This is definitely an important topic to discuss/bring awareness because some people can be misinformed. Also, I agree that biracial parents well biracial people as a whole claim only their black culture 😂 I see it in real life Lmao but good video always Julian! 🥰
Well all my dark skinned coworkers hate that there dark skinned and say there half Spanish or half Dominican or have white in them 😝 Truth is all dark skinned people deep inside want to be mixed 😅
@@krazyjnva2up2down55 Yeah that's nice. We don't care. Work on English grammar. And understand the preposition "an" is used before a word that begins with a vowel. Worry about those kind of things instead of worrying about something that clearly has nothing to do with you.
@@krazyjnva2up2down55 The problem is you think I have to clarify anything for you. I have French and Spanish ancestors too. You want a fucking cookie?! If you want to have a deep conversation about Europa Latina and the anger Italians, the group that hard original Latinos from whence the Romance languages derive, have for Anglo bastardization of their language as well as the Anglo American excommunicating then from their Caucasianess, then we can. But over HERE in the America, Afro Latino IS a thing. Again, we can do this in French, Spanish, Garlic, Hangul, Italian or Portuguese. Whichever language you prefer...work on your English grammar and your bothered attitude and eat a dick, too.
I’m biracial black and Asian. I think what you identify as correlates with to what degree you internalize external perceptions. What I mean by this is someone who’s biracial but is regarded as black by everyone around them will likely identify as black. Personally, I identify as biracial because I have strong ties to my Asian side but it’s tiring having to explain myself when I express love for Asian culture. When I connect with other Asians, there’s always an obvious look of confusion and suspicion that only goes away when I clarify that I have an Asian parent. This never happens when I connect with blacks because since I obviously look black, there’s no question about my identity. Over time, when there’s enough people questioning one side of your identity but no one’s questioning the other, it’s just easier to claim that side that’s accepted unconditionally. Now with cases like Doja and other celebrities, there’s a monetary component to it that convolutes the conversation. It becomes less about genuine identity crisis (like me and other “average” biracials) and more to do with marketing/ what’s going to make the best buck. I agree it’s wrong to equate biracial women to black women especially when that leads to opportunities being stripped away from black people. Biracials (especially black and white mixes) get the best of both words: Eurocentric beauty standards can be applied to them while being able to appeal to minorities as well.
Thank you so much for your feedback, Maggy! I agree with you, especially on biracial people who are Black and White (to some degree) having more privileges as the "desired" biracial group. As for the monetary component, no ones ready for that conversation on Y.T....
i'm mixed race with a black mom and a white dad and i'm french. my mom is camerounian but my dad was to me deeply racist, but the kind that would say "i married your mom, how could i be racist" (i confronted him about it when i was 12 or something because he would always have such a strange reaction whenever i would make middle eastern friends). so growing up, i never really was in touch with my black heritage because my dad would always make it weird but i remember my mom cooking traditionnal food that i would enjoy with my black sisters whenever my dad was on a work trip or something. then, my parents got divorced and i would see my mom rarely, once or twice a year but i would have her on the phone everyday and my step sisters ended up moving out. i knew that i was mixed and i always took that as a symbol or two races meeting and it was always a positive thing for me. my mom would also tell me on the phone regularly, especially when i experienced for the first time ordinary racism in middle school, to "not forget i was black". with my mom and sisters out the picture in my day-to-day life, i would be surrounded by white people all the time and never really thought anything of it but whenever i was told i was black, i would always answer with "no, i'm mixed" and my white peers would ignore it, basically. i lived in a pretty small city in the countryside of france so racist bullying was always a thing for me. it was light, but it still happened. at 19 though, i moved out to a bigger city, lived again with my mom and started making real friends that were not white and it shifted the way i saw race and what it actually meant. i may be mixed race but i know that in the eyes of white society i will always be black, whatever i do. but nowadays, with