OMG! I had a feeling that you were half Filipino, but it's even crazier to find out that not only was I right but that you're also bisaya!!!! Props for knowing how to speak our dialect girl ♡♡♡
Yes! Finally! This channel is amazing! Thank you so much for posting this video. I'm Filipino and British. It was really hard to relate to people because there weren't ANY mixed kids where I grew up. The culture shock of the two families made it difficult to initially get use to but now its gotten a lot easier seeing more beautiful mixed people out there... Thank you for being you! Its wonderful and inspiring! :)
Love this video. It helps with my son. I'm a young mother and my son is mixed. My family does the same pickin with out realizing it with him. He is black puerto rican and I'm albanian. It helps me see things in his eyes even though he is still young and doesn't understand much he's 3. I always worry about how to educate him about his culture and how it will feel being mixed. Thank u for making this video and taking the time :)
I can really relate to this. I come from a long line of mixed and I got teased lot for being different. like my cousin the dark but I'm not dark or when I moved to florida none of the black kids liked me I never asked me why I talk so proper. I know my heritage and I know where I come from and I know that my daughter is going to get the same questions I got as a kid and I'm okay with that being messed with so many things makes you special and makes you your own unique person and that's beautiful.
I've seen your videos before, but I've been watching or rewatching quite a few of them for the past hour. I love your philosophy on life and your fearlessness. Very inspiring.
***** technically Blacks who have 4 or more generations in America shouldnt be called African American, because they have no ties to Africa. People dont walk around saying they are British American or Russian American. That sounds ridiculous.
***** When you said "His dad is an actual black African" you should had put "African" that's it. Technically speaking you are incorrect, Obama is African American because he has ties to Africa. So the "African Americans" you talk about are actually Black American because I guarantee they don't know where their ancestors are from or they can't culturally identify with them.
Vince Meadows It does because people get really angry about who should be called African American or Black American. It just gets messy. No one is saying how African you have to be to be considered (ex: white people in Africa that consider themselves Africans)...it's if you can culturally identify with that culture and most Black Americans can't.
Bea asa But that is not by choice? It is because of slavery. It's like telling a rape victim they are no longer a virgin because of events that happen to her. Black people must be allowed to identify at will with what we want. That is our right to do so. African culture did not complete disappear in the Americas and we have that right to identify FOR OURSELVES "black" is a color given to us by Europeans. It is what THEY think of us. They did not see culture, language, or even humanity. Let us get that back.
OMG, I just discovered your channel within the last couple months! I knew I was drawn to you for a reason. My dad is african american and my mom is filipino! You are both and fabulous!!!!
when I was younger I hated the idea of being mixedI wanted to be fully black or fully white , I wasn't quite sure with what side I belonged to, more and I remember being teased because of my afro and straightning my hair daily and I forced my mom to relax my hair and that damaged my curls I'm still recovering from the damage from relaxing my hair but after I watched these videos I feel happy and proud to imbrace my multibackgrounds and my unique race 😊💟😎🌈👼👍✨
Shout out to you form Chi-Town!!! I've watched a good number of your videos but never subscribed but now that I know your grandmother and father is from Chicago I am definitely subscribing! Funny because although most of us live in Chicago now, my family is also from Mississippi!
I'm mixed too :D I'm Half german and Filipino with spanish and chinese backgrounds (i have curly hair from my spanish grandpa) and i don't know why but i get mistaken as being turkish xD
Haha! That's because mediterranean cultures such as spanish and turkish are so much close together. And we look alike a lot. When in Istanbul everybody spoke directly to me un turkish thinking I was turkish.... So if you have some spanish genes...;)
+WhoDoesEverything I looked it up and it comes from the spanish name of the philippines island "las islas filipinas" and i'm guessing that they started referring to each other as filipinos with the f when spain invaded the philippines but i could be wrong. But in the philippines it doesn't really matter because they pronounce it pilipino or they say pinoy which means filipino :D
Mixed doesn't mean somewhere down the line you have some white or Indian in you. That just means you have those races in your heritage. To be mixed means to have your mother and your father be of a different race and create you. Your mom being 2% white and your dad black does not mean you are mixed. People get that confused.
