How 3 Words Challenged My Ancestry
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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Drawing from personal experiences and lesser-known pieces of American history, I share how our genealogy can reveal more about who we are-and why trying to simplify people or their identities never tells the full story.
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Come join me on a new docu-series that explores identity, racial tensions in the South during the 20th century, and the unique experiences of those who historically called Louisiana home.
My name is Danielle Romero, and all my life, I have romanticized Louisiana.
Growing up in New York, it represented a place where I could step back the sepia-toned life of my great grandmother, Lola Perot, who died before I was born.
Now, it was time to go back to Louisiana--although I had no idea what the truth would be or what questions to ask---who was Lola really? Who were we?
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Good morning!! I used to get upset about these responses but I realized that the person who is that close minded is the problem and I pity them! They're the ones imprisoned within their own minds!
Very good point!
@@leotajackson5602 touché
You've become one of my favorite channels. You are fantastic, keep up the good work! But as you go forward you should know that they will stop you from telling the stories that are useful to create unity in our society. I would add other platforms.
thank you! I have a patreon now and trying to keep fresh with it
1950's: "We'll have flying cars in the future!"
2024: *Racism, but on the internet*
If we had flying cars you could leave at any time
Can't have that
hahahaha this spoke to me
The USA has an unspoken about caste system that many are aware of, whereas some other countries have caste systems that are legal and out in the open for all to know and adhere to, e.g., India and South Africa. Racism is still very much alive and weaponized in the USA, however sometimes the real issue is caste not race.
I suggest you read the book CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson. It is excellent non-fiction and the audiobook, if that's your preference for consuming books, is absolutely excellent. Filmmaker Ava DuVernay made an Indie movie based on the book that's also excellent. It's called simply ORIGIN. It's compelling, telling, forthright, and well done.
No we don't. And there's no such thing as "wacism". What you're attempting to describe is Skin-Color Paranoia and the often desperate need to maintain the delusions of "whiteness". You don't understand this because you obviously still think along the superficial, hollow, and meaningless skin-color concepts created by and for "whiteness". America inherited a Skin-Color Identity and Division complex from our British colonial origins. But what you obviously don't know is that all of this was an Invention, a Fabrication, created in the late 1600s in British and Spanish colonies, specifically to DIVIDE the masses so they wouldn't rebel and overthrow the colonial authorities and land-owners. The KEY to the entire operation was US actually obeying the Skin-Color Identity rules created by and for "white" skin-color Identity. However, I am NOT in any way shape or form mad at the division or the strife and challenges created by the Paranoia. These were the conditions necessary for the Creation of what WE ARE, as AMERICANS. And what we are is One of One. "Black" nor "Africa" have a GD thing to do with US. The fact that you've literally NEVER thought like this only underscores my point that the key to the entire edifice of Skin-Color Identity is your OBEDIENCE to it.
I’ve read all sorts of comments the last 27 years of browsing the internet. You just learn to grow a thick skin & have gratitude for the positive people in your life. I doubt anyone taking the time out of their day to insult an internet stranger has much going on in their life.
yes! please do. Some things just roll off the tongue haha
The problem I believe here in America is the "suppression" of full American History. Some do not want the full history to be told. And that is sad. 🤔🤔
Americans have a really hard time understand multi racial people. Many of the people here, especially Americans with European ancestry will find out you have that little bit of black and you and will consider you non-white. This is why your grandmother fled. The most messed up thing about this as we all have mixed ancestry here in America. Unless you just came here We all have people who came and mixed with somebody else who's from a different country or a different racial background. This is our biggest asset and something we should be celebrating but as you see the man decided you were black and decided you were like all other blacks and stupid which is ridiculous ignorant and he needs to go somewhere with that and get some help. Anyone else reading this with the same sentiment I bet you you have someone in your in your in your in your in your in your own history who you would be surprised of Or will in the future because it's impossible to escape doing this here in America there's too many different peoples. Thank you for pointing things out Danielle. I believe you're planting seeds for change ❤
We're very dualistic in all areas. Especially spirituality. Good/bad, black/white, us/them, true/false.
Americans definitely understand mixed-race identity as a concept. It's one of the most racist things our legal system ever had.
