Biracials Are Fighting For Their Lives on TikTok | @Jouelzy

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[@jouelzy]

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[@Shaykre19]

I 🙏 you feel better and Happy Holidays 💜

[@flexhenry3]

The only reason these people can move between both worlds is because black people allow it. These people are actually white with black admixture, shyt even Ronda rousy has a black grandfather is she looks completely white. If most African Americans are 10-30% white, that mean most biracials are 60-75% white at minimum, so are these people really biracial? Or are they white with black admixture? Most people don't think to go this deep due to the historical "one drop rule" but these is exactly why I don't consider biracial people black, 2 black parents= black children

[@jaydenandrews02]

Hi Jouelzy, I watched your video and you had some interesting points that you made. In my country, South Africa 🇿🇦.. this biracial people claiming white or black is non-existent.. I guess I could say they solved that here. In my country, we have Black People, White People, Indian People and any person that is mixed race or biracial is identified by 'Colored'. Legally if that person is asked to say what their race is, they would state that they are 'Colored'. Being colored is a whole race or shall I say ethnicity, on it's own. Due to that, here we don't get these kinds of confusion, I'd say, of what race a biracial or mixed child should claim. Speaking as a biracial kid myself. Here I identified as colored in terms of race. I think if the U.S did the same.. it would solve the situation there, maybe in some way.

[@windyhawthorn7387]

@@jaydenandrews02 Calling someone colored is considered racist in the USA

[@jaydenandrews02]

@@windyhawthorn7387 What really!!??😳😳😳please say it ain't so

[@wildcatste]

"proximity to Blackness is cool, but living in a Black body is questionable" - sad and so true.

[@kathleenking47]

Biracials look all types of ways Some look like jourlzy

[@Existentiallynotincrisis]

@@kathleenking47 true but are the unambiguously Black looking biracials the issue or is it the ones presenting with more European features that go that extra mile to try and prove their proximity to Blackness?

[@gmae0708]

WTF is wrong with these people out here?? Sad thing is that everyone wants to be just like us blacks and wish they were born in an all black body bc they damn sure are trying their best to get all the other attributes to mimic us, even by black fishing and darkening their pale skin. PLEASE....

[@kathleenking47]

@@Existentiallynotincrisis also, don't forget the "sickle cell" traits.. Not all blacks have them, and some biracials do

[@bronzedrage]

@@kathleenking47 ALL but one of my biracial cousins carry the Sickle Cell Trait(they don't have it though) but only one of my Black cousins actually have the disease and the majority of us neither have the disease or the traits. I used to think that biracial people were MUCH less susceptible to Sickle Cell disease.

[@elijahishere]

I know a biracial woman that is white passing from one of my graduate classes. She spent so much time advocating for the Black students in the class and I constantly wondered why (because all of the other nonblack students were just sitting there, eating their food). In one of the final classes she told us that she was biracial and realized that the professor was treating us differently. She is probably one of the only biracial people that I've interacted with for a long period of time that didn't tell me they were mixed like immediately lol. Not only did she not tell us immediately, but she never mentioned it again because she wasn't trying to leverage that for or against someone/something.

[@kehlanijauregui1017]

And the fact that people think mixed kids that it’s impossible to be white passing is crazy

[@donaldm9286]

💕💕

[@d.godummyy]

@@kehlanijauregui1017 that’s just dumb mfs that don’t understand how genetics work😂

[@kehlanijauregui1017]

@@d.godummyy exactly my friend told me I was real smart but when I told her black and white don’t automatically make light skin she said I sounded dumb

[@d.godummyy]

@@kehlanijauregui1017 she hypocritical asf cause it’s not that simple😭

[@anandatalia16]

(as a point of access, i am mixed, both my parents are mixed Black and white, and my primary socialization has been within Black communities) i have been hoping someone would talk about the tiktok tomfoolery and im so glad you did. it is so weird how mixed kids use their darker-skinned relatives to get clout, recognition, acceptance. i don’t know why folks think that’s okay... it feels so gross and dehumanizing. and just because you have a picture of your Black relatives doesn’t mean you’re trustworthy or have Black liberation in mind when you use these cultural artifacts (aave, the n word, etc). i really want to understand what these kids think Black is & why they align themselves with Blackness. like to what end?? edit: OH my god. you killed every point in this video. hit after hit after hit

[@valerieriggins3184]

The Funny n Crazy Thing ....One People Don't Know Their Color is Not A Race ...The Racist Labeled Them One COLOR. When I Look In The Mirror....My Color BROWN!!!!! And It's Not My Personality .... FOOLS Come In EVERY FLAVOR. WHAT Trips Me OUT WORST Then Other Race. WHY SOME Whether Claiming African, America or Black🙄 🤦 Are So Insecure And Self Hating And Mean To THOSES Look Like Them. Meanwhile Crying Why They Ain't Accepted. The Key Is Charity Begins At HOME! Stop Expecting It From Outside of SELF!!!! A Secure Person Not Trying To Be ACCEPTED.... Point Blank PERIOD 💯 SELF LOVE 🥰 Is Needed. World Teach To Worry What Others Think of You ONLY.

[@kaelaperry4687]

00⁰

[@Laura-sg6ss]

Indeeddd

[@ladennayoung2939]

@K C 💛🌻💜🌻💛💜🌻💛💜🌻💛💜

[@malesuicideisgreat7543]

“Mixed race black kid” 💀 you have more white DNA as most AA are already mixed so how come you don’t call yourself “mixed race white kid”?

[@brownbear112]

People want to be Black, until it’s time to be Black - I forgot who said that, but I agree.

[@dadao8564]

Paul Mooney

[@anjeanettecoleman6027]

@@dadao8564 i hope hes resting peacefully💕 check out James Baldwin toooooo

[@roddenak]

I remember Chris Rock made a joke in one of his comedy specials that there's no amount of money you could pay a white man to be a Black man.

[@anjeanettecoleman6027]

@@roddenak he also made demeaning comments about black women n porn, whilst comparing us too women of no color. That made me mad as a BW

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

@@roddenak There shouldn't be, there's no amount of money you could pay me to be European, Asian or biracial, I expect people to think like this, not out of hatred, but love for self.

[@fightvale57]

I heard a very interesting take the other day by a biracial woman. She was talking about how biracial women really turn out different if they have a white mother versus a black mother. And the reason why is because as a biracial child you won't get the full benefits of white womanhood, but because you only know white womanhood as taught by your mother, when that goal is ultimately unreachable to you you will then have to venture into black womanhood, with the skills of a white woman. And they do not translate like that. This girl had a white mother and was speaking from experience. Her expectation was for her life to mirror her mother's in some way, making her motherhood valid. However when the world didn't accept her as a white woman she had to evaluate everything because she didn't have the tools to typically 'be' a black woman

[@DarthFurie]

I'm biracial with a white mom, except I look very ethnically ambiguous so I'm put in the "other" or "white" category, but I will say navigating womanhood has been kind of weird at times. My mom definitely moves through the world with a lot of entitlement and audacity, watching her was interesting because she's a white woman with light eyes, straight hair, straight nose, so she's kind of treated like the crown jewel by society. And I always understood that I was like the rung below her. As an outsider, being a black woman looks like it's something very hard. In my opinion biracial woman are not living white or black womanhood, we're living something different. Especially if you're raised by a white woman, you just don't have close or intimate enough context to really understand what that is. And black womens' space and voices on their experience deserves to be respected

[@Belihoney]

This is interesting. When they referred to tools, what were they talking about or do you know what I can type in to see the video?

[@Belihoney]

@@DarthFurie oh wow very insightful! have you shared this with your mother? What has your mum said in response?

[@fightvale57]

@@DarthFurie so many white women don't even consider the implications of having a black child,I hope you're able to talk to her about that

[@fightvale57]

@@Belihoney she mentioned situations she had no clue she'd be in be in because she was not given the fortitude to deal with black womanhood as it were.

[@almetas_grandbaby]

What’s interesting they are fighting for only the parts of blackness that they can commodify. I don’t see them actually using their weak linkage to blackness to have discussions about black women’s death rate during pregnancy, black disability issues, etc. That’s what bothers me is they are using their content for $$ via shock value. It’s funny how folks can find ways to be black when $$ and clout is on the other end but not when black folks are dying, segregated, not paid well, etc.

[@SunshineKK99]

You are exactly right! As Jouelzy said America was born out of Black commodity and it goes on till this very day as you clearly pointed out!

[@sianmac7998]

That's right Bi-racials were created to thrive in the racial confusion, they can talk black while living white. They can turncoat whenever they choose - so benefit off blackness without paying any of the cost of blackness. They blatantly scam proximity to blackness, don't contribute to the black community and become crybabies when black ppl call them out.

[@RellaSemmone]

I know that yt🎶

[@kikobangz]

THANK YOU!

[@so.many.obstacles]

@@sianmac7998 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@ForeignManinaForeignLand]

Jouelzy is the Jordan of the title game on YT

[@chocnass]

Yup! I had to clutch my pearls

[@MsLiberianLady]

Lolol I know right

[@Red_lipstick_n_locs]

I hollered at the title!!!😅😂😅

[@naturenathan-v9f]

This is true.

[@anotherFreeman]

💯

[@ladybug3380]

Biracials should have their own space, I hate that society makes them pick a side!

[@unaBRIDGEd32]

I don’t see them as being “made to pick a side”. SOMETIMES they CHOOSE to play both sides and switch whenever it’s convenient, profitable, and cool. That’s what this video is focusing on.

[@EllisonIra]

@@mufaro.bongile8635 You don't find that a bit weird? Why do they have their own community?

