Edeleke Carey same. I’m 11 and tbh I thought I was the only kid watching her channel lol, but now I know there are kids around my age that look up to her and watch her channel🤗
@@rahimfaraji7647 east Africans have middle eastern ancestry. Black features and skin tones do not begin with very light skin and loose curl textures. Yall know what black is until biracial people begin to cry from exclusion
BlackGirlLovesAnime6 she looks black! Her features, hair texture even body structure screams black. She resembles plenty of my family members who are BLACK with TWO black parents
So is the one drop rule and paper bag test but yall still like to use it to claim a whole new group of ethnically diverse people as black smh the irony
Because that would technically be incorrect. She is both black and white, she is not just black. Just like she would get they side eye if she went around just saying she was white.
TRUEEE I’m biracial and if i was to say “I’m white” people would have a problem with it. If I say “I’m black” people will also have a problem with it but when I say “I’m mixed” people go off on me and say things like “are you not proud to be black?!” And those kinds of things. So wtf am I supposed to say
@@NiniMartini Exactly. I just think alot black folk are just malcontents. And malcontents tend to nit pick. Never happy with themselves, or anybody else.
@truth but people wont look at u like you're mixed because you're darker than the stereotypical mixed person and why are u hating on everybodys comments? i see that you believe in god, so how would god feel if he saw you spreading hate everywhere?
@truth I know this is old but you have a lot of hate and animosity towards mixed race people. Who hurt your feelings? And you're completely rude. I feel sorry for the mixed race people that you probably bully on a day to day basis. God bless
@truth because I've been seeing you bully mix race people in the comment section. Saying us black people should basically shun them and not accept them because they are mixed race, which is some bullshit.
It’s rude to assume someone is clearly bi-racial because they are lighter skin. There are many black ppl who are just light and their parents are black.
We can assume based off of phenotype and then once they tell us they have one black and one white parent then our assumptions are confirmed. Simple. The truth is not rude it's the truth
Hey girl, your video was recommended to me. I just finished watching the whole video and I totally understand and respect your opinion. Also, thank you for the constructive criticism. Sometimes I have a hard time expressing myself in English (it’s not my native language, Dutch is) and I want to say and explain so much more in detail but I can’t come up with the right words so I end up saying nothing at all which may cause confusion some times. And I know if you don’t express yourself correctly on TH-cam people can misinterpret you very easily. But I most definitely understand where some of these comments come from. I understand 100% how the natural hair movement started and I explained later in a video that I also agree with the fact that type 4 hair is not represented at all as it should be and us, natural hair TH-camrs with a big platform have the power to change that! Thank you for keeping it positive and real 💕
I dig your channel, Amber! I'm raising a mixed girl and yes, language is a factor. Race is so complex but ethnically, you are mixed, and that's the best way to present yourself. You're allowed to IDENTIFY however you want but it doesn't change your unique ethnic background. Black women across the globe have a difficult time being accepted as we are despite being physically diverse in skin tones , hair types, features, etc. When you claim you're ONLY black, it takes away from our own awareness of those differences and takes away from your power as having a different but very important perspective, especially being mixed with black and white! In raising a mixed child, her perspective is so HER! Claim yours, girl!!
Well she has claimed her perspective. She wants to be black on TY and society sees her as biracial which she is. She wants to speak english on YT, says herself it's not her native language and had issues expressing herself in this language, then dont be surprised if people misunderstand you, because yes in fact you will be. I hope she uses this experience to reflect on her place in this place, on YT, on YT beauty black community, what she says and how she says it. We'll see!
@@lorelange She is very manipulative - seeing as the Dutch are brilliant linguists - and if she has a parent who is Ghanian - she had English language very early. And clearly her English is perfect. Same goes for the issue of being mixed, she knows shes mixed - but swears blind shes black. Black people are the easiest to cojole and manipuate. Most money she could ever dream of making is with black women and hair and she knows it.
Just saying I love the fact that you put an albino woman in the photos that you showed of black women. 🤗 I feel like albinos really don’t get enough representation at all.
@@mara9905 but this whole "mixed people aren't black" convo is not need at all! we have bigger issues to deal with, and were up here trying to tell people what they are and what they aren't? y'all need to get over yourselves
I am a light-skinned African girl with a dark skinned mother and medium brown father and I hate it when people tell me I'm not dark enough to be considered black. Like, people need to learn that not all mixed people are light and not all light skinned people are mixed. They need to learn that black people aren't literally black in color and that we come in different shades and features like other races. If lighter skinned blacks aren't considered blacks then what about the black albinos? Are they white now?
PERIODT, black people from Africa that aren't mixed with white at all literally come in soooo many shades, from lighter to darker, ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL, ALL ARE VALID AND ALL ARE BLACK!!
They should see my family. My father was very light skinned and my mother chocolate so the children came in different shades. There are Africans who are way lighter than the mixed people.
Belgium people probably don't see her as a true Belgium. That's the problem. Mix raced ppl sometimes develop issues because of not feeling accepted as authentic by either side. There is no biracial "race". There is no biracial country. Everywhere she goes over there people probably ask where she is from even though her accent is perfect and she is totally integrated into the culture.
That maybe true but that doesn’t mean she should say that she is black. Just because the colorists over there don’t accept her doesn’t mean she can leave that crap at my doorstep. I’m waiting on the video where she blames white people for not accepting her🕛🕑🕞🤷🏾♀️ Never going to happen. BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHITE RACISM!
So true!! I’m mixed and people constantly ask me where I’m from, I respond England. ‘But where are you really from?’ England. ‘Yea but where are you reallyyyyy from?’ FUCKIN ENGLAND!!! Like you said there’s no biracial country so if I’m not from England where the hell am I from?!
bye girl you think white people get spat at? Or get discriminated against for having natural hair? Girl I’m NOT crying victim here, and I’m not by any means disagreeing with you, I’m just trying to get you to understand someone else’s perspective. I’m wide awake at what goes on in society, I know that black people have it wayyy worse that me, how👏🏽many👏🏽times👏🏽illiterate👏🏽that? I know that Muslims have it real bad right now and I EMPATHISE, but stop making it out as if mixed are the problems of the world. I believe discrimination of any form to any race, gender, sexuality, religion is wrong, I ain’t gonna spew hate to anyone that’s different to me. I support the black community as I am half black and I’m well aware of the shit my ancestors went through. I know mixed/ light skinned are celebrated more, I’m aware it’s light skinned people who are on tv, film and advertising. You don’t think I was offended as shit by that Shea moisture commercial which showed 5 women and only one of them was of colour and she was light skinned with 3b hair and not a single dark skinned woman with type 4, when those were the women that built that company? I am horrified that women of colour aren’t celebrated and that light skinned are more socially accepted. Why? Because I try to look at others perspective. All I’m saying is that when white and Asian society chooses to identify me as black and don’t accept me as mixed when I literally identify as mixed, I cannot change their opinions, and those particular individuals will treat me like I’m black because their narrow minded asses can’t process the word mixed. That. Is. How. Some. Whites. Identify. Me. Of course, this is not the majority of society and therefore no, I don’t have it bad. Stop making it out as if I think I have it worse. I’ve said multiple times I know I don’t.
bye girl oh my days, how many times have I already told you I know mixed don’t have it worse? How many times have I said that I’m not crying victim. How many bloody times. You are obviously not listening because you’re so triggered. And didn’t I just say that I know Muslims have it terribly right now? And didn’t I just say that I know mixed are second to white on tv and advertising? I JUST SAID THAT JESUS CHRIST. Scroll the fuck up and I used that Shea moisture commercial where there were 4 white women and one mixed as an example of how mixed are more likely to be put on tv over black in order to show “diversity”. I just said that hahahaha oh my god. And did I say all mixed are good people😂 no but you seem to making a the assumption that all mixed are...prejudice much? Hahaha wow. Give what you get rather than rising above it and making a change? How sad. This whole spew of hate I’m getting from you came from me simply explaining that people don’t like to accept the fact that I’m from England nor that I’m mixed and somehow that statement got you all triggered. Calm down. I’m just stating my frequent experiences because it relates to the OP’s comment. I didn’t cry victim, I was explaining dumb ignorant comments I get from white people. Because as I’ve said, white people tend to identify me as black and I can’t change that. And for the 100th fucking time, I know I don’t have it worse because I am not black. And no I don’t live in the UK. I live in Australia, they’re about 50 years behind socially and politically hence why I’m dealing with frequent racism.
We really need to stop equating light skin with biracial because I'm light skin but I'm not biracial at all. I have two black parents. Although i know light people have light skin privileged but be careful who you u label as black and not fully back.
You can usually tell the difference between a biracial person and a light skinned black person. Like it’s hard to explain but my mom is a light skinned black woman but she has a different tint in her skin tone compared to a biracial woman.
@@mandykillriff6854 but it's happened before. That's why I made the comment. Because people assume (before I tell them I have two black parents) that I'm mixed.
@@Lostinmyhead23 yeah ..I think black light skinned woman when they get in the sun they turn like a caramel color .. it's hard to explain and I'm a caramel color complexion so when I get in the sun I'll turn brown skin .. while a non black light skinned would look more yellow and probably turn red as hell
SundaeTea I have confused people tell me I'm mixed because of my features even though I'm brown. I have two black parents. No matter what they claim, you're black like me.
Honestly, I don't believe that mulatto is a derogatory term (but it is outdated). I'm not saying exotic is a compliment, but I don't think it should be called a slur like the n-word. I think it's only insulting because people have this notion that light skin individuals think they are better than darker skinned people? In general, I do see it in this case because basically he's saying she's exotic and pretty and that's it
She obviously includes herself in the natural hair movement because she is a person who at one point relaxed her own hair, and damaged it because of that, so she is now working towards taking better care of her natural hair.
She also could've been made to feel like there was something wrong with her natural because let's be real white people have a problem wuth curly hair, theydint think it's normal. Her mum may have not known how to manage her hair so encouraged her to straighten it. Just assuming.
But if you see her comments on the natural hair community, she thinks anyone with hair is part of the community. She completely ignored the "movement" aspect of it. She doesn't understand that it started with black women. She thinks it's for everyone.
Tanisha W it is for everyone who has curls mostly black people and people with black ancestry because one point or another people with curls either straighten it or permed it. The movement is about taking care of your hair to get it to its original state.
They likely wouldn't lol. I've seen many of the same people ignore the fact that you can be dark and biracial. I'm lightskinned and black, yet my friend is dark skinned and biracial 🤷♀️. Nobody ever questioned her blackness, that's just how it goes
Looking biracial is features too, not just skin tone. Eye shape, nose, lips, hair... And yes, Blackity Black people can look ambiguous too sometimes, which is why I think Black is also cultural.
This TH-camr in particular chooses when she stands in her blackness and is ignorant to a lot. But as a light-skinned woman she can say she's multicultural. A darkskinned woman can't.
Honestly, fu*k the white side. Mine came from slavery and f'ed up white ladies wanting black men for one reason alone. Idk how she feels about it cause I read the comment before I watched the video but that's how I feel about being mixed.
I don’t understand the obsession that people have with other people’s skin tone and ethnicities and telling people what they are or aren’t solely because of their skin tone. Biracial isn’t a “look”. No 2 black/white kids look alike. No 2 white/Asian kids look alike. No 2 mixed babies look alike. People need to get that out of their heads.
Exactly girl somebody said it!! My mother is actually the same mix as the chick in the video. My mom is biracial German and black. She has the same euro nose as her and me and my siblings have that same German nose lol. The chick look biracial to me ppl in the comments saying she don’t look mixed when clearly she does because she is mixed tf 🤣🤣🤣
Yessss!!! I was talking to one of my coworkers about family &race (specifically in Brasil) and how even in mixed parents (1 white 1 black) all the children come out very different. My uncle looks just like me, my aunt is the darkest and has very coily hair, brown eyes and darker skin and my mother had very mixed hair and in the middle. If you saw them separate from each other you wouldnt even think they were in the same family. I was always asked if I was adopted when people saw my mom. It’s that in our families theres a lot of diversity even in the same genes! And each of them have a different experience when it comes to race and how they were treated. It’s very eye opening.
That reminds me of me and my brother. We’re both half Thai half Mexican. But he looks totally Thai and I look totally Mexican. And unfortunately we went to the “wrong” schools based on our appearance. My brother got called chinito when he went to a predominately Latino school and I was just labeled as Mexican in my predominantly white and Asian school (who knows what they said behind my back)
Biracial girls need hair tutorials too. I’ve seen some biracial children’s hair and Tutorials are needed. No shade, no lies, Today’s the first day that I’ve seen the responses and likes. Also I’d like to clear one thing up with everyone explaining biracial hair, videos for biracial people or Good HAIR. 1. Look at the video and stop saying ignorant shit. 2. I know about Mahogany’s curl and she isn’t biracial she’s a simple example of the multiple textures in the Afro community. 3. I love everyone that captured the lite hearted response to this video. You guys rock... ✊🏾
Stephanopolous fos some bi racial people (the ones who are half black and half something else) inherit black hair and some inherit the other's. I know someone who's mix race and has straight hair, he inherited from his white father. And I'm mixed and I got a bit of both, it isn't 4c like my father's but it isnt 1a like my mother's. It's just whoever's genes are stronger. Yeah I agree bi-racial people should have hair tutorials, too because a majority, I think, have hair where it's generally in the type 3 spectrum.
i swear my mom has like 2a hair and my dad haas like 4c and i got 3c and my mom did not know how to do my hair when i was little shed just comb it and put it in a puff but now that ive found natural hair yputube my hair has grown (but i will give her props, my hair was armit length before i found natural hair videos (but she did used to comb my hair every single day))
Lol I once told someone their hair needed some love. She looks ambiguous and was afraid of people thinking that she was trying to be black. Thing is her hair needs some black hair care.
May it’s not the fact that they called her mix but it’s the fact that they’re saying it in a rude way and using it as a problem with her hair videos when her hair is clearly more kinkier than the stereotypical mix women.
Looks more black where? Yall really think black people with 2 black parents look like her? We do not look like her. She is biracial why is that so hard for people to understand that
If she lives in europe? Why ppl who never lived or put a foot in europe try to argument on a subject they dont know ! In europe we dont consider her as black but as a mixed person
@@theessenceofglow7324 in which part of Europe do you live in lol because in 99 percent of western European countries she is considered black by most citizens .
I wish black people could understand that being black is not claiming YOUR PERSONAL BLACK EXPERIENCE IN YOUR OWN SPACE. Her blackness is different from all of ours. Especially since she is not even a BLACK AMERICAN. Furthermore... those comments are plain old colorist! If she was two shades darker with the same features and hair texture they claim "isn't black enough" there would be no argument.... PERIOD!!!
That lady used to relax and damage her hair trying to conform to societys image of beauty. Damaged it so much it wouldn't grow past her collar bone. Now she embraces her natural hair, looks after it, sees a difference and is proud. She has every right to be part of the movement because she is the definition of what it is about. She is telling my story out right. Most of the mixed people I known growing up pick a side that they culturally identify as. It doesn't mean they're denouncing the other side. It's how you grow up. My sons dad is mixed (even though he is mistaken as middle Eastern) but he identifies as black. He lived with his mum who is black growing up and spent more time around the black side of his family. Everyone has a cultural background and mixed race isn't a culture its an ethnicity/genetic make up. No one else has the right to place someone into a box. But people can place themselves into boxes and that's the box she chose.
It’s like a pink crayon saying that it’s red. Not you’re not red, you’re pink. Red is within you but so is white. And that makes a whole new color which is PINK
I guess 😑, the only problem is were talking about human genetics here not crayons..bye this sounds shady and personal real shit. I'm Jamaican and my family is a breed of mixed Jamaicans who look just like this women ill be damned if you told us were not freggin black...your pushing it..
Being mixed, when people saying your "not black, you are biracial" like YEPPP biracial meaning two races, I just told you one of them, black, there is another.