Mixed-race groupings composed a spectrum of complex racist legal classifications and statuses based on percentage of ancestry and existed for hundreds of years. The one-drop rule only existed for fifty years, and it wasn't the creation of non-white -- it was the creation of *only* white.
The thing is, it's a very white perspective that persists to this day and has little to do with how everybody else in America views race and ethnicity.
A white person and a black person might say, "Oh, you're black," but they aren't really saying the same thing.
The white person is probably saying, "You're JUST black" but the black person is definitely saying, "You're ALSO black."
If you try to explain race in the US as a thing white people do, then it's not going to be very accurate. Because most of race is happening TO people who aren't considered white and these people are interacting with each other way more than white people are interacting with them. The actual function of race is necessarily going to be additive, not exclusive.
Note: this also explains why minorities laughed so hard and so loud when white people started claiming Kamala used to be Indian. At no point did Indians or black people think this is a thing you had to actually pick. 😂
@@MrBazBake it's so weird, how do people not understand you can be mixed and black and Indian. It's such a weird weird American brainwash nonsense.
@@wendyraby3134 We're the descendants of religious utopians culturally. Puritanism and Calvinism are so baked in we can't even see the m. It's like a sea that we all swim in.
It's easy to claim Black and not look black - but to look black and be treated as such is an entirely different thing.
Damned if you do damned if you don't and it's not easy how would you even know.
@@tania0070 I agree with you presenting appearance is the 1st thing others judge you on. Lineage is a factor though and many throughout history have had to hide something in their ancestry. If found out the consequences are very dire. So although people discriminate most off of skin color, lineage is right behind that. They find out you had a slave ancestor and everything changes amd it can just be 1. It's way more complicated then actual skin color imo.
@@wendyraby3134 Kamala Harris...
It's "easy" to claim black and not look black in the same way it's easy to claim you're Jewish or Palestinian or Arab without looking like it.
But then it's like, "Hi, how's it going, can you please just do as many possible hate crimes against me as possible? Thank you!!!"
Which NYTN just showed us is definitely one of the things that happens when you reveal your ancestry like that. When black gets added to your description, and it follows you, you get more crosshairs than you used to.
These things don't earn you more access and freedom and opportunity and safety. They're an unintentional political statement in a white supremacist society.
So, yeah, when Kamala Harris as a teenager identified as black and Indian and specifically went to a historically black college and joined the largest black sorority, she wasn't grabbing the golden ticket. She was setting life's difficulty setting to HARD MODE on purpose. She chose for people to know she's an Indian woman AND a black woman before she was old enough to live on her own.
And she looks black. It's not like she's going through life and black people aren't assuming she's black. Unlike the way whiteness POLICES its boundaries to exclude other groups and hoard access and resources under white supremacy, blackness is porous. It's why our community is generally so accepting and proud and curious about other groups and mixed-race children and doesn't tell them they can't be black. Because we're happy to have them.
Hell, NYTN and her dad LOOK black. If anything, the extra ancestry could have at best been used to convince people that think they're black that they aren't. And they're not avoiding the burden of their truth.
And that's brave. And it sure as heck shouldn't be brave in any society to be who you are, but it is.
They don't get it 😂😂😂😂
I think this is why I vibe with your stuff: you and I both find the intricacies of our ancestry interesting. I've always been curious about my background, and the backgrounds of others. Which other people can find to be irrelevant, or because of people like the commentor you mentioned, they assume I am using those same labels and so it makes them defensive. FWIW that sentiment was very common where and when I grew up, and while I think the percentage of people who consciously embrace that sentiment is small, it is probably at least 10%. Where I grew up, the great migration brought a lot of folks up from Mississippi as "scabs" to break the back of a railroad strike. So we are talking about people who had been given little or no education in the deep South, and who probably spoke in that thick delta accent (which is difficult for me to follow and I lived with a person from that region for a short period of time). Even two generations after the migration, there were very few professionals of color in the world I grew up in. It has changed, but the push against AA/DEI shows how that prejudice persists in a more subtle form.
Danielle , my father was of British ancestry , but before he married my mother , he converted to Catholicism and joined my mother`s Italian-American church. When me and my brothers were in Sunday school , my dad and one of the Italian priests would walk across the street and have breakfast with the Italian barber every Sunday morning . I telling you these facts , leading to the question --- Why would your father always tell you " you`re Italian " ?? Did he want you to overlook your maternal Creole side ? It is an uncomfortable question , but have you ever thought about it ? P.S. Your podcast is always thought provoking !!