[@aaron1037]

@@unaBRIDGEd32 tell me you've never had a conversation with a mixed person without telling me you've never had a conversation with a mixed person. The overwhelming majority of mixed race people experience the ultimatum of having to pick a side and 9 times out of 10 we get hit with the 'too much of one, not enough of the other' from both 'communities'. Mixed people have to learn to code switch and blend to survive and monoracials are too blinded by their own struggle, or just straight up bigoted to recognise that. The tribalism and lack of acceptance makes it very clear that we'll never be accepted by monoracial 'communities' so we look out for ourselves in any way we can. You reap what you sow.

[@radiationshepherd]

Lol, "goodbye family, I'm going to an all biracial home now so we can develop a separate identity from the people I come from" this could only happen if most of the population is pretty much mixed race

[@ladybug3380]

@@radiationshepherd I didn’t mean to leave your own family I’m just saying spaces and events are needed for biracials to come together and bond over their shared experiences.

[@randomgirl2282]

I’m Afro Latina, I have an Afro Latino father and a brown mestiza mother. I came out with darker brown skin, my nose, and curly hair, I came out looking visibly black with my phenotypes and am constantly thought to be monoracial black a lot of the times. My younger brother came out looking like a visibly brown /mestizo/. He would be considered dark skinned in modern day Latino culture but he doesn’t look visibly black at all aside from when he would grow out his hair, it kind of resembles an Afro. I look mostly black, he looks mostly mestize. One day when shopping with my mom when I was eleven, he flat out said “I’m not black, I’m Hispanic” and even my mom had to laugh at him. A few years later when I was eating, he flat out told me that I looked like a “starving African child going back home.” Thankfully, my parents always helped me appreciate my blackness and my culture and keep my self esteem up. In predominantly white school, my closest friends have been the other black girls in my class. Nowadays, my brother says the N word when playing the Xbox with his multiracial friends, grows his hair out, and talks in butchered AAVE (If he was about his black culture he would speak English Creole) and every time I called him out for his antiblack and racist behavior towards me, he says he can’t be racist because we are cut from the same cloth. We may be, but I was born in a body that looks more black and he was not. I can’t even say he doesn’t experience racism because he gets yelled at to go back to his country all the time but he still deemed me inferior because of my appearance. Now that he can benefit from being black socially, he does. It feels like an extra hard salt in the wound to me. He looks very much like the guy in the video with the hat. To “perform” blackness for white or non black audiences is very reminiscent of the phrase: “Dance Monkey, Dance!” to me. It feels wrong.

[@CherryAppetite]

Wow, your brother seems so nice 😐... Did your parents not try to correct him when he would spew such hate ?

[@randomgirl2282]

@@CherryAppetite They would chastise him in the moment whenever I told them. However, later on these incidents would become something I was “holding onto” and I was “beating a dead horse” when I brought it up because he never gave me any real apologies for them. He never understood why they were wrong and he always dismissed me.

[@honeybraswell625]

Wow! That's crazy. Both of my kids are drastically different complexions. My son is about Drake/Trevor Noah Complexion & my daughter is brown like Nicki Minaj. My son is 10 and says things he doesn't notice that as a very light skinned person, there are things he just can't say because it will make him sound anti-Black. He can't say things like brown people's skin looks like poop. It's very important for parents to correct anti-Blackness in the family early on (even if you & your family don't fully identify as such).

[@JulianSteve]

@@randomgirl2282 Hey fellow Afro-Latina. I am sorry you are going through this. Your brother’s behavior is unacceptable. He’s giving colorist behavior. He needs to watch my latest video on colorism🧐💯 P.S. - Ohhh nooo…. He uses the n-word with his non-black friends… Red flag🤦🏾‍♂️🚩

[@randomgirl2282]

@@JulianSteve One of them is a white German American who used to wield around a Confederate flag 🤢🤢

[@SunseedStarchild]

Thanks for expressing that Black is also an ethnicity in the states. Too few people understand that.

[@sophiarose7610]

You really needed someone to tell you black American is it’s own ethnicity?

[@SunseedStarchild]

@@sophiarose7610 no, why?

[@SH-py7qj]

@@sophiarose7610 it’s actually very confusing. Not everyone understands sorry

[@sadesuarez2954]

@@SH-py7qj its confusing because in the US the ethnicity is "black american" and is often used synonymously with the term "black". If the ethnicity had a different name it would be less confusing lol. I used to get so much hate when i was in the US for saying i am not black american. People took it as me "denying my blackness" and thinking i am better than others when really all I meant was that that is not my ethnicity. A lot of my family members were guilt tripped into identifying as black american (erasing their true ethnic background) simply because people didnt understand the difference between black (race) and black american (ethnicity).

[@chaosswa-ee-ty5911]

Black, African and African American is a race. It is not an ethnicity. Latino/Hispanic is an ethnicity(for example) and not a race. That's why it's asked as a separate question on official documentation. Your race is asked, which doesn't include Latino/Hispanic. Then they ask are you of Hispanic/Latino descent. Black is a race. It is not an ethnicity.

[@kikobangz]

I’m so glad you put emphasis on this being the perspective of a Black Woman in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA… bc ppl from other countries seem to think that Black people are the ones obsessed with race when in this country, it’s been imposed upon us (and everyone else) for CENTURIES! We didn’t create the damn theory, our “forefathers” did. So, while it may be a social construct, it IS an important AND sensitive subject AROUND THE GLOBE! They be coming for Americans HARD in them TikTok comments!

[@pisceanbeauty2503]

I agree. A lot of people do not understand US history or why Americans view race the way we do. Black people also get so much flack for acknowledging our reality as if we created racism in this country. We are just trying to grapple with what was thrown at us.

[@TheMariemarie16]

Thank you this is the truth they do not understand because they are not us

[@lilhypnotique]

@@pisceanbeauty2503 They understand it and are trying to deflect from their own racist history, even when it comes to black ppl. Europe and Spain, progenitors of the Atlantic slave trade, Asian Indians who a had part in the African slave trade, also demeaned Africans to set themselves apart and make themselves seem better, Asians as in skin pigmentation in relation to class. I could go on and on.

[@amandaford8730]

Seriously. Other diasporic African groups (Caribbean, Latin, British) are always saying that black Americans obsess over race and... it's literally a system that's been forced on us for centuries because Europeans made our phenotypes paramount instead our ancestor's cultures??? And also why are they acting like they were dealt a better hand in colonialism this whole fantasy that race relations are better in the Caribbean/Latin America because "everyone is mixed" has got to go in 2022 (some views are admittedly a step up from Anglo-Germanic eugenics shit that has influenced race in America but Latin American societies pretty much maintain the same Eurocentric/white supremacist/antiblack beliefs they just express/achieve them in a different way).

[@annitab7062]

@@amandaford8730 I'm British and it irks me when people say Americans obsess over race. I think the common theme with those regions you mentioned is that they all have a history in which racism is somewhat subversive and subtle rather than overt. The UK tends to pride itself on being the least racist place in Europe (which I don't even think is true as if it were an achievement to start with). A lot of black people, particularly black men and some elitist black women really internalise this. Interracial dating is more common here and has been happening for longer. There was no legislated segregation. So some people think racism isn't that deep here. The statistics and lived experiences tell us however, that black people are in a dire situation here. Our stats are just as bad as the US. We've had racist murders, racist terrorism and so on. I think it's best that you Americans actually address race. It helps in the long term. At the very least you know what you're up against. I think in the UK, because the slavery and colonialism happened elsewhere its easier to overlook. Most Black Britons are not in the UK as a direct legacy of slavery but moreso colonialism leading to migration and the Caribbeans that came during Windrush thought the UK was the motherland 😪😪😪. Plus we're only 3% and scattered all over the gaff.

[@Century-sb3ql]

I really wish we as black people would be good gate keepers, not on blackness but on whom participates at the dinner table, like yall can sit but can yall participate? Not that biracial pple should be treated anytype of way but I feel we need to start promoting a WHO CARES message honestly . As a general consensus on tik tok if i see any yt ppl dancing to afrobeats, NOT INTERESTED, if I see any biracial ppl doing some clickbaity identity video NOT INTERESTED, if I see even a yt ankara wearing girl volunteering in- eh NOT INTERESTED. I hit that fast.

[@rickihosein]

Same here...everything and I mean everything from black culture is followed...the white afro beat dancers are annoying and the sad shit is that bp stay praising them...300 yrs from now, the Asians would have invented breakdancing, the other non blacks afro beats...we already fighting to prove we did country music, rock and roll, most dance and music style in latino communities...they'll say we think we made everything...when I see the shits on Instagram, I dip out...no likes coming from me!!!

[@ThriftedDadHat]

This is it right here. I’m rarely impressed by ppl dipping their foot in our culture. I’m just now accepting “cultural exchange” and how accessible our traditions are becoming. I’m damn sure not about to praise you for seeing the beauty or participating in my culture.

[@anandatalia16]

we live in an attention economy! there’s definitely a purpose and a place for calling out problematic behavior, but there’s also a time and place for turning your attention away from fuckshit, saving your energy, and letting the fuckshit flop!

[@beavertheteaser]

tell that to the black people that purposely contribute to their own erasure.

[@LadyAstarionAncunin]

"if i see any yt ppl dancing to afrobeats, NOT INTERESTED" When I say I felt this in my soul. When I see an Afrobeat video and there are white dancers, I just click off. I look at white folks, willingly, all day. Sometimes, I just want to see black folks being black by themselves.

[@QueenieStClaire]

My heart goes out to the black grandmothers of biracial or white passing grandchildren because some of these kids love to push them off as “hey look at my black mammy.” Not even recognizing how historically damaging that is and pushes them further towards whiteness than it does blackness.

[@moniquedeshawn6765]

I have very yt looking grandkids, they don't look like either parent.... I see some grandparents walk around so proud, yep I love my blackness just like there are white people that love their whiteness and I have no problem on either side long as you're not oppressing a people because of the color of their skin... And we're in America and well we see how that's going! 🤗🤗🤗

[@face2face90210]

Oooooopppp

[@Morgan24_7]

My dad's cousin had 3 kids. 2 sons and a daughter. Both sons went outside the race. A white woman and a Mexican woman. All of my cousins half white grandchildren married white or Mexican. None of their children look black. My cousin told my aunt "I don't have any black grandchildren." We know that these kids will probably grow up and marry white or other. Anything but black. She's watching everything about herself just fade away. She's in her late 70's and none of these kids looks related to us. She loves them, but when when the kids are with her or their grandfather (her son) nobody believes those are their kids. It causes issues with karens.