I'm black myself and I can understand how hard it is for mixed people even though I have never experienced it..Mixed ppl have there own stuggles and so do fully black people..We can never fully understand each other's struggles...Yes you are black and yes you are also white.. there's nothing wrong in claiming both sides. as long as you don't enforce the one drop rule
But when you refer to yourself as just *"black"* you're clearly disregarding half of your race you're not just *"black"* therefore saying just *"black"* is incorrect and clearly purposefully referring to yourself as a full *"black"* woman. Thank you.
India Campbell-Kaur Yeah and I wonder how some people will allow the white women to be in the natural hair movement, but a woman who is biracial, with 4C hair, and embracing it, and not doing damage to it is not accepted.!!! It just bothers me so much...
That’s true. But all African Americans are mixed. We are a mixed race of people. Black to me is an umbrella term to include all of those who have ancestry that is traced back to Africa, and you have Black features.
Diana Hughes having 85%-90% of African ancestry and 0%-15% anything else is completely different than being 50%-50%.. (or around that). As I said it’s ok to be 50/50. It’s not black.. and BLACK is not 50/50.
Sometimes we black women are our own worst enemy. We divide each other up. All this bull about who's hair is the nappiest. Most of us are identified as black through our features. Also you can't always tell who is biracial by looks. Our hair types are about as many as our complexions. It should only matter about tips on our haircare.
Candy Art Yes most of us are identified as black through our features. And if your features include a mixture of whyte features you're identified as *mixed* and rightfully so. Mixing with another race and then labeling the result of that mix only one of those races is what causes these problems to begin with. It's why mixed women / people are put on a pedestal and seen as beautiful and treated differently. Isn't that being an enemy to black people? Why do people like you only call for unity and being nice to each other when it's mixed being called out or told they aren't black? Why don't you have anything to say when it's real black people being put down, funny enough, for being *too* black? Even your reaction shows how differently mixed people are treated. Of course there'll be 'division' cause there is no sameness in your features. That's like throwing a mixed girl into the white community and then expecting that they all look at each other as the same. Of course there will be confusion and natural distinctions made. We might be able to relate to each other on some things but we're not the same people and black people don't have white parents nor are we genetically half whyte.
@@Scoring57 So many black people have different features within the same family , some being lighter or darker than the parents, some with sharper noses, different hair etc.,with all having the same parents who are both black. White brainwashing has Black people all f***ed up in the head and it has blacks turned against each other over our types of hair and complexions. The problem stems from white society and media choosing and promoting blacks who have more white features and picking who we should look to as the standard for beauty which they want you to believe is white. We all know that's not true, but a lot of black people are so brainwashed they turn a blind eye to the truth and put down other blacks to feel like they are more accepted by whites. Black women sometimes are too blind to see other races of women want to be us, and instead find things to put ourselves down. Until we learn to embrace our unique beauty of our lips, hips, breasts, curves, complexion and Yes, our unique hair we'll always be tearing each other down instead of lifting each other up.
I’d say she gets a black “ experience” being in a different country, and her experience may be a lot different in America . My mom is a biracial German my dad is African American , i identity myself as Black ,I have 4c Hair and tan brown skin. Ik it’s true in Germany , a lot of biracial Germans identify themselves as Black, but it’s not that they’re are denying being biracial it’s just that they feel that identity more . Being biracial your experience isn’t always privileged .
Good point. Thank you. I live in London. Very multicultural! So a lighter skinned Black person in other European countries would definitely have a different experience (especially if they're in a smaller town) than in a cosmopolitan city like London). I'm a darker skinned Black woman. 😊
People can claim whatever they want to claim (doesn't make it true/biologically correct.) However, there is nothing wrong with acknowledging what you biologically are; biracial, black, white, etc. The problem is claiming it when it's convenient. Many biracial people tend to gravitate toward the black community because we praise them for looking racially ambiguous. We place them on a pedestal and not someone who looks just like us. Then when they get more praise from everyone, we want to get mad, and complain about lack of representation.
@@thelmathomas3437 You are who you are, but at the end of the day if someone mixed identifies as black, there is nothing you can do to stop them. People are gonna do what they want to do and believe what they want to believe in the end.
So Barack Obama should have said he was mixed, not Black? Do you really think whites would have treated him any differently if he said that? In their mind it doesn’t matter. If you have one drop that’s Black enough to them.
She’s biracial but she still has the black experience. Her phenotype is of a light skinned black woman IMO. Of course there is light skin privilege due to colorism. But she can still speak on being black. However, a person that looks like Mariah Carey for example is a biracial woman that looks white and does not have the black experience.
I completely agree! This is unrelated but I also think people in the comments need to stop generalising all light skinned black women as biracial. There are many black African women who are not mixed and are only black. There's this awful stigma that you have to be mixed to not look 'black' or 'African' as if black and African people are not diverse.
@@kaylao.3326 Biracial people have a unique experience of their own. If it were one in the same black people could have a biracial experience but we know that's not true nor does it make sense.
Well how do you think you got light skin? Light skinned black people didn’t exist until after slavery/colonization. It might not be far off if you have some white ancestry but this is a different discussion for a different day. This video is pertaining to biracial people. Half black and half white.
Thats facts (blindian here). Its the most uncomfortable thing when people try to tell you who YOU are and a lot of black people (our own race) like the dismiss that you are not just black but another race too. I’ve literally seen people get mad and frustrated by me stating that I’m East Indian as well? Lmaoo like why does that make you upset? Biracial black people and mixed black people should be proud to be both, should be proud to be both and ALSO it is PERFECTLY okay, for a biracial person to just identify as black, because a lot do , at the end of the day white people don’t see us any different for the most part. I’ve even come across people who are black/white who are VISIBLY black and just identify with their European side because they may have an issue with their black parent which is saddening. Full black, mixed black, part black is still black.
"I am black because I am not white." We have to keep in mind that she lives in a place where the majority is white. There is also not much diversity. She sets herself apart from white because thats how people identify her in a place like that. Sure, she looks mixed, but she does not look white. It would be the same case for mixed person who looks undeniably black. They identify as black, even thought they're half white, or whatever else, because if they said they were mixed, people would probably question them. I am black. Most of the time, people either think I'm latino or mixed. When i say that I'm black, people usually wait for me to say that I'm "something else" because I can't be just black. -_- Yes, black comes is all shades, hair textures, facial features... Now, If i were to make one of these videos and I never said where I came from, would I be getting the same kind of comments? Same goes for her. If she never said her background, would people still spew all of this hate? How is her blackness not enough for people? We all have different experiences, because we look differently, but we are all inherently black.
Same I’m black. My mom is light skin and my father brownskin. My hair is a softer 3c texture, and I often to get asked if I’m Dominican or ppl always ask me if I’m mixed with something else and when I tell them I’m just African American they don’t even believe me😭. They say I MUST be mixed with something
Just because you are not white doesnt mean you are black. She is still mixed so she is half black half white. If her white side doesnt want to claim het and the black side does. She still is half white.
I think th e real issue is the privialge that comes with being of a lighter tone. if we were all treated the same as black /mixed people no one would have anything to say.
This girl seems genuine but I still have a problem with mixed people ( one black one white parent) saying they are black just because they are not white. It makes blackness seem like a dustbin or reject category. It all started because whites did not want to claim them. So it’s like if you’re at the bottom of the hierarchy with your other race you can be at the top of the hierarchy over here. It just encourages people to claim blackness because they will be elevated in the black community.
This is a completely unbiased comment that was factual. You saw the view point of the other youtuber, but then made clarifications to us and to her without bashing her. This video was absolute truth so I subscribed!
@@5050TM in most of African countries like south Africa, angola and mozambique too. It isnt that deep and i have no idea why Americans make it that deep😂
Y'all acting like mixed people a whole new race 😂 For all the people saying they are....why the hell are they allowed to say the N-word then? Like tf, I've always seen mixed people call themselves black but never white 😂🤔 so before i edited my comment and added the second part, people we're saying mixed people ARE a totally different race, or at least NOT black. but now since i added the second part, they ARE black? i'm not saying they don't face discrimination, im saying they don't have it as bad as dark skinned black people.
It should be. Cuz as a VERY pale mixed chick... I dont have the struggle of a brown/deep skinned black woman. But not the privileged views of white women... We. Just. Don't. Fit.
I have type 1 hair and I still watch them because I find these videos often very professional and interesting. the more you know. I love learning about different things that people have to cope with :)
Clearly you meant why would they watch and actually expect their hair to react the same way to a routine that's not catered to them. Girl, ppl stay pining for something they view as "better" than what they have.
I dont think she looks ambiguous she clearly has African features to me. Yes shes biracial but she clearly looks african descent. But I dont see why it's such a problem for a biracial person to identify as one, the other, or both. They're damned if they do or damned if they dont and it's like.... just get over it. She not hurting anybody leave her alone
I think they should just say they're mixed. Normally they say "I'm black" or "I'm white" or "I'm not black, im mixed". Those phrases is what you can't use
@@oliviaokpara8877 She's black and you clearly knows that. If for you black biracial people don't exist, then white biracials can call themselves black too. It makes no sense.
She’s biracial/multicultural. She’s on TH-cam Identifying with a physically black trait that she has (her hair). If black women or biracial women relate to her hair tutorials then that’s great!
This is what happens when people are driven by visual appearance. If she was darker skinned then people would call her black like Obama. Obama is bi-racial too but he looks black so people call him black but that's INCORRECT. You can't mis-label some people & then attempt to correct others🤷
As a 16 year old, I look up to you Eloho, you’re an educated black queen and I love your mind and how you’re not afraid to speak it. I hope your channel continues to flourish and your skin continues to glow. Love you 💕🦄
People are so damn stupid! There are dark skin women who also have looser curls too! Smdh Just like there are light skin women with tighter texture 4c hair. 🤦🏽♀️
I love the way you addressed this . When it comes to the natural hair community I really don’t understand why it matters if the person is 100% black or mixed. If the hair texture is similar and the techniques actually work for your hair why does it matter?
Ok but if we accept anyone that calls themselves black just because they don’t look completely white then don’t be mad when dark skin women get zero representation.
@@Latte-girly90 all i said was she doesn't look ambiguous. There are people her complexion and phenotype who have 2 black parents. You took what i said to a whole 'nother place. The light skin/dark skin is, sadly, isn't going away no matter what we do.
BlackGirlLovesAnime6 I’m not even saying this to be annoying about it, I promise. But I have friends her skin tone who have two fully black parents, so I could understand how she couldn’t tell.
I feel like when someone looks bi racial other “fully” black people like to just “erase” the black half. Like yeah i May look like I’m mixed with something else besides black but that doesn’t mean i don’t struggle with the same issues you do. Like dang she is valid in the way she feels !
To white people in countries with almost no black population they will always be black and to black people they will be too white and not one of them. Seems like mixed people can't win either way. I hope with more and more mixed people everywhere this will slowly start to die out and people just accept all sites of a person's heritage and not try to erase one. I have some mixed friends here in Germany and they definitely identify as mixed Germans and not just black as that one commenter said. Not sure how it is in Belgium, because contrary to that commenters believe Europe isn't a fucking country and we are all very different here, but 8 can imagine it's at least similar.
*SLAVE MENTALITY.* Look, literally nobody tries to "erase" a mixed (with black) person's heritage away. Infact blacks accept mixed people as black so much that they replace and takeover our representation as 'just black' women in practically all forms of media. Just because you go through struggles as a minority (which all non white people do) it doesn't make you a black person. And honestly I'm not trying to be mean but this is tiring. If you have *1 Black parent + 1 white (other) parent* what mathematical system do you have to be using for it to =100% black!?🤔
some mixed people that look more black also disregard the latina side too because they're tired of the disrespect so they end up hating that half . its so sad ive seen it everywhere :/
Me Me From what I've seen 4c hair of africa people does mostly the same thing. It's only different in groups that have mixtures in them like the black americans. Personally I think "4c" is too general a classification for hair but it what it is. Mixed people with more oily hair will of course have 4c hair that acts differently
@@Scoring57 - Absolutely not true. I'm only comparing my 4c hair with other people whose parents are both African like mine. Part of the beauty of being human is that we're all unique. In fact, I have family members who have 4c hair and what works for their 4c hair won't work for my 4c hai and vice versa.
I mean I have met biracials who have type 4 hair, so I would def watch. Now I would not watch no tutorial with someone who have type 3 hair. My hair is not no type 3.
I watch people irregardless of their hair type if they post informative content. I have gotten tips from people with type 3 hair that have been beneficial to my type 4 hair. There is no product or method out here that works solely for one hair type.
I'm super late to comment on this video but I find it so heartbreaking that biracial people tend to be shut down when it comes to speaking out on the social ostracization we receive. I identify as black, I acknowledge my Mexican culture but I do not genuinely feel connected to it. I have given my heart to the black community, and yet I still get treated differently. But I still keep contributing regardless of the resistance. Being biracial is definitely a unique experience. Yes i acknowledge there is colorist privilege but it comes at a heavy cost. At the end of the day, we are extremely lonely. I hope this resonates with someone. And if you are biracial, you aren't alone, YOU ARE WHAT YOU IDENTIFY AS AND NO ONE CAN TELL YOU OTHERWISE. Stay positive and do it for the culture🤎✊🏾🤎
@@rm-nn3869 are you stupid? Just because mixed race people don't have the right requirements to be considered white it shouldn't mean they have to be classified as black, why can't t, hey be mixed? 😒
No i am not a person of color !i am white but i will always make other peoples issues mine ,its not right why is this world such a shitty place? Everyone deserves to be accepted and not be shitted on although i think biracial kids coming from black women are more educated and knowledgeable than one coming from a white woman i just wanted to say i love you and i hope u will realize that women no matter of their ethnic background should stick together if one of us is downgraded and called names we should always stand for them
Arthur King I don’t mind giving that help if the help is returned. Majority of black women fight for issues that aren’t ours but then left to defend ourselves 99% of the time. Not even gonna lie.
SERIOUSLY!!!! Those people that are making negative comments are the same people that support the Beckys and the Brads when they biting off the black culture...smdh😒😕
truth that’s so disrespectful. Don’t call someone mixed breed. They aren’t an animal they are a humans and if you want to say mixed then just say mixed. Also if you haven’t met anyone like that then you’re just lucky because they definitely exist 😒
*what I'm seeing in the comments* "She's biracial, that's not black" *Like did you just hear what you said. That means both. You can't just erase the black side of her like it ain't there*
WeirdInternetz but an African American is not the same as being black. An African American is someone who’s ancestors were slaves in America. African American is an ethnicity, coming from culture, upbringing, and nationality. Being black is a race. Black has a certain “look”, including skin color, hair texture, eye color Etc. You can have a ton of ethnicities, but when it comes to race, you either have one race or are mixed race. I understand that a lot of black people (or people that claim to be just black) are mixed with something, but at the end of the day it’s how the world that doesn’t know you see you as. If you have the “black look” them people will identify you as black if they don’t know you. People mostly go by appearance. You look black, you get the black struggle. You look white, you get the white privilege. The thing is about mixed race people (mostly half black and half white) get some of the struggle, but not all of it. They get some of of the privilege, but not all (that’s if you have the biracial “look”). It really comes down to the struggle, and if you don’t have the full black struggle, then your not fully black overall.
People thinks that be african american or be african means be black, melanesians, some indians, South Sea Islanders and Papua New Guinean Australians aren't africans but are black, if your skin isn't BLACK, you aren't BLACK, being AFRICAN don't make you BLACK, black isn't a RACE, black is a color.
Chloe Cesar so I’m a darkish Chocolate skin color like this :👩🏾. And I haven’t once had the black struggle. So that means that overall I’m still not black ? So what you’re saying is if you haven’t struggled then you’re not black , yet there’s thousands of black people who haven’t experienced the black struggle !
To me, she's not black for the same reason she's not white. I'm not a fan of this whole white supremacist "one-drop rule" thing. She's mixed. And that's okay.
@Coco Chanel So, it turns out white people can be ignorant. What's new? Don't be ignorant along with them. You are of mixed race (ie: biracial). Simple as that.
@Coco Chanel yeah...that's that slave mentality...I agree white people don't care if you're half white or not but who cares what white people think...mixed people should not be the standard or the face of black people because i'm sorry to say you're not black....you're mixed...what's wrong with that?