So glad you’re here and sharing this content about identity. That comment is ridiculous. And btw, your Dad is so handsome. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! ❤
Thank you so much! he is always telling people he's my brother and they FALL FOR IT
I'm mostly a mix of Eastern Woodlands Indian tribes with a couple Scottish ancestors. People don't know this and label me as Black or African American.
WOW! TY for being so couragous! You say the quiet part out loud and I salute you! Cheers! Yes racism is unique in America, and you nailed it when you said "Society was built to control Identity and would limit people based on their perceptioin of your race." So sad and accurate. i personally doubt things will ever get better, i am 60 and they have not gotten better, I would argue things are worse.
Unique to America, eh? How do you explain
the people who started radicalism and racism were immigrants their damned self?
NO, it's VERRRRY OLD......
I don't know if things are actually worse, or they're just more contentious. There may not be any more racists today than there ever were, but there are a lot more people willing to push back on them now. So the noise level is greater, making the battle seem larger, but that's not necessarily true. We just naively thought we'd kicked it in the 60's-70's because it largely went quiet in open society - we thought attitudes were changing. But it never went away - it was just waiting for affirmation from somebody with enough power. But yeah, I also don't know if we'll ever be rid of it - the human tendency to tribalism is too strong. For some reason we NEED "others" - a colossal failure of imagination.
i like how you said this, the noise level is louder.
Good morning neighbor lady, it's rained for two and a half days here in Copperhill. Hope you are ok!!😊😊
Good morning! my roses are thankful :D
@@nytn I found your dad's doppelganger. Pic incoming of fb message soon.
It's not just America, but there is a distinctly American version of it: people who are weak in their perception of their own worth need to have a perceived inferior.
It's economically desirable for some people that other people be artificially held down from opportunity. 🤷
But it can only work because ordinary, non-rich people with relative advantage have an emotional need to identify as "better than."
I certainly enjoy your analysis of , social and racial constructs. you are very wise for your age and this comes from a 70 years old man who watches you regularly.😊
that is a huge compliment!
We were taught to be proud of our culture. I never saw myself as white, just Mexican born in the US. Suddenly, we are told if we weren’t born in Mexico, we can’t be Mexican. Also, others categorising US as White. DNA in my family is close to 50/50 Native American and Spanish. Perspective is changing in a bizarre way.
They want us all to be cemented in their corporate fictions, sadly. Reading and comprehension is fundamental to not fall for the okey-dokes!
the nation you were born is the nation you are part of ... so being born in America makes you American, and in your case, it would be an American with Mexican heritage/lineage. Nobody said forget your lineage or heritage, but don't neglect and ignore your American lineage either.
Part of it is that certain people will use how you look to inform how they should treat you. So, if you look white you'll be treated as such, until they learn that you're not. It's how such people keep hold of the shallow and myopic world-views.
Yeah, they do this to everyone. Recent European immigrants are not Irish, Italian, Polish. The Scotch-Irish (a mixed group formed in the 1700s) was renamed Scots-Irish because academics in Scotland were offended. Ignore the power trip. They do not control your language or ethnic identity.
Even crazier, a Lott of Mexicans, don’t even no, that the Spanish, themselves, aren’t considered white by Northern European standards. Even in the US, the Spanish weren’t considered white, like white-Anglo Americans.
What I've observed is that in the West "Whiteness" is propagated by the sum of its *best* attributes, and "Blsckness" is propagated by the sum of its *worst* attributes. Which explains why people make remarks steeped in banality that attribute what they perceive as a bad perspective by one person belonging to "Blsckness" to exemplify how they all are on a macro basis. It's a textbook compositional fallacy.
That's wypipo and those brainwashed by wypipo.
Same here I was as a Puerto Rican be proud of it. NOT Color
Might have been a bot comment. Some bots spew negative comments on purpose.
I hope so, i think a real person thought this LOL
Another great insightful video
Much appreciated
Thank you for your post, Danielle. It's a shame someone used racial comments to attack heritage.
Your comments addressing family are uplifting and at time thought provoking but never demeaning.