social media especially i feel like i have to prove something to white and black people in order to be integrated fully in both groups. for the white group, i have to be very polished and very articulate, smart, calm, collected etc, but for the black group i was taught to basically deny my white heritage which i think would be very hypocritical of me. it's not that i feel more black or white, i feel like the result of those two things with everything that comes with it. but whenever i'm surrounded by black people i feel more like myself, i feel happier and more complete. it just sucks that sometimes i have to double down on my blackness or feel like i have to do it to be accepted fully by black people. i've also fallen in the trap of "performative blackness", especially on social media. nowadays i'm more at peace with myself and my identity overall, but it still upsets me sometimes when i'm told i act too white when it's not something i can help. one day i was cooking camerounian food, shared my meal on instagram and a black stranger told me "oh so you're not that whitewashed". for some reason it just really upset me because i feel like it's always a problem if i want to be myself and not my mixed self, in a way. i have just as many white friends as i have friends from other races nowadays but i can't deny the fact that i'll always feel "more at home" with black people. and despite the fact that i'm so much more confortable than i used to be with myself, it still sucks that sometimes i feel like i have to code switch or "perform". i identify as mixed, but sometimes it happens to me to say that i'm black. i identify as both but i've never identified as white though, ever because it just feels weird to me.
The solution for Africans is very simple: first and foremost; stop worshiping European culture, politics, religion and people. Uphold and respect your own native traditions, religions and culture above all else. African people is humanity and humanity is African people, all other peoples on the planet; including Indians have 2%-7% Neanderthal DNA. African peoples MUST excercise their rightful place as the original OWNERS and STEWARDS of this planet, not just Africa. When Africans decide to LEAD everyone must follow, because that is the natural order of development on this planet. This is due to the fact that Africans (homo sapiens, humanity) have been on the planet for close to one million years, while the "modern" Europeans and the rest of "mankind" (partly descendants of neanderthals) are less than twelve thousand years old. Mankind (the rest of the world) has Neanderthal DNA, Humanity (Africans) does not, MAN, KNOW THYSELF!
I'm a fully black south african😙, it's awesome to finally see more rep on the platform. Personally my biggest pet peeve when it comes identifying races is when an obviously nom-black person identifies as such or when I see stories of white people (more often women) who get tons of media attention for looking black with a spray tan like Ariana grande🙄
Some biracial people want to have it both ways. They want to be black when it's convenient. This also opens doors for devious non black people who want to bamboozle us like one Rachel Dolezeal because we accept everyone as being black without any questions. On the other hand black people are guilty of picking and choosing which mixed or biracial person they wanna see as black. It all depends on vibes and its not fair on mixed people. We can't on one hand tell them to not identify as black but on the other hand get mad when they don't claim their blackness like Ms Megan Markle.
THANK YOU! People fail to mention that Fredrick Douglas a radical abolitionist and former escaped slave was biracial but black people aren’t ready for that conversation… His mother was black and his father was literally a slave owner 🤦🏽
Assuming we can "be not Black" at any time, what does that look like to you? What does a half Black person opting out of Blackness look like in your mind, and what are we at those times when we're not Black? Just wondering.
@@PimpNamedSlickBack1_ One, we share the same ancestors. Two, without using the words mixed or biracial, what are we? I really want you to try to answer without using the words mixed or biracial because I want you to think about what you're actually saying. What are we?
I’m so glad you went so in depth over this topic, and included other peoples opinions and videos in here, in their own words, and representing themselves. I really respect that and really think you did them justice in your editing.
I’m not going to lie there are a lot of Biracials where you couldn’t tell if they’re Full black or half black. I think when it comes to the color spectrum, we have to be careful because we have a lot of Black people who are full black that are light skin. So I think when comes to color, we should be very aware that light doesn’t always mean Biracial.
