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mich weera Obviously? African-Americans are a mix of different west African ethnicities, tribes etc. same with white Americans that have Scottish, English, Irish, Italian etc. ancestry and Latinos that tend to be triracial (native Indian, African, European).
Especially Jewish. I’m Jewish, but Judaism is not a race. Jews are from everywhere. There are ancient African Jews, Sephardic Jews from the Middle East, and Ashkenazi Jews from all over Europe. My friend is Israeli-Persian and Jewish. When he told some of our friends, they asked how he could be Jewish and Persian. I find it so weird that “Jewish” is considered a race, it’s an ethnicity and a religion.
Why is no one talking about the ending?! The screenshot of their text saying they all have a group chat and are "legit friends now"??? THAT IS SO HEARTWARMING
As a half-black and half-white person, i agree that the “passability” is what counts the most. I look way more white than black, and when i had straightened hair (my natural hair is curly), nobody ever believed that my mom is black. I also never received any racist comments, unlike my mom, she suffers because of racism till these days.
i agree! although i’m only a quarter black, one time when i was with my brother, who looks more black than me, someone in my class thought he was my boyfriend! i’m also tired of people asking why i’m white when my mom is brown (she’s half)
Finally someone who understands me, I also have a white father and black mother, but I was always called names for my black side, but I also see more black than white. :p
I’m mixed black and white as well and I don’t really look either race more (well actually depends ) because in the winter I can be mistaken as “white with a slight tan” but in summer I get mistaken somehow as Indian because I tan so easily also my facial features say black and my hair says mixed but I feel more comfortable identifying as mixed than either black or white but that is not an option in my state sadly it’s either one or the other
When that girl said that if everyone was mixed race then they would have colorism, that's Latin America right there. We sure do have a lot of colorism.
omg just like ethiopia most people are different shades of light skin and there is that occasional really light or really dark person and for some reason both get made fun off but it's not hate or anything just for the sake of the joke
Everyone being mixed in the future would not solve colorism at all. Annette is dark skinned and she’s mixed. Mixed ppl come in all shades. She literally said she wished to be lighter in the past.
I was so saddened by that answer I hoped growing up through being discriminated against because of who u where born and can't help it at all would get that mindset out of people and they would become more accepting and nice to others not wanting to put that pain on anyone else.
dang, in my opinion, this is one of the best spectrum videos. the cast was rather diverse and wasn't afraid to disagree with each other, but they still so it in a kind, respectful way. mad props to everyone involved in the creation of this video!
@@raivazquez175 You're not even stating races tho.....and I think someone there was half hispanic aka some race BC HISPANICS R DIVERSE AND COME IN MANY COLORS
@@romanreignswhore no need to get mad over it. It's my opinion and I apologize on saying Hispanic as a race. What I meant was Mexicans, dominicans, Cubans, etc
I liked (non sarcastically) how the half black kid said he is pride to be white, and nobody called him out. A full white person with the best intentions unfortunately wouldn't have gotten away with that.
But at the same time, you can't represent them because you are only half which is a main problem in the black community because mixed race and racial ambiguous who look slightly black are used to represent us when they aren't completely black
@@usefulpolls3750 We literally had a half-white/half-black president (raised by his white mother & having minimal contact with his father) touted as the first black president.
Useful Polls exactly which is extremely problematic. It erases that mono racial identity. Like for us black people we have been talking about this for decades and have been completely ignored. I realized that the reason people are ignoring our erasure is because most non blacks want that. They don’t care if black spaces are completely taken up by mixed people or our image completely changes into a more mixed image as long as it’s erasing blackness it’s okay.
This 'confusion' exists because there are no clear boundaries between nationality, ethnicity and race. For example, what is a white German's ethnicity? You'll probably say German. Their nationality? Also German. What about a white American? Are they ethnically American if they have a lineage in America spanning centuries? Are they ethnically English if their ancestors originally came from England? What about someone from South Africa? Are they ethnically African despite being from a specific ethnic group like the Xhosa people? Is 'African' even a valid ethnic category? Are they racially black if they are half white but live in SA? etc etc.
@@breonawarren1507 i have to agree. I'm American, but I live in Europe and the way race is perceived is completely different and a lot less complicated.
@@breonawarren1507 I agree to an extent. There are a lot of Americans who do know the difference. But unfortunately there are a lot of other Americans who don't care and just assume everyone that is black or Asian or Muslim, etc are all the same. Obviously there's a huge difference in skin tone, ethnicity, and country of origin.
as a biracial person, my biggest experiences which made me experience some imposter syndrome is when i filled out those tests/surverys that ask you about your race. one part of me wants to check off the "asian" square but the other part of me wants to check the "hispanic" square. i always was in conflict with "do i just check 'prefer not to answer' or check 'other'?..but im not exactly 'other' either..". I always feel get the urge to just turn to someone and be like "hey what race do i look like?" but honestly i still have a hard time with this and usually just put 'prefer not to answer'
I'm mixed. I had a friend tell me her baby was going to have the best of both worlds. I asked her what she meant. She said "A white mind and black body". No joke. I haven't spoken to her since
@@abbifash You know when you look over at someone like "what the fuck did you just say?" I looked at her and she was straight up serious. But, I couldn't believe it so I asked her "are being serious right now?" She was totally serious. I walked out and haven't spoken to her since. I do know that her boy is awesome and living with his Dad.
Technically, you are what your father is. (Edit) Ok look at it like this. Since I obviously love analogies to explain things I know 😂 but look. Let’s say a man meets a woman. He has a kid by her. This is the Kid 👉🏾🌹(red rose) The man then goes out and meets another woman. The man now has a second kid, but this one looks a bit different, this one is lighter complexion. This is the second kid 👉🏾🌹(pink rose) The man then goes out and he meets a third woman. This woman was even more unique in features than the first two. This is the kid 👉🏾🌹(blue rose) The only constant thing in that situation is that the kids are still roses. Regardless of color and features. If you can’t understand that then maybe I am a fool 🤷🏾♂️ Now reread my analogy below, full circle ⭕️. Also, look up the definition of seed and read the first two definitions, if you want to have a nice giggle while doing so look at the related words. Edit2: how do y’all not understand by now that the male spe-rm would be the rose “seed” meaning the male is the rose. Yes the woman is a breed herself in her own right (hence the environmental difference in the roses) but we can all agree y’all bring forth life and like I said it’s just an ANALOGY. That’s why the women’s egg would be the soil. You plant a seed in soil and life grows. How do you not understand this. Awww mann ya killing me 😂
@@morindahoelzle559 Your race is based off the seed of the father.. For instance, If I take 2 of the same rose seeds and planted one in America and the other in Asia; the soil, environment and etc may make the outcome look different but what’s gonna grow out of that soil?
yeah I’m indigenous but also a quarter black and I have black features that make it obvious that I’m mixed and used to get made fun of in school by other kids lmao
Me too! I'm half Filipino/half Cree. So many conversations about mixed race experiences presume some level of colonial heritage/settlerism or white passing privilege that I've never had.
"If I haven't heard those slurs towards me, I feel like maybe I'm not in a position to reclaim them." This was so well-worded! I think we often forget reclaiming is the reason of a certain race use words that used to, and sometimes still do, hold such derogatory power. Such a good example of why such terms are still offensive coming from a different race.
@@Clashy69 I agree. I think people also need to know that there's context when it comes to the word itself. They don't think about that though, just the word itself.
nah that's a bad argument. Anybody should be able to use any word, it's only intent that matters. That perspective is mental gymnastic to try and control what other people say.
I really appreciated how the girl in the blue shirt said to the girl with the scrunchie that she should still be able to take up space in an asian community as a mixed person!
@@JenniRudolph oh right because you're half asian its impossible for you to be racist. But you literally said you wanted to look less asian in the video...
I love how this group listens and respected each other’s opinions and didn’t talk over or interrupt each other, they all seem so nice hope they all stayed friends!
as a mixed race child i remember being in 4th grade and my dad, who is a dark skin black man, came into my classroom one day to pick me up, and my class mates were all white at the time, and they would say “your dad looks so scary” and i remember being so confused as to why he looked “scary” now realizing it’s sad that that’s embedded into children to think a big black man looks scary and i was like it’s just my dad :/
i was in 5th grade when my dad went to pick me up from school. (he is a dark skinned black man) all of the kids started a rumour that “the big scary black man at school” and some other crap. i never really understood why they did it until now
My father is a very tall, large black man, and my teacher said, "I didn't remember your dad being that scary. I wouldn't want to make him angry." I just said, "I make him angry all the time. No biggie." He really never got loud or shouted and it sucked that people were instinctively scared.
Yea i feel u like people have these images of colored people that instantly makes them non-likable, my bsf told me back in the day she used to be scared of black people cuz of the same reason of yours but shes learned from it now
That's what I thought about too. Like I wonder what my mom would say if she were in this given how she grew up and crazy stories I used to hear about my grandma (South Korean) and grandad (white, black, native American)
@@juaniciasherrel I happen to agree with you as a older mixed race person. I found myself not relating to their millennial perspective on their mixed race.
Yeah that would be really interesting. I'm technically a millennial and I do find that millennials focus a lot more on race than I think people used to. It might just be they are more outspoken about it but I don't really know. Race almost seems more political now and mixed race people are seen as more beautiful than other races.
It’s found it kinda funny how the both blasian girls are like opposites, the more Asian looking one identifies with black people more but the black looking girl identifies with Asian people
Noticed that too. The black girls said i'm more asian and it couldn't be further from the truth i feel like she just doesn't want to be black and she's just ignorant to the truth.
I am half white Puerto Rican and half black. I was also raised in a predominantly Puerto Rican town and I didn't speak Spanish growing up. This speaks to me on so many levels. Thank you for this
In US, colonizers like french and english never mixed with native population, but as you probably already know, the same can't be said for Portuegese and Spanish. Mixed is reletively new, since it used to be both illegal here in a lot of places, and there wasn't that much interracial marrying in the US in general for the first like 200 years of its existence. Just a little over 50 years ago me simply existing was a crime.
YESSS its SO WEIRD bc here in Brazil im white and thats it, but outside of the country ppl guess right away "oh youre lebanese right?" it is hella interesting to see how different it is in different countries
It's mainly because it was against the law in the US for black and white people to get married until 1967. Obviously, not every mix is black and white, but that's where a lot of the infatuation and interest in mixed people comes from. It's relatively new here.
“That’s such a terrible thing to tell someone... that you can’t be every part of who you are.” Black hoodie dude really got me in the feels as a mixed Hispanic who can’t speak Spanish... felt every word
That hit super deep for me as well since, like you, I’m a mixed Latino that was told to not speak Spanish because it wasn’t perfect. LOOK WHO’S NEARLY FLUENT NOW!! Lol one day...
I don't know why y'all in the comments are calling the blasian (half Chinese) girl delusional. Like..... as a Blasian, some of us just feel more comfortable and more accepted by our Asian side. Just because she's not all that ambiguous looking and could easily pass as fully black, that doesn't mean that she has to fit into the blk community. I know some of y'all aren't going to like to hear this, but there is a serious problem in the blk community, black-passing and even ambiguous biracials are often forced into the black box, we aren't ever allowed to explore our full heritage. Blasians do not have to fit within the blk community, we blasians should have a space to be able to be both black AND Asian, just like Wasians. Stop forcing Blasians into the black box.