[@NahGonLie]

@@Morgan24_7 I tell them all the time their grands will be ashamed of them.

[@Morgan24_7]

@@NahGonLie God I hope not. The two boys look white. Blonde hair and all. One is a brunette. The little girls father is Mexican and she looks Mexican. None of her great grandchildren look black. I'm wondering what it will be like when someone says something racist. Will they say that their parents are half black and that their grandfather and great grandparents are black? At family reunions my uncle looks at them all and just says they are weird and not like us.

[@MsSuperwoman2000]

I know this video is about biracial people and their relation to the black community but I want to tell you that you look so beautiful ! I recently cut my hair off and now I have a twa and I’ve been really thinking about how I’m going to get through the phase of growing it back out without feeling insecure about how I look. This entire video I’ve been in awe of how beautiful you are. I want to let you know that you alone have made me feel less afraid about once I get to that phase of growing my hair back out through how elegant and gorgeous you make natural hair look! You are so intelligent and as a 22 y/o you are now added to my list of role models 🧡💛💚❤️💙💜 Thank you for being you !

[@gdjwarren2]

Hairstyle is the first thing I noticed. I love it. I also have a short style by choice atm. Hope you have a good time with yours. ❤

[@s.freeman4701]

I know how you feel, because I'm currently going through that right not.

[@tonyamoore9962]

Wear pretty earrings, pretty makeup accessories. Whatever it takes for you to feel amazing and sell it to your significant other😁 Congratulations on your journey👍🏽

[@sadesuarez2954]

she looks amazing. Really brings her features out more. Love it all. I really hope you find a style you feel most comfortable with. Im sure you will look beautiful either way.

[@saphire2214]

I’ve been through this phase and trust me it’s the most beautiful phase. Once your hair grows to that in between short and long length, it becomes quite challenging. Enjoy it!

[@sydneymoreno784]

“The labor of black people allows white people to live the lives they live” 🙌🏾

[@doloreshaze10]

what does this mean?

[@shadowess1961]

@@doloreshaze10 It means what it says.

[@mizzmolly7649]

Still waiting for my thank you card. 🤔

[@daniyahwebb2140]

@@doloreshaze10 look it up.

[@avaava4669]

@Nola I couldn't have said it better.. 👏

[@SunseedStarchild]

Now I see why Gen Z, monoracial Black folk want to make a distinction between Black and Bi/Multiracial...

[@DarthFurie]

There *is* a difference, and the one drop rule needs to die forever. Black people have the right to gatekeep their experiences

[@cadyg2531]

Thank you for finally getting it, because we’re tired.

[@dadao8564]

As a genX i am here to support that..

[@Findmy_Way-Home]

I am so sick of trying to explain it to people 😒, I was never for this “one drop rule”.

[@rodb66]

@@dadao8564 Gen xer too and I concur. ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@jannahumar336]

I’m only 12 minutes in lol, but as an African American, I have to say thank you so so much for breaking things down (for those who don’t understand that AAs have a very specific and unique reality) and not allowing any room for the erasure of African-Americans, Descendants of US slaves…there seem to be efforts to get everyone to think that ‘Black’ is ‘Black’, and that if you are black presenting in the US, you’ve lived the same life as someone who is AA. Thank you for always sharing your wisdom with the masses and feel better!

[@OraclesoftheWest]

@Asia Jones you just want to argue not gain an understanding

[@AthenaRenee1]

@@OraclesoftheWest bet they’re not even black.

[@jannahumar336]

Lol, it’s ok. I’m not taking any shots whatsoever at people who may be mixed or black men. I was really just speaking on the fact that African Americans, as a whole, are sort of fighting to be seen for what they are, when discussing our place in the black diaspora. It was a little off topic but she was making some really good points in the beginning that I wanted to acknowledge lol 😌

[@itowilltube]

@Asia Jones what did your comment have to do with the orinal post she didn't mention gender are you trying to derail

[@itowilltube]

@@jannahumar336 i was confused becaue you didt mention genders so why is Asia talking about black men when asia jones doesn't identify as black man ? huh

[@destined2bebossy]

I'm watching season 2 of the Witcher and this reminds me of when one character tries to appeal to the elves by claiming she's part elf. The elf queen says "do you sing our songs? Do you weep for our ancestors?" Like don't be claiming the little bit of ancestry you have to benefit you, we don't claim you unless you living in it

[@HoneySwtDrms]

😂🤣🤣

[@MoniqueCarmack]

Yes!! I just finished that episode. Like you know nothing of what it is to be an elf so don't try to use it to your advantage now! That pissed me off, like girl just hush and try to work on your magic. lol

[@iexistsomehow5718]

@@MoniqueCarmack which episode please

[@persjiec.4103]

OMG YES! I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EPISODE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!

[@conflictpersona8]

Now i kinda want to watch the show to get to this episode i love this comment

[@bushra1717]

Everybody wants to be black until they face disadvantages. Everybody steals from black people and their history, their legacy and so on. It's crazy TikTok got people acting white or lightskin to go viral cuz they know TikTok don't like black people, don't let them get famous. And you see some other white or other people acting black, saying they are black just to get accepted, just to be valued/viral, or to simply use aave. Now, I am neither, I am just a Middle eastern bitch but TikTok is incredibly toxic and discriminating also a crazy place sometimes. What I hate the most is seeing white girls being proud of their black baby daddies, like, okay you got it girl, you are the next Kylie jenner now, congrats!!! And you can use the culture and everything as much as you want now just because you got knocked up! I hate how every media organ exploits everything from black people, it's saddening, you see the most humor of TikTok since the early days to now, even came from aave and such but let's not get into that...

[@SweetSurrender-wr2ru]

Exactly! Say it louder so the back can hear you!

[@sadesuarez2954]

Being biracial is a trend. I remember when insta was still pretty new and all the beauty pages or people with the most following were either biracial/ambiguous women. THAT is when the trend started of women (regardless of race) trying to appear ambiguous online to attract more followers. There were like millions of pages promoting natural biracial woman and kids or white women with light eyes and tanned skin. Then people started black beauty pages to go against those standards but even they failed lol only time they posted a darkskin non ambiguous looking woman was when she was oiled up and had a big butt. This is how all these new standards and trend started.

[@Unkuuu]

Yeah would these same kids be so “proud” (debatable) to be partially black if it came with the baggage (for lack of a better term) phenotypically black people face? Highly doubt it.

[@WaffleHouseYellow]

You hit the 💅🏽 on the 💆🏾‍♂️with this one. That's why I call tiktok tiktoxic. My daughter deleted the app. She's 15, she sees the bullshi*.

[@msi8311]

If it’s a toxic place, maybe don’t go there? Remove yourself from the platform? Otherwise you are choosing to be in a toxic place, so you choosing to complain about a place you choose to be is maybe not the best use of your power. Maybe a better use of your power is finding and thriving in a place that’s not so vacuous. Best to you.

[@backtalk9343]

Drake being surprised that his son looked like carrot top is why y'all need to stop calling biracial ppl black.

[@kishakisha17]

Really.....!!

[@courtneywilson2232]

😂😂😂😂

[@GodofThicc912]

CARROT TOP??!!😭😭

[@Gretelsbetterhalf]

😂 not carrot top

[@charmaineespeut4627]

Lol don't play Adonis like that he is way better looking than Carrot Top!

[@phdgirl2016]

I love this emphasis on drawing distinctions between race, ethno-cultural identity, and nationality. Elevating these distinctions would be impactful - especially in resisting the invisibility of those who are racially AND ethnically Black. A lot of biracial folks, especially those of lighter hue, take up a great deal of space without much interrogation. This is concerning.

[@itowilltube]

what is ethnically black in america i am still not sure what ethnic means because I've seen white people call other white people ethnic? which usually means itallian or greek but how does this apply to black folks?

[@rf3575]

I think ethnically black in America is being a Black American vs another group of black people... And Black American are people who are from America and have been in this country since its inception and/or before... vs people who are recent immigrants or have claim to another nationality... Caribbean or European or African or Central/South American... Some people say Black Americans include all black people from the Americas... but I think it usually is specific to black people from the USA

[@squirrelsinmykoolaid]

@@itowilltube ethnically Black usually means a person who is a descendant of enslaved Black people from American Chattel Slavery. People who usually can't trace their heritage to the Caribbean or to an African country. Usually multiple generations of family were born in the U.S.

[@itowilltube]

@@squirrelsinmykoolaidhmm okay maybe I'm wrong angle because i am black American on both sides literally dad family is from south Carolina geechee i thought low country geechee was my ethnicity and race was black american. Is creole ethnic background because the south Carolina say Gullah who said to have come from west Africa then the 2nd generation hybrid America experience multicultural mix with slave owners .. thank you for replying . I consider myself ados but not sure about geechee or gulag because i don't speak the language my dad can understand but only when we go back down south ...

[@nutbee2164]

It's getting to the point where i don't comfortable calling myself black(ethnicity). Don't feel represented by black anymore.

[@AllegedlyStephanie]

Gwan and educate the kids about history & phenotypes 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@dancedevill1]

Omg I love your content please continue doing lawsuit analysis and The American colonalization series

[@naturally_eesha6523]

Imagine Diana Ross white grandchildren showing her picture to be able to say nigga🙄

[@ashlovestoshop]

You know they gonna do it lmfao!

[@DarthFurie]

Perish the thought! 😩

[@KSP30]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@KSP30]

Girl none of her kids are in romantic relationships with Black partners…besides one. I mean it’s peculiar.

