"People Won't Like You If You're Brown"
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2020
- I know it's very different from my usual content, but I really wanted to share a story regarding how I've had to deal with racism and personal experiences with feeling like an outcast. I hope you can watch this video and walk out of it with something that helps you out in your personal life, especially if you're a person of colour.
Let's prove that the statement "People Won't Like You If You're Brown" is a load of crap, yeah?
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Behind-The-Scenes: • "People Won't Like You...
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"There is no difference between a white egg and a brown egg. They are both the same inside."
-someone cat on the internet
@Otávio Akira had us in the first half ngl
-the cat
But the white egg hatches into arceus while the brown egg hatches into giratina(not racist,just making jokes definitely not racist #notracist
@Otávio Akira yummy
Unrelated but, can you please make it "some cat on the internet" cause well your pfp and the username thingy
This was such a good video dude ❤️
Yes it was.
Yups
Hello
Yes
It was💖💕💖💕
the end really hit me hard. as a Algerian Muslim with pale white skin and freckles, i feel ashamed that i don't resemble my culture. my school is mostly filled with arab muslims, so i got made fun of for not being darker. i always drew characters with dark skin or tan skin, because i had envy towards them. but this video taught me that i shouldn't have to hate my skin, because no matter what i do or how i act, it will never matter what i looked like. I am Muslim and i am Arab and i'm proud.
Prophet Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him) Said: "An Arab Has No Superiority Over a Non-Arab Nor a Non-Arab Has Any Superiority Over An Arab; Also a White Has No Superiority Over Black Nor a Black Has Any Superiority Over White Except By Piety And Good Deeds."
I am really sorry you Had to Go through that, and I am Happy you are now content with your roots and identity......but it extremly hurtful or ignorant comparing this to Dark skin.....we have milennia of imperialism, cplonialism where sadly White Is and will still be the Beauty Standards.....people kill to be Pale or poison themselves with toxic cream....I am Sure you Had No i'll intentions, and I really am sorry, you went through that but yeah.... perhaps read the book "White tears, Brown scars"
im sorry if you found this comment offensive, i just felt like i wanted to share my story. hurt goes both ways for all types of skin. i had no intention to make myself sound victimized whatsoever.@@lisabutterdorf8291 i didn't mean to compare myself by any means.
@@lisabutterdorf8291 stop being the victim for a second.
Girl bye. 🤡🤡 you know damn well your benefiting off your white passing features. It is NOT the same.
I never experienced racism. But, as a brown girl, in my early childhood (I'm still quite young compared to Maaz), the only brown kid on television shows targeted towards my age demographic. It was Ravi, who was constantly described as nerdy, friendless, and just a loser. And occasionally, I'd hear people online mock indian accents. For a while, I wished I was white, I made all my avatars in games with pale skin, because I thought that south asian people with brown skin couldn't look beautiful or handsome, that most of them were losers, and I was somehow the exception because I was born and raised in the U.S. and didn't have an accent. I *dreamed* I was white, literally, in my dreams, I was white. It made me push away from any effort to learn about my culture. I'm glad we're starting to get *something*, but I wish it had been sooner.
this is so real
I feel so sorry for what happened to you, i'm telling you that what you went throught is actually very common between non-white people due to our enviorenment.
Hope you're doing better now
Same here ):
I hope that you are doing well now :)
PS: I remember Ravi
Forgive in leave it in God’s Hands, believe in Him with all your heart and He will repay:
“Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.”
_ Romans 12:19-21
Jesus was middle eastern and spent all his life outside spreading the word of God. Hence, He was a very dark man. If someone doesn't like you for your skin color they will pay for it up there.
If anyone is racist to you or disrespects you always remember this:
“So the last shall be first, and the first last”
_ Matthew 20:16
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
_ Matthew 12:36
Dude, you are awesome, I love you
Cat
Cat
Oh hi, nemesis
Tu aqui! Q legal
Hi
You're very strong :')
:(
This comment bouta have a lot of likes because you’re verified
damm, so many verified channels in this comment section
Wait what how are you verified when it says you have no subscribers
I’m black and I relate.
I was never bullied by my peers since this occurred in 4th grade, but my teacher always viewed me as “different” and treated me differently in a bad fashion. She’d view me as dumb and therefore I needed more “help”. It made me feel uncomfortable and set off. My peers were all white so this did make me want to be white. I just wanted to be viewed as an equal. I’d want to straighten my beautiful curls to fit in, or feel pretty.
It’s awful that this happens and I hope my past teacher doesn’t treat people like this.
(Side note I wasn’t dumb I got straight A’s)
That’s awful. Hope ur better💐
As a Brown-Bengali Muslim in the UK, I am glad for this to be broadcasted and revealing a lot about the hate, racism and islamaphobia we go through in a day to day life. Thank you Amazing, you're the best!
nah islamphobia is based
@@friend42069 why do you hate my religion?
