Being Coloured in South Africa

[@KX5Kat]

With how often the word race gets thrown around you’d think people would know what it means. The word race literally means a physical/biological characteristic typically shared by people of a certain area. It has nothing to do with anything outside of biological characteristics such as skin colour, hair texture and colour or facial features. “Couloured” in a South African context is not meant to be understood literally, as it is in the US. On SATURDAY Coloured referred to people of mixed race who were then evicted into places like the Cape Flats where they formed a particular cultural identity that is distinct and rich to this day.

[@jeffbillings-el6110]

Not meant to be understood 🤔🤔🤔 that's dumb 😅😂

[@mrmorris2223]

there is only one race of people the human race many different hues , hues of the black spectrum and hues of the white spectrum

[@oarabileramogale3472]

As a black South African man that grew up in the suburbs and went to "Model C" schools, this really hits home. I'm 27 years old and going through an identity crisis because of this. We really need to be having more conversations like this as a country.

[@hildadavids217]

I am also classified as so called coloured person. My mother is from the Bakgatla tribe and my father from the Pedi tribe. My paternal grandfather is Irish, so that makes me of a mixed race. We lived in Soweto at one stage, but unfortunately we were not accepted there. Especially my Dad and us kids, we were called a derogatory term called boesmans. My mother had a very short fuse and would beat anyone who called us by that name. These were black people who discriminated against us. My maternal grandmother advised my parents to take us to a community who had people who looked like us. We moved to an erea called Kliptown where people of colour lived there everybody lived together in harmony and my mum was accepted there and we lived in peace. So I experienced black racism from childhood. I can talk from experience. My mum is black was accepted by the so called coloured community. I enjoyed living with these beautiful great people. I am happy that my paternal black grandmother advised my parents to do what they did. I speak most African languages. When people scandle about me, I tell them in their own language that I just heard what you said about me. I am say so called coloured people, because we grew up in the Biko era where I considered myself as black and was proud of it. Even my children knew that they were black, but unfortunately they were told that can't be black, look at your features. I don't give a damn what you call me, because I am proud of who I am. My mother would make sure that we visit my grandmother and cousins who were black and participated in any function by the family who were very mixed. I just loved the way my mum raised us as children. I am so proud to be who I am and couldn't be bothered about what people said.

[@isaiahkenny3544]

I feel that exactly that part! Here in the USA it's the same 💩 iiiittt! Colored is referred to as a racist term to all black folk regardless of skin tone! Then us as a people warring with each other crabs in a bucket mentality!

[@khoirev77788]

And now that Bushmen are getting their rights restored, Black tribes now want to claim the Khoi heritage, after dissing Coloureds of Khoi descend for years

[@BlackGold_ZAR]

South Africa needs more of this content. We really do, it is the gateway of beginning to heal our ignorance.

[@brian5238]

Wonderful video, Rinnie! I am an African American who spent four years with my family in Cape Town (Tableview and Durbanville). I met so many wonderful coloured people while there who are great friends till this day. You know that they use to call black Americans colored" at one time as well. Keep up with these great videos, this was both interesting and informative.

[@anthonywillis7634]

As a collective being black, brown and light brown or people being from Black African heritage could all be classified as coloured.

[@evessawallace174]

Hi there, i have met a S. African and learned of ur struggles living in S. Africa. It's similar to the struggles that many people of color face here in America and all over the world. I apprecia* love the fact that you mustered up the strength to speak ur truth. It's a shame that people like you, me and so many others even have to be subjected to such ignorance and pettiness based on skincolor😕. Long story short we are who we are. We've come 2 far to turn back now. Stay strong and continue to fight the ignorance😂. PS: I think we all should be tired of all this black/ white ish by now, who ready to settle for just being called human instead of being classified as a race? Ijs...beyond tired of all of this rhetoric😢.

[@shisuiuchiha480]

I think what would solve the coloured issue is for Coloureds to classify themselves as a cultural group and not a racial group. There’s so much culture in there. Just like how Afrikaners classify themselves as a New Tribe that formed in South Africa (Mixing Dutch, French and German culture). It doesn’t make sense to say coloured is a race when some Coloureds are fully Malay, others are fully Khoi, others are fully San, others are fully Xhosa without mixing. So Coloured is actually a new tribe of some sorts made up of many races who were disadvantaged during Apartheid. Btw I love your accent💯

[@HS-pz3sq]

@JUchiha00 But they became known as coloured when migrating to south africa because the St. Helena people were not classified as such on the island although they're of mixed ancestry?

[@shisuiuchiha480]

@JUchiha00 many black slaves from Mozambique and Angola were also classified as Coloured. Before the land act and force removals, the Coloured term was actually a blanket term for non-whites in the Cape. All non-whites lived together in harmony in District 6 and despite everyone coming from all over the Dutch+British colonies whether black, mixed or Asian - they all lived together and spoke the same language (in same accent) and that’s how the coloured culture was born.

[@Rins_POV]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@AGirlNamedVan]

How would we do that.... There's no 1 way of being coloured. We just undesirables wondering around this country..

[@Tt-iu4vk]

@@AGirlNamedVan You're not an undesirable. Sorry if people ever make you feel that way. I do think that work needs to be done but honestly, I don't know what or how. I'm Xhosa and black. I think a person can be Coloured and Khoi, Coloured and Xhosa, Coloured and Sotho etc. I think there is Coloured culture but there is also another culture or multiple cultures you may also belong to as a Coloured person. The Apartheid regime separated you from some of the cultures but everyone needs to connect not only to the people they have around them, but also their ancestors, their history, the story of their people and have pride in who they are.

[@senzotabethe4311]

You have a beautiful calm demeanour. May God protect & shield you from toxic people as this country is still needing a lot of healing from our separatist past.

[@louismzobe3073]

Live your life. Life is quite too short to worry about what people think about you. You are who you are, period

[@TinyToonStar]

I feel you on the whole "not being/feeling coloured enough". I had a really sheltered early childhood and was practically raised on American television. I've heard plenty of people made comments on my odd "un-coloured" like behaviour. It hurt. Especially coming from family. But I guess I got a little lucky in my life, because the Coloured community (at least in my eyes from what I've seen) seems to be warming up to the idea of Coloureds not conforming to our god awful stereotypes. Or perhaps I'm just surrounding myself with good people. I hope for both our sakes and all our fellow Coloureds' sake that it is the former. -Love from Mitchells Plain

[@ronaldwiley8357]

Since 1994 , coloured people were portrayed in a negative and comical manner in the media , unfortunately the youth has copied what they are taught on tv.