Ciao paisà; please, do some vacation in south Italy, just to (eventually and refreshingly) experience how average you are!
That's the plan! I hope to :D
The Cane River fair is October 12th and 13th. Hope you can join us, Danielle.
I miss seeing Louisiana!!
Hey cuz!❤❤❤❤
bottom line you’re a new world person given all your different Euro with your African and native.
👋 its me again 🙂,
hi Danielle Romero, so i love your channel i love history in general and poetry. i would like to share a poem with you and everyone else.
By Alejandro Jimenez - Brown Boy
it relates to this topic and video.
I'm definitely going to use that Danielle quote of, "my history, my identity is too big for that kind of narrow-mindedness, that small-mindedness, and so is yours" that's a gem. DING! goes the magical bell. I imagine one of those big rectangular ones like in the Carol of the Bells. I've had UA-cam hide my comments when I don't demean or put anyone down, it's weird. And hey! Your hair looks dang amazing right now! Very cool. Keep on keepin' on. ✌🏽
💛💛💛
What I like most about your channel is your attitude coupled with your openness and honesty. I love the stories about your family history more than any other topic. They are so interesting. It's amazing how much you look like some of them from over 100 years ago, especially Lola. Love your hair in this video. 😍 And love how you keep things in perspective.
Thank you so much!
Every Individual and group has Freedom of Association with their identity, but every person and group needs to have the ancestry(s) to claim, if they mixed, they have a right to create a new mixed multicultural ethnic group. Racial grouping is two fold - it does recognize racial rights, create medical treatments and of course create caste systems and eugenics, it's complicated!
Danielle said what I always think about racist and bigots that they must be exhausted. It takes so much energy to hate. I feel sorry for those types of people to a certain degree.
This country was built on the hate
seriously! use that energy for good
Raised as a culture instead of with race. Wish we all had been raised like that.
As a black American, i always looked at the word "black" as a race an ethnicity as far as the black American lineage is concerned. that being said its all a construct
Yup!
Sorry out of context (or isn't it?!?!) it question on my mind "Who the heck even came up with that white supermacist racist crap to begin with?!" I mean who looked persumangly on their male gentialia and thought "I'm the best of them all just because am "white" !" far far back in time? LIke I feel racisim fear of anything foreign to the (white) human being always existed since they did but by Evolution theorey we all came from Africa at one point in time so...how the flippdiy flip had that ever chance to enter some peoples minds in the 1st place?
And if you search engine it it's always just "It (Racisim/Supermacist talking poitns) always existed...!" and now I can't stop over overthinking this...being white as the moonlight myself lel.
@@AnnaChristina-z2w it was started to justify slavery. Pseudo science was used to prove white people were superior. Read up on it you will find a lot of info.
I was raised Italian too, and told to be proud! I didn't understand why I was picked on for being of Italian ancestry. Now I do. Luckily, I guess, I had a rough upbringing and didn't GAF about what most said, still don't. What bothers me most these days is this wyte supremacy thing. People have no idea what my ancestors went though. Now that I know, I take offence and get extremely angry being called a wyte supremacist. Give me a break!
Hey! Good to see you. Sending you all the good things xo
Derogatory language is used by all ethnic groups toward others. The whining needs to stop.
I enjoy watching your videos. I enjoy talking about our ancestors and getting to the point. People of mixed ancestry should be proud of their heritage and study as many branches or their roots as they can. Never be ashamed of being "white" or "black." Instead look at each and every ancestry branch you can. Most Americans are not of one ethnicity and or race.
Fascinating.
people are psychologically scarred with a permanent misconception of identify....fierce identification with Crayola colors is evidence of it. Like the Harry Potter scar is a sign of Voldemort 😅
hahahaha. Speaking my language (I think im more of a hermione though lol)
The internet is gonna internet but when I first subscribed to UA-cam I used a picture of myself. The crazy comments I received about being black and not what I was commenting on wasn’t that unusual from what I heard from ignorant, small minded people irl. bIt’s never a good idea to reveal yourself on social media in my experience as a black woman unless you’re ready for internet trolls and and bigots usually ironically hiding themselves. I think you’re very brave to discuss your ancestry and explore American identity on your channel. You are reaching people who are truly interested and learning new things.