@@scientificnameofpigs tbh i hate every religion maybe except buddhism
@yashjha109 disgusting behaviour my friend
@@aurora_xx6736 dont care,every religion is disgusting and is doing opposite of what it was supposed to do
It's heartbreaking to see kids getting racially singled out and treated badly for the color of their skin
further inforcing the hate cycle
so proud of you bro for speaking your heart out about your personal experience and being this honest and self-aware 🤎🤎🤎
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Maaz please heart this
@@Mu3azOsmanStop Joking With Me I Know It's Just Your Programming You Can't Trick Me
The fact the people can relate to this is horrible. Being racist is not okay and people should be viewed equally. Anyway, amazing video maaz.
Yeah people swear at me that im asian even though im mexican-american and say that im blind because of my asian eye
@@habibcicero3833 neither is being south Asian. Honestly the only way to get by in the states is to be a white person with an American accent and in most of not all cases a malr
@@habibcicero3833 Im gay
Did you mean AMazzing!!!!!!! Hahaha
Yeah bieng a brown muslim is hard
Especially when you travel you get sweard at abused getting bullyd even by God damn so called "adults" excuse my poor English your friend from Iraq
Peace
I'm from South India but I was brought up in Delhi. I am pretty dark and was always made fun of like being called the N-word and so on... btw I am NOT saying that all South Indians are dark (which most of my friends think is true), in fact, even my relatives make me feel bad for being dark by telling me "solutions" to "make my skin colour lighter".I am sorry to know that these things have become common and wish that no one has to deal with this bs
Who the hell uses n word in India bro ??
@@NEIL333-bv7nd Everyone 😂
@@zonunsanga7046 where tf in india are y'all living? By nword do you mean colourism or straight up nword used by Americans ?
I'm a white south Indian and
There are plenty of us
"Because if I do it first, nobody else can hurt me"
My dad would always say, laugh at yourself and it wont feel bad when they laugh at you. I never got that and I still don't, not even done watching the video but I had to say this, I love how open you were with this, I love how you had the guts to talk about this, and I love how you acknowledge that some people might not take this video well, i have been blessed with never having to worry about race, and this makes me feel that much more thankful. Have a great day!
Man, that ending was so wholesome. This is gonna help a lot of people ❤
Hewo
Ikr
Aww, it’s nice to see animators supporting animators and this is definitely going to help people
I love this
I know it helped me
The worst thing is...
nobody is born racist.
Not at all. You aren't born and decide "ew, black people gross." You're brought up that way. And it's disgusting. You're gonna get mad at someone and treat them poorly for something they had no control over? I didn't choose who my parents were. I didn't choose my gender. And I sure as hell didn't choose my skin color. This isn't a video game. I'm not allowed to choose the color or my avatar.
Exactly. In some way or other, their mind can be changed and they can start to view others’ skin colours as different.
Yes, I honestly think we should get a bunch of kids with different races as some kind of program and just let them be friends and learn about each other.
That would honestly really help for the future generation
@@wildcats-ji8in we've tried to make programs like that in the states. Unfortunately it always gets undermined by an older generation who sees no wrong in the old ways.
@@CyberBlastoise shoot. Maybe if we try using the internet? Like making posts in insta and other medias to try meeting random ppl by using discord or even Google meet.
They dont need to show their faces if they are comfortable, but they can still talk and stuff.
Idk how we're gonna get kids to get into those meets tho, maybe the parents or sibling sees them?
“Treat others how you want to be treated.” Whoever created this, thank you.
This is my favorite video from you~ despite the past you were honest and straight forward with everyone, you talked about yourself and giving other people hope to be proud of their skin color, even if not brown, but everyone, it's a wonderful video about self acceptance~ 🤎🤎🤎
same!!
Second reply 58th like
Same
Fourth reply 215 likes
I really respect him for this I'm glad he made this to
his character lowkey looks better when he's brown
Right
Facts
Big brain move if Maaz keeps it
I clicked on this because I’m brown too
@ALEX POWELL k
I’m Mexican, I’m lucky I didn’t have to go through this, I feel deep sympathy for those who have.
I’m Mexican, unlucky I did have to go through this
8:23 the amount of relatability I felt when he said this is immeasurable 🖤
ngl adding the brown colour to his animated character actually suits it.
It actually does ngl.
I agree its more great
"People aren't born ugly we just live in a judgemental society"
-Kim Namjoon
Edit:yo guys chill i merely just shared a quote please do not argue
dictators are correct I see
I dont know who Kim Namjoon is,but he has wise words
@@gone4728 Kim Namjoon is actually a member of BTS so umm yeah!
so that dude never saw me.
@@rianneaudriannamadera4244 i was born ugly
im still ugly tho. its eve worst
I don't normally watch many StoryTime genre animations, and this is the first video I've ever seen of yours. 13:03 is the moment I was hoping for! So happy to see that transition! :)
Bless you, man. I seriously commend you for this video. Wishing you all the best!
"Because if I do it first, nobody else can hurt me."
That hit me so hard.