@@bellevanille3536To be honest, in my opinion there are a few full African Americans that look biracial, for instance in my personal life, my father looks biracial, but he’s not. I’m very simple when comes to this subject because I believe people especially us as African Americans and Biracials have made this conversation more complicated than it really is. I personally cannot tell if someone is mixed or just Lightskin off features alone and it would be ignorant of me to do so knowing how we as Black people range in color spectrum. That’s all I’m saying.
Idk, I usually just identify as black biracial...because I AM biracial and benefit from the privileges that come from that, but I also will never feel that I can identify as white (even though I've had white family members present in my extended family and by marriage during my adolescence) because to society and even to my own eyes when I look in the mirror, I simply am not "white" (even though I technically am as much white as I am black if we look at my ancestry). Aside from a lighter skin tone, my dominant features are mostly that of my black parent and grandparents, and since my dad's side of the family wasn't around, culturally I am as AA as my mother and her side of the family. That said, I don't think biracials should deny that they're biracial, that's just ridiculous. But scientifically speaking, race, much like gender, is a construct, and whether someone identifies and integrates withing society as white, or black or anything else usually has more to do with phenotype and dominate features, because that's how you're treated in society. Also, the examples you give in your video are mixed celebrities who were raised by both biological, heterosexual parents. I feel that the intersectionality of culture and alternative family structures (single parents, step parents, gay parents, adoption, etc) should also be taken into account more when this topic of how biracials may choose to identify is discussed (by many content creators, not just yourself). I do appreciate that you did mention that family largely plays a role in how biracials tend to identify. In my experience and observation of other biracial people in my own family, friends, and people I've known throughout my life, this seems to be the biggest thing. I would also like to add, from my experience and perspective, that it's kind of tough when you spend your whole childhood, especially those EARLY, formative years, being told by most of the black people in your life, both men and women, both in and outside of the family, that first and foremost you ARE black (because society, racism, etc) and that this is the most important part of your racial identit. This is something I think may be more unique to black/white biracials in the US, but I know from speaking with others that this is more common than is really talked about online. Are these fully black people "wrong" for simply having a different perspective on black biracial identity? All in all, the very nature and concept of identity is so highly individual, usually stemming from the internalization of how people treat and perceive you, and how you perceive yourself. It's like when I, a bisexual person, might say, "I'm gay" (the umbrella term) in casual conversation...and yet people see me dating a man and assume I'm straight first and foremost. And many often tell me that the way I identify is wrong because they don't see me with a woman. Just because I might say in casual convo that "I'm black" doesn't mean that I deny the complexities of my actual biracial makeup. In my personal opinion based on observation, it often seems like people tend to nitpick semantics when it comes to these topics (especially with celebrities/influencers), when really people are just talking, like just having a casual conversation, and maybe talking about one part of their identity in particular, and it gets misconstrued as "picking and choosing a side" for "privilege" and "convenience" when literally it's sometimes just easier to say I'm black or I'm gay without having to break that all the way down when it's not even relevant in whatever casual conversation is being had. There are of course problematic biracials (and parents of biracials as you mentioned), not denying that at all, but just sharing my perspective as a human just trying to exist lol. (Edited to break up some of my text walls 😅)
Thank you so much for your feedback! I read the whole thing and have a lot to say too. I agree with you on considering other family dynamics with Black biracials. I am not sure how many of these interracial couples are together, co-parent, or in their children's lives, but they were perfect examples of including in the video. Also, I agree with you on how some (if not most) Black people love forcing biracial (mixed with Black) people identifying with their Black side more. It's also the media and non-black people follow the "Black biracials are Black too" talking points. You have a valid point on using umbrella terms than going into full detail on life to people. It makes sense, especially if you can pass as just Black. I still believe you and any Black biracial can be more specific on your heritages. It makes us know more on your background and our differences within the Black community, but I understand you. Seriously, thank you again for commenting. It was a good read!
