Colorism | Free Huey
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Colorism is a global issue, and we should stop pretending it isn't.
Let's talk about it.
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This one was heavily requested after the last Free Huey. I guess it makes sense considering I touched on Colorism in the UK mildly, but never dived too deep into my thoughts on the topic at hand.
It's an interesting discussion to say the least, especially considering how much it's overlooked in pertains to its effects on black women, how it intersects globally and the ideas it perpetuates.
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@@suzygirl1843 am I so sorry about what you had to go through in the black community and how black men treated you I hope your husband treats you well
no not really. you said be honest.
As a black women who suffers from depresion, no one really cares because I'm supposed to be "strong" and almost unbreakable. I don't like how black women are expected to be super humen while other groups of women can be normal and have fucking emontioms
@GNnisa orobo you're goofy.
@Ever After I think the expectation of black women to inherently strong willed over every issue is unrealistic and speaks to the Patrica Hill Collins' outside-within comments. The world is framed around white men, and left wing socio-political thought is framed around white women and black men. Their relegation to side objects and invisibility is what I think feeds heavy into these stupid expectations of them.
Some black men are "pro-black" but haven't overcome their internalised misogyny and colourism. And, many white women have hijacked feminism away from the issues of black women. Black women are expected to support and nothing more, and this dehumanisation to supportive roles and not individuals is something that needs to be addressed on our front if we're ever going to move forward.
@GNnisa orobo You come off very callous, she did not say she is 'looking to blame' anyone for her depression. Gross comment, almost inhuman.
👏🏾we 👏🏾can👏🏾 get👏🏾depre👏🏾ssion 👏🏾too
@GNnisa orobo at what point did op said she was blaming somebody? I think you need to re-read the comment.
@@TheStorytellerAJ thanks buddy. I'm a writer and your chennal has helped a lot with research. That comment is exactly why I don't open up about my depression if the readers know I'm black and female because for some strange reason black women are blamed for everything wrong that happens to them, regradless of the circumstances.
At this point I feel like black women who say they're strong and independent are just lying to fit into society and hide their pain and suffering.
I am an African American woman. I am lightskin and also racially ambiguous to an extent. I personally despise any of our race whom claims colorsim does not exists. I can recount many times throughout my life in which I was favored over a darker black woman due to my skin...no matter how beautiful, smart, and cool they were. I'm 28 and am appalled at how much it is still thriving by the way the youth acts. On the other hand, darker skinned black women definitely made this topic much more relevant over the years and I am extremely happy about that🙌🏽 Awesome video btw!❤❤❤
@GNnisa orobo I find it humorous how people like you only feel the need to assert/speak on their blackness only when it comes putting down black women and high fiving their white friends to go "it's not that bad." Just sit down.
@GNnisa orobo I'm sorry, but what or who exactly am I generalizing here??? I am a very logical person and would love to know. And I've literally had experiences when even some dark skin black men verbally expressed them liking me more due to my skin color over another- and more from outside the community since I can be saught as a, "safe black". I am not in any way exaggerating my experiences and I can clearly decipher when things occur pertaining to my complexion. Your statement is coming off as gas lighting. I have privileges when it comes to this and I would like to work to dismantle ignorance within my community for the younger generations to come. Does that seem to be an issue to you?
Colorism is extremely real, and as stated in this video, it expands into other non black communities as well.
@ONLY 4C A E S T H E T I C Yes! And I will do so forever❤❤❤
@GNnisa orobo Lmao. It was not a few experiences 🤣 Otherwise, I would not come to my conclusion. I literally have privileges that darker skin ppl don't have and it was made evident. And you continue to exaggerate- Just cause I speak upon this issue does not mean I am obsessed with skin color. I am simply aware. And ofcourse that's not representative of all black men, cause that is stupid, but with my PLETHORA of personal experiences and what is shown even more on social media and the traditional media throughout my 28 years of life, that is my conclusion. Especially, when many women like me are saying the same thing. And you talk on a personal basis on how one should carry themselves due to this very real issue, but reality is such. In reality there is hierarchy depending on you skin shade. So you can definitely not self wallow but that does not change facts🤷🏽♀️ You can continue to disagree and idc. Colorism is real. It is not about being a victim or virtue signaling. No one is obsessing over facts and I don't think about skin color on some sort of constant basis.
@GNnisa orobo And with that rebuttal, you still choose to think shallow and not critically as I assume you feel that you do🤣🤣🤣. You could re-read my initial comment and find the answer there. Must I have to go into detail for an intellectual as yourself?? (You're even cherry picking lmao) You obviously do not believe in this issue and want to demean it. So why exactly should I further entertain your exaggerative nonsense? 🤔🙃
Am south asian I always hated my skin tone because my mom and aunties always called me names and would always say colorist shit. I thought for a period of time that I would be so much more beautiful if I only had light skin.
@@imperfectundertakervods It's probably too late. She probably has already tried some sort of skin lightening agent at some point in her life. I mean, she's south asian girl, and this is her mother and aunt telling her these things about her skin color. Who has more influence over a south asian woman's upbringing than her very own mother and aunt? These are her immediate guides of womanhood and femininity in her culture. These are the very people she is taught to emulate and revere, as they are directly raising her. Anything these two figures tell her, hold the most importance of weight. Even now, telling her how beautiful her skin is means nothing, unless she herself has realized that what her mother and aunt tell her is bullshit. Unless she is of strong mind, and outright rejects the most nonsensical aspects of her culture (which is very hard for most women to do) she will still hold these views of her skin color to heart, no matter how much she understands how scientifically nonsensical they are. Sometimes it's best to let people be.
@@shinbakihanma2749 First of all I didn't use any skin lightening things other then natural face masks my mom told me would lighten my skin. 2nd it took me a while but I do like my tone and I think colorism is BS. 3rd you don't know me I don't know you stop assuming things about me.
Western values are global values, people value light skin and frown dark skin, centuries of dominance lead to those being the norm. Western culture is global, everyone have been westernized weather they know it or not, everyone else kind of have to build themselves up from scratch because of the western foundation they have to start off with.
@@ms.masala9733 You're right, I don't know you. That's why I was informing the person who responded to your original comment about certain criteria that may fit who you are and how colorism possibly affected you. She gave you an empty response of acceptance that was far removed from what you actually needed to hear. I was correct in what I said about you. It's not hard to figure you out.
@@shinbakihanma2749 well damn you act like you personally know her the its not hard figure out comment is rude 😒
As a black guy who lived in Japan for a long time and even met my wife there, it took me years to notice any colorism. My first exposure to Japanese people was my host family who treated me exactly like a member of the family, and I mean *exactly*. I felt more at home there than with my actual family back in the states sometimes lol. Everyone I interacted with at school in Tokyo was the same way. It wasn't until a trip out to the countryside for a festival where I was actively ignored by certain strangers in favor of my light-skinned friends, that I realized in regards to racism & colorism Japan isn't special.
