Coloured Mentality: What is a Coloured?

Episode 1 of a 6 part webseries discussing Coloured Identity.
Kelly-Eve Koopman and Sarah Summers explore what 'coloured' means in Cape Town, South Africa, before embarking on a 1000km Khoi Liberation Walk to reconnect with their indigenous heritage.

[@eternallife6023]

I'm a black South African and I really love this channel. But the one thing that stands out for me from watching this content is just how little we all know about each other.

[@ludgerkarumbo2807]

nah nah , true talk, coloureds in SA don't know what they are. dit is die waarheid you're going with what apartheid put on you😢

[@hamzavanderross1235]

love this. this is needed. I think a shared experience of all coloured/brown ppl in this country is that we've always had to tell people what we are not. it's an identity that has been defined in negative terms.

[@sweetlady3651]

It is it's a term that was forced on u

[@alvinbenito9115]

All kind of a coloured is very bad people,no piece of them,shed blood every time God don't like what they do to hell

[@maureenjackson2041]

The khoi are black Africans, just because they are lighter skinned it doesn't make them less black, the European Afrikaners deliberately put them in the coloured category as a divide and rule tactic. Even now khoi are fighting for their own separate designation.

[@jacquelinematroos3708]

Great video. I am a #PROUD Coloured and I think we all should be proud and stand our ground as beautiful integrated people. I appreciate you ladies!

[@williamkhumalo5325]

white people they will never assept u u are still a nigga

[@orion7592]

I'm coloured. I don't have an identity crisis. I don't hate anyone, either - black or white. I'm aware of both my black and my white ancestry. There's no denying it. There's no denying that I'm hated because I have white blood, even though I've never claimed to be white. I don't know, exactly, who my black or white ancestors are. Genetic profiling will give me an idea, but not a name. Someone decided to give a definition to my ethnicity, and amazingly, I've embraced it. I enjoy our culture. Sure, we have our problems - unemployment, poverty and the socioeconomic ills that go with such conditions. Racism against others - not being honest with ourselves - not enough of us in universities and in the professions. So what? all nations have their fair share of problems, and so do we. We are a fairly young ethnic demographic. We were non-existent before Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape, and, unlike other nations who have existed in established cultures for thousands of years, we are still evolving - still finding out who we truly are. We've made mistakes - politically and socially, in context to the situation in South Africa. Our culture is still gravely misunderstood. Just as there are Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Afrikaner and English cultures in our country, so, we have Coloured culture. No one seems to understand this. Everyone comfortably spouts the grandness of their own traditions, but we are denied ours. At a time when the call to genocide grows ever stronger in our own country, and blacks, joined by increasing numbers of foreign nationals, begin to draw a correlation between us and their arch-enemies, the whites, our emerging nationhood stands at the brink. Those who perpetrate the crime of genocide will look to any excuse to carry out their heinous deeds against those who are powerless. The weak. As a nation we are weak. Blacks call for us to identify with them (which we should be doing, and no doubt are doing to a large extent) but at the same time wanting us to deny our "colouredness" - our culture, our identity as people. Some blacks call for our annihilation. What to do? Not only do we struggle to exist in our poverty-stricken world, trying to rid our people of their own demons, but now we also face an emerging threat sweeping across the globe against those of fairer hue, and those thought to be their cohorts. What to do? We will find the answers, if we survive long enough.

[@TinyToonStar]

Thank you so much for saying this. Very inspiring. There have been too many people putting down our culture for too long.

[@avi8tor971]

I think we are BLESSED to share this beautiful country with the COLOURDS OF THE CAPE AND THE INDIANS OF NATAL , IT JUST MAKES UP WHO WE ARE !!!

[@mikaelaanndaries9871]

Thank you for these videos :) As a young coloured woman trying to understand her heritage I cannot it explain how wonderful this is.Its about time :)

[@LynnDaLee]

Yohhhh!!! This literally had me in tears. So deep! And just as I'm in the strategy phase of a walk we are planning here with the Bushmen community also trying to raise awareness of these forgotten, marginalised folk. This video made me feel like, so what am I doing about my lost identity as a so called coloured? Thank you for this! I'm looking forward to the other episodes!!! All the way behind you Kelly-Eve and Sarah. FYI: Father born in Oudtshoorn and mom Upington.