Yes blasians shouldn't be forced into the black box. But she didn't explore both cultures she was one sided and mostly only mentioned her asian side. Instead she should be like the mixed black and white boy and explore and accept both sides of her. Yes, the blk community has issues but so does the asian, indian, hispanic, mexican, white, and all the other communities and that's for people in the communites to work on. but that doesn't mean she should ignore that side of her and Honestly i believe she needs to explore her black side more.
@@heavenloves7819 1. Indians ARE Asian, 2. I agree with you on that. It just seemed like people were attacking her for being more aligned with her Asian side.
@@mollymolly7451 ok then dont get mad when she identifies as asian. I would just keep calling her Blasian, because she is both black and asian, but I wont call her black, because she is only half
i agree just because you love or married someone of different ethnicity doesn’t mean you’re not racist. i’ve had a patient use the “im married to an asian woman” card to excuse his insensitive or inappropriate comments
Tiffany Le Yeah especially not in Asia. ‘Some’ asian people can be so set in their ways about the idea of skin colour. I experienced huge amount of racism when visiting China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
@@iiChiLLL In most asian countries, black people are considered "exotic" i guess you could say. Even if you're white you will get stared at as you aren't asian. And if you go to public placed many people will wanna take a picture with you (At least from personal experience)
The worst thing about being mixed is when your friends start talking about their races. Sometimes, people take you being mixed as an opportunity to tell you what you are and what you aren’t. It doesn’t help anyone.
I am half Nigerian and half Dutch and I had a friend who is the same but he since he knew me he started to really want to abandon the Dutch side and become full Nigerian, which I did not want and he like shamed me for not knowing some Nigerian stuff and it became so awkward that it destroyed our friendship. Literally lost one of my best friends because of being mix
Jade Robinson I couldn’t agree more! I am Black and korean and i have heard people use my mixed ethnicity against me by claiming i am not fully anything, therefore I cannot relate fully to any one race. It shouldn’t matter what race you are to support and understand other ethnicities.
I'm Korean, Mexican, Native American, and white. I've struggled with identity and not fitting in my entire life. I've come to terms with it not having to be an "identity" rather I'm me who happens to be mixed.
I totally agree. Being a mixed girl (Japanese, Indonesian, French, Tahitian and more) kept being so harsh I even find myself asking what am I? It’s like I can’t identify as anything so I just gave up.
@@kyo04687 are you from hawaii by any chance? your mix of ethnicities sound like so many other ppl i know that live here and also because of your username lolol
“If i havent heard those racial slurs towards me then maybe I’m not in a position to reclaim them” although i may not fully agree that’s definitely something to think about.
I think that this statement was pretty interesting to hear... and made me think deeper as a mixed race person as well. I dont know if I fully agree as well, but the opinion she made was necessary.
Deniz Devrim Jr. I completely agree as a black person it’s actually really uncomfortable to hear mixed people say the N-word just because you’re half black doesn’t give you the right to say the word
@@GlobalGioReacts The whole point of being "mixed race" is that you arent on one side and you shouldnt have to choose one side. Parents who lowkey force their kids to only identify with one side more are doing more damage then good
The "I've tried to hide my identity" hit so close to home. I'm mixed with mexican and black, and so when I was in middle school I got made fun of by the mexican kids A LOT. They'd always call me racist black slurs and just never even acknowledged the fact that I WAS half mexican. They'd always tell me that I'm not half mexican because I couldn't speak fluent spanish and because I didn't look mexican enough, and they'd always make those racist black jokes about how you can't see a a black person in a dark room because they were too dark (keep in mind, i was light as heck and some of them were even darker than me.) So because of this bullying from them, I became very insecure about my identity, and I'd constantly hide my black side in hopes they would not make fun of me. Currently now I am healing from that trauma, and I have come into the fact that just because I will be seen as black and not mexican, that I will still embrace both of my sides because both of those sides makes up who I am. I am mexican. I am black. I am both.
Jolisa I’m not sure he was saying his dad was racist toward black people, though. He may have meant racist remarks toward those of other races. Still not ok, but that’s a different matter.
When the Jamaican / Australian guy said that his dad would say racists remarks , it hit me .. My mom who is white and dad is black, when they separated my mom would all of sudden generalize all black people to be the same just because of what my dad did to her
Im sorry that happened to you. That just seems so toxic for a mother to say in front of their mixed child. Not only are they making disparaging comments of the other parent but also of the ethnicity of their own child.
Right! Like my father is Sicilian and my mom is russian jew. My race is obviously white, my nationality is American because this is where I was born and my ethnicity is jewish. People constantly say that jewish is a religion and not an ethnicity and they’re dead wrong. I don’t take part in Judaism but I am very proud to celebrate my culture. I don’t understand why people find that concept so hard to understand.
I honestly love this, I started tearing up because growing up mixed I felt alone. My mom is white and my dad is black, I grew up with the white side of my family, I saw the black side once every blue moon but 99% I was surrounded by the white side of my family. I grew up to learn nothing about my culture, I went to a predominately black school up until my sophomore year and I didn’t fit in at school because I was too white or “white washed”, I grew up surrounded by subtle racism, I was/am used as a card to deflect my family being racist. Moving to Florida I was in a predominantly white school with maybe 13 black kids, me being mixed I definitely didn’t fit in because I was too black for the white kids and too white for the black kids…so now I’m left trying to embrace my black side and figure it out
Yvonne Antonio What major difference? Anyone native to Africa is Black (Sub-Saharan Africa) to be exact, but there’s also places outside Africa blacks are native to.
My mom's Chinese. My little brother looks about half Chinese, my little sister looks about FULL Chinese (the knockout gorgeous kind, too) and I'm the only one of my siblings who actually sPEAKS IT, and I'm blonde. Very blonde. Thanks dad.
My mom is pale af, my dad is Indian, and has been mistaken for being black because apparently Indian people can’t be tall, but he is much darker than me or especially my siblings. I’m the darkest of me and my siblings, which isn’t saying much because I’m like a dark olive. But whenever I’m in public with either one of my parents, I’m either asked if I’m adopted or Latino. I feel you fam
I can feel this pretty strong as well as I've gotten it many times. My mom is mostly Hawaiian but has some black and white in her, my dad is Puerto Rican. My dad is kinda dark skin but he left when I was young. My mom and all my siblings have olive toned skin while I came out chocolate brown. There have been on a few occasions where someone thought I was "bothering" my own family/mother while in public... light skin people are treated better in western society.
I’m a dark-skin Africa American and I get comments like “You talk like a white person” or “you dress like a white boy” all because I dress and speak “proper/correctly”. It’s very degrading because white people aren’t the only race to look and speak correctly. I’ll bring it to their attention which they’ll brush it off and says it’s not that serious.
Well I get your point, but technically it’s no such thing as dressing correctly or speaking correctly, language is the made up thing, that changes over decades and generations. 500 years ago none of us would understand English. Ebonics, or other form dialects sometimes get added into the English language. Matter of fact look at England, speaking so call proper English is sometimes look down upon from ragular people because speaking posh and as some negative Connotations because and person who speaks like this comes off, stuck up, or because usually it’s a rich person who speaks like this.
Jaidon Morrell You mean you don’t use the vernacular, no such as speaking properly or correctly. People from different countries use slang and a certain vernacular. And dialect
@Jaidon Morrell... you don’t have explain that to those ignorant people. I am a black girl and always get the same thing as you. I will not change the way I am.
Jaidon Morrell I always have to correct people always , I’m like an people of colour not speak with annunciation or wear their pants over their ass ? 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ I don’t think people realize the more they say those things the more the association with black = uneducated, can’t dress properly , don’t care / lazy will stick with us ..
That was truly amazing!!! I am so glad the mixed kids of today can find tools like this to make them feel like they are not alone in the world. As a child of a mixed marriage growing up, it was a struggle to not know anyone else like me until the mid-nineties in college. Meeting other mixed people in college and sharing war stories of growing up mixed was an eye-opener for me. I am glad the younger people of today do not have to search as hard as I did. Outstanding work on this.
I fully agree, this video only reflects how completely uninformed people are in general about these terms. Conflating arbitrary race with genetic ancestry. Conflating ethnicity with race and genetic ancestry. Conflating race with nationality. Conflating genetic ancestry with identity. And it just goes on and on. It’s as you say completely nuts. It’s also highly understandable. People are not being properly educated about this topic. Constantly being bombarded with misinformation. In addition many individuals are perfectly comfortable with their misinformed position as long as it supports how they label themselves and others.
@@kahliahemingway5637 I talked to a girl who said she was "mixed" because she was Chinese & Filipino, and I was like no you're not because you're still 100% Asian. Her parents are just different nationalities, but they're the same race. So she is not multiracial, while I have parents who are from two distinctly different races so I am mixed/multiracial.
that’s because a lot of the time Women and men who say that don’t actually fall in love with the person they have kids with. they have kids with them to satisfy they are own fetishes. that’s why, and im not generalizing but I do you see a lot of white women become baby mommas to mixed kids. and a lot of mixed kids with identity crises. They were not born into a stable home, which is important for every kid, but especially for a mixed child in our current climate when it comes to race/ethnicity. but those are just my thoughts🤷♀️
Similarly my friend (who's white) said he doesn't want to have kids with a person of color because he wants his kids to have blue eyes. And that was alarming to me that some people think that way.
As a brazilian, I was so confused when they were talking about it, like... what??? I've never heard something like that here... maybe because most of us are mixed?? Idk. Or is that like a white american thing? lol
It's not about falling in love, it's about having a creepy obsession with what ethnicity person they'd bang to create a frankenbaby. Not even respecting their future partners at that level you're expecting.
@@moniemoon. I see why you don't get it, I do think it is a American thing, specifically, a white female thing. I mean, I guess I can't speak for them though because I am not fully white myself.
im so glad you guys showed different mixed people. the way the world uses the term mixed as always made me feel like i shouldn’t use the word since it was always used to refer to half black half white people and seeing so many people embrace this word makes me feel okay to take it on
That’s why I don’t say it. I mean I live in a predominantly black area, and no ones really racist, so the only time someone’s called the n word, it’s usually by another black person just being friendly. And when I white person does the say the n word, they don’t mean it in a racist way, because they don’t see it as racist. So no one here is really called the n word by an actual racist, but I still don’t say it.
agagga that was so cute at the end how they all are friends now. Mixed people really go through so much with social isolation and alienation so it makes me so happy that they can find community with each other!!
People don’t even realize how much they fetishize mixed people. The amount of times I’ve heard people around me say “I hope I marry outside my race so my kids can be mixed” is so weird to me. Why do you feel the need to customize your kids? Edit: To those in the replies who disagree with me. When your children don’t come out with lightskin curly hair and light eyes don’t come crying to the rest of us because you wanted to play sims with your child. You should not love your child any less or more because of how they look, that is absolutely disgusting. *you should not want your child to be your type*
chantel x but how does heir love life affect you in any way? it really doesn’t matter if someone would rather date inside their race tbh. they’re much better than those who date to get a perfect skin colour baby
@Loving Life You probably differentiate the words "racist" and "racial". Just because someone says something racial doesn't make it "racist". Racist means prejudice towards a racial group.