It's really easy for Americans to see it through rose-tinted glasses, but the fact is it's just like any other developed country in that your random average joe off the street tends to treat you just like anyone else, but there are always bigots somewhere, and even though they're usually the minority, the further away from the city you get the more of them you tend to see.
While i always knew, hearing stuff like this always makes me feel likw retreating into the woods and living in my own bubble forever because its the only place id feel secure. Even living in america it can still feel lonely, unsafe and isolating being black in your own communities. Even my dad who is black and nigerian has some racist views on black people and makes excuses for it. That dude is all about activism so it took me by surprise when i heard him say it the first time a few months ago. 19 years on earth and I don’t even feel secure as a black dude in my own home. It’s an empty feeling
@@theradionicrevival8068 don't worry bro your not alone because the world is full of individually complex people and you can definitely find like minded people of any skin colour.
I also understand that some African parents can be racist against black people, as my dad who is Somali thinks like that. But at the end of day we're not our parents.
Live life to the fullest bro and also be a decent person.
Didn't know that it gets more bigoted in the country
Japan has blatant colorism in your face at all times. The only reason it took you so long to see it was because it was presented in a way you never seen or understood before. Being American, you're used to a certain brand and way of how colorism is presented to you, and it was in that way it was most recognizable to you. Japan's homogeneous society breeds colorism in a dangerously subtle way, that your average American black person wouldn't immediately grasp or even recognize.
When every skintone is white in any piece of media you see, coupled with Japan's absurdly conformist society, you have a place you'd be wary of raising a black or dark skinned child in, not because of any violence or hatred against them, but because of the subtle anti melanin messages that Japanese culture WILL implant in your child over their lifetime. The Japanese have a very warped and unhealthy view of skin color, even more so than someplace like the United States, to a degree.
@@shinbakihanma2749 Agreed. You got it pretty spot on! The moment when it hits you and your view of someplace you thought of so highly gets shattered sucks though. I still love Japan but it's just kinda...tainted for me now. Like how you can still love Christmas even after finding out Santa Claus isn't real lol.
We don't plan on having kids anytime soon, but if we ever do I'm making sure they'll be raised in the states. At least until they're mentally mature enough to be above whatever social influences they may find in Japan.
I’m japanese and have loved this channel for a long time and I appreciate people talking about japanese colorism solely because the west tends to ignore asian colorism.
Ya because western has sterotype believe that asian are yellow or pale . East asian got dark skin asian and south asian .
Perhaps more annoyingly, some people think Asian colourism is purely a result of colonialism, which it isn't. There's a long precolonial history but a lot of people don't know about that or ignore it.
@@IshtarNike I think it’s more so based on the fact that people are more focused on their own issues rather then a foreign country’s. Which is fair, I mean if you’re not from there or have never set foot there or even plan to, why should you care?
I live in the U.S and they tend to ignore colorism for everyone. That’s a common occurrence for many problems.
@@gx9183 Perhaps. But what I mean is when I see people referring to colourism say in the US, they will then use examples from Asia and elsewhere and make explicit claims that it's because of European racism and even cite sources. So they've done SOME research but only in so far as it supports their preconceived notions. Obviously colonialism had a terrible effect and even bolstered colourism in these areas. But it's just sloppy and infantilising when you say all these problems are solely due to colonialism.
You can see the bias in anime. Guys can have tans but girls are always lighter.
The few tanned or darker skinned (mainly female) characters that appear in anime also tend to be heavily fetishised amongst fans. Not sure if that's solely down to the rarity of them and it being an appreciation on that or if it's because it's seen more as a "novelty" that somehow elevates the character.
@@caldw615 I'm Japanese so I think I can explain this one. Tan girls in Japan are stereotyped as slutty, poor, and indecent, so they are more fetishized, while pale Japanese girls are stereotyped as pure, wealthy, and feminine.
Being pale has historically been a status symbol in Japan because it signifies that you’re not a farmer, that you're not a poor person who works outside all day- so even though racism doesn’t really exist as a concept in Japan, it still sort of exists in practice. If you’re a woman, being dark will bring down your social status, so a lot of Japanese girls will bring out umbrellas on sunny days to avoid getting a tan.
I studied up on colorism here in America because my girlfriend is Black and I can tell you that it’s very similar to what happens in Japan even though the origin is very different.
@@felixb6 Oh I was more meaning amongst English speaking Western fans that the characters who are tanned become more fetishised, but it is interesting to hear this from the Japanese perspective too. I have noticed some of the characters who are tanned/darker being more flirty or teasing (Yoruichi from Bleach springs to mind as a more sexualised character) so that likely feeds into how fans percieve them in the West even if the cultural bias from Japan specifically isn't a factor for a Western fan's view.
Thanks for the insight
My issue with a certain type of tanned anime/manga character (gyaru & gyaru-oh) is how 9 times out of 10 the writers present them then same way.
As sluts, man whores, assholes or bitches. Even the ones are presented as nice and friendly have jokes eluding to them possibly being interested in abusing folks or orgies etc.
I know the gal style is a sign of someone being a slut but i thought it was also supposed to be a fashion choice. But everytime I see it the writers throw in some bullshit to remind you of the potential sluttiness of the character.
It doesn't matter if they're a main, side or one shot character either. At this point I'm done expecting anything with this character archetype because the writers have zero interest in doing anything new with it. At best you'll get some that more friendly or more dickish.
@@NonStopKnocks I remember reading One Punch Man and seeing Superalloy Darkshine and thinking "Oh boy, looks like those black stereotypes are still alive in Japan" due to his skin tone and huge lips. Personality wise the character is a bit vain but otherwise is someone who doesn't like violence and is pretty level headed despite his physique so it seems like the intentions for him were meant to be positive.
As the web comic progressed it turned out the character isn't even black. He was originally a scrawny asian guy who just decided to train and train extensively until he became musclebound and bald (the bald thing kinda makes sense in the context of Saitama losing his hair as he got stronger) but he also changed skin tone and looks like the black big lipped stereotype. It looks like they were trying to make him a parody of those Mr Universe style bodybuilders who get insane physiques and tan themselves to extremes but it's as if the early manga artists and anime artists leaned more into thinking the character was ACTUALLY black and not just some big lipped asian kid who got ripped and a tan in later chapters explaining his backstoey. It makes him look a lot more questionable even if it's not likely the original creator intended it to be interpretted.