I am mixed/ biracial and I understand and fully accept the fact that I am... but usually if someone ask what I identify as I say i’m black. not because I disregard the white half of me but because society in general are always going to see me/label me as black no matter what else i’m mixed with. maybe it’s different in other parts of america or other states because based off the system and government.. i’m labeled as black because of my father. 😐🤷🏻♀️
@@TrillzMMA nah they dont, cause if the first generation biracial child procreates with a white person, those strong black genes become washed out and a full blown white second generation is created
If yall started standing your ground and claiming biracial black/white all the time and not some of the time then everyone else would have no choice but to see you as that. The truth is you have been forced by the black community to claim black because we were taught the racist thing of "you are what your father is" which is not true. It's time we start setting some boundaries. Too many people feeling entitled to claim black when they aren't
Yeah im biracial too and its really frustrating trying to explain my race sometimes because i hate to explain what i fully am because it is so complicated telling which parent is what race and usually i have to identify as black but sometimes when people ask me what my full race is i have to say I am Black and Puerto Rican, and not just black because my fathers side of my family speaks spanish
BlackGirlLovesAnime6 your saying to start standing out ground as if you have experienced being mixed and this generation is the same as when we were kids (assuming you are an adult). again, use mixed people don’t just discard the fact we are mixed with something else. Also, Im pretty sure back in the day we weren’t ‘taught’ we were what our father was, that’s just what they label us as when we were born. It’s just a fact that the government will always claim us as black because if history and the past not because we are taught to only claim one half of us because quite frankly my father who is nigerian always told me to love both sides of myself.
Was the natural hair community founded on type 4C hair? Because I first went natural around 2007 and I felt like it was founded with type 4 hair in mind period. Type 4A or Type 4C, a lot of us had barely seen our hair texture before because our parents immediately saw those kinks and were like "Relax!" A lot of us didn't realize we HAD a type when it came to 4 hair. We didn't differentiate. It was all "bad". So I felt like it was a period of discovery for type 4 hair period. Sure. Once our hair type was DISCOVERED, the hierarchy began and I began to see more 4A and 3 types hijacking the movement. But it was initially a period of discovery for 4 types imo.
The movement was created by a black woman for black women with type 4 hair, specifically b and c. So we could embrace our hair texture, be comfortable and stop damaging our hair and scalp with relaxers. This is my opinion, I never felt that it was for women who had 3c or above. When I was watching women with 3c and above, most of the time is was, “I straightened my hair, because the girls in my school has straight hair”, it never really was, because my boss said it’s unprofessional.
@@TeachYourMrs I agree. I never felt it was primarily for type 3c or looser. I just wanted to clarify that it was started with type 4 in mind in general- not just 4C. Many of the early natural hair movement players like Curly Nikki and Afrobella weren't 4C but type 4 hair types. This wasn't to downplay the need for 4C representation in the community. It's needed now more than ever. It's just a fact.
I still think the movement was founded by people with 4c (not just type 4) but it’s just that 4c isn’t being represented in the movement created by them. That’s why there’s this huge debate about being inclusive because girls with 4c will be at the end of the stick while those with looser curls will be represented more.
I wish we could all just embrace being natural without having to claim who the movement was for. It’s like saying “your hair is not kinky enough to claim the movement, even though you are black “. Us as black women are discriminated against period, and because of that we should all support and encourage each other embracing how God made us. Most of us didn’t even know what our hair type was when we went natural....so for most, the movement was just about letting go of chemicals and what society said was acceptable. Just because I know some are thinking it, this is coming from someone with type 4.
In South Africa most blacks also think mixed ppl can grow long hair and we can't. I was one of those people, until I realised that we blacks 'can't' grow hair long because its damaged. Sadly most ppl still believe this. I can't wait to grow my hair long and prove its not abt race.
When the brainwashing is so deep you are relaxing your hair every month, unfortunately you damage your hair and never see it grow. I’m black from west Africa and it’s only when I moved to the US that my hair started to grow, only because there were better treatments outside of relaxer and grease on repeat. Didn’t know about deep conditioning, getting a good blow dry or even a proper flat iron. These things only got my relaxed hair to be healthy and supple, I can stretch a relaxer to only getting 3 or 4 max in the year and no more damaged hair.
So true.In Ghana almost all kids are not allowed to grow their hair until High School is done and this is around 18 years old.By then you hair is used to all this cutting and all so it becomes a bit difficult to grow our hair.Personally I still cut my hair anytime I want.I have let my hair grow over a year not adding a relaxer and my growth right now,I’m shook.We still have that mentality of relaxing our hair being the best but truly it’s not.Our hair flourishes when we leave it as it was made.We can grow our hair longer too.
Yes, that is so true. I am growing my natural hair and it is flourishing. I literally cringe looking at people in salons doing their hair. The reason why we can’t grow hair is because we have the most fragile hair out of all the Hair types but we’re the ones doing the most to our hair. Putting relaxers every month, yanking out our edges with tight braids. A lot of people ask me if I am coloured and I am like no, I just know better and I can take care of my natural hair properly. Lol I also help people at clicks when I find them confused in the natural hair isle so that we can all have beautiful healthy hair. Black hair grows. It’s sad that we’re brainwashed
Oh shoot! That’s me! One of my supporters told me that you shouted me out and I almost lost it. I love your honesty so much. We need this dialogue! Thank you for being exactly who you are, exactly what we need, and for using me as an example of type 4 hair! All my love ♥️
I use to date someone from that country, well he was born in Portugal and his mother from Cape Verde. If he hadn't told me his dad was white I would never guess his genetic make up since he was darker than my brother.
icilmaa I’m not saying all of our population lol. I’m dark but most of my family is that girl’s complexion. We all look different but 70% of the population are mixed. 28% full African and 1% white. So our population comes out looking all different! However, we are all African bc of our location and most of our DNA. I personally was born there and grew up in a Cape Verdean community and have seen all shades. The darkest to the lightest. Our people will have 4c hair with light skin or 2A hair with dark skin. My point is: skin color doesn’t always have to do with someone’s culture and their identity. Especially their Black identity.
T Knight Ummm yeah you are confused I’m Eritrean we are African dude 🤣 maybe some middle eastern admixture somewhere down the line but we (habesha) are african !
People should chill with the mulatto thing it has a very bad background that many dont know about. Calling someone mulatto is like calling them a mule and I'm not even playing
Wow you people need to read more. What is the title of the girl’s video? “YOURE NOT BLACK ENOUGH”. People are dismissing her black side just because she is mixed. With her life experiences she relate more to a black person because typically mixed people still get treated badly or treated how they look. It’s pretty clear that she gets treated badly because she looks mixed / black. White people dont claim her (cause of her tan skin and kinky hair) so she claims the black community
Also ty for sharing type 4 youtubers! Type 3 youtubers will say type 4c are complaining, and dont give solutions on solidarity with 4c hair and its really simple...just promote them like yall do other type 3s
I'm white but I find myself watching videos like this one like I love learning about stuff like this educating myself I love learning about all types of cultures and how they do things differently hair clothes ect love your videos btw
Eloho you co signed her but her comments but its all nay nay . these people did not give her constructive criticism, but they were actually right on the points below - its not just english that she is speaking , she is using US centric words , mannerism ( finger snaps etc.. ). these are the things we do not have in Belgium, and from the sound of it , she is Flemish native speaker. - identifying as black doesn't actually change the fact that she is biracial and this is exactly what people are pointing out. - There is such a thing as being mixed race in Belgium and the netherlands. the categories are distinct , albeit where women are concerned , as biracial men are typically associated with full black men . lastly, people feel strongly about identifying as black but we all know the reason why there is no way we wouldn't confidently choose to be white because we know how accurately white we'd have to look/be
Our struggle is different for theirs. buy her being mix race, the question for her would be what side are you with, because you can't straddle the fence anymore. We're not doing those type of politics anymore. We've been doing that for a long time and were has it got black people
Nooooo...these women know they are elevated in certain spaces this is a part of the conversation... SO bw in these spaces are going to question their presence in these spaces. You cannot automatically assume what there purpose for being there is, THAT MATTERS? IS IT to hijack to steal etc...We know this takes place that's how it got hijacked in the first place... Been unfollowed women who are not representative of me. Not for entertainment or other things but as far as hair beauty make up ETC.... Dsbw are NOT allowed to be all inclusive BECAUSE IT DOESN'T benefit US NEVER HAS.It is not our fault BUT, It is what it is.....
Eloho you said you've heard of stories were mix race people don't fit in anywhere, but here in America it's always the blacks side that's open to the mix race children, and always have to take on the responsibilities explaining the mix race to them.
I hate when people assume black people can't grow long hair. I'm black and my hair grows long and thick very quickly and I'm. not mixed or biracial. When people see me they automatically assume that I'm mixed because of my hair and my complexion so when I tell them I'm black their like "oh but your hair so long" and it's like and??? Black women can have long hair too. You don't have to be mixed to have long pretty hair.
How can u be two races..have you every seen an apple orange.....your skin tone is not the only thing that defines your race...what ever your father is ...if you come from a white Man sperm you are white...with black skin....
Flower Power it’s not that we don’t acknowledge the other race, some people identify as biracial and some people identify as black because they have experienced the same struggles as a black person and see themselves as black
Finally someone agrees with me it is SELF HATE not to identify with your white half. Lol and biracial ppl want to act like they don’t self hate. I hate how ppl associate self hate with blackness as if we created it self hate comes in many different forms,degrees and in many different races of ppl. Believe me it’s ok to be mixed (SARCASM) lmfao biracials and mixed ppl talk shit about us yet they rely on us more than anyone else . They only come running when they feel like it and bcuz they know they can’t compete with white ppl.
"if I'm a dark, white girl, then a white girl is just a white, dark girl." yaaasss hunny. please squash them bugs. straight ignorance. Speak YOUR truth.
This is so confusing.... I was surprised at the amount of non acceptance here. I'm very similar in description to her and I have two black parents. Idk what I'd be called by the logic of people saying she's not black. You can look at someone and say that your black....she looks black to me. Idk. I'm from Virginia ok. I think people are giving her a hard time because she's not American.
I’m confused. I heard you say that the natural hair movement was started specifically for type 4c hair. If my memory serves me correctly the documentary that Chris Rock released entitled “Good Hair” in 2009 was a major catalyst as far as mainstream goes to get black women of all shades and textures to think twice about why they perm their hair and why they hide their natural texture. Most black women who permed their hair had zero clue as to what texture of hair they had, including myself because it was consistently chemically straightened away. We would not have known who had what texture until we took the leap to stop believing that whatever our texture was must be bad and embrace it by not perming it and finally seeing what it looked like. The natural hair movement as I experienced it was not about who had what. It was about stopping the perm and embracing whatever you discovered underneath that. You can find black women of all shades with all textures. I thought the point was for us to be fly in our natural state and not let society tell us that straightening our hair was the only way to be beautiful. Somebody educate me cause I’m here to learn.
I think the looser texture being preferred was just a bi product of the initial natural hair movement. I'm black but I have a slightly looser curl texture and people would ask me if I'm biracial because of it. No I'm black. I mixed in my lineage way back but I'm black. So I think it just stems from people not being educated that black people dont just have one hair texture and like she mentioned featurism and colorism. Looser curl pattern is more acceptable by the masses so that's what everyone wants. But now we have to shift our thinking. Whatever grows out of your head it beautiful
It doesn't even make sense to say it was started solely by and for 4c hair, as though they were existing in a stratosphere where every other type of black hair was so adored and accepted - underneath the SAME wigs, texturizers, relaxers, heat, damage and self hatred/rejection - as 4c hair. The implication presented is of a 4C niche movement of resistance in a climate of acceptance, ease and privilege for all other hair types who haven't been oppressed, haven't been told they're not presentable, haven't been covering up their natural hair - when as you say, thats definitely not true. Hair typing wasn't even really a thing back then. There's a difference between involvement and hegemony. It's wrong as the movement moves on for looser textures to be considered 'better', to take over the movement and enforce a spectrum of inequality and a renewed scale of "good hair", which happened only as black hair of all was exposed and embraced. But that divide or scale is not the genesis of the movement. How on earth was the movement supposed to be so selective where only self identified 4c people are supposed to go through the internal process of self acceptance and the need for change when they were victimised by the SAME THING as all the other black people around them, and are doing the SAME THINGS to their hair as a result.
I really love this channel, I'm a man but I love hearing from black women on black issues but a lot of those channels hate mixed people. I'm mixed and I grew up in a very white area and let me tell you they still just viewed me as black. Don't get me wrong our struggle isn't the exact same. But when you feel rejected by both sides it's painful. You're amazing girl!
I Am Eloho DONT TURN THE COMMENTS OFF! Ur channel is the ONLY channel that I come to see everyone’s perspective. Seeing the comments from others let’s us know how ppl rlly think 💕
Being mixed is has its own struggles. You’re either too black to be white or too white to be black. I’m mixed with both but I’m a black woman 🤷🏽♀️ but I live in the embodiment I take on is with black beauty and natural crowns
Hun stop please. Your mixed not black , therefore you cannot logically or genetically be black. If you feel so left out try create you're own stuff and community. If you really care about black women you'd fight for the end of colourism you benefit from and the science experiments people are doing with their kids when they mix them. We're breeding ourselves out for gods sake ! Please take what I've written into consideration . Peace and love to you
You are MIXED you are not black lmao. How tf can you say you're mixed yet say you're a black woman? Stupid asf. You aren't black and never will be you are mixed race. You can't claim on side of your mixture.
I’m a Black American, and she looks a lot like me. She looks like the average light brown Black woman (not mixed). I can’t see how she wouldn’t be Black enough.
A bit of a delicate subject. I do not want to offend anyone but American and Caribbean slaves came from West Africa and were dark, afro haired and so on. Most people who descend from slaves will have some European or other non-African blood. Therefore they are technically mixed.
Silent Night I completely understand. You’re coming from facts and clear phenotypes of race and ethnicity. But in the U.S. majority of the Black American populace would be considered “mixed”. At what point is someone “mixed” or “pure” Black? In the U.S. unless you have one non Black parent, you can’t consider yourself “mixed” or you will get accused of “othering” yourself. To claim another race that you know nothing about or even resemble is social suicide.
Colorism is EVERYWHERE ! ask the dark skin indians. People saying it aint a thing in their country are not experiencing it. People should really recognize their privilege.
Mailoves all the whites like Kim kardashian and even Khloe etc are darkening their skin and getting lip injections etc and I’m noticing that’s what it is nowadays in our society.
I know I'll get a lot of criticism but this is just my option. Being black is not just having a really dark skin tone and 4c hair, I think we forget that black comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and hair textures.(I am not responding to the video but some of the comments)
Bruhh being mixed kinda sucks sometimes when you have to go thru this type of stuff all my life iv been told I’m not black enough or white enough for anybody 🧐 but sis is still living her best life and I embrace my cultures 🤪 (I don’t claim anyone on my white side of my family except my mom bc they are all racist and or are in the kkk)🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️but I still tell people I’m white and black
LovelyKira Sings SAMEEEE!!! People don’t even understand how hard it is to be mixed. My mom has all mixed kids (just three) but her family got mad that she was with black men to they cut her off and we got back in touch with some of them when I was really little and the racist ones weren’t around us anymore just the fun ones. My mom has always fought for black people as a whole. My granddaddy (on my black side) raised me to identify as a black woman. Not saying I’m not mixed. Because if someone asks me my race I’m gonna say mixed race but I just say black when I don’t feel like describing it in a normal conversation. There is something that was said in “To Kill A Mockingbird” And it was “he was lonelier than a mixed child.” Because we tend to not fit in with either race. Thankfully, while growing up, white people accepted me. Sadly, black people usually didn’t. But in highschool now, black, mixed, it’s the same to most people (in my hs)
@Kirasworld You cannot please everyone. They will forever have something to say. I'm full blown black, both parents darkskin, and I was told I'm not black enough 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾♀️ because I speak properly. People who are ignorant to a lot of things about life in general say dumb ish. Sorry you have to experience this nonsense. It'd be nice if everyone could empathize and realize that we all have our own experiences of exclusion and one does not negate the other since we can never really experience how that person felt in the moment.