[@virgilpillay]

Same here. What makes it worse was having an Indian surname but looking coloured but not behaving typically "coloured" or typically indian behavior or mannerisms. I get you

[@aidenvister9089]

I'm also from Mitchell's Plain. I barely go out of the house(also a bit of a sheltered upbringing) but these days I go to church during the week at night. I'm a guy and at my church (Old Apostolic Church) it is compulsory for brothers to wear a suit to church and field(where we testify to others or discuss or teachings from church/scriptures). While I was on my way to field when this guy tried to pick a fight with me and said I'm trying to behave like a white person when I'm trying to just embark on my spiritual journey in peace. There also maybe 2 other groups of people who also commented in that fashion but I try not to worry about it much. I'm also an introvert as well so sometimes its difficult to interact with people and I have RBF(resting bitch face)as well which may seem that I look at others in contempt and let them think I think I'm better than them but I'm not really that type of person. It seems my sheltered upbringing is affecting me now in my adulthood when it comes to socializing with people😔

[@StuckUpColouredzaza]

Oh hiiiiii fellow coloured! ❤

[@StuckUpColouredzaza]

​@@virgilpillayOh hiiiiii fellow coloured! ❤

[@Tshimstar]

Watching this video, I see my sister with a heart full of love to share. The color of skin is seen only by those people with a limited ideologies. We all have the same blood color. We are all humans with differents cultures and the skin color should not separate us. Thanks for sharing. Greatings from DR Congo

[@cattycorner8]

Only one race - the HUMAN RACE

[@liveinwisdom3610]

You look Sotho/Xhosa/Khoi-san to me, anyway "coloured" is one of those categories, anyone can claim, if they have a any mixture, and live in a mixed community.

[@draterlarebil4506]

You are most beautiful.

[@ohlangeni]

She thinks she is White this one 🤣

[@invictus9945]

According to South African history Khoi groups intermingled with other indigenous groups a few hundred years back. The Orange Free State belonged to the Korana and the Basotho intermingled and intermarried with them and another Khoi group, the Griqua. Khoi also intermarried with the Xhosa and a whole Khoi tribe assimilated themselves with the Xhosa that is why you see certain Xhosa that look exactly like Coloreds. This groups were called the Inqua, the Giqwa and the amaNgqosini. Formerly independent clans (many of Khoi origin) and chiefdoms in the region became tributary to the amaTshawe and spoke isiXhosa as their main language. The Gqunkhwebe were Khoi.

[@liveinwisdom3610]

@@invictus9945 Yes, there are many Xhosa people, who have like 80% Khoisan ancestry, there are many Xhosa clans, that are mainly of Khoi heritage, you mentioned a few. But the typical Xhosa, Basotho and Tswana person, has anywhere from 20-40% Khoisan, that's at least a great or great great, grand parent who was 100% Khoisan. Its bazaar to me how some people claim that Nguni people are not native to South Africa, but will accept that coloureds are, whereas they are anywhere from 0-15% khoisan ancestry.

[@invictus9945]

@@liveinwisdom3610 Nama is a Khoi group. Go to the Northern Cape you will find them there. They are not 15, 40 or even 80 percent Khoi. They are 100% Khoi. Do a little research on the Nama you will be surprised. We are not talking about clans that have been assimilated into other groups. Ther are still people who identify as Griquas and Koranas which is also Khoi groups.

[@alexanderjoepearce5835]

Erin be preaching what most fear to hear. Truth hurts. 🙏🙏 Keep doing what you doing! ❤️

[@blackcatPB797]

I relate to this a bunch. People in my family have made similar comments about me (not to the same extent, they said it in more of a neutral way), and it definitely made me think on what it means to be coloured more. Thank you for making this video💖💖

[@African1313]

@@nilavansinnathamby9150 black people hate coloured for what reason? Where do you get that? How did you come to that conclusion? Think before you type of comments please

[@thembi9645]

@@African1313 they do hate us, I live in Cape Town Nd I know what I’m taking about. Coloreds here don’t have back bone always side with Afrikaaners just bcz they speak The same language. They never stand with us at all. Don’t know why u hate us, undermine us but u Colored

[@African1313]

@@thembi9645 I won't debate with you on this one because there's red flags and I hope that I am wrong. There's also those but not a lot who I believe genuinely like us

[@rcafmaintainer3723]

Great video, just be a good person to others, regardless of skin tone, and it will come back to you. You be you, don't live up to anyone else's ideals.

[@mbonganidube]

As an African Male from your accent and the way you look, full lips, flat nose, I thought you were a light skinned Black Xhosa African lady. I guess not to prejudge is the key to understanding peoples backgrounds without outright telling someone what he or she is. I have lived with the Coloured community in JHB since 2008 its now 2023 and I have been treated with the outmost respect. I can confirm that all the stereotypes I had about Coloured people as an African male is all gone, and I have also taught them about African/Black culture. Its actually refreshing to live with people until you forget that you come from different back grounds, when you look at each other you see another human being NOT racial stereotype. I used to catch THE FIRST taxi every morning with a lady who only spoke English and couldnt speak Afrikaans, she was open to tell us that she had never been accepted as a coloured when she moved to Johannesburg because of that. She grew up in Durban, spoke English and understood Zulu only. Moved to JHB as an adult to live with family, the family spoke Afrikaans as a first language...SHOUT OUT TO RIVERLEA EXT. ZOMBIE. BOKSTRAAT. EXT 5. EXT 10.👋👋👋👋 AWEH!

[@p.t.9709]

It’s interesting to hear your story. Thank you for sharing it. Believe it or not, the false perceptions about the association of race, speech and cultural practices lead to the same misstatements being made all over the world. I’ve heard such things in the US most of my life. Same thing in Canada, The Philippines, east Africa, etc. My dear, you are a wonderfully made creation of our Heavenly Father. Yet you are not yet all you will be. So be intentional about the person you’re becoming. There’s greater fulfillment in pursuing purpose than fitting in. Noone fits in with everyone anyway.

[@teranikadouglas6612]

Beautiful personality and individual...don't change for anyone. Some people are jealous or have limited ideologies.

[@nonhlanhlapreciousRadebe]

Thank you for making this video. Peace and 💛

[@RobertEarlMylroie]

Coloured people are beautiful and should be very proud of themselves!!

[@Nikolizky]

You could be any Sotho or Tswana girl from Northern Cape, North West or Free State to me.

[@lindelwanothandongcobo8863]

@KJ V it’s true though even in Nigeria theres black girls like her they are all over Africa and even lighter then her

[@tietie_and_nanna786]

@@lindelwanothandongcobo8863 not all just about skin colour bruhh

[@ozmphahlelele9592]

I see coloured as culture than skin colour... every province you go to they all different in culture.

