How Should Biracial People Identify? | TEA-G-I-F 

“They” determine for themselves. You are in no position to determine for ppl who have never been enough for the likes of you. “They” dont need your help.

@@gaylefranklin You are what you are. If I went around identifying as a dog folks would say I'm crazy. Why not live authentically?

@@SparkleInYourEyes2024 neither you or anybody else can dictate another person’s “authenticity”…. Which is a dumb word to use and on par with words like “pure” and “legitimate”.

@@gaylefranklinnah they don’t actually get to determine it at all, none of us do! We’re born who we are born to! So they are biracial, no picking!

@@thetravelgoods2760also, NOBODY is bound to your rules about anything.

But it doesn't work like that in America. The system makes you pick and choose. Especially in the work environment on applications.

Same! I would embrace both sides! I feel people like Kamala Harris acknowledges both sides of her ancestry very well. Claudia only seems to lean towards the Black side only and seems to not want to acknowledge being half white.

​@@Faithandlove113she.

I was waiting for someone to say this!!! Like it’s not that hard. “I’m biracial”, “ I’m mixed”. I mean they are literally 50/50. I don’t see what all the fuss is about.

I would claim Black. Ain’t no way a biracial person who looks mix and cannot pass, can get away with claiming themselves as white.

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Being biracial means your just both at the same time. It means that you can identify as being black. Race is a social construct after all. Its not as scientific as y’all think.

We do and then we get told that that’s not a race😂😂😂😂😂

@@Duhbaby2348hyea, it’s two races…

not that simple

People are living by how the dominant culture sees them.

It’s not even to you, that is fact, it’s dna

The difference between the older biracials and the younger biracials is that the older ones had no choice. America said they were black, period. "Biracial" wasn't a category back then. "Biracial" was only invented by white mothers in the 1990s who didn't want to call their children "black."

Mariah identifies as Black but she is Mixed. In fact, Mariah is more White than Black.

Doja Cat isn’t even Black or African American, she is mixed race or multiracial..😕💀

They are what they say they are. Other people’s opinions don’t really matter…or do they?🙁

But Biracial with WHAT? Indian and chinese? Or Arab and white? There are many different variations of biracial. There are many different forms of biracial.

@@MayISpeakso state what you are. This isn’t that difficult a concept. Lol I’m a biracial half blk half Chinese, or whatever

@@liv4514 You guys dont seem to know the difference between Race, ethnicity and culture

@@MayISpeak who’s you guys? I know the definition of all three, but this conversation was about race. Is it because I paired black with Chinese? What race should I refer to a Chinese person as braniac? A biracial person has parents of two completely different races, why should the only claim one?

@@MayISpeak whether I say blk and Chinese or blk and East Asian my point still stands

Right, i rolled my eyes at that statement. It shrugged me off

No it doesn’t lol, it makes perfect sense.

So adopted black people are not black then? Also Jordy, go do that dna test and if it turns out that you are 100% black (i.e. Purely black African) then you’ll have a leg to stand on

@@vinnie22ify no it doesn’t. No one says “Asian with a black parent”. You would sound dumb. Just say you’re biracial.

@@vinnie22ify it makes no sense whatsoever, you can’t be black with a white parent, by that logic, she’s white with a black parent

It's not "one or the other". It's either black or biracial. They can never identify as white because they are not white. However, many mixed ppl (such as Claudia) are indistinguishable from black ppl that have two black parents. So they could claim black if they want, it's just a matter of preference if they want to promote their non-black heritage or not. Black genes tend to be dominant anyway, so most ppl mixed with black look black phenotypically so I see nothing wrong with owning your appearance. At the end of the day I let ppl define themselves

That's how Mariah Carey feels even though she was raised by her white mother, but was 100% inspired by the black community.

Absolutely 💯

​@@cecegiles7286Mariah's white passing

@@AngeBiampandou obviously, you didn't understand my comment..... White passing but Black inspired which is why she dominated pop and R& B charts

Do you think if your mom was white you would feel more connected to the white community. I think people should Identify as both, because honestly they are. I think most Identify with what they are familiar with. In your cases a black mom.