Do not forget this system we had in the states is a deeply rooted system that goes back centuries through European life, the Roman empire, and from Greek city-state values. It has never been the proper way to live, and we have a chance to finally change the narrative for a better future for everyone. Videos like yours will forever help inspire people into understanding the past slightly better, yet we will always have those fools who want to sew chaos and feel above someone when their daily lives are petty and pathetic. Never let the words of the uninspired bring you down to their low levels.
Great analogy with Irish identity; Even Italy did not become a unified nation state until the 19th century.
"Haters gonna hate." You speak from the heart. You're rocking it!
Danielle is such a courageous, honest, and committed woman. She is presenting some very important truths to the world, and she's not taking the "easy way out" by ignoring the uncomfortable parts of her personal history and ethnicity. She deserves our encouragement and full support.
We were taught to be proud of our culture. I never saw myself as white, just Mexican born in the US. Suddenly, we are told if we weren’t born in Mexico, we can’t be Mexican. Also, others categorising US as White. DNA in my family is close to 50/50 Native American and Spanish. Perspective is changing in a bizarre way.
Race white. Ethnicity mexican. That simple
Put the crack pipe down
She's mixed race @@LukasP143
Somebody that ignorant probably believes in the one drop rule.
The one drop rule was real here in these United States. It is not about believing in it. Some of the many black people who were lynched looked white.
You are a beautiful person of all of those people who came before you ignorance dies hard
I was raised AMERICAN 💯
White person, obviously.
Even the Irish don't understand our own history. Good luck understanding that. 🤣 More seriously, that's a major undertaking considering the paradoxes and contradictions in Irish history.
Oh and comments like the one you are alluding to are very foolish. However, sadly they are all too common.
There is a great lecture on how black history and Ireland intersect at the Irish-American Heritage Museums Website. Well worth a look. It's much more serious and in-depth than many YT videos.
I want to do some more dives on the Irish experience here in the US and right before my family left for the US
Just because you weren't raised to categorize yourself doesn't mean society (whichever one you grow up in), your environment, or the world at large won't recognize what you are or subscribe you to a category yourself.
Folks have to get beyond "I wasn't raised X way" or "I wasn't taught X as a kid". Welp things change, history is made _everyday_ and it's called books, research, TED talks, conferences, etc. - learning doesn't stop you grew out of childhood 😅💯.
I'm black. I have nieces and nephews who are biracial. They can claim both sides of their heritage with having to answer to anyone. They don't have to subscribe to Jim Crow laws. This is the 21st century.
Maybe you can pick a few Mods who you know or trust, to help filter out troll or hateful comments, and set every video to "don't hold any comments"? That way you don't have to worry about the comment section and hidden comments, it will be your Mods who do the clean up, lol. Most YT Content Creators have a few or dozes of Moderators, but it's up to you. 🤔
I get accused of rewriting history, when all I've done is research my own family history, like thousands have, since so many primary documents are now available online. What is happening, are the histories that were written and oral history shared have been uncovered as not the truth. We are not rewriting history, we are correcting it! Narrow minded people have a hard time accepting a correct history. P S. I believe in inherited memory.
Of course, you're rewriting history! It gets re-written all the time. Every time we find new information/evidence, then we have to adjust what is written about and in history to reflect the new found reality. Old, unknown historical truths are always being added. History is always being revised and rewritten. A lot of people really can't handle change of any sort.
I'm "quadroon" technically speaking, and do get mistaken for Italian at times.
I have so many great videos on that side! ua-cam.com/play/PLvzaW1c7S5hQxDnyRTah5wYRX9b4FSrqR.html
Birth certificates do not list the race of the child. It is inferred from the reported race of the parents.
Yeah they do
@@robertmarley8852 It depends where you live. In the Uk they do not, the may do so in other nations.
They do in the US, specifically, though. Which is in large part what this channel is looking at: the intricacies of how the concepts of race and heritage are understood, navigated and experienced in the US.
@robertmarley8852 Show me one where the baby has a race.
@@raven3moon Show me one.