@@strang3rulov34 wooooow. The comment I left for Kirasworld is for you too. I've noticed growing up and the many schools I've been too there's a difference in how you're perceived. In my multicultural elementary school there wasn't that kind of cultural divide as much amongst the kids because we were all different. When I went to a elementary school and middle school in the hood that's when the "you're not black enough" "you act white" comments started to roll in 🙄, got into a magnet program for high school and the comments disappeared because it was multicultural. Not tryna take away from your experience just trying to relate to it. Hopefully as you grow these comments will lessen you may still experience it throughout life because... people... But yeah you are who you are be confident in that.
PrettyRabbit That didn't make any sense. People don't claim both sides cause black people tell them they aren't black when they say they are? Of course people will be negative when you say you're something you're not or try to make their race into a mixed race when they're their own people. What race is half another race? Makes no sense at all
@@Scoring57 made perfect sense to me 🤔 Also wouldn't that be the point of the words mixed race, biracial etc... clearly someone made a "person" half of each race not a race half of a race. What you said made absolutely no sense to me but we aren't all made to understand each other either so there goes that 😂
The issue of being biracial and how you identify yourself really depends on where you are in the world. For example I'm from Zimbabwe and most mixed people here will never identify themselves as black they identify themselves as mixed or more specifically coloured even if they have darker skin. I guess the reason for that is because biracial people in my country tend to live and marry in their own communities and have developed their own type of culture. I spoke to this one biracial lady who said she feels rejected by both the white and black community hence why she stays in her own mixed community, similarly black people complain that during colonial times mixed people would get better jobs just because they are mixed and they feel like mixed people think they are better than black people hence why they also stay away from mixed people. It's a mess honestly
I live in Belgium, where Amber is from. I guess colorism exists everywhere but here, we pretty much call someone mixed or biracial if they have one black parent and one white parent. I don't like biracial people saying they're only black...it's not factually accurate and they're just denying the fact that a whole part of their family is white. I'm not saying that being black means only one kind of phenotype but if you're mixed...I'm going to say you're mixed or biracial. Not saying you don't have black in yourself but you can't exactly convince me we are ethnically speaking exactly the same...because it's not accurate and it just happens to show with your look. Being biracial is NOT a bad thing. It doesn't mean you're less than anybody but with both my parents being black, we just experience different things; from the way we are raised to maybe discrimination later on. Her and I probably have some similar experiences but it's still not the same. Now If you are from a country like Jamaica for example, chances are you're mixed race, not only black. If you say you're black...I understand, the dynamic is completely different from here, in Europe and I think we should consider that as well. In the environment/historical/cultural situation, yes, you're black. That being said, I don't get where she got that ''I'm black'' while being biracial rethoric which I thought was more of an American thing...
Alegra Green she “Amber” is acting like she doesn’t understand that this (what you have described here) is the reason people are outraged at her. She’s a influencer I am sure she knows of the conversation surrounding colorism, black-bandwagonism, the bleaching and darkening of skin tone that’s been prevalent discussions in the social media atmosphere as well as “black fishing” To deny that as well as not be forthright direct and clear about your ethnicity is just outright antagonizing to people who clearly have to remain one thing or the other in respect to their race. At the end of the day, people just like honesty. They want clear cut descriptions that correlate. If you’re an influencer and you are not up to date on what’s going on you clearly need a different job or you’d rather gather up reasons of importance to get clout time whether it be good or bad! I’m not buying it Ms. Amber! You’re full of shit! You know what you did, you’re just milking it for pity and self importance. If you do love both your parents then acknowledge them!! You are MIXED in Belgium not Black!!! #facts
It's not just American, here in the Netherlands some mixed people call themselves black as well. The reasons I've heard where about self-knowledge and documentaries
The thing about that is people are typically identified based on phenotype. When you're half Black, your other half can be a number of things. A person can't automatically discern what the other half is as easily as it is to notice Black features. How the world identifies you plays a huge role in how you identify yourself. She can say she's biracial all she wants but most of the world identifies her as Black. Within the Black community, we might be able to dissect that more critically but that doesn't change her lived experience. She can live among Black people and be accepted as Black. She can't live among white people and be accepted as white. That's probably a large part of why she among others identify as Black instead of "biracial".
i'm trying to explain to the commenter why she probably said she is not white... cause people don't see her as white... and usually we internalize how people see us...@Anti Generic was that really hard to understand?
Because she looks like a light skin black woman and she has a black parent. She can be both but since identifies with being black more she can do that. I am not sure how that is confusing. She didn't say she hated her white mother but when ppl see her, they see her as black and she live her life that way
You made great points Eloho a lot of girls watch women that don't have their hair type then get mad when they are the face of the natural hair movement..💁🏽💅🏽
This whole concept of being “black” vs “mixed” is now just downright confusing, and to be honest, it’s complicated for no reason. I’m not mixed, but I often get confused with being half-Hispanic. My mother also looks mixed (small nose, light-skinned, loose curl pattern), but both her parents are black as well. My question is, if you don’t have traditionally black phenotypes, but both your parents and grandparents are black, then what are you considered? There are mixed people like Saweetie who don’t look like they’re mixed with anything. So how can we tell who’s black based-off looks alone?
@@zoegyal1032 I also feel like there’s not enough emphasis on the impacts of slavery on Americas black population genetics wise. There’s a lot of white ancestry that was passed down or can can pop up from generations ago. And for a very long time in Americas history lightskin and mixed black people were considered black. Yes, they obviously had and have way more privilege than their darkskin counterparts but they still were categorized as black. Idk, there’s definitely an argument for why that’s outdated and upholds white supremacist ideals of “untainted” or “pure” whiteness but…as things are there are a lot of lightskin black people who move through their life raised as and seen as black.
There is a category of mixed called mgm. I'm mgm. Parents, grandparents, great grandparents all either full white or native, or biracial/multiracial. I visibly look mixed with something. Idk how tf I'm supposed to be black, but I am...when it's convenient for black people.
Unpopular Opinion: I don’t like negating someone’s blackness(biracial or “fully” black) just because of their phenotype. I think black people are now wanting to make biracial people call themselves biracial instead of black because SOME mixed raced people benefit from either being racially ambiguous or are the acceptable version of “blackness”. But does the same thing not go for light-skinned “fully” black women? What’s making them black is not ONLY their genetic makeup but also their experience. And the reason y’all want to in a sense, discredit the blackness of a Mixed race person is because if they have the stereotypical phenotype of a mixed raced person, they have a different experience than you. . . But black people are not monolithic. We don’t always have the same experiences & thats ok. I’m not gonna disregard your blackness though. That’s just me 🤷🏽♀️ Yes as a mixed race person, you may be accepted in spaces that I wouldn’t. Yes as a mixed race person, you may benefit from the look of racial ambiguity if you do indeed look racially ambiguous. But If you insert light skinned where I put mixed race, the sentence would still make sense. And we don’t negate a light-skinned black person’s blackness just because of their experience. Also I know fully black to us means having 2 black parents. But y’all do understand that most of us aren’t “fully” black right? Are we as mixed as a mixed raced person? Hell no. But on average we are a quarter(25%) more or less white, not including any other admixtures. that’s the equivalent of a white grandparent. . . So I’ll just say this: if you got a black parent, you fam to me 🤷🏽♀️ May have a different experience or damn near the same. You still a sis/bro to me. I can’t speak for everyone else though.
Tori Collins thanks sis 💕 We have to understand that there’s different tiers of blackness . From biracial all the way to dark skin black. You still black to me 🤷🏽♀️
STRANG3R U LOV3 girl don’t ever argue with anyone about your blackness. You know who you are. Being biracial doesn’t mean you’re not black. It just means you’re black and something else at the same time and that’s ok.
I'm 12 and your channel gives me so many different perspective to the world. I hope I get to meet you one day. And btw I look up to you soo much.
Edeleke Carey hi friend! I’m so glad you’re watching my videos at such a young age 💓🤗🦄
Omg I have preteens watching me 🤯🤭🥵🥺🤩🥰💓
Edeleke Carey 🥰 so sweet
Same, Im 14 and I really love this channel.
# BLACK Girl Magic
Edeleke Carey same. I’m 11 and tbh I thought I was the only kid watching her channel lol, but now I know there are kids around my age that look up to her and watch her channel🤗
She does not look white to me🤷🏾♀️
She dont look black either so what's your point
@@rahimfaraji7647 she looks biracial not black
@@rahimfaraji7647 east Africans have middle eastern ancestry. Black features and skin tones do not begin with very light skin and loose curl textures. Yall know what black is until biracial people begin to cry from exclusion
BlackGirlLovesAnime6 she looks black! Her features, hair texture even body structure screams black. She resembles plenty of my family members who are BLACK with TWO black parents
BlackGirlLovesAnime6 “she looks biracial” girl... what does that even mean💀 that’s like saying “you look like you have a race” like...?
Mulatto is a derogatory term for mixed people. It’s old and outdated, and I would love to keep it that way.
Tee DeW Pardon my ignorance, why is mulatto considered derogatory - I honestly didn’t know that and certainly don’t want to offend anyone?
So is the one drop rule and paper bag test but yall still like to use it to claim a whole new group of ethnically diverse people as black smh the irony
But it’s okay to say the n word.
@@ginihall1234 oh the irony right😂😂😂
Summer Time it basically means mule/ donkey horse mix
I swear, as soon as she says "I'm mixed, I'm not black", people will be going off on her. People are NEVER happy.
Because that would technically be incorrect. She is both black and white, she is not just black. Just like she would get they side eye if she went around just saying she was white.
bbyskittles91 true!
TRUEEE I’m biracial and if i was to say “I’m white” people would have a problem with it. If I say “I’m black” people will also have a problem with it but when I say “I’m mixed” people go off on me and say things like “are you not proud to be black?!” And those kinds of things. So wtf am I supposed to say
@@NiniMartini Exactly. I just think alot black folk are just malcontents. And malcontents tend to nit pick. Never happy with themselves, or anybody else.
bbyskittles91 exactly
Hi I’m a dark mix I don’t get benefits for being mixed because I’m dark asf 🤷🏽♀️ Let’s talk about the mixed race people like me .
Angelic, I feel and understand you. Mixed who are dark or don’t have “nice” hair get ignored. People be like “ shut up you not mixed”.
@truth i do
@truth but people wont look at u like you're mixed because you're darker than the stereotypical mixed person
and why are u hating on everybodys comments? i see that you believe in god, so how would god feel if he saw you spreading hate everywhere?
@truth I know this is old but you have a lot of hate and animosity towards mixed race people. Who hurt your feelings? And you're completely rude. I feel sorry for the mixed race people that you probably bully on a day to day basis. God bless
@truth because I've been seeing you bully mix race people in the comment section. Saying us black people should basically shun them and not accept them because they are mixed race, which is some bullshit.
It’s rude to assume someone is clearly bi-racial because they are lighter skin. There are many black ppl who are just light and their parents are black.
How do you know if their parents are black? Are you sure they are not passing as black?
We can assume based off of phenotype and then once they tell us they have one black and one white parent then our assumptions are confirmed. Simple. The truth is not rude it's the truth
@@JJ-sd5me most of the time people that look mixed are. There are always exceptions but they dont make the rule.
Yolanda Perez Just a question, how many black folks have fair skin, loser curls, thin nose at the same time?
Like me . I'm light skin but both of my parents are dark skin
Hey girl, your video was recommended to me. I just finished watching the whole video and I totally understand and respect your opinion. Also, thank you for the constructive criticism. Sometimes I have a hard time expressing myself in English (it’s not my native language, Dutch is) and I want to say and explain so much more in detail but I can’t come up with the right words so I end up saying nothing at all which may cause confusion some times. And I know if you don’t express yourself correctly on TH-cam people can misinterpret you very easily. But I most definitely understand where some of these comments come from. I understand 100% how the natural hair movement started and I explained later in a video that I also agree with the fact that type 4 hair is not represented at all as it should be and us, natural hair TH-camrs with a big platform have the power to change that! Thank you for keeping it positive and real 💕
Amber Ansah Thank you for watching ! I’m glad my different opinion didn’t offend you. 💋
I dig your channel, Amber! I'm raising a mixed girl and yes, language is a factor. Race is so complex but ethnically, you are mixed, and that's the best way to present yourself. You're allowed to IDENTIFY however you want but it doesn't change your unique ethnic background.
Black women across the globe have a difficult time being accepted as we are despite being physically diverse in skin tones , hair types, features, etc. When you claim you're ONLY black, it takes away from our own awareness of those differences and takes away from your power as having a different but very important perspective, especially being mixed with black and white! In raising a mixed child, her perspective is so HER! Claim yours, girl!!
Well she has claimed her perspective. She wants to be black on TY and society sees her as biracial which she is. She wants to speak english on YT, says herself it's not her native language and had issues expressing herself in this language, then dont be surprised if people misunderstand you, because yes in fact you will be.
I hope she uses this experience to reflect on her place in this place, on YT, on YT beauty black community, what she says and how she says it. We'll see!
@@lorelange She is very manipulative - seeing as the Dutch are brilliant linguists - and if she has a parent who is Ghanian - she had English language very early. And clearly her English is perfect. Same goes for the issue of being mixed, she knows shes mixed - but swears blind shes black. Black people are the easiest to cojole and manipuate. Most money she could ever dream of making is with black women and hair and she knows it.
Love u Amber!! ❤❤🇹🇹
y’all call Obama black though
👀☕️
Idk about everyone
EVELYN facts
But his kids are black
I don't but many people do.
@@PennyMsElite Malcolm x was a reversed quadroon which is 90% of black Americans
Just saying I love the fact that you put an albino woman in the photos that you showed of black women. 🤗 I feel like albinos really don’t get enough representation at all.
I was very impressed by that too!
Are you Albino?
fruff30
I think she’s white
Gabby 😂
Facts
To me she's both. African and Belgian. End of story. Don't know why this is even still a discussion in 2019..🤔
Sarah Lilac because racism, colorism and prejudice still exists. In 2019. Black people get treated how they appear. She appears black.
SAME! this convo is so annoying!
@@mara9905 but this whole "mixed people aren't black" convo is not need at all! we have bigger issues to deal with, and were up here trying to tell people what they are and what they aren't? y'all need to get over yourselves
Sarah Lilac, white supremacy baby girl and ur president🤷🏽♀️
@@cece.kisses8983 uh no, thats not what white supremacy is about....
Girl that orange is making your melanin glow like crazy 😭❤️
That clearly a red orange or even red
At least we have one person look good in Orange!!!! 😍😍😍 Kill it girl!
Megan Hey ok?
sweetybutton black girls like good in orange
@@forbitchesigotspit8758 weirdo lol
Eloho: White, Black, Purple...
Thanos: *blushes*
Lmao
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😆😆😆
Noragami!
Purtple people can't blush
I am a light-skinned African girl with a dark skinned mother and medium brown father and I hate it when people tell me I'm not dark enough to be considered black. Like, people need to learn that not all mixed people are light and not all light skinned people are mixed. They need to learn that black people aren't literally black in color and that we come in different shades and features like other races. If lighter skinned blacks aren't considered blacks then what about the black albinos? Are they white now?
rtt !!!
Bmt facts
PERIODT, black people from Africa that aren't mixed with white at all literally come in soooo many shades, from lighter to darker, ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL, ALL ARE VALID AND ALL ARE BLACK!!
@@sugaspice7684 Yes im black too.
They should see my family. My father was very light skinned and my mother chocolate so the children came in different shades. There are Africans who are way lighter than the mixed people.
Belgium people probably don't see her as a true Belgium. That's the problem. Mix raced ppl sometimes develop issues because of not feeling accepted as authentic by either side. There is no biracial "race". There is no biracial country. Everywhere she goes over there people probably ask where she is from even though her accent is perfect and she is totally integrated into the culture.