I'm biracial and in real life black people not not accept me and white people barely do so yes its a real issue. Black people call me white as if I don't have a black mom bc i don't appear as a black person in the flesh smh.

In real life, they are saying everybody’s black. If they look at you, they say you’re black. If you have one black in real life, they say you’re black.

Absolutely. I don't think it's fair that people want to tell biracial people how black they are .

​@@BuckleBunnyNot when you look white, and actively look non-black.

No true

Well Said

I wouldn't want it for my children

Who said there's something wrong with being mixed?

His friends will tell him he is black, I'm both aswell... But I knew really quick I was biracial but "black". You always have to make a choice hence the identity crisis we get

@@sport504You do not have to make a choice. You have the right to call yourself what you truly are and honor BOTH of your parents. Stand up for yourself against people who try to bully you into choosing one side.

@@pinkvanillakiss607 Is easy to say... but you just end up naturally identifying more with one side

You're wrong on that one. Your son is black.

In the US, we don't have a title called coloured. Not here.

Oh well

True

Because Western countries normalise nonsense.😒

America = idiot society

All the people you named I can tell they have black in them..

Because Black people with their low self esteem put them on a pedestal.

*_@alexpress5375_* Many of us do identify as Biracial/Mixed, but when we claim it aloud many, not all, "100% Black" folks put us down & call us everything negative to mind.

They shouldn’t put you down or put you in their box. You are biracial - which is an identity unto itself. This is why biracial people can share in black culture, but should also be working to create their own culture, identity and community - which embraces and accepts their unique lived experience.

Why do you think all mixed people don’t want to identify as mixed? Have you spoken to all mixed people and confirmed that?! How silly😩🤣

*This is how it goes a many of times below.* Black Folks, "Excuse me, what are you?" Mixed Folks, "I am human, but I'm Mixed." Black Folks, "So you are Black, AA?" Mixed Folks, "No, I'm Mixed, I'm Biracial." Black Folks, "You ashamed of being Black?" Mixed Folks, "......." Black Folks, " Y'all think y'all better than us." Mixed Folks, "What?"

People can pick whatever they want to pick

You can’t be white if your mixed with black, whiteness is a system , not just a skin tone color.

@@_.Marz._ right exactly

FACTSSSSSSS

For the most part. White people never accept Mulattoes. 💯

“Actual”…… wtfever. It’s not up to you how I might identify. You insult and assume so much in suggesting that “advantages” might determine anything for ppl who have never been enough for ppl like you. “Actual” is not determined by you and you sound crazy as hell and ignorant beyond belief in assuming this position.

What does "actual black people" even mean? You have fair skinned mixed race folk and dark-skinned mixed race folk. The latter is considered "black" in appearance until you actually find out their genetic mix. And then there's "black folk" who actually are mixed ancestry, but fail to claim their own mixed ancestry. Now what? I think people should be able to claim whatever they want to claim, considering it's true to themselves and their lineage. It's certainly not for everyone else to chime in and make an assessment.

@@_.Marz._ There is self identity and there is social identity. People can identify as a banana. That doesn't make them a banana

@@ashperk9718 Ma'am....we're talking about tangible genetic evidence...not bananas 🍌🤣 I get you though....

@@_.Marz._ an actual black person is an individual with 2 not 1 black parents. Be CLEAR!

I respect it! 🙏🏾 absolute truth.

Me too. That just shows you that he presents and shows up black.

He presents as mixed, but we have muddied those waters so, unless someone identifies themselves as such, we just call them "lightskinned". At this point we should just call "Black" people "Other Browns" 😂

@@BuckleBunny exactly

That sounds cute but the cops identify you as black.

*_@hdeniro1106_* Claudia is a hypocrite, one minute she claims Black, the next minute she claims Biracial/Mixed, she talks about interracial relationships as if it is immoral.

She has white genetics and was raised by a white woman. She was uplifted by the Black community that's why she claims to be black

Both biracials here are very colorists plz dont buy this

Then you will have people that are the same color Tanika Sumner saying that they mix and you will claim that she’s not. You won’t allow her to be mixed. Have your cousins will be mixed because their parents are mixed once you’re mixed and then you have children with someone else’s mixed. Those kids stay mixed. It’s like a whole new race based on your math so you really may be mixed because somewhere in your lineage, there was a mixed couple your mixed. You’re part of that new race.