[@epinvestigation6291]

WOW!! I'm planning on relocating there (Cape Town) this year from the US. This information about being Coloured is new to me. I'm thinking I'll be considered Coloured when I arrive to SA. In the US I'm considered Black (African American). I visited Cape Town three times and I didn't feel any prejudice from the White's or the Black's. It could be that we all were tourist. Thanks again for sharing this information.~Cheers

[@AGirlNamedVan]

For the most part you won't even notice these things that people would face..which is OK. generally it's not really an issue though. I think as an American we will accept whatever you say you are. In cape Town it's wierd though. We will know by the accents that someone is from cape Town. It was just all apartheid tactics and its sad. Cape Town mixed people are quite complexed it cannot be defined as she says as black and white

[@masonldn8647]

SA is so backwards still in my opinion when it comes to race, it's like everyone is so focused on what makes us different. Good luck down there, British guy and i was looking at buying a farm down there but I stepped back solely because of this.

[@jefe.theciskokid]

What's making you move to Cape Town? *if you don't mind me asking* As a fellow American who's been to CPT numerous times. I'd love to move there

[@invictus9945]

@@masonldn8647 Blame it on 400 years of oppressive history coupled with divide and conquer strategies employed by the very same people you share a home country with. People were categorized in ethnic groups, encouraged to distrust each other to stir up tribal strife, and discouraged to unify, but it failed dismally. It is not a race thing but rather a tribe or ethnic group thing! We are overlooking our differences and focus more on our similarities most of the times. That is how we have survived what most African nations failed at!

[@PHlophe]

@@AGirlNamedVan the accent and the demeanour distinguishes people. i was in cape town in Mei and i will be back in October for a few more weeks . I tried to do the whole "stay silent" to pass incognito . people can detect me easy. I bough a bunch of local clothes to blend in and still stuck out. i got frustrated trying to pass myself off as a local . It just didn't work. Of course i also found out local black people can perfectly differentiate light skinned black people from mixed race ( i know it sounds dumb but i went in thinking they didn't) they see people and things exactly as they actually across the board.

[@KatrinaInStride]

In America, we have the same issues. If a light-skinned black or even a black person speaks proper English and not with slag, they will be asked "why do you sound white?" Or "why do speak like you are a white person?" It's associating proper speaking with only white people (Caucasian people). It's still a type of discrimination and an insult to think that because you are coloured you cannot sound like you are educated. I can see why African-Americans can relate to coloureds and blacks in South Africa. Remember you are beautiful because of who you are, you cannot separate who you are from your skin color. All of YOU is beautiful! 😊

[@jacquesdonaldsam9648]

Thanks for sharing your inner thoughts ; just remember what counts is how you feel you as a person … tint has no meaning in this evolving world of diversity, just live your life through ❤😊

[@Beven-z4b]

Im from wentworth durban a coloured community...so i am mixed with zulu indian and British on my mom's side and fijian Mauritian and Germany on my dad's side so my look is very different to the average looking coloured...i find that people cannot place me cos of my look....i am very close to my Fijian side..i in courage coloured people to find out more about their history...

[@KYRA_FX]

Don’t worry my bro. I was born in Mariannridge and moved to JHB when I was 2. I have pretty much the same ancestry as you. People are always confused about my race because im brown/ tan with long curly/wavy hair, a flat nose and almond eyes. 😂 In JHB people will tell me I don’t “look” or “sound” coloured. Wtf is that supposed to mean ? Because we don’t have a look or one accent. I don’t even speak Afrikaans which is their expectation 😂

[@mronewallahbinmeer1567]

​@KYRA_FX same but more Indian mixed the one time one black dude called me a coloured kuli😅

[@Beven-z4b]

@KYRA_FX so true my brother

[@xpressivemusic4578]

this is a lesson on culture, if you are raising a kid and want a kid to "fit in" a particular community you let them learn the culture this is why my folks made sure I spend some holidays in the township to pick up the culture, where I struggle is the culture in the villages, I will try to get my child exposed as much as possible. otherwise good video

[@conquestmedia2490]

I'm South African, and I see coloureds as black, unless they have straight hair. Period

[@Rins_POV]

Genuine question: Why does hair make you think differently about how you view coloureds?

[@conquestmedia2490]

@@Rins_POV because kinky or tightly curly hair is an exclusive trait for Black people. I dont see an Indian that's darker than me as black, and i don't look at you and see a different race from me. I also know that coloureds are not genetically homogenous - what links them is culture. Let's hear your genuine response..

[@Rins_POV]

Interesting point you have:) When I think about hair and hair types I personally don't associate it with a certain race exclusively:) thank you so much for your response though☆

[@Matthew-qc1xz]

@Conquest Media The reason it makes no sense is because coloured people are so mixed. Two coloured parents could have a a child with kinky hair and a child with straight hair. It happens so often. The Apartheid government often used a "pencil test" to classify people into these groups and families were TORN APART based on the same arbitrary nonsense about straight/kinky hair you're talking about now. There's alot of trauma for coloured people too and it seems others in our country don't recognise that.

[@Matthew-qc1xz]

@cool 123 Not a different race though, just multiracial like she says in the video. Cape Coloured people have mostly Bantu, KhoiSan, South East Asian and European ancestry. All people of mixed background were socially segregated by the Apartheid government. There are other groups with similar ancestry in other Southern African countries.

[@Millions_Knives777]

I am coloured but I don't identify with with the entire coloured culture thing. I grew up with American media and mostly interacted with foreigners so it shaped me as I am.

[@StuckUpColouredzaza]

It's truly a BEAUTIFUL thing being coloured! I love how we support each other! I love how our stories are relatable to US. Nobody else get it but US! I remember my peaceful upbringing, with mum and dad playing Jimmy Swaggert *spelling* and others on a Sunday morning - music just flowing through the high ceilings accompanied by mamma's kos! And she would shout from upstairs "moenie die deksel afhaal" (don't open the pot's lid!) Hahahaha... My naughty sister would put on Judy Boucher, you know when 😂 Saturday morning (every Saturday) dad pulled a Serena and Venus' dad on my other sister. Every Saturday morning she had to wake up super early for tennis practise with her tennis coach!!! I felt so sorry for her. It was hectic! I remember the bake offs between my mum and I. I still maintain that my chocolate cake is much better than hers but her cookies were better than mine, by a long shot! I don't have nearly enough space to delve into so much more of my experiences of growing up in a coloured household. But ja, those were the days!!! Coloured people are beautiful, stunning and downright amazing!x

[@matthewmann8969]

Coloureds were used as a buffer group between Europeans, Asians, And Africans yeah

[@PHlophe]

Matt , the same way that Creoles in Lousianna were used as a buffer between whites and black people . in Brazil its the Pardo that are used as buffer. same story different language and place lol!

[@gilsondekazan6852]

I'M HERE IN BRAZIL AND FOLLOWING EVERYTHING IN BRICS COUNTRIES.

[@lebo5281]

As long as the culture and the cuisine are there, you are coloured enough. Griqua, Cape Malay, etc are all different. The accent, complexion, hair texture, colour of eyes, manners etc. are all stereotypes of a certain idea of what coloured is. Upbringing and socialisation play a huge part in how we turn out.