That maybe true but that doesn’t mean she should say that she is black. Just because the colorists over there don’t accept her doesn’t mean she can leave that crap at my doorstep. I’m waiting on the video where she blames white people for not accepting her🕛🕑🕞🤷🏾♀️ Never going to happen. BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHITE RACISM!
So true!! I’m mixed and people constantly ask me where I’m from, I respond England. ‘But where are you really from?’ England. ‘Yea but where are you reallyyyyy from?’ FUCKIN ENGLAND!!! Like you said there’s no biracial country so if I’m not from England where the hell am I from?!
bye girl you think white people get spat at? Or get discriminated against for having natural hair? Girl I’m NOT crying victim here, and I’m not by any means disagreeing with you, I’m just trying to get you to understand someone else’s perspective. I’m wide awake at what goes on in society, I know that black people have it wayyy worse that me, how👏🏽many👏🏽times👏🏽illiterate👏🏽that? I know that Muslims have it real bad right now and I EMPATHISE, but stop making it out as if mixed are the problems of the world. I believe discrimination of any form to any race, gender, sexuality, religion is wrong, I ain’t gonna spew hate to anyone that’s different to me. I support the black community as I am half black and I’m well aware of the shit my ancestors went through. I know mixed/ light skinned are celebrated more, I’m aware it’s light skinned people who are on tv, film and advertising. You don’t think I was offended as shit by that Shea moisture commercial which showed 5 women and only one of them was of colour and she was light skinned with 3b hair and not a single dark skinned woman with type 4, when those were the women that built that company? I am horrified that women of colour aren’t celebrated and that light skinned are more socially accepted. Why? Because I try to look at others perspective.
All I’m saying is that when white and Asian society chooses to identify me as black and don’t accept me as mixed when I literally identify as mixed, I cannot change their opinions, and those particular individuals will treat me like I’m black because their narrow minded asses can’t process the word mixed. That. Is. How. Some. Whites. Identify. Me. Of course, this is not the majority of society and therefore no, I don’t have it bad. Stop making it out as if I think I have it worse. I’ve said multiple times I know I don’t.
It's interesting that they make her prove her race before they accept her nationality.
bye girl oh my days, how many times have I already told you I know mixed don’t have it worse? How many times have I said that I’m not crying victim. How many bloody times. You are obviously not listening because you’re so triggered. And didn’t I just say that I know Muslims have it terribly right now? And didn’t I just say that I know mixed are second to white on tv and advertising? I JUST SAID THAT JESUS CHRIST. Scroll the fuck up and I used that Shea moisture commercial where there were 4 white women and one mixed as an example of how mixed are more likely to be put on tv over black in order to show “diversity”. I just said that hahahaha oh my god.
And did I say all mixed are good people😂 no but you seem to making a the assumption that all mixed are...prejudice much? Hahaha wow. Give what you get rather than rising above it and making a change? How sad.
This whole spew of hate I’m getting from you came from me simply explaining that people don’t like to accept the fact that I’m from England nor that I’m mixed and somehow that statement got you all triggered. Calm down. I’m just stating my frequent experiences because it relates to the OP’s comment. I didn’t cry victim, I was explaining dumb ignorant comments I get from white people. Because as I’ve said, white people tend to identify me as black and I can’t change that. And for the 100th fucking time, I know I don’t have it worse because I am not black.
And no I don’t live in the UK. I live in Australia, they’re about 50 years behind socially and politically hence why I’m dealing with frequent racism.
We really need to stop equating light skin with biracial because I'm light skin but I'm not biracial at all. I have two black parents. Although i know light people have light skin privileged but be careful who you u label as black and not fully back.
You can usually tell the difference between a biracial person and a light skinned black person. Like it’s hard to explain but my mom is a light skinned black woman but she has a different tint in her skin tone compared to a biracial woman.
You will never be labeled as not fully black because you have two black parents. Lol, girl...
@@mandykillriff6854 but it's happened before. That's why I made the comment. Because people assume (before I tell them I have two black parents) that I'm mixed.
@@Lostinmyhead23 yeah ..I think black light skinned woman when they get in the sun they turn like a caramel color .. it's hard to explain and I'm a caramel color complexion so when I get in the sun I'll turn brown skin .. while a non black light skinned would look more yellow and probably turn red as hell
SundaeTea I have confused people tell me I'm mixed because of my features even though I'm brown. I have two black parents. No matter what they claim, you're black like me.
“You’re just a mulatto” is so belittling
It is! Same with being called Exotic and Interesting. Like no, I'm not a tropical bird..
Sophia R. I had a cheerleading coach call me exoctic.
Disgusting
@@phi1105 i get the exotic one a lot, like why brazilian mixed look exotic for almost everybody?
Honestly, I don't believe that mulatto is a derogatory term (but it is outdated). I'm not saying exotic is a compliment, but I don't think it should be called a slur like the n-word. I think it's only insulting because people have this notion that light skin individuals think they are better than darker skinned people? In general, I do see it in this case because basically he's saying she's exotic and pretty and that's it
She obviously includes herself in the natural hair movement because she is a person who at one point relaxed her own hair, and damaged it because of that, so she is now working towards taking better care of her natural hair.
Kim Thomas thank you. Lawd.
She also could've been made to feel like there was something wrong with her natural because let's be real white people have a problem wuth curly hair, theydint think it's normal. Her mum may have not known how to manage her hair so encouraged her to straighten it. Just assuming.
But if you see her comments on the natural hair community, she thinks anyone with hair is part of the community. She completely ignored the "movement" aspect of it. She doesn't understand that it started with black women. She thinks it's for everyone.
Tanisha W it is for everyone who has curls mostly black people and people with black ancestry because one point or another people with curls either straighten it or permed it. The movement is about taking care of your hair to get it to its original state.
I watched her videos and she had shoulder length hair all her life until she went natural
This topic is going to drag out for years. I wonder if people would question her blackness if she was still biracial but her tone was darker?
No.. She wouldnt need to defend her blackness..
They likely wouldn't lol. I've seen many of the same people ignore the fact that you can be dark and biracial. I'm lightskinned and black, yet my friend is dark skinned and biracial 🤷♀️. Nobody ever questioned her blackness, that's just how it goes
dripping honey I agree lol I’ve seen it happen within my family. It’s interesting to say the least
Looking biracial is features too, not just skin tone. Eye shape, nose, lips, hair...
And yes, Blackity Black people can look ambiguous too sometimes, which is why I think Black is also cultural.
This TH-camr in particular chooses when she stands in her blackness and is ignorant to a lot. But as a light-skinned woman she can say she's multicultural. A darkskinned woman can't.
It is okay to be mixed. Own both sides... They are what made you. Don't own one and forget the other...
Im going to forget the other side of me since I was bullied for being darker than my white class mate 🤷♂️
Amen to that! 💯
Seas _Wallace exactly 💯
I agree, she is not black, she is mixed.
Honestly, fu*k the white side. Mine came from slavery and f'ed up white ladies wanting black men for one reason alone. Idk how she feels about it cause I read the comment before I watched the video but that's how I feel about being mixed.
I don’t understand the obsession that people have with other people’s skin tone and ethnicities and telling people what they are or aren’t solely because of their skin tone. Biracial isn’t a “look”. No 2 black/white kids look alike. No 2 white/Asian kids look alike. No 2 mixed babies look alike. People need to get that out of their heads.
Exactly girl somebody said it!! My mother is actually the same mix as the chick in the video. My mom is biracial German and black. She has the same euro nose as her and me and my siblings have that same German nose lol. The chick look biracial to me ppl in the comments saying she don’t look mixed when clearly she does because she is mixed tf 🤣🤣🤣
I get you. But people do this because of colorism which is an extension of racism. Colorism is real
Yessss!!! I was talking to one of my coworkers about family &race (specifically in Brasil) and how even in mixed parents (1 white 1 black) all the children come out very different. My uncle looks just like me, my aunt is the darkest and has very coily hair, brown eyes and darker skin and my mother had very mixed hair and in the middle. If you saw them separate from each other you wouldnt even think they were in the same family.
I was always asked if I was adopted when people saw my mom. It’s that in our families theres a lot of diversity even in the same genes!
And each of them have a different experience when it comes to race and how they were treated. It’s very eye opening.
That reminds me of me and my brother. We’re both half Thai half Mexican. But he looks totally Thai and I look totally Mexican. And unfortunately we went to the “wrong” schools based on our appearance. My brother got called chinito when he went to a predominately Latino school and I was just labeled as Mexican in my predominantly white and Asian school (who knows what they said behind my back)
Single??
Biracial girls need hair tutorials too. I’ve seen some biracial children’s hair and Tutorials are needed. No shade, no lies,
Today’s the first day that I’ve seen the responses and likes. Also I’d like to clear one thing up with everyone explaining biracial hair, videos for biracial people or Good HAIR.
1. Look at the video and stop saying ignorant shit.
2. I know about Mahogany’s curl and she isn’t biracial she’s a simple example of the multiple textures in the Afro community.
3. I love everyone that captured the lite hearted response to this video. You guys rock... ✊🏾
Stephanopolous fos some bi racial people (the ones who are half black and half something else) inherit black hair and some inherit the other's. I know someone who's mix race and has straight hair, he inherited from his white father. And I'm mixed and I got a bit of both, it isn't 4c like my father's but it isnt 1a like my mother's. It's just whoever's genes are stronger. Yeah I agree bi-racial people should have hair tutorials, too because a majority, I think, have hair where it's generally in the type 3 spectrum.
i swear my mom has like 2a hair and my dad haas like 4c and i got 3c and my mom did not know how to do my hair when i was little shed just comb it and put it in a puff but now that ive found natural hair yputube my hair has grown (but i will give her props, my hair was armit length before i found natural hair videos (but she did used to comb my hair every single day))
Lol I once told someone their hair needed some love. She looks ambiguous and was afraid of people thinking that she was trying to be black. Thing is her hair needs some black hair care.
@Nick The Great Joy-El and Jewelliana Palencia, right? 👀👀👀
Ikr 😅
I think she identified more as black because she looks more black. Especially if she lives in a European based country.
You can identify with one side, but to say you are black and get mad when ppl say you’re mixed is stupid
May it’s not the fact that they called her mix but it’s the fact that they’re saying it in a rude way and using it as a problem with her hair videos when her hair is clearly more kinkier than the stereotypical mix women.
Looks more black where? Yall really think black people with 2 black parents look like her? We do not look like her. She is biracial why is that so hard for people to understand that
If she lives in europe? Why ppl who never lived or put a foot in europe try to argument on a subject they dont know ! In europe we dont consider her as black but as a mixed person
@@theessenceofglow7324 in which part of Europe do you live in lol because in 99 percent of western European countries she is considered black by most citizens .
I wish black people could understand that being black is not claiming YOUR PERSONAL BLACK EXPERIENCE IN YOUR OWN SPACE. Her blackness is different from all of ours. Especially since she is not even a BLACK AMERICAN. Furthermore... those comments are plain old colorist! If she was two shades darker with the same features and hair texture they claim "isn't black enough" there would be no argument.... PERIOD!!!
Stephany Lewis THANK YOU so much because this is something that needs to be said
PERIODT
Literally just typed this in another comment!!! WELL SAID!
@truth not a dog..she is not a "breed" and she's bi-racial with African (Ghana) and white (Danish)😹
@truth wouldn't matter 😂
That lady used to relax and damage her hair trying to conform to societys image of beauty. Damaged it so much it wouldn't grow past her collar bone. Now she embraces her natural hair, looks after it, sees a difference and is proud. She has every right to be part of the movement because she is the definition of what it is about. She is telling my story out right. Most of the mixed people I known growing up pick a side that they culturally identify as. It doesn't mean they're denouncing the other side. It's how you grow up. My sons dad is mixed (even though he is mistaken as middle Eastern) but he identifies as black. He lived with his mum who is black growing up and spent more time around the black side of his family. Everyone has a cultural background and mixed race isn't a culture its an ethnicity/genetic make up. No one else has the right to place someone into a box. But people can place themselves into boxes and that's the box she chose.
Colourism is definitely a thing in Europe. Although in UK mixed people usually say they are mixed and not just identify as black
xoxoxoxoxc so truuue
Actually it s the same everywhere outside of the US. And she is Belgium so she knows....
Facts. I live in UK I say I’m black but technically I am mixed. But yes the mixed people love to claim that mixed title
@@joellee4185 I identify with black more too but I'm actually mixed .
Colourism is definitely a problem here too in Germany...
Goddessbih but why are you telling people you're black when you're mixed raced? How does that make sense?
It’s like a pink crayon saying that it’s red. Not you’re not red, you’re pink. Red is within you but so is white. And that makes a whole new color which is PINK
Vega V 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Vega V YES! I love this example.
Say it again 🙌🏾
Vega V yesss sis 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
I guess 😑, the only problem is were talking about human genetics here not crayons..bye this sounds shady and personal real shit. I'm Jamaican and my family is a breed of mixed Jamaicans who look just like this women ill be damned if you told us were not freggin black...your pushing it..
Being mixed, when people saying your "not black, you are biracial" like YEPPP biracial meaning two races, I just told you one of them, black, there is another.
I'm black myself and I can understand how hard it is for mixed people even though I have never experienced it..Mixed ppl have there own stuggles and so do fully black people..We can never fully understand each other's struggles...Yes you are black and yes you are also white.. there's nothing wrong in claiming both sides. as long as you don't enforce the one drop rule
truth would you rather us only accept our white side? And do you have a job or something how are you writing all these dumbass comments 😂
@@lyrapayne9181 we would love yall to acknowledgde the other side just as much instead of making it seem like yall are just one like we are.
That Girl I think most people acknowledge they’re mixed and like that they are, until situations like this arise
But when you refer to yourself as just *"black"* you're clearly disregarding half of your race you're not just *"black"* therefore saying just *"black"* is incorrect and clearly purposefully referring to yourself as a full *"black"* woman. Thank you.
This was so random but I couldn’t help myself to think
“I got black I got white watchu want”
Lmaooo
Naomi Jay tell me why i be saying this tho 💀
Mixed people: both
You’re done. 💀
Ooh ik she coming with the Looks,the tea and the facts
You know thaaaaaat 🤪☕️🌻🦄
India Campbell-Kaur
Yeah and I wonder how some people will allow the white women to be in the natural hair movement, but a woman who is biracial, with 4C hair, and embracing it, and not doing damage to it is not accepted.!!! It just bothers me so much...
It is OKAY to be “MIXED”.
Exactly. Why are we acting like the word mixed is an atomic bomb. I still acknowledge mixed people have a black parent.
That’s true. But all African Americans are mixed. We are a mixed race of people. Black to me is an umbrella term to include all of those who have ancestry that is traced back to Africa, and you have Black features.
@@DH-uw3us Exactly.
Diana Hughes thank you finally somebody with sense lol
Diana Hughes having 85%-90% of African ancestry and 0%-15% anything else is completely different than being 50%-50%.. (or around that). As I said it’s ok to be 50/50. It’s not black.. and BLACK is not 50/50.
Sometimes we black women are our own worst enemy. We divide each other up. All this bull about who's hair is the nappiest. Most of us are identified as black through our features. Also you can't always tell who is biracial by looks. Our hair types are about as many as our complexions. It should only matter about tips on our haircare.
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Yes most of us are identified as black through our features. And if your features include a mixture of whyte features you're identified as *mixed* and rightfully so. Mixing with another race and then labeling the result of that mix only one of those races is what causes these problems to begin with. It's why mixed women / people are put on a pedestal and seen as beautiful and treated differently. Isn't that being an enemy to black people? Why do people like you only call for unity and being nice to each other when it's mixed being called out or told they aren't black? Why don't you have anything to say when it's real black people being put down, funny enough, for being *too* black? Even your reaction shows how differently mixed people are treated.
Of course there'll be 'division' cause there is no sameness in your features. That's like throwing a mixed girl into the white community and then expecting that they all look at each other as the same. Of course there will be confusion and natural distinctions made. We might be able to relate to each other on some things but we're not the same people and black people don't have white parents nor are we genetically half whyte.
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Isn't one of your parents whyte or non-black?