If the intention was to be a joke that "He's so tanned now he's black" that's still in very poor taste but it could be that the artist who did the manga redraw and the anime artists misinterpretted the original art and drew a black stereotype...it's pretty sketchy no matter what the case is.
I don't how open id be to the idea of colorism if i didn't literally see during my childhood in bangladesh, billboards advertising skin whitening and in ads on tv there too.
Anyone who denies its a worldwide issue is ignorant, or dogwhistling
Modern world, but yes.
Mabe because skin whitening products people wanna buy it let them buy it , it's there decision to do whatever they wanna do , nobody's forcing you to buy it
@@geekedmaxx Well the problem is how skin lightening creams prey on darker skin people who are made to feel "uglier" due to their skin tones. If you want to buy skin lightening cream then you're more than welcomed to but you need to reexamine why you would want a product like that in the first place. If dark skin people weren't dehumanized and seen as the worse of the two then skin lightening creams would not even be popular because people would love their skin. Lightening your skin is only a thing because everyone knows those with lighter skin tend to be treated better.
@@deathdragoncat lol darkskin people aren't dehumanized gtfoh !!!! If anything people hate lightskins and mixed race lightskin people ,
@@deathdragoncat made to feel uglier ? Y'all just insecure about ur skin color 😂😂, lighter skin does not get treated better , that's just from my experience as well as everybody else I know people seem to love darker skin
There's also colorism in activism. I notice in some cases when a Black woman speaks, her message isn't widely heard or taken as seriously. Then when a person of lighter skin or a man repeats the same message, they suddenly get accolades for reiterating the same idea.
There's a disproportionate amount of lighter skinned activists for sure. And, black women are 110% silenced, as evidenced by The Black Panther Party. For all the good they did, there was deffo a lot of unchecked misogyny.
We talk things like police abolition and the prison industrial complex all the time, but these were things coined by female black radical thinkers like Angela Davis. Black women never get the credit they're due.
@@TheStorytellerAJ Precisely, well stated. The struggle of being undervalued at the bottom of the social hierarchy is such a shame. :/
@@TheStorytellerAJ lies 😂😂😂the black panther party after huey p newton was filled to the brim with. Agents , angela davis was and still a agent.....the black panther party was mostly blk Women,it was no misyongy anywhere but blk men being leaders when huey p newton was around ,before huey p newton got arrested the black panther party went from blk first to including anybody fight in a marxist proto feminist structure due to fbi agents blk and white infiltrating and causing division through gender in the party itself
@Motown Gayes I guess I'm a lier when it comes to actual history that was documented 🙄
Yooo basically THEY HATE YOU GAVE.. The character is clearly dark skinned but they use a lighter one
This channel is criminally underrated.
No, it's not. Dont just say moronic statements in a vacuum. Know what you're saying. Most people don't know his channel even exists. To underrate something (criminally, or otherwise) is to know of something and to rate it's quality excessively less than it actually is. No one is doing that to this channel, so don't just throw stupid statements like that around just because you like a video or two. Let's not be an overhyped moron, ok?
@@shinbakihanma2749 You don't know what underated means at all man. You have no excuse man, dictionaries are free.
@@theman8076 Uh, yeah I do. I just gave the definition of what it means. Listen, get a life and quit hating on me because I'm better than you, loser.😆
@@shinbakihanma2749 Wow your brain is smooth, guess you don't know how to use search engine. I can't fix stupid, I don't think anyone can fix you sadly.
@@theman8076 Why don't you give us the definition of underrated, if you're so smart? You know why you have yet to do so? Because you don't want to look like the moron you really are.🤣
“I dont like guys that take showers i want your natural scent”😂😂 Lmaoo
Ok freak
Man colorism is so widely accepted yet unspoken, I see it in my Thai people and my South African people. Our women from both countries catch the brunt of criticism constantly because of it. I hate that our communities force power and desirability based on the tone of your complexion. We gotta show more support.
I love how you shed light on how both colourist norms and misogynoir tie into tactics used by the powerful to stay powerful. The care and insight you put in these videos are top notch bro.
@GNnisa orobo shiiid you okay bruh? What did intersectionality do to you?
@GNnisa orobo because of many events that are so linked with each other that we need to untangle them for longer than most others.
The problem with colorism is that it's hard to discuss internationally. Different countries handle these issues differently. Which is why you have Africans online talking about anyone lighter that Lupita is light skinned, and all light skinned people are mixed, and mixed people aren't Black. That logic doesn't work in the US.
@@htsunmiku I don't know. African Twitter finds a new way to start a diaspora war every weekend.
@@htsunmiku Yes in Ghana there a group of people that are naturally light skin, with no white people in their family tree
wow that's confusing for me, bc in person i've only ever been confronted with that logic in the US from americans (i dont use twitter), and it's usually citing some reasoning that is a sort of reworked one drop rule. It's weird as an egyptian too bc racial logic can't process how different people in the same family can look without being able to explain it away as "mixing." A lot of egyptians in the US end up feeling racialized as "no race" because racial logic short circuits when it tries to categorize us, which in the US usually means you have nowhere to belong and don't feel easily welcomed in conversations about race because racial policing in the US is so intense. Claire Jean Kim's theory of racial triangulation kind of explains how that ends up happening because it includes an axis of insider-outsider as well as black-white
@miles davis False
@miles davis "Its whiteys fault" kinda like how communism denotes everything is capitalisms fault, or the capitalist who claims its socialism/communisms fault,, or feminism that everything is men's fault, or the atheist how everything is religions fault, or the religious, that claims its the non-believers fault, or PETA that its the meat eaters fault. What you call racism roots from a deeper biological issue called tribalism, you seek your own tribe first.
"I like anime but..."
Weebs : **Typing intensifies**
Ha! I don't know whether to call it hypocrisy
Fuck anime
@@Vhlathanosh liking anime =\= being a weeb. Sounds like he offended you.
@@sonicdash761 huh?! You know I was kind of agreeing with him? I've never liked anime mostly because of weebs among other reasons.
@@Vhlathanosh Oh, my bad. I couldn’t tell. I’ve encountered weebs before that says it’s hypocritical for me to hate weebs even though I like anime.
5:54 thank you for pointing this out because as a black kpop stan i dont see a lot of darker kpop idols and when they are darker they’re usually photoshopped to be lighter in pictures. there is a idol named “n” from vixx who was constantly picked on by his members for his dark skin. he was told he should want to be lighter to which he responded that he likes being dark. also a exo member name kai has been picked on for his skin too. when one of the members had to draw everyone they drew kai as the color black. colorism is definitely more than just only a issue in the black community.