[@GMonroe23]

They are like Mariah Carey. 25% black. To me they aren’t black. They are mixed with a strong white genes.

[@SH-py7qj]

I come from an African nationality that has very distinctive looks and follows the 100% rule. Because of Americanization people (including biracial/white/other) who have married,been adopted by my ethnicity have felt empowered to criticize, co-opt and feel entitled to speak on issues relating to our ethnicity and country. If you call them out you’re called racist and a black supremacist. It’s mind boggling. This is effecting more than just black Americans.

[@rabibilah8223]

What’s the nationality?

[@Joyful_Smiles]

Well...you're not rac*st. And its your birthright to protect your identity. Its an issue because in the US the caucasions abandoned, murdered, and sold their biracial children into slavery thereby labeling them Black or their One Drop Rule. What everyone has to remember is that race is a social construct that caucasians made up to make themselves powerful. Black people have the right to create boundaries and socially construct their identities and erase the power of the caucasians forced labeling. If the biracials have a problem with Black peoples boundaries they need to take it up with the caucasians.

[@sihlerapodile5336]

And where specifically from Africa are you from?

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

You should be allowed to define your OWN ethnicity and culture. This is western cultural imperialism doing what it always does. They will always struggle with their identity - we never will and that's why they claim black because they envy your secure identity. It doesn't matter what they tell themselves, biracial half blacks will never be black. Let them call you whatever they want, gatekeep your own identity.

[@sihlerapodile5336]

@abs po true

[@D.I.V.A.Journey3758]

To the point that you have TEACHERS looking for excuses to use the N-word in the classroom, claiming that it's so they can "relate" to their students!!! Knowing full well that's its bullshyt!!🤦🏾🤦🏾

[@deedwells]

I loved this discussion ❤️ You’re right. People who grow up close to black culture or identify ethnically as black typically have no motivation to monetize it on social media.

[@pls-shanice]

the strange thing is that nowadays claiming it in conversation feels weird because of the trend of 'being black'... and like I have a nigerian/sierra leonen grandparent but I am white passing, but I am not black fishing to say my ethnicity right? I feel like my pride in my background is suddenly me 'trying to get clout' in this modern context. I have always been proud of my family, but like 'being black' as a trend really makes me feel like people will think I am chasing clout by being proud of what my family had to deal with (apartheid racism etc.). It's annoyinggg.

[@deedwells]

@@pls-shanice, I think it really depends on context. I never bring up my race unprompted. (FYI, I am a black woman) If I talk about my experiences or family, it makes sense to include my background. However, if no one is asking you about your race or family, you feel the need to randomly insert it in conversation. I can see how that can be viewed as "clout" chasing.

[@pls-shanice]

@@deedwells Yes, okay I would agree too, The thing is like, sometimes you talk about your family and you could mention or not mention it. Like if someone wants to know where my mum is from, I could say that she is black-british or I could just say british. She is proud of being black british and my family had to go through a lot and have a lot of black pride. So I would usually say that she's black-british. Honestly, I think most people can sense when it's relevant or not, and there's a difference between using your background to chase clout and being proud of your background/heritage. Sometimes it's a bit confusing tho.

[@javiercales5019]

Famous people like Prince, Lenny Kravitz, Halle Berry, Alicia Keys, Beyonce and many others are considered to be Black. Who cares if they are of mixed race.🖤

[@luisaabreu4028]

I'm Brazilian so it's a very different context. Both of my parents are mixed, but, by Brazilian standards, my mom is white and my dad is black. My brother came out looking white and I look black (same shade as Jouelzy). We didn't grow up with something like black or white culture (There are many places in Brazil with strong roots to African and European cultures, but that wasn't my experience) and I have no knowledge of our family tree past my grandparents ( my dad didn't even meet his biological father). The reason I identify as black is because that's how I've always been read. I grew up very (painfully, at the time) aware that I did not look like my mom and did not benefit from many of the privileges that people with her complexion do. I identified with and found solace in black people not exactly through a shared culture but because I face similar struggles. (btw, if my brother tried to say he's black, nobody would take him seriously even if he showed my dad's picture ahahaha. )

[@idkman290]

Race and gender aren't the same.You can't just change your race when it benefits you.Race is something you can't change.You aren't black

[@EnlightenedGoldenBeauty]

Having some of the same struggles as minorities, doesn’t make us “all” black

[@salamandah69]

Also Brazilian here, tudo bem? I think that what makes identifying different in Brazil than here is that culture and separation between the two groups here in the US. There’s a culture attached to the label here whereas in Brazil that’s not a thing. The way that racial groups relate to each other here is very separatist and people want to feel part of their groups

[@delightfuldaisy3520]

I understand what you’re saying but you’re not black. Just because you look “more” black doesn’t change your genetic make up. It doesn’t matter what you identify with because you can literally “identify” with any and everything nowadays.

[@luisaabreu4028]

@@delightfuldaisy3520 I was sharing a different perspective from a brazilian context. Don`t try to impose your world view onto other cultures. You don`t get to decide what I am.

[@xenwilliams1535]

Jouelzy, I am loving this look! It’s giving early 2010’s when you used to do hair reviews! Wow, I’m so grateful you’re still here doing the work you are called to ❤️

[@Shaylaset]

idk if anyone has gone through this but, it kills me as soon as you call a biracial person “biracial” that get incredibly offended … I never understood why? .. is that not accurate? 🤔

[@TheSublimeLifestyle]

Sensitive

[@sadebraimah5962]

Literally. Like isn’t that what you are? It’s like some getting mad at someone for calling me black🕴🏾

[@nilsasalgado2777]

perhaps ask someone what they identify as and honor that

[@jarenc2048]

Maybe the reality is that it strips them of the identity that they identify as. Or they may prefer the term mixed.

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

@@nilsasalgado2777 Not in this day and age where people identify as whatever they want and refuse to acknowledge the people who actually have that identity

[@lexoflexo225]

Re: the Diana Ross Route. I saw Diana Ross’ family Christmas pic the other day and literally said out loud that they bred alllll the black out. Her grandkids look fully white. I love your videos. Hope you get to feeling better soon.

[@Dr.Sharron]

It is called grafting method in order to repopulate their race. Farrakhan discusses it.

[@msterri3298]

I said the exact same thing!

[@mariahsneed5285]

I said thensame thing about the Jackson's when thier TV show came out!!

[@user-br8hj1xf1j]

Cause technically they are they are more than 50% white

[@sydneydaviston-atkins2936]

Why are you me?? I noticed that as well....

[@unaBRIDGEd32]

It’s the fact that their black relatives and friends don’t stop them and say, “It’s inappropriate to use your black friends and family for shock value like a circus side show.” Shame on them all. 😒

[@rosejames5172]

It's their family. They can do what they want.

[@supwhatsupdudes]

Obviously, they don't care.

[@Vale0x3]

​@@supwhatsupdudesi actually wonder why so many black Americans believe they have more authority than they do. You can't call mixed people racist so you whine about it in another format. Regardless as a mixed person who leans more white looking. I grew up in the black community. I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy to have to grow up around black Americans. The chaos and self hate. I wish i grew up with whites instead of dysfunctional mostly female black women who hate you because they hate themselves. Mixed people don't have to listen to you. Spend this energy on fixing your own screwed up community.

[@SherwoodAnderson]

It’s not ONLY looking Black but also “growing up Black” that folks try to gatekeeper. Bob Johnson’s daughter and I are about the same complexion but we are light years away in lived experiences- hers being born into wealth and privilege. I don’t know if she has Black friends or if she pledged a Divine Nine but my guess is that no one would think to question her Blackness. Quincy Jones’ daughters could definitely pass but they seem to be widely accepted as Black. Meghan Markle on the other hand doesn’t get that same pass from what I’m seeing and she has a very close relationship with her Black mother and her Mothers side of the family.

[@Machenziethemodel]

She has close relationship now because the white ppl she wanted didn’t accept her. Look at her past relationships. Notice a pattern.

[@bunnii.online]

Technically Kidada Jones phenotypically appears more black than Rashida Jones. They both have described their different lived experiences based off of their looks as well.

[@SherwoodAnderson]

@@Machenziethemodel this isn’t true. She and Doria as well as her grandma Jeannette (who is now deceased) have always been quite close..

[@lx9037]

It’s solely based on phenotype.

[@sadesuarez2954]

The only reason people claim Quincy jones daughters as black (eventhough she isnt) is because everyone knows who her father is and therefore the relationship she has to them and her roots in general. Lol nobody has any idea about Meghan markle which black friends did she even have before prince harry? Suddenly they marry and there are only black A-list celebs attending as friends while there are many white A-List friends AS WELL AS white best friends she has known for years attended. Imo it just seemed like a big show. Also didnt Megan aunt recently complain about not hearing from Meghan Markle after he husband (Dorias brother) passed away? I dont think she has a close relationship to any side of the family. Not that there is anything wrong with it since we dont know her or her life but using her mum as an example is weird.

[@Nashaytrowerauthor]

Would love to hear more thoughts on a growing trend I noticed with (particular women) who have traditionally “black features” which they get clout for but also get clout for denying being black. So they’re capitalizing on black proximity & basically build their beauty like a build a bear but successfully get to distance themselves from it and get rewarded. It’s like an elevated version of the Kardashian/race ambiguity For example theres a red head who has thick curly hair that she’s able to manipulate into Afros and she gets crowns, roses, & praises galore for her beautiful “4C hair” and all her content is denying having any black in her. It’s so…odd 😅

[@TheLauren1113]

It is possible they don’t know… I didn’t know I had a black father until I was an adult - after a dna test. I knew I looked black or mixed but I just thought I looked that way. I believed my parents were who they said they were. After this happened to me I felt stupid but I also realized it happens more often than you’d think. It also might not be a not parent expected situation - it could also be due to a grandparent that “passed.”