[@thato596]

Hair texture , skin tones , eye colour that is what makes you a specific race.

[@lebo5281]

Throw those away asseblief when you speak of coloured identity Thato.

[@tiagreen6848]

Coloured should be a culture rather than a race I’m mixed race (black and white) and I don’t even identify as coloured. I feel like it just creates more division amongst us people of colour you’re a beautiful girl though don’t get me wrong. Don’t let labels get to you it used to phase me until I stopped seeking validation and acceptance from a community to be myself be who you are you don’t need validation or acceptance from anyone. We are all one big race the human race.

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

Right. Society so bent on labels and so little talk about character, personality and skills. But I agree the "colured" situation in South Africa is a sensitive one. Then again, I feel that coloured has more clarity than "light-skinned black" that's like saying yeah someone is black, but not fully. I classify as Afro-Latina because I am of African and European Spanish heritage and More. It's about culture not just pigment.

[@berserk9085]

Division? Really? And why in the US the one drop Rule was established instead of of a mixed Category?

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

@@berserk9085 One drop rule in the U.S. is cleary a supremacy mindset regardless of who promotes it. Trying to establish racial purity to that extreme? What else can you call it. People are not better if they are so-called pure race or mixed race it's just about acknowledging one's full identiy. But not all of us who are mixed are directly linked to colonizing since today so many choose love with people of opposite backgrounds.

[@grahamsolomons453]

Narratives like black and white creates division. Its solely politically motivated. The truth is all ethnic groups are mixed in some or the other way. Coloureds are multi racial looking like all races , dark skin , brown , light in complexion , with Indian , Chinese , African , European features. We are the only ethnic group with all shades and skin types we don't discriminate. That's the reason for why we are called (Coloured) and which we are proud of it. That's us..... African -Coloureds. Capish?

[@FerderSBV]

How would you like to be the head of the new race classification board post 1994? What a stupid thing to suggest from a race to a culture as it is somehow a promotion?

[@yolandawheelington5284]

Very interesting definition. It describes Black Americans. We have a very diverse ancestry and we can look ver6 different. We consider ourselves to be Black or African American.

[@kiaramorgan4120]

Even within black American ethnicity there is the Louisiana Creoles of Color who are more mixed than the average Black American with French and Spanish and native heritage.

[@yolandawheelington5284]

@@kiaramorgan4120 Yes we are all very mixed up. Some more, some less. At the end of the day, we are all considered black (Black American).

[@zeeqq105]

@@yolandawheelington5284 I’m African American and I’m 91.1% African and my lineage goes back to the late 1600s in this country. I even have some cousins who have no European dna. Oprah is also one no euro dna. So this myth that we are all mostly missed is false. The problem is they lump all biracial and mixed race people in the statistics which makes it a lower percentage of African dna. No way in hell would I call myself colored or mixed.

[@PHlophe]

@@yolandawheelington5284 Babes, in my time in america most black americans are not "mixed up" , they are just good Ole africans abroad . No need to pretend otherwise to blur the lines because they are not. a bit of admixture isn't a "mix" They look it , they sound like it . i could be in a different building and hear a voice and know its a Black person . and they do have all of proper african body types .

[@real8551]

Why do AA think you all have and own the rights to address everything race and identity. You have your system in the US and South Africans have their way of doing business. Stop inserting your opinion and way and thinking everyone has to follow the AA way. Y’all have your own inter group issues and life ain’t that perfect and pristine .

[@thamimatshaya7921]

Benni McCarthy is coloured and Pearl Thusi is black let me live it there...

[@AGirlNamedVan]

It's more culture..... Thusi grew up in a black home I suppose... She has her african culture, family community. Benny is coloured he grew up in a coloured home and area. That's why if some one said coloured is black I'd be ok with it... But we don't do cultural things that you maybe know and grew up with. Most times I wish I had an actual black culture I could identify with. I spent 6yrs in Pretoria and was amongst all races...it was amazing. Black people are so pro of their customs and traditions. I come back to cape Town and I'm just another coloured in a coloured area. I can't wait to get out of this place again. Be a citizen of the world again.

[@akhelethumatikinca6500]

i think Benni should be black and Pearl thusi should be coloured 🤣🤣

[@grahamsolomons453]

Pearl Thusi is mixed race.

[@grahamsolomons453]

Pearl Thusi is Bi-racial , mixed ...black and white

[@tigerzulu759]

​@@grahamsolomons453 Pearl Thusi's parents are actually both black/ African. Zulu to be precise. She could be a" throw back" much like Sarah liang

[@priscakoster5719]

It is a problem bt I will advise you'll to ignore anyone who feel you'll not good enough to be one of them ,just embrace yourself because you are special ,just because you are privileged some people get jealous and try to put down with an intent to make you doubt yourself , ignore them klaar, they are not with it ,never feel guilty for being yourself ❤❤🙏

[@kurtboswell8278]

i will say this, as a cape coloured that looks extremely white, my cousins and family did the same. my dad out of all his siblings was the only one that forced himself into Uni, got his law degree and successful career, even inspired a few of my cousins to pursue a career in law. he did the most for me to have better oppotunities and be better than he was. so i understand this feeling like you dont belong, but i will say this all the crap my cousins gave me when the things get real i know they have my back.

[@normansindana4366]

Variety is spice of life. Live you and be you.

[@simphiwerini9652]

In Cape Town majority of Colourds are actuall of Asian /european /some mix that woth Africsn ancestory indian malay europian.

[@deusdedittusubira315]

thank you for sharing your experience. Many people want to box other people into their definitions and stereotypes

[@hassandavis]

Thank you for sharing. Parents need to do a far better job in raising their families.

[@quietstorm677]

Please keep being yourself. God made you who you are. Blessings

[@EmmanuelBediako-yg8ne]

If the white man didn’t settle in Africa,there wouldn’t have been all these colored nonsense

[@ronwinevanwyk9663]

coloureds must know that we are all not the same and our culture also differ from place to place im from northen cape and people must know that its not only cape coloureds that exist in SA

[@lydiaboyes5123]

God loves us that is all that matters💕🙏🏼. Appreciate this video

[@imeldamayer-taylor2783]

Lots of processing still to be done, by adressing the problematic, you are moving in the right direction. I grew up in Cape Town as a Cape Coloured during apartheid. I've moved abroad, due to my husband , I was forced to leave the country, due to a stupid law, Immorality Act. Anyway, I did a DNA test, 12 different ancestries and have come to realise, I belong to the human race. I live my life and don't care about the opinions of others. I work with children abroad and not once did a child ask me about my race or ethnicity . They accept me as I am, maybe later they'll start to ask questions.

[@normansindana4366]

My dear stand your ground and be yourself no matter what people say. You are who you are and let those lame thinking people, white or coloured or black. Just keep going.