My mama is brazilian and ma papa english, I was brought up solely by my dad so I feel we are quite similar although I was always too scared to ask questions, I used to get bullied loads in school for my dark complexion and big slug brows haha but I love being brazilian, the funny thing is all the girls who bullied me are the ones wearing fake tan and drawing on eyebrows MIXED GIRLS RULE
Brazilian women comes in all colors as a black men I love mixed women they are beautiful and sexy and sweet Brazilian women are beautiful as well just like us African Americans we are mixed with European and native American other ancestry
Via Urban Dictionary Someone of mixed african and asian ancestry; technically, that would make him/her afrasian, but blasian is easier to say Tier Woods is a blasian. Via Wikipedia Afro-Asian, refers to a person of mixed Black and Asian (specifically East or Southeast Asian) ancestry.[1] The term also can refer to modern descendants of aboriginal, mostly uncontacted, Asian ethnic groups with direct genetic ties to ancient first-wave migrants coming out of continental Africa. Historically, Afro-Asian populations have been marginalized as a result of human migration and social conflict. Much has not changed for many within the global, present-day, Afro-Asian population.[2] At least know what you're talking about, before saying something. Better yet, don't tell me what I can and can't be.
you are really pretty! im mixed with Puerto Rican, African American, Irish, and Indian lol, I love being them all and I love how u embrace who you are!!
I appreciate your comment about intentionally learning about your roots. I'm a mix of black, welsh, irish, dutch, and three types of native american and I don't know much about any of them. I intentionally learned about my black side and it was great! But I felt no need to learn about the rest of my heritage because I feel like people will only see the black in me. So thanks for your tip!
Does ethnically mixed, count as being mixed raced, im half Ghanian (African) and half Monserration (Caribbean). Cause on forms I always don't know what to put, cause sometimes they say choose or tick one... and I was born in the UK. God bless. :)
I knew you were African American and Filipina by just looking at you! So am I, and I'm just so excited by this. I just found your UA-cam today and now I cant stop watching your videos! I love you girl
same here. half nigerian, half filipina = PHiLiGERiA funny how many people always think my mom is black just because I'm black or if they see here, they say she is only my friend haha ! funny but cute. Proud to be an AFRASIAN or BLASIAN girl. love both side : )
I completely understand where you're coming from. I'm half Thai, half Afro-American, and I've lived almost everywhere. Growing up I've also been teased a lot, haha especially my asian family side, since in Asia the popular image is "light skin" they sell whitening products everywhere in Asia haha I'm glad that there are people that speak up and are proud of who they are and their ethnicity, if ur mixed or not indeed we all can have the benefits, just be openminded thats simply beautiful! :)
I love the fact that you take such pride in all aspects of your heritage. I admire your outlook and I really enjoy your UA-cam Videos. Keep up the great work :-). X
LOVE this video!!!! You don't see many mix race people talking about their race. I'm mixed & I am proud of who I am & where I cam from. Thanks for sharing!
I agree with the comment above...^^^ Especially if you're Hispanic you should be more open-minded on how not all Hispanics look the same in shape and color you know?
Hey Maya. Majority of my family on my mom's side is from Toronto. My mom and her siblings were born in Toronto, along with their first cousins. We are also Native American, Jamaican,and German. My father's side is African American. And I have always been different. I didn't always embrace who I was. I was teased by high school classmates for looking and being different. It used to get to me, but now I embrace it. I love learning about other cultures, and meeting various people.
Race does have a look that is the dumbest shit to say. And she does look black to me. She doesn't even look Filipina at all. First time i saw her i saw black.
FINALLY!!! I found a mixed tag video that I love...I love the fact that you in brace everything even tho you were raised by your mom a single parent...I love it❤
Hi Maya! this makes me happy I am also half filipino-half pinay and every time I would explain my heritage people would say, "no offense but I would never think you were half asian!" *sigh* maybe it's because I'm dark but it did hurt my feelings because I am both! I love your channel! During my hair transition, sometimes my mom would say "I wish you would perm your hair again" or "why is your hair so big now!"but I think she is growing on it now :) thank you!