[@elizabethdizzles3212]

@@TheLauren1113 that's understandable but why didn't your mother tell you? if you don't mind me asking?? And now that you know what impact if any did it have on you

[@TheLauren1113]

@@elizabethdizzles3212 she didn’t tell me because she wanted me to believe my dad was my biological father. I asked her why I looked the way I did but she told me it was in my head. Lots of gaslighting and questioning it means questioning everything. It has been very traumatic to find out my dad isn’t my dad but a huge relief to finally understand why I look mixed. Since finding out I have been learning a lot more about race and blackness. I was always interested in black culture, read black literature, and had a lot of black friends - a part of me always knew. But now that I know I cannot imagine denying that I am biracial. In my case, it has been a big mind shift in how to see myself.

[@elizabethdizzles3212]

@@TheLauren1113 what's the relationship like now w/ your parents & your mom in general? Do you feel like u would've benefited knowing sooner as posed to later in life. And thanks for sharing ❤

[@TheLauren1113]

@@elizabethdizzles3212 I should have been told from the beginning (once my parents noticed I was biracial). It would have been a lot less confusing and I would have had the tools and community to deal with racism. Until now, I would recognize racism but never felt I could really talk about it because I felt that I wasn’t entitled to do so. As I understood it, I looked mixed race or black, I wasn’t actually mixed race or black.

[@kendallglover2830]

My 5 siblings and I are biracial and my older sister was almost white passing while my younger brother is almost black passing. Seeing the differences in the ways that we were perceived and treated based on our phenotypes opened my eyes to alot of the nuances of race, colorism, and privilege. We were always raised to identify as biracial. I feel like growing up in places where there was always a meaningful cultural and linguistic barrier between me and the black people around me made it feel more natural for me to identify as biracial. But in America it is a bit different.

[@Merrybandoruffians]

I swear sometimes you read my mind girl. I’ve been in heated debates on Black Reddit (no we’re not as big as black Twitter, but we out here) about this for MONTHS now and you somehow summed up everything I’ve been trying to say in 36 minutes.

[@AYellowSun]

Give me a Reddit group to join where these conversations are being had! Please and thank you!

[@Merrybandoruffians]

@@AYellowSun r/blackladies is my favorite and r/blackfellas. There’s also r/blackpeopletwitter which is more general conversations, but you’ll need to be verified (prove you’re actually black) to be able to participate in all of the conversations.

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

It's the same on any black space anywhere. They just don't get it and won't let that plantation mentality one drop rule go. It is sick we are letting ourselves be monetized and erased.

[@kmj2000]

A lot of women on r/blackladies are biracial/mixed with white, so yeah, they don't like it when you say they are not Black.

[@Merrybandoruffians]

@@kmj2000 The majority of the sub as far as I’ve seen are two parent black. Also lots of BW from Africa and Europe, lots of Caribbean and Afro Latina women, also a really big geographic spread across the US/Canada and quite a few black American expats too. Biracial/multiracial ladies are there, but they also have r/mixedrace, so I wouldn’t say they’re like overrepresented. I also wouldn’t say they’re mostly “mixed with white” as the Blasian gals are quite deep in the community. Overall, I think it’s a pretty good cross section of the black community.

[@Smellslikewealth]

Jouelzy I feel seen! I too am light skinned with 4c hair. I just loc’d my hair 3 months ago and love it. Keep up the good work boo!

[@NeidaTeresa]

Let Archibald Windemere Sussex get on the internet talm bout some "I can say the N-word because look at my mom and my gramma" and I will riot I swear

[@pisceanbeauty2503]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@yendaaaa]

💀

[@kaylathomas9333]

Not the full government name😂

[@sercretunicorn]

I’m actually crying 😂😂😭😭

[@JasminelovesIndycar]

ROFLMFBO I'm #dead

[@Sunmoonandstars123]

My kids are African American and European Canadian and read as phenotypically Black. As their white parent, I have learned the history that was deliberately not taught to me so that both my partner and I can teach our kids about their African and African American ancestry as well as their Euro history. I see a lot of kids here who weren’t raised to be confident in who they are. The white parent needs to learn and above all respect (and never mimic or fetishize) Black culture and history because that’s not what our kids are gonna get if we let mass society teach them about it. Biracial kids need to learn about racism from their white parent as well as their Black parent. My kids are empowered to call out racism in behaviour and curriculum because they know both their parents will have their back and not gas light them. They need to see me acknowledging and confronting racism as well as celebrating and uplifting Black achievement and brilliance. Too many white parents of biracial kids don’t do that and it messes their kids up.

[@RockyR]

all of this

[@kenyascott6455]

Why do you all think it is your responsibility as a white person to try and teach African history to black children? Stop trying to think your doing a favor to black ppl by taking in our children it look like slavery. Something you all just shouldn't say. You don't see us adopting or taking in whites and teaching them about European history and hate.

[@yourdestinii]

@@kenyascott6455 I think you misread and misunderstood her statement. She is not taking in anyone's children she's speaking about her own children who have an African American father. It is her responsibility as their biological parent to teach them about their history whether black or white.

[@flovonnejohnson707]

@@kenyascott6455 so,do you not want white mothers who have mixed biological children to teach them about their black ancestry? Because I don't think it'll be good if her children arnt prepared for the racism they may face in the world....... By the way,I believe this woman was talking about her biological children. But even if it isn't and a white person adopts a black child,you dont think that parent should try to research and understand the struggles that their child will most likely face? Are you saying that the parent should stay ignorant?which would then lead to the child being ignorant.....

[@dedibien1043]

I feel white patents with biracial kids refused to teach their children about race because they know deep down what whiteness really means. A lot of them refused to admit that they are racists.

[@IvyMercedes1687]

mixed people need to be identifying as what they are: Mixed. The mass majority of them do not have unambiguous black features. They don’t look fully black and won’t be treated as such. Not looking white(or whatever else you may be mixed with) doesn’t automatically make you black. Being called slurs, claiming that white/nonblack ppl "disowned" u, or being mis-profiled by the police DOES NOT make u black. ur ancestral quantum & genetic identity determine if u are black. It is not gatekeeping to be told u are not black when u are not black. If your ancestral quantum and genetic identity is non-black and black: You are biracial/multiracial. If ur questioning this u have a racial identity crisis. Mixed/biracial/multiracial has ALWAYS been considered a racial category. Claiming to be only black is apart of black erasure. Mixed people have become the face of the black race. Can you guess why??? 😭 this is common sense. Stop being silly.

[@janomesteve3129]

So true

[@dr.shlomosands1096]

FACTS

[@STk-rf8ee]

​@@janomesteve3129 This isn't true at all

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

Don’t tell me how to live my life, go identify being black elsewhere 😂

[@gee.kay.4787]

hair is popping! also - I HOLLERED at the end. As a woman who dates men of all races, I do think about that - what if I am "the last black" + they try it on my grave! NO MA'AM! I CANNOT! lol

[@amandaford8730]

I'm so happy someone is talking about this. I don't want to shit on someone's racial and cultural identity, but it's getting annoying how so many white-passing/biracial people impede in spaces not really built for them or are caught doing something explicitly antiblack but then they bring up their African (or non-white; again, a lot of people still pull the "I'm part Native American" card) ancestor and then cry about how hard it is to be white-looking and how they wish they were dark-skinned. It's so strange because so many white-passing people who say this seem to be selectively oblivious of the fact that they look white and that white people by design are not treated horribly for their phenotypes. And in reference to 20:40 YES I definitely think in the coming decades there are going to be more people racially identifying as "white-passing POC" as a way to deflect their own internalized white settler guilt by applying the one-drop rule to one or two non-white ancestors from generations back. They don't have to contend with their family's participation/compliance in systemic oppression if *they're* really the victim and are now trying to "reclaim their identity."

[@biegebythesea6775]

are you talking about biracial people identifying as white passing or mixed race people? also that is okay if that's how they identify. it's not okay if they want to be racist but it's perfectly okay for mixed people to self identify.

[@whiro8945]

As a white/european blue eyed mixed person (native tho not aa) THIS!! Nothing annoys me more than people acting like their white privilege disappears. There is something to be said about how we move through the world different - it's not a 100% white person's experience.. I just don't think we have the language for it. But yes 1000% hit the nail on the head.

[@Nunofyabizzzzz]

Let’s simplify this then. *Biracials should be their own ethnic group within the US* And I’m not the only one that thinks this

[@PHlophe]

As a biracial male, i think biracial women SHOULD be their own ethnic group. we biracial men , we just out here minding our black business.

[@artistaroundtheblock2047]

@@PHlophe oh no.

[@artistaroundtheblock2047]

@@PHlophe oh no.

[@artistaroundtheblock2047]

@@PHlophe oh no.

[@HausOfAdonis]

Doesn’t make sense. That means all african Americans are multiracial and should not be considered black. Black Americans are a mix of African, European, and sometimes Native American. So if you say this, there is no such thing as a black American

[@msasake]

It’s giving half black dad behavior. I feel like mixed kids with black moms don’t be doing this online. They’re very much in tune with their blackness

[@purplelove3666]

But they are biracial and not black

[@hubrisbrutus6805]

Very true it comes from the white mom and black dad

[@surirel4949]

Eh, it’s a mixed bag I have seen biracials regardless of which parent is black display some problematic behavior.

[@yendaaaa]

Mixed people with black mothers have more sense period, theres no debate.

[@abdullahdanze2061]

This is a lie.

[@rinchan1940]

As a biracial person who favors her black side, I come to the find the biracial/mixed on TikTok who love to shout to the rooftops that there part black, generally speaking look the furthest from it. They want all the benefits, but none of the struggle that comes with it.

[@notwwwansik]

+++++, same

[@yourfavoritepessimisticexi8041]

Everyday I'm grateful to be fully black

[@SnozBerryQueen]

Aye fr.