[@nhlanhlahawksleynyuswa6245]

Why am I seeing this only now..? So... My dad is a English White man and my mom is a 100% Zulu women from KwaZulu Natal,I'm light in skin colour, I have soft curly hair, speak English and isiZulu. I don't know whether it's because I grew up in KZN but ive always considered myself Black! Yes mixed raced but Black! I don't have a problem with people who say they are "Coloured" but I feel there's a difference between mixed raced and coloured. Even when filling in formal form's where it says race I've always ticked Black. I love my dad's side of the family but I've always told my Gran and aunt's that I'm not White or Coloured, don't even feel White or Coloured. I practice Zulu traditions and even have iSphandla on my left arm. I've never dated Coloured or White but grew up in a predominantly White community and went to a private school Shoutout (Northwood boy's) even though I had people around me, I've always hung around my kind which is Black! Yes I look almost White, actually lighter than most coloured people I know... I guess I took more to my dad's side of the family physically,my hair is actually softer than the coloured race hair. So what I'm trying to say is when you are mixed raced with one parent being Black, I don't care how light or White you look... Nigga you as Black as you feel and it's the stronger gene either physically or a matter of feeling! Coloured is not Mixed race! I love people of all colour and race though

[@PHlophe]

Sir, you seem to have a very deep knowledge about Zulu traditions, You need to give us more details about the Ispanda and many other traditions. a Good set of info about those would be welcomed because its soooo frustrating to seek out informations about marriage ( names of attires , necklackes , headbands ) , birth, naming ceremony , medicine tradition , clan names and geolocal traditional names online. i;'d be spending daaaaays to look for one information .its soooooo much i wanna know about the Zulu tradition. I am a taker, provide sources I would devour. because you see virtually all videos online are about vlogs and the odd lobal negotiation.

[@nhlanhlahawksleynyuswa6245]

@@PHlophe Whatever you wish to know that I have information on... Whatever I'm not informed I could always find out from elders.

[@zuluuyasabeka9303]

The funny thing is I was going through the comments and I see everyone mention coloureds from all over the country besides the ones from Durban. And from growing up around coloureds in KZN, most of them never have an issue with identifying with Zulu people & Indians. We even use the same urban slang here. As a result, we’ve honestly never had any tensions amongst coloured & black communities. It’s really important to integrate with locals if you don’t wanna feel like an outcast.

[@nhlanhlahawksleynyuswa6245]

@@zuluuyasabeka9303 True

[@thestream1]

We all human. We are enough. We are fully accepted.

[@jsavage4382]

u deserve more subscribers queen

[@Rins_POV]

Oh my days, thank you so much❤🌼

[@pmambongwe8640]

You look like one of us yazi. Thought you're from one of the black tribes And you're right which is why some colored people shouldn't claim we as black SAns don't belong here, only they do. If we came here from somewhere else then so did they as you say but now ALL colored people claim to be indigenous and it would be hard to tell who is a actually a Khoi and who's not. We're all SAns now

[@la23s.a.22]

We should just remove race and parenting should promote respect to all regardless of race but rather morals and ethics .This whole thing is unecassary. Take my maternal gran for example ,she is very short,medium-brown scratchy skin.Her maternal grandad was portuguese , Idk which region (she says he was obsessed with straight hair) .Her paternal grandad was zulu(she never met him) her mom was pitch black despite her dad being fair skinned . She never hated either .I think our problems are more to do with culture,in which the N.P. divided us. Anyways God bless sis🥰

[@tpmash]

They’re indigenous to Cape Town!

[@calmingbabysleep1256]

Same here. I always felt too white for the coloured people, too colored for the white people. Thank you for sharing this❤

[@karabo3974]

You very beautiful and look more Tswana or Xhosa that's what I assumed before you said you coloured

[@mpho438]

And you guys are beautiful goddamn.

[@kennethjohnson1020]

Different country same game!! This is such an old tactic of confusion and division that continues to get major benefits to the dominant society.

[@inaivanova3345]

Hi, Rinnie! 👋 I have a Facebook friend who is from Cape Town and he is also coloured. I don't know where this stereotype about the violence comes from, but I can absolutely seriously say that he's the most wonderful person that could possibly exist. Honestly... He is so smart, gentle, profound, interesting... Just such a beautiful soul. I truly admire him for everything he is. That's why I wanted to learn more about the coloured community in South Africa and the struggles you face. So, thanks a lot for the insight! It was helpful. Sending much love from Bulgaria! 🙏🙃💖🇧🇬🇿🇦

[@Rins_POV]

Hello Ina:) Thank you so much for your kind words. Please send my greetings to your friend in Cape Town☆ Sending much much love here from S.A🇿🇦

[@ryanholmes4027]

Would be african american in the usa yet 1 drop rule background there. Yet many groups like such exist world wide creoles latinos in particular theres even iranian black mixed people

[@la23s.a.22]

Remove it all ,Brazil is the best multi-ethnic ,multi-racial country .Idc what ya'll say.USA and S.A. is lacking in that regard.

[@la23s.a.22]

If it weren't for Hendrik Verwoerd and his predecessors ,S.A. would've had the racial demographic of Brazil and hopefully no racial classification.Coloured ideology isn't cool ,the culture doesn't promote happiness and freedom ;instead pressure and confusion. Unrelated fact abt my ancestors: My maternal great ,great granpa is Portuguese and paternal great great grandad is Zulu and many more inbetween .

[@namoabeng6079]

U aren't special in any way 😂😂

[@la23s.a.22]

@@namoabeng6079 I know 💀

[@lindelwanothandongcobo8863]

Nice

[@lindelwanothandongcobo8863]

Yes that’s true,I was thinking about that today I have a mixed son I’m Zulu

[@johnfleming7879]

you are very pretty to me- and you seem very dignified

[@Rins_POV]

Thank you so much 🤍🤍

[@soniabechus5122]

You’re a beautiful daughter of God🙏💐

[@Rins_POV]

All glory to God💖💖💖💖

[@earnestgildon8608]

The struggle is real! **Hugg**

[@frankmthembu4623]

Please touch on the Anti-Blackness in the coloured community, I’m generalising of course.. but there’s quite a lot of racism from coloured people and it’s more of the young people now than those who were born before 94 because elder coloured people are more kinder to me than my peers … we have celebrities speaking about it, even other so called coloured people talk about it on Tik Tok even here on KZbin so please don’t start arguing with me because I know what I’m talking about.. I live in a township near Ennerdale and I went to school in Lenasia.. like I don’t understand what’s the root of it because as a Black person I grew up like next to coloured people and Indian people my mom used to work as a domestic for a Indian man and when I went to those areas i get very hostile treatment and I can feel that no man I’m Black here and they treat me black when I go into a store it’s more likely that I get followed around and be suspect of stealing something, and when I pass a car parking somewhere they lock their doors when they see a black guy showing up and sadly I’ve been the K word more by coloureds than white people then some say it’s a Coloured thing when I asked them but when I walk pass they playing Kwaito, Amapiano etc don’t like the people but like their music🥲 for me it’s sad because for the longest time I always viewed coloured people as being mixed race black people who speak a different language.. we have so many similarities but we just constantly look at our differences. It’s not like we live better lives than y’all and we all know it, we literally the face of poverty here. So why??

