Mixed race bloke here .I had to smile listening to your story, as I remember going through this stuff being a teen in the 80s. I grew up in an inner city area of the Midlands, with friends from all over the world ( in the later 70s every new term, new immigrants from the old colonies would settle the UK, their kids would start school) and not having a clue what racism was. Learning about Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Caribbean culture, Irish culture, The Beatles, Banghra, Reggae etc etc -It was truly a great, culturally enriching environment which I look back on with fondness, and I believe everyone would benefit from that experience when young... Unfortunately that didn't last. In the early 80s my mum decided to move out to the subs, and I ended up going to an almost all white school, and being physically assaulted on the first day! I can remember National Front graffiti, on walls and having to fight racists and racist teachers all the time. I can remember learning very quickly not to bring attention to myself. I had knives pulled on me, getting chased home from school was like a part of the curriculum!Dating was out of the question - white girls who spoke to me were ostracized, or called awful names. If i showed any talent for sport, or art, it was attacked - and when i went back to school to collect my art after my exams, some had been stolen, and some vandalised with racist graffit. It was a very hard, confusing and very lonely time - I tried desperately to fit in, and having to form friendships with people who were racially abusive towards you, but at least didn't attack you was in hindsight, crazy, but those were the times. Throughout all of that, and the challenges of being mixed race out in the world, I always looked back on those early days when I was exposed to cultural diversity from all over the world, and that's what inspired to to travel, and see the world, and to always be open to learn about others - Then you realise were all different, but all very similar and thats good! Racism ultimately is all about fear, and ignorance and people of all types have to be brave enough to open themselves to new things, and then you realise, there's nothing to fear! Anyway really enjoyed your vid. Stay strong sis and always strive to be YOU!! ✊
Thank you for sharing your story - what a rollercoaster. It is extremely difficult sharing mine purely for the ignorant and racist comments I've had to delete off this video, making me question if I am crazy or if this is all in my head. I appreciate you taking the time to message with solidarity. Thank you! Eboni
I'm not surprised sad to say . I have heard from biracials in the UK growing up either before or during the 80s how hard it was especially with National Front rampaging everywhere .
@@eboniivoryblog Ngl when you stated you experienced prejudice from other black girls it kinda irked me. Not denying its not true but it brings up the black girls picking me because I’m mixed. But what about me that’s fully black that got called Oreo and made to feel less black even until my big age at 24. Think you guys need to get over the pity party. And maybe think they just didn’t like you for you. All of us aren’t going to get along due different personalities and interests. We should definitely stop the ignorant rhetoric but it is what it is.
Mixed raced dude over here. I am still searching (at 43!) for a girl over here on the continent! Can anyone give me a hint, where to go to, so that I could at least meet people of my 'race'? I wouldn't mind even travelling to the UK - just to meet someone who is in the same situation as me!! Please help!
As a black woman, with two black parents, I never understood what mixed race people went through until I befriended a girl in junior high school who was adopted by a white family. She begged me to hang out with her because she felt that she had no identity and she desperately wanted to connect with black people (her people). She confided in me that she was unhappy because she did not feel that her white parents understood her or could relate to her. Because I was a teenager, I did not really understand. Still the situation obviously made an impact on me because when she went to a different high school, but I never forgot her. To this day, I recall her desperation in wanting to connect and how aloof I was because I just did not understand what she was going through. I feel bad as an adult, but as a teen kid, I was not equipped to help her. Her problems were deep and too heavy for me to understand let alone help her through. I hope that she is doing well , was able to find her identity and internal peace.
Why do you say the mixed race girl's people are black people? That is so untrue and so racist. A mixed race person being of a multiplicity of races has a very different experience of life to a black person and vice versa. If she was suffering trauma, then it would have been more helpful to indicate that she is a mixture and a blend
Seeing as how white and black people are just Americans I don't really see any reason to call myself Black just because I have a Nigeria great grandparent. That's weird to me. I'm mixed race and my people are the ones that pass my vibe check. I have more in common with African Americans than Black people.
Yes, I know precisely what you're talking about. I'm Mixed Race, half Black African and half White Irish, and have come across the same things here in the UK growing up. I was born in the early 60s and grew up in the 70s and 80s. One thing that I did use to find a bit annoying and offensive within the Black community, and it doesn't happen so much now and I'm sure they meant well, I'm sure they didn't mean to offend, so I don't want this to be taken in the wrong way but back in the 70s and 80s, I can remember on quite a few occasions when it seemed like real Black people felt the need to talk to me with this obviously put-on cockney accent and for a long time, it puzzled me as to why they felt the need to talk to me like that because I thought it was obvious what I was. It was like they were doing their version of what they think White guys talk like when they would address me, which suggested to me that they saw me as 'White'. Yes, it's true that I wasn't brought up Black but I wasn't brought up talking like that either. What they used to do was this overly exaggerated version of how they thought White guys talk and, to be honest, it was irritating, it was even more irritating than listening to a real White person trying to talk Black and there was a lot of that too back then. It didn't happen all the time and there were some who could see what I actually was, that I wasn't a real White guy but now and again, I would get some mono-racial Black person who would talk to me like that and then when they saw a real Black person they would then switch back to 'Black talk' if you know what I mean. So this made it obvious to me what they thought I was, even though they never actually said it, the message they were giving me was loud and clear, they quite obviously took me for a "White guy". I would imagine that even real White guys found this fake cockney attempt by Black guys annoying because, in reality, not all White guys talk like that anyway, they don't all go around saying "mate" and "geezer" etc and it was so obviously a put-on, and those Black guys never really sounded comfortable talking like that, I often felt like saying "stop it...just....just stop it...just talk to me how you normally talk...be yourself with me and I will be myself with you" but often, when you confront people with these things, they will deny it, they will gaslight you and they will then accuse you of "imagining things" but I know I wasn't just imagining it. What I have noticed now though, is that everyone seems to be pretty much talking the same on the streets. Pure cockney is dying out and even real Whites are using words like 'bro' and 'bruv' and mixing them with cockney. Real Black guys are doing the same thing, as well as other groups, so there is very little difference between the way people speak on the streets today. When it comes to physical ethnicity, however, there still seems to be this confusion regarding those of us who are Mixed Race though. Different people are going to have different opinions of us. I still get some who presume I'm White and others who think I am some sort of a light-skinned Black guy and yet others who think I am Turkish or Greek or something like that. they go all around the world before they finally say "are you Mixed Race?". It's very few that get it right the first time but now and again, someone gets it in one go, and I'm quietly thinking "well done, I'm glad someone's got some brain cells". I know that sounds patronising and I don't mean it to be but there is just so much illogical nonsense I have had to put up with all of my life. What I have mentioned here is just one of many things, but you will know all that being Mixed Race yourself. Many thanks.