Being biracial is so confusing, I remember asking my mum "what am I?" All the time, cause i didn't look black nor white, she always gave me a different answer and never took my question seriously. My parents didn't understand how confused I was, if u r going to have mixed kids, make sure you teach them to appreciate both of their sides. Biracials should not feel the need to pick a side, why most we erase a part of ourselves just to please others? -due to the "one drop" rule that a bunch of racists made, some people feel like I am just black and decide to ignore my white side unless they want to insult me. But ofc I still call myself "mixed" I dont know why people think I dislike my black side just cause I identify as mixed and not black, and i know for a fact that if I went around saying I'm black, someone will say I'm not black enough. Cause I'm never enough, I'm never the right skin tone, I never fit in. But I'm unique, I love it. But I'm tired of people saying "u look too light", "your white side is showing" as if it's a bad thing 🤨 stop trying to make me feel ashamed, or "you are not black enough". Some white people even avoid touching me cause of the colour of my skin, I'm not an animal. We get racism from both sides. Its disgusting. Some make us feel like we dont belong anywhere, and others keep fetishising us...we ain't toys.
I’m biracial also, dad Irish and mum Nigerian… I’ve learnt to just not care how I’m viewed… a lot of the time we create our own identity issues thinking too much about it… we’re human beings… mixture has existed since the dawn of humanity.
I’ve also asked the “what am I” question numerous times but for a different reason. I’m half white, half Latina, but I don’t look mixed. It also sucks cause some people don’t think Latino is a race while others do. It’s confusing. I usually either say “I’m white” or “it’s complicated”
Eh, he seemed a bit too full of himself with his virtue-signaling. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but he's clearly so guilty that he's white that it just infects everything he says with this tone of "I'm not like THOSE people." Because the fact is HE IS "WHITE," but he's also very clearly middle eastern. His phenotype is clearly Caucasian, as is the case with many middle easterners. It doesn't look like his Iranian side is Persian, or else he would probably say that. So why is he ashamed of coming from a family of Indo-European Iranians? I think what he means to convey is that he doesn't want people to mistake him as of Anglo-Saxon descent because that is not what he relates to, which is fair enough. But if that's not what he meant, then what point was he trying to make? Many Iranians consider themselves "white," particularly Kurdish and Azerbaijani Iranians. Iranian isn't a race, there are "full on" Iranians who are even more "white" looking than him. Do people really think that Caucasians only come from Europe? Have we all gotten so dense that we can't separate ethnicity from race?
@Ra, The Sun Of God I don't think you understand what they're saying. They said that mixed people still face discrimination even though Brazil is a very mixed country.
@@mickloving9737 I'm homeless and don't want them to pick you. See, look, that proves that not all homeless people think the same! Who would have thought!
Don’t get it twisted. When us black people joke about “light skins” we referring to other black people who are black but just light skin. And sometimes people that are half black and half white.
Yeah, it's so easy to equate "biracial" with "half POC half white." While half black and half white is probably the majority of biracial Americans, as we see Asians and Black people and other ethnicities can have children together too!
As soon as I read that Annette was “AFRICAN and Chinese”, I was annoyed. Like, what country? Africa’s a continent, with multiple countries. I just hate when people put all Africans in the same box when there are Nigerians, Malawians, Zambians, Congolese, Gabonese and so many more with different cultures.
@@siphumelelethabethe6926 However, the half-Filipino girl was called half-black and not half-African, so Annette's parent is likely from a specific African country.
Maybe they just didn’t want to say from her African side is from. Like, she is half African and Chinese. At the end it does not matter from what part of Africa she is from, as long as her side of the family is African
uwaknaomi inyang it’s more of an ethno-religious group. So when someone say they are Jewish in regards of their ethnicity that relates to an actually ethnic group (Jewish people, people whose descendants were from ancient Israel)
exactly. i think americans especially get this confused. like wtf is white & jewish? Judaism doesn't determine how you look. Being "mixed" means your PARENTS have two different ethnicities
I’m Nigerian and Vietnamese and growing up I struggled a lot with who I was/am, to the Asian kids at school I was just black and to the black kids I was just a mixed kid that was in between and I was told “why do you dress like that your Asian” I generally felt like I didn’t fit in. There was even a time that I walked into my Asian aunt’s house that I haven’t seen in years and she thought I was a black kid that broke in. It took me a few years to accept who I was and I’m proud to be of mixed race
I'm mixed and I think that one of the worst things is people trying to tell us who or what we are. It's so annoying and there's a lot of that in this comment section 🙃
I generally dont like people who are mixed but side with a race. Biologically and scientifically incorrect, because you are both. Mixed people should embrace it and love themselves, not try to fit in
As a Brazilian, a country with a majority of “mixed race” people, being it and living it doesn't make racism any less of a problem. People are colour biased really strongly
Well... In Brazil we learn that there's only one race, and it is _human_ race. All the rest (black, asian, white, etc) it's ethnicity. Maybe that's why I find the way americans (US) think so confusing :P
Im confused i dont know what is the wrong or the right in this subject .. if you are against mixed race people will call you racist if you are with mixed race people will call you globalist and anarchist and you want to destroy their race .. uffffff boring world
being mixed taught me to NEVER buy into the "i have a [insert race] friend so i can't be racist" argument. my white half of the family is literally racist towards everyone who is not white, and they claim to love me and care about me. i try to correct them, but they're so traditional/conservative and caught up in their own ways that they are not willing to understand the weight of their words/actions. it's tough cause i love them, but i know they would prefer that i were 100% white.
Ive never related to something so much in my life. Ive even started researching to see if that line of family owned slaves. Not kidding. They used to call me mulatto for cryin out loud.
im half white and half hispanic but im white passing and this video made me feel a lot better than im not the only one who's had problems and felt like their not enough. whenever i would tell someone that im half hispanic (puerto rican/ colombian) they would always tell me that i was lying and that "you dont look it so that means your not" was super damaging as a kid. and it made me really hate a part of who i was. but I've come to expect who i am and wouldn't change anything.
@@natalies38 They do. Majority of our population here in Argentina is white. Also, many Puerto Ricans are white as well. You aren’t mixed, maybe culturally you are or a small percentage.
DO African Americans, and people in the Black Diaspora think the same* (Caribbean, Africans, EDIT : Blacks of different Nationalities, (Canadian, British, French etc...)
Lool this will cause a huge argument . They should add black French and black British ppl too (they are also african and carribean but born in Europe so they think different)
@@yasmin935 definitely. I think black americans and non-americans black people think pretty different. in a nutshell it seems african americans genuinely think they're american & don't know/care about their real heritage, whereas the non-american blacks are more in touch with where their originally from. I'm black british, but originally from east africa
"I'm gonna stand right here. It's like the middle lin-" *"Y O U C A N ' T D O T H A T!"* "I don't know if I can do this, but I'm just going to straddle between these two, and-" *"Y O U C A N ' T D O T H A T!"* *Edit):* I'm so sorry to all the mixed people out there. It must be extremely difficult to have to pick a side. I send all my love to you 🌸💕
@LAILA HANSERD You are of mixed nationality. Therefore, you are Mexican-American. It sounds like your mom is an Indigenous Mexican American like your dad. So-called Black Americans are indigenous to this country unless you know for sure that your dad is from some country in Africa. You should ask your parents more about their heritage if you haven't already.
I'm so excited to see this! As a mixed person, just seeing people talk about the invisible benefits and struggles of being mixed is great. I do wish the prompts had dived a little deeper into the colorism that we often experience, and the sense of not belonging/not being welcome in communities of any of our ethnic groups.
I wish they did that too, I'm five different races (maybe more) and it would have been nice too see them discuss what it's like to not fit it in with different groups
the six of us are discussing doing our own follow-up video to touch on more nuances not covered in this video! would love any and all ideas on deeper discussion points
@@JenniRudolph hi, I really did love the video and I think it is wonderful that you are thinking about covering about what want discussed in the video. This might be a personal thing, but I don't really fit into a category of any of my races. (Half Indian, quarter Chinese, black, white, Amer-Indian). Due to how mixed I am none of my races accept me. It would be nice to see how you guys would take on not fitting into a single category or not even having a category.
Rayne Moorthy this is off topic but it’s controversial if I’m mixed or not because I’m 25% Japanese. Can you please tell me since you are a mixed person?
I just want to say I don't use the N-word and I don't want anyone else in my circle to use it. There's no such thing as reclaimed. I've never ever heard that word used positively or in an empowering way. It's negative, no matter who says it. Black people using it, to me, is like a transference of hate from outside to the inside. Now only we can say this hateful thing to each other. Now only we can hate ourselves. The history is still there. I also don't allow black people to call me that. I don't care that the end of the word is changed. It's not what I am.
same! i've never used it, it's not something i ever heard from my immediate family or in my household growing up, and i've never associated with any people who use it. it bothers me that people (especially white people) may think that it's a word all black americans freely use.
You don't have to use it. Just because you've never heard it used in a positive way doesn't mean it's not. Any black person I know calls theirs friends their niggas. There is nothing negative about that. The word is very much reclaimed by the black community and it's laughable that you say "there's no such thing". It's a personal choice if you and your family or friends choose not to say it. Doesn't give you the space to condemn those who do.
@@MarTechSDR you’re a clown. The fact that you think words can just change meanings bc a person with a different skin color uses it is laughable itself
Annette got the job because she’s speaks a second language, Cantonese, a skill. Its like in Canada you literally have a one up over someone if you speak French. I don’t believe race was a factor in that one.
Knowing another language is a skill, but she didn’t go to school and learn or teach her self. She was taught because her family is Asian, so she considered that as her Asian heritage giving her an advantage in that position.
It is a skill, but her race is still considered an advantage. She probably didn’t feel comfortable saying this, but most Asian owned businesses won’t hire black people. As in, (not all) but most older asian foreigners usually won’t. If you tell them you’re half asian that’s a huge plus. That means one of your parents is Asian and they know you’ll give back to that community, and the money keeps circulating within that community. Asian wages become asian profits. That is why Asians hire family members or other Asians. They will return the favor. Her knowing the language can offer proof that she is Chinese since they can’t go off of her looks alone.
It’s because you’re talking about Québec not Canada in general and the first language is french, so it’s important to talk and make everything in french first to not lost this « culture »
Also personally I feel like generally Asians are more biased towards each other? We love emphasizing on family and togetherness lol so once Annette revealed she was half it would definitely put her in their good graces + she speaks their language/dialect. Knowing the language in this situation isn't just a skill, it helps form a familial connection
This video: *exists* People who think mixed race is just half black half white : 👁👄👁 Edit: My mixed self sitting here reading all these comments 😅 But no seriously you’d be surprised how many people think mixed race is just half black half white. And it’s not just in America because I’m British and I’ve seen it. (I was just tryna make a funny comment and now look 😓)
To be technical this is more about mixed ethnicities. You have Natives from the new world, Asians, blacks, and whites. Then those can be separated into ethnicities.
Because racial issues have issues have existed in this country since it’s creation. Also, you are aware that we’re the most diverse country by far, right? Race is obviously going to be more prevalent here than, in say, Japan or some other predominantly homogenous nation.
