do for a better CHANCE in life.
It's weird. This lady looks like one of my relatives but I don't know how she identifies. My family is Creole American.
What an amazing family history! Lovely woman!
That family did big things! Happy black history month ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿✊🏾
Love this and related stories like these❣️
My Paternal Grandmother and Great-Grandmother were of mixed race, predominately of Native-American x German-Dutch lineages.
Yet, particularly w/my Great-Grandmother she was light enough to “pass.”
Passing would not be accepted today .. back then it was a survival mechanism today she would be labeled a sellout not respected
What reason is there to pass? Halsey, for example, is 25% African and nobody bats an eyelash. Most people ID her as "white." This is 2021, not 1721.
What's crazy is my family's(maternal side)name is Alexander, that goes back to my 3rd great grandfather. They were white passing. Most didn't pass but Im sure a couple did. I'm still researching them. My mom and her sisters caught hell growing up when they were moved back to the N.C.
@James Quinlan you must work for the PurdueOWL. I don’t see the point of being hypercritical on TH-cam.
@James Quinlan What is your problem? You're nothing but an educated fool that is if you're even educated. COMPLETELY UNCALLED FOR!!!!
Its because you have more white blood flowing in your veins.
@James Quinlan What are you talking about? Punctuation, spelling or sentence structure.
@@JasonLee-gy5ch I have more indigenous and African, but yeah there is a considerable amount of Anglo and Caucus.
Her grandmother may have known my great-granmother who too graduated from Tuskegee and knew both Booker T and George Washington Carver
Thank you for her work and her Grandmother's work. Being black is not relegated to one or two shades. Blackness encompasses a kaleidoscope of shades and a state of beingness. A passing Suffragette surely understood the nuances of her experience and chose a higher cause than merely pretending she was solely Caucasian.
We are all individuals whatever shade or complexion we have. This reminds me that the birth of a nation is illegitimate and handicapped when group-think seeks to destroy everything else for profit. As such, we are in this space in time, reviewing the choices and acts of our predecessors.
Thank you again for the work of this family.
@James Quinlan Who decided it was outdated? You?
I am not sure if you were being unnecessarily rude since it is so trendy, but I hope not. Unnecessary rudeness contributes greatly to the ills of society. Hopefully, you are not just smarter than that but also are actually a human being with baseline compassion.
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If blackness is not relegated to a shade and can encompass many shades how did the concept of blackness and whiteness get created in the first place. If black people could be confused for white people how did slavery happen?
I swear people be so confused about race, nationality, and ethnicity. Race is a social construct, of white supremacy. nonetheless that's the world we live in. Her ethnicity might be mixed with African ancestry, but she's still WHITE, passing in term of the 'race' you portray is not a thing. notice I said white not Caucasian
I agree. I am partly African-American & have always considered 'passing' to be shameful & sad. It is much better to be proud of the *entirety* of what one is than living half-truths & outright lies.
So she basically passed the brown paper bag test?
She refuted ignorance and oppressive opinions
No. The brown paper bag test is about colorism within the black community. Light skin was seen as better than dark skin and people with light skin looked down on those with darker skin.
@@Ablestreet Not true, the paper bag and pencil test were used, by whites, to segregate and classify people in South Africa.
@@msnjs1939 That may be true for South Africa but what I said about the paper bag test was true for black people in the USA!
@@Ablestreet Got ya. You are right, I read that like you were saying only blacks used it. Whites and blacks both used the test. Extra disgusting for blacks, the conditioning and systemic oppression is real.
Holy ish. This woman's family are the definition of excellence.
I can’t understand a country that needs to know ones race other than if you are a citizen of that country or not ! I believe when you apply for a job you have to identify what actual color you are ! Why is that necessary it wouldn’t happen in the UK and probably many other countries !
I always wonder why you need to know someone's "race" on job applications. They know exactly what they are doing!
@Mattie B I would guess so , though I always thought USA was worse , maybe I’m wrong ?
@@ninjacat4929 have you heard of worse stories of racism anywhere in the world?
@@lenaely6146 Very strange and still wondering !
In the USA, we have what we call Equal Employment Opportunity, meaning you can not discriminate based on race, region, etc., as such the company gets audited to ascertain that you are actually making an effort to Interview/hire minorities / exercising affirmative action. Some countries, outside the USA require that you submit a picture I.D. when applying for a job.