Thank you for sharing your story, John. We talk how we walk, whatever race. Accents shouldn’t and can’t belong to a “race” it is about location and upbringing. It sounds like a mask people hid behind to disguise their racism. Thank you again for sharing. Sorry to hear about your experiences. I hope you would feel comfortable challenging similar behaviours nowadays. Eboni x
I am mixed race Brazilian adopted by white British parents, my siblings are all adopted to there is 6 of us. My siblings are white.. I grew up in a very well to do village in the Midlands and went to an all white primary and in secondary I met another mixed race girl who was in a different class group same year, she pretty much snubbed me as she was more mixed than me which was mean as I had no identity and was very excited to speak with her. I experienced racism from primary to secondary to college to uni and also in work. I was shocked when I moved to London when I decided to venture out and explore other environments experiences. I found that many black people mainly girls were very racist towards me and gave me the feeling that I was not able to connect with either black or white. I found I connected with mixed people of other ethnicities. Talking about hair my hair is curly Brazilian and grows down to my bum, in school I had chewingum put in my hair, I've had my hair cut in clubs and my mum had no idea so used to snip it to my chin my nan used to thin my hair.... Until I got to my teens and grew my own mind. Hair jealousy is big from black girls and white girls..I find I get more attention from white men recently due to the new fashion to be with a black or mixed race girl. I very rarely tell people I am Brazilian due to the added stigma that comes with that, that is a whole different story. On the end note I feel racism comes from ignorance and fear.
I hear this and I can relate very well. There are things that I didn’t address in this video that you have in this comment. I feel like because mixed race people hold privilege in black spaces, we are unable to talk about difficulties. But I have experienced prejudice from black women A LOT, I have also experienced positive discrimination from white and black men. It’s a really big conversation. Thank you for sharing your experience. Eboni x
@@eboniivoryblog please can you Do a video, of how you have experienced prejudices , from black woman? & Positive discrimination from black & white men
Humans are funny. I'm Canadian, and I've always found mixed race British people really cool, Interesting looking, usually better looking than average people, with a traditional British accent. Very interesting to observe, different than the USA. Usually humans who are the result of two different racial looks, end up interestingly beautiful and unique. I don't understand prejudice in this regard, like people getting along and getting together is a good thing. Do we all want to be Appalachian mountain crossed eyed folk? This girl in college was half Japanese half Portuguese, she was sooooo beautiful. So really, it's just fear and jealousy.
Hello, I'm mixed race. I'm part black/part native American and light skinned with curly hair. Anyways thanks for sharing your story. Unfortunately light skinned, mixed raced, and white passing black people usually have a similar struggle in this regard, we don't feel like we're "black enough" to fit in with black people or "not white enough" to fit in with white people. Me personally, I never felt like this, but I do know some people who have. A close relative of mine dealt with bullying because she's light skinned with curly hair and tried to make her feel like she wasn't black enough to have the name Ebony. Note: while colorism effects dark skinned blacks the most, be aware that reverse colorism happens towards light skin blks from certain blks which is sad as a whole. As for fetishizing blks, unfortunately all blk men and women are fetishized by not just non blacks but also by our own people based on stereotypes dating back to slavery. It goes like this, for blk men, the darker we are the more we're fetishized. For blk women, the lighter you are the more ur fetishized. It's messed up really but we are fetishized more severely than any other group. By the way, you are a beautiful person, inside and out. Don't let anyone tell you that you're not black enough. That can be coming from stereotypes, jealousy, or self-hatred which is sad. You and ur mom remind me of my mom and her mom. My mom is light skin, her mom is brown skin yet my mom looks exactly like her mom.
Hey Jaz! Thank you for watching this video :) I’m glad you found something relatable about this video - albeit negative. It seems like many mixed people have experienced this, hopefully people will hear our story x
I'm mixed race Jamaican and southern Irish, I'm older than you, I'm 39 and my first racist experience was when I was being left unconscious outside of my house at 3 years old by racist white people .and when the police came they were laughing and joking with the people who done it.i used to be spat at as a child and many other things like that I remember.so from a very young age I never felt English at all .I always felt like I was born a foreigner in a country I don't belong in .the first time I walked the streets of Jamaica where my father is from is the first time I remember feeling like I belonged.i felt like I was home.i can relate to you in some ways, it's sad to me when I hear the things that people go through, and there experience with racism, it would be such a lovely ting if we lived in a world where skin coulor was insignificant and people learned to see the beauty in diversity.
I'm 29 and mixed Ghanaian and English, and my experience with racism has also been very hostile and violent. I think there are a lot of damaged people like us walking around. I find it shocking that so many White people are not just completely unaware of this, but aggressive defensive when you mention it to them.
@@annae3641 I can completely relate to what your saying.ive had the same kinda responses from people when I bring up the subject of racism.its like many white people don't want to admit what they have done to black people historically and in present times .it's like they want to ignore the elephant in the room .this is not an equal society that we live in , there are many black and brown people alike who have to put up with alot of oppression in every day life. Personally, I don't look at England as home ,for me home is Jamaica ,but I've met many people who don't know their roots ,and have never had a chance to see life outside of the UK .I don't know if you've ever had the chance to spend some time in Ghana before ,but I bet if you have ,you will understand what I mean when I say life outside of the UK is so different , and if you have been to Ghana, you probably felt alot more at home and welcome their than in the UK.Personally I've had enough of the UK and I feel that with in the next couple of years Ile be leaving for Jamaica or Africa, because I can't see things ever changing here in the UK.if you can make a better life somewhere else it's definitely worth considering💯💯💯.blesss 🙂
I hope I don't offend anyone with my comments. It is not my intention to hurt any feelings and I welcome those who disagree with my points. Growing up in Tottenham I've always regarded mixed race people as black. I'm of Ghanaian decent and my mother (despite being full Ghanaian) is not that much darker than yourself. We believe there was an Arab or White visitor a few generations ago. So to me all shades of brown people were 'black', regardless of the colour of their parents. Then again, Tottenham in the 80s was a great mix of Black, Irish, Eastern European Jewish, Greek, Cypriot, Turkish etc etc etc, so we were ALL Black, Irish, Eastern European Jewish, Greek, Cypriot, Turkish etc etc etc. Colour didn't mean shiii! We were divided only by football. 🤣😂 After graduating from Manchester university and working in various parts of the country I started to encounter more mixed people who didn't 'want' to be seen as or be associated with being black. A lot of women in particular were hostile to me, despite my intentions being platonic. I found that if their fathers had been absent from their lives and their mother's were bitter at their treatment (justified in a lot of cases), then a black man was seen as an ultimate no go area. It's as if that one unrighteous black man had tarnished the rest of us. I also observe that 99% of the mixed race guys I know have made beautiful families with a white lady. Again no offence intended, but is this because they feel that they cannot relate to a black female due to being raised by a white mother and black father? As you can imagine, the offspring of a mixed race and white union will almost certainly marry a white partner, so in two generations the black will have disappeared. I myself have married a mixed race lady brought up by a Black father and white mother in rural Surrey. My wife identifies as 'black' but doesn't feel any 'difference' between herself and her 'northern England' white relatives, where her mother hails from. However she has a mixed race friend who says she 'doesn't find black/mixed race men attractive'. So she only dated white men and ultimately married one. Ultimately I love everyone and say 'live and let live'. I'm just disappointed if people have preconceived ideas about being with a partner because they feel it is 'socially more acceptable' or because they've been brainwashed to see other people as the 'bad kind'. Love is blind. Peace and love to everyone, weather you be black, white, mixed, gay or conventional.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I’m mixed Jamaican and British as well but I grew up in the U.S. I experienced similar bouts of racism but at school it was masked well from my mother by the teachers. I grew up mixed…. Low key disliked by everyone and I didn’t know why. I didn’t understand until I joined the military. Such a mess. ❤️ thank you again for sharing.
