Let's start by sharing our bi-racial experience | Kelsey Bengue | TEDxChallengeEarlyCollegeHS

Kelsey is bi-racial - she began her academic inquiry wondering "why" people needed to know her origins - and through that examination she came to understand that "why" was just the beginning. She comes to the TEDx stage to share the "shared experiences" of bi-racial individuals and why those who aren't should understand them.
Kelsey is bi-racial - she began her academic inquiry wondering "why" people needed to know her origins - and through that examination she came to understand that "why" was just the beginning. She comes to the TEDx stage to share the "shared experiences" of bi-racial individuals and why those who aren't should understand them. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@peonygal]

interesting thought. sometimes i get frustrated when people i’ve just met talk about their ethnicity in front of me and don’t try to include me, because i look white since my skin is pale. i’m half filipino and half english. i get frustrated why people assume that i’m too white to understand.

[@blacklyfe6881]

Ignorance us bliss.

[@chumekafishback3403]

Thank you for this, being multiracial, this journey has been very hard. This video has brought me so much peace and valuable information.

[@rw7567]

Interesting discussion. Im mixed race and I’ve travelled the globe. My experience is unique when I travel because my ethnically ambiguous looks causes many non-white foreigners to assume I am related or associated with their own cultures and ethnicity. I love those intimate interactions when they happen. It’s like I momentarily get to experience what it’s actually like to be a part of that culture. I also witness that many times they have a hard time accepting the truth of my background once I clarify, because they have already categorized me as one of them. I would love to see more research about this phenomenon.

[@yvonneyeboah4493]

Great idea. Thanks for sharing the thoughts and inspiration!

[@user-bx2cg2ec8c]

bi racial people come in all shades and hair textures.i get ask all the time what im i.coming from a multiracial background.

[@fie1917]

This is phenomenal

[@bobbylewisjr5250]

Great stab at a very complex topic.

[@tfh5575]

i have a friend that is ALWAYS asking me which race i consider myself when he knows exactly what i am i’ve known him for 10+ years. like why do you keep asking me this? and then wanna be like well what does your drivers license say? mind you, race is not even a category on my drivers license.

[@christophercumber427]

Sounds like not such a good friend.

[@momofsix2010]

we all do this

[@feliznavidad6958]

Thank you for saying a white woman of Mexican descent. Too many people say Mexican as if it's new race that just popped out of the ground.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

It’s well known that Latino can encompass anything. Your “thankfulness” is just an attempt to divide “real Latino” from what considered “not Latino enough).

[@The_Original_Man]

Her mom isn’t white she looks Native or Mestizo here in America White means looking like you came from England

[@sonyatheforestgaurdian3152]

Filipina, Rucyn, White. Its hard being gatekept traditions from family or not bring wanted in other cultures because I'm too other culture. It's annoying being too White to be Filipina. Too Rucyn to be Filipina. Too Filipina to be Rucyn. Too White to be Rucyn. Too Filipina to be White and to Rucyn to be White.

[@pauleenjazzcamantigue5285]

Hi

[@travelingdude1621]

People should have the freedom to do what they want to do. As for me, I only am attracted to my own white women and will only date, marry and breed with a beautiful white woman that shares my same race and culture as that’s the natural order of things. 😃👍🏻🇺🇸

[@nickb839]

Mother is not white.

[@jerrye2222]

Better said is that mother is not just white. She is a mestizo which would make her also Native American. In other words mother is biracial. Mother being mestizo is an assumption on my part as the great majority of Mexican citizens are mestizos and physically she has all the attributes of one.

[@user-xm5le5ok2r]

First thing there’s no such thing as race. Races was a construct developed by Europeans to divide and conquer.
There’s different ethnicities, but only one human race. Acts 17:26

[@tyso1173]

Biracial is no different than miles
It call hybrid creations.the creator don’t created that. Gadre’el is your creator

[@supercharger5727]

God did make me

[@donnatravel]

The fact that biracial people exist and are living and breathing proves that God made us.

[@upgrade1583]

selfish parents

[@ginatamiko]

?????

[@reptilezeolot]

shhh the adults are speaking