[@DarthFurie]

👑

[@vondamelanin906]

Facts👸🏾☀️👑

[@LaLa_856]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@vondamelanin906]

@@LaLa_856 👸🏾☀️👑

[@Brianascott]

Jouelzy, thank you for so eloquently, accurately, and throughly describing these issues.

[@theghostofarchiebunker8859]

I’m almost 40 and being biracial my entire life I will say that black folks have always tried to lean in on biracial people to call themselves black. Like forever. “White people think your black” and the whole one drop ideology. It’s a new school of thought to say that biracial people aren’t black. Ive never considered myself black I feel silly referring to myself as a black woman just as I would referring to myself as a white woman. But a lot of these older people are probably in these young peoples ear telling them “society sees you as black” wich is not true but anyway…. Also black men like to promote their kids with white women as black so that they can feel like they are continuing blackness instead of erasing it. But that’s a whole other delusion that I’ll leave to Cynthia g.

[@ginasimone5798]

Every single word you said - especially the last paragraph!

[@socahha]

Facts

[@biegebythesea6775]

Thank you because I am mixed race (in the UK we don't say biracial) but yes it IS new to tell mixed people they should not call themselves black. I feel like a lot of black and mixed people don't know that especially in my country. Black people get offended if we say we are not black. It is true that white people see us as black, though unless you live somewhere like London. Racist people use black insults.

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

After chuckling at your 'being biracial my entire life' as opposed to part time 🤭, I agree 100%. To put it bluntly black americans have for most of the 20th century aggressively co-opted biraciality, they used by biracials as a tool to redefine what black is ( not west African looking), and implicate biracials in their shame of blackness. The internet has been quite devasting for black americans on this front because american half black biracials, possibly because of contact with biracials in Europe, are now more forcefully asserting their biracial identiy and it has forced the concept of biraciality into the black american psyche and 'biracial' into the black american lexicon, after years of biracial co-opting. Black americans feel rejected and angry by the biracial being true to what they actually are, hence the concept of 'identifiying as black'. The only people who propagated the 'one drop rule' in the 20th century are black americans, black americans have been quite mercenary here.

[@dayalaver64]

@ALAIN MEKOYO As a mixed person, I can say that there could be two main reasons why they do this, although there are more reasons. The first is that they were told all of their life they were black or forced to identify as black even though it probably felt weird to them, like the comment you're replying to says. And the second is to take advantage of that black side of them.

[@OliviaX500]

My mom is black, dad is Egyptian. Most black women I’ve dealt with I’ve felt I have had to be vulnerable and show insecurities with just so they believe I do not think I’m better than them. They usually assume my mom is white and dad is black. If I say I’m mixed some people will say, no you’re black. But the truth is, I am mixed. Despite the fact that this is what I identify as, many black people will insist that I am black. It’s actually annoying af. I’m not. And it doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with being black either.

[@tolusanwoolu5663]

Egyptian isn't white at all, not a valid example

[@Opinionatedcancer]

Why would anyone assume you’re black unless you mentioned it?

[@boogermaiden]

​@@tolusanwoolu5663 they didn't claim their mom is black. Why are you invalidating her experience

[@booksxbritttv]

About that bama rush girl I was surprised no one on youtube really talked about it. You pointed out a great point about our culture getting closer to whiteness and then experiencing surges of pan africanism.

[@itowilltube]

i think its other way around ....whiteness encrouched on African and then after years of being beaten down reclaiming happens ...but it guess its same line diff perceptions

[@ramblingrue]

lmao dude, the way they have their parents' pictures ON hand. I think what annoys me is how these videos go viral because people to actually be interest in that type of content

[@DarthFurie]

It's kind of weird. I'm mixed but really ethnically ambiguous and sometimes can pass as white, but nobody has ever asked to see a photo of either of my parents like as "proof" or something. I definitely would not speak to such people. I'm not a sideshow. But what she's saying in this video is kind of how I find these videos, like they intentionally try to cultivate some type of "shock value" or "gotcha" moment for clicks and views. So the photo of black relatives is supposed to create some kind of shock, I guess. It's very very weird attention-seeking behavior in my honest opinion lol

[@toomessy]

I find it SO weird. Could you imagine having an argument with someone, and next thing you know they're showing you photos of their great-great-grandfather to try to prove a point? It's just weird, because what do you even say after that? Especially when that STILL doesn't change the fact that...they're not Black lol.

[@naimalavender2657]

This title has me screaming jouelzy!

[@tallycally]

Thanks, for the context, even though you're feeling ill. Hope you feel better, Jouelzy.

[@ericanation2458]

Half way through the video and when you broke down "black" as a ethnicity and a commodity I was clapping and saying "preach" 🙌🏽 I had to subscribe!!

[@Machenziethemodel]

They said their not with the tik tok strike for black creators and the complete disrespect. Shows you how they really think of black ppl.

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

The monolith 😂

[@VanishaRD]

Side note: you look soooo pretty!! Shoulder line, hair, tats, yaaaaas

[@sulwanrox]

Not related but i’m so proud of you for getting through Grad school! This semester was incredibly difficult. I can echo the same feelings of relief as an undergrad student. I just finished my last semester at my institution 🥲💖

[@X3N14]

That title LOL To be black you have to come from two Black parents, no matter what shade you are. Period, it's the same to be classified as white. White people don't consider mixed people as White, neither should Black people. It's not wrong or less than to be mixed, just different. It is what it is, be proud of both sides of you. But there's no need to one drop rule people in who typically only claim blackness when it benefits them. Even a biracial person with a fully black phenotype (who will be treated as a black person and therefore have a better understanding of how this society keeps Black people at the bottom) is still biracial and will likely benefit from things like having a White parent and family in ways regular Black people just don't. ETA: Obviously, biracial or mixed people can't help that they are mixed or biracial. I don't hold that or the privileges that come with being biracial against them. That is on this white society that white people created. But I will side eye them downplaying or denying there's benefits to being part white, light skinned or having "good hair".

[@michilove6554]

The statement that white ppl don't consider mixed ppl white is a bald-faced lie. As a person who works in the healthcare field dealing with demographics day in n day out, I have had to correct many white ppl who come in with their clearly mixed child, but will list them as white or Caucasian. The child will be my complexion, a "red bone"; not my moniker, n they will say the child is white. When I ask them, usually white women, what is the ethnic makeup of the father, they all say black, but u have this child listed as Caucasian. Not on my watch. I change that shit real quick. They may not want to acknowledge his/her racial makeup, but u will not get past me doing it.

[@X3N14]

@@michilove6554 well I’m not calling you a liar but in my experience the broader society of white people don’t see biracial people as white. Even if their family members may think of them as white.

[@AlliWalker]

Gatekeeping blackness is ridiculous. 🙄

[@ttubebaby]

@@X3N14 So you envy white people and want to imitate them and reproduce white ideals and pathologies, but this time for Black people.

[@jasminemoon9965]

@@dahliar410 I was definitely confused like a white woman gave birth to that child she has the right to mark their race as whatever she wants.

[@scarlet8078]

This was very moving for me to hear, bc I have a Euro dad & the exact same phenotype as Nicole Ritchie (who looks like Sofia but with blue eyes). I would feel utterly ridiculous if I went around calling myself a "proud black woman" - even though that's what my MOTHER is. That's not been my lived experience, & I think it's sad that those of us who do have a certain amount of privilege are trying to "claim" a blk experience when convenient or profitable

[@TheShadowPerson.]

As a mixed person who looks white i never got any privledges socially or academically. If we have so much privledge then why would we be trying to claim black experiences for clout? This is why I never like black folk its always some issue

[@mambamed8345]

Hey jouelzy, this is one of the better videos I’ve seen in a while. Please don’t stop making content. Your are brilliant, gorgeous and funny ❤️I believe that America’s unresolved racial issues have created a group of biracials that essentially have a pathology related to identity crisis. Like you said they are desperately trying to validate their “blackness” because they know there is no way in hell that they will be accepted as white. This manifests perfectly on tik tok. You hit the nail on the head when you eloquently explain that the topic of race is purposefully difficult to talk about and quantify; biracial folks feel the weight of that the most as they are stuck somewhere in the middle.

[@Yesitsmedaphne]

Honey, they're going to make sure that everyone knows they have that drop of black (supposedly) in the genotype even though it's no where to be found in the phenotype 😂

[@bikeshop2002]

isn't that better than trying to deny or hide it in shame? what's wrong with being proud to be part black?

[@booksxbritttv]

Yeah and I noticed how Black men with mixed kids posts their children a lot more than Black men who don't have mixed kids. Like I'm friends with a few Black married couples and usually the wives posts the family pictures or pictures the men prolly post their kids 2x a year. But Black men with their biracial/mixed child will post them constantly. Also those same men always talk about how their white girlfriend/babymama/wife family doesn't like them a lot. Where as I know a few Black couples who families don't get along but they dont make those dynamics a brand.

[@cjrichmond6691]

I noticed with black men if those mixed kids are not cute they dont post them that often.

[@SJ_Vibezz]

Yes! One man I know only posts his mixed race step daughter but never his full dark skinned actual blood daughters. I actually found extremely disturbing.

[@booksxbritttv]

@@cjrichmond6691 yep I've noticed that as well.

[@EnlightenedGoldenBeauty]

Bm post their mixed race daughters frequently

[@soraya.e5482]

@@SJ_Vibezz i would be calling CPS immediately that’s disturbing 😳

[@CraigStanley]

Literally three minutes in and I am in stitches. Thank you for the content but also please rest 🙏🏾😂

[@samahjuana8755]

The issue is Black people are too accepting. Look at Asian people, if your half Asian you ain’t Asian. Other groups are not so accepting.

[@KadieBlue]

Hmm. I don't know. I've heard a lot of Eurasian men say they identify as Asian.

[@ohcapt.mycapt]

Not entirely true. Filipinos have always claimed me despite being half African American. Even in more conservative countries people are becoming more accepting of mixed Asians.