You keeping your foot on folks’ necks lol These topics are important tho. I’m eager to see how biracial people respond in the comments. At the end of the day race is a construct; however, it’s funny how some folks who would’ve labeled themselves as “mixed” or biracial in the past are now saying they’re just flat out Black. For example, Doja Cat. She identified as biracial when she first came on the scene but when she got caught up in some controversy she all of sudden became full on Black. She affirmed she was a “Black woman.” Once she did this it helped her marketing wise because now headlines are constantly saying she’s the “first Black this” and the “first Black that” for whatever musical accomplishment she achieves. It’s interesting to me how Blackness can be easily commodified by biracial and non-Black folks.
RIGHT! Doja Cat is also constantly getting into controversies for antiblack behavior or having a ki with racists! She’s a pop artist, but she won in an R&B (a mostly black genre, started by black artists) category. She’s constantly collaborating with other black and mixed with black artists and constantly uses the N word in her music (and there are tons of videos of audiences at her concerts with many white people singing the word along with her song, which isn’t strictly her fault but it’s still. . Hmmm) I was always surprised by how far she’s able to go despite her controversies.
@@randomgirl2282 So true. Doja is super talented but I refuse to listen to that “Ain’t Sh**” song. I know she ain’t never dated a Black man in her life lol I believe her love and support of Black women artist is authentic and real. However, you are right how her music is mis-categorized so she has a better chance of winning awards smh. I really hope she is growing and maturing from her previous self-hating ways and internalized racism because she is half Black/South African.
Thank you for the feedback, Johnie, and so far biracial people are responding well. I hope it continues lol! As much as I like Doja Cat's music/her personality a bit, I agree with you, and @Random Girl's point of views. She sure does take advantage of her Black side and her team too. P.S. - Her 'Ain't Shit' song is good, but it's cap. Like you said, she never (that we know) publicly be in a relationship with a Black, or mixed with Black man.
Not all biracial are more critical of their black side, maybe some think like that but I have always been vocal that all my racism/hard times as a kid was due to how white people treated me..
I came here from the most recent F.D video (I see your comments all the time😁) and I'm glad you talked about this. I knew I wasn't crazy, I've noticed the same things but people get offended when it's brought up.
Haha me too. I'm glad someone gets it. I don't think those of us tryna have these conversations are out here wanting to put mixed people down. I'm just looking for a solution to this colorism/erasure and no one else has presented a better one so...🤷🏿♀️
@@verao4726 Exactly. I just think it's weird that some people think acknowledging someone is mixed/biracial is an insult. Then, some claim the one drop rule is wh*te nonsense while also believing people like Drake's son are Black, that baby has 1 Black grandparent😵💫 Let me stop before I rant😂
@@fae3821 Girlll 😂 You not wrong tho. I think the issue is a lot of people don't think (or don't want to think) that deeply about it, which leads to folks not examining potential biases they may hold. But there's also the issue of black people collectively having low self-esteem. A lot of times when mixed people *do* identify as mixed instead of black, black people get mad at them. Deep down, a lot of us feel like mixed people make the whole race look "better." That's why we get so sensitive when they don't claim us, cos it feels like the "better black people" (read: people with closer proximity to whiteness) are looking down on us monoracial darker-skinned peasants in the racial hierarchy loll
@@verao4726 Yes, that's exactly it! The low self esteem has Black people claiming anybody and that's why we struggle with conversations about colorism, texturism, and featurism. They start saying "We all Black tho!". I been called jealous just for pointing out folks colorism and had grown women 30+ trying to argue with me online & I'm light skin myself(monoracial). Then someone called me a "light skin savior" as an insult. It was just a bunch of colorist responses to me basically saying "This is disgusting, texturist, & colorist" and then I got that comment🥴 I think what I commented on was a post where women were bullying this young woman(Lipglosss was her @ I think but Idk her name, she made a video about having 4c hair & being dark skin), calling her an ugly crybaby. Black community my a*s, but all we talk about is ✨️coming together as a community✨️ Embarrassing😒 Every time I think there's progress a conversation comes up and too many people show they haven't addressed that internalized anti-blackness🤷🏽♀️
Welcome, Fae and Vera lol! These discussions are needed and F.D.'s response made me unsettled to this day. What bothers me more were the fact he put Tori Kelly as a White-passing biracial. That woman is 1/4th Black. Her father is biracial. Then, he uses Van Diesel; a man who does not know himself wtf he is. What makes it worse is he has a large platform with mostly non-black viewers mostly agreeing with his bullshit plus the mixed with Black people... Shaking my head🙃...