Lots of people have hurtles to over come here, they may seem obsessed but the USA is a DECEPTIVELY free & safe place. It’s hard to be authentically you when EVERYONE is labeling you & judging you constantly without consideration, it’s easier for people to lie or conceal apart of themselves in this racially tumultuous time. Years of history lead to this “obsession”, slavery, turmoil, pain, dirty politics over many years results in anxieties, tension, & discrimination today. If you don’t believe that then you just haven’t researched enough. Everyone embraces their full identity in there own time.
Emma Rose T. Yes. South East Asians are Mongloid and South Asians are Caucazoid - so two different ethnic groups there. Racially? I’m not sure how to separate them as it really does go into ‘making it up’ territory.
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Hi juiblee
Yes
Race =/= ethnicity/culture/nationality.
Why did you bring these uneducated people, who don't know the difference between race,ethnicity and nationality
Many of these are multicultural but not necessarily multiracial. There are people who identify by their nations and not race.
STRUGGLE OF BEING MIXED: The white side of the family see’s the black in me and the black side of the family see’s the white in me.
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trippy_ nation relatable expect with my Asian and black side
Truth
I could not agree more seriously
I feel like race and ethnicity get mixed up between a lot of people
Me to , it drives me crazy that race being made up is pushed so hard and not ethnicity. But we're all indoctrinated I guess
mich weera
Obviously? African-Americans are a mix of different west African ethnicities, tribes etc. same with white Americans that have Scottish, English, Irish, Italian etc. ancestry and Latinos that tend to be triracial (native Indian, African, European).
Hayden Baku he said his dads Australia then later said he’s white
mich weera What make those two different? I don’t know.
Especially Jewish. I’m Jewish, but Judaism is not a race. Jews are from everywhere. There are ancient African Jews, Sephardic Jews from the Middle East, and Ashkenazi Jews from all over Europe. My friend is Israeli-Persian and Jewish. When he told some of our friends, they asked how he could be Jewish and Persian. I find it so weird that “Jewish” is considered a race, it’s an ethnicity and a religion.
Why is no one talking about the ending?! The screenshot of their text saying they all have a group chat and are "legit friends now"??? THAT IS SO HEARTWARMING
Mixed people stick together LOL. I’m biracial and most of my best friends are biracial too.. I don’t even know how it happened
nymph corpse don’t care
They would make the perfect cast for "Friends" reboot
Spicy Shizz don’t comment then....
YES I was just about to say that!! Its so sweet that these people actually became friends through this ahh
As a half-black and half-white person, i agree that the “passability” is what counts the most. I look way more white than black, and when i had straightened hair (my natural hair is curly), nobody ever believed that my mom is black. I also never received any racist comments, unlike my mom, she suffers because of racism till these days.
i agree! although i’m only a quarter black, one time when i was with my brother, who looks more black than me, someone in my class thought he was my boyfriend! i’m also tired of people asking why i’m white when my mom is brown (she’s half)
Finally someone who understands me, I also have a white father and black mother, but I was always called names for my black side, but I also see more black than white. :p
whats pass???
@@tia.talbot i swear people will say they're black when they get a 0.01% black ethnic background in like DNA tests lmao
I’m mixed black and white as well and I don’t really look either race more (well actually depends ) because in the winter I can be mistaken as “white with a slight tan” but in summer I get mistaken somehow as Indian because I tan so easily also my facial features say black and my hair says mixed but I feel more comfortable identifying as mixed than either black or white but that is not an option in my state sadly it’s either one or the other
In five months we’ll all get a “Do all Corona Virus survivors think alike?” notification.
Edit: it only took two months.
Too true
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This comment is so true tho 😂😂😂
When that girl said that if everyone was mixed race then they would have colorism, that's Latin America right there. We sure do have a lot of colorism.
mcmandy086 exactement
So true
oh for sure
omg just like ethiopia most people are different shades of light skin and there is that occasional really light or really dark person and for some reason both get made fun off but it's not hate or anything just for the sake of the joke
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Everyone being mixed in the future would not solve colorism at all. Annette is dark skinned and she’s mixed. Mixed ppl come in all shades. She literally said she wished to be lighter in the past.
Ofthesol exactly
I was so saddened by that answer I hoped growing up through being discriminated against because of who u where born and can't help it at all would get that mindset out of people and they would become more accepting and nice to others not wanting to put that pain on anyone else.
Hence why it’s called COLORism.
Yeah being mixed just puts you somewhere in the color spectrum
"We will still have colorism" is what she said. She was saying it would not disappear.
“If those slurs aren’t used against me, I’m not in the position to reclaim them!” PERIOD!!!!
Reclaim deez nutz son
I just don't use them because it is trashy.
@@Capybara-o5o56 literally every black activist ever 🙄🤦🏻♀
@@Capybara-o5o56 Some people do actually. It’s mostly to excuse whatever damage the word’s usage still does.
@@babyamyxo-o6c…. Yeaaa, no 😒
dang, in my opinion, this is one of the best spectrum videos. the cast was rather diverse and wasn't afraid to disagree with each other, but they still so it in a kind, respectful way. mad props to everyone involved in the creation of this video!
It wasn't that diverse sadly, all the girls were half Asian and all the boys were half white. They should have half Hispanics, Turkish, etc
@@raivazquez175 You're not even stating races tho.....and I think someone there was half hispanic aka some race BC HISPANICS R DIVERSE AND COME IN MANY COLORS
@@romanreignswhore no need to get mad over it. It's my opinion and I apologize on saying Hispanic as a race. What I meant was Mexicans, dominicans, Cubans, etc
@@raivazquez175 Mexican, dominican and cuban arent races either...
I liked (non sarcastically) how the half black kid said he is pride to be white, and nobody called him out. A full white person with the best intentions unfortunately wouldn't have gotten away with that.
“That is your space, too” was such a sweet comment...she needed that reassurance.
She needs more mixed people in her life to show her she can accept every side of herself.
But at the same time, you can't represent them because you are only half which is a main problem in the black community because mixed race and racial ambiguous who look slightly black are used to represent us when they aren't completely black
@@usefulpolls3750 We literally had a half-white/half-black president (raised by his white mother & having minimal contact with his father) touted as the first black president.
FFS, most people have a little of something else in them.
Useful Polls exactly which is extremely problematic. It erases that mono racial identity. Like for us black people we have been talking about this for decades and have been completely ignored. I realized that the reason people are ignoring our erasure is because most non blacks want that. They don’t care if black spaces are completely taken up by mixed people or our image completely changes into a more mixed image as long as it’s erasing blackness it’s okay.
As a mixed race person myself I found this interesting, but I think there is some confusion here in this video with race, nationality and ethnicity.
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I blame America tbh. Other countries can tell the difference and use it correctly but Americans often don’t.
This 'confusion' exists because there are no clear boundaries between nationality, ethnicity and race. For example, what is a white German's ethnicity? You'll probably say German. Their nationality? Also German. What about a white American? Are they ethnically American if they have a lineage in America spanning centuries? Are they ethnically English if their ancestors originally came from England? What about someone from South Africa? Are they ethnically African despite being from a specific ethnic group like the Xhosa people? Is 'African' even a valid ethnic category? Are they racially black if they are half white but live in SA? etc etc.
@@breonawarren1507 i have to agree. I'm American, but I live in Europe and the way race is perceived is completely different and a lot less complicated.
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I agree to an extent. There are a lot of Americans who do know the difference. But unfortunately there are a lot of other Americans who don't care and just assume everyone that is black or Asian or Muslim, etc are all the same. Obviously there's a huge difference in skin tone, ethnicity, and country of origin.
as a biracial person, my biggest experiences which made me experience some imposter syndrome is when i filled out those tests/surverys that ask you about your race. one part of me wants to check off the "asian" square but the other part of me wants to check the "hispanic" square. i always was in conflict with "do i just check 'prefer not to answer' or check 'other'?..but im not exactly 'other' either..". I always feel get the urge to just turn to someone and be like "hey what race do i look like?" but honestly i still have a hard time with this and usually just put 'prefer not to answer'
Pls note these questions are illegal in some countries
In Europe such a question would be totally illegal, the USA is pretty backwards on this.
*The struggle of being mixed race/ethnicity/nationality:* _You are both All and None._
Knowledge Is Key yesss
I’m mixed and it says in Caucasian on my school information sheet, it’s really weird. is mixed not in their vocabulary like 😶😶😶
Yep
This has nothing to do with what you are saying, but I just really want to let you know that Jesus loves you!❤ And He will always do!
I’m mixed I feel like I’m not either black or Arab
I'm mixed. I had a friend tell me her baby was going to have the best of both worlds. I asked her what she meant. She said "A white mind and black body". No joke. I haven't spoken to her since
Lmao what the hell
Thats...how the hell
Metonymy1979 bruh
Did they say this with a straight face, not that it matters. It's crazy nonetheless...
@@abbifash You know when you look over at someone like "what the fuck did you just say?"
I looked at her and she was straight up serious. But, I couldn't believe it so I asked her "are being serious right now?" She was totally serious. I walked out and haven't spoken to her since. I do know that her boy is awesome and living with his Dad.
I hate how people fight against racism or are against racism, but then see a biracial person and try to tell them what to identify as.
Too true
FACTS
Technically, you are what your father is.
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Ok look at it like this. Since I obviously love analogies to explain things I know 😂 but look. Let’s say a man meets a woman. He has a kid by her. This is the Kid 👉🏾🌹(red rose)
The man then goes out and meets another woman. The man now has a second kid, but this one looks a bit different, this one is lighter complexion. This is the second kid 👉🏾🌹(pink rose)
The man then goes out and he meets a third woman. This woman was even more unique in features than the first two. This is the kid 👉🏾🌹(blue rose)
The only constant thing in that situation is that the kids are still roses. Regardless of color and features. If you can’t understand that then maybe I am a fool 🤷🏾♂️ Now reread my analogy below, full circle ⭕️. Also, look up the definition of seed and read the first two definitions, if you want to have a nice giggle while doing so look at the related words.
Edit2: how do y’all not understand by now that the male spe-rm would be the rose “seed” meaning the male is the rose. Yes the woman is a breed herself in her own right (hence the environmental difference in the roses) but we can all agree y’all bring forth life and like I said it’s just an ANALOGY. That’s why the women’s egg would be the soil. You plant a seed in soil and life grows. How do you not understand this. Awww mann ya killing me 😂
@@lebabyjames2724 what
@@morindahoelzle559 Your race is based off the seed of the father.. For instance, If I take 2 of the same rose seeds and planted one in America and the other in Asia; the soil, environment and etc may make the outcome look different but what’s gonna grow out of that soil?
I want to see one with mixed indigenous. We're often overlooked and ignored.
yeah I’m indigenous but also a quarter black and I have black features that make it obvious that I’m mixed and used to get made fun of in school by other kids lmao
Literally mexicans. Most just dont care or realize and always go by nationality(mexican)
Yeah becuase you look full white.
Me too! I'm half Filipino/half Cree. So many conversations about mixed race experiences presume some level of colonial heritage/settlerism or white passing privilege that I've never had.
We're called 'latinos'😂😂😂
"If I haven't heard those slurs to me, then I'm not in a position to reclaim them."
The best thing said in this video
That was such a good way to put that!
Slurs shouldn’t even be reclaimed. You can’t own words, no matter how offensive they may be.