Nobody gets it.. Everyone is mixed. This really should be called the biracial tag. Her race is black. She's biracial, but at doesn't change her race. Your race is based off of how you appear. Nationality, where you're raised blah blah blah.
aaa aaa thank you! It's impossible to find anyone on this Earth who isn't "mixed". Migration, warfare, land grabs, disease, economic opportunities and climate adaptation are just some of the reasons that all of our ancestors had to intermarry and migrate.
I loved this video. I am not mixed but come from a background where I was pocked at for being different, never outside but actually within my home. At home is where it was the worst so I can relate to how you grew up. At 24 I still deal with comments which I just try my best to disregard, you inspire me.
Thank you for doing this video! We all do need to embrace who we are!! I love your vividness & confidence! I'm mixed too!! (Mom was black fad was white )
'Love yourself and Love others' your such an inspiration for mixed raced women. I'm half Jamaican half Pakistani as I've grown older I've learned to except and embrace both sides of me :)
Love this and your curls are soo pretty! I am Black, Bulgarian, Irish,German, with some American Indian. I love being mixed and I would love to live in NYC one day since the town I live in in SOCAL isn't super diverse.
I love this. When I was growing up I felt so isolated because I was the only 'mixed' kid, and like you said, it was hard not having someone that looked like you.
hahaha! most parts outside of the world idolize pale skin. i know all about those bleaching creams...i'm so glad i love my skin and everyone else around me
Wow I knew many of the people in the clip you had of being in Toronto. Always been a small city. Loved the video and could relate. Thanks for this made me smile.
half Taiwanese, a quarter black, and a quarter white =] Proud of my ethnicity, born in Taiwan and raised in Washington Heights NY since I was five. You are such a gorgeous girl and you are so inspirational. BY FAR my favorite youtuber
I'm mixed Filipino and Spanish, raised by my Filipino side. I really admire you for being so shameless, I'm shy. I was teased by my family growing up too, but mostly by my grandma,grandpa, aunts and uncles for being the only heavy child in my fam, sad but true.
I am blasian, white, and native, and it has been a struggle to find acceptance. To be a bit of everything and to fit in nowhere is hard, so I totally agree with you: acceptance and education are important!
I thought this video was awesome❤️❤️your honest is so refreshing❤️my mix is on the inside, some folks can tell by my hair & some can by my features, it's a funny thing but I love your answers❤️
You are so right about Toronto! When I first visited Toronto in 1984, the population was mostly white, but when I returned in 2000, there was such a BIG change! The city is so multicultural. If the truth were to be told, the majority of black Americans are "mixed". My sister had a DNA test done, and the results were, 60% West African; 38% Eastern European; 2% unknown. My family is of ALL different colors. YOU were blessed to have your grannies in your life. Thanks for sharing. God bless!
I'm Filipino (Bisaya like your Mom's family) & my husband is African-American who was born in Mississippi & was raised in Chicago & also have Indian somewhere down the line. We have 4 kids (3 boys & 1 girl). We took a page from each others books!!!!
Loved this, West Indian for sure, you remind me so much of my friend Tiffany who is a photographer where I'm from (Jamaica). She is mixed with Chinese... Many Asians in Jamaica actually, my mix is Indian and African. Diverse culture indeed- out of many one people!
My great grandfather (dad's side) was from europe (British) and came to Jamaica when the British ruled Jamaica. I am happy to be mixed and I would like to know more in the future about my lineage and where my roots are from besides Jamaica.