[@invictus9945]

Coloreds are also anti- Colored for your information! Coloreds from the Northern Cape are called names when they enter Gauteng or even the Western Cape and vice versa. Outside Coloreds (guys mostly) are sometimes not allowed to date in certain areas up until you are known by a fair amount of guys in that certain area. Colored guys get stabbed or shot at if they enter certain Colored areas where they are not known. We are very territorial even to our own. We have been listening to South African music for centuries and never regarded it as "Black" music like Brenda Fassie, Stimela, Sydney, Blondie Makhena, Trompies, TKZee, Athur, Mawillies, Boom Shaka and many more, because we are regarded as non Whites also. We were born in Africa and no one can take our Africaness out of us. What is your actual problem???

[@frankmthembu4623]

@@invictus9945 Bro I’m talking about being Anti-Black from Coloured people to Black people not Anti Colouredness from other coloureds, you think we don’t have our own issues like tribalism depending on where you are and black on black violence and it’s not the first you heard of that I’m sure so deal with your territory issues and bro why you talk like we have it far more easier emakasi? I’m sure you don’t even wish to live where I’m from, You think we can date or go wherever we want and just bounce through crowds and locations just njee?? Dawg come on!! You shifted the whole tide of what I’m saying just to put yourself in the limelight, and ignored everything else I said and what I said is not something that you are not aware of…. About the South African music being created by mostly by black people who belong to Non White social structure as you say does make sense to me plus I made it clear to you when I began writing this that I’m generalising of course👈🏽👈🏽👈🏽 and y’all being in fact black people in the broader picture of things and no one can take away your Africaness but as a Black person Im African first before being a South African individual , music and language and culture is the only thing I can say we OWN and is just us being who we are hence the referral to it as being BLACK music because it’s a part our identity… but how can you be proud of your Africaness but be prejudice and anti-black to other Africans when the government fucks up it’s no more the South African governments it’s called the BLACK!! government, we are referred to as they and them, the Blacks… THEY are taking all the jobs, THEY are the criminals… but when South Africa is thriving and improving the in media and what not than suddenly it’s the words Proudly South African I hear everywhere it seems like there a certain hierarchy in your Africaness that can switch whenever you feel like it, at least you can identify as two people BLACK and COLOURED based on what you seem lives up to you and your peoples standards which is a privilege you have but I can never change or switch because bound to my Ethnicity wherever I go… My problem is the Anti-Blackness.. making fun of kinky and nappy hair, even to other Coloured people who are dark skin and have nappy and kinky hair you make fun of them, when I was young I had a Coloured girlfriend but she told me her father wouldn’t be happy if he saw her with a black dude, the reference to other Black ethnic groups who are non KhoiKhoi and San Black South Africans and being and visitors outsiders in South Africa, associating black people with nothing good or fruitful.. I’ve seen posts of on Facebook of Black people saying Coloured Girls are beautiful but never have I seen the opposite being done, calling of the K word.

[@invictus9945]

@@frankmthembu4623 I could have taken what you have written to me as proof against your first opinion! You have just said stuff to me what I actually wanted to say to you. Thanks for proving my point that all Black South Africans can be tribalistic and it will hurt the other tribes just as much as it hurts us! Coloreds is just another tribe that also become territorial even against its own just like Zulus for instance becomes territorial against others and their own many times. It is a South African thing created by years of racism Apartheid and White Supremacy to keep Black people from experiencing each other. Read your latest comment again, but now see it from a Colored or another tribe's perspective.

[@frankmthembu4623]

@@invictus9945 what you talking about all BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS.. we can live together and intermarry with each other as we choose with no problem it depends on the individual and where in South Africa you from, if you from a rural Venda homeland and a Sotho person arrives chances are stereotypes will arrive based on that person because of their tribe but never tribal violence because we all the same the eyes of non black people , black on black violence in the streets is what you see in the townships and that’s a much bigger issues than tribalism because almost all black Africans can speak multi language and identity with many tribes just as myself I can actively say that I’m Ndebele,Zulu,Tswana but I identify as Zulu because my father has a majority Zulu family …I’m Zulu but my parents build in a rural area in the north west where my mom is from and they actually accept us what you mean ALL?? If you were a black person and lived in the townships you’d know this and understand this instead of looking at it with your stereotype eyes and based on what you heard. I mean when last have you heard that Zulu people or any other people are killing or being violent to other tribes? I hear what you said and I acknowledge somethings that you say but let’s get back to the anti blackness in the coloured community towards the dark skins (us black people)?

[@invictus9945]

@@frankmthembu4623 Where I come from a lot of Coloreds have Xhosa, Tswana or Sotho surnames! Where I come from a lot of marriages between Xhosa , Colored or Tswana and Colored happens and it is not a problem to us. What is your problem? You desperately wants to date a Colored lady without knowing how to! You want to date Colored ladies with a Zulu mindset? You will fail!

[@markevans7269]

Dont matter what you are .your a beautiful young women ❤🌷🌹

[@mronewallahbinmeer1567]

In south africa, if a black mixed asian be considered more coloured than a white mixed asian???

[@AuntyKarena]

They used to call Africa Americans colored in the 1900’s-1950’s. Such an outdated term.

[@welcometototalitarianism812]

I'm American. From my experience, SA Coloureds like that term. Strange.

[@blklex71]

Very interesting. I can relate and I am from the U.S. there are some differences here but you could basically be having the same conversation here. Do you have to fill out documents in SA that ask for a race category?

[@Rins_POV]

Hi hi:) Yes, we do:) Usually our document race categories include 'Black, White, Coloured, Indian or Asian'

[@nyoni_tour6677]

It´s not your fault I also go through this in europe grow up just like you white area moved to the city worked among collegues was finally happy being among my black people and the same happend to me from my black collegues I´m just cought up like you and looking for my soul. been ther done that it´s hard. here.

[@TheHoodVoice2024]

No disrespect she look just like my daughter and my daughter is Black American on both sides. I have pictures on my page if you want to look

[@avi8tor971]

I'm a white SA MALE and I think that the colored women ate the most BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

[@chriscross2209]

😎As jou oupa jou nou moet hoor, word jy onterf.. Hy sal jou ouma roep en se; vrou bring dai sweep die klong het jungle fever 😂😂😂😂

[@avi8tor971]

@@chriscross2209 🤣🤣🤣 DIS OKAY 👌

[@Rins_POV]

Ek lag my sommer klaar😂😂😂

[@vernongoldstone1956]

Coloreds and Blacks in SA have very different traditional and cultural practices.