@@Scoring57 So many black people have different features within the same family , some being lighter or darker than the parents, some with sharper noses, different hair etc.,with all having the same parents who are both black. White brainwashing has Black people all f***ed up in the head and it has blacks turned against each other over our types of hair and complexions. The problem stems from white society and media choosing and promoting blacks who have more white features and picking who we should look to as the standard for beauty which they want you to believe is white. We all know that's not true, but a lot of black people are so brainwashed they turn a blind eye to the truth and put down other blacks to feel like they are more accepted by whites. Black women sometimes are too blind to see other races of women want to be us, and instead find things to put ourselves down. Until we learn to embrace our unique beauty of our lips, hips, breasts, curves, complexion and Yes, our unique hair we'll always be tearing each other down instead of lifting each other up.
Exactly. We tear each other down more than "the man" ever could
Thank you!!!
I’d say she gets a black “ experience” being in a different country, and her experience may be a lot different in America .
My mom is a biracial German my dad is African American , i identity myself as Black ,I have 4c Hair and tan brown skin.
Ik it’s true in Germany , a lot of biracial Germans identify themselves as Black, but it’s not that they’re are denying being biracial it’s just that they feel that identity more .
Being biracial your experience isn’t always privileged .
Good point. Thank you. I live in London. Very multicultural! So a lighter skinned Black person in other European countries would definitely have a different experience (especially if they're in a smaller town) than in a cosmopolitan city like London). I'm a darker skinned Black woman. 😊
Some Black people don't want to hear that! 🤷🏽♀️
@@Laitalafraise and it’s 100% true ...
I'm not even biracial and I thank u
Basically anybody can be black lol i wish anybody could be white .
People can claim whatever they want to claim (doesn't make it true/biologically correct.) However, there is nothing wrong with acknowledging what you biologically are; biracial, black, white, etc. The problem is claiming it when it's convenient. Many biracial people tend to gravitate toward the black community because we praise them for looking racially ambiguous. We place them on a pedestal and not someone who looks just like us. Then when they get more praise from everyone, we want to get mad, and complain about lack of representation.
Keyoka no ma'am people can not claim whatever they want, you are who you are
@@thelmathomas3437 You are who you are, but at the end of the day if someone mixed identifies as black, there is nothing you can do to stop them. People are gonna do what they want to do and believe what they want to believe in the end.
Facts
Keyoka
Nah the problem is claiming it when it makes no sense. Black people aren't half white.
So Barack Obama should have said he was mixed, not Black? Do you really think whites would have treated him any differently if he said that? In their mind it doesn’t matter. If you have one drop that’s Black enough to them.
The dark white girl part 😂 got me confused
My Warrior Essence I was ctfuuuuuu😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s how she feel when they say she ain’t black
Bitch I thought I was the only one 🤣
She saying that if she is a dark white girl then those white girls are white(or lighter) dark girls.
@@yodinetheodore9086 Lol fr
She’s biracial but she still has the black experience. Her phenotype is of a light skinned black woman IMO. Of course there is light skin privilege due to colorism. But she can still speak on being black. However, a person that looks like Mariah Carey for example is a biracial woman that looks white and does not have the black experience.
I completely agree! This is unrelated but I also think people in the comments need to stop generalising all light skinned black women as biracial. There are many black African women who are not mixed and are only black. There's this awful stigma that you have to be mixed to not look 'black' or 'African' as if black and African people are not diverse.
Black people can speak on being black. Her experience is different and that's ok. Mixed people can speak on being mixed
Mrs. FancyFitz
I agree, and that’s what people are not understanding
And Amber Rose and Halsey
@@kaylao.3326 Biracial people have a unique experience of their own. If it were one in the same black people could have a biracial experience but we know that's not true nor does it make sense.
Eloho: Your hair will grow wether you 're white, black, purple...
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@@nepetaa6695 you guys are killing me 😂
I am lightskinned and Ghanaian
Both my parents are black and I just came out really light 🤷🏽♀️doesn’t mean I’m not black
Same, I'm a light skinned black person with 4b hair. I identify as black because both of my parents are black. I also came out lighter than them.
Ok but the girl talking is mixed
I don't think she is talking about light skinned black people she is talking about biracial people.
Yes, the girl is mixed. Of course you're black, you have two black parents. Wtf lol.
Well how do you think you got light skin? Light skinned black people didn’t exist until after slavery/colonization. It might not be far off if you have some white ancestry but this is a different discussion for a different day. This video is pertaining to biracial people. Half black and half white.
Why do people always say, “this is American issues”???
The American slave owners came from where? Europe duh
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D!TH!A please delete this bullshit
@@dtha5757 the slave trade triangle
@@dtha5757 nope it literally started with the Dutch.
@@clintjohnson1023 Is that not in Europe???
Shout out to all the biracial people who identify as biracial, you guys are the truth 👏🏽.
💯💯💯 I always have. I never saw the point in lying. That’s a slap in the face to your other parent because it’s basically denying them.
Shorty X exactly!
Thats facts (blindian here). Its the most uncomfortable thing when people try to tell you who YOU are and a lot of black people (our own race) like the dismiss that you are not just black but another race too. I’ve literally seen people get mad and frustrated by me stating that I’m East Indian as well? Lmaoo like why does that make you upset? Biracial black people and mixed black people should be proud to be both, should be proud to be both and ALSO it is PERFECTLY okay, for a biracial person to just identify as black, because a lot do , at the end of the day white people don’t see us any different for the most part. I’ve even come across people who are black/white who are VISIBLY black and just identify with their European side because they may have an issue with their black parent which is saddening. Full black, mixed black, part black is still black.
@@b.m7640 I agree 100%!
thanks
"I am black because I am not white." We have to keep in mind that she lives in a place where the majority is white. There is also not much diversity. She sets herself apart from white because thats how people identify her in a place like that. Sure, she looks mixed, but she does not look white. It would be the same case for mixed person who looks undeniably black. They identify as black, even thought they're half white, or whatever else, because if they said they were mixed, people would probably question them.
I am black. Most of the time, people either think I'm latino or mixed. When i say that I'm black, people usually wait for me to say that I'm "something else" because I can't be just black. -_-
Yes, black comes is all shades, hair textures, facial features...
Now, If i were to make one of these videos and I never said where I came from, would I be getting the same kind of comments? Same goes for her. If she never said her background, would people still spew all of this hate?
How is her blackness not enough for people? We all have different experiences, because we look differently, but we are all inherently black.
Same I’m black. My mom is light skin and my father brownskin. My hair is a softer 3c texture, and I often to get asked if I’m Dominican or ppl always ask me if I’m mixed with something else and when I tell them I’m just African American they don’t even believe me😭. They say I MUST be mixed with something
Just because you are not white doesnt mean you are black. She is still mixed so she is half black half white. If her white side doesnt want to claim het and the black side does. She still is half white.
I think th e real issue is the privialge that comes with being of a lighter tone. if we were all treated the same as black /mixed people no one would have anything to say.
This girl seems genuine but I still have a problem with mixed people ( one black one white parent) saying they are black just because they are not white. It makes blackness seem like a dustbin or reject category. It all started because whites did not want to claim them. So it’s like if you’re at the bottom of the hierarchy with your other race you can be at the top of the hierarchy over here. It just encourages people to claim blackness because they will be elevated in the black community.
This is a completely unbiased comment that was factual. You saw the view point of the other youtuber, but then made clarifications to us and to her without bashing her. This video was absolute truth so I subscribed!
Christopher Thomas thank you 😊🤗
I'm a darkskinned black girll who lives in belgium. Yess colorism is a thing here. If you are biracial in belgium they will never see you as black.
THANK you
@Taylor Later In most of Europe white and black people see multiracials as their own group.
@@5050TM in most of African countries like south Africa, angola and mozambique too. It isnt that deep and i have no idea why Americans make it that deep😂
@@patriciarafael8242 True. And I agree completely. It's definitely not a big deal.
Most white people see mixed people as black, I'm white and they call them black(mixed people)
Y'all acting like mixed people a whole new race 😂
For all the people saying they are....why the hell are they allowed to say the N-word then? Like tf, I've always seen mixed people call themselves black but never white 😂🤔
so before i edited my comment and added the second part, people we're saying mixed people ARE a totally different race, or at least NOT black. but now since i added the second part, they ARE black? i'm not saying they don't face discrimination, im saying they don't have it as bad as dark skinned black people.
They are
I meeeeaaannn, technically
Ummmmmmmm like they kinda are to be honest
It should be. Cuz as a VERY pale mixed chick... I dont have the struggle of a brown/deep skinned black woman. But not the privileged views of white women... We. Just. Don't. Fit.
@@Nothereatalllllbotuhoh exactly
I’m still trying to figure out why would someone with 4C watch TH-cam tutorials from people with type 2 or 3 hair??
I have type 1 hair and I still watch them because I find these videos often very professional and interesting. the more you know. I love learning about different things that people have to cope with :)
Clearly you meant why would they watch and actually expect their hair to react the same way to a routine that's not catered to them. Girl, ppl stay pining for something they view as "better" than what they have.
Curiosity tbh
I'm not gonna try it, but I like watching other people's routines. From kinkier to looser texture
Your channel growing faster than my hair
Hersheybarzzz 😹😹😹 faster than mine too !
@@iameloho718 so are dominicans black becase most people in their country is mixed.
Lacey Kean dominican is a nationality not a race. u can be a white black red orange person born in DR and be dominican
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I dont think she looks ambiguous she clearly has African features to me. Yes shes biracial but she clearly looks african descent. But I dont see why it's such a problem for a biracial person to identify as one, the other, or both. They're damned if they do or damned if they dont and it's like.... just get over it. She not hurting anybody leave her alone
I think they should just say they're mixed. Normally they say "I'm black" or "I'm white" or "I'm not black, im mixed". Those phrases is what you can't use
@@oliviaokpara8877 She's black and you clearly knows that. If for you black biracial people don't exist, then white biracials can call themselves black too. It makes no sense.
She’s biracial/multicultural. She’s on TH-cam Identifying with a physically black trait that she has (her hair). If black women or biracial women relate to her hair tutorials then that’s great!
Lmao eloho trying to do the math on “white black girl” 😂 😂 😂
Hava the Sun it confused me too😂
I’m still trying to figure it out 😰🤯🤔
The answer is Ariana Grande🌚
I cringed during that part
0gylicious lol me too
This is what happens when people are driven by visual appearance. If she was darker skinned then people would call her black like Obama. Obama is bi-racial too but he looks black so people call him black but that's INCORRECT. You can't mis-label some people & then attempt to correct others🤷
These are all facts!
🙌👏👏👏👏BIG BIG FACTS
She looks black to me.
As a 16 year old, I look up to you Eloho, you’re an educated black queen and I love your mind and how you’re not afraid to speak it. I hope your channel continues to flourish and your skin continues to glow. Love you 💕🦄
grey I wish I was 16 im 18 now and I hate it...
TheLifeOfThisGirly I’m sorry girl, I hope it gets better. If you want to talk, let me know.
I am straight up African and i'm light-skinned as hell .. so its rude to assume smh
What you people call light skin is still ceremal.
People are so damn stupid! There are dark skin women who also have looser curls too! Smdh Just like there are light skin women with tighter texture 4c hair. 🤦🏽♀️
Goddess Tara thank you! I get so tired of people asking me what I’m mixed with since my hair have grown out!
Goddess Tara THANK YOU
FACTS!!
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Goddess Tara I hate when my own people asked me that shit “you must got Indian in your family?!”
I love the way you addressed this . When it comes to the natural hair community I really don’t understand why it matters if the person is 100% black or mixed. If the hair texture is similar and the techniques actually work for your hair why does it matter?
She doesn't look ambiguous at all. I thought she was black all this time.
Ok but if we accept anyone that calls themselves black just because they don’t look completely white then don’t be mad when dark skin women get zero representation.
@@Latte-girly90 all i said was she doesn't look ambiguous. There are people her complexion and phenotype who have 2 black parents. You took what i said to a whole 'nother place. The light skin/dark skin is, sadly, isn't going away no matter what we do.
You thought she was black because you claim biracials as black. Shes clearly biracial
BlackGirlLovesAnime6 I’m not even saying this to be annoying about it, I promise. But I have friends her skin tone who have two fully black parents, so I could understand how she couldn’t tell.
I also thought she was a full black girl who lived in Belgium
I feel like when someone looks bi racial other “fully” black people like to just “erase” the black half. Like yeah i May look like I’m mixed with something else besides black but that doesn’t mean i don’t struggle with the same issues you do. Like dang she is valid in the way she feels !
To white people in countries with almost no black population they will always be black and to black people they will be too white and not one of them.
Seems like mixed people can't win either way.
I hope with more and more mixed people everywhere this will slowly start to die out and people just accept all sites of a person's heritage and not try to erase one.
I have some mixed friends here in Germany and they definitely identify as mixed Germans and not just black as that one commenter said. Not sure how it is in Belgium, because contrary to that commenters believe Europe isn't a fucking country and we are all very different here, but 8 can imagine it's at least similar.
*SLAVE MENTALITY.* Look, literally nobody tries to "erase" a mixed (with black) person's heritage away. Infact blacks accept mixed people as black so much that they replace and takeover our representation as 'just black' women in practically all forms of media. Just because you go through struggles as a minority (which all non white people do) it doesn't make you a black person. And honestly I'm not trying to be mean but this is tiring. If you have *1 Black parent + 1 white (other) parent* what mathematical system do you have to be using for it to =100% black!?🤔
Alisson Bate morning I
@@youwillstarvexx1548 preach. Stop denying your white side. Love yourself fully.
some mixed people that look more black also disregard the latina side too because they're tired of the disrespect so they end up hating that half . its so sad ive seen it everywhere :/
You can have 4c hair and your hair won't do the same thing as the next 4c girl.....believe me I know.
Me Me 💯. Low porosity vs high porosity. Density, length, strand thickness, etc. List goes on!
Me Me
From what I've seen 4c hair of africa people does mostly the same thing. It's only different in groups that have mixtures in them like the black americans. Personally I think "4c" is too general a classification for hair but it what it is. Mixed people with more oily hair will of course have 4c hair that acts differently
@@Scoring57 - Absolutely not true. I'm only comparing my 4c hair with other people whose parents are both African like mine. Part of the beauty of being human is that we're all unique. In fact, I have family members who have 4c hair and what works for their 4c hair won't work for my 4c hai and vice versa.
I mean I have met biracials who have type 4 hair, so I would def watch. Now I would not watch no tutorial with someone who have type 3 hair. My hair is not no type 3.
TheeMissLacole Baby Watch the youtuber Joy-el. She's mixed with Type 4 afro hair.
I agree! I have a friend who is white Colombian and black and she has 4c hair
I do like texture however if they say they are not low porosity I move along same texture not enough.
This woman's hair looks 3 type to me. Idk what y'all talking 'bout.
I watch people irregardless of their hair type if they post informative content.
I have gotten tips from people with type 3 hair that have been beneficial to my type 4 hair. There is no product or method out here that works solely for one hair type.
i love how she showed other queens hair channels in her video!!!
Sameeeee !!!
2_Coats yess when I saw nappy fu I screamed!! Yesss!!!!!
I'm super late to comment on this video but I find it so heartbreaking that biracial people tend to be shut down when it comes to speaking out on the social ostracization we receive. I identify as black, I acknowledge my Mexican culture but I do not genuinely feel connected to it. I have given my heart to the black community, and yet I still get treated differently. But I still keep contributing regardless of the resistance. Being biracial is definitely a unique experience. Yes i acknowledge there is colorist privilege but it comes at a heavy cost. At the end of the day, we are extremely lonely. I hope this resonates with someone. And if you are biracial, you aren't alone, YOU ARE WHAT YOU IDENTIFY AS AND NO ONE CAN TELL YOU OTHERWISE. Stay positive and do it for the culture🤎✊🏾🤎
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Thank you. We all come in different colours but we do have a look. When people look at me they know I'm black.
colorme blind undeniably 🤣✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Ok, but wen they look at her, they know she's not white, is that simple
@@rm-nn3869 are you stupid?