My friend is brown like I am and she wants to be a K-Pop star. I tried to tell her lightly that she may face racism if she does get the opportunity to be a K-Pop star. I don’t think she heard me, but I wish she did. I have no problem with her being a K-Pop star. I only worry that people will hate her for not looking lighter ):
@Stephanie Rose Who’s in your pfp?
When you remember dijoneys original name was delinquenetta
Wow had no idea.
No fucking way
That's news to me.
Yall the utuber- toonrifictariq
Did an interview with the creator of Proud family and he tried to play off the colorist sh*t with Dijoney, when Tariq asked about it. Lol
Wait really?
I'm starting to like Free Huey almost more than OBS
OBS?
What’s OBS?
@@kaitlnwhite6809 operation black steel
Open broadcasting software
wait no
Being a dark skin MALE. Alot of people tell me that I personally benefit from colorism as it paints me as tough, strong masculine man. While I can't disagree with that it's like, I'm not any of those things or want to be. The only thing that pushes me to it is my dark skin. Like I'm telling you if I was any other skin tone I'll be called the soft boy. But I can't fully embrace anything with being force fed views steming from colorism. Then we can have a whole conversation about how black people have like four stereotypes they can put themselves in and nothing else, anything else is seen as weird to the general public and it's dumb. Like why can't there be actual goth black people without them looking like a sore thumb, skater guys who aren't completely alienated because we don't have middle parts. It's a luxury that white people almost exclusively have, they have a choice and what they can become or fit into, we have to fight to get away from what's already been disposed upon us.
Thank you for another great video. Im white man from a small majority white european country and this channel has really been an eye opener. Here there are so many people who are openly racist despite never actually meeting or even seeing a black person in their whole life. I hope one day we will all be able to see each other as equals no matter the colour of the skin or social standing.
@GNnisa orobo I do not view them as victims. Thats why Ive said equals. Im not admonishing my people for being white but for how when someone here says that all black people should be shot only few bat an eye. I simply felt like expressing my feelings after seeing the vid. Dont look for things that arent there.
@GNnisa orobo thats okay we all jump to conclusions sometimes and its not like I cant see where you are coming from. I tend to ignore people who say such things too and convince myself that they are just a minority but its hard to do when they are a part of your close family and you get to hear it often.
@lol you seem like a lovely person
That hotep bit killed me. They're not made fun of enough and honestly not talked about enough. I'd love to see a video on misogny in the black community. Hell, might make one myself.
If you do please link it so I can watch it.
@@Deg40000 yes
Yes, misogynoir is an important topic that is often not touched upon.
I want also say. What you are saying, I've beem saying for years. The greatest lie ever told was rich white ppl telling poor white ppl your better then ppl with darker skin, everything else handled itself
There is a reason rich assholes do that. Like LBJ said: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
@@Fafnd facts
Who said that
@GNnisa orobo you must love me, I love you too. That's how European society back then was set up. That's how you end up with Manifest Destiny and the feeling that only Europeans could liberate what they percieve were savages for not following their lifestyle. All that comes from a sense of feeling holier than thou. Problem is the ppl who were instilling these beliefs and carrying them out weren't the rich elite themselves but were ideals told to be carry out by them. Obviously not every white man is racist just as sure as not every black man is a thug duh so yeah you can always point to one example, but your point just proves mine in that a POOR white man sees you no different than the next man, cause you lack the same color and that's green(money just incase you're gonna be a smart ass). And it's only when rich assholes get involved that poor ppl of all race want to fight over race issues.
@@redfather5342 Jesus
As a South African, I just wanted to expand upon what you said about skin bleaching in SA.
When women do bleach their skin here and people find out about it, they will be made fun of and talked about. If they don't bleach they are made fun of and treated like less than for being dark skinned.
The only solution to that is to be born with a greater proximity to whiteness. Which they can't do and people here don't seem to understand that.
That's stupid
@@ronjayrose9706 What makes you say that?
@@yolandatoba5665 Same in jamaica , if you bleach your skin people will shame you and tell you that you don't like your complexion. But if you don't people will shame you for being too dark and call your skin ugly . Its mind boggling how this topic is challenging to comprehend.
@@manovrsb and it's so weird because when white people tan it's seen as 'just for fun' but the opposite is seen as self hate
It irks me when people tell me there is no racism or colorism in Cuba. I was born and grew up there for 16 years. There is this idea (as it is prevalent in all of Latin America) to “advance the race”.
The culture there is openly racist and because the position of the government is: “racism doesn’t exist”, we can’t discuss it openly as a societal aliment, and in the rare occasions we did, it was to look at it as happening somewhere else but never there. Every political discussion in that country is: “but the empire (USA) is worse!”
Moreover, I also lived in China for 4-5 months and they are incredibly racist. And they take the position of “there is racism here because racism is a western thing”. One guy told me their colorism doesn’t have racists implications; that it is just a historical thing because dark skin people had to work the fields and were peasants back then. So... it is classist too? Neat!
Also, he told me that right after I was venting out because my friend was fired for being black. And I’m not making this up. Our supervisor told my best friend and I and said “we are firing (name) because the parents want a white teacher”. Our jaws hit the floor.
We told her we were quitting then (and we tried to discuss racism and she said that wasn’t a racist decision. It’s just a business. The parents pay and they get what they want). So we quit (she didn’t care about me because To them I’m dark skinned too and obviously gay). But she didn’t want my best friend to go because she is white passing.
Once the discussion was over, she said: “Om I’m gonna call HR and let them know they need to file (name)’s papers”
CALLING HR TO FIRE A BLACK GUY FOR BEING BLACK THE HUBRIS!
I am a black guy and I don't really understand colorism until I watched black women speak about it . I have watched videos of black women talking about the trend of black men in Hollywood marrying lightskinned or white women. I've also heard lots of dark skinned black men wanting to date light skinned and white women so that their kid isn't dark.I didn't realize how far colorism is ingrained in us. I'm going to be Dr.Umar Johnson and say don't date white women, but don't date someone because of their skin color . Case in point, Don't be a weirdo
Literally 🤣🤣
its not colorism, black women in America are too masculine. they don't want to submit, they have attitudes, its a long list of reason why black men choose to be with white or mixed females. this might be true for white and Asian people. but even for a black man to get respect from a black women is rare. its common for other races because its instilled in them from birth .