[@dr.shlomosands1096]

We all not but i understand EXACTLY what you are saying!!! Anc im tired of it!!! Then black true blacks wannabe complain about not having shit but allows outsider's into the black community!!! @ not me

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

Guess im cute enough that Asians ask me if im Asian

[@mzgreenjeansapproves]

I am wishing you a speedy and COMPLETE recovery. Please remember self care and just stay hydrated. I really just like the discourse about this topic. It reminds me of one of my college friends who is biracial and has a european phenotype. He practically had to swear on a sack of bibles to even get a slight bit of agreement. In retrospect it's kinda heartbreaking because I was his only black friend at that time. But the topic is timely and interesting. The best part was the clear way the exploitation of blackness effects everyone for good or for ill. Because who indeed signs the paychecks. Thanks for an interesting and thought provoking discourse.

[@naturallyunruly8862]

My mom is light skinned and I am the darkest of her children. I remember growing up and her nonchalantly reminding me that I would be a field slave while SHE would be a house slave... Or that I resemble a monkey etc. I still have issues with my skin but ever since I started accepting who I am she is now "black is beautiful" funny enough it feels like it's for clout but I can't talk to her about it because she shuts down.

[@natehearneable]

Reading this really made me sad. I'm sorry you experienced this. I hope you are surrounded by love and able to heal.

[@simplybeautiful9885]

Babes find an excellent black therapist to help you. You deserve to be happy and feel esteemed. Sending love.

[@LisePlansandJournals]

Your *mother* said this to you?😢

[@alischmid2472]

I'm so glad this was recommended. I rarely use TikTok so I have never seen this myself but I found it very interesting and I love the way you delivered this topic. TikTok seems like a perfect breeding ground for this type of behavior because like you said these people know that aligning themselves more closely to black culture will gain them social currency. I liked how you pointed out the contradiction from white folks previously benefitting from their whiteness and being able to distance themselves from the black race to benefit themselves. White folks continue to use race to their benefit knowing they can "pass" as white whenever they need even if they regularly profit off of black culture.

[@happythredz]

your hair and makeup look pretty and i love the whole set up. i hope you feel better soon ❣️

[@tvariuness]

"American culture is obsessed with transgression and to the degree that blackness remains a primary sign of transgression. One could talk about American mainstream culture as being obsessed with blackness, but it is blackness primarily in a commodified form that can then be possessed, owned, controlled, and shaped by the consumer… and not with engagement in Black culture that might require one to be a participant, therefore to be in some way transformed by what you are consuming as opposed to being merely a buyer." - bell hooks (rip)

[@Caramelboii91]

These quadroons on Tik Tok have lost their minds. Mixed daddies and white mamas and shocked they look like 👩🏼👱🏼‍♂️

[@TheSufficientlyBlackPodcast]

No Black women friends but having a Black boyfriend is so telling !

[@nwatson2773]

That’s what’s they do

[@StarStarStar059]

Very yt of them 😂

[@monzorella1]

OOOOOOOOOOOOO you said it!!! 😅

[@100Stratusfiedx]

I’m all for liking who you want, but please don’t do it out of self hate. I’d also hate for my great great grandkids having to pull out my pictures to prove they’re black

[@EnlightenedGoldenBeauty]

They wouldn’t be black. I saw my grandpa honor his oldest great grandchild, and she was a whole white gurl. It looked really weird

[@Shaylaset]

@@EnlightenedGoldenBeauty exactly if you have to pull out photos of your great grandmother it ain’t giving 🤣

[@littlegothgirl8869]

I agree. It's very strange.

[@plantiron]

@@EnlightenedGoldenBeauty : Drakes son is whole white boy with blue eyes and blonde hair. Just imagine him becoming a rapper and spitting out the N word all based on his dad being half black Patrick Mahomes daughter is a whole whyt girl. Just imagine his dark skinned dad driving his white granddaughter down a suburb. Someone would call the cops..tha ts for sure

[@mimiandy1683]

Honey, you just described a whole branch of my family tree. No lie. 😭 My cousins are a-whole ass mess. They hate "blackness" because of past history of mistreatment. They hate biracial women because of... reasons. Yet, they're making biracial women, them-damn-selves. One cousin have really gone off the deep end: she "hates blackness" and dislikes biracial women (and light-skinned, black women). Marries a white man and has five kids. Lived in a predominantly white town, but moves after experiencing too much racism. Moved to a predominantly black town. But she still hates "blackness" and doesn't her daughters associating with black people.

[@stacia663]

Thank you for giving the Slavery lesson in the beginning. I don’t think people realize how important it is for people to understand that part!!

[@carmencolita929]

I'm so glad you made this video. The historical context was needed. I agree on the nomenclature point. It confuses these situations a lot. As a monoracial Black American woman I would honestly find myself getting offended on the behalf of biracial Black Americans when people would give them push back for identifying as Black b/c I'm thinking "What gives you the right to tell someone they can't identify as one of their ethnicities?" But I havent seen it as much with for instance a Naomi Osaka who identifies with her blackness b/c she has made it a point to say she is Haitian and Japanese as opposed to just black and Japanese. Also stressing the point that this is an American perspective was key because on social media (Twitter especially) I see black people from the UK and certain African countries policing biracial and black folks identities frequently (this isn't to say Black Americans don't do this b/c some def do) and I don't know how to feel about it. Race classifications are different everywhere and imposing societal structures from where you live onto another is.....but that goes back the nomenclature point. Like I'm not going to tell a coloured South African they should be offended at the term colored just b/c I would be offended as a Black American and I wouldn't have the want to tell them. That's not my culture. And really this seems like a Halsey vs Lauren London type of thing. I'm not questioning if Lauren (black mother) is tapped into her black heritage but Halsey (light skin father) on the other hand....

[@Afrikolo]

So in other words the term "black" within an international context is non-constructive, confusing, incoherent, unreasonable and illogical. Further justifying the emerging notion of the need for de-racialization in African social narratives. This imposed pseudo science/ false construct is not indigenous to African indigenous peoples anyway.

[@BadgalAkira]

I have an unpopular and underrated opinion. Remember that these Biracial (specifically Black mixed) people, come from a black parent, so this ignorance that we see or “racism” is also a manifestation of their black parent. Sometimes the argument is “well their white parent is racist.” But their black parent knew that before the child was born, which means they also resonated with it. I’m also speaking from experience, being mixed and having lots of mixed family! It’s not a coincidence that most of all of them come from a racist non-black parent, and a self-hatred black parent. That being said, many times the disregard for being black starts with their black parent first. There’s a idea within the black community that mixed people are inherently racist, and into themselves, viewing themselves better than others! But often times they are put on a pedestal in the black community, and are seen as tainted blood within their other communities/ethnicities. Yes this is a result of white supremacy, but it’s also carried still through the black community. Many of the black parents of these biracial kids want to wash out their own genetics, and thus they don’t teach their kids any black history or the beauty of being of afro decent, which is more than a “look” we are made up of many cultures. Their parents are doing what’s call mejorar la raza amongst mestizo & afro-Latinos! In my opinion we make this too much of a “look” issue, when it has nothing to do with them being white passing, or ethically ambiguous, because no matter what they look like, if they all came from parents who appreciated their blackness, their cultures, their history, and had self-love, nobody would be fixed on their look. The issue is the fact that they are perpetuating racism and using their mixed heritage to get away with it! But like I said remember they didn’t raise themselves, this is a manifestation of black colorism and self hate birthed through a mixed person, with racist white genetics alongside the black genetics.

[@BadgalAkira]

It’s like cancel culture to me when I see lots of poc, especially my fellow brown people roasting them online. They are canceling them for doing exactly what their parents brought them in the world to do, and feel! And that’s better than other black peoples lol. The issue is internal, and it’s a manifesto of racism within the black community as well. Let’s talk about the many biracial people who also come through single black parents who still carry this racist mentality, as if they were raised by an all white family. And the light skin black kids (non-mixed) who often feel they are better, disciplined less, and seen higher than the rest. We’ll often call it “colorism” but colorism is really just racism, no matter how you flip it. Once upon a time their was no word for this phenomenon, and in places like Louisiana, light skinned creoles would be segregated off from darkskin creoles, because one had power and one didn’t. And the misconception that mixing will make the world a better less racist place is crazy. Brazil is one of the most mixed countries on this planet, and has the highest population of black people outside of Africa, and yet it’s also one of the most racist! Many Latin countries are full of mixed people, and STILL there’s racism, because many mix with lighter and whiter people in order to get lighter and whiter children, and not just because they love one another. And as a result you get populations like Latinos who after just two generations of mixing, won’t even consider themselves black, but will sport their black abuela once it’s time to claim blackness. This is TAUGHT and learnt, bred behavior coming from BOTH sides. The only way out of this shell of self-hate and white supremacy is SELF-LOVE. Also might I add many biracial people who are “passing” also learn how to manipulate their black features to become more white. There’s a lot of self hate in the mixed community, even amongst blasians. Many will keep their hair straight and eyeliner up, to enhance their Asian ness and get mistaken for just a dark skin Asian, because with their natural curls they aren’t as passing. I think it’s a very uncomfortable conversation but it’s one the black community needs to have!

[@YaraMel]

Loved all your points!!! Lots of insights here!

[@ShellyflowersReadsandWrites]

I was looking for someone to bring up the concept of “mejorando la raza”, and I’m so glad you did. Excellent points all around.

[@pisceanbeauty2503]

@@BadgalAkira I agree with pretty much everything you said, but I don’t think the onus can only be on black peoples to fix this. As long as we live in a society that treats black people inferiorly there will always be some black people who think the solution will be to lighten their gene pool. We can’t fix this within the community without fixing our broader environment.

[@JamesIssacNeutron3]

Interesting 🤔 Great points.

[@MsWildberry1]

Jouelzy excellent presentation and well researched subject area that is not spoken about enough. Respect to you. One Love.