@@JulianSteve Just finished watching. This was a great video, as usual! it was incredibly respectful with a lot of takes I agreed with and a lot of my thoughts were challenged!
One comment I would like to say as a biracial (black and mestiza with parents from the same Central American country) person (granted, not necessarily biracial in the traditional way) I identify as black /and/ mestiza and I always have. I notice that when it comes to biracial people who don’t identify as both, it is usually someone who is biracial and mixed with white. Usually they either identify as just black or when they say they are black /and/ white, it is often in some sort of antiblack self hating way (IE. I don’t know if ppl consider Zoe Kravitz mixed but she has two half black half white parents, and she’d use her parents’ whiteness to try and gain acceptance from her white peers, saying “I’m just as white as you are”) From what I gather from my experience is that people who are biracial and mixed with white (and this goes for other nonwhite races too) dominate as the face of mix raced people (most of the celebrities shown in the video are mixed with white) and are easiest to benefit from colorism and featurism by identifying as just black because, they often come out as physically light skinned black people or if they are visibly mixed with black and white, have their features highly beautified (like a lot of mixed black and white celebrities especially ones who are models will have tan skin, blonde or red curly hair, and colored eyes) I find this very interesting as when you are of two races that have been oppressed by white supremacy, your connection and representation of your cultures is more important than ever, as the world that is dominated by whiteness has tried to kill your cultures. Whereas whiteness doesn’t necessarily have a dominating/unifying culture like oppressed races have. However, in the media, when it comes to the narrative of all mixed race stories of “I am too X for Y and I’m too Y for X, I’m trapped between two different worlds” and alla dat, they are represented by those who are half white, which I find interesting as it was said in the video, most people, regardless of race, see half black and half white people as more black than white.
This isn’t meant to be anti white and black biracial rant or anything but rather I wanted to acknowledge the interesting difference in hyper visibility with regards to one of the most interesting sections of the video btw!
What is full blk, because ppl even consider Steph curry full blk in America. It’s no percentage/race logic in America so ppl by default end up saying blk. Ppl only consider u mixed when u have a white parent. I only see race as a social construct and it’s ppl 80%+ who probably had a white great grandparent or one drop rule’s somewhere, but what’s considered still mixed?
The funny thing is Black Americans are not even entirely of Black African descent. Most of us are mixed with non-Black African ethnicities, and races. It is just something we and society denies about Black America.
most black people in america are indigenous and native to america they arent africans. the government used the slave trade to label black people in america as descendant slaves with out permission.
75% black and 25% Asian is mixed. 75% black and 25% white is black. Most black ppl are already mixed with white but barely any black ppl are mixed with Asians (East Asians, Indians, Arabs) and they look different enough. I have 3 black grandparents and 1 Arab grandparent. I look Indian and people have told me this multiple times and it drives me crazy. Also the fact you said 75% oppressed is crazy. Being black is not about being oppressed.
I say let people identify how they want. Every culture, Nation. And group defines what race is. It doesn't make sense to define your identity on what other people see you. You have the right to self indentify how you want In the USA.
@@kianalaboriel6595no he’s right, how do u think we got here in the FIRST PLACE! Because Africans allowed greedy, selfish, ignorant, racist and discriminatory Europeans to label them how THEY see them and take from them. The term black was COINED by Europeans who wanted to keep Africans down because black was “dirty”, “unclean” and “not pure”. Forcefully labeling others would just leave more subjected to discrimination, racism, oppression etc in SOME WAY shape or form because that’s naturally how civilization functions and how humans work. And as long as we continue to function as tribal creatures and put FaKe racial labels on ourselves, than hate, prejudice, discrimination, racism, colorism, ignorance etc is forever here to stay weather you like it or not.
