Passing | Episode 2: Homecoming 

Yeah it didnt fool me. She couldnt pass around me because its top obvious.

Mary Jane Cornielle So true!! Sadly, it seems to me the main ones they “fooled” were indeed, themselves!

I clocked these people immediately. Their phenotype Looks similar to alot of my family members.

From Josephine Baker Story paraphrase, It aint a crime to be Black but it's a heap of inconvenience!

She is mixed race.... so many ignorant people in this thread. AA means what? No identity. AA mostly come from west African Bantu people and they are not light skinned people with soft curly hair. Light skin and soft curly hair comes from mixing white and black. Those family members are mixed race people. Black and white.

Easy they brought up as white and brain wash to be white

@Ruth K. Future Nurse bruh wtb Dominicans 😂😂😂

@Amor Ankh yup but you gotta be blind af to believe them

They were mixed race... they were obviously not black... they were black and white .

I said the same thing! How can you not see it??

They probably had no more than three Black people in the state when they got there. No wonder they didn't know., Those people probably didn't know what they were.

We probably do!!! I live in Omaha, Nebraska and see a lot of people & questioned if there black!!!

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It's so obvious it's actually is kinda sad that they went around denying it. Especially the grandad's picture.

She legit looks like Robin's sister .. so she definitely look like a black woman

@@deedeeandmimi6029 exactly

@The Faboulous MizMulata Neither was Robin's mother's hair, she looked to have the same very curly hair as her first cousin Jeanine.

They usually say being jewish is the reason for their kinky hair.

@@doreensika837 they look mix but there are many Jewish white people with kinky hair like them

African dna is the strongest. Cannot run from it.

You are wrong... many mixed race people look all white. Paula Patton is biracial and her son looks 💯 white. The sun dad is robin thick he is all white. But mixed people can look all white

@@PsychicMedium4747 so true. Another example is Victoria Rowell who played Drucilla on the daytime soap Y&R. She is biracial but brown skinned (meaning she looks African American; cant tell she is half white). Anyway her first husband was white and she has a daughter named Maya Fahey who looks 100% white - blond hair and blue eyes; her facial features look white too. I’m going to make a generalization here about what I notice is most biracial people who mix when the mother is biracial and the father is white the children tend to look more unambiguously white. The argument is that the father’s genes is dominant for phenotype which determines their off spring skin color and eye color.

@@DorothyDandridge well actually that is not true. Example, Tia and Timarra both have a white dad and black mom but they look more AA vs Jennifer beals who has a very dark skinned black father and white mom. The singer Halsey has a mixed race dad and white mom and looks all white. So that’s not true. It depends on the father abd mothers genes. Tia has two kids by white hubby and they both look mixed the daughter looks like a regular biracial child but more on the darker side. It is not always always about skin tone but more about facial features and hair texture. Also, if the white parent is dark haired and dark eyes makes a difference verses a white parent who is blond and blue eyes. My case... I am light skinned but on the darker end but my hair texture is def more european ( Mediterranean) so that instantly puts me in a different category by people who are not sure what I am. My fiends are biracial and very light skinned but they have 4 type hair and people see them as AA. So, you see it has more to do with hair texture and facial features. You can be super light but if the hair is 4 c people see you differently vs someone who has European hair and dark skinned

@@DorothyDandridge to me victoria looks biracial though she has white facial features. She does not look west African Bantu

But you can't be anything BUT black culturally if you're parents are black, even if they lie to you as they're going to raise you the way their black parents raised them as they know nothing else.

You ARE Black even if you never experienced the Black culture. Your DNA is African with ad mixture. They're not, NOT Black. Even my Nana's family with their light skin and gray and blue eyes considered themselves Black and did not pass.

@@sparklesp9304 but they're mixed

Here in the states if your daddy blk, then your blk PERIOD, thanx to the good ole jim crow days and not much has changed in this aspect of america. Its up to the individual now- a- days. Like myself im considered multicultural i have equally white and blk on my mothers side. Moms dad mixed with irish and blk from his grandparents,moms mom mixed with white and blk grandparents. My dad 100% blk. I was raised within both households, so i got the best of both worlds. Thats my gg grandma in my thumbnail, my granddad's mom. So my family is all mixed up. There's maybe 10 in the whole family that are not light, im one of the ones not bright, but i have curly mixed girl hair and other caucasian attributes and features.

I wonder if I don’t know some of them!!! Omaha is not that big!!!

Any connection to the Johnson or Norwood families? I am looking myself! Similar story in NC.