Amen!!! They need to stay in their own lane and claim it proudly. They are both, period! Black people the only ones who don't gatekeep their race, they love to add everybody in it.

It depends on how you look ( your phenotype) there are mixed people who look blacker than a mono racial black people. You may identify as mixed, but if the world sees you as black then you are black and have to deal with the discrimination that comes with that.

​@@vinnie22ifyWho cares what the world sees them as? Biracial is Biracial.

I think people assume racism affects "Blackness" exclusively. No, in a culture that prefers Caucasian, it applies to anyone who is not Caucasian. Biracial people are not being discriminated against by caucasians because they're seen as "black"...its because they're not seen as Caucasian

Yeah but he issue is many are going off skin color, rahter than genetics. Im black (both parents black) but im light skin with curly hair when I grow it) im the same complexion as my two female biracial coworkers, another mix chick I work with is lighter.

Rejection may impact your feelings more but the privilege with jobs, criminal justice systems, and the acceptance that you get is more positively impactful to your life experiences than those small times of you feeling sad… if that hurts imagine if you were a dark skin black oriole living in a racist country… imagine the different type of rejection your would feel… grass is not always greener

Exactly ! I don't understand why some people want to fight them on it

Yes Awesome 💖

Well said it's ridiculous So true how a person chooses to identify has no bearing on you

Not really. They both have past issues actually being colorist against darker black people. Al said before that he has to make sure he's not being colorist. And Claudia almost got cancelled for comments she has made. So... Not so pro Black. 👀

Both are colorist to me that’s why they having this conversation

​​@@marianaya5824That's because of who raised them . You can't expect a non-black person to raise a black person like black people do. 😂

They're not pro-black They just didn't have a choice but to be Black. They are hanging on to their Blackness because it pays them. Black people put biracials on a pedestal, and biracials love that.

​​@@marianaya5824not true his wife was dark brown as cubil ball.😂😂

Caribean too

As a Cape Coloured from South Africa, this isn't always the case. We have people who are biracial, and multiracial without being Coloured. Coloured is a specific version of MGM people with a distinct culture. This culture also has its various permutations in various areas.

The American power structure will always see Mulattoes as black. 💯 People don't understand that. SMH

Thanks for being someone that makes sense !!!!

Same, had no idea.

His father's father was white so that's how his father would identify if it came down to the one drop rule but his father is mixed and therefore he is mixed not biracial but mixed

@@iwashere5956Multiracial yep.

Most people his complexion are mixed with something down the family tree

@@cecegiles7286 Most black people descended from slavery were mixed (by force) with white people "somewhere down the family tree."

What were the statements?

Boom! 👏🏾👏🏾

True

They are not black. Sicily has their own racial structure, not American structures.

Black is not a culture its a race and those people in Sicily definatly have negro heritage, just like Claudia.

She doesn’t look white lol. She looks very much black

@erinlevere6881 Then maybe you need to change your perception of what black is because her and Whoopi Golberg look nothing alike

@chrisk2734 there's a difference between culture and race.

Her mother is a whole white woman. She is biracial.

Most biracial people are also MORE European than African (about 60/40), which people tend to forget.

@@jaygriffperiod85 Exactly! That's why I don't understand why some Black and Biracial people want to claim Biracials as Black. If most Black Americans have admixture then that means Biracials are even less Black.

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She knows that. She just playing in our faces.

Even after two biracial people explained it to you, you still confused?

It has nothing to do with acknowledging both your parents, it’s how YOU show up and navigate through the world. You can identify as black, but still acknowledge your white parent.

@@loqueniabenson8860Al is not biracial🙄. You’re still confused.

White supremist rule

And Armon is spot on. Of course Claudia has privilege from the white side AS WELL as the burden of the black side (societally) . It’s just the reality

The only problem is you can’t claim white, white is about purity in America. Anything mixed with white can no longer be white.

😂😂😂

She stays getting a tan but her hair straight with her normal pale skin she could pass for white Italian many times

And it’s strange, it’s ok to be mixed

@@iwashere5956 duh...that's what she is, but she grew up around black culture.