[@masonldn8647]

Move to UK love, you are just a regular lady up here, the best thing you will ever do

[@alicegauteng2358]

She is South African why should she move to the UK. Every society has its own issues. We will work on our issues in SA and dont need foreigners with their hollier than though attitude

[@shun9862]

Praat yo Praat sister! we know wat you sayin🎯

[@keepitreal888-gnc]

In the earlier days in England, black people were called colored. If colored is the definition for mixed or multiple race people, most of the black people in the Caribbean and America are colored. Because most of the black people in those parts of the world have multiple ethnicities. This is a very complex subject that came out of European colonization and slavery. So, I don't think people should be getting upset or cursing out one another. It's a very complex issue that has different meanings in each country.

[@Unsweetened8618]

I'm glad you South Africa, have a Mixed Race category. Y'all need y'all own space.

[@anthonytesla8382]

You must have a lot of Khoisan ancestry. Very cool.

[@lindelwanothandongcobo8863]

I don’t see the eyes thing is there are light skinned black people that are even lighter then her all over SA and Africa

[@siyabongabiyela3497]

1st time watching this video. I once attended "coloured school ", for like 6 years between primary and secondary school in Durban n I thought I know their violence until I came to joburg, the shootings in CAPETOWN etc . Coloured people are violent (gangsterism perspective) I grew up knowing it's their nature as they're humans like everyone else. Media can add to the negative narrative like they usually do to other races and or other issues. Over and above coloured people are like every one else, they're humans too, they are good n bad like others, n of course there are beautiful coloured females like every other race out there

[@mochileiro21]

I know a white guy, who speaks like colours, because he grow up in a colour area.

[@Marshae-vw1nn]

What you describe is something familiar to the African Diaspora. Many feel like our "card" is questioned cause we do not think or speak the same way. But we also often deal with a class that has more socio-economic power. So your story about them not seeing your color is almost universally understood. While you may share a culture with others who are all genetically mixed, I don't think it can be ignored that there are subgroups where microaggression and discrimination may not be experienced the same way. The world is not black and white; everyone has a heritage and what naturally flows. You speak like a soft-toned black woman. That can be criticized as "white". But also, your mannerisms and overall demeanor align with a woman from the African/Black Diaspora. That's not to take away from your unique culture and history. We are not the same. But some nuances are almost universal for black/Africans.

[@ThabisaPenze]

The sad part is in South Africa you don't get to choose your race it is assigned to you at birth based on your parent's race.

[@sydneyhlungwani286]

When coloured people travel outside South Africa do they call themselves coloured or black? Imagine being in Europe or Usa.

[@neeo-neolithicmrme5614]

Ok I dnt wanna comment ciz i dn't wanna sound discriminatory bt i dnt get how we lettin this separate us coz dat word was imposed on us to separate us, I never knew my father he was from a "Coloured Community" & i was called "Coloured" bt i always say if am "Coloured" then am "Coloured " Black or jst African & i dnt like to use the Word "Coloured" coz it leads to more separation. "Coloured" is not a Race, We are nt Labels, We are Humans and we suffer 2dae bcoz we forgot 2b Humans. Don't mean 2 Offend any1.Love & Peace...

[@adesanyaalexander2069]

Love your contents

[@Rins_POV]

Oh my word!!! thank you for the support:)))

[@zebmakotoko3778]

@@Rins_POV You are a beautiful black women . Period. Thats the only group you will be comfortable with in life. Abroad you are black.

[@maureenjackson2041]

@@zebmakotoko3778 She is indeed black, coloured is an apartheid term created by the former Afrikaner nationalists to divide people. Anywhere else outside South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia these people would be seen as black.

[@zebmakotoko3778]

@@maureenjackson2041 Great ! Maureen . You are a sweet awesome lady . All the best. Stay safe.

[@davidgeorgephera5307]

@@maureenjackson2041 I agree. I don't think we should even identify as coloured, 1 : we dd not name ourselves coloured. 2: Everywhere else we gonna seen as black. I for one wouldn't wanna have to explain to each in every new country or place I to having to explain what coloured really mean in South Africa. Black is just fine for me.😊

[@darrelldamon2745]

I see you as a light skin black woman

[@mbusovilakati6020]

@KJ V lol....What if he said "i see you as a white woman"?....i bet you wouldn't even replied to this comment...because it hurts you if black people don't see you as what the white man wanted us to view you.She so black to me...This is what makes Africans special when it comes to skin colour..We can be born from the same mother and father and without mixing with any other race at all....but our skin tone wont be the same...some are more darker and some become more lighter skin like her...So we are very sorry if sometimes we don't see you different from us...because you so much wish to be white that's why most of you have so much anger towards black people.because you have us in you...your hair and everything just cries our black...Black is beautiful and so diverse....keep fighting yourselves....the black mother and father is very powerful..we have all the coloures..that's why everyone is against us and always want us to see ourselves as not important people...Soon the black man will find themselves and their true self...no more being viewed as the lesser race than the white,Indians and so called coloured...most of you without black people wouldn't exist..so you need some black in you...acknowledge your black ancestors.dont look down upon them...remember your black grannies and mothers were the ones who took good care of you and when the white didn t want you...Black is power....

[@grahamsolomons453]

You contradicting yourself.....yellow cant be red.

[@darrelldamon2745]

@@grahamsolomons453 I am using "black" as a noun not a verb or "black" instead of African

[@lindelwanothandongcobo8863]

@@mbusovilakati6020 there are black people even more lighter then this lady and with blonde hair

[@ThabisaPenze]

You look Xhosa/Khoi to me absolutely beautiful

[@karlos_infamous]

I just have a question. Why do most Coloureds wear Xhosa/Zulu attire during Heritage Day? Don't Coloureds have their own traditional/cultural attire?

[@masonldn8647]

They do not have 1 single culture that's the issue.

[@karlos_infamous]

@@masonldn8647 oh, ok. I also heard that coloureds refused to be called “black/bantu” because they are mixed with other ancestry and they don’t speak/practice indigenous African languages, traditions and culture.

[@ferdykeyz4583]

@@karlos_infamous coloureds are a mix of different races and they have different ancestry backgrounds so they're not a race per se but more of the dialect and lifestyle basically.

[@karlos_infamous]

@@ferdykeyz4583 can you please explain the “lifestyle” part further? Like, what is a particular lifestyle only found among coloureds?

[@ferdykeyz4583]

@@karlos_infamous based on culture,colored culture.

[@nomadictravelerfromTx]

You would be considered a beautiful light-skinned black-american women in Texas,where I was raised.Back in the past all blacks(dark or light-skinned) were called colored in the U.S. The invaders were good at causing division which lead to indigenous people being conquered and controlled.