Nice video Maya, you have a very interesting cultural heritage! I agree with many here that mixed race people don't talk enough about their mixed ethnicity: I'm from England but of Liberian/Trinidadian descent on my dad's side and Irish/Scottish descent on my mum's side :)
Ooh gurl I KNEW you were gonna say Fijian!👏🏽😂(LITERALLY WAITING FOR THAT😂) lol I’m a mixed Fijian gal. Dads Fijian, moms Caucasian (from MO) but born and raised in Hawaii! So in MO we were looked at as black, In Fiji told we white, and normal in Hawaii?!😭🤷🏽♀️🙈 yo I was sooo confused when I looked in the mirror! Lol but I embrace all of it and wouldn’t trade it.❤️☺️it’s fun being a #mixedkid❤️👊🏽 also u so purrty gurl! Much love from HI🌺😘🤙🏽
My girlfriend is Native/Filipina/Spanish/Chamorro and it is so sweet to see somebody who resembles her talking about being mixed. Thank you for making this!
I'm French Canadian here! I'm Acadian. Many asked me the same question from other places! You are so stunning (love your long hair and buzz cut hairdo!)
OMG! I had a feeling that you were half Filipino, but it's even crazier to find out that not only was I right but that you're also bisaya!!!! Props for knowing how to speak our dialect girl ♡♡♡
James Christian Da ikr? I had to google that and I was right.
I'm hispanic and black ( Cuba & Jamaica)
me too!
Aly A :-)
afrolatinas😍
Same I'm Puerto Rican
Jamaican and Guatemalan
" Is your hair curly or straight?" *Smacks lips* *Looks to the left*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
yes! being proud is the key :)
Yes! Finally! This channel is amazing! Thank you so much for posting this video. I'm Filipino and British. It was really hard to relate to people because there weren't ANY mixed kids where I grew up. The culture shock of the two families made it difficult to initially get use to but now its gotten a lot easier seeing more beautiful mixed people out there... Thank you for being you! Its wonderful and inspiring! :)
Love this video. It helps with my son. I'm a young mother and my son is mixed. My family does the same pickin with out realizing it with him. He is black puerto rican and I'm albanian. It helps me see things in his eyes even though he is still young and doesn't understand much he's 3. I always worry about how to educate him about his culture and how it will feel being mixed. Thank u for making this video and taking the time :)
I agree :)
I'm the only black one out of my Asian side I'm half Bajan and Vietnamese
I'm half Mexican and half Mexican.lol
+Nyrie McNuff I know.Everyone is a mixture of something:)
+Jacky Moreno that's what makes us beautiful
Not everyone love.
Don Rider stfu too and your wrong America is now Mexican
Constantine Aze you mad?
I can really relate to this. I come from a long line of mixed and I got teased lot for being different. like my cousin the dark but I'm not dark or when I moved to florida none of the black kids liked me I never asked me why I talk so proper. I know my heritage and I know where I come from and I know that my daughter is going to get the same questions I got as a kid and I'm okay with that being messed with so many things makes you special and makes you your own unique person and that's beautiful.
This is one of the best "Mix Girl" tags I've seen. You have a really good sense of self and a very positive attitude.
I've seen your videos before, but I've been watching or rewatching quite a few of them for the past hour. I love your philosophy on life and your fearlessness. Very inspiring.
"I tag Obama" Haha
***** technically Blacks who have 4 or more generations in America shouldnt be called African American, because they have no ties to Africa. People dont walk around saying they are British American or Russian American. That sounds ridiculous.
***** When you said "His dad is an actual black African" you should had put "African" that's it. Technically speaking you are incorrect, Obama is African American because he has ties to Africa. So the "African Americans" you talk about are actually Black American because I guarantee they don't know where their ancestors are from or they can't culturally identify with them.
Bea asa
Says who? I love how people tell African Americans how African we should be? It's none of your business
Vince Meadows It does because people get really angry about who should be called African American or Black American. It just gets messy. No one is saying how African you have to be to be considered (ex: white people in Africa that consider themselves Africans)...it's if you can culturally identify with that culture and most Black Americans can't.
Bea asa
But that is not by choice? It is because of slavery. It's like telling a rape victim they are no longer a virgin because of events that happen to her. Black people must be allowed to identify at will with what we want. That is our right to do so. African culture did not complete disappear in the Americas and we have that right to identify FOR OURSELVES "black" is a color given to us by Europeans. It is what THEY think of us. They did not see culture, language, or even humanity. Let us get that back.