FACTS
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS.
"If I haven't heard those slurs towards me, I feel like maybe I'm not in a position to reclaim them." This was so well-worded! I think we often forget reclaiming is the reason of a certain race use words that used to, and sometimes still do, hold such derogatory power. Such a good example of why such terms are still offensive coming from a different race.
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words aren't exclusive to anyone and only have power if you give it power and if you turn to violence over a word you have problems
@@Clashy69 I agree. I think people also need to know that there's context when it comes to the word itself. They don't think about that though, just the word itself.
nah that's a bad argument. Anybody should be able to use any word, it's only intent that matters.
That perspective is mental gymnastic to try and control what other people say.
If you still find a word offensive, you haven't reclaimed it, you've just put a personal limit on who can use it.
I really appreciated how the girl in the blue shirt said to the girl with the scrunchie that she should still be able to take up space in an asian community as a mixed person!
girl with the scrunchie here, I really appreciated that too!
JenniRudolph wow! Hi! You did very good.
Maybe if she wasnt racist it wouldnt be a problem....
@@steventolerhan5110 how am I racist?
@@JenniRudolph oh right because you're half asian its impossible for you to be racist. But you literally said you wanted to look less asian in the video...
I love how this group listens and respected each other’s opinions and didn’t talk over or interrupt each other, they all seem so nice hope they all stayed friends!
as a mixed race child i remember being in 4th grade and my dad, who is a dark skin black man, came into my classroom one day to pick me up, and my class mates were all white at the time, and they would say “your dad looks so scary” and i remember being so confused as to why he looked “scary” now realizing it’s sad that that’s embedded into children to think a big black man looks scary and i was like it’s just my dad :/
@*sips tea* i know you're trying to relate, but being a "big scary black man" can literally get him killed.
i was in 5th grade when my dad went to pick me up from school. (he is a dark skinned black man) all of the kids started a rumour that “the big scary black man at school” and some other crap. i never really understood why they did it until now
My father is a very tall, large black man, and my teacher said, "I didn't remember your dad being that scary. I wouldn't want to make him angry."
I just said, "I make him angry all the time. No biggie."
He really never got loud or shouted and it sucked that people were instinctively scared.
Yea i feel u like people have these images of colored people that instantly makes them non-likable, my bsf told me back in the day she used to be scared of black people cuz of the same reason of yours but shes learned from it now
This happened to me too 🙁 I was so sad and mad that people thought that about my dad cause I knew nobody would say that about theirs
I would like to see this same conversation amongst an older generation of mixed race people
That's what I thought about too. Like I wonder what my mom would say if she were in this given how she grew up and crazy stories I used to hear about my grandma (South Korean) and grandad (white, black, native American)
Juanicia Page ugh
Caroline Lackey is there something wrong with what I stated?
@@juaniciasherrel I happen to agree with you as a older mixed race person. I found myself not relating to their millennial perspective on their mixed race.
Yeah that would be really interesting. I'm technically a millennial and I do find that millennials focus a lot more on race than I think people used to. It might just be they are more outspoken about it but I don't really know. Race almost seems more political now and mixed race people are seen as more beautiful than other races.
It’s found it kinda funny how the both blasian girls are like opposites, the more Asian looking one identifies with black people more but the black looking girl identifies with Asian people
Literally I just see full black with the girl who identifies as an Asian more lol
Noticed that too. The black girls said i'm more asian and it couldn't be further from the truth i feel like she just doesn't want to be black and she's just ignorant to the truth.
@@kajuskup375 no... she is probably more connected to her chinese culture since she speaks the language and her family
@@kajuskup375 she honestly could be biologically more asian but just black passing. genes are strange crazy things happen and this isn’t even rare.
@@spiritsaway I mean you do make a point. Halsey (singer) is biracial and she is more linked to her black side but she's white passing.
I am half white Puerto Rican and half black. I was also raised in a predominantly Puerto Rican town and I didn't speak Spanish growing up. This speaks to me on so many levels. Thank you for this
The fact that being mixed in the US is something so different really confuses me, cause here in Brazil, we are almost all mixed
In US, colonizers like french and english never mixed with native population, but as you probably already know, the same can't be said for Portuegese and Spanish. Mixed is reletively new, since it used to be both illegal here in a lot of places, and there wasn't that much interracial marrying in the US in general for the first like 200 years of its existence.
Just a little over 50 years ago me simply existing was a crime.
@@bruhsoundeffect2882 Aren't Louisiana Creoles a mix of French colonists & slaves?
Isaiah Yeah, but that usually occurred through rape. Plus it was sort of hushed about, but something people were aware of
YESSS its SO WEIRD bc here in Brazil im white and thats it, but outside of the country ppl guess right away "oh youre lebanese right?" it is hella interesting to see how different it is in different countries
It's mainly because it was against the law in the US for black and white people to get married until 1967. Obviously, not every mix is black and white, but that's where a lot of the infatuation and interest in mixed people comes from. It's relatively new here.
“That’s such a terrible thing to tell someone... that you can’t be every part of who you are.”
Black hoodie dude really got me in the feels as a mixed Hispanic who can’t speak Spanish... felt every word
ok Jnlt black hoodie dude was spitting straight facts this entire video... loved hearing his perspectives.
That hit super deep for me as well since, like you, I’m a mixed Latino that was told to not speak Spanish because it wasn’t perfect.
LOOK WHO’S NEARLY FLUENT NOW!! Lol one day...
ok Jnlt felt :/
I'm in the same boat as you- it feels like I'm disconnected with that part of myself. And it was refreshing to hear him say that.
ok Jnlt then learn
PSA , there is a difference between nationality, race, and ethnicity.
I just learned I'm multiracial. Pray for me through this challenging time.
Thank you!!!
But let’s not let that distract us from the fact that Logic is biracial
what is the difference
Priscilla Wow There’s a lot more woke people than I thought!
I don't know why y'all in the comments are calling the blasian (half Chinese) girl delusional. Like..... as a Blasian, some of us just feel more comfortable and more accepted by our Asian side. Just because she's not all that ambiguous looking and could easily pass as fully black, that doesn't mean that she has to fit into the blk community. I know some of y'all aren't going to like to hear this, but there is a serious problem in the blk community, black-passing and even ambiguous biracials are often forced into the black box, we aren't ever allowed to explore our full heritage. Blasians do not have to fit within the blk community, we blasians should have a space to be able to be both black AND Asian, just like Wasians. Stop forcing Blasians into the black box.
People will still see her as black but anyway
Yes blasians shouldn't be forced into the black box. But she didn't explore both cultures she was one sided and mostly only mentioned her asian side. Instead she should be like the mixed black and white boy and explore and accept both sides of her. Yes, the blk community has issues but so does the asian, indian, hispanic, mexican, white, and all the other communities and that's for people in the communites to work on. but that doesn't mean she should ignore that side of her and Honestly i believe she needs to explore her black side more.
@@heavenloves7819 1. Indians ARE Asian, 2. I agree with you on that. It just seemed like people were attacking her for being more aligned with her Asian side.
@@Dom_om_nom we don’t give a F. We don’t claim her
@@mollymolly7451 ok then dont get mad when she identifies as asian. I would just keep calling her Blasian, because she is both black and asian, but I wont call her black, because she is only half
i agree just because you love or married someone of different ethnicity doesn’t mean you’re not racist. i’ve had a patient use the “im married to an asian woman” card to excuse his insensitive or inappropriate comments
Tiffany Le absolutely. that’s when its fetishizing races.
Tiffany Le Yeah especially not in Asia. ‘Some’ asian people can be so set in their ways about the idea of skin colour. I experienced huge amount of racism when visiting China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
For all you know his wife would say the same stuff behind closed doors 🤷🏽♂️ I make Jewish/native jokes all the time despite being both.
Remix like from being black? Or darker skin toned Asian? I plan on going to Japan but idk how they react to black guys over there
@@iiChiLLL In most asian countries, black people are considered "exotic" i guess you could say. Even if you're white you will get stared at as you aren't asian. And if you go to public placed many people will wanna take a picture with you (At least from personal experience)
"Too black for the white kids, and too white for the blacks..." - Earl Sweatshirt
This hit home, thank you for this Jubilee, I'm in (happy) tears.
I think the take away from that bar is that we can have shared experience rather you are mixed or not.
@@michaelgosling3910 yea basically but it fits the context
Michael Gosling I’ve been saying that for ages and it’s so true
omg this is so true
🙄 imagine how tired full raced people are
The worst thing about being mixed is when your friends start talking about their races. Sometimes, people take you being mixed as an opportunity to tell you what you are and what you aren’t. It doesn’t help anyone.
My family is full of mixed people, so when people ask were I'm from it gets awkward
I am half Nigerian and half Dutch and I had a friend who is the same but he since he knew me he started to really want to abandon the Dutch side and become full Nigerian, which I did not want and he like shamed me for not knowing some Nigerian stuff and it became so awkward that it destroyed our friendship. Literally lost one of my best friends because of being mix
Nope x
L Travis bruh that doesn’t even make sense
Jade Robinson I couldn’t agree more! I am Black and korean and i have heard people use my mixed ethnicity against me by claiming i am not fully anything, therefore I cannot relate fully to any one race. It shouldn’t matter what race you are to support and understand other ethnicities.
I'm Korean, Mexican, Native American, and white. I've struggled with identity and not fitting in my entire life. I've come to terms with it not having to be an "identity" rather I'm me who happens to be mixed.
Mexican is a mixture of Native American and white it’s not a race
I totally agree. Being a mixed girl (Japanese, Indonesian, French, Tahitian and more) kept being so harsh I even find myself asking what am I? It’s like I can’t identify as anything so I just gave up.
@@delancey3181 yep.
@@kyo04687 are you from hawaii by any chance? your mix of ethnicities sound like so many other ppl i know that live here and also because of your username lolol
@@reii9554 lol well almost haha I’m from New-Caledonia (this little Island near Australia yes) :)
Anyone gonna talk about how the girl in blue has earings with mini babies on them.
I love them 😻
i didn’t make the ones that she has yet i’ve been starting a shop selling baby earrings and jewelry! if you wanna buy some please hit me up haha
Right? And one was white and the other was black? Girl knew what she was coming for
Is she...you know... *cuffs jeans*... *hand flip*
@@OtakuKawaiiKat ;)
9:17 THEY PUT “daintily agree” WITH HIS NAME AFTER THAT LOLLLLL
FINALLY A VIDEO WITH A GOOD “VARIETY” OF MIXED PEOPLE NOT JUST BLACK/WHITE
All the women & one man is mixed with some sort of ASIAN.
It’s because that’s the original meaning of “mixed race”
@@anijones6734 What is?
DummerThanaBoxofRox I’m saying “mixed race” as a label came from black/white mixing
@@anijones6734 Oh, ok, understood.
They were all so respectful of each other. It’s really nice to see
“If i havent heard those racial slurs towards me then maybe I’m not in a position to reclaim them” although i may not fully agree that’s definitely something to think about.
I think that this statement was pretty interesting to hear... and made me think deeper as a mixed race person as well. I dont know if I fully agree as well, but the opinion she made was necessary.
Sion Hailu i completely agree.
I think it's one of those moments we realize not using racial slurs like that at all is the only way forward.