Same. I feel you. 😔🐼
I understand this soo much mazz they really make it obvious we are different. Black, brown,Asian, any color. The race barrier is something I will never understand We’re all just the same on the inside. I love you mazz keep your head up you inspired me a lot and I love helping represent in the animation community not just for the people who look like me but for the people who are different like us. Just know we love you and we love how unique you are. Fuck what racists think bro Be unapologetically different and proud of who you are! I’m proud of you and I love you! This video almost had me in tears!Especially every day getting constantly reminded that I’m black. But I’ve decided to look at it a different way. It’s my life to live and I’m only here once and even though the racist comments hurt a lot, I love being brown and I want those racist people to stay mad about me being brown. You’re brown boy out here winning. Keep winning in front of all of these people that make you feel different. You’ve got the mind of God I love you 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
Only a minute, hi
Hello king science I love your content!
Both of you, and everyone who are being affected by racism are so brave. You guys are so inspirational and strong, and I'm so happy so be alive the same time you guys are. I may not relate to the situation completely, but I relate so much to the pain and feelings. Being an overweight pale filipina girl who's not only that but also the biggest lesbian you'll ever meet was a "reason" people did bad things to me and a "reason" I did even worse things to myself emotionally and physically. Setting my story aside, I'm happy you guys are here, alive and happy. I love everyone who is here doing what they can to help the community, those who speak of the most hurtful things in their hearts to help others, and those who have hope, love, and genuine care for those around the world, regardless of what color they are, their race, beliefs, sexuality etc. I hope you'll all have an amazing life🤎💕
We can all agree with that😊
Hi science
ik this video is old, but that last part gets me every time. It's so sweet. Keep doing what ur doing.
Amazing that you share this. Good luck on your journey 🤎
🤎🤎🤎
Such an important video, thanks for sharing this Maaz
First
I can’t find the brown heart emoji so I just commented “brown heart” literally lmao
Why are the question marks in boxes?
@@Da_Dude31 They are brown hearts, watch til the end of the video, you must not have the iPhone emojis. :)
@@pinkbunnygirl43 oh okay:)
I am proud of u as a muslim creator bro
Skin color wont change any thing about any one
me too dude
Skin colour will change your skin colour
Of course that doesn’t matter
I love ur name bro lol
Me too
Im going to start making content but I'm currently making my first vid
Also I can kinda relate
this is so beautiful and heartfelt. Thank you for sharing your story ❤❤I hope it teaches others to be more respectful and kind, and for everyone struggling with similar experiences that they know they're not alone :' )
Damn this hit hard. I moved to the west as an adult so I'm still at the very beginning of my journey with dealing with racism and I feel like first gen people went through this at a much earlier age and I feel like it's taking an emotional toll on me.
“Cuz when I do it first, no one else can hurt me.”
Bro I just want to give you a massive hug.
Gey
I make fun of myself all the time too because I am really easy to make fun of
@@patrickpichette6116 no🥺🥺
PimpMicLemonzz ya I’m really ugly stop lying
@@patrickpichette6116 Your beautiful and always will be
"Because if I do it first, nobody else can hurt me."
That really resonates with me :(
I can relate
So sorry you relate to that💔 wishing you all the best❤️
Oooh that would hurt
A relates I know how it feels to be different from everybody else but it’s OK just like Mars says it’s OK to be different
❤
🤎i love your channel, and i am also sorry you had to deal with that growing up, hope everything goes very well and good later on in life for you! stay Amaazing!!
This made me cry.
Thank you.
“Hi, my name is Mazz and am proud to be a Pakistani Australian Muslim” this is so brave 🤎
This is the problem with our world why is some one saying what his religion or race considered brave it should be the norm
@@abdulfattahhourani2942
Yes.
Even though he's a Pakistani Japanese New Zealandic Australian Muslim
Yes it was very brave of him
@@abdulfattahhourani2942 talking about something u wanted to talk about for over a year but never did because u were scared of people hating on u is brave ( it doesn’t have to be about race or religion just the fact that he talked about his insecurities knowing that it helped him first and many other ppl)
Same my guy Ive never related so hard to a video I was bullied in 4rth grade for being "Too dark" haha so yeah I get ya man thanx
Wassup Tru
Yoooo what’s good tru
Tru that ha
No matter skin color race or anything else. You all matter. And it kills me knowing that still in 2020 people are having to deal with this. You and mazz are both beautiful great content creators that i look up to everyday. It just sucks knowing that even people I feel that are amazing and deserve all the love they could imagine still get picked on or told un true things about themselves.😔
Yo wassup man
Coming back to this video two years later.. and oh my god. I cried when I watched this video. I really did. I was a preteen and I could resonate with all of this. Thank you, Maaz. You’ve helped me and a lot of other people.
Being a French/Moroccan Muslim woman, this really touched me, thank you, I really recognized myself when you said that it was hard to find your place 🫶🏼🤎
Say it with me now, “Race👏or👏religion👏doesn’t👏make👏you👏any👏better👏or👏worse👏than👏someone👏”
dunno man, some religions some are pretty fucked up, from murder up to cannibalism
@@-hello6177 Example?
Race👏or👏religion👏doesn’t👏make👏you👏any👏better👏or👏worse👏than👏someone👏
LOUDERRR
I clapped for the clap emojis in real life
I'm Asian American.
In elementary, a teacher chastised me for "eating dogs and beating women".
Nearly a decade later, she contacted me in hopes that I would speak to her class since I had graduated in honors.