Just because mixed race people don't have the right requirements to be considered white it shouldn't mean they have to be classified as black, why can't t, hey be mixed? 😒
@@unrepentantjaegerist7236 thankyou😂🙄 the logic
facts@@unrepentantjaegerist7236
I've stopped making mixed women issues my issue. As a BW I have enough on my plate. Let them fight their own fight, I'll support from the sidelines.
Yes!!!!!! I agree 100%
No i am not a person of color !i am white but i will always make other peoples issues mine ,its not right why is this world such a shitty place? Everyone deserves to be accepted and not be shitted on although i think biracial kids coming from black women are more educated and knowledgeable than one coming from a white woman i just wanted to say i love you and i hope u will realize that women no matter of their ethnic background should stick together if one of us is downgraded and called names we should always stand for them
Omg yes!!!!!
Yes!
Arthur King I don’t mind giving that help if the help is returned. Majority of black women fight for issues that aren’t ours but then left to defend ourselves 99% of the time. Not even gonna lie.
SERIOUSLY!!!! Those people that are making negative comments are the same people that support the Beckys and the Brads when they biting off the black culture...smdh😒😕
Oráclé Xoúlé Yes! Keep it real! 😆👏🏼
Exactly 👏👏
Oráclé Xoúlé AMEN
truth that’s so disrespectful. Don’t call someone mixed breed. They aren’t an animal they are a humans and if you want to say mixed then just say mixed. Also if you haven’t met anyone like that then you’re just lucky because they definitely exist 😒
truth it’s not that. You can refer to a mixed person as just mixed or mixed race but mixed breed is very rude
*what I'm seeing in the comments* "She's biracial, that's not black"
*Like did you just hear what you said. That means both. You can't just erase the black side of her like it ain't there*
@@rnni1922 black is also a culture thing.. not strictly a dna thing.. Cause if that's the case the majority of African Americans are not black either.
WeirdInternetz but an African American is not the same as being black. An African American is someone who’s ancestors were slaves in America. African American is an ethnicity, coming from culture, upbringing, and nationality. Being black is a race. Black has a certain “look”, including skin color, hair texture, eye color Etc. You can have a ton of ethnicities, but when it comes to race, you either have one race or are mixed race. I understand that a lot of black people (or people that claim to be just black) are mixed with something, but at the end of the day it’s how the world that doesn’t know you see you as. If you have the “black look” them people will identify you as black if they don’t know you. People mostly go by appearance. You look black, you get the black struggle. You look white, you get the white privilege. The thing is about mixed race people (mostly half black and half white) get some of the struggle, but not all of it. They get some of of the privilege, but not all (that’s if you have the biracial “look”). It really comes down to the struggle, and if you don’t have the full black struggle, then your not fully black overall.
People thinks that be african american or be african means be black, melanesians, some indians, South Sea Islanders and Papua New Guinean Australians aren't africans but are black, if your skin isn't BLACK, you aren't BLACK, being AFRICAN don't make you BLACK, black isn't a RACE, black is a color.
Chloe Cesar girl what
Chloe Cesar so I’m a darkish Chocolate skin color like this :👩🏾. And I haven’t once had the black struggle. So that means that overall I’m still not black ? So what you’re saying is if you haven’t struggled then you’re not black , yet there’s thousands of black people who haven’t experienced the black struggle !
To me, she's not black for the same reason she's not white. I'm not a fan of this whole white supremacist "one-drop rule" thing. She's mixed. And that's okay.
Are you dumb ? 🤣
Coco Chanel mixed aka....more than one race...
@Coco Chanel So, it turns out white people can be ignorant. What's new? Don't be ignorant along with them. You are of mixed race (ie: biracial). Simple as that.
@Coco Chanel yeah...that's that slave mentality...I agree white people don't care if you're half white or not but who cares what white people think...mixed people should not be the standard or the face of black people because i'm sorry to say you're not black....you're mixed...what's wrong with that?
@Coco Chanel White people tell you who you are? And you agree when you know they're ignorant? 🙄 Why is everything based on white people think...
I am mixed/ biracial and I understand and fully accept the fact that I am... but usually if someone ask what I identify as I say i’m black. not because I disregard the white half of me but because society in general are always going to see me/label me as black no matter what else i’m mixed with. maybe it’s different in other parts of america or other states because based off the system and government.. i’m labeled as black because of my father. 😐🤷🏻♀️
black ppl hav the stroner gene
@@TrillzMMA nah they dont, cause if the first generation biracial child procreates with a white person, those strong black genes become washed out and a full blown white second generation is created
If yall started standing your ground and claiming biracial black/white all the time and not some of the time then everyone else would have no choice but to see you as that. The truth is you have been forced by the black community to claim black because we were taught the racist thing of "you are what your father is" which is not true. It's time we start setting some boundaries. Too many people feeling entitled to claim black when they aren't
Yeah im biracial too and its really frustrating trying to explain my race sometimes because i hate to explain what i fully am because it is so complicated telling which parent is what race and usually i have to identify as black but sometimes when people ask me what my full race is i have to say I am Black and Puerto Rican, and not just black because my fathers side of my family speaks spanish
BlackGirlLovesAnime6 your saying to start standing out ground as if you have experienced being mixed and this generation is the same as when we were kids (assuming you are an adult). again, use mixed people don’t just discard the fact we are mixed with something else. Also, Im pretty sure back in the day we weren’t ‘taught’ we were what our father was, that’s just what they label us as when we were born. It’s just a fact that the government will always claim us as black because if history and the past not because we are taught to only claim one half of us because quite frankly my father who is nigerian always told me to love both sides of myself.
Was the natural hair community founded on type 4C hair? Because I first went natural around 2007 and I felt like it was founded with type 4 hair in mind period. Type 4A or Type 4C, a lot of us had barely seen our hair texture before because our parents immediately saw those kinks and were like "Relax!" A lot of us didn't realize we HAD a type when it came to 4 hair. We didn't differentiate. It was all "bad". So I felt like it was a period of discovery for type 4 hair period.
Sure. Once our hair type was DISCOVERED, the hierarchy began and I began to see more 4A and 3 types hijacking the movement. But it was initially a period of discovery for 4 types imo.
The movement was created by a black woman for black women with type 4 hair, specifically b and c. So we could embrace our hair texture, be comfortable and stop damaging our hair and scalp with relaxers. This is my opinion, I never felt that it was for women who had 3c or above. When I was watching women with 3c and above, most of the time is was, “I straightened my hair, because the girls in my school has straight hair”, it never really was, because my boss said it’s unprofessional.
@@TeachYourMrs I agree. I never felt it was primarily for type 3c or looser. I just wanted to clarify that it was started with type 4 in mind in general- not just 4C. Many of the early natural hair movement players like Curly Nikki and Afrobella weren't 4C but type 4 hair types. This wasn't to downplay the need for 4C representation in the community. It's needed now more than ever. It's just a fact.
I still think the movement was founded by people with 4c (not just type 4) but it’s just that 4c isn’t being represented in the movement created by them. That’s why there’s this huge debate about being inclusive because girls with 4c will be at the end of the stick while those with looser curls will be represented more.
I wish we could all just embrace being natural without having to claim who the movement was for. It’s like saying “your hair is not kinky enough to claim the movement, even though you are black “. Us as black women are discriminated against period, and because of that we should all support and encourage each other embracing how God made us. Most of us didn’t even know what our hair type was when we went natural....so for most, the movement was just about letting go of chemicals and what society said was acceptable. Just because I know some are thinking it, this is coming from someone with type 4.
There are people who went natural way before 2007. Doesnt mater the texture of hair.
I live in Germany. Im mixed, nigerian with german. And i can tell for sure colorsm and racism is a thing in Europe.
In South Africa most blacks also think mixed ppl can grow long hair and we can't. I was one of those people, until I realised that we blacks 'can't' grow hair long because its damaged. Sadly most ppl still believe this. I can't wait to grow my hair long and prove its not abt race.
Wow that's sad
I'm also from South Africa and couldn't agree more
When the brainwashing is so deep you are relaxing your hair every month, unfortunately you damage your hair and never see it grow. I’m black from west Africa and it’s only when I moved to the US that my hair started to grow, only because there were better treatments outside of relaxer and grease on repeat. Didn’t know about deep conditioning, getting a good blow dry or even a proper flat iron. These things only got my relaxed hair to be healthy and supple, I can stretch a relaxer to only getting 3 or 4 max in the year and no more damaged hair.
So true.In Ghana almost all kids are not allowed to grow their hair until High School is done and this is around 18 years old.By then you hair is used to all this cutting and all so it becomes a bit difficult to grow our hair.Personally I still cut my hair anytime I want.I have let my hair grow over a year not adding a relaxer and my growth right now,I’m shook.We still have that mentality of relaxing our hair being the best but truly it’s not.Our hair flourishes when we leave it as it was made.We can grow our hair longer too.
Yes, that is so true. I am growing my natural hair and it is flourishing. I literally cringe looking at people in salons doing their hair. The reason why we can’t grow hair is because we have the most fragile hair out of all the Hair types but we’re the ones doing the most to our hair. Putting relaxers every month, yanking out our edges with tight braids. A lot of people ask me if I am coloured and I am like no, I just know better and I can take care of my natural hair properly. Lol I also help people at clicks when I find them confused in the natural hair isle so that we can all have beautiful healthy hair. Black hair grows. It’s sad that we’re brainwashed
Oh shoot! That’s me! One of my supporters told me that you shouted me out and I almost lost it. I love your honesty so much. We need this dialogue! Thank you for being exactly who you are, exactly what we need, and for using me as an example of type 4 hair! All my love ♥️
Slick didnt know you were a youtuber until i saw this, ima check out your channel cause im working on my natural hair ✊🏾
This is interesting for me because I am Cape Verdean. Most of our population looks like her. We still African and Black!
I use to date someone from that country, well he was born in Portugal and his mother from Cape Verde. If he hadn't told me his dad was white I would never guess his genetic make up since he was darker than my brother.
icilmaa I’m not saying all of our population lol. I’m dark but most of my family is that girl’s complexion. We all look different but 70% of the population are mixed. 28% full African and 1% white. So our population comes out looking all different! However, we are all African bc of our location and most of our DNA. I personally was born there and grew up in a Cape Verdean community and have seen all shades. The darkest to the lightest. Our people will have 4c hair with light skin or 2A hair with dark skin. My point is: skin color doesn’t always have to do with someone’s culture and their identity. Especially their Black identity.
@T Knight her description is accurate. I'm Cape Verdean Myself.
T Knight Ummm yeah you are confused I’m Eritrean we are African dude 🤣 maybe some middle eastern admixture somewhere down the line but we (habesha) are african !
T Knight aint nobody about to argue with you 🤣 you hotep/israelites kill me 🤣 straight SHEEP I’m black 🗣🗣🗣
I’ve been following Amber forever and I had no idea people said that! They really came for my girl. That’s a problem
It hurt me to the core, she is just a lovely girl.
I love that you look different in every video. Its part of the magic! 💫
Yall can be mixed and black.
Mixed doesn't always mean black+white.
But like what IS mixed at this point.
Yes!
No just stop right there
Mixed is a mixture of races.
@Lucille Coleman Shut the fuck up.
Dumb as hell. Mixed/biracial is more than one race. Meaning not just one...did you go to school
Eloho, I’m tired of always agreeing with you, you’re always spitting FACTS !
Deport gdj 😫😫😫
LOL
Right😂🤣
People should chill with the mulatto thing it has a very bad background that many dont know about. Calling someone mulatto is like calling them a mule and I'm not even playing
You are so beautiful.. your skin is like
🗣BUTTER 😩😂
Rose Gold thank you !
She is not black nor white, she's clearly MIXED why is this even a discission 🤦♀️
juliette Rocks
There’s no such thing as black or white
Most Dominicans are mixed but plenty of black people get mad when they don't identify as black.
Wow you people need to read more. What is the title of the girl’s video? “YOURE NOT BLACK ENOUGH”. People are dismissing her black side just because she is mixed. With her life experiences she relate more to a black person because typically mixed people still get treated badly or treated how they look. It’s pretty clear that she gets treated badly because she looks mixed / black. White people dont claim her (cause of her tan skin and kinky hair) so she claims the black community
juliette Rocks
Ikr????
Gabe
Facts
Also ty for sharing type 4 youtubers! Type 3 youtubers will say type 4c are complaining, and dont give solutions on solidarity with 4c hair and its really simple...just promote them like yall do other type 3s
I'm white but I find myself watching videos like this one like I love learning about stuff like this educating myself I love learning about all types of cultures and how they do things differently hair clothes ect
love your videos btw
Check out my “White Women Are Not Apart of The Natural Hair Movement” Video th-cam.com/video/3AzoyBbv12Y/w-d-xo.html
Eloho you co signed her but her comments but its all nay nay . these people did not give her constructive criticism, but they were actually right on the points below
- its not just english that she is speaking , she is using US centric words , mannerism ( finger snaps etc.. ). these are the things we do not have in Belgium, and from the sound of it , she is Flemish native speaker.
- identifying as black doesn't actually change the fact that she is biracial and this is exactly what people are pointing out.
- There is such a thing as being mixed race in Belgium and the netherlands. the categories are distinct , albeit where women are concerned , as biracial men are typically associated with full black men .
lastly, people feel strongly about identifying as black but we all know the reason why there is no way we wouldn't confidently choose to be white because we know how accurately white we'd have to look/be
Our struggle is different for theirs. buy her being mix race, the question for her would be what side are you with, because you can't straddle the fence anymore. We're not doing those type of politics anymore. We've been doing that for a long time and were has it got black people
Nooooo...these women know they are elevated in certain spaces this is a part of the conversation...
SO bw in these spaces are going to question their presence in these spaces. You cannot automatically assume what there purpose for being there is,
THAT MATTERS?
IS IT to hijack to steal etc...We know this takes place that's how it got hijacked in the first place...
Been unfollowed women who are not representative of me.
Not for entertainment or other things but as far as hair beauty make up ETC....
Dsbw are NOT allowed to be all inclusive BECAUSE IT DOESN'T benefit US NEVER HAS.It is not our fault BUT,
It is what it is.....
Eloho you said you've heard of stories were mix race people don't fit in anywhere, but here in America it's always the blacks side that's open to the mix race children, and always have to take on the responsibilities explaining the mix race to them.
I hate when people assume black people can't grow long hair. I'm black and my hair grows long and thick very quickly and I'm. not mixed or biracial. When people see me they automatically assume that I'm mixed because of my hair and my complexion so when I tell them I'm black their like "oh but your hair so long" and it's like and??? Black women can have long hair too. You don't have to be mixed to have long pretty hair.
You are right in Ethiopia if you see alot of oromo people have very long hair but they are black.
Lol biracial are not just black they are 2 races
Excatly, I don't know why they don't want to acknowledge the other race 😂😂😂😂😭
How can u be two races..have you every seen an apple orange.....your skin tone is not the only thing that defines your race...what ever your father is ...if you come from a white Man sperm you are white...with black skin....
Flower Power it’s not that we don’t acknowledge the other race, some people identify as biracial and some people identify as black because they have experienced the same struggles as a black person and see themselves as black
Finally someone agrees with me it is SELF HATE not to identify with your white half. Lol and biracial ppl want to act like they don’t self hate. I hate how ppl associate self hate with blackness as if we created it self hate comes in many different forms,degrees and in many different races of ppl. Believe me it’s ok to be mixed (SARCASM) lmfao biracials and mixed ppl talk shit about us yet they rely on us more than anyone else . They only come running when they feel like it and bcuz they know they can’t compete with white ppl.
you can tell she favors her African side more than her European side because she frequently uses black slang
"if I'm a dark, white girl, then a white girl is just a white, dark girl." yaaasss hunny. please squash them bugs. straight ignorance. Speak YOUR truth.
OMG your skin is sooo beautiful it looks like silk!! That color on you is poppin btw😍
This is so confusing.... I was surprised at the amount of non acceptance here. I'm very similar in description to her and I have two black parents. Idk what I'd be called by the logic of people saying she's not black.