@@numdd4717 I know right! I don't know why people can't realize that.
Deniz Devrim Jr. I completely agree as a black person it’s actually really uncomfortable to hear mixed people say the N-word just because you’re half black doesn’t give you the right to say the word
This is one of the few Middle Ground episodes where everyone is likable.
Byron Baldwyn no not really, the guy with the white shirt with rainbow logo was annoying AF
@@improviserfresh8995 Girl where💀
Nah the short haired girl in the overalls was annoying to me
@@improviserfresh8995 probably cuz he acts kinda feminine and it's just weird to see a man act like that
Mixed people are usually cool people
LMFAO they’re so used to being in the middle of everything that they even want to REALLY stand in the middle of the lines 🤣 this would also be me 😭😹
lol so true
lol same
@@GlobalGioReacts The whole point of being "mixed race" is that you arent on one side and you shouldnt have to choose one side. Parents who lowkey force their kids to only identify with one side more are doing more damage then good
@@dayrachi3455 Does that go for both sides?
HAHAHHAHAHA omg whaat thats so true
The "I've tried to hide my identity" hit so close to home. I'm mixed with mexican and black, and so when I was in middle school I got made fun of by the mexican kids A LOT. They'd always call me racist black slurs and just never even acknowledged the fact that I WAS half mexican. They'd always tell me that I'm not half mexican because I couldn't speak fluent spanish and because I didn't look mexican enough, and they'd always make those racist black jokes about how you can't see a a black person in a dark room because they were too dark (keep in mind, i was light as heck and some of them were even darker than me.) So because of this bullying from them, I became very insecure about my identity, and I'd constantly hide my black side in hopes they would not make fun of me. Currently now I am healing from that trauma, and I have come into the fact that just because I will be seen as black and not mexican, that I will still embrace both of my sides because both of those sides makes up who I am. I am mexican. I am black. I am both.
All jokes aside though, that Jamaican-Australian guy looks like a Disney Prince.
Jolisa I’m not sure he was saying his dad was racist toward black people, though. He may have meant racist remarks toward those of other races. Still not ok, but that’s a different matter.
Jolisa how is that the guy's fault? His dad's racial slurs do not define him.
@Polina Tkachenko He was just saying Australian because its not white American.. idk
@Polina Tkachenko yeah it is, i have a friend who's bi racial, she's half polish- half russian
More like Stephen Curry0
When the Jamaican / Australian guy said that his dad would say racists remarks , it hit me .. My mom who is white and dad is black, when they separated my mom would all of sudden generalize all black people to be the same just because of what my dad did to her
!! Exactly
Im sorry that happened to you. That just seems so toxic for a mother to say in front of their mixed child. Not only are they making disparaging comments of the other parent but also of the ethnicity of their own child.
UGH SAME! AND MY MOM THINKS SHE CAN SAY THE N WORD ALL SHE WANTS
my dad does the same against my half black mum. And my mum does it back against my dad who is from south east asia
Epiphilarity let her know how you feel or she will think & continue to do so.
Not enough people know the difference between race,nationality and ethnicity.
Exactly! It's like those differences are not taught in school in the US!
I just learned I'm not white after all, I'm mixed race... My life has been a lie...
Right! Like my father is Sicilian and my mom is russian jew. My race is obviously white, my nationality is American because this is where I was born and my ethnicity is jewish. People constantly say that jewish is a religion and not an ethnicity and they’re dead wrong. I don’t take part in Judaism but I am very proud to celebrate my culture. I don’t understand why people find that concept so hard to understand.
babymoonlight x facts, like if people can figure out if they’re Jewish by a dna test it’s obviously an ethnicity but still want to argue it’s not smh
Daniel Price no you’re white
I honestly love this, I started tearing up because growing up mixed I felt alone. My mom is white and my dad is black, I grew up with the white side of my family, I saw the black side once every blue moon but 99% I was surrounded by the white side of my family. I grew up to learn nothing about my culture, I went to a predominately black school up until my sophomore year and I didn’t fit in at school because I was too white or “white washed”, I grew up surrounded by subtle racism, I was/am used as a card to deflect my family being racist. Moving to Florida I was in a predominantly white school with maybe 13 black kids, me being mixed I definitely didn’t fit in because I was too black for the white kids and too white for the black kids…so now I’m left trying to embrace my black side and figure it out
im literally the exact same, but its my white side the figure out
pathetic lmao. get bent.
People’s honestly need to know the difference between African & black.
Exactly
True
Yvonne Antonio On God
Yvonne Antonio
What major difference? Anyone native to Africa is Black (Sub-Saharan Africa) to be exact, but there’s also places outside Africa blacks are native to.
What's wrong w African American? .. It's like you're ashamed to be associated w Africa in your blood.
The “are you adopted?” Question hit me like a ton of bricks with it’s relatability
My mom's Chinese. My little brother looks about half Chinese, my little sister looks about FULL Chinese (the knockout gorgeous kind, too) and I'm the only one of my siblings who actually sPEAKS IT, and I'm blonde. Very blonde. Thanks dad.
My mom is pale af, my dad is Indian, and has been mistaken for being black because apparently Indian people can’t be tall, but he is much darker than me or especially my siblings. I’m the darkest of me and my siblings, which isn’t saying much because I’m like a dark olive. But whenever I’m in public with either one of my parents, I’m either asked if I’m adopted or Latino. I feel you fam
Ik me too I’m mixed and when I’m with my white friends and family I get that question sometimes
I can feel this pretty strong as well as I've gotten it many times. My mom is mostly Hawaiian but has some black and white in her, my dad is Puerto Rican. My dad is kinda dark skin but he left when I was young. My mom and all my siblings have olive toned skin while I came out chocolate brown. There have been on a few occasions where someone thought I was "bothering" my own family/mother while in public... light skin people are treated better in western society.
Was told that, in my own family...
I’m a dark-skin Africa American and I get comments like “You talk like a white person” or “you dress like a white boy” all because I dress and speak “proper/correctly”. It’s very degrading because white people aren’t the only race to look and speak correctly. I’ll bring it to their attention which they’ll brush it off and says it’s not that serious.
Well I get your point, but technically it’s no such thing as dressing correctly or speaking correctly, language is the made up thing, that changes over decades and generations. 500 years ago none of us would understand English. Ebonics, or other form dialects sometimes get added into the English language. Matter of fact look at England, speaking so call proper English is sometimes look down upon from ragular people because speaking posh and as some negative Connotations because and person who speaks like this comes off, stuck up, or because usually it’s a rich person who speaks like this.
Chad L Yeah, maybe it wasn’t clear what I what doing but I added the quotations marks around proper/correctly to add emphasis on how they used it.
Jaidon Morrell
You mean you don’t use the vernacular, no such as speaking properly or correctly. People from different countries use slang and a certain vernacular. And dialect
@Jaidon Morrell... you don’t have explain that to those ignorant people. I am a black girl and always get the same thing as you. I will not change the way I am.
Jaidon Morrell I always have to correct people always , I’m like an people of colour not speak with annunciation or wear their pants over their ass ? 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ I don’t think people realize the more they say those things the more the association with black = uneducated, can’t dress properly , don’t care / lazy will stick with us ..
That was truly amazing!!! I am so glad the mixed kids of today can find tools like this to make them feel like they are not alone in the world. As a child of a mixed marriage growing up, it was a struggle to not know anyone else like me until the mid-nineties in college. Meeting other mixed people in college and sharing war stories of growing up mixed was an eye-opener for me. I am glad the younger people of today do not have to search as hard as I did. Outstanding work on this.
The struggle of being mixed race : Not looking like your parents
JRXY • looking like BOTH of your parents
I feel like I look adopted XD
Wrong in many cases.
Savy Flores ikr
I'm not mixed and I still don't look like my parents because I got all the recesive traits lol
the way race, ethnicity and nationality are mixed up in this vid is nuts 💀
Archie Versarchie, the last word nuts fits the 21st Century🤦🏾♀️
I fully agree, this video only reflects how completely uninformed people are in general about these terms. Conflating arbitrary race with genetic ancestry. Conflating ethnicity with race and genetic ancestry. Conflating race with nationality. Conflating genetic ancestry with identity. And it just goes on and on. It’s as you say completely nuts. It’s also highly understandable. People are not being properly educated about this topic. Constantly being bombarded with misinformation. In addition many individuals are perfectly comfortable with their misinformed position as long as it supports how they label themselves and others.
Can you please tell me the difference I’ve always wondered
@@welcomebacktoanotherepisod8542 thank you so much for explaining!!😀
@@kahliahemingway5637 I talked to a girl who said she was "mixed" because she was Chinese & Filipino, and I was like no you're not because you're still 100% Asian. Her parents are just different nationalities, but they're the same race. So she is not multiracial, while I have parents who are from two distinctly different races so I am mixed/multiracial.
Fr hearing my white friends go “I’d have cute mixed kids” is so weird like you can’t just pick and choose who you fall in love with 💀
that’s because a lot of the time Women and men who say that don’t actually fall in love with the person they have kids with. they have kids with them to satisfy they are own fetishes. that’s why, and im not generalizing but I do you see a lot of white women become baby mommas to mixed kids. and a lot of mixed kids with identity crises. They were not born into a stable home, which is important for every kid, but especially for a mixed child in our current climate when it comes to race/ethnicity. but those are just my thoughts🤷♀️
Similarly my friend (who's white) said he doesn't want to have kids with a person of color because he wants his kids to have blue eyes. And that was alarming to me that some people think that way.
As a brazilian, I was so confused when they were talking about it, like... what??? I've never heard something like that here... maybe because most of us are mixed?? Idk. Or is that like a white american thing? lol
It's not about falling in love, it's about having a creepy obsession with what ethnicity person they'd bang to create a frankenbaby. Not even respecting their future partners at that level you're expecting.
@@moniemoon. I see why you don't get it, I do think it is a American thing, specifically, a white female thing. I mean, I guess I can't speak for them though because I am not fully white myself.
im so glad you guys showed different mixed people. the way the world uses the term mixed as always made me feel like i shouldn’t use the word since it was always used to refer to half black half white people and seeing so many people embrace this word makes me feel okay to take it on
It feels like Ashur walked out of a cartoon, his appearance, his gestures, everything
He reminds me of John Mulaney 😂
He's an actor so that could be why.
He reminds me of BJ Novak
@@mooominpapa lol was just gonna say that
He is dressed like a very protypical Iranian guy.
"If it's not used towards you then ur not in a position to reclaim them" PREACH 3:44
I was shook
Ur aren't even if it is
That’s why I don’t say it. I mean I live in a predominantly black area, and no ones really racist, so the only time someone’s called the n word, it’s usually by another black person just being friendly. And when I white person does the say the n word, they don’t mean it in a racist way, because they don’t see it as racist. So no one here is really called the n word by an actual racist, but I still don’t say it.
I think no one should say slurs tbh 🤷♀️
@Layton T. Montgomery there are other words for that lmfao also these are for race so i dont agree with saying them at all
The chinese black girl moving lines when the dude started talking about collage essays killed me
kooolkidninjamaster “collage” 💀
lol "oh fuck that counts?"