Awesome, my mom is filipino and my dad is black toooo. I've noticed blasian mixes always have black fathers and asian mothers
HermanMunster not true. My dad’s asian and mothers black.
I'm mixed with Hispanic and black. I was born in the Dominican Republic.
me to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, I just discovered your channel within the last couple months! I knew I was drawn to you for a reason. My dad is african american and my mom is filipino! You are both and fabulous!!!!
You're such an awesome person, seriously, anybody that has the privilege of knowing you is so blessed :)
Everybody is mixed. We had to be all connected at somehow. Who even cares what ppl are. Can we just say we're human?
No
I'm 1/4moroccan 1/4brazilian 2/4trini & I'm proud of it, I was bullied in high school for being half black& u have inspired me! I love u xo
:) I'm half Morocan too! !! :3
I m brazilian! *3*
kayla_jasmine me too!! :D
gosh that mix sounds beautiful. ;)
when I was younger I hated the idea of being mixedI wanted to be fully black or fully white , I wasn't quite sure with what side I belonged to, more and I remember being teased because of my afro and straightning my hair daily and I forced my mom to relax my hair and that damaged my curls I'm still recovering from the damage from relaxing my hair but after I watched these videos I feel happy and proud to imbrace my multibackgrounds and my unique race 😊💟😎🌈👼👍✨
OMG I GO THROUGH THE SAME THING. except I wish my hair was curlier. I feel you though. its hard and people don't realize that.
family can be so mean!
Shout out to you form Chi-Town!!! I've watched a good number of your videos but never subscribed but now that I know your grandmother and father is from Chicago I am definitely subscribing! Funny because although most of us live in Chicago now, my family is also from Mississippi!
I'm mixed too :D I'm Half german and Filipino with spanish and chinese backgrounds (i have curly hair from my spanish grandpa) and i don't know why but i get mistaken as being turkish xD
Haha! That's because mediterranean cultures such as spanish and turkish are so much close together. And we look alike a lot. When in Istanbul everybody spoke directly to me un turkish thinking I was turkish.... So if you have some spanish genes...;)
me too! but my hair just does what it wants :D and for a lot of people it's hard to guess where i'm from..
I have a question. how come the country is spelled Philippines with a p but there called Filipinos?
+WhoDoesEverything I looked it up and it comes from the spanish name of the philippines island "las islas filipinas" and i'm guessing that they started referring to each other as filipinos with the f when spain invaded the philippines but i could be wrong. But in the philippines it doesn't really matter because they pronounce it pilipino or they say pinoy which means filipino :D
ItsKimiK oh
Mixed doesn't mean somewhere down the line you have some white or Indian in you. That just means you have those races in your heritage. To be mixed means to have your mother and your father be of a different race and create you. Your mom being 2% white and your dad black does not mean you are mixed. People get that confused.
No. BIRACIAL is what you're describing. 🙂👍🏽
My mama is brazilian and ma papa english, I was brought up solely by my dad so I feel we are quite similar although I was always too scared to ask questions, I used to get bullied loads in school for my dark complexion and big slug brows haha but I love being brazilian, the funny thing is all the girls who bullied me are the ones wearing fake tan and drawing on eyebrows MIXED GIRLS RULE
Brazilian women comes in all colors as a black men I love mixed women they are beautiful and sexy and sweet Brazilian women are beautiful as well just like us African Americans we are mixed with European and native American other ancestry
ive been watching your videos all day. idk why it took me so long to find your channel! love it
hurm...i don't think too much about it. thinking just leads to confusion and craziness
Finally someone understands my struggle with multiracial identity!!
Guyanese 🇬🇾
YAY! I'M BLASIAN TOO!
You can't be blasian that way, your mixed but not blasian blasian is straight down the middle half and half
Via Urban Dictionary
Someone of mixed african and asian ancestry; technically, that would make him/her afrasian, but blasian is easier to say
Tier Woods is a blasian.