Hey :) Thank you for watching and for sharing your story with me. I understand the feeling of not being liked but not sure why. I am interested in what your military experience has been! Sending love ❤️ Eboni x
@@eboniivoryblog hey girl!!! I never thought about sharing my experience in the military 🤔🤓 that’s a really great idea. I hope (if/when) I do and post the video you check it out❤️🥰 I’m already planning it. Thanks for inspiring me ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Your experience holds so true to me. Attending a prominently white secondary as a mixed race girl was difficult at times. I would get teased over my hair and called "curly fries" and i had pencils chucked at it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your experience x I’m sorry that you had to endure that. Hopefully people are learning that these things are not okay and stick with us xx
???????? What does being "black" have to do with it?? But to better answer your question (at least from my perspective)... for me as a White person who grew up around mostly white people I didn't see Biracial people (especially Biracial women) very often... if at all. So part of the reason would be because I didn't see it all that often... But that probably rings true for most people, now that I think on it. But I think the most accurate answer (regardless of my or any persons race) is that Biracial features are probably quite rare when compared to most other "traditional" features... and, naturally... the more "rare" or uncommon something or someone is... the more precious it is.
@@VredesStall you're kind to say this but it doesn't always feel like rare is a compliment. I've felt isolated. White men are very nice in general to me but I feel odd talking to them because I'm also not ethnically American.
Mixed race from America and your story reminds me of mine, but my mom is white and i refused to be what others wanted me to be, so I’d get in a lot of arguments with other kids
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If a black woman calls me black I won't correct her because that's her way of being social but if a black man calls me black I correct him because that's his way of trying to confirm if I'm attracted to him 🤣. I honestly don't care for the term as it is so much more than skin color and ancestry but about adopting a mind set of bitterness that I don't vibe with. I was made fun of by black kids when they thought they had the upper hand and I know if I'm surrounded by black people they won't see me as Black because they don't feel the need to force an ally. They might assume I identify as Black because I'm not afraid to the lone beige in the crowd but I'm just not scared being a minority. When they realize this they respect me but some will try to harass me to reclaim power and it doesn't phase me. White people do it too but in that weird passive aggressive way they like to do 😅. Over all, I've just learned to be an individual so these terms don't suite me.
All Indians are mixed of many races. So fair girls are being given more importance for choosing brides for arranged marriages. The world is full of ignorance of God's love for all humanity irrespective of races. All are equal for Him.
My parents are both half Indian half white, I always found the ‘lighter is better’ concept to be ridiculous. But if people have a personal preference, I’m okay with that.
I went though shit growing up bring mixed race. All my sisters and brothers. We are I'm half Italian and half Jamaican. Alot off people very jealous then.
You are basically half african and half european. I would suggest to be toned to both European and African accestry and accept them as they are. Also, It is okay to be aware and know your ancestry but do not let it be completely your only identity and make it an unhealthy habits of mortification because you feel " fake" or betraying your race and does not belong. More importantly accept as you are and trying practicing self love. A lot of mixed race desasperate want acceptance either one race or other race but sometimes both can be very hostile or disgusted by the idea of mixed race people. That is the reason mixed race are bullied, feel more isolated, have more mental issues, ostracized and more into drug addiction. Of course, this a mere generalization not necessarily happen them all and there are exception to the rule. But my point still stands: Mixed race among most vulnerable along with other vulnerable demographic like trans , intersex , deaf and etc.
Mixed girl here..... we all have that curly girl hair best part is we can go curly monday and then just blow dry and flat iron tuesday no relaxer needed that is our SUPER POWER....
Haha I WISH I had the energy to blow dry my hair! I used to do it every day and fried my hair! (In the 00’s!) I haven’t had straight hair since a blow dry in 2019!
@@jennifersmith5230 NOPE NOT A DIG...just a little self love...when you have a white mom who dosent know HOW to do your hair and you are teased about your hair until like 7th grade kids calling your hair a "RATS NEST" and finally learn how to do it , and not have your mom keep cutting it into an AFRO that didnt. Look right cause some parts wont stand up & you got like 3 different types of curls.....mixed chicks who's. Moms are black learn things sooner I guess......then. .I married a mexican so one of my girls has white girl hair...the other has my curls..... i did her hair until 8th grade & made sure she knew how to do her hair both straight and curly JUST so she wouldn't be teased...never relaxed it until she was 18 and to this day and shes 32 now, she is All curls all the time...so nope NOT a dig i LOVE all the BLACK side of my family but grandma wasn't around to help dad either cause of divorce...
@@dulcerissa489 She looks mostly European to me. But then if she adopted a more ‘European’ hairstyle like Meghan Markle, she may look different. But she is truly gorgeous!
@@AnimatedBlastShe does not look European. You can tell with her beige complexion that she is mixed with European and Afro-Caribbean. However, she could also pass for Arab North African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, Creole, South Cypriot, North Cypriot, Sicilian... She is definitely a beautiful woman of colour, but lighter beige brown complexion.