@@Imskyhighy this is the dumbest comment I have ever seen
@@Imskyhighy its social media programming. As children we watch American movies full of white women or lighter skinned women shown as being beautiful. Some of the most "submissive" women I've met were darker skinned women. Its colorism, many dark men say they don't want a girl their skin color because they don't want their child to be "black" And they say it exactly that way. Also your statement of lightskin women being more submissive makes no god damn sense. Lightskin women are black women, so if you generalize masculinity to dark women then it's also lightskin women too. A lot of them want mixed or white women because it is seen as being successful. Its seen as a token or something to show off when you have a mixed race woman in the black community. This is because of the media, entertainment and more. I hope you aren't a black brother. Because if you is then it's sad to see you this way my nigga
@@Bopmyglizz just wanted to say that in my country, if a black man marries a lightskin woman or vice-versa, it's considerate "saving your family's lineage"
I’ve lived in Japan for 6 years now. Tokyo and Okinawa. In Tokyo white skin is so treasured that even on the hottest summer days.
, Some Japanese women will wear long sleeves and an umbrella. They’ll layer themselves from head to toe in an attempt to minimize their exposure to the sun and preserve their pale skin.
For transparency, I’m black. You’re portion at 7:08 is spot on.
@GNnisa orobo He’s affirming through anecdote, the existence of colorism in Japan, which makes sense given that it’s one of the main themes of the video.
That isn’t exactly an inaept analogy, given that (I presume) that eating beef isn’t held in any high regard in Nigeria. The point being made is that lighter skin being put on a pedestal, to the point where people actively wear an excess amount of clothing in the heat, likely has an effect on how those with the inverse skin tone are seen socially.
There's also making the distinction mixed race women and black women to prevent black women from being excluded and mixed women from being the facet of black beauty. We really need to be done away with the 1 drop rule
My ex-wife (Vietnamese) was obsessed with having clear white skin, telling me I was so lucky to have pale skin and I was always so dumbfounded by that. I always were like: "You have a beautiful golden tan, why are you trying to get pale?" I understood the cultural aspect of it (dark = you work outside, thus you're poor, etc.) but I found it always... toxic? I guess that'd be the right word.
@Solaria N she did use creams and all... she tried to straighten her nose with surgery (which some of her aunts and cousins and friends did too) and contemplated having her eyes unbridled like her aunt... I always told her she was perfect the way she was, no need for surgery or anything.
Screw that lol. I'm a black man and love my black skin. I've never had any dislike for it nor have I ever been envious of anyone with lighter skin.
I've never been called a racial slur or treated badly for my skin either.
It is interesting that being pale in some nations is seen as "upper class" since you'd be avoiding the sun unlike people doing manual work outside. Then in some places like Scotland being tanned is seen as a sign of wealth to some as it shows you have the money to travel to more sunny countries regularly since it's so rainy and cloudy here.
@@NonStopKnocks Preach, bro.
@@NonStopKnocks tbf I think it’s cause ppl have a fetishe for dark skinned men ? It’s different to dark skinned women tho
I'd be funny, if the Boondocks made a character based on Umar Johnson. 😁 It'd be hilarious if he clashed w/ Uncle Ruckus. 🤣
It needs to happen
Reverend Jeremiah Wright is close to Umar 💀💀💀
@@illizcit1 Me too. But IDK if/when Boondocks will return & if it'd even be good anymore (especially w/ "Pops" voice actor deceased. RIP John Witherspoon.
@@AlatOnDemand Well, "preachers" usually cozy up to other "rich and/or famous folks". But I doubt he agrees w/ the way Umar speaks out against the church, especially about "tithes, taking up collections, & offerings". It should be obvious that they're all about the $.
Another country with similar Colorism/Racism issues is India. It's pretty blatant too. It's referred to as the "Caste System." Many Bollywood stars (celebrities) closely resemble white people. They are the standard of beauty. The upper caste (class) tends to have lighter skin when compared to the lower caste or "untouchables." But being lower caste also implicitly comes with fewer rights. A few months ago, a Dalit (low caste) woman was sexually assaulted by a group of higher caste men. She died soon thereafter. She and her family may not ever see justice. There is also little room for advancement or social mobility. The effects of it are even felt in the U.S. Indians looking for engineering jobs here have a much harder time gaining employment when the hiring managers are Indian as well and likely originating from a higher caste. If it sounds anything like Western Racism then that is by no coincidence.
Yup. Don’t matter where or who. There will always be inner racists toward each other.
Those are the worst.
You wanna know how much colorism runs deep? Google Beautiful Woman and just look at all the lightness. Google any synonym of beauty and same thing. Hell you google thick woman and you're getting a fuck ton of white and lighter shaded women. Just listen to Immortal Technique's Natural Beauty
@GNnisa orobo I am also black and I appreciate your comment, the thing is yeah sure normal ppl don't but I do art so sometimes when I'm looking for ref I may search models and I've noticed a pattern which gave me the idea to search for it. Either way, it's something that is all over media and don't deny that light equals better to the ppl that consume these images. Where do you think the doll test came from?
I dont know if you watch the show, but maybe you could cover the topic of one's Racial Identity Vs one's Personal Identity and how both are judged as a whole by peers and society, that the show Bigmouth has recently displayed through its Biracial character Missy Foreman-Greenwald, who has been raised in a bit of a post racial bubble.
IIRC they only really discussed it in one episode, I kind of wish that we got more episodes dedicated to that plot as I could relate to it a lot. I'm glad that they at least brought it up though as it's not something you see that often in media.
Specifically about colourism in asian communities, I see a lot of people, including asians, deny how our colourism applies to racism towards black and brown people as if it only exists within our own race. For a lot of asian countries (but not all), colourism originated from classism, not europeans. Even so, we glamourize white skin and eurocentric features and the western media we consume was lead by caucasians and misrepresented BIPoC. This in turn affects our portayal of dark skinned characters from exotic brown characters with eurocentric features to stereotypical black charicatures. Although I'm seeing more progressive representation, I still witness antiblackness in asian media and communites.
I notice a disturbing trend of art that feature anime style dark skin character are almost always drawn with blue eyes. So there’s still hint of white supremacy going in the character design.
Your last few videos have been consistently the best UA-cam videos on these topics. You're the only channel I have notifications enabled for, because of these videos.
Also, Spinelli best recess character. Storyteller is a man of culture confirmed. 👍
I’m a pale ass Puerto Rican, but even I got comments growing up both here and in the US about the “dirty” tint to my skin, or the curliness of my hair. The contrast between how people reacted upon reading my stereotypically Hispanic name and how they reacted with a sigh of relief upon realizing that I look white was also not lost on me. It’s a shame that these attitudes are so universally accepted and propagated, I wish I knew how to do more about it 😔
Gabrielle, if your name was Marisol Morales, it would have been a different story. Gabrielle is a very safe jewish name. and its no different than the many Ashley Morales or Caitin Morales of Americas. Those are assimilationist names and there is nothing wrong with those per se except its designed to make you blend in with the larger society. It does provide safety for sure
I too do not look like my name. the only person in mainstream america who shares my exact ethnicity is the singer Doja Cat. i have a proper "Nguni" name like her .