I declined, listed off why I hated her, and finally took a stand for what both her and my peers had done to me so many years ago.
Edit: forgot I made this three years ago. The teacher was placed on admin leave after she made some questionable Facebook posts about drinking on the job since she taught kids. I don’t know if she still teaches, but her Facebook is deactivated and she no longer works with the school district.
I could relate a lot too. I'm Mexican American and my family is Hispanic.
In Elementary, all was good and I got the best grades, I won our schools spelling bee (even our district spelling bee) I read the most books in my grade. It was all well
Until middle school, there were so many racists and especially teachers who would openly speak out lashing out people of my ethnicity and especially my Language Arts / Theater Teacher, she was horrific. She preferred anyone who wasn't of Mexican descent (our school was mainly 52% Hispanic, 48% Asian, 10% White. She said she endorsed Trump and anyone else was wrong and how Mexicans were useless and how we were disgusting. She said these things hidden though as if she thought we couldn't understand what she really meant. She kept me out from the play production we were putting on and only accepted the lighter skinned people. I begged for her to give me a part but she ignored me every time. One day I had to go to this peer mediation meeting with me and other students and I was the only one in her class that was in it so I asked her if I could go and she said no and to sit down. Furiously since this meeting was important I grabbed my things and said something along the lines of No you racist witch. (May I remind you that I was a goody-two shoes and I never disrespected teachers) My friends in that class went "oooohhh!!!!" And they clapped as I left the room.
Do I regret it? No!!! I'm glad I'm not in Middle school anymore with that bruja.
Good! You don't need that toxicity in your life!
@@bluenpurple2328 i hope you for the best, these filthy people need to open their eyes!!
people think they can judge someone without consequences huh...
Good she deserved it
@@bluenpurple2328 'She said she endorsed Trump'
Me a Trump supporter: this line will start a complete and utter civil war. Can we not
Great video. so much truth entangled within. ❤ Mazz is a perfect example of something I thought of earlier. "When you look at seemingly shallow river, you realize it only gets deeper.
wow, this was such a genuine and NEEDED video on this platform... refreshing, honest, sincere. thank you.
Drama teacher: Remember, people wont like you because you-
Ad: im gonna stop you right there >:(
👏👏👏
The one time ads are good.
I thought the teacher was gonna say something like ‘people are not gonna like you based on your skin colour but your performances/talent’ :(
Lol i got an ad cutting the middle of brown off
Same thing legit just happened lol
It’s insane that the world is still stuck with racism, even if it is common sense not to treat someone badly based on the colour of their skin. I’m Indian-Bengali but I’ve never been treated as harshly as Maaz. I have never thought of the idea of hating themselves because of their skin. Stay Amaazing and don’t hate yourself because of your skin colour
i'm the same as u and i completely agree
That’s so beautiful
@@random23287 he said why he draws himself in white. You’ll find it in the video
@@random23287 oh ok. Dont worry. I didn’t realise
@@random23287 yea if he drew himself brown ot would be a lot of work and if he made the background brown he would brand in.
Man, this really hit right into my heart. As a Bangladeshi who spent 5 years in Japan as an elementary schooler and now 4 years in Australia as a uni student, I really felt like I was not fitting well into any of the culture. I feel so lucky that I never truly faced racism but I did hear someone saying 'he's too Japanese' in a condesending way back in my own country. I am glad that I found this channel and would love to see more of your content !
I'm so happy you worked up the courage to talk about this!! I'm so sorry you had to experience those terrible things. You're human! You deserve happiness just as well, and you should be proud of who you are, and your culture
now
hi sona! ily and ty for supporting maaz
Oh my god. I just watched one of ur videos then watched this, what are the chances? 0.0
Didn’t expect you here
I didn’t know you liked this type of channels!
“If I do it first, nobody else can hurt me.”
Those are the words me and my friends live by.
❤️ speak up for yourself and for your friends. show them that you believe in yourself. But stay kind, and be as patient as you can be. there is a way to speak up for yourself, but still be able to be kind❤️
Those words hit to close for me
This was such a great video and is going to open a lot of people's eyes.
Everyone around me at school knows that I'm a White South African. I know that isn't as bad as not being white but it is unbelievable how many racist comments I get. If it is a water joke, how I am white, my parents, or why I got good marks if I'm African. The worst part is that I play along with it. I can't imagine how much worse this is for a Non-White person. The courage to talk about this on the world stage like you did is beyond me. My case is just mild compared to yours and the many people that have had similar or worse.
Good job.
When Mazz said “if I do it first, nobody else can hurt me” that phrase hit me close to home. In school I was most of the time the black sheep of my class. I had a friend and that was it. And at some point I started to laugh at myself. Joking with them about me and pushing me down. “Auto-bullying” the kind of self defense that doesn’t help but you think it will eventually help.
Mazz you are an amazzing man. Thank you for your content. For your humor. Thank you for being you. 🤎🤎🤎🤎
When he said that I remembered, I have anxiety
Bruh I still do that and just realized it after watching the video
I still use self-depricating jokes even though I'm long gone from the people that used to bully me, and I only ever notice when people call me out on it
I use this thoughts process to get away with bullies who judge me about me doubting my sexuality and always being a scholar,this is an I down middle grader in a homophobic environment
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, I can understand why this took so long for you to make this video.