College*
Cadey Jones it’s youtube not a college essay
@@austinwilliams1094 it's a spell check remark. It doesn't need that much rage for being right lol.
agagga that was so cute at the end how they all are friends now. Mixed people really go through so much with social isolation and alienation so it makes me so happy that they can find community with each other!!
Facts
I can't believe I'm saying this but think there was not a single person I disliked
@@user-qt9ly8ef8p Damn sucks to be you.
Clara Tobe YES!!! Totally agree
ikr 😊
Clara Tobe i’d say it was the half Iranian guy, nothing cute about being openly racist
Anisa Gashi how was he racist?
Lmfao. I’m laughed SO hard at “Daintly Agree” under his name.
I saw this comment and was so confused, then that very scene played.
Where ?
Quin Ove 9:23
I'm laughed
People don’t even realize how much they fetishize mixed people. The amount of times I’ve heard people around me say “I hope I marry outside my race so my kids can be mixed” is so weird to me. Why do you feel the need to customize your kids?
Edit: To those in the replies who disagree with me. When your children don’t come out with lightskin curly hair and light eyes don’t come crying to the rest of us because you wanted to play sims with your child. You should not love your child any less or more because of how they look, that is absolutely disgusting. *you should not want your child to be your type*
Honestly it’s better than people who refuse to date outside their race.
Buddha Pimp how?? it’s the same exact thing...
Amy-Lee Skyy meaning they are open to more races than just one
chantel x but how does heir love life affect you in any way? it really doesn’t matter if someone would rather date inside their race tbh. they’re much better than those who date to get a perfect skin colour baby
@Loving Life You probably differentiate the words "racist" and "racial". Just because someone says something racial doesn't make it "racist". Racist means prejudice towards a racial group.
Being biracial is so confusing, I remember asking my mum "what am I?" All the time, cause i didn't look black nor white, she always gave me a different answer and never took my question seriously. My parents didn't understand how confused I was, if u r going to have mixed kids, make sure you teach them to appreciate both of their sides.
Biracials should not feel the need to pick a side, why most we erase a part of ourselves just to please others?
-due to the "one drop" rule that a bunch of racists made, some people feel like I am just black and decide to ignore my white side unless they want to insult me.
But ofc I still call myself "mixed" I dont know why people think I dislike my black side just cause I identify as mixed and not black, and i know for a fact that if I went around saying I'm black, someone will say I'm not black enough. Cause I'm never enough, I'm never the right skin tone, I never fit in.
But I'm unique, I love it.
But I'm tired of people saying "u look too light", "your white side is showing" as if it's a bad thing 🤨 stop trying to make me feel ashamed, or "you are not black enough". Some white people even avoid touching me cause of the colour of my skin, I'm not an animal.
We get racism from both sides.
Its disgusting.
Some make us feel like we dont belong anywhere, and others keep fetishising us...we ain't toys.
I’m biracial also, dad Irish and mum Nigerian… I’ve learnt to just not care how I’m viewed… a lot of the time we create our own identity issues thinking too much about it… we’re human beings… mixture has existed since the dawn of humanity.
I’ve also asked the “what am I” question numerous times but for a different reason. I’m half white, half Latina, but I don’t look mixed. It also sucks cause some people don’t think Latino is a race while others do. It’s confusing. I usually either say “I’m white” or “it’s complicated”
Yeah but mostly from whites be honest lol
That half iranian dude seems to be a nice dude
avgn fanboi right?!?
Iranian people are the nicest people. It’s because of their deep Persian culture: “Good thoughts, Good deeds, Good words”
@@aryaa.6487 Good then
Eh, he seemed a bit too full of himself with his virtue-signaling. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but he's clearly so guilty that he's white that it just infects everything he says with this tone of "I'm not like THOSE people." Because the fact is HE IS "WHITE," but he's also very clearly middle eastern. His phenotype is clearly Caucasian, as is the case with many middle easterners. It doesn't look like his Iranian side is Persian, or else he would probably say that. So why is he ashamed of coming from a family of Indo-European Iranians? I think what he means to convey is that he doesn't want people to mistake him as of Anglo-Saxon descent because that is not what he relates to, which is fair enough. But if that's not what he meant, then what point was he trying to make? Many Iranians consider themselves "white," particularly Kurdish and Azerbaijani Iranians. Iranian isn't a race, there are "full on" Iranians who are even more "white" looking than him. Do people really think that Caucasians only come from Europe? Have we all gotten so dense that we can't separate ethnicity from race?
His name in hindi means demon lol just saying
In Brazil most people are mixed and racism/colorism is still a huge issue.
Thanks for admitting this! Sooo many members of the Latin X community act like it’s not a problem and it’s a very big problem.
@Ra, The Sun Of God I don't think you understand what they're saying. They said that mixed people still face discrimination even though Brazil is a very mixed country.
Same in Mexico, the lighter you are, the better you're treated and the more jobs you get.
It’s very disheartening. I’m not from Brazil but I experience it a lot within the Latin American community. I feel inferior because of my brown skin.
Same in most of the Caribbean islands.
I'm still waiting for " *Do all children of divorce think same?* "
me too hehe
"It was my fault"
THEY BETTER INVITE ME THERE
Did you know that Logic is biracial?
Gonna be a sad one😭
I am trying to educate myself more on this topic and I am super thankful for all the participants and their statements!
Great to see this! because most people are ignorant af
"Do all homeless people think the same?" would be extremely interesting
Lea Jasmin I’m homeless pick me
Extreme
Omg yess
@@mickloving9737
I'm homeless and don't want them to pick you.
See, look, that proves that not all homeless people think the same! Who would have thought!
and also sad
This broke the stereotype that mixed ppl aren’t just light skin ppl
PERIODDDT
YES Thank You! A lot of people think all mixed folks are light skin, and it really isn’t true.
Don’t get it twisted. When us black people joke about “light skins” we referring to other black people who are black but just light skin. And sometimes people that are half black and half white.
Dude literally there've been mixed people around in masses since some 500 years ago and many are brown.
Yeah, it's so easy to equate "biracial" with "half POC half white." While half black and half white is probably the majority of biracial Americans, as we see Asians and Black people and other ethnicities can have children together too!
The girl is black and Asian and her name is “Amblasia” mannnn😭😂😂😂
😭😭😭😭
😂😂😂😂
Hadassah Betts filipino is still asian tho
Hadassah Betts yes U did lol
Hadassah Betts “shes filipino 💀” is what u said, so yes
As soon as I read that Annette was “AFRICAN and Chinese”, I was annoyed. Like, what country? Africa’s a continent, with multiple countries. I just hate when people put all Africans in the same box when there are Nigerians, Malawians, Zambians, Congolese, Gabonese and so many more with different cultures.
She could be African American and therefore not actually from Africa
@@siphumelelethabethe6926 However, the half-Filipino girl was called half-black and not half-African, so Annette's parent is likely from a specific African country.
also both of those are ethnicities, not races
Not really that big of a deal but kinda
Maybe they just didn’t want to say from her African side is from. Like, she is half African and Chinese. At the end it does not matter from what part of Africa she is from, as long as her side of the family is African
People don't seem to get the difference between race, ethnicity, nationality and religion!!!
I really started wondering why I heard half Jewish, half Russian. I was like isn't being Jewish a religion, or or is it now kinda an ethnicity too..
Exactly what I'm saying
uwaknaomi inyang There’s a whole thing with being Jewish. It’s weird.
uwaknaomi inyang it’s more of an ethno-religious group. So when someone say they are Jewish in regards of their ethnicity that relates to an actually ethnic group (Jewish people, people whose descendants were from ancient Israel)
exactly. i think americans especially get this confused. like wtf is white & jewish? Judaism doesn't determine how you look. Being "mixed" means your PARENTS have two different ethnicities
I’m Nigerian and Vietnamese and growing up I struggled a lot with who I was/am, to the Asian kids at school I was just black and to the black kids I was just a mixed kid that was in between and I was told “why do you dress like that your Asian” I generally felt like I didn’t fit in. There was even a time that I walked into my Asian aunt’s house that I haven’t seen in years and she thought I was a black kid that broke in. It took me a few years to accept who I was and I’m proud to be of mixed race
oh thats sad but i hope it will get better
Aw that's heartbreaking :/ always remember that your worth is just as important as someone who isn't mixed too! :)))))
are u my half brother's cousins, because they are black and vietnamese 😂im half viet half white tho
Based aunt
I love you all, your so nice and as far as I’m concerned your all my brothers and sisters :)
I'm mixed and I think that one of the worst things is people trying to tell us who or what we are. It's so annoying and there's a lot of that in this comment section 🙃
I remember telling a girl that, whi was half black and half Iraqi and she was mad
I generally dont like people who are mixed but side with a race. Biologically and scientifically incorrect, because you are both. Mixed people should embrace it and love themselves, not try to fit in
for real! i’m native, black, and white!! and my one friend told me that i’m not even native and i’m only black and white, but i’m not! lol
@@coretta5637 I'm black and white oml 😂 I feel you. I get a lot of "there's no way you're white" or stuff. Most people think I'm just black.
@@WhatEver-mv6qi I agree with you but it's a very difficult thing to do. Especially with the pressure society gives us.
This was really good to watch. I’m trying to get licensed to foster and adopt, and I’m trying to educate myself on other cultures.
Jamaican-Australian guy's cheeks are rosy, like prince charming rosy
Wang gae park gae
WE STAN GOT7
So true!
I just noticed that too uwu
I know right, he's so cute
As a Brazilian, a country with a majority of “mixed race” people, being it and living it doesn't make racism any less of a problem. People are colour biased really strongly
Agreed, but I'd say class is what really divide us. Rich and poor is the true division in human society
@@andersonandrighi4539 same thing in my country, rich and poor is really where the real discrimination can be seen.
Right. Rather than racism, I think the deeper issue is colorism.
@Loving Life true
@@no2sings .. .. Where's the lie tho 👍👍👍
I feel like people care more about race than ethnicity-
Yeah bc ultimately it’s what you can see
@@alexandermartinez5990 *slaps face* What about Nascar
Well... In Brazil we learn that there's only one race, and it is _human_ race.
All the rest (black, asian, white, etc) it's ethnicity.
Maybe that's why I find the way americans (US) think so confusing :P
Im confused i dont know what is the wrong or the right in this subject .. if you are against mixed race people will call you racist if you are with mixed race people will call you globalist and anarchist and you want to destroy their race .. uffffff boring world
@@sweetutopia7705 yeah same here in Italy
There's nothing beautiful than being "mixed" woww ❤️❤️
being mixed taught me to NEVER buy into the "i have a [insert race] friend so i can't be racist" argument. my white half of the family is literally racist towards everyone who is not white, and they claim to love me and care about me. i try to correct them, but they're so traditional/conservative and caught up in their own ways that they are not willing to understand the weight of their words/actions. it's tough cause i love them, but i know they would prefer that i were 100% white.
Exact opposite problem for me. We should trade families. You can have my black half and I can have your white half.
my grandma is Italian 100% racist but I'm still her fave grandson lol
You are probably a nightmare to them. Knowing your lineage is tainted must be hell
why oh why do i relate to this so much?
Ive never related to something so much in my life. Ive even started researching to see if that line of family owned slaves. Not kidding. They used to call me mulatto for cryin out loud.
White side: ‘you’re so black’, Black side: ‘you’re so white’
Never heard sm truth, but I'm Asian and African.