Some insightful things you are referring to. As Multi-Racial Person in USA; Lived in some Poverty Stricken Areas growing up in 60s and 70s; Los Angeles(Born), San Diego, CA., Houston, TX. Being chased almost everyday from School, Being Burnt Alive, Suffocated with a Pillow, etc..This at the Hands of Black People! Not Even Whites were that Vicious! But in all Fairness met some good People in all Persuasions! One final note that a littles disturbing is the Org. BLM and have been reports they are a Sham Org. that are just pocketing Donors Money and Living the High Life.
@@JamaicanToast nope. I have seen Spanish girls that look like her on similar hair texture, hell this Spanish girl even had a wider nose than her and the same skin tone. I’ve seen Italians and Greeks that are darker than her and identify as white and get the pass! She could definitely pass as a Southern European.
@@beast9125 You're 'reaching' as we say in London. This woman is clearly Mixed and does not bare resemblance to southern Europeans okay! You got that? Lol
Chris Jackson HI CHRIS!! How are you?? Were you watching on a phone? Or laptop? Or TV? Haha I think probs too small for a phone but fine everywhere else? Basically my mum is Jamaican!
You can't compare being mixed race in England or anywhere else in Europe to America. It's different, most Americans have a negative turbulent history with race. Not saying that England is better but I'd rather experience racism there then here. Also most mixed race people here have a Black father/White mother as appose to White father/Black British mother...
I think the British mixed is different from the US. In the United States you would be Black. Because there are many Black people in America with your skin tone.
Her race would be white just because of her skin tone, the US always does that to light skin blacks.(But now on the racial charts, they have the option to select multiracial/biracial)
Many black people in the U.S. have admixtures, and some are not as black as they say they are especially with the old racist “OneDrop” Jim Crow law, that would classify a person who is only a quarter black, but looks white as black. America is not the law on racial classification. P
@@benscr The US Census is the law unless you live in another country. Its been that way since the recording of slavery. If you had children with the rapist slave master, they were Black.
Rae Neumann It’s a racist nonsensical law, and should be scrapped if it still exists. But I’m pretty sure the way you describe it, has changed since the late 80s.
I'm an white immigrant, vegetating here in London for the last fifteen years. I experienced whole Mendeleyev board of various forms of racism here from black british community, from hate faces(female favourite), through verbal abuse, getting spit at, up to a number of violent attacks. Only the last few years have been better, propably due to generation change, though few months ago I was called efyn white man on the street, and few weeks ago my second favourite singer gave me evil eyes, full of hate passing me in the shop. I want even mention not being able to fulfill the dream of having a black girlfriend, which brought me here in the first place. Cheer up then, racism works both ways. Btw, white privilage is a racist concept; blm is full of racist concepts.
Miss let me clarify to you. Because are not black and you are biracial thus the privilege not because of your tone. Colorism stems from the US where being black is a social construct and collector group where many people used or still are categorized in who are half black or less. Usually these people are lighter skinned and people did notice how they were treated nicer but that does not stem from having less melanin. Those individuals have Caucasian features or very similar and at the end of the day their structure is nothing like a true blacks. Skin color does not make you look blacker. More melanin does not make you look more black. It is the DNA and therefore your anatomy, structure etc is what really shows race and your percentages. There are blacks with albinism and vitiligo who are fully black and look many times "blacker" than any darkskin and eventhough they are the lightest they experience the most hardcore racism. Melanin does not make you more or less black or black looking. Melanin is present in every race, it does not define race.Being biracial or mixed and having darkskin still does not make you less privileged, the being mixed is always visible on their structure and being therefore the privilege. Another example true black with albinism and a biracial with the same skin tone do not look alike, nothing alike. And the pure black with albinism is not privileged at all, but the biracial is. Privilege comes from the lack of blackness in you genetically thus the looks, and this is way way beyond melanin.
Mixed race bloke here .I had to smile listening to your story, as I remember going through this stuff being a teen in the 80s. I grew up in an inner city area of the Midlands, with friends from all over the world ( in the later 70s every new term, new immigrants from the old colonies would settle the UK, their kids would start school) and not having a clue what racism was. Learning about Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Caribbean culture, Irish culture, The Beatles, Banghra, Reggae etc etc -It was truly a great, culturally enriching environment which I look back on with fondness, and I believe everyone would benefit from that experience when young... Unfortunately that didn't last. In the early 80s my mum decided to move out to the subs, and I ended up going to an almost all white school, and being physically assaulted on the first day! I can remember National Front graffiti, on walls and having to fight racists and racist teachers all the time. I can remember learning very quickly not to bring attention to myself. I had knives pulled on me, getting chased home from school was like a part of the curriculum!Dating was out of the question - white girls who spoke to me were ostracized, or called awful names. If i showed any talent for sport, or art, it was attacked - and when i went back to school to collect my art after my exams, some had been stolen, and some vandalised with racist graffit. It was a very hard, confusing and very lonely time - I tried desperately to fit in, and having to form friendships with people who were racially abusive towards you, but at least didn't attack you was in hindsight, crazy, but those were the times. Throughout all of that, and the challenges of being mixed race out in the world, I always looked back on those early days when I was exposed to cultural diversity from all over the world, and that's what inspired to to travel, and see the world, and to always be open to learn about others - Then you realise were all different, but all very similar and thats good! Racism ultimately is all about fear, and ignorance and people of all types have to be brave enough to open themselves to new things, and then you realise, there's nothing to fear! Anyway really enjoyed your vid. Stay strong sis and always strive to be YOU!! ✊
Thank you for sharing your story - what a rollercoaster. It is extremely difficult sharing mine purely for the ignorant and racist comments I've had to delete off this video, making me question if I am crazy or if this is all in my head. I appreciate you taking the time to message with solidarity. Thank you!
Eboni
I'm not surprised sad to say .
I have heard from biracials in the UK growing up either before or during the 80s how hard it was especially with National Front rampaging everywhere .
@@eboniivoryblog Ngl when you stated you experienced prejudice from other black girls it kinda irked me. Not denying its not true but it brings up the black girls picking me because I’m mixed. But what about me that’s fully black that got called Oreo and made to feel less black even until my big age at 24. Think you guys need to get over the pity party. And maybe think they just didn’t like you for you. All of us aren’t going to get along due different personalities and interests. We should definitely stop the ignorant rhetoric but it is what it is.
Mixed raced dude over here.
I am still searching (at 43!) for a girl over here on the continent!
Can anyone give me a hint, where to go to, so that I could at least meet people of my 'race'?
I wouldn't mind even travelling to the UK - just to meet someone who is in the same situation as me!!
Please help!
Racism is not about fear racism is about preserving your kind.