I'm glad you put it out there in the world, and this is a huge and courageous step forward 🤎🤎🤎
Love your music
Nice comment
Why aren’t you verified
Lmao
Love your music Too.
I completely agree with you on this. We support you Maz, and we'll always love you for you!!!
that thing abt using comeback jokes to racial comments instead of confrontation is so true that even my parents teach me to do that. sometimes it feels wrong but there’s no other choice for me, this video made me feel understood about my struggles bc sometimes i feel like i have nobody to relate to about being a poc in a very rural predominantly white area where i knew nobody who was apart of my culture or even asian. i relate to the bit where you feel like you don’t belong anywhere too. i wanted to fit in so i hid everything associated with my asian heritage but now i can’t rlly relate to my family anymore. it’s still very hard for me to open up abt myself to this day, this vid gives me courage to just stop being a coward and accept myself bc the way ppl see me will never change so i should stop trying to please others
Absolutely incredible video, I know this had to have been painful to make but the world needed a video like this explained from your perspective. 🤎
Hi where is everyone???
That was real nice
AYO?
oh hey teccy
As a Pakistani Muslim, I personally have never gone through something as awful as your teacher singling you out for everything, and I must say it is heartbreaking. 🤎
Im an Indian Hindu And Also Kinda Brown But I Wont create controversy coz i feel like we shouldnt be hating any Indian or Pakistani
I would not spread hate or Create Controversy Against Any Nationality
my friend is a muslim, unfortunately she was singled out for her religion. to this day, it still infuriates me that nothing happened to that teacher but considering the kind of principal we had, i’m not surprised.
Same
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This video just makes me want to give everyone that's ever dealt with this a big hug
This is the first actual Maaz video I’ve watched and to say that I am beyond impressed and have deep respect for this dude is merely an understatement. I really loved how despite humor being such a big part in not only Maaz’s career but also society, that he finds a way to create an entire video without any kind of reliance on edgy jokes or behavior. My life has been significantly enlightened because of this video. Thank you, Maaz 🧡
" *If I Do It First Nobody Else Can Hurt Me* "
I can relate
I live by this rule
I relate
y e s
That hurt too close to home
That.... Was a really good video. The end genuinely made me tear up. Keep at it, we keep learning more about ourselves everyday! I wish you well on your journey dude🤎
k-kaggy??? i didn't know you watch animator's holy shit!
@@dgbd9030 oh hi dont mind me just gonna sit here doing nothing and get flooded with notifications
@@jxnkfood9129 lollll
Didn't expect to see you here Kaggy.
Yea. Kaggy officially is one of my favorites now. From a voice acting perspective and person.
This is such a beautiful tale, thanks for sharing!
Girl your designs are so good fr
As a south asian kid growing up with everyone shoving skin bleaching products down your throat "because it'll make you prettier" this makes me feel heard. Thank you 💞
Wait, _what_?! Where do you live that people would do something like that? "Don't like your skin color? Just bleach it!" Ugh.
@@genius11433 India. The standards for beauty here is fair skin and dark hair. If from the neck up you're anything else you're not "conventionally pretty".
@@grrgrr069 Whoa. I had no idea. Given that India is basically where brown *comes from*, I had no idea that there would be such a push over _there_ to look white!
I am from India too and God can I relate! Every single aunty ever thinks it's her duty to tell me to apply all this stuff at my face that'd make me fair like ma'am just stfu!
@@genius11433 well... its not exactly to look white its to have light brown/beige
*SPOILERS*
Him coloring his character at the end gave me chills no cap
honestly same
it was beautiful
Goddamn he did it...
I'm happy he did
Honestly same.
Words can’t describe how proud I am of you for being so open to your struggles. I want you to know,
You are not different
You are not weird
You are a not an outcast
You are you🤎🤎🤎
Ok but the point you raised about " spending more time outside your own roots and coming back with a more liberated point of view which in turn leads to not fit in with those people FROM your roots" that THAT hit hard. I'm brown and muslim too but instead of that my problems were more focused on current trends, society and how I should act in "general" even thought this isn't exactly an issue I can relate with, I'm glad it's talked about and also hope more muslim and black creators get more recognition, I myself am an artist and plan on starting my own channel in the near future inshaallah :D. stay strong brother!!🤎
That was awesome, Keep up the good work ^^ Bro
hello
really did not expect you here
Wow you are here
Holy moly howdy sans comictv
Omg no way
I’m not a Muslim, but I’m a black person and Christian. Honestly this feels so close to home. I’ve never felt like I’ve ever fitten in. Thank you Maaz, you’re truly Amaazing 🖤
Same
I’m also black, but luckily I’ve never felt this way. I’m from Jamaica so black there is the normal, thank goodness.
hating on a Pakistani because of 9-11 is like hating all white people for the enslavement of African Americans, it's stupid. mind you, i'm still working on my own judgements and prejudices, but yeah uncool maaz's intermediate teacher
I also christian
@@elytraman1809 You should have absolutely no judgments or prejudices. Do not have any preconceived notions about anyone at any time. Only judge someone off of their actions.