Why are u people so obsessed with labeling biracial peoples identity, and ppl wonder why they feel stressed out by others 😐 just let them chose what THEY want to identify as, and with the culture they feel most comfortable with
@@MothobiusI think because it feels like if a mixed person is rejected from their non-black half then black is the default. It's like you aren't good enough to be one of us so you're just black.
@Moimoi Never was! It is being perpetuated by proBlacks and Afrocentrics in America as such so that Biracial of Mulato heritage must only identify as Black only! Many former civil rights activist identified as such and was listed as an option in the census in the 1940s; they don't include slurs as an option on a federal census form. Moreover, the term is used mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean, also South Europe like Spain and Portugal in addition to Russia and has a proud designation to it.
Hey, why is it a person that's Puerto Rican that has a Black parent identifies as Afro-Puerto Rican while a person with a White parent and a Puerto Rican Parent is Puerto Rican?
I am quarter black, my mom is white middle European and my dad is half black mixed with white Europeans but he rather identified more as black so in the reality I am more half black and I have a skin tone kinda like Drake, maybe little bit lighter or French Montana. I look more mediterranean or latino cause of my skin tone and thick black hair but in the reality I know where my parents coming from. But in the end of the day we gotta be comfortable with our own unique skin and this is who we are and that's what makes us unique especially if someone is biracial.
I'm not arguing with your point at all but I just want to point out that there are people who grew up with only their Black family/relatives. So there's no other culture that they were exposed to.
This doesn’t change their identity as biracial. Similarly - black people can grow up around white people - yet, they will still have a lived “black” experience.
@@charismao5515 Biracial is like monoracial. I don't know how many times I can explain this. Biracial isn't a race, it's not a lived experience, it's not an ethnicity. All it is is a word that means someone's parents are of two different races. And why are you comparing someone growing up around their relatives (a Black-white biracial person with their Black family) with a shared family history to growing up around unrelated people with no shared ancestors (a Black person growing up around white people)? Don't you see how those two things aren't the same?
@@charismao5515 Maybe what you mean is "that doesn't change their identity as someone who is both Black and white." But biracial doesn't mean that. It can mean anyone of any races with two parents of different races.
One thing is - the average African American is 75% black. The rest of that is white and a tiny bit IF ANY Native DNA. Meaning someone with 3/4 black parents grandparents would lead you being around 60-70% black on average. If you look at West Africans (where slaves come from) they tend to be MUCH darker than African Americans because of this. Yes there are lighter people in Africa - not commonly in West Africa though. Lightskin = mixed heritage. So Black Americans range from a VERY big shade range and features. Because of that, black in the US is a very broad category. In Africa - a mixed person, or even some black Americans would look white to them. The same way how white and asian mixed people look white to asians but asian to white people. An example of this on the black spectrum is Joanna from DamonandJo - she is a black Brazilian. When she was in Kenya, they referred to her as white - white was confusing to her identity. Part of your perception of “blackness” is what is defined around you - being a black american. Blackness is defined differently in places. Like in Brazil - where many people are mixed, you can have black looking parents and come out white or the reverse.
I get what you're saying, but that'll make it more complexed of a conversation then. I still think that all Black people with 3/4 Black grandparents are Black, especially if their DNA passes the 70%+ mark.
Just curious you mention 3/4 black is black, how do you feel about people who are 1/4 black? Many of them do look mostly white in appearance but their history is interesting as they would not have been classified as white in the past and could only assimilate as white if they denied their black heritage..
Thank you for asking me. To me, 1/4 Black people are not Black. If you check out my videos on this channel, I make it loud and clear that 1/4 Black does not make you Black. That's like me saying 3/4 Black people are biracial for being 1/4 non-black. That's crazy😭!