4:37 Your an ancestor of a Cowboys fan. That's all that matters. 😁
Hahahah. I had my own Troy aikman jersey for awhile in middle school 😂 I was in love with him
Americans don’t have nationality. If we had nationality we would all be Americans. Italian is a nationality that points to a land and a flag. Black, white, Hispanic, Latino, etc. all attempt to establish identity without nationality. When my youngest son was born I filled out his birth certificate “race” with American. Hospital admin said I had to choose something else because “American isn’t an option in the system.”
Because the United "States" is a creation.
@@KAH-7every country is a creation 😂😂😂😂
Oh, sister! Humans can be the most hideous of creatures! Your lessons in history are thoroughly enjoyed in this camp. You have got me digging back through my own, again. I take it by spells, and in between times, the information to glean increases exponentially. If your bored, I highly recommend The Appalachian Storyteller. Lots of history and social lessons in them.
Kudos on doing a fine job. Haters are gonna hate so just let them hate themselves into oblivion. They'll eventually come around.
Have a blessed weekend!
Cultural identity is different than ethnic identity or lineage etc. I know a guy who’s mom is half Greek and half Black-American and her mom was Greek her dad was Black-American and his dad was Italian and he identified as Black even though he was 1/2 Italian, 1/4 Greek and 1/4 Black-American, because his mom was adopted by a Black-American family. With his dad being Italian he also learned some of that heritage, but he grew up with the Black side of his family mostly and his older brother was 3/4 Black-American and 1/4 Greek. So culturally he identified as Black-American even though he was 3/4 White-Mediterranean and 1/4 Black-American which is opposite from his older brother.
When it comes to identity, it can be complex and there is a difference between race, lineage, color, ethnicity, culture, nationality etc. so when people are identifying as something sometimes asking how or on what types of classifications helps. When it comes to you Daniel, the first time I saw your channel, you came off as mixed. So when you said Italian that was understandable as there are many mixed Italians as it’s an ethnicity and ethnicities are typically types of mixes, Italian is also a culture, language and nationality. When you did your moms dna haplogroups and pulled Asian groups I very much could see that in you as well and you also have some black and I also could see that. All over the world there are Black, Mixed and White groups and to me you came off as mixed.
You’re always on point. This right here!! No matter what anyone looks like, if they have black ancestry they are black.
whats up sista...I am going to say it here again for many, that in my view it's okay to say youre black if youre light or dark skinned, or one-quarter black or over 75%, etc. I always tell people that EVERY BLACK PERSON IN AMERICA IS MIXED OR CREOLE. Once people realize that, it opens up 'what is blackness' to that of a wider definition of community tying African descendants here to the continent over that a point to divide us. We can identify to all parts of what we are too without having to pick the 'we are without racial definition' camp. We can own and express every part of us without washing it out
I enjoy your channel. Keep up the good content. To be honest, I first clicked on your channel because I thought you were African American. I don't like the term “black” because it's so reductive where others can be identified from the area of origin. I.e. Italian, German, Russian, Mexican, etc.
NYTN:. Your father's photo as a young child resembles Nick Saban.
These people need to remember even Europe was a bunch of small countries until the late 1800's when the Countries we recognize today were formed. They are stupid if they refuse to learn.
Simplification of a complex data loses true data integrity and context. Such comments are simply stupid. Your work is deep enough that it triggers their intrusive thoughts.❤
Love your channel, thank you. I walk around with an Asian phenotype with a family history of over 120 years in the “US” - quotation marks because Hawaii was a it’s own nation when my family arrived.
I’m not surprised by words Humans use to describe Themselves.
Here’s a Thought
If I Had a Relationship with first myself I wouldn’t use Words that I believe describes another Human Being not knowing Words that Humans inherit from Humans that repeat very offensive Words which describes my inability to Love Myself which makes me unable to Love anyone.(My Opinion)🎉😢
I believe if we’re paying attention to what’s being said around/to us we must if we’re processing the words we can most likely understand they are struggling with themselves so too deflect from their pain we Word abuse someone else.😢
Just a Thought ❤
People have a warped understanding of race now. You'll even hear supposed academics bloviating about how modern concept of "race as a question of skin color" is so different from other periods, but there never was such a thing. High yellers and blacks who passed as white were still considered black, and very dark people from India, for example, were never considered appropriate for the institution of "African slavery". Saying it was about "the color of yer skin" was just shorthand for race; to take it literally is cringe and gross. Racism can also happen between groups of the same skin color. They just zero in on other physical traits to exclude people. I've known white people who think they can actually stop being white by tanning a bunch and talking in MTV gibberish. It's like, "you know 'white' is an ethnic category, not a literal description of your skin color, right?"