[@ferdykeyz4583]

The colored community in a nutshell is just an accent/there are indians,Malay people,khoi people,San people,Asian,black,mixed race,multiracial the truth is that it's not really a race per se it's just how the white regime confused them. That is why people can just assume you're black by the way you look until they hear your accent that Oh he's colored or oh he's black etc. The apartheid regime really messed with their minds and when people consistently make assumptions about you it reaches a point where it gets to you.

[@nomadictravelerfromTx]

@@ferdykeyz4583 I agree 100%.

[@ishmaelchiponda7806]

@@ferdykeyz4583 you guys are stupid. You hate black people and love whites yet you mixed with black people.. You always Khoisan blood which is not true

[@Cynique_savant]

I'm bantu khoi san, we speak xhosa predominantly but don't look like a typical "black" in the family 😂 none of us speak Afrikaans or understand it enough for a random chat on the street

[@SamukelisiweMalatji]

Suiwer - Pure - you can say decent

[@odiancreek]

It was wrong to classify folks as coloured. You are just a black person; light skinned and with Afrikaans as your mother tongue.

[@anthonywillis7634]

Or if they reclassify everyone who isn’t white as coloured. Excluding full ethnic backgrounds such as Asian and Indian who have distinct cultural backgrounds 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@anthonywillis7634]

Separating coloureds from blacks was a divide and conquer strategy. Afrikaans would never accept this girl in their community if they had the choice.

[@KYRA_FX]

No. How you can say that. I’m coloured and don’t fit your description lol that’s because you cannot box us.

[@Nimonjeua-Ndiangang]

​@@KYRA_FXsmh...you're so disconnected from reality but, you believe that you are correct. You are African

[@corneliapeters7877]

If I am black, why does the anc and eff discriminate against us

[@khoirev77788]

Are you a South African Coloured? I'm asking as the whole Southern Africa has Coloureds

[@johngmulhatton9794]

My personal view in respect of the "Coloured People" of South Africa. Somewhere along the yesteryears that none of us today take into account when we refer to people of Colour other than White. Basically every human being is born into this world as an innocent soul in their body. I do not know when or where their origins came about. I grant them their life as we are all reproduced in the same manner. To me the problem arises when different race groups mix and produce a child. Fair enough their mothers cared and looked after them as best she could. But as those children age, they now have to mix with any race group in whatever employ they can get. At school already they are subjected to abuse because of their parenthood. They are the product of their parents doings and one cannot blame them for who they are. Once they age and become adults, now what should their partner be a member of the Asian/White/ Black community. Then the problem is aggravated even more and so it all escalates into a problem. I presume this all started when the Whites landed here in South Africa and enjoyed the pleasures of life with women of other colour.

[@10loolz]

I love your content

[@Rins_POV]

Thank you so much, love

[@EarlMaphike-st5pl]

Syvir Afrikaans, fluent English.😂 Jesus loves us all. Sin is the couse of everything. Genesis 11 the touer bable. We all need Jesus in our lives God bless 🙏

[@Lbm-f1o]

But your skin tone isn't different from a light skinned black woman, so if someone doesn't see that then you shouldn't take offense.It happens often to meet a south african coloured that seems black just by lookin at their skintone doesn't mean just cause I meet you and thought you were black I'm discriminating??

[@emmanuelrikardowitbooi9104]

Coloured is a degrading word and an insult to our ancestors. It is a word we are still fighting for the government to remove it and send it back to the western former colonist of SA. Your heritage is khoikhoi, the aborigin of this land. Be proud, chid!

[@thembi9645]

But it’s little percentage of Coloreds with Khoi descendants not all of them, as u can hear Coloreds jeans are scattered all over the world, Children of the world some say(cape malay, Asian, Khoi or Bantu, Europeans, Indians. Some Coloreds don’t associate themselves as Khoi who are Bantu nation. U can see a Colored from khoi descendants East pissy coming from far, eyes and Hair (hair that most coloreds are making fun of) in Northern Cape you’ll find a lot of them but in Cape Town you’ll probably find 5. Tswanas and Xhosas have most Jeans of Khoisan people. Everyone knows this one. (khoi, us blacks)we are one as Khoi we are all Bantu, Khoi originate from East Africa and lot of them in Tanzania.

[@mnmeskc848]

And Mozambican and Malagasy and Bengali and Balinese, among others. There's more to Coloured heritage than just Khoekhoe ancestries (which we share with other Black South Africans of course). Even if you change the labels and the language, our history as a African people, the stories of our ancestors are more complex than simply claiming "we are the aboriginal people" as you want to put it. Really, all these aspects of our ancestry- the Khoekhoe & Bushman; the East African, South & Southeast Asian slaves; the West African "prize negroes"; the indentured & free migrants of colour arriving from other colonies, etc.- should be recognised and remembered if we want Coloured people to rid themselves of their internalised anti-Blackness and to understand & fully embrace their African identities.

[@tpmash]

The Aborigine’s of Cape Town not South Africa! Get that!

[@tpmash]

Khois are aborigines of Tanzania

[@lindelwanothandongcobo8863]

Some are light skinned black people from other black South African tribes didn’t you notice that we are sometimes lighter then her ?and Khoisan’s are also a black African tribe with various complexions has well

[@thembi9645]

To me u look more Black, have black features. U don’t look Colored at all U fall under Yellow born if u were to be black. Even the way u speak it’s Black 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ohlangeni]

She is gona be disappointed upon reading this. She does not want to be Black or Coloured. She comes off as wanting to be White

[@thembi9645]

@@ohlangeni that’s the problem with Coloreds they all want to be blacks just bcz they use someone else’s language Afrikaans. They side with Boer on everything that’s why they’ll never be taken seriously

[@Rins_POV]

Genuine question: Why makes you think that? Why do you think I want to come off as white?

[@cyntiaangelie8157]

@@Rins_POV : This person is jealous of you and making assumptions. It happened to me being a light - skinned African American in the USA. People make all kinds of assumptions and rude comments which shows that they are the racists.

[@masonldn8647]

speak black? wtf is that

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

Broard generalizations have been very damaging to people and not allowing all of us to be individuals. What you are describing though has been said about other ethnic groups in the U.S. and the media gives false advertisement of many types of people, but unfortunately many believe it anyways.

[@TheChe_23.]

I'm Coloured 🇿🇦♥️

[@vergespierre4271]

what's a colored?

[@welcometototalitarianism812]

Time to start reading history.

[@caesar4080]

alot of "coloureds" want to/ wish they were white.

[@sharonsyster2669]

Alot of "blacks" want to/wish they were White...English in particular

[@kimkaans1072]

Facts🤮

[@lindelwanothandongcobo8863]

Fact 😹😹😹😹

[@welcometototalitarianism812]

And they think they are better than Blacks/Africans.