That’s a white person - similar to most AAs who have the same amount of white ancestry - yet we cannot claim “white” or access the benefits of whiteness.
I’ll have to disagree in terms of having 3/4 grandparents (black) makes an individual black. Growing up with having a “different” grandparent other than black will automatically change the experience of an individual. In terms of having a mixed parent they may maneuver through life differently than a black individual . This too can contribute to the different upbringing that a mixed kid can experience growing up. This constant grouping is tiring, mixed can come in many forms and different variations, with that in mind let’s consider the same limitation that people of other ethic groups use. White grandparents white parents = white - Black grandparents black parents = black. Anything different of this latter is mixed. (Also other mixes exist I’m just using this as reference)
I don’t claim my “white side” I don’t identify with them, I know 0 of their culture, none of their family members, I don’t know their history, I never talk to them, NEVER. So why should a falsely claim biracial when culturally, phenotypically and historically I am just not biracial or “half white”…. I’ve always identified closer with my African American family, due to how close I’ve always been with my father, I’m attached to my father, feel like I can’t go anywhere without him. I don’t look white or “biracial”, no one is gonna come up to me and tell me “oh, you look biracial” or “are you white” that just won’t happen. I’ve had people tell me that I am Mexican, Puerto Rican, Brazilian, South-East Asian, North African, Ethiopian as well as southern Indian. Probably because I look more like these ethnicity’s/nationality’s and not the other way around because there is no such thing as a “biracial look” if there was a biracial look than surely middle eastern, North Africans, Latin Americans, East-Africans, South Asians etc would also be biracial since they would arguably look the closest to my phenotype.
@@beasley1232people who are 3/4 black and 1/4 anything else than white are mixed. People who are 3/4 black and 1/4 white look like the average black American.
As a person who has a biracial parent and a black parent no, i dont go through different experiences from a regular black people, everybody including black people just thinks im black, i would have to literally tell people that I have white in me for them to know😂
You're proving my point. Dismissing a needed discussion on the erasure of actual Black people with two Black parents is a must. I am not disrespecting biracial (mixed with Black) people's upbringings. Two racialized people created them. Maybe watch the full video before getting offended?
This comment is filled with entitlement and a colonizer mentality. You should center those most oppressed who don’t have the privilege of “identifying” as whatever they want. Facts matter - therefore, biracial is an identity.
First of all is this dude even from America. If he's not or first generation American. Who gives a damn what he has to say. There have been biracial people who identified as black and some who have not. Thats on them.
Julian, you certainly have a thing against lightskin or mixed folks. All of your videos for the most part pushes away lightskin or mixed folks so that you are a gatekeeper of who is what. There is a one drop rule, and yes I said it. I am lightskinned and always asked if I am Puerto Rican, Dominican, Brazilian, or anything in-between. I have green eyes, but have mixed black features. I have always identified as black even though I get major pushback from darkskin folks, especially other men. Usually the pushback comes with some jokes such as El Debarge, Sammy Sosa, Tweety Bird, light bright banana man and so on. Yeah it gets old. It is what it is, my parents were bothe very lightskin however my moms father was very darkskin, and my dad's mom was extremely darkskin, which is a beautiful thing. Why is it you make us into some sort of boogie man for being a little different? There are many shades of African American due to the mixing that has occurred. I think some folks really need to work on their own insecurities, and self hate and stop making others into villains while trying to close the gate on us who are lightskin, mixed and or biracial. Trying to exclude us is silly, especially because there are going to be a whole lot more of us in the very near future, and years to come. Be more inclusive, and stop with the gate keeping nonsense.
He never said anything negative about light skinned or mixed people as a whole. Let's not misconstrue his words. He is right to say that if someone has majority non-black ancestry, then identifying as solely "black" does not make sense. No one else puts these expectations on other racial groups - just to black people. And this stems from the One Drop Rule which is a racist system.