Awesome story!
her family are my distant relatives. I definitely will be investing in purchasing her books.
A beautiful and intriguing story! 💕
To no other nation in the world this woman would be seen as black. Even not in apartheid south africa.
Whats wrong in the united states
Lol maybe because you don’t know how light black people are. Especially if you grew up around them. She looks like a fair skinned black woman. Especially if you look at her features. That’s why most are able to pass and get by .. those a great part of history.
It’s because of the one drop rule that was created buy European men to have more slaves and to avoid having to pay inheritance to their mixed race children during slavery, which was required in the early days of slavery. So if you want to point fingers, point them to Europe and to England specifically.
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In jamaica and the carrebean there was no one drop rule.
It was specific to the northern american settlers
Amon Pizarro But I didn’t say there was a one drop rule in the Jamaica or the Caribbean.
@@Anonanon45
They were all british dominions.
Scotish or English planters sometimes accepted their sons out of concubinage and sent them for education to europe.
White planters also continued to send their offspring to Britain for their education despite the increasingly negative rhetoric surrounding the presence of privileged people of colour arriving in the metropole.
So it was fact
Every quote and. Quote white person should get the D&A test. You may unpleasantly surprised. Heeeeeeeeee!
Frederick Douglas was an Auld. His real father was from Scotland.
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I would never understand how can someone be so evil and not only have but torture blsck Americans. That is just evil in the most untinkable way.
I know a lot of older light skin folks that did this if I was their shade I would do it too
The lady was European. A Caucasian woman with distant African ancestry. I highly doubt she even had one African American parent!
Colorism still exist within the Black community. Light skin blacks were viewed as being more valued or accepted by white America.
To a White person Black is Black. It doesn't matter the skin shade. You're talking about White people from 150 years ago! The only time I've ever seen shade matter is when romance was involved.
@@purplevamp3132 No one would ever have known unless they knew her genealogy though. If she had moved to another state, nobody would have ever guessed. This was a woman with 99% European ancestry and a drop of African ancestry at best.
@@ilovelife3328 While I agree with yiu, I was responding to this man who thinks he can read minds. I know what White people are going to say when there are no Black people within earshot. Not once have I ever heard a White person say. 'Light-skins are better than dark-skins'. A Black person is a Black person to 90% of White people. Show business is however another video.
@@purplevamp3132 Oh yes you are right. This foolish One Drop Rule mess comes from the British mindset. In no other country would anyone ever ID this woman as being African American. I'm sick of the foolishness in this country. This woman is a EUROPEAN woman with distant African ancestry as far as I am concerned. Ronda Rousey had an African American ancestor too along with many other people. So does Meghan McCain. Does that suddenly make them or anyone else like them "African American"? Of course not! This idea of the ODR has always been rooted in racism - as if the African blood suddenly "taints" that person so they can no longer be seen as "white." Once we start IDing these historic figures PROPERLY, then this concept will finally die out.
@@ilovelife3328 My own mother was a light-bright as both of her parents identified as Negro on the Census. That's what I'm going by. But she had more than just one drop of Black blood. I consider myself mixed race and White at the same time. I go by 'You are what you are, and you are what you see in the mirror.'
The ship just landed in South America for my family. Idk my ancestors only my parents idk my grandparent or anyone beyond that. Anyone who can trace your ancestors you’re lucky
Great stories...a family full of history, American stories
My Paternal Great-Grandparents looked like they were white. They never tried to pass though.
Susan B Anthony was quite a racist so I could understand why her relationship to her was complicated.
D devil has put it into people's MIND THERE are Different RACE. The fact is that THERE are NO different RACE'S.... There's just ONE THE HUMAN RACE... BUT WE ARE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM BLACK PEOPLE.. CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF DIFFERENT RACES... NOT ONLY HISTORY BUT SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY SHOWS WE ALL CAME FROM ONE SOURCE...
Exactly
This is a excellent piece of history but her ancestor did NOT pass. Passing means she went to live her life as a white woman and became a part of the white community which is not what she did. She used phenotype to gather information to help her people.
Fascinating that there's been no darker skin family members in that lineage.
I guess you missed the picture of this woman's grandfather ... a black man from England.