Awh I’m so sorry you had to go through that screw those people I know this was 2 years ago but I hope you are doing fine from this incident now 😢🤎
Thank you Maaz. This helped me a lot.
This video is so good, I'm proud of you Maaz, I've been watching you work hard all these years and seeing you succeed and not give up make me want to keep trying as well, you're one of my greatest inspirations and I'll keep supporting you as a friend and a creator always, GO MAAZ!
Omg it's Winshard :,D
@THE REAL KIDO where is the fight? Lol
@THE REAL KIDO lol
I am so sorry. No teacher should ever say such a thing, you belong every and anywere. You are not the villain...Your my hero :-)
*simp*
I’m so sorry you had to go through that in New Zealand, NZ is actually a cool place if you have a good experience. I can relate to this because I’m Asian and I don’t think I fit in, in my country❤You are such an inspiration to us🤎
Hey Maaz, me and my daughter watch your (+your team) videos together, so thank you ✨ have a great day 🤎🤎
As someone who is pakistani and basically got ripped away from their culture, I'm so glad you spoke up about the racist jokes. Sometimes, I've heard terrorism jokes even from close people and it's too difficult to say anything. I am a student, and being the only person of colour hits hard whenever racism is brought up. Thank you, Maaz.
69th like poG
you have a culture?
As a Indian Muslim i never thought I would agree
But this is something we all faced
I know stereotyping Pakistanis as terrorist is bad, but the west creates negative stereotypes to all, South Asians are really mistreated everytime.🇮🇳🇵🇰🇧🇩🇲🇻
You'r chanel name is who so i can say is islem
I relate entirely. As a young African American male, I’m constantly pretending to laugh at racist jokes. It really hurts. It’s not just jokes about my skin, it’s joke about me in general. I make fun of my looks, and personality. I joke about my love life. I talk bad about my religion. I bring my negative traits to the forefront, and it’s starting to take its toll. I loved the video, though. Keep up the good work🤎
Same but I'm jamaican
@@georgiaanderson5218 wi likkle but wi tallawah
This is how i feel about myself, i insult myself, and laugh with others, while it actually hurts
stop listening to them sweetie peaple are always gonna hate only thing you can do is show them that you dont give shit to there opinion and live your life
Omg same! But since I’m from the city and I’m in suburbia I get mocked for my accent, my skin and my hair at my high school all the time and I just laugh with it...cool to know I’m not alone😊
Man i dont comment often but the thought you put into this video really touched me Maaz, thank you for representing us in such a beautiful way. We really are outcasts in the world even if we make up practically a fifth of the world population. Even two years finding your video, not much has changed, where we have no representation, Aladdin is our closest role model.
The first thing any person does is judge directly from what they see in another person, and when they see us, they get the same bullet points, Bollywood, Arranged Marriages, curry, terrorists. We are put in such boxes that we are unable to break free from such stereotypes, and people assume this is who we are, that it is somehow alright to generalize all us brown people like that.
Being a Bengali American born and raised, and never once considered an American from the get-go because im not White and Black is infuriating, but something I had to learn to accept all my life.
As strange as this may sound but the world isnt just Black and White, but all shades that are all different in their own way. I also feel for our other fellow brown people, the Latin people of the world, they are also underrepresented and just dont get the exposure they deserve. Just saying Latin, brings so many countries and cultures that summarized into one simplified word. But its far vast than that, with so many rich histories just waiting to be heard.
Anyway thank you, for this video, we have to keep staying positive in the hopes that one day we each can show ourselves proudly, and not just be instantly judged by what we look like, but be treated as our own unique individual who happens to have their own culture. We are just as much an "average Joe" as the next, we dont expect different special treatment, just let us be, and not be concerned about how we look, heck come up to us, talk to us,we are more than willing to share and enjoy others companies.
I can definitely understand where he's coming from because of how your skin color looks and your religion or culture is about people see you differently, thinking rumors and stuff. They should understand how you feel see their life in your shoes. As an african american they'll ask/say crazy things if their true or whatever I say be who you are no body can change that and if it gets out of hand tell the right people about. Maaz love ur videos, your art is very cute and funny. Don't be ashamed of who you are. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Know that you aren’t alone, in 2nd grade, SECOND GRADE, one of my “friends” came up to me and said “hey we can’t be friends anymore” and when I asked why, she said “because your skin tone” that was 5 years ago but I still remember her words like it was yesterday.
OH
Ok shit
I meant oh shit ;-;
@@Sinbav_ no
I’m black and I feel like an outcast 24/7 it’s chipping away my mental health at this point. I don’t like rap music, I don’t like anything spicy, I watch anime, I like watching Dreamteam and I constantly get bullied for it. People repeatedly ask “why are you being so white?” and “act more like your race” and I really can’t fucking stand it. I’ve once forced myself to eat takis and I was sick for days. I want to be normal so badly, I want to be more like my race but I don’t know how to change myself.