@@mariet4004 I can’t say I have seen the names Johnson or Norwood in mine. The names that pop up a lot in my DNA matches are most particularly Bass followed by Richardson, Pettiford mostly. We can’t establish the connection to any of these names because of the records brick wall in my line. Hopefully something opens up to follow the trail again.

@@steveriggan8944 Take it from me, try to open up those brick walls while they are still alive. My great Aunt died with without telling me who my great grandfather was. Apparently it was a secret.

You should look into the Redbone people. They were a mix of African, Native American and white. Some were considered mixed, some white, some black and some their own ethnicity in the different areas they settled.

@@mariet4004 look into the Redbone people, Johnson was a popular surname. Not sure about Norwood though.

Playing the Field Productions Tina Thompson yes so true! A lot of black people would feel like that. Scared . So sad

@@mrjamila88 breaks my heart. Especially as a woman who is passing for white. I don't get that same ugly treatment. But, I see a lot of others who do.

@@TinaThompsonPlayingtheField you're passing for white? Please expound if you don't mind.

a gut punch of reality that Black americans live with the truth about america everything that glitters isn’t gold my american dream is for equality peace and happiness for all is that something that is possible in Black american life .... so far the answer is Hell No :(

@@kiaj.d.5855 of course, I'd be happy to elaborate on that. People who don't know me are most likely to think I am white based on how I look. I don't tell anyone that I am just white or let them believe that, if they assume. I let them know that I am mixed race and Latin. I am about 37% black and about 8% Mexican (the side I grew up with), but, again, the Euro genes are what shows in my light eyes and reddish-blonde hair. I'm an undercover POC, but not by choice.

Jobs, accessibility & acceptance what all people of color have always wanted!!!

That's another group I wish well as they've also been (and are) subjected to indignities. Even the word, "gypsy" is considered a pejorative, though I'm certain it was unintentional here. They're certainly relegated to the margins in France. That said, Black people from Africa suffer as well. On a separate note, it shows vulnerability on the side of both the separated branch and the one that stayed intact for them to make a connection. I wish them all well. The things this nation has put our folks through.

Lol

I was thinking the exact same thing.

Contrary to popular belief there's a lot of white folks that can dance smh. Stereotypes are what's wrong with this world. Instead of seeing how similar we all are folks wanna focus on differences and negative stereotypes.

No... they are mixed race people. No such thing as a light skinned black person. The first slaves were not light at all smh. They are multigenerational mixed race people that simple

@@PsychicMedium4747 that’s not exactly true black people come in all shades and hues. However this family is generationally mixed

@@69freakyboi that’s not true. Prove it. Show me light skinned blacks with no admixture . Show me ancestry dna results.

@@69freakyboi you don’t come in all shades...mixed race blacks come in all shades. Key concept....mixed!

@@69freakyboi wrong...name one?

She said that people kept asking her was she black.

No but her mother told her she was Bohemian? Not her fault though. She prob had an idea she may have had black in the family but she figure why question out of respect for her mom.

@@catgirl24 she didn't even know what bohemian was so how could she identify.

EXACTLY

I guess they never thought their parents would lie to them about who they are.

The Loftons Not if you were taught something else! Hell, you have dark skin people walking around thinking they are white and they know they are black! It’s what you are taught and what you want to accept and believe!!!

@@lwilliams7570 i bet some of the white people around them were suspicious about their appearance. They just probably just kept saying we are gypsies lol

@@BronzeSista lol

I guess it's hard to believe your parents would tell you such a huge lie. I can't imagine finding out everything you knew about where you come from is wrong.

The mother could pass for white the dad looked like he was white but like a darker european like Italian or something. Thought it was funny when some of the sons had afros! Makes me question these white kids from high school with afros!

Actually Becky Jo is black. Both her parents, Willa Mae and Johnny, were black. It's her niece Janine that is mixed. But I'll give Janine the benefit of doubt because she does look like she could be Italian and something else and that something else may or may not be black.

I guess if you keep telling the same lie you will believe it's the truth.

How cute, my grandma was very light with light eyes. I had the pleasure of caring for her before she passed. I once asked if she needed anything & she said, I'm a strong black woman & I'm good!" It was a little funny to me coming from that super light face. It was very admirable at the same time.

@@inmyownwords9798 Being a strong malenated goes deeper than color!

@@MaLiArtworks186 Yes Dear, that was a little sarcasm 😉 I do understand.

Ikr

I know right!!! The things people say and others are willing to accept simply blow my mind. People under pressure to keep up the pretense!

Bohemia is the modern day Czech Republic in central Europe.

@@XantheChed Come through with the facts and not insults!

Yeah she had to explain that tan and curly hair somehow.