My name has always invited cynicism, and racism, because it sounds deeply african . white people think they can "win" through resistance when they realize i am not backing down,they eventually give him ( timidly) and this is for the defiant ones. They create conflict with the name my Sangoma great grand mother blessed me with. The caucasity.
4am is as good a time for bettering myself, as any. Thank-you for another great video!
Every video is so valuable and is high in quality man keep going, the sky is the limit.
PLEASE keep going, especially if this is what you love to do.
Nothing can stop you.
This is so important as a Ghanaian who’s been seeing skin bleaching since I was 12
2:53 I'm glad you finally wrote the word out while talking about Blanqueamiento. I always thought you said "Black Momento" and nothing would come up when I would do a google search for the topic. I'm confused on who you're exact quoting though since you don't attribute it to anyone.
Actually, "branqueamento" (with an r) is the correct way. Blanco is Spanish. In Brazil, we speak Portuguese.
Here's a comment for the algorithm, because I think more people should see this!
@GNnisa orobo :) Did you even fucking watch the video you broken tool?
Colorism runs so deep in Africa Americans communities (and other poc communities ) type of the "brown paper bag test" i was Honeslty so disappointing and shocked a quick summary is that light skin black people will host these paper bag uni parties or places u could go if u where as light or lighter than a paper brown bag if u weren't they u weren't allowed to come in they did this in churches as well yet I rarely see anyone talking about this i don't think ppl even know this happened
@GNnisa orobo no its not just my experience in my "little community" I've heard so many dark skin black ppl especially dark skin black women talk about the colorism they faced literally go ask any dark skin black person and I bet you they will tell u at least one about the colorism they faced and did you not read my comment go search up the brown paper bag test to see how deep colorism runs in black communities and don't get me started on South Asian counties they r so many bleaching creams and belachin ads being dark skin there is so badly looked down on ppl have to bleach their skin cuz they know that it will raise their chances on getting a better jobs i could go on about all the other counties who have a massive colorist problem but this comment is already to long and i doubt u will read this properly too I think you should do more research colorism
@GNnisa orobo I'm not reinforcing feeling of inferiority and I can't just "live life" when ik that having lighter skin will put me in a bigger advantage than having dark skin did you know that lighter skin black women receive an lighter prison sentence than darker skin black women or more likely to be hired for a job. How is this fair to me? Its like telling African american to get over slavery and the discirmstion they faced and police brutality cuz "it cannot be helped" which is wrong you can fix it by talking about it, bringing light to the situation and and then putting regulations to prevent it from happening
I'm Brazilian, and there are some spelling errors in the video. "Blanco" and "blanqueamento" are not words in Portuguese. The corrrct form would be "Branco" and "branqueamento", with an R.
I would've lost my mind if Kendrick Lamar - Complexion (A Zulu Love) wasn't in the background of this video.
Great video.
I always knew if I was gonna do this kind of video, that I'd have to play that track. It had to be.
What anime is the blue hair woman from?
@@hououinkyouma2476 Botan is from Yu Yu Hakusho.
@@ILikeHDG thanks
So concise and well delivered. Great work as usual.
I love these videos and they’re super informative and i hope the black animation community lifts you up more because we so desperately need videos like these too. But ngl bingeing them genuinely does leave me feeling hopeless and infuriated for and towards my own race sometimes and i never quite know how to feel about that
It's honest a shame black women aren't really considered beautiful in alot of countries. I remember a friend who went to Korea-she was black- and they would tell her to bleach their skin. Regardless of race, you should be proud of your heritage. The problem is alot of black people aren't allowed to express themselves in alot of cultures. I'm not black myself, but I see the struggle
I have the opposite problem I guess. My whole life I've hated my features and skin tone because I was never "black enough" I'm light skinned. But when I was younger I was even called white. I just don't like myself I suppose, my whole life darker skin has always been more appealing. More manly, more regal, and nobody will EVER doubt your blackness.
Sorry you had to go through that Big E, there where moments in my life though high school I question my blackness due to other asking me if I was mix or why I sound white. Ngl that stuff would irritate me alot but in the end I realized I am who I am and should let nobody tell me otherwise.
Find it interesting you spell it the American way instead of the British way.
It almost feels like a statement, that's friggin great
(I haven't watched the vid yet I'm commenting as soon as I can lol)
I held a poll on Twitter about it. They won, so I compromised my pride for the sake of the message.
@@TheStorytellerAJ that makes me sad. Having to deny a piece of yourself for your message.
I swear you be dropping gems that the perfect time
This may honestly be the best video on colorism I’ve ever seen, you hit every nail on the head !
I'm glad that I found this video. Both of these countries deserve to be criticized for colorism and their racism. Japan's stuff with the ぶらくみん (Burakumin/Untouchables) is derived from that class based discrimination from Japan's history, and like its colorism, its never brought up. I'm planning to go to Japan, but I already know a bit about their colorism and their ignorance. For some reason though, I'm not really upset by it. Knowing I really won't be accepted anywhere makes me feel like I could go anywhere, like a wanderer. I dunno about you, but that sounds pretty cool imo.
this hits different when you notices these things after knowing it exist. From doing it yourself at an early age to being in college and being told to "watch out for those light skin girls, they crazy". its different
also the thing about putting anything in their hair to make it straight from boondocks reminded me of the girl with the gorilla glue
shittt the gorilla blue ponytail 😔 osrs tho looking back on my memories of hating black dolls despite me being black myself are embarrassing
I'm glad I've never been attracted to the idea of lightening my skin
Love it how this dude just uploads whenever no time day or premiere just hey fuck it 9 o clock gmt on Thursday
The point about race being used as a way to keep both working class and poor blacks and whites reminds me of the quote by Lyndon Johnson that, "if you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." The idea that people will uphold a system because they believe it to not directly impact them or not impact them as much as others is incredibly interesting to me. Anyway, dope video as usual man.
Great work as always, btw thanks for informing me about bacons rebellion, I literally never heard of it before until you introduced it to me, and I consider myself a history buff.
"If you do not understand racism/white supremacy- what it is & how it works- everything you do understand, will only confuse you." Neely Fuller Jr (1971)
I love it! I'm glad you acknowledge the intersectionality of black women. This was a very informative video. You got a new Sub.
I like that this channel explores certain topics I cannot peacefully debate among friends. I would love it if the channel could also explore the way language does the same thing. For example a lot of things with dark or black bear a negative connotation such as dark cloud, black mark, black sheep, dark energy etc.