You can look at someone and say that your black....she looks black to me. Idk. I'm from Virginia ok. I think people are giving her a hard time because she's not American.
This video is most definitely confusing. I have family who are lighter than her and both parents are black.
Sauntia sis, we can see your picture. You don’t look similar to her, you look very much Black
@truth sounds like you have a personal issue with race.
@truth sooooooo what does that mean? how do you think i look this way no one is 100% one race its a waste of time to try and box people up.
@truth well what history are you talking about? Is there a study on this?
I’m confused. I heard you say that the natural hair movement was started specifically for type 4c hair. If my memory serves me correctly the documentary that Chris Rock released entitled “Good Hair” in 2009 was a major catalyst as far as mainstream goes to get black women of all shades and textures to think twice about why they perm their hair and why they hide their natural texture. Most black women who permed their hair had zero clue as to what texture of hair they had, including myself because it was consistently chemically straightened away. We would not have known who had what texture until we took the leap to stop believing that whatever our texture was must be bad and embrace it by not perming it and finally seeing what it looked like. The natural hair movement as I experienced it was not about who had what. It was about stopping the perm and embracing whatever you discovered underneath that. You can find black women of all shades with all textures. I thought the point was for us to be fly in our natural state and not let society tell us that straightening our hair was the only way to be beautiful. Somebody educate me cause I’m here to learn.
Beautifully stated!
FACTUAL!
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I think the looser texture being preferred was just a bi product of the initial natural hair movement. I'm black but I have a slightly looser curl texture and people would ask me if I'm biracial because of it. No I'm black. I mixed in my lineage way back but I'm black. So I think it just stems from people not being educated that black people dont just have one hair texture and like she mentioned featurism and colorism. Looser curl pattern is more acceptable by the masses so that's what everyone wants. But now we have to shift our thinking. Whatever grows out of your head it beautiful
It doesn't even make sense to say it was started solely by and for 4c hair, as though they were existing in a stratosphere where every other type of black hair was so adored and accepted - underneath the SAME wigs, texturizers, relaxers, heat, damage and self hatred/rejection - as 4c hair. The implication presented is of a 4C niche movement of resistance in a climate of acceptance, ease and privilege for all other hair types who haven't been oppressed, haven't been told they're not presentable, haven't been covering up their natural hair - when as you say, thats definitely not true. Hair typing wasn't even really a thing back then. There's a difference between involvement and hegemony. It's wrong as the movement moves on for looser textures to be considered 'better', to take over the movement and enforce a spectrum of inequality and a renewed scale of "good hair", which happened only as black hair of all was exposed and embraced. But that divide or scale is not the genesis of the movement. How on earth was the movement supposed to be so selective where only self identified 4c people are supposed to go through the internal process of self acceptance and the need for change when they were victimised by the SAME THING as all the other black people around them, and are doing the SAME THINGS to their hair as a result.
I really love this channel, I'm a man but I love hearing from black women on black issues but a lot of those channels hate mixed people. I'm mixed and I grew up in a very white area and let me tell you they still just viewed me as black. Don't get me wrong our struggle isn't the exact same. But when you feel rejected by both sides it's painful. You're amazing girl!
Yea this may be the first video I turn the comments off of
Why do you say that love? Im bout to read through the comments now.
Why!! 😂😂😂
The comments poppin
I Am Eloho I love you soo much
I Am Eloho DONT TURN THE COMMENTS OFF! Ur channel is the ONLY channel that I come to see everyone’s perspective. Seeing the comments from others let’s us know how ppl rlly think 💕
Don’t lol
Being mixed is has its own struggles. You’re either too black to be white or too white to be black. I’m mixed with both but I’m a black woman 🤷🏽♀️ but I live in the embodiment I take on is with black beauty and natural crowns
Hun stop please. Your mixed not black , therefore you cannot logically or genetically be black. If you feel so left out try create you're own stuff and community. If you really care about black women you'd fight for the end of colourism you benefit from and the science experiments people are doing with their kids when they mix them. We're breeding ourselves out for gods sake ! Please take what I've written into consideration . Peace and love to you
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I found the world’s smallest violin...here are all of them.
You are MIXED you are not black lmao. How tf can you say you're mixed yet say you're a black woman? Stupid asf. You aren't black and never will be you are mixed race. You can't claim on side of your mixture.
You sound stupid as hell, you can’t be mixed and black
@@cinabonbon but mixed isn't a race, why not just be both?
I’m a Black American, and she looks a lot like me. She looks like the average light brown Black woman (not mixed). I can’t see how she wouldn’t be Black enough.
Mixed people are only allowed to be "black" in the USA.
Silent Night interesting 🤔🤔🤔🤔 She looks plain old light skinned black to me.
Silent Night both of my parents are Black and she’s my complexion. Her hair is kinky too so to me, she looks Black.
A bit of a delicate subject. I do not want to offend anyone but American and Caribbean slaves came from West Africa and were dark, afro haired and so on. Most people who descend from slaves will have some European or other non-African blood. Therefore they are technically mixed.
Silent Night I completely understand. You’re coming from facts and clear phenotypes of race and ethnicity. But in the U.S. majority of the Black American populace would be considered “mixed”. At what point is someone “mixed” or “pure” Black? In the U.S. unless you have one non Black parent, you can’t consider yourself “mixed” or you will get accused of “othering” yourself. To claim another race that you know nothing about or even resemble is social suicide.
Colorism is EVERYWHERE ! ask the dark skin indians. People saying it aint a thing in their country are not experiencing it. People should really recognize their privilege.
I think that dark black is discriminated for women but medium brown skin tones are becoming the standard and ideal compared to pale European.
@@nickb839 lol. What in the nonsense ?!
Mailoves all the whites like Kim kardashian and even Khloe etc are darkening their skin and getting lip injections etc and I’m noticing that’s what it is nowadays in our society.
We like to stress over colorist etc but the reality is that they are shrinking and losing major power as a population.
I know I'll get a lot of criticism but this is just my option. Being black is not just having a really dark skin tone and 4c hair, I think we forget that black comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and hair textures.(I am not responding to the video but some of the comments)
Bruhh being mixed kinda sucks sometimes when you have to go thru this type of stuff all my life iv been told I’m not black enough or white enough for anybody 🧐 but sis is still living her best life and I embrace my cultures 🤪 (I don’t claim anyone on my white side of my family except my mom bc they are all racist and or are in the kkk)🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️but I still tell people I’m white and black
LovelyKira Sings SAMEEEE!!! People don’t even understand how hard it is to be mixed. My mom has all mixed kids (just three) but her family got mad that she was with black men to they cut her off and we got back in touch with some of them when I was really little and the racist ones weren’t around us anymore just the fun ones. My mom has always fought for black people as a whole. My granddaddy (on my black side) raised me to identify as a black woman. Not saying I’m not mixed. Because if someone asks me my race I’m gonna say mixed race but I just say black when I don’t feel like describing it in a normal conversation. There is something that was said in “To Kill A Mockingbird” And it was “he was lonelier than a mixed child.” Because we tend to not fit in with either race. Thankfully, while growing up, white people accepted me. Sadly, black people usually didn’t. But in highschool now, black, mixed, it’s the same to most people (in my hs)
@Kirasworld You cannot please everyone. They will forever have something to say. I'm full blown black, both parents darkskin, and I was told I'm not black enough 🙄🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾♀️ because I speak properly. People who are ignorant to a lot of things about life in general say dumb ish. Sorry you have to experience this nonsense. It'd be nice if everyone could empathize and realize that we all have our own experiences of exclusion and one does not negate the other since we can never really experience how that person felt in the moment.
@@strang3rulov34 wooooow. The comment I left for Kirasworld is for you too. I've noticed growing up and the many schools I've been too there's a difference in how you're perceived. In my multicultural elementary school there wasn't that kind of cultural divide as much amongst the kids because we were all different. When I went to a elementary school and middle school in the hood that's when the "you're not black enough" "you act white" comments started to roll in 🙄, got into a magnet program for high school and the comments disappeared because it was multicultural. Not tryna take away from your experience just trying to relate to it. Hopefully as you grow these comments will lessen you may still experience it throughout life because... people... But yeah you are who you are be confident in that.
yall wonder why people dont claim both sides when we see comments like that smh, either way somebody will be negative
PrettyRabbit
That didn't make any sense. People don't claim both sides cause black people tell them they aren't black when they say they are? Of course people will be negative when you say you're something you're not or try to make their race into a mixed race when they're their own people. What race is half another race? Makes no sense at all
@@Scoring57 made perfect sense to me 🤔 Also wouldn't that be the point of the words mixed race, biracial etc... clearly someone made a "person" half of each race not a race half of a race. What you said made absolutely no sense to me but we aren't all made to understand each other either so there goes that 😂
The issue of being biracial and how you identify yourself really depends on where you are in the world. For example I'm from Zimbabwe and most mixed people here will never identify themselves as black they identify themselves as mixed or more specifically coloured even if they have darker skin. I guess the reason for that is because biracial people in my country tend to live and marry in their own communities and have developed their own type of culture. I spoke to this one biracial lady who said she feels rejected by both the white and black community hence why she stays in her own mixed community, similarly black people complain that during colonial times mixed people would get better jobs just because they are mixed and they feel like mixed people think they are better than black people hence why they also stay away from mixed people. It's a mess honestly
same in south africa ...its a big mess
I live in Belgium, where Amber is from. I guess colorism exists everywhere but here, we pretty much call someone mixed or biracial if they have one black parent and one white parent. I don't like biracial people saying they're only black...it's not factually accurate and they're just denying the fact that a whole part of their family is white. I'm not saying that being black means only one kind of phenotype but if you're mixed...I'm going to say you're mixed or biracial. Not saying you don't have black in yourself but you can't exactly convince me we are ethnically speaking exactly the same...because it's not accurate and it just happens to show with your look. Being biracial is NOT a bad thing. It doesn't mean you're less than anybody but with both my parents being black, we just experience different things; from the way we are raised to maybe discrimination later on.
Her and I probably have some similar experiences but it's still not the same. Now If you are from a country like Jamaica for example, chances are you're mixed race, not only black. If you say you're black...I understand, the dynamic is completely different from here, in Europe and I think we should consider that as well. In the environment/historical/cultural situation, yes, you're black.
That being said, I don't get where she got that ''I'm black'' while being biracial rethoric which I thought was more of an American thing...
Alegra Green she “Amber” is acting like she doesn’t understand that this (what you have described here) is the reason people are outraged at her. She’s a influencer I am sure she knows of the conversation surrounding colorism, black-bandwagonism, the bleaching and darkening of skin tone that’s been prevalent discussions in the social media atmosphere as well as “black fishing” To deny that as well as not be forthright direct and clear about your ethnicity is just outright antagonizing to people who clearly have to remain one thing or the other in respect to their race. At the end of the day, people just like honesty. They want clear cut descriptions that correlate. If you’re an influencer and you are not up to date on what’s going on you clearly need a different job or you’d rather gather up reasons of importance to get clout time whether it be good or bad! I’m not buying it Ms. Amber! You’re full of shit! You know what you did, you’re just milking it for pity and self importance. If you do love both your parents then acknowledge them!! You are MIXED in Belgium not Black!!! #facts
Alegra Green Agreeed! And yes to the Jamaican comment (jamaican here)
It's not just American, here in the Netherlands some mixed people call themselves black as well. The reasons I've heard where about self-knowledge and documentaries
The thing about that is people are typically identified based on phenotype. When you're half Black, your other half can be a number of things. A person can't automatically discern what the other half is as easily as it is to notice Black features. How the world identifies you plays a huge role in how you identify yourself. She can say she's biracial all she wants but most of the world identifies her as Black. Within the Black community, we might be able to dissect that more critically but that doesn't change her lived experience. She can live among Black people and be accepted as Black. She can't live among white people and be accepted as white. That's probably a large part of why she among others identify as Black instead of "biracial".
She said ;I’m proud to be white and black
Me:ok good for you
Then she said :I’m black I’m not white
Then Me :wait what😟
cause she is not perceived as such
i'm trying to explain to the commenter why she probably said she is not white... cause people don't see her as white... and usually we internalize how people see us...@Anti Generic was that really hard to understand?
She identifies more with being black....how does that fly over your head😒🤦🏽
@Anti Generic She has a black parent. She is black lol Bi racial ppl are not a new species. Stop
Because she looks like a light skin black woman and she has a black parent. She can be both but since identifies with being black more she can do that. I am not sure how that is confusing. She didn't say she hated her white mother but when ppl see her, they see her as black and she live her life that way
You made great points Eloho a lot of girls watch women that don't have their hair type then get mad when they are the face of the natural hair movement..💁🏽💅🏽
This whole concept of being “black” vs “mixed” is now just downright confusing, and to be honest, it’s complicated for no reason.
I’m not mixed, but I often get confused with being half-Hispanic. My mother also looks mixed (small nose, light-skinned, loose curl pattern), but both her parents are black as well. My question is, if you don’t have traditionally black phenotypes, but both your parents and grandparents are black, then what are you considered? There are mixed people like Saweetie who don’t look like they’re mixed with anything. So how can we tell who’s black based-off looks alone?
PERIODTTT black ppl stay separating it’s aggravating as if light skin , curly 3c-4b and green / hazel eye black ppl don’t exist
Most mix ppl be looking like black ppl
@@zoegyal1032 I also feel like there’s not enough emphasis on the impacts of slavery on Americas black population genetics wise. There’s a lot of white ancestry that was passed down or can can pop up from generations ago. And for a very long time in Americas history lightskin and mixed black people were considered black. Yes, they obviously had and have way more privilege than their darkskin counterparts but they still were categorized as black. Idk, there’s definitely an argument for why that’s outdated and upholds white supremacist ideals of “untainted” or “pure” whiteness but…as things are there are a lot of lightskin black people who move through their life raised as and seen as black.
There is a category of mixed called mgm. I'm mgm. Parents, grandparents, great grandparents all either full white or native, or biracial/multiracial. I visibly look mixed with something. Idk how tf I'm supposed to be black, but I am...when it's convenient for black people.
Unpopular Opinion: I don’t like negating someone’s blackness(biracial or “fully” black) just because of their phenotype.
I think black people are now wanting to make biracial people call themselves biracial instead of black because SOME mixed raced people benefit from either being racially ambiguous or are the acceptable version of “blackness”. But does the same thing not go for light-skinned “fully” black women? What’s making them black is not ONLY their genetic makeup but also their experience. And the reason y’all want to in a sense, discredit the blackness of a Mixed race person is because if they have the stereotypical phenotype of a mixed raced person, they have a different experience than you. . . But black people are not monolithic. We don’t always have the same experiences & thats ok. I’m not gonna disregard your blackness though. That’s just me 🤷🏽♀️
Yes as a mixed race person, you may be accepted in spaces that I wouldn’t. Yes as a mixed race person, you may benefit from the look of racial ambiguity if you do indeed look racially ambiguous. But If you insert light skinned where I put mixed race, the sentence would still make sense. And we don’t negate a light-skinned black person’s blackness just because of their experience.
Also I know fully black to us means having 2 black parents. But y’all do understand that most of us aren’t “fully” black right? Are we as mixed as a mixed raced person? Hell no. But on average we are a quarter(25%) more or less white, not including any other admixtures. that’s the equivalent of a white grandparent. . . So I’ll just say this: if you got a black parent, you fam to me 🤷🏽♀️ May have a different experience or damn near the same. You still a sis/bro to me. I can’t speak for everyone else though.
Anae O'Neal Most mature & inclusive response that I’ve seen. Facts.🙌🏿
Tori Collins thanks sis 💕 We have to understand that there’s different tiers of blackness . From biracial all the way to dark skin black. You still black to me 🤷🏽♀️
👏🏾👏🏾 THANK YOU
THANK YOU! You don’t know how many people have said I’m not black
STRANG3R U LOV3 girl don’t ever argue with anyone about your blackness. You know who you are. Being biracial doesn’t mean you’re not black. It just means you’re black and something else at the same time and that’s ok.