Via Wikipedia
Afro-Asian, refers to a person of mixed Black and Asian (specifically East or Southeast Asian) ancestry.[1] The term also can refer to modern descendants of aboriginal, mostly uncontacted, Asian ethnic groups with direct genetic ties to ancient first-wave migrants coming out of continental Africa. Historically, Afro-Asian populations have been marginalized as a result of human migration and social conflict. Much has not changed for many within the global, present-day, Afro-Asian population.[2]
At least know what you're talking about, before saying something. Better yet, don't tell me what I can and can't be.
I'm 1/4 Japanese and 2/4 black and 1/4 native american
YAY i;m blasian, (Japenese, indian and fillopino) and all the hispanics
Hugh Banks Nice BLASIANS
UNITE
you are really pretty! im mixed with Puerto Rican, African American, Irish, and Indian lol, I love being them all and I love how u embrace who you are!!
I appreciate your comment about intentionally learning about your roots. I'm a mix of black, welsh, irish, dutch, and three types of native american and I don't know much about any of them. I intentionally learned about my black side and it was great! But I felt no need to learn about the rest of my heritage because I feel like people will only see the black in me. So thanks for your tip!
SHE LOOKS LIKE CYMPHONIQUE IN THIS VIDEO!!🙀🙀😻😻
Beautiful
Does ethnically mixed, count as being mixed raced, im half Ghanian (African) and half Monserration (Caribbean). Cause on forms I always don't know what to put, cause sometimes they say choose or tick one... and I was born in the UK. God bless. :)
Actually it does not not. As long as a both of your parents are black
Oh ok so I can say that I am ethnically mixed but not racially mixed, thank you both may God richly bless you.
StephGMusic12 aw thank you so much may god also bless you I am also Ghanian
I'm black, careabean, italian, puerto rican, cubin indian arab, mexican, spainish, fillopina, and japanese.
Hugh Banks lol...ok.
i NEED to go to Trinidad!
I knew you were African American and Filipina by just looking at you! So am I, and I'm just so excited by this. I just found your UA-cam today and now I cant stop watching your videos! I love you girl
Im spanish and cape verdean. Funny i dont see any one say cape verdean
My friend is cape verdean too ;)
Julia R Realyyy, how cool!!!
Justme I'm cap verdeaaaaaaaaaan 😀
same here.
half nigerian, half filipina = PHiLiGERiA
funny how many people always think my mom is black just because I'm black or if they see here, they say she is only my friend haha ! funny but cute.
Proud to be an AFRASIAN or BLASIAN girl. love both side : )
Omggg you speak Visaya
and?! love who you are
I completely understand where you're coming from. I'm half Thai, half Afro-American, and I've lived almost everywhere. Growing up I've also been teased a lot, haha especially my asian family side, since in Asia the popular image is "light skin" they sell whitening products everywhere in Asia haha I'm glad that there are people that speak up and are proud of who they are and their ethnicity, if ur mixed or not indeed we all can have the benefits, just be openminded thats simply beautiful! :)
I am a west indian
Guyanese baby!!! 😃😃😃😁
I'm Dominican BLACK Samoan & native indiana born In Florida I WAS THE DARK ONE HAHAHA
I love the fact that you take such pride in all aspects of your heritage. I admire your outlook and I really enjoy your UA-cam Videos. Keep up the great work :-). X
LOVE this video!!!! You don't see many mix race people talking about their race. I'm mixed & I am proud of who I am & where I cam from. Thanks for sharing!
you could totally pass off as fijian lol
You definitely do look Hawaiian/Polynesian. People who are part black and Asian always look Poly to me 😝
You Look Dominican 😛😜
I Am Dominican 😉
I Live In Bronx Ny
I've Been To Harlem Too 😋
I wanna meet you!
Me too
Same
LOL ignorant ppl, am Dominican and there is not such thing as looking Dominicans, when we are such random diverse people.
I agree with the comment above...^^^ Especially if you're Hispanic you should be more open-minded on how not all Hispanics look the same in shape and color you know?