As a black woman, with two black parents, I never understood what mixed race people went through until I befriended a girl in junior high school who was adopted by a white family. She begged me to hang out with her because she felt that she had no identity and she desperately wanted to connect with black people (her people). She confided in me that she was unhappy because she did not feel that her white parents understood her or could relate to her. Because I was a teenager, I did not really understand. Still the situation obviously made an impact on me because when she went to a different high school, but I never forgot her. To this day, I recall her desperation in wanting to connect and how aloof I was because I just did not understand what she was going through. I feel bad as an adult, but as a teen kid, I was not equipped to help her. Her problems were deep and too heavy for me to understand let alone help her through. I hope that she is doing well , was able to find her identity and internal peace.
Why do you say the mixed race girl's people are black people? That is so untrue and so racist. A mixed race person being of a multiplicity of races has a very different experience of life to a black person and vice versa. If she was suffering trauma, then it would have been more helpful to indicate that she is a mixture and a blend
Seeing as how white and black people are just Americans I don't really see any reason to call myself Black just because I have a Nigeria great grandparent.
That's weird to me.
I'm mixed race and my people are the ones that pass my vibe check.
I have more in common with African Americans than Black people.
@@carelessrappide because it's the things that makes her not connect with white people. she is black and white. she is both.
@@bleachedout805 you know there are other countries right? i'm not american. african americans are black. there is such a thing as black culture.
@@bluebellbeatnik4945 We don’t want or need your black card with the BBQ sauce stain. I will pass on the cookout, I'm busy
Yes, I know precisely what you're talking about. I'm Mixed Race, half Black African and half White Irish, and have come across the same things here in the UK growing up. I was born in the early 60s and grew up in the 70s and 80s. One thing that I did use to find a bit annoying and offensive within the Black community, and it doesn't happen so much now and I'm sure they meant well, I'm sure they didn't mean to offend, so I don't want this to be taken in the wrong way but back in the 70s and 80s, I can remember on quite a few occasions when it seemed like real Black people felt the need to talk to me with this obviously put-on cockney accent and for a long time, it puzzled me as to why they felt the need to talk to me like that because I thought it was obvious what I was.
It was like they were doing their version of what they think White guys talk like when they would address me, which suggested to me that they saw me as 'White'. Yes, it's true that I wasn't brought up Black but I wasn't brought up talking like that either. What they used to do was this overly exaggerated version of how they thought White guys talk and, to be honest, it was irritating, it was even more irritating than listening to a real White person trying to talk Black and there was a lot of that too back then.
It didn't happen all the time and there were some who could see what I actually was, that I wasn't a real White guy but now and again, I would get some mono-racial Black person who would talk to me like that and then when they saw a real Black person they would then switch back to 'Black talk' if you know what I mean. So this made it obvious to me what they thought I was, even though they never actually said it, the message they were giving me was loud and clear, they quite obviously took me for a "White guy".
I would imagine that even real White guys found this fake cockney attempt by Black guys annoying because, in reality, not all White guys talk like that anyway, they don't all go around saying "mate" and "geezer" etc and it was so obviously a put-on, and those Black guys never really sounded comfortable talking like that, I often felt like saying "stop it...just....just stop it...just talk to me how you normally talk...be yourself with me and I will be myself with you" but often, when you confront people with these things, they will deny it, they will gaslight you and they will then accuse you of "imagining things" but I know I wasn't just imagining it.
What I have noticed now though, is that everyone seems to be pretty much talking the same on the streets. Pure cockney is dying out and even real Whites are using words like 'bro' and 'bruv' and mixing them with cockney. Real Black guys are doing the same thing, as well as other groups, so there is very little difference between the way people speak on the streets today.
When it comes to physical ethnicity, however, there still seems to be this confusion regarding those of us who are Mixed Race though. Different people are going to have different opinions of us. I still get some who presume I'm White and others who think I am some sort of a light-skinned Black guy and yet others who think I am Turkish or Greek or something like that. they go all around the world before they finally say "are you Mixed Race?". It's very few that get it right the first time but now and again, someone gets it in one go, and I'm quietly thinking "well done, I'm glad someone's got some brain cells". I know that sounds patronising and I don't mean it to be but there is just so much illogical nonsense I have had to put up with all of my life. What I have mentioned here is just one of many things, but you will know all that being Mixed Race yourself. Many thanks.
Thank you for sharing your story, John. We talk how we walk, whatever race. Accents shouldn’t and can’t belong to a “race” it is about location and upbringing. It sounds like a mask people hid behind to disguise their racism.
Thank you again for sharing. Sorry to hear about your experiences. I hope you would feel comfortable challenging similar behaviours nowadays.
Eboni x
I am mixed race Brazilian adopted by white British parents, my siblings are all adopted to there is 6 of us. My siblings are white.. I grew up in a very well to do village in the Midlands and went to an all white primary and in secondary I met another mixed race girl who was in a different class group same year, she pretty much snubbed me as she was more mixed than me which was mean as I had no identity and was very excited to speak with her. I experienced racism from primary to secondary to college to uni and also in work. I was shocked when I moved to London when I decided to venture out and explore other environments experiences. I found that many black people mainly girls were very racist towards me and gave me the feeling that I was not able to connect with either black or white. I found I connected with mixed people of other ethnicities. Talking about hair my hair is curly Brazilian and grows down to my bum, in school I had chewingum put in my hair, I've had my hair cut in clubs and my mum had no idea so used to snip it to my chin my nan used to thin my hair.... Until I got to my teens and grew my own mind. Hair jealousy is big from black girls and white girls..I find I get more attention from white men recently due to the new fashion to be with a black or mixed race girl. I very rarely tell people I am Brazilian due to the added stigma that comes with that, that is a whole different story. On the end note I feel racism comes from ignorance and fear.
I hear this and I can relate very well. There are things that I didn’t address in this video that you have in this comment. I feel like because mixed race people hold privilege in black spaces, we are unable to talk about difficulties. But I have experienced prejudice from black women A LOT, I have also experienced positive discrimination from white and black men. It’s a really big conversation. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Eboni x
Black gene are dominant and that's science so you figure it out from there
@@eboniivoryblog please can you Do a video, of how you have experienced prejudices , from black woman? & Positive discrimination from black & white men
@@beeaboutabbabusiness8738 umm why only black women? Why always us?