As an Indian I cannot relate more.....every bit of it was relatable..... This is gonna help so many people and it certainly helped me. It will even help people who are new to western society. Thanks 💛💛
I am an Indian, I haven’t ever lived outside of India, but my relatives who do, face the exact same problem. Despite the fact that my family despises Pakistan in general, I see how the people there are just that, people. They face the same issues we do. The government might be broken, awful and unlawful, but the people are just as brainwashed about us as we are about them. For the first time, I felt so connected to a Pakistani guy. This has genuinely given me a new perspective. I have and probably will continue to condemn the behaviour Muslims in various countries show, but I promise to never associate their acts with a whole religion. This has opened my eyes so much, just beautiful.
@@jahnavidhir8113 Despite all the anti-India/Pakistan rhetoric, the thing is, once you leave South Asia, doesn't matter if you're from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. The west and far east will see you as brown. That's about all that will happen. That's why personally the most unity I've seen between Indians and Pakistanis has been in foreign countries where there is less exposure to the home country.
@@stansman5461 I solely agree.. that’s true and to be honest, that is such a beautiful thing, 🌷🌷
I am pakistani
@@stansman5461 yeah as a Brit idk how to identify a Pakistani or a indian lol you're all the same
You are seriously my all time favourite UA-cam animator. It’s not only how funny I think you are, but also how relatable. I myself am a half Éthiopien half Swedish girl who is also brown. In all the years I’ve been in school so far have been like this. As soon as I first got to my class almost everyone was white, I felt very out of place. But there was this one girl who was sort of light skin (half Jamaican half Swedish) who I immediately got attached to. Me and her were always there for each other which felt amazing, the only problem was that we were exactly like you. We joked about our own race calling each other and ourselves slaves, criminals and the n-word. And again, it was only because no one else could do it first. I mean of course even if we did joke about all the things people think the brown community is like our classmates as well could scream the n-word if we walk by or just say it to our face. Every time some white dude in our class said the word another white guy in their group would run up to us and ask if we heard what the other guy said, what do you expect us to do instead of just awkwardly laugh it off? It’s also frustrating when they ask for the “n-word pass” every time we have a conversation. This one time a dude in my class who’s also brown (I think is thaïlandaise and Swedish) sat normally at his desk while we were about to watch a movie. When a guy ran up and turned off the lights an other dude screamed so everyone heard “WHERE DID (brown guy in my class) GO?!!” and then everyone laughed. Both me and my brown girl friend looked at each other and then at him who was awkwardly laughing with them. It’s so frustrating to hear and so upsetting to see this happening to us. Plus when we read about historical facts and about slaves everyone always cracks up and looks at us three. (Where the only brown people in our class)
Last thing is that this happened not long ago but me and my brown girl friend have sadly become distant because we couldn’t cope with our depression together and ended up toxic. It’s been hard these couple months and now I don’t have a friend to relate to and talk to about these things. That’s why I’m happy you brought it up and it always makes me so happy to see this video. 🤎
I am from India Maaz, and I completely understand what you may have gone through and how you may feel. I have experienced racism online and it felt really bad. I cannot think what you have had to go through living in the west. Be proud of yourself. Take care of yourself. You skin, your ethnicity, your culture are nothing to be ashamed of. You aren't hurting anyone so why be ashamed? Racism is still rampant in society but keep doing whatever you are doing. Because other brown kids/people will realize that they aren't alone and that will help. I wish you the best. Take care
Why are you constantly making fun of yourself, you are doing it more than us at this point?
"Because if I do it first, then nobody else can hurt me."
Man that almost made my cry
same, same
Me too, bro
same, mate, same.
Me 4
Saame that hit waayy too close to home for me 🥲
Its enough to make a grown man cry, and that's ok
I like your profile pic
Ya both get chef kiss for the great profile pics.
Cloudy with a chance on meatballs
It’s enough to make a grown BROWN man cry
As a Muslim, I get bullied to, people call me gross and terrorist
As a Spaniard who lived in Mexico for some of my childhood and was severely bullied every word in this video touched my heart. I've been through all of the things you speak about and I felt less alone.
Throughout this entire video i kept thinking "i mean maybe it'd look unnatural" but no, it fits pretty well when you draw in your skin color and i love it.
I hope your journey to self love is quick bcs you truly deserve to feel loved
My boyfriend literally made his game characters white for 3 years even though he's black. I talked with him about it he said he was ashamed of his skin as well.. I'm just happy he's proud of his color now~ ;w;
I used to only dream up white.characters untill resently
I assumed you mean characters for a game he's working on. As far as character creation in games like Dark Souls (just cuz I breath the game at this point) 1/7 is black, 1 Asian, and 5 white people. And I did it that way because it's easier and they have hair that matches the character I'm trying to put together.
@coldcoal TV no I mean when my boyfriend plays games and he customizes his avatar
My daughter does the same thing. She's only 7 and it broke my heart when one day I asked her why she made her roblox character blonde haired and pale skinned. She said "So I can be beautiful!".
I told her she was beautiful too and should make it look more like her. It took a bit to convince her and this whole situation took me off guard because I've always made sure to tell her she's beautiful and never even thought that this would come up so early in her life.
Very sad but I hope that one day she will realize her brown skin and dark hair is absolutely gorgeous.