@@KEMET1971 the grandpa looks more hispanic than black
@@malikranger1371 Hispanic isn't a race ... he is described as a black man from England who came to America to fight in the civil war, to fight as a black man.
@@KEMET1971 stop following one drop rule who maded that rule hates everything black ,mexican & asia indians are a group of mix race & tribes just like hispanic people
@@KEMET1971 The Grandfather being from England,could also have some white ancestry.
Anybody just sleeping on a couch doing nothing in her family? Wow, they are very accomplished.
This woman was not black. We need to stop.
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Thank you! So tired of mixed people being called black
It looks ridiculous but it's fair since the race Fraud is really common in America
What a great story!!!
A "suffragist" could be a man or woman who believed in extending the right to vote, also known as "suffrage." "Suffragette" is an intentionally demeaning term for women that were suffragists.
You are right! I hope folks will learn this and stop using that term. They were suffragists!
@@Ablestreet yet they themselves called it suffragette...tell them they were wrong.
Like the n word is a word whites used among themselves and when they started using it among blacks the blacks co-opted it and made it a term of endearment?
@@lenaely6146 yet the word means a type of attitude...yes, blacks have a certain type of attitude and that word can be applied appropriately to those who act tat way .
@@lenaely6146 No. The n word is not a term of endearment to black people. Ray Charles said it was a term of endearment. Ray Charles does not and didn't speak for anyone but himself. No black person speaks for all of the rest of us.
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He most certainly would have become president. He was an man who faced many obstacles in his life ,he suffered physical ailments as a child,and overcame that,his wife and Mother died on the same day. He built the Panama canal, which was genius, the French tried it and failed,he is also responsible for our national parks,that we enjoy today. He was once shot in the chest while giving a speech, and continued before getting medical attention. The man was unstoppable, a true American hero.
Maybe it was survival then, but it’s gross and inexcusable now.
These days we need to redefine what is black as the one drop rule does darker skin black women particularly no favours. We have been all but replaced by mixed race women who are defined as black when they are not in fact black at all. Notice this documentary is all about mixed race whose light skin has always given them an advantage in society
I really wonder why the world is so preoccupied by the colour of human skin
What a fascinating story
I can tell she has white ancestry & very strong genes.
They are still doing it today!!!!
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I hear you good for her God Bless you stay strong
If you can just claim another gender, than you can claim another race.
Not true. Gender is scientific. Race isn't scientific, it's a made up social construct.
Awesome story
We have a powerful history.😐
Color should not be an issue . The con tent of your character is what matters.
Undercover Sistah....
First of all, every person has a back story, and to somehow tell a person my pain was greater than yours is insane. Not to mention there is nothing about this woman other than having lighter skin that seems even remotely white. She has totally black facial features.
Powerful information
What if I'm a dark skin white, can I pass for black?
Godblessyoudarling
It pisses me off that Black people weren't allowed to have a quality of life for so long. I do get really curious though, when I see people throughout history passing as white. I mean, it would be really interesting to see the details of their ancestry. Has this woman ever done a DNA test?
It was hard enough being a female then . people probably asked what she was doing there as a woman man if they knew she was black to
That's nothing new everybody has some makes your name family some look Almost White and some look almost black best centuries ago and now and still now
It's no big thing about color ancestors I'm mixed with everything because of slavery in the years back so just let us let us accept it and go on thank you
US History would be more interesting if the whole story was told.
The truth is the one drop rule is a law. Because at that time that law was put in place to keep segregation. I drop of black blood can't truly mean you're black. That would actually mean most people are black. The question is not if we are black or white. The question is what is your origin and your nationality. One drop of black blood yet the person maybe 60% German Jewish Italian you name it. We as a whole need to move on from a laws that was put in place because of racism.
We really are a mix world. Yet we seem to thrive off of bring better then one another even within our own so call races.
" God made us all"
Will the world ever let it go"
Selfishness is what holds on to that rule.
Stay Safe Healthy Happy And Bless.
THIS woman is BIRACIAL OR MIXED... she's NOT A BLACK WOMAN!
I wouldn’t want to be something I’m not
Her son looks like her grandmother
Wow
Everybody in the comment section......... Suddenly becomes mixed race.........just saying
Most people in America are mixed race. Not recent immigrants but those of us who have been here for hundreds or thousands of years. Take a look at some DNA tests of (non-immigrant) Americans whose lineages go back to the 1600s in America.