Jade A
pretty much whenever i hang out with my mom's side of the family or my dad's side
Word
So true I have doing it with my nephew lol
Tell em girl 💁🏽♀️
Growing up mixed : the white kids called me black and the black kids called me white
I take this seriously though, It's a form of alienation and you end up never feel like you belong (may sound exaggerated to some but it's real).
exactlyyy
Other way around for me.
Daiz fully faxs, honestly it helped me to kick it w both of em, but i can never rlly be in one group forever
blue 2122 YES
im half white and half hispanic but im white passing and this video made me feel a lot better than im not the only one who's had problems and felt like their not enough. whenever i would tell someone that im half hispanic (puerto rican/ colombian) they would always tell me that i was lying and that "you dont look it so that means your not" was super damaging as a kid. and it made me really hate a part of who i was. but I've come to expect who i am and wouldn't change anything.
@@Sangreal77 i know its not a race, but hispanics dont really fit in the category of "white"
@@Sangreal77 also i never said it was lol
@@natalies38 They do. Majority of our population here in Argentina is white. Also, many Puerto Ricans are white as well. You aren’t mixed, maybe culturally you are or a small percentage.
Stop saying you are loved when you’re half Hispanic. Hispanic isn’t a race
The eyebrows are yelling that he is Iranian
As an iranian myself, that's right!
I could tell he is Iranian/Persian even before he said it.
Underated comment.
And his eyes. They're really deep which made it clear to me. My best friend is Afghan/White mixed race and it reminded me of him
Tömör Khashir and nose!
When the Jamaican-Australian dude said you should be able to show every part of who you are 👏🏽 I felt that bro.
DO African Americans, and people in the Black Diaspora think the same* (Caribbean, Africans, EDIT : Blacks of different Nationalities, (Canadian, British, French etc...)
yessss @jubliee do this!!👌🏾👌🏾
Lool this will cause a huge argument . They should add black French and black British ppl too (they are also african and carribean but born in Europe so they think different)
@@yasmin935 definitely. I think black americans and non-americans black people think pretty different. in a nutshell it seems african americans genuinely think they're american & don't know/care about their real heritage, whereas the non-american blacks are more in touch with where their originally from. I'm black british, but originally from east africa
No they , we, us DON'T
@@michael43567 Black Americans are just tired of Africans telling us "our culture" is not "real" or "African" enough.
I'm so happy to see people are having these conversations! Please keep opening these doors!.
I felt really bad for ashur when he talked about his father
nour Sabah me too
I felt for him so hard when he said that. People in my family are like that as well:/
My white side of my family is like that except for my one cool great uncle..... who moved away two years ago, I hate it here 🚶🏽♀️
@@girlsnightgirIsnight don't worry eventually it will get better, and youre going to meet a lot of cool people who do not think this way
so so bad, the first thing i thought was American kids are horrible.
"I'm gonna stand right here. It's like the middle lin-"
*"Y O U C A N ' T D O T H A T!"*
"I don't know if I can do this, but I'm just going to straddle between these two, and-"
*"Y O U C A N ' T D O T H A T!"*
*Edit):* I'm so sorry to all the mixed people out there. It must be extremely difficult to have to pick a side. I send all my love to you 🌸💕
ouch
Gave me anxiety 😂🤦🏽♀️
LaLa Bratz Same. Like I felt like I was being yelled at. Why they scream at them like that? 😩😭
And yet they let one of the girls switch places and said nothing 🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@arrow2589 you can switch places, just not onto the middle line because you either have to agree or disagree on a certain level.
The half Iranian actually looks quite Iranian. Very white, strong features and black hair is not a rare look amongst Iranians at all
For real! I was like, “I’m sorry, but the thick, black hair and prominent eyebrows are giving it away sir...”
Besides, Iraniens/Persiens AR white. He Is multicultural, not multiracial. Just seems like he wants to be interesting.
@@Anastazka00 exactly that’s what I’ve been thinking
@@Anastazka00 Exactly right.
@LAILA HANSERD You are of mixed nationality. Therefore, you are Mexican-American. It sounds like your mom is an Indigenous Mexican American like your dad. So-called Black Americans are indigenous to this country unless you know for sure that your dad is from some country in Africa. You should ask your parents more about their heritage if you haven't already.
I love this I’m mixed and that was so refreshing to know theirs more people like me who feel similarly to me
The “passing” question was a really important one to add!
They need to do one about men and women who don’t like to date their own race vs they don’t want to date outside of their race.
I would not last a minute somewhere where mixed racial dating isn’t accepted 😂
Ooh, this would be a good one!
There shouldn't be any men there because don't care as long as she looks good.
@@princewillwp facts
@@princewillwp not true there’s men who only date white or mixed race many I face
I'm so excited to see this! As a mixed person, just seeing people talk about the invisible benefits and struggles of being mixed is great.
I do wish the prompts had dived a little deeper into the colorism that we often experience, and the sense of not belonging/not being welcome in communities of any of our ethnic groups.
I wish they did that too, I'm five different races (maybe more) and it would have been nice too see them discuss what it's like to not fit it in with different groups
the six of us are discussing doing our own follow-up video to touch on more nuances not covered in this video! would love any and all ideas on deeper discussion points
@@JenniRudolph that's wonderful! I'd love to see that, if others want to make this comment thread a suggestion thread, post your topic ideas!
@@JenniRudolph hi, I really did love the video and I think it is wonderful that you are thinking about covering about what want discussed in the video.
This might be a personal thing, but I don't really fit into a category of any of my races. (Half Indian, quarter Chinese, black, white, Amer-Indian). Due to how mixed I am none of my races accept me. It would be nice to see how you guys would take on not fitting into a single category or not even having a category.
Rayne Moorthy this is off topic but it’s controversial if I’m mixed or not because I’m 25% Japanese. Can you please tell me since you are a mixed person?
I just want to say I don't use the N-word and I don't want anyone else in my circle to use it.
There's no such thing as reclaimed. I've never ever heard that word used positively or in an empowering way.
It's negative, no matter who says it. Black people using it, to me, is like a transference of hate from outside to the inside. Now only we can say this hateful thing to each other. Now only we can hate ourselves.
The history is still there. I also don't allow black people to call me that. I don't care that the end of the word is changed. It's not what I am.
same! i've never used it, it's not something i ever heard from my immediate family or in my household growing up, and i've never associated with any people who use it. it bothers me that people (especially white people) may think that it's a word all black americans freely use.
You don't have to use it. Just because you've never heard it used in a positive way doesn't mean it's not. Any black person I know calls theirs friends their niggas. There is nothing negative about that. The word is very much reclaimed by the black community and it's laughable that you say "there's no such thing". It's a personal choice if you and your family or friends choose not to say it. Doesn't give you the space to condemn those who do.
You're different and that is nice
@@MarTechSDR you’re a clown. The fact that you think words can just change meanings bc a person with a different skin color uses it is laughable itself
Thank you for having common sense. I never can walk up to someone and say "hey n***a."
It just feels wrong and i'm blk and started out in "the h00d."
Logic about to make 10 albums off these people’s stories
That's the first thing I think of lol I'm surprised it came up here
lmfao fr
"I'm allowed to say racial slurs as long as that's part of my identity" about to be the first single
Don’t let that distract you from the point that
LOGIC IS BIRACIAL
@@Euphoryaaa Don't let that distract you from the fact that Logic has white skin and blue eyes and is therefore judged as a whole ass white man.
Ajna gives off such a cool vibe, he’s so sweet and cute:(
aw thank you so much
@@AjnaCA wtf hahaha
Lingualizer ikr 🤯
Michelle Vidales IKR He’s so sweet and a great listener. What a cutie hehe
AjnaCA let me love you
Annette got the job because she’s speaks a second language, Cantonese, a skill. Its like in Canada you literally have a one up over someone if you speak French. I don’t believe race was a factor in that one.
Knowing another language is a skill, but she didn’t go to school and learn or teach her self. She was taught because her family is Asian, so she considered that as her Asian heritage giving her an advantage in that position.
@@savvy.5682 That's not a previledge tho..
It is a skill, but her race is still considered an advantage. She probably didn’t feel comfortable saying this, but most Asian owned businesses won’t hire black people. As in, (not all) but most older asian foreigners usually won’t. If you tell them you’re half asian that’s a huge plus. That means one of your parents is Asian and they know you’ll give back to that community, and the money keeps circulating within that community. Asian wages become asian profits. That is why Asians hire family members or other Asians. They will return the favor. Her knowing the language can offer proof that she is Chinese since they can’t go off of her looks alone.
It’s because you’re talking about Québec not Canada in general and the first language is french, so it’s important to talk and make everything in french first to not lost this « culture »
Also personally I feel like generally Asians are more biased towards each other? We love emphasizing on family and togetherness lol so once Annette revealed she was half it would definitely put her in their good graces + she speaks their language/dialect. Knowing the language in this situation isn't just a skill, it helps form a familial connection
My Mother is sicilian🇮🇹 and my dad half tunisian🇹🇳 half palestinian🇵🇸
This video: *exists*
People who think mixed race is just half black half white : 👁👄👁
Edit: My mixed self sitting here reading all these comments 😅
But no seriously you’d be surprised how many people think mixed race is just half black half white. And it’s not just in America because I’m British and I’ve seen it.
(I was just tryna make a funny comment and now look 😓)
Never really think that. Especially since I live in a diverse area close to DC.
Jada Henry Ward thank u
Jada Henry Ward Literally no one thinks that.
I've never seen it like that.
To be technical this is more about mixed ethnicities. You have Natives from the new world, Asians, blacks, and whites. Then those can be separated into ethnicities.
People from the USA are so obsessed with race ...
Because racial issues have issues have existed in this country since it’s creation. Also, you are aware that we’re the most diverse country by far, right? Race is obviously going to be more prevalent here than, in say, Japan or some other predominantly homogenous nation.
@@EJFF. I believe that apartheid and some politics weren't good for the country
@@EJFF. race is a social construct. There are countries that are diverse where race isn't that important.
Ana Ada Cosa Cositas I totally agree, race shouldn’t matter. Sadly it does here in the states though, but that’ll have change someday I suppose lol
Lots of people have hurtles to over come here, they may seem obsessed but the USA is a DECEPTIVELY free & safe place. It’s hard to be authentically you when EVERYONE is labeling you & judging you constantly without consideration, it’s easier for people to lie or conceal apart of themselves in this racially tumultuous time. Years of history lead to this “obsession”, slavery, turmoil, pain, dirty politics over many years results in anxieties, tension, & discrimination today. If you don’t believe that then you just haven’t researched enough. Everyone embraces their full identity in there own time.
I think people should really learn the difference between race, ethnicity, and nationality
A m e n !
Emma Rose T. No, it means that you are just Asian, however you have two ethnicities :)
Hey, this might have to be nothing with what you are talking about, but I just wanted to make sure that YOU are sure that Jesus loves you❤
@@cbjzapljbky4268 You are mixed because those two countries have a homogenous populations with very different facial features so you are mixed
Emma Rose T. Yes. South East Asians are Mongloid and South Asians are Caucazoid - so two different ethnic groups there. Racially? I’m not sure how to separate them as it really does go into ‘making it up’ territory.