Humans are funny. I'm Canadian, and I've always found mixed race British people really cool, Interesting looking, usually better looking than average people, with a traditional British accent. Very interesting to observe, different than the USA. Usually humans who are the result of two different racial looks, end up interestingly beautiful and unique. I don't understand prejudice in this regard, like people getting along and getting together is a good thing. Do we all want to be Appalachian mountain crossed eyed folk? This girl in college was half Japanese half Portuguese, she was sooooo beautiful. So really, it's just fear and jealousy.
Hello, I'm mixed race. I'm part black/part native American and light skinned with curly hair. Anyways thanks for sharing your story. Unfortunately light skinned, mixed raced, and white passing black people usually have a similar struggle in this regard, we don't feel like we're "black enough" to fit in with black people or "not white enough" to fit in with white people. Me personally, I never felt like this, but I do know some people who have. A close relative of mine dealt with bullying because she's light skinned with curly hair and tried to make her feel like she wasn't black enough to have the name Ebony. Note: while colorism effects dark skinned blacks the most, be aware that reverse colorism happens towards light skin blks from certain blks which is sad as a whole.
As for fetishizing blks, unfortunately all blk men and women are fetishized by not just non blacks but also by our own people based on stereotypes dating back to slavery. It goes like this, for blk men, the darker we are the more we're fetishized. For blk women, the lighter you are the more ur fetishized. It's messed up really but we are fetishized more severely than any other group. By the way, you are a beautiful person, inside and out. Don't let anyone tell you that you're not black enough. That can be coming from stereotypes, jealousy, or self-hatred which is sad. You and ur mom remind me of my mom and her mom. My mom is light skin, her mom is brown skin yet my mom looks exactly like her mom.
I really appreciate you making this video. I am also mixed race and have experienced most of the things you are addressing
Hey Jaz! Thank you for watching this video :) I’m glad you found something relatable about this video - albeit negative. It seems like many mixed people have experienced this, hopefully people will hear our story x
I'm mixed race Jamaican and southern Irish, I'm older than you, I'm 39 and my first racist experience was when I was being left unconscious outside of my house at 3 years old by racist white people .and when the police came they were laughing and joking with the people who done it.i used to be spat at as a child and many other things like that I remember.so from a very young age I never felt English at all .I always felt like I was born a foreigner in a country I don't belong in .the first time I walked the streets of Jamaica where my father is from is the first time I remember feeling like I belonged.i felt like I was home.i can relate to you in some ways, it's sad to me when I hear the things that people go through, and there experience with racism, it would be such a lovely ting if we lived in a world where skin coulor was insignificant and people learned to see the beauty in diversity.
Thank you for sharing your story 💗
I'm 29 and mixed Ghanaian and English, and my experience with racism has also been very hostile and violent. I think there are a lot of damaged people like us walking around. I find it shocking that so many White people are not just completely unaware of this, but aggressive defensive when you mention it to them.
@@eboniivoryblog 🙂 bless
@@annae3641 I can completely relate to what your saying.ive had the same kinda responses from people when I bring up the subject of racism.its like many white people don't want to admit what they have done to black people historically and in present times .it's like they want to ignore the elephant in the room .this is not an equal society that we live in , there are many black and brown people alike who have to put up with alot of oppression in every day life. Personally, I don't look at England as home ,for me home is Jamaica ,but I've met many people who don't know their roots ,and have never had a chance to see life outside of the UK .I don't know if you've ever had the chance to spend some time in Ghana before ,but I bet if you have ,you will understand what I mean when I say life outside of the UK is so different , and if you have been to Ghana, you probably felt alot more at home and welcome their than in the UK.Personally I've had enough of the UK and I feel that with in the next couple of years Ile be leaving for Jamaica or Africa, because I can't see things ever changing here in the UK.if you can make a better life somewhere else it's definitely worth considering💯💯💯.blesss 🙂
My parents are both half white half Indian they went through some racism too.
Off topic but you are so pretty!
🥹 thank you :)
I am a mixed race man and i can relate to some of the things you went through which i went through myself its really sad to go through driscrimiation.
I hope I don't offend anyone with my comments. It is not my intention to hurt any feelings and I welcome those who disagree with my points.
Growing up in Tottenham I've always regarded mixed race people as black.
I'm of Ghanaian decent and my mother (despite being full Ghanaian) is not that much darker than yourself. We believe there was an Arab or White visitor a few generations ago. So to me all shades of brown people were 'black', regardless of the colour of their parents.
Then again, Tottenham in the 80s was a great mix of Black, Irish, Eastern European Jewish, Greek, Cypriot, Turkish etc etc etc, so we were ALL Black, Irish, Eastern European Jewish, Greek, Cypriot, Turkish etc etc etc. Colour didn't mean shiii! We were divided only by football. 🤣😂
After graduating from Manchester university and working in various parts of the country I started to encounter more mixed people who didn't 'want' to be seen as or be associated with being black. A lot of women in particular were hostile to me, despite my intentions being platonic.
I found that if their fathers had been absent from their lives and their mother's were bitter at their treatment (justified in a lot of cases), then a black man was seen as an ultimate no go area.
It's as if that one unrighteous black man had tarnished the rest of us.
I also observe that 99% of the mixed race guys I know have made beautiful families with a white lady. Again no offence intended, but is this because they feel that they cannot relate to a black female due to being raised by a white mother and black father?
As you can imagine, the offspring of a mixed race and white union will almost certainly marry a white partner, so in two generations the black will have disappeared.
I myself have married a mixed race lady brought up by a Black father and white mother in rural Surrey. My wife identifies as 'black' but doesn't feel any 'difference' between herself and her 'northern England' white relatives, where her mother hails from. However she has a mixed race friend who says she 'doesn't find black/mixed race men attractive'. So she only dated white men and ultimately married one.
Ultimately I love everyone and say 'live and let live'. I'm just disappointed if people have preconceived ideas about being with a partner because they feel it is 'socially more acceptable' or because they've been brainwashed to see other people as the 'bad kind'.
Love is blind.
Peace and love to everyone, weather you be black, white, mixed, gay or conventional.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I’m mixed Jamaican and British as well but I grew up in the U.S. I experienced similar bouts of racism but at school it was masked well from my mother by the teachers. I grew up mixed…. Low key disliked by everyone and I didn’t know why. I didn’t understand until I joined the military. Such a mess. ❤️ thank you again for sharing.
Hey :) Thank you for watching and for sharing your story with me. I understand the feeling of not being liked but not sure why. I am interested in what your military experience has been! Sending love ❤️
Eboni x
@@eboniivoryblog hey girl!!! I never thought about sharing my experience in the military 🤔🤓 that’s a really great idea. I hope (if/when) I do and post the video you check it out❤️🥰 I’m already planning it. Thanks for inspiring me ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Your experience holds so true to me. Attending a prominently white secondary as a mixed race girl was difficult at times. I would get teased over my hair and called "curly fries" and i had pencils chucked at it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your experience x I’m sorry that you had to endure that. Hopefully people are learning that these things are not okay and stick with us xx
I'm as White as a man can get
and this beautiful Biracial Woman
...is absolutely GORGEOUS!!