Speak for yourself @Nomadic. “Most people in America are mixed race” is a statement we all repeat, just to get along. I am from the Tikar Tribe and it’s our culture to marry within the tribe, from Generation to generation.
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I'm speaking of Americans who have been here since the colonial era. My family has been in America for thousands of years (the Indigenous side) and my African and European ancestors came over in the 1500s and 1600s. Most Americans with a similar lineage as me will be either biracial or tri-racial due to the nature of the Colonies, just like Latinos in Latin America. Obviously, people who immigrated to the US in recent times would have a different heritage than the rest of us. We don't really have a tribal system in America the way other countries do. The first people who came here were predominately male explorers, indentured servants and slaves so they would have had to marry women from a different ethnic group other than their own.
@@ilovelife3328. True, but once again. You are speaking for your family. That’s fine. But it’s not wise or factual to extend your bloodline to the rest of the population as a whole.
Asians, Norwegian, Mongolians and other nations do maintain their phenotype.
I live in America where mixing is promoted (to the black population)
So if you don’t return to your original nationality. Your genes will eventually be wash out. That’s why this lady (claims to be black but dam near white) and her husband (claims to be black but dam near white) and descendants will continue to get whiter and whiter.
True Latinos is a “mutt nationality” however their origins comes from Asia and North Europe.
Mix breeding is nothing to be proud of, so staying within your nationality strengthen Phenotype, mixing with other nations weakens phenotype.
Similar to dog breeding, only the true bloods (pure pedigree) are worth more. You have to give the mutts (mixed breeds) away.
Mixing people is no different.
I love my pure pedigree. I’m so grateful my ancestors knew this and did not decrease my bloodline.
@@Onni_johnwickswife I'm only talking about AMERICA though. Not other countries. I can't speak for them as I don't know how things operate in those nations. We here in America have been mixed for the last 500 years. I'm not washing anything out because my family started off as a tri-racial family 500 years ago when my European ancestors married Indigenous Women and Atlantic Creole people of Portuguese and Angolan lineage. I'm glad that you are proud of your ancestry. I'm proud of who I am - I love my heritage and I would never change my ancestry for anything! Creoles like W.E.B. DuBois, Frederick Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Pinchback, Homer Plessy and many others built America into the powerhouse that it is today!
#proudCREOLE
Ha ha ha ha and Abraham Lincoln passed.
He was probably some kind of Mediterranean ancestry, not African. He hated African Americans way too much to have any African ancestry!
It's been said he is of Indigenous descent; during his era the tribes people were marked as white (meaning freedom to society; not race/skin color) & that's why amerikkka portrays him as a white male
@@lenaely6146 He was Melungeon/Cherokee on his mother’s side and English on his father’s side. I looked up his Haplogroups. Melungeons are Turkish Phoenicians.
.......america is full of $#!+, when it comes towards acknowledging race. If all those who possess that "one 8th drop" stood up ADOS wouldn't be the minority or be forced into that awesome second class citizenship spot that no one in the first class cares to recognize. PEACE Family.
This is Vicky's grand mamma
The reporter on the far left is white passing
We are not from Africa
Yes we are.
Oh ok she do have white in her. She do looks white more so.
Her grandmother could really pass, but the lady shown here looks like a light skinned black women, however does sound like a white woman. I have plenty of people on my mother's side that could easily pass for white or Caucasian/Mexican
She doesn’t look like a white Woman lol .She would be out by another colored person for passing !
looks like they practiced the paper bag discrimination in her family well over a century aftet the suffrageth death, because neither her nor her husband nor her kids look like actual Black people. this is fine and all but they were in it for themselves not for the greater cause.
I guess you missed the picture of this woman's grandfather ... a black man from England.
@@KEMET1971 he was mixed though. we can tell. only slightly tanned but its daguerrotype but i guess the english accent augmented his stock a bit.
We did this alot in the south and caribbean
what do actual black people look like...just wondering
The definition seems far from absolute - Lechiffresix seems to feel that one must be 100% African or black to be black. If that is the case then the majority of blacks (at least in the united states) are not really black.
Oh please
Mixed Race
They really don’t look white’ especially if a real white person is next to here . She’s very light like my mom wit black features, no white features at all
My mother looks like this as well. Long beautiful hair. Very proud of her family and heritage.
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