@@cecegiles7286 she grew up around her whyte mother and played with whyte kids. Now she plays on the fact that she has a few bl.ack family members but she grew up in a whyte household. It doesn't make sense for her to even refer to herself as bl. Ack when she's clearly just biracial

You can be within the mixed community

That’s because you are both. You are enough as you are. Embrace both

I’m sorry but these are problems y’all created for yourselves. If you just identified as biracial this wouldn’t be an issue

Then your blk relatives are mixed probably very light presenting

He’s not biracial. He is multiracial. His father is biracial. He’s not 1/2 and 1/2 like Claudia.

Only she’s also white by that logic, she’s mixed

Her attractiveness not skin color got her on the show, Google Lanisha Cole who also was a Price is Right Model and is gorgeous and darker skinned. She also has a kid by Nick Cann9n.

I agree with this comment.

Nooo it's the father al is errken!! Bout to be back off fs if not for Claudia I'd be gone for good I still miss funcky that's why I left the 1st time! But now that funk ain't there ! Al is more errken!

Some people say the father others say mother. I understand because how can a biracial child come from the womb of a yt woman then only claim Black. Lol I will address someone as who they identify as out of respect but truth is they're biracial. Not Black.

yeah and I was pissed cause I specifically TOLD them not to ask me that shit and once they did I have to give a politically correct answer. I know u aint trying to judge me off of something said under crazy pressure 30 years ago right?

@@claudiajordanreal It's not about Judging Claudia. It's about the simple TRUTH of who YOU are and there's nothing wrong with that. At all, and for those who have trouble with someone who is truly both Black and Italian, that's there own problem. You actually told the truth about YOU. And it doesn't matter how long ago it was, it's Ok to be acknowledging of the fact that you are no more one ethnicity than the other because you are both. It's just so sad for people of mixed ethnicities that they feel they have to choose one over the other to appease other people.. Stay beautiful.

We have this in the Uk

😂😂😂

No. I have NEVER wanted to nor tried to pass. WHY are yall so geeked to do this to me?

@@claudiajordanreal OKAY you’re Black! But remember you did an interview and tried to start a rumor about Trump and Omarosa having an affair and you stated “It would surprise you because Trump prefers “House Negro” type of Black women (meaning most likely Mulatto like yourself) over a “Field Negro” Black women (meaning most like a DARK skin like Omarosa) and went on to say well I guess skin color doesn’t matter when all Trump wanted was head? It tickles my soul you never refer to your MOTHER as white just Italian. Do better by her especially if she sacrificed as much as you say!

​@claudiajordanreal Claudia I am interracially married. My husband is Italian American. Our son has ambiguous features like Meghan Markle. He looks Italian, and no one would question it. We raised him as biracial because that is what he is. He is the combination of two wonderful races/cultures. I understand that when President Barack Obama was born the ignorant one drop rule was still in effect. Biracial people had no other option than to check the black box. It did not matter how the individual looked physically. The generation that you are a part of usually accepted being identified as black. When Tiger Woods said he was balasian ( black + Asian ) it was the black community that were offended. Tiger has an Asian parent that raised him and he wanted to recognize his mother. Yet, he was criticized for not wanting to be black! I remember thinking how ridiculous and unfair that was for Tiger. The man never once denied being part black. Meghan Markle was raised by her lovely black mother and always said she is biracial. Yet once agian criticized for wanting to pass as white. How dare she fall inlove with a white man. Even though her father is white and she is 50% white. I saw the prejudice being directed at her from white and black people. It is shameful. That is why I told my 20 year child to never let other people tell him who he is. He is loved by both of his parents and is blessed to be biracial. He owes no one an explanation. I understand why you say you are a black woman. But the reality is you are not. I am a black woman with two black parents. If you can be a black woman birthed from a white woman than what am I ? Our experiences are going to be different. Biracial women may feel racism from white society. But as a dark skin woman I am replaced by biracial women in the colorist black community. Your image is elevated and how is that fair?🤔 It is time biracial people proudly embrace their true identity. It does not take away their love for blackness. DNA is factual and this one drop rule is OVER.