Southeast asia is a huge market for Japanese and Korean skin lightening products, and sadly it has been normalized to the point that i remember in Indonesia it was hard to find literal bars of soap WITHOUT skin lightening products supposedly in them
The FAQ was nice. Also this is incredibly well researched
Thank you so much!
Found you through FD Signifier
Being able to handle such a heavy topic with depth and charm is a very rare gift. Good job
(Be prepared because this is going to be long)... Navigating colorism as a LS Black woman and to some extent a racially ambiguous woman, in my experience, has been complicated. Growing up, when people stereotyped Black women, I never felt like they weren't talking about me. When people talked about not liking Black girls or black women, I never thought that I wasn't included. I have only ever viewed myself as Black, even if subconsciously I knew people thought differently of me because of my skintone and hair color. I always elevated dark skin over my own skin, and was uncomfortable when my skin/hair/eye color was mentioned or talked about. As a child, I didn't know it was exoticism and fetishization at the time, but when I learned those concepts as a teenager it only really hardened my stance that being uplifted just for being lighter skinned with blonde/red/brown hair was weird and wrong because it separates me from other black women due to what I view as arbitrary traits.
Still, I'm not an idiot. I knew when people treated me differently because of my features. I knew that in some cases, I was an image of blackness that was exoticized and tolerated. I knew that I could get away with things my darker skinned peers couldn't because ofmy skintone. But like you said, that's still not acceptance. A hierarchy like that benefits no one. I can see how being fetishized can be uplifting when the only alternative is constant degradation, but it's inherently dehumanizing. However, that's hard to point out when you're LS because this fetishizing comes with the present of privilege, even if the gift is the same shit.
I didn't grow up, or at least I don't believe that I grew up, with colorist beliefs. There's every color of the rainbow in my family, and we all consider ourselves Black. But colorism doesn't care. My younger siblings have absorbed colorist beliefs about skintone, hair texture, and features despite never being taught that directly by anyone in our family because Black American culture and wider society teaches that in young Black girls. It hurts because there's not much that can be done. It's why representation of darker skin and elevating not only the voices of darker skinned women but also the beauty of darker skin women has always been important to me. Still, it's weird...because people think I'm a "grifter" or "pandering" for thinking this way. Like, maybe I just don't want my beautiful brown skinned baby sister to fear getting a tan and not feel the need to heat damage her hair to feel beautiful? Maybe I don't want my sisters to grow up in a society that tells them they're less attractive for things out of their control? I'm so happy the "Black is Beautiful" movement is making a resurgence, and more brown and dark skinned girls are being uplifted. It's the world that I want my sisters to grow up in, at the end of the day.
As a final edition: to me, I never felt truly represented in the media because being a LS Black person was Penny Proud -> Chris Brown -> Beyonce, and I'm paler than all of them. It didn't make me feel less Black, mind you, because who's going to tell me that I'm not Black? Lol 😂 I felt validation in my Black American identity simply because I grew up in Black American culture and could literally look at my parents and family and see only Black people. Colorism has always been complicated to me because when people talked about always seeing LS people, especially LS women, represented, well... I never saw someone who looked like me. 🤷🏿♀️ Learning about colorism in different Black communities/cultures too, and knowing that I'd straight up be considered white or mixed if I was born literally almost anywhere else kind of blew my mind when I first found out about it. Just something to think about.
I'm light skinned and I don't feel black at times. Dad is black, mom is black. I've never really felt part of it. I'd like to just be "human" if possible. But it always seems like you have to pick a side. Luckily I've found friends that see me for me and not just my complexion. It's nice. For a long time it felt like I was too light to fit in with black people and too dark to fit in with white people. Can't wait for society to move past this. Edit: When I say too light or too dark I'm not solely talking about complexion. In general we give off very different vibes based on race, but ultimately based on environment. I think the two are very closely connected especially in America.
Love that you showed Machiko and Hatchin. Such an overlooked and underrated anime
Thanks for speaking on this man. Great to have a voice like yours on the platform.
Excellent thesis and presentation. ❤️
Love the deep cut animations.
Everyone know someone who needs to see this video. Share it folks. 👍
One of the best videos I've ever seen of my life👑❤✊🏾
When you spoke on the artist, I wouldn't say that the art style is necessarily niche. It's just that eastern inspired styles, anime styles, have over saturated a lot of the circles of independent artists; and other online circles or sites that art is commonly used on since it's the internet so it's very easy to find one particular thing(s) and perceive it as a majority.
And I can't blame them either because anime is widely liked; they do it because they watched it as a young kid and are now grown up with the ability to try and capture that talent. I like a little anime myself and can see why others draw stuff like that. But I also agree that the industry can be over saturated by it and the "cookie cutter" art styles you see. But I feel that's a whole other topic I wont get into since the anime industry is, well, an industry afterall; so with it comes the drive to be as profitable as you can.
I'm a black man from the Bronx. Both of my Parents were light skinned, so I came out light. Add to that that they were educated and spoke to me in "proper" english all of my life, and yeah...
Colorism has always been apart of my life.
For the longest time, when I met new people and it came to my parents, they always would ask if my mother was the white one. Even then, their minds are so steeped in colorist views that they would assume the mother was the one who went to the dark side because of 'The Black Gift'. I never once had it asked if my dad was the white one. And remember, I'm fully black. So once I drop the news that I'm not mixed, the shock that would be on these people's faces.
"Really?! But you speak so well!"
"You're so smart!"
"You look handsome!"
And not to brag (I don't believe I am), but that last one was the one that got me the worst. Like... it's shocking that my race could be considered attractive to the point that I have to be a product of a mixture to make sense. That is insulting to the highest level.
This is the first video I’ve seen on UA-cam in which the term “misogynoir” was discussed, let alone used.
We need more channels like yours. Truly.
Glad this went into the question about "natural" look and misogynoir. Really great video!
Right?! He is phenomenal. I really shouldn't be so impressed basic human decency but he gets me every time 😂
I'm only two minutes in and I can state factually that you're doing God's work, son.