Hey Maya. Majority of my family on my mom's side is from Toronto. My mom and her siblings were born in Toronto, along with their first cousins. We are also Native American, Jamaican,and German. My father's side is African American. And I have always been different. I didn't always embrace who I was. I was teased by high school classmates for looking and being different. It used to get to me, but now I embrace it. I love learning about other cultures, and meeting various people.
Love your half and half hairdo!!! Also love your new platinum do!
She does not look Hawaiian at all. She looks black.
Have you been to Hawaii? She looks just like the natives
I am born and raised in Hawaii. I am half Hawaiian/Filipino. My mother is pure Hawaiian. So yes. I do not think she looks Hawaiian at all.
I lived on Molokai a good Filipino and native mix. I think she would fit right in.
Race doesn't have a look, e.g: mixed people. and that most races are mixed even when being ''100% one race''
Race does have a look that is the dumbest shit to say. And she does look black to me. She doesn't even look Filipina at all. First time i saw her i saw black.
#BLASIAN!!!!!!!! LOL
There is only one Race: The Human Race. Love, Live, Learn...
FINALLY!!! I found a mixed tag video that I love...I love the fact that you in brace everything even tho you were raised by your mom a single parent...I love it❤
Hi Maya! this makes me happy I am also half filipino-half pinay and every time I would explain my heritage people would say, "no offense but I would never think you were half asian!" *sigh* maybe it's because I'm dark but it did hurt my feelings because I am both!
I love your channel! During my hair transition, sometimes my mom would say "I wish you would perm your hair again" or "why is your hair so big now!"but I think she is growing on it now :) thank you!
Nobody gets it.. Everyone is mixed. This really should be called the biracial tag. Her race is black. She's biracial, but at doesn't change her race. Your race is based off of how you appear. Nationality, where you're raised blah blah blah.
*that
aaa aaa thank you! It's impossible to find anyone on this Earth who isn't "mixed". Migration, warfare, land grabs, disease, economic opportunities and climate adaptation are just some of the reasons that all of our ancestors had to intermarry and migrate.
she doesnt look black though. noone would look at this woman and think oh shes black.
Yeah except she APPEARS to be mixed race 👀😐
I loved this video. I am not mixed but come from a background where I was pocked at for being different, never outside but actually within my home. At home is where it was the worst so I can relate to how you grew up. At 24 I still deal with comments which I just try my best to disregard, you inspire me.
awww thanks!
Thank you for doing this video! We all do need to embrace who we are!! I love your vividness & confidence! I'm mixed too!! (Mom was black fad was white )
'Love yourself and Love others' your such an inspiration for mixed raced women. I'm half Jamaican half Pakistani as I've grown older I've learned to except and embrace both sides of me :)
I just discovered you today and I swear I've been watching your videos all day!! I love you!!
i know that for a fact!
Love this and your curls are soo pretty! I am Black, Bulgarian, Irish,German, with some American Indian. I love being mixed and I would love to live in NYC one day since the town I live in in SOCAL isn't super diverse.
I replay the part of you speaking Tagalog all the time, just cause I love the fact that you can speak if and aren't ashamed of it.
thanks boo!
Oh my gosh! That was so cute when you started speaking visaya!
Im mixed black, italian, and spanish :) great to see someone I can relate to.
I'm so glad I found you!! I've been looking everywhere for a good Filipino blog and here you are! :)
You're awesome :)
i just love life :)
I love this. When I was growing up I felt so isolated because I was the only 'mixed' kid, and like you said, it was hard not having someone that looked like you.
hahaha! most parts outside of the world idolize pale skin. i know all about those bleaching creams...i'm so glad i love my skin and everyone else around me
do we?!
Filipino! You're so lucky; you were taught how to speak Tagalog or whatever dialect you are speaking. Definitely a gift
Be proud of who u are and where u come from is something we always would say back at college
Wow I knew many of the people in the clip you had of being in Toronto. Always been a small city. Loved the video and could relate. Thanks for this made me smile.
oh i'm not offended! i'm just saying i have my dad's nose :)
half Taiwanese, a quarter black, and a quarter white =] Proud of my ethnicity, born in Taiwan and raised in Washington Heights NY since I was five. You are such a gorgeous girl and you are so inspirational. BY FAR my favorite youtuber
OH MY FREAKING GOD! BOO YOU MADE ME TEAR UP! :') HEARING A UA-camR SPEAK CEBUANO MELTED MY HEART!