Confused??? You grew up Italian but you are much more than Italian. There's another side of who you are which your father didn't want you to explore. What are your roots on your mother's side? A history that is overlooked and perhaps forgotten?
If you think about it, de-segregation only happened in the 1960s before that europeans and others had no idea who Black people were or where they came from, it wasn't taught in school. Then 20 years later American Gov. told us we were all from Africa🤣My mom was so mad when I came home from school and told her we are African.
I am old. My long life has taught me that those three words are under the most kind analysis based on profound ignorance.
My father rose above that ignorant attitude; so I wouldn't have to do it for myself. But my experience in life has taught me that such gross categorizations are not viable. In addition to our family introducing us to cultural, we find things throughout our lives which we adopt. America is a great place to find new ways to approach a problem, or find new things to eat, or new sources of ideas. I'm glad I don't live uder a rock. I'm glad I let people shine as who they are rather than thru an arbitrary filter that has no real inherent validity.My claimed to be Heinz 57; which for him was a mixed European and some native American. My mother was Italian. Where she grew up was a mixed European area Lots of Polish and other eastern European. They shared their cultures. I do remember one old comment that we heard--"They're getting along to well." The comment refutes its underlying racial motivation. We didn't stop getting along. The black population were not objects but friends with names and histories and conections to those around them.
America would be a far poorer nation if the black contributions went missing. Sports, music, food.
Maybe the banners of CRT should be required to show Hidden Treasures to all middle school children. None of those women could in any circumstance be called stupid. And let them watch an interview with the real math genius from the movie. She was sharp and articulate even in her old age. Another interview after the movie was made and she was showing the signs of aging. Racism makes no sense. It is a best a archaic trait of stone age tribal solidarity. What usefulness it once may have had is long gone.
I have traceable creole ancesty but no % of African ancesry. My Creole ancestor lived in the late 18th Century so his genetic contribution was lost. I am proud of my Cajun/Creole heritage .
I have three different races in my heritage and many diverse heritages. But honestly my mom and dad raised us seven children more in an American Indian culture in a different way. I didn't realize this until I began to go into other homes and notice how other people treat each other and the earth and nature around them. I was so fortunate.
I am mixed & my mixed friend were never sat down & talked about what "color" we are, I only know of my black fiends & family told to never trust & watch out for the police , it is what it is was it is
I love this discussion, and of course I totally agree with you; we, as humans are made up of so much more than an ethnicity. It's baffling why anyone today wouldn't be digging deeper with all the available information and tested scientific data to debunk stereotypical beliefs, like the one your shared with us at the beginning of this video. Blatant comments like the poster is only interested in offending, they aren't rooted in dialogue, so little acknowledgment is required. Racist ideas and laws constructed towards people of African descent in this country and around the world were created to support that country's economy or that of country its sovereign country. Profiting off of the exploitation of those people and its country's resources. This didn't just happen to people who look like me, but to many across the globe; and I'm only focussed on our people, because of the poster's singular comment.
He would do well to understand that scientists, anthropologists, historians, psychologists, educators, and geneticists would disagree with him, "Black people" are not stupid. Those groups have tested and proven his comments to have no validity. The thing that is consistent is that historically, where ever man/humans have existed discourse and destruction has ruled. No race or ethnicity have escaped it. What I do find interesting in today's video, is that several of the people you mentioned who had very little African ancestry, were disenfranchised and forced to live as one, but you who have several ancestors of this ancestry have been refused your right to embrace and acknowledge their pain and suffering.
Direct family members, who overcame and fought against constant injustices and disenfranchisement, so that you could have the life that you have today. You're told to stop talking about it; yet, when I watch shows that focus on people looking into their roots, and those participants are cheered on as they embrace their new found connections. Especially when they are Caucasian. Even, when they are mostly of European descent with no African ancestry, and horrible truths in their family lines are discovered, they are given the space grapple with the pain. The horrible impacts of suffering from circumstances, inequities or fate are encouraged. But, you have been consistently ridiculed for identifying with yours on this channel by some. Make it make sense.