Thank you. People keep pretending colorism isn't real. Or genuinely never heard about it
Just wanted to let you know your content is still being watched, and is incredibly valuable. Thank you for keeping up with your craft, you've got a new sub
One of the only silver linings of social media is that it has allowed black women to have more of a voice in sharing their experiences. It has also allowed dark skinned models to have careers where there were no options for them too. (But otherwise instagram is trash lol)
So true. Honestly, curating my social media (instagram, youtube, pinterest, etc) feeds to reflect my features (type 4 hair, brown skin, wide nose, curves) legitimately changed my life.
dude im brazilian and ive never heard anyone using 'jambo' as a derogatory word, as far as my life experience goes its just a the word for rose-apple, but i see how it could be used in a derogatory mnanner i guess. Also, in 4:52 its written 'Blanco', but its actually 'Branco' in brazilian portuguese, blanco is spanish. And this video was great, really. congrats
Race is a real thing man. What’s not real is the concept that because you’re of a certain race that you are superior to people of every other race. A black person and a white person don’t look alike but that’s not what matters what matters is considering them equal in front of the law and give them the same opportunities to make something out of themselves. Race is not a bad thing and acknowledging it isn’t either. The problem lies in how it’s used to disadvantage some people instead of others.
i see races as just diff breeds of humans instead of races tbh idk
@@vroomy619 different breed is the same as different races since they both imply that there are genetic differences between members of the same species. Race is not a bad word or concept. But racism is a bad concept because it put ones race of the others and give people excuses to treat others unjustly all because they are genetically different from you.
This was awesome. Like, as a video. I enjoyed watching . Also I didn't know there were Brazilians or black people in Japan, thank you for showing me i was wrong. I used to think the closest was the darker skinned people of the southern islands of Japan.
As a Mixed man I find I have more in common with darker skinned Black women with the whole outside looking in deal. I have always had to prove my “Blackness” to people inside and outside of the Black community so I have never felt completely welcomed anywhere, especially in the White community outside literally three of my mom’s relatives. My mom’s mom actually disowned her for giving birth to me and my brother and her dad had to sneak off to visit me and my brother when we were babies, her mom will never acknowledge me and my brother’s existence. So it’s always kinda funny to me that I have to prove I am Black to some people and for others, for better or for worse, my Blackness is never questioned, so my Blackness is constantly in a state of flux.
I do have some probably different experiences of discrimination that I think Black people might find interesting, like my Black father getting stopped and questioned if he was kidnapping me and my brother. Or my White mom getting pulled over after picking up my brother from a midnight shift to see if she is being held hostage by the Black guy in her car. Trying to date a dark skinned girl and having Black dudes harass her for dating a Mixed breed. Getting called slurs for the completely wrong race, Mexican slurs, Middle Eastern slurs, etc. by racist jerks.
Wow I’m pleasantly surprised to hear you talking about racism in Japan. Only a mouth ago I helped my friend with the writing of a video essay that talk a lot on the subject, although the video focus was the treatment of mixed race people in the country. It’s a check 20 2 that half white people are fetishized for looks while being ostracize has not really Japanese for there looks at the same time.
T1J's video on colorism really opened my eyes on the gritty details of the impact of racism. I'm glad to see you talking about this too! Since I've been working on a novel, I was able to take the small gesture of going through my PoC characters and making sure I wasn't accidentally being inaccurate to their heritage. One of the main characters, an African transgirl, I realized I'd unconsciously given a bit lighter skin tone so she'd be more "feminine". I corrected my mistake! Now, based on her specific heritage, she is fairly dark skinned, with cute freckles. These videos help us writers be less dumb. Thank you!
Excellent video, this topic needs to be more widely discussed world wide.
You've probably already seen it, but the movie Sorry To Bother You kept popping up in my head during this video.
I think you'd appreciate it
This easily my favorite channel on this site rn. Hella black. Hella thought provoking. And your song choices are always top notch. Love it.
literally been waiting for you in particular to make a video on this exact topic forever
Colorism is as common as classism
I live in SA and you can tell by a persons knuckles that they werent born light skinned 😂
I'm a evolutionist at heart, but it's interesting to hear that there is information out there that suggests that, even before exposure to the other skin tones, that Japan has placed white skin above black.
This genuinely opens up a new venue to research to look into and help broaden my world view and I just want you to know I appreciate that. I'm genuinely curious as to what those reasonings are, and should delve into history moreso on that topic.
I'm supposed to be working now, but the pull of another well made video to show me how to be a better person is too great. Thanks for making this!
I’m sub and your videos never show up on my feed even though I watch every single one (and watch every Black Steel twice) I think UA-cam is doing something fucky. That said, as a 100% white passing mixed race person, this video is fantastic and speaks to me so much.
bruh your actually a legend i pray soon all these videos will have millions of views man
Definitely true it's a racial issue in the western world. Colorism is more linked to classism in asia. Because having fairer skin is originated with the elite who don't have to work in the field of n labor in thus don't become "tanner" compared to the poorer population who got more sun exposer. Asians don't see asians with darker complexions as different races. However I do think that western influences and eurocentric influences have brought racism into many asian countries. Especially since the locals have an at best partial understanding of multicultural issues in multicultural countries. Places like korea and japan are monoculture and put homogeny on a pedestal. So I'm not surprised that they're quick to come to bias and ignorant conclusions about minorities in society (because they do it n their own just not with race.) Anyways as for everything u hit the nail on the head. My entire life it's been so exhausting trying to explain that race is a concept to people. I don't even acknowledge race anymore or use the word. The whole idea of race needs to be done away with. Ethnicity is a thing but not biological race. This is just sad. Im a light skin african american with some irish ancestry and I had to deal with this nonsense growing up and still today. Just wanted people to see me for me instead of "what race ppl think me of". My ancestry is only important to me n should be non of anyones business
Everything you make is a banger. I had to share this one, hopefully people will catch on; the knowledge tidbits were aplenty!
One day "free" or one day "powerful" these terms are vague goals. They sound like an end point but they lead nowhere in particular. Power struggles require the acquisition of power. Is power a finite amount of infinite. Whichever is true will decide how much violence is necessary.
Hi. I'm a new subscriber! I REALLY appreciate the points you brought up in this video. I spent part of my childhood in Southern Maryland. There were some Black families who had been there since the "Slave days" and had developed VERY "White features" (e.g. Savoys, Proctors, Butlers). I heard terms like "red bone" and "high yellow" , for the first time; had to figure out who got the "description".😕!? I wasn't from the area. I don't know if we'll ever get beyond race and colorism.
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I’m a twin and here what I see I’m night my bro is day, I’m small he’s tall, I’m dark he’s light, he’s yin and I may be yang. I can speak he can’t, he’s happy but I’m sad. Thanks for reading
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Hell yes! This came up in my recommendations and I’m glad it did! Subscribed!
I'm brazillian and a friend of mine said I'm black. So for some time I didn't get it... I'm "pardo" (I think americans would call that brown?) and I'm hella lightskinned... But after I got told that and I reflected on my life experiences, I finally understood that some things that happened to me were just racism. The thing is I don't have a sense of belonging as a white nor a black person. And I don't even know if there's something like "brown culture"... So I think colorism can just leave some people lost as it did to me.