I'm mixed Filipino and Spanish, raised by my Filipino side. I really admire you for being so shameless, I'm shy. I was teased by my family growing up too, but mostly by my grandma,grandpa, aunts and uncles for being the only heavy child in my fam, sad but true.
I am blasian, white, and native, and it has been a struggle to find acceptance. To be a bit of everything and to fit in nowhere is hard, so I totally agree with you: acceptance and education are important!
I love this tag! It's so inspiring to me seeing other mixed girls embracing who they are ( I'm black-finnish-Japanese) I
it's ok. it's gone now :)
I thought this video was awesome❤️❤️your honest is so refreshing❤️my mix is on the inside, some folks can tell by my hair & some can by my features, it's a funny thing but I love your answers❤️
i don't understand you're question. but i don't care who accepts me or not. i accept myself along with my homie God
You are so right about Toronto! When I first visited Toronto in 1984, the population was mostly white, but when I returned in 2000, there was such a BIG change! The city is so multicultural. If the truth were to be told, the majority of black Americans are "mixed". My sister had a DNA test done, and the results were, 60% West African; 38% Eastern European; 2% unknown. My family is of ALL different colors. YOU were blessed to have your grannies in your life. Thanks for sharing. God bless!
I'm Filipino (Bisaya like your Mom's family) & my husband is African-American who was born in Mississippi & was raised in Chicago & also have Indian somewhere down the line. We have 4 kids (3 boys & 1 girl). We took a page from each others books!!!!
Loved this, West Indian for sure, you remind me so much of my friend Tiffany who is a photographer where I'm from (Jamaica). She is mixed with Chinese... Many Asians in Jamaica actually, my mix is Indian and African. Diverse culture indeed- out of many one people!
you can always study cultures and history through documentaries, books, online. just start somewhere and you'll end up somewhere :)
You look SO polynesian with straight hair! It's incredible!
Your skin colour is actually so beautiful it looks so exotic
My great grandfather (dad's side) was from europe (British) and came to Jamaica when the British ruled Jamaica. I am happy to be mixed and I would like to know more in the future about my lineage and where my roots are from besides Jamaica.
Nice video Maya, you have a very interesting cultural heritage! I agree with many here that mixed race people don't talk enough about their mixed ethnicity: I'm from England but of Liberian/Trinidadian descent on my dad's side and Irish/Scottish descent on my mum's side :)
I'm half Moroccan,quarter black &quarter Asian and I was made fun of at school for being different aswell! Ur so strong and ur jus amazing ❤️
You are beautiful sweetheart keep what you doing ❤
Ooh gurl I KNEW you were gonna say Fijian!👏🏽😂(LITERALLY WAITING FOR THAT😂) lol I’m a mixed Fijian gal. Dads Fijian, moms Caucasian (from MO) but born and raised in Hawaii! So in MO we were looked at as black, In Fiji told we white, and normal in Hawaii?!😭🤷🏽♀️🙈 yo I was sooo confused when I looked in the mirror! Lol but I embrace all of it and wouldn’t trade it.❤️☺️it’s fun being a #mixedkid❤️👊🏽 also u so purrty gurl!
Much love from HI🌺😘🤙🏽
I watched you shave your hair OMG! Your beautiful, and I love that you embrace your mix heritage and what you are, I didn't always until was older.
I'm Black and Native from my father and Filipino and Japanese from my mother. I embrace all of cultures!
no :) he's getting married
i have an entire curly hair playlist you can watch :)
My girlfriend is Native/Filipina/Spanish/Chamorro and it is so sweet to see somebody who resembles her talking about being mixed. Thank you for making this!
I'm French Canadian here! I'm Acadian. Many asked me the same question from other places! You are so stunning (love your long hair and buzz cut hairdo!)