You don't have to look like something to be it; people would be surprised at how often this is proven in science. Scientists love explaining the field of Gene research and DNA. They say it doesn't lie just follow the trail. As always thank you for sharing your thought provoking videos with us. I come away learning, questioning, and being encouraged to expand my understanding. I'm so appreciative of your solid work and research.
YES! Less than a minute in - You're Italian be proud of it! I heard the same thing growing up from my father!😅✌️❤️🙏
Gr8 job, please keep doing what u are doing. This work is necessary. Knowledge is power.
Hey Danielle, I was just on the merchandise sight to order. Can you please add a tank top T-shirt to the selection for Warm weather Florida viewers. 😂😂🌴🌴
Yeah, Germany used a similar system there! Instead of banding together to make a better world, we have too many people overly concerned with race, greed, hate, and fear!
Killing it as always. Love seeing your journey, the rabbit hole goes deep.
Whoever wrote that pathetic comment in 2024 is not worthy of a response. They are not part of the equation for improvement. Many people won't change no matter what. Focus needs to be on those who are receptive to your message, that's where the power will come from to improve things in general and disempower the extremists.
To me you are Acadian/Egyptian
I think I am also
With a little Louisana Indian
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a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent:
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conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behavior:
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Thank you for opening the dialog and keeping it going. It is hard for many, yet, needed for healing our nation.❤
When I'm asked "what I am", I usually say Mutt. Why are you asking?
My mother always told me about my Italian heritage, and one time while talking with a friend, I was told you know you are not Italian. so, then what am I?
You're channel gives off that vibe, it's sad but true every time black is mentioned there is no love only corrections
It would be nice if true history is taught finally.
A comment like that isn't worth a second thought.
Ms. Romero is a baddy.
Even though she doesn't carry her husband's surname, it's Mrs. 😉
New Viewer here, Love your content. ♥️
Raised as a culture instead of with race. Wish we all had been raised like that.
an ethnic group forming a part of one or more political nations:
Lady you are confusing me. How could your father, mother and family not mention skin color and race (Black/White) in your home? Food, language, immigration status I would assume has it's connections to culture to some extent. Italians identify as white, even though they were not classified by the US government years ago. You were not raised to think in terms of color and race, but I was always reminded by the Sicilians that I went to elementary school with, who I was (FBA American). The film Do the Right Thing is a good example of what I had to go through back in the late 80's in elementary school and I grew up on California's central coast. As Doctor Henrike Clarke once said, the mulatto was created in the antebellum south, to cause confusion amongst the Black population. In truth, his words were more accurate about this issue, than simply conceived on theoretical terms.
I knew a couple italians and Arab before they have swarthier-than-thou attitude but also love hatler it's weird.
Handsome Father ! :)
Black is (AMERICAN) and White is (U.S. citizen)🤔..... prove this wrong🤷🏿♂️
I dislike how the US puts us in boxes when filling out forms. I have never checked off white as I always write Irish-American as I was raised by single mother who has that background. I grew up with my father's Italian side but I discovered the music, heritage and food much later in life.
I remember, Faggiano vs Eastman Kodak where a man of Italian heritage goes against Kodak because he was wronged in promotions and had a boss that would use dago and wap around him.
I mean no disrespect but in my experience there’s a lot of casual racism in the Italian American community, how did you reconcile this when you learned that you have Black American ancestry?
no disrespect taken! I reconciled it by making a youtube channel about finding my louisiana family..this one! :) I went looking for the bricks one of my enslaved ancestors made... with success! here's a playlist :) ua-cam.com/play/PLvzaW1c7S5hQxDnyRTah5wYRX9b4FSrqR.html
as i see it you are the person of blood not place.
I knew there was something about your old man I liked. As a lifelong Cowboys fan, tell him to keep the faith! Bound to be a long season🙂 Keep doing a great job Danielle.
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Hey Danielle,
I love what you are saying and I agree with you. However I have a sister that totally ignores and refuses to tell people that she is predominately of European descent. She gets away with saying she's Asian and Hispanic when we can claim none of that from our true ancestry. 😂 it's truly whatever one "likes". My youngest son even told me a couple of weeks ago "if you cut off your nose (and I have a big one) you look Chinese! ❤
That's white privilege.