I kinda feel the same. You could've reconnected in the 60's or 70's when black became more acceptable

Sharron King Sweetheart, they were trying to survive! You only can go by what you feel now because you cannot pass. Think about it, it was just as hard to not be able to see your family or to have to sneak around your black family and lie to your now, white family. You might or probably think about passing if you could get better housing and schools, racism was not heard of, you had better jobs etc....you really don’t know what you will do or even think about about doing! Black proud was not that great back then due to HEAVY racism!!! I have a set of white family members in Kansas and some black family members in Texas. They were all missing from our tree. I did exactly like Robin and reached out to them and only one showed up to the family reunion and share all the pictures and stories of my 3rd great grandfather parents and siblings. My 3rd great grandfather decided to stay black and live in Texas while his parents and 9 siblings moved to Kansas and passed! Notice Nebraska state is above Kansas!!! I guess these places had a high percentage of white or white people that don’t know they are black 😂 living in these states at that time. FYI...you are only thinking about your current state of mind because I said the same thing!

Sharron King but at the same time the kids didn’t have a choice that weren’t given the chance to know and know she’s giving them the chance to know

Just Me The 60’s during civil rights was more acceptable?🤔

But the family they had after didn’t make that decision. They deserve to know their roots.

They felt the sting in their communities after this came out. Racists never stop being awful to everyone.

you have to remember the historical context. it wasnt just about "looks". it also meant safety, survival, even a chance at success for self and children.

What heritage is that? Nigerian, Congolese, Kenyan? You sound very ignorant. West Africans are not light skinned... what culture do you identify with when you have no idea what tribe you come from. What is your native language? You have no idea lol. You are mixed race... please Sit down

@@PsychicMedium4747 Bruh, you're calling me ignorant? I've seen your RU-vid channel. Stick to your hair growth videos with all of that lip smacking and eye rolling, Miss Thang, or should I call you Miss Cleo since you profess to be a psychic medium? Clown!

@@mickyfingaz 🤣🤣🤣💅🏼

you have to remember the historical context. it wasnt just about "looks". it also meant safety, survival, even a chance at success for self and children.

There's no way one person is all those things. Y'all mixed girls are always reaching and trying to be 'unique'. Ok. 🙄

But what percentage black are you?

@@dawudj2286 enough to know evidently

@@meddeck Of course there is.

Uh, you're actually mixed

Crazier part is I'm confused I didn't see one white looking/ passing person. I wanna go to whatever town they were in cause it's truly colorblind.

Imagine all the shit they have said about black folks 😂😂😂... The trauma of finding out you are half black dayummm

They knew deep down inside and their ancestors did them wrong by not telling them about their heritage

@@KagoM they convinced themselves they're white.

@@jolewis2057 to each his own. All this just showed how stupid old laws were. I mean those white passing folks were afforded all the opportunities based on everyone thinking they were white. Those laws still exist and they are still foolish.

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Because no one black lives in Omaha, the whites there don't know how to identify black features

have u considered ancestry DNA to learn more about your biological family?

Not to mention how black people love one-dropping everyone as white.

I agree with you. Leave them alone at this point.

Family is important. People need to know who they are. Becky was looking for them, too. Did you not hear that in the 1st episode. Family means something to those who are lucky to grow up in a healthy one.

@@user-eu2me4bp7j one- drop rule is the white man's rules. It only not okay for those passing who got or get caught. Passers are black that is why they pass. No matter how you try to reason it, In this instance, maternal and paternal grandparents came from black families.

This had happened with our family as well. The elders basically told them to stay gone. I tried reaching out to white passing cousins when I was young and dumb. Now I feel how the elders feel. ✋🏾Just stay gone, I don't want to teach them anything 🤷🏾‍♀️

When a lie have gone so far its kinda hard to turn it around.

she had to

Excuse me they don't have good hair. Can understand how they are passing for white.

@@DarkNJuju duhhhh... that was just a term that I used.. So just omit Good Hair & call a thing a thing.. They're not white either. It was a joke.. BLOOP

They look mixed race. None look west African

@@DarkNJuju Define the "good hair" that they don't have.

Yeah these people are special on a different level

Not na one

I had to come to comments... cause I'm confused. Like are they serious!?!?

My husband is also from Manning. We have done his ancestry and the results were amazing.

Welllll, "back then" Italians or Spaniards weren't really considered white in the same way a Scottish or Welsh person would be. That's all I can say because the White Club has rules and ya can guess what the first one is. Thanks for coming to my Gaelic Mime Skit lol

Mine goes back to Georgia, 1791 to be exact.