What does being white have to do about it
????????
What does being "black"
have to do with it??
But to better answer your question
(at least from my perspective)...
for me as a White person who
grew up around mostly white people
I didn't see Biracial people
(especially Biracial women)
very often... if at all.
So part of the reason would be
because I didn't see it all that often...
But that probably rings
true for most people,
now that I think on it.
But I think the most accurate answer
(regardless of my or any persons race)
is that Biracial features are probably
quite rare when compared to most other
"traditional" features... and, naturally...
the more "rare" or uncommon something
or someone is... the more precious it is.
@@VredesStall you're kind to say this but it doesn't always feel like rare is a compliment. I've felt isolated.
White men are very nice in general to me but I feel odd talking to them because I'm also not ethnically American.
@@VredesStall toxic mentality biracial people aren't the most "precious"
She's a 4 at best
Mixed race from America and your story reminds me of mine, but my mom is white and i refused to be what others wanted me to be, so I’d get in a lot of arguments with other kids
I'm a (mixed race) English teacher. Your accent is adorable.
@eboniivory_blog In south Africa we identify ourselves as coloureds "mixed race" We are the most diverse group in the world.
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And how did 'coloureds' come about? 🤔
If a black woman calls me black I won't correct her because that's her way of being social but if a black man calls me black I correct him because that's his way of trying to confirm if I'm attracted to him 🤣.
I honestly don't care for the term as it is so much more than skin color and ancestry but about adopting a mind set of bitterness that I don't vibe with.
I was made fun of by black kids when they thought they had the upper hand and I know if I'm surrounded by black people they won't see me as Black because they don't feel the need to force an ally.
They might assume I identify as Black because I'm not afraid to the lone beige in the crowd but I'm just not scared being a minority. When they realize this they respect me but some will try to harass me to reclaim power and it doesn't phase me.
White people do it too but in that weird passive aggressive way they like to do 😅. Over all, I've just learned to be an individual so these terms don't suite me.
At the end of the day, You are absolutely Stunning
All Indians are mixed of many races. So fair girls are being given more importance for choosing brides for arranged marriages.
The world is full of ignorance of God's love for all humanity irrespective of races. All are equal for Him.
My parents are both half Indian half white, I always found the ‘lighter is better’ concept to be ridiculous. But if people have a personal preference, I’m okay with that.
I went though shit growing up bring mixed race. All my sisters and brothers. We are I'm half Italian and half Jamaican. Alot off people very jealous then.
Jamaican and Italian are not races but cultures. So what are you saying. Black people are in both places.
@@aliciamaria2730 so are mixed race people
You are basically half african and half european. I would suggest to be toned to both European and African accestry and accept them as they are. Also, It is okay to be aware and know your ancestry but do not let it be completely your only identity and make it an unhealthy habits of mortification because you feel " fake" or betraying your race and does not belong. More importantly accept as you are and trying practicing self love. A lot of mixed race desasperate want acceptance either one race or other race but sometimes both can be very hostile or disgusted by the idea of mixed race people. That is the reason mixed race are bullied, feel more isolated, have more mental issues, ostracized and more into drug addiction. Of course, this a mere generalization not necessarily happen them all and there are exception to the rule. But my point still stands: Mixed race among most vulnerable along with other vulnerable demographic like trans , intersex , deaf and etc.
Relateable. Im mixed and loved s club 7 and spice girls too hahaha
Mixed girl here..... we all have that curly girl hair best part is we can go curly monday and then just blow dry and flat iron tuesday no relaxer needed that is our SUPER POWER....
Haha I WISH I had the energy to blow dry my hair! I used to do it every day and fried my hair! (In the 00’s!) I haven’t had straight hair since a blow dry in 2019!
I guess this supposed to be a dig at black women.
@@jennifersmith5230 NOPE NOT A DIG...just a little self love...when you have a white mom who dosent know HOW to do your hair and you are teased about your hair until like 7th grade kids calling your hair a "RATS NEST" and finally learn how to do it , and not have your mom keep cutting it into an AFRO that didnt. Look right cause some parts wont stand up & you got like 3 different types of curls.....mixed chicks who's. Moms are black learn things sooner I guess......then. .I married a mexican so one of my girls has white girl hair...the other has my curls..... i did her hair until 8th grade & made sure she knew how to do her hair both straight and curly JUST so she wouldn't be teased...never relaxed it until she was 18 and to this day and shes 32 now, she is All curls all the time...so nope NOT a dig i LOVE all the BLACK side of my family but grandma wasn't around to help dad either cause of divorce...
@@eboniivoryblog i only do it once a year to cut it straight.. cut it curly once big mistake!.. or for special occasions... yeah i'm lazy & tired also
@@DUBLINMUG It comes off as a dig because you mentioned relaxers. White women do not use relaxers. Black women do. It also came off as bragging.
You are pretty I am mixed race and grew up in Devon got a lot of racism there 😢
Loved this! Was so interesting to hear your experiences and we should continue to have these discussions. Also did you go to The Brit School?
Hi Faith! Thanks for watching! Yes I did!
appreciate you sharing your experience. Alot of it was relatable and resonated with me and I hope others as well :)
Hey! Thank you so much for watching. I am glad something I said was relatable x
Thank you for sharing :)
♡
Unfortunately things have not changed much, my son is biracial and he receives a lot of abuse from black kids for not being fully black 🙄🙄🙄
She has a dominant White-Anglo Saxon phenotype, ( not blk)
To me she looks both :)
Yes she does, she looks very in-between white and black to me.
@@dulcerissa489 She looks mostly European to me. But then if she adopted a more ‘European’ hairstyle like Meghan Markle, she may look different. But she is truly gorgeous!
@@AnimatedBlastShe does not look European. You can tell with her beige complexion that she is mixed with European and Afro-Caribbean. However, she could also pass for Arab North African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, Creole, South Cypriot, North Cypriot, Sicilian... She is definitely a beautiful woman of colour, but lighter beige brown complexion.