[@jouelzy]

I appreciate that

[@Sunmoonandstars123]

Also want to say thank you Joulzy for creating content that I love and always learn from!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@MegaGranni]

Tik tok is full of attention seekers with little to no talent. Of course there are people are who are intelligent and make actually useful content but BABBYY the majority....whack

[@softshell812]

By half Black they mean their Dad is 1/4 Black.. I've seen this so often and it's so gross.

[@mercurialmystic4610]

Agreed!! I’m mixed always known I was mixed, I was raised Jamaican-American. I’ve never felt the need to call myself a fully black woman bc I know I’m not fully black , ethnically I identify as Afro-Caribbean. Growing up I went to a predominantly white school , & ppl made it their business to identify me as a black , mixed, Asian, Mexican( whatever that meant bc we all know you can’t look Mexican) , basically a POC but still ridiculed me & put us w all other mixed black/black children who didn’t play sports (bc that was their trope) & I’ve just never felt the need to prove I have Afro Jamaican heritage & that my dad is black. Ppl need to learn that being a POC doesn’t mean you’re living the black experience , I’m clearly a POC, but I’m not clearly black . It’s always the ones who weren’t raised in the culture & who don’t have a POC or black phenotype .

[@chestchirecateyes]

Your arguments were very cogent, enlightening, and your sourcing is phenomenal! Well done!👏👏👏👏

[@BlackTalkNoLimits]

“Proximity to blackness is cool but living in a Black body is questionable.” “Being Black is profitable.” So many gems. I think many Black men continue to celebrate women that are in proximity to blackness. Black men have opened the flood gates for nonBlack women and biracial women to commodify Black femininity. The Grapevine also had a great discussion about the proximity to blackness in their episode “Blackfishing.”

[@lilmrfoster16]

This title has me so weak. 😂 You never miss tho, Jouelzy!

[@SoothingPeace3]

Jouelzy, you are very knowledgeable and aware of this topic and I believe you will make a fantastic history teacher. As a Nigerian, I have learnt a lot from you.

[@pa1060]

I just thank both my black parents. This shit here is freaking stressful.

[@DeonnTheProfessional]

I don’t really have anything to say, just commenting for the engagement. Thanks for giving us content even tho you don’t feel well ❤️

[@nigerianbuttafly]

Having a mixed parent or being half black is not BLACK!

[@gloppy3612]

it is if you dont visibly look like the other race youre mixed with

[@Tarapope34]

Yes it is

[@dr.shlomosands1096]

FACTS

[@dr.shlomosands1096]

​@@gloppy3612 naw dont diminish our (true blacks) IDENTITY black is more than looks and skin complexion

[@alittlemoresonic42]

I couldn't imagine jumping on the internet and claiming im black because of my dad's side. I'm always surprised at the shit people don't think is racist. smh.

[@OkaayYall]

I’m light skinned fully black and it really annoys me that I have to fight to prove my blackness when mixed people can say they’re black or have black in them and everyone accepts them with open arms. That one drop rule fos and doesn’t apply today. Please stop. I agree w/ everything you said in this video. I can say so much more but I would have to write a book.

[@mr.samuels2404]

Let me know when you're finish writing that book .

[@beavertheteaser]

it’s really weird and problematic how people only look at skin tone (and hair texture, to a degree) to determine who’s mixed. it’s even weirder that those people claim to want to do away with the one drop rule, but bully those who are truly mixed into saying they’re just black. doesn’t make any sense to me. by the way, what you’re dealing with is ridiculous. you look unambiguously black, you just happen to have light skin

[@gloppy3612]

They dont accept us with open arms. Lightskin with 3a hair mixed with yt mom black dad. i am NOT white passing but my hair is loose. I live in close proximity to blackness and always have. Its not about one drop rule its about whether you live in that culture or not

[@OkaayYall]

@@gloppy3612 Do people ask you if you are mixed/ biracial? Or what you mixed with? Because I am talking about when I answer no or I’m not mixed with anything and people really won’t accept that as fact just because I’m lightskin. Thats me fighting for my blackness whereas usually (heavy on the usual) when mixed/biracial people are asked these questions, once answered, its like “Aw, I knew you had some black in you”. Get what I’m saying?

[@OkaayYall]

@@bikeshop2002 I’m not sure your question lines up with my points but I am mainly speaking on how black people fetish with mixed people not how society treats mixed people who’s genome is black presenting. Of course how our societal structure is made up you would be grouped in with blacks because they made it so. And you living a black experience would also contribute to you being “black”. However the experience I’m speaking of usually happens for light-skin women. And speaks to how black peoples belief that you must be mixed if you’re lighter skinned and how when those who do mention that they are mixed get an “applause” for having black in them (especially if they are deemed beautiful) and me being fully black but light saying so gets me the side eye from many black people I encounter. I hope that’s a better breakdown of my previous response to another comment.

[@charrlieb]

I felt that. My master’s dragged me for filth last semester! Hopefully next semester will be better for you.

[@THembrey313]

This reminds me of the Diana Ross family Christmas picture that her children tracee and Evan just posted on Instagram and it was striking to me that although she started her career on all blk platforms she’s diluted her gene pool beyond recognition and of course she is just one of many people

[@userbeyou]

Diana Ross is all u got? What about the many rich bm and celebs with non black women and mixed children? Smh.

[@THembrey313]

@@userbeyou all I got u sound upset and I don’t care about any of these people she just happened to post this the same day tracee released their Christmas picture, y’all be hella weird

[@userbeyou]

@@THembrey313 U are the weird one thinking am upset. Lol.

[@samanthak6122]

@@userbeyou What's wrong with her mentioning Diana Ross? People always talk about black men who do it.

[@userbeyou]

@@samanthak6122 And so?

[@raventrunite6459]

best analysis of race on tik tok i’ve ever seen ! the connection between slavery and modern appropriation (the link being commodification) made sooo much sense

[@shadowess1961]

By proximity is given grace BY us a lot of times. Some of us are always inviting people to the cookout. Why? We LOVE the biracial offspring because of their "good hair" but, anyone that does not share our blues should not have rights to our joy. Everyone wants to be us until it's time to be, us. They love our creativity. They steal it, repackage it and sell it as if they came up with it but I digress...if you are biracial and are raised within our culture, that is one thing but to present as white and say you are Black without living within our culture...you might be biracial. PERIOD. Being Black comes with so many things, it goes deeper than the color of our beautiful skin.

[@avaava4669]

Yes, biracial people aren't always dealing with the Black struggle.. but, that isn't of any fault of there's. We as Black people, from the time the Biracial kids are born into our families, are favored/prized/shown off.. so, the first people to give biracial people that feeling of superiority, is us DARKSKIN BLACK PEOPLE. We want to befriend them in school/we play in their hair/we compliment them/we lowkey hate the attention they get from Black men... the list goes on. So yeah.. for the most part, Biracial people will never be treated with the same vitriol, as darkskin Black people, from us darker skin, to White people. It's an undeserved privilege they have/and will always have... much like White privilege, for obvious reasons.

[@jellyrcw12]

"anyone that does not share our blues should not have rights to our joy" SPEAK ON IT!

[@shadowess1961]

@@avaava4669 I agree. We as a people embrace everyone and I have biracial friends that have chosen what they want to be seen as and use their Blackness in spurts. I think we favor people who share our DNA and even non-Black people because we love diversity. We don't shun it or think of their differences as a threat while other non-Black people do. Your last sentence, YES.

[@biegebythesea6775]

what does living within our culture mean in a big city like london or new york mean? i know parts of america are really segregated but that doesn't exist in many places. biracial people will have a mixed cultural experience. also what does 'does not share our blues' mean? what specifically?

[@shadowess1961]

@@biegebythesea6775 Your comment is confusing...you carry the culture within you by being around people who share the same DNA as you. While we are not all a monolith there are certain things that bond us no matter where we come from such as the foods we eat or the way we dress or speak that we don't have with other groups who look nothing like us. Some parts of America are segregated, and yes, it does exist in many places. Biracial people will have a mixed cultural experience HOW? If they are raised with one group rather than both, they will spend their adult years seeking the other group they were not exposed to, I have friends like this. Lastly, I won't explain the blues part that, you can think about for yourself.

[@KAW1239]

Come through with the discourse on settler colonialism! Come through with the shout-outs to Dr. Daina Ramey Berry and Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson! Black women scholars need to be cited more. It's great to see you incorporating course readings in your videos. This historian is proud 🙂

[@intisareleanor]

Let me tell you something Jouelzy ... you are EVERYTHING! I enjoyed this entire video, even the Audible ad 😍

[@stepahead5944]

The key isn't the mixed folks having a Black mom/White dad, as having a Black dad with internalized self hate isn't going to help either. The key is those who grew up in Black community with respect for their Black heritage. Those who won't insist on taking up space and speaking over other Black people when the issue doesn't apply to them or their experiences, as they aren't trying to exploit any mixed privilege.

[@TeraGreene1]

Thank you for starting off with the real ness. I’m so sorry you got the breakthrough:( I am sending you all the positivity from up here on Canada. I’ve been keeping up with everything happening down there. Peace to you and yours.

[@houseofbonnets]

Hair, face, commetary....we have to stan. Happy Hollidays!!!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Could've summed this all up with the Paul Mooney quote from Chappelle's Show: "Everybody wanna be a nigga, but nobody wanna be a nigga."

[@youresoquiet]

Mixed (blk & yt) people are living in a body that is non-exclusive. One part of you isn't cancelled out by the other. A mixed person isn't taking away your blackness by claiming theirs. It's not chasing clout to claim your own ethnicity, even if it is mixed with another ethnicity. The problem is that mixed people were told by white people that we are black (1 drop rule), and are now rejected by black communities for being white. So why not start our own race? Because colorism and racism won't allow us to (collectively). Someone's perception will always be a factor, so long as Americans focus on outer appearance.