@Sanaai Bahr Dont be ashamed of your color ❤ Trolls will say things, people will be racist. Ive seen and heard the horrible things people have said to my boyfriend and its honestly heart breaking. But, what ive learned out of the whole thing is to love yourself no matter what others say 💛
The world is thankfully becoming more accepting towards all races and colors with the new generations. Dont be afraid to let your true colors shine, no matter what others say. What would this world be without a pop of color anyways?
❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
That medical story really makes me mad. Mostly because when he talked about the trap he was put in, he was completely right about it. There really wasn’t an easy answer which is totally unfair
oh no! i accidentally paralysed someone's left arm by crushing it with a blood pressure machine!
damn I cried at the end. incredible video man
people hate me because i don’t celebrate Christmas. excuse me, we are all equal, doesn’t matter if we are different.
That is just unjust
I don’t celebrate it either. Lol.
@Yellow Crewmate lol
@Yellow Crewmate the furry man has entered the chat 🔫🐰
@Yellow Crewmate i don’t celebrate them either. and I believe the same things as the edit.
It’s sad that people disliked this
There is a misunderstanding on what racism truly is. Throught this video, there wasn't any actual racism, just his assumptions of when people were trying to be racist. I also didn't enjoy this video much. If you need me to explain more in detail, please send me a nice comment and I will elabroate. Have a nice day 😃!
Edit: When you read some of the replies to my comment, you will see that random 10 year olds are incompetently ignoring the facts that I have presented to pursuit their own narrative with pure ignorance. I reccommend that these individuals do their own research to understand what true racism is, and not to classify everything as racism and bash anybody who has a different ideology.
Something you can also notice is that I said my statement in the most kind way, while the ignorant 10 year olds here are simply being egregious without a cause. This is how you know they have nothing to say in their favor
Smh just smh
@@falkyraizu3063 maaz: *shows literal racism*
Falkyraizu: ClIcKbAiT aNd nO rAcIsM
Dude not cool this actually happens your the one who being a jerk I'm not saying you should like the video but if your gonna put hateful comments please take your bissness elsewhere 😡How dare you be a jerk this shit is real hard how would you feel if you were in mazes shoes good day😡
@@falkyraizu3063 bro, he literally listed racist comments and how terribly they affected him. Stop being an asshole, and go away
Dude...I can't belive this is what you need to go trough.Just so you know you aren't a bad person,they are the ones who need to change!We are here for you!
Love your videos and will always love them.
Honestly the fact that people think it’s ok to be racist is stupid and honestly make me mad just don’t discriminate ❤️
Why did this even start
@@Caramelsomething it started when humans started roaming the earth.
@@Caramelsomething It could be that it started when we gained power. (any that you can think of)
It started at the beginning of the earth do y'all not know about animals like bugs? Oh wait you still don't know
@@borednotanymore1147 Rude, and what do bugs have to do with this?
to anyone who has experienced any racial injustice:
1. Here is a hug - 🖤🤎💛❤️🤍
2. you are not inferior
3. you are perfect just the way you are
4. you are loved
5. i apologize on behalf of all the unenlightened racists that walk the earth
Congrats your comment is one of the top ten comments!
(Also, as a brown boy, I accept your apology and thank you for caring 😊)
Cool a like begger
Thank you, also congrats for your comment being liked
Thank you so much😭
I mean i like the effort but doesn't really help. but cheers anyway
Sometimes you have to look at yourself the way you would your own friend. You would never intentionally say anything or do anything to them to hurt them so you shouldn't do it to yourself. Trust that who you are is wonderful and you should never be afraid to be wonderful.
Wow I am so proud of you, this has me a little emotional because u grew up so wonderful
As a fellow ethnically Pakistani Muslim guy, this hit way too close to home
@@ameliasellers6396
Me too as a Sri Lankan boi
@Yatish Patel appreciate the love
As a Pakistani-American Muslim, I feel that. I've spent my whole life (now in high school) trying to figure out how I should present myself, as a Muslim American, or as a so called "ABCD" (American Born Confused Desi). I love my roots and my culture, but I lose my social life in school as a result of it.
@The Comrade To be "brown" usually means to be Middle East, North African, but usually of South Asian descent. It's kind of a combination of upbringing, culture, and looks.
Me personally, I look like your standard American white boy despite being 100% Pakistani genetically and being culturally Pakistani AND American, and because of my culture and upbringing and family, I consider myself to be brown. I'm a first generation Pakistani American Muslim.
as a brown artist who doesn’t see many south asian content creators, this means a lot :) 🤎🤎🤎
You can go see @kirtichow he has some good stuff
Kewl.
Ok all the important stuff aside, I just loved the end transition where you subtly added brown background and switched the the colors when reintroducing yourself... It was beautiful and it was a top notch animation choice.
Crying, subscribing, loveing you. Keep it up, you got this ❤ ( my keyboard doesnt give me an option to have other colored hearts, but I did watch the whole thing ❤)
"Because if i do it first nobody else can hurt me."
that quote resonates within me
Lmaooo
I will cry for all the abused people for a week.😭
Damn that line hit HARD
I feel that sometimes tho :/