She looks like lightskin Black ametican
Absolutely Gorgeous anyone with eyesight can see that ❤️
Some insightful things you are referring to. As Multi-Racial Person in USA; Lived in some Poverty Stricken Areas growing up in 60s and 70s; Los Angeles(Born), San Diego, CA., Houston, TX. Being chased almost everyday from School, Being Burnt Alive, Suffocated with a Pillow, etc..This at the Hands of Black People! Not Even Whites were that Vicious! But in all Fairness met some good People in all Persuasions! One final note that a littles disturbing is the Org. BLM and have been reports they are a Sham Org. that are just pocketing Donors Money and Living the High Life.
You look half and half to me. Suprised some people find it weird you have a black mum
I think she looks more white-passing. She could pass as Southern European / a white woman with dark/brunette hair.
@@beast9125 she could never pass as a southern European! Not Spanish not Portuguese not Italian or Greek. She is clearly Mixed
@@JamaicanToast nope. I have seen Spanish girls that look like her on similar hair texture, hell this Spanish girl even had a wider nose than her and the same skin tone. I’ve seen Italians and Greeks that are darker than her and identify as white and get the pass! She could definitely pass as a Southern European.
@@beast9125 You're 'reaching' as we say in London. This woman is clearly Mixed and does not bare resemblance to southern Europeans okay! You got that? Lol
@@beast9125 now if you said Moroccan Algerian ot Tunisian I'd be listening.
I'm a mixed race woman as well in the U.S. (Mom white, Dad black)
Lovely to meet you Quana! ❤️
She is beautiful 😍❤
@@Wonderwomanfan29912 so what at least I'm straight
Ngl I wonder if black people didn’t hype up mixed people in these toxic ways we would have those issues.
Wow she so incredibly smokin beautiful 😍
Your family pic was too small
Chris Jackson HI CHRIS!! How are you?? Were you watching on a phone? Or laptop? Or TV? Haha I think probs too small for a phone but fine everywhere else? Basically my mum is Jamaican!
2024, and people still ask me if im my sons mother . I live in a predominately asian area and get stared at Alot. 😢 i mean a lot.
I'm assuming that you're half and half?
Infj vibes all over this. We should chat
You can't compare being mixed race in England or anywhere else in Europe to America. It's different, most Americans have a negative turbulent history with race. Not saying that England is better but I'd rather experience racism there then here. Also most mixed race people here have a Black father/White mother as appose to White father/Black British mother...
Umm have you ever lived in the UK to assume that? No you haven't, some of us with mixed children have experienced alot worse than she has.
Im jamaican😄big up yuhself.
I am wondering where is your mother!? At these stages?
You should ask where was her white father?
@@ataurusqueenofzion916 Her parents weren’t together.
Great video very beautiful by the way
Thank you! Cheers!
So you grew up wealthy?
First of all, what kind of question is that to ask a stranger? Secondly, no, I grew up with a single parent in a London council house.
@@eboniivoryblog um why sò offended you said u attended an expensive private school i was just curious
Nice....
Mixrace people should get their own movie channels and networks dedicated to only them. Mixrace power!
u so pretty
mixed....thats black in America...let me know when the wights decide to let you in the club
I think the British mixed is different from the US. In the United States you would be Black. Because there are many Black people in America with your skin tone.
Her race would be white just because of her skin tone, the US always does that to light skin blacks.(But now on the racial charts, they have the option to select multiracial/biracial)
@@Kay-sc9se I know you're not talking about the US Census. They are the one's who classify Black/white mix as Black.
Many black people in the U.S. have admixtures, and some are not as black as they say they are especially with the old racist “OneDrop” Jim Crow law, that would classify a person who is only a quarter black, but looks white as black. America is not the law on racial classification. P
@@benscr The US Census is the law unless you live in another country. Its been that way since the recording of slavery. If you had children with the rapist slave master, they were Black.
Rae Neumann It’s a racist nonsensical law, and should be scrapped if it still exists. But I’m pretty sure the way you describe it, has changed since the late 80s.
It's rare to see a mixed person with a black dad and white mom. You have more of your white side in terms of your appearance.
My mum is black Caribbean, my dad is the white genes!
Not really, look at Mariah Carey.
@@cocoaorange1 Or even Rashida Jones and her sister, or James Earl Jones' son.
U A NewSubie
I find you very pleasant Any time you need to talk. You see the name. Stay strong
Hello pretty girl
I'm an white immigrant, vegetating here in London for the last fifteen years. I experienced whole Mendeleyev board of various forms of racism here from black british community, from hate faces(female favourite), through verbal abuse, getting spit at, up to a number of violent attacks. Only the last few years have been better, propably due to generation change, though few months ago I was called efyn white man on the street, and few weeks ago my second favourite singer gave me evil eyes, full of hate passing me in the shop. I want even mention not being able to fulfill the dream of having a black girlfriend, which brought me here in the first place.
Cheer up then, racism works both ways.
Btw, white privilage is a racist concept; blm is full of racist concepts.
Sounds like a made-up story to spew racism.
@@riiraa881Sounds to You, cause You are racist.
Miss let me clarify to you. Because are not black and you are biracial thus the privilege not because of your tone. Colorism stems from the US where being black is a social construct and collector group where many people used or still are categorized in who are half black or less. Usually these people are lighter skinned and people did notice how they were treated nicer but that does not stem from having less melanin. Those individuals have Caucasian features or very similar and at the end of the day their structure is nothing like a true blacks. Skin color does not make you look blacker. More melanin does not make you look more black. It is the DNA and therefore your anatomy, structure etc is what really shows race and your percentages. There are blacks with albinism and vitiligo who are fully black and look many times "blacker" than any darkskin and eventhough they are the lightest they experience the most hardcore racism. Melanin does not make you more or less black or black looking. Melanin is present in every race, it does not define race.Being biracial or mixed and having darkskin still does not make you less privileged, the being mixed is always visible on their structure and being therefore the privilege. Another example true black with albinism and a biracial with the same skin tone do not look alike, nothing alike. And the pure black with albinism is not privileged at all, but the biracial is. Privilege comes from the lack of blackness in you genetically thus the looks, and this is way way beyond melanin.
Alhamdulillah. Interesting story. May Allah ta'Ala guide you to Islam.
I hope this isn't offensive but
Are you allowed to say the n word
As long she doesn't say it around non blacks
yh she allowed to say she's still half black lots of mixed rase people say it doesn't matter 😀😀😀😀😀
Megan Markle is lighter than her, and they treat her like an
N THAT should tell Biracials everthing they need to know
Poor babies summer child
We’re all mixed race. Or you can put it we are all not mixed we’re just all human.
Yes, but not many have a white parent
@@carelessrappide lol thats less mixed than
@@umetcalf That’s first generation biracial. So it is mixed at 50%. That is a high number.