[@jermanospetalos3823]

Why do coloureds hate heir black side? They are anti black. As the blacks gain more power you are going to regret it.

[@TQNY]

Because as both struggled through Apartheid.. .. Blacks have turned their backs on coloureds.. for self enrichment.

[@thabo3866]

You lying, how so? You coloureds are always quick to blame blacks for your hardships, the same hardships black people suffer and never criticise your white gods for creating those hardships in the first place

[@1ntuthukozwane]

Please explain to me why Kuruman, a town, in the Northern Cape, was run by a Zulu King in the 1800s? Kuruman is the son of King Mzilikazi or as the Tswanas call him: Mselekatse - a Khoi clan that exists amongst the Damara /Tamaga in Namibia? He was called Ngulumane. He left Zimbabwe in the mid-1800s and went to live and rule Kuruman, the town named after him. Mzilikazi are a brother clan to the Kwena tribe of the Zulus. Kwena is also called Gegana/Kekana Ndebele or Gona or Ngwenya (in Zulu and Bemba) or Ngunda or Mamba. The Gegana is also called Mthombeni or Duma Ndebele (Ndebele means Zulu or Mande Bele/Bhele) and the largest structure that these Kwena exist is in the Pondo-Pondomise-Xesibe superstructure called Manala or Mbuduma. Let's be honest and start by admitting that Zulus were in Cape Town when JVR arrived n 1652. We were running a refreshment station that JVR sought to take for himself. That is why you have Tamboerskloof - Tamboer is clearly what the Khoi called the Thembu, a Zulu people, who make up the bulk of the people calling themselves Zulus nowadays - and many with clicks in their names. Camissa in Zulu means where the mouth opens or to open your mouth. This is the river that ran to the ocean. The Kei are the Khai or Kika (as in Gigaba who is Kwena/Ngwenya) or Kingwa people AmaKhai are the Gona people of Southern Africa and is a big caste among the Zulus-Xhosas etc. Lastly, there is a story that the 27s/26s or 28s, whichever one, gang was started by a Zulu called Nongoloza, which is a Zulu name. That is gang history in Cape Town.

[@dukewentertainment5355]

@@jermanospetalos3823 this statement is nonsense.

[@tommymorkel6299]

As a white South African, I have really enjoyed this series of videos. Enlightening.

[@lewisgordon3077]

TG Morgan so you realize that it was because of what white south African's did to so called coloured people that they are in this situation where they don't know there identity?

[@TQNY]

That is 2 stupid statements 1. Coloured people know who they are.. and PROUD of it ;) 2. Ja .. blame a whitey.. the easy way out. Get a Life

[@mafikambata2871]

@@lewisgordon3077 what a good question to Tg Morgan and I'm so impatient to hear an answer. One said coloureds are an Apartheid Creation so I'm also not sure about how true is that

[@surgeknight5725]

1 thing for sure, coloured girls are quite pretty

[@TheresaMarieVisagie]

Thanks

[@careyqueen3606]

@Gods Klanof shame. You're probably the offspring of a druggie. That would explain your low iq

[@whitneyneiden772]

Gods Klanof what is wrong with you I’m beautiful and a proud coloured

[@dukewentertainment5355]

@@whitneyneiden772 he most probably hangs with this who are on drugs

[@dukewentertainment5355]

@@careyqueen3606 yes

[@phoenixmoon3]

oh my gosh! How beautiful you both are!! Thank you for making these videos . Love from the USA!

[@aliseinwonderland6232]

Whenever you watch content on coloured identity you will be sure to find a lot of assumptions of 'who they are' or 'who they not' from people who are not of this ethnicity ... the history of coloured people includes constantly having their identity and history determined or erased by others - no more - many are on a mission to uncover their heritage and rediscover their identity apart from public opinion & political disturbance

[@dukewentertainment5355]

Yes, and they should research their identity. A lot of content on KZbin

[@siderilegreshileyi57]

'Coloureds' identity was erased for hundreds of years by white supremacist colonial Boers! Yet blame black South Africans for erasing their identity who is recreating 'Coloured' identity black South African government is recreating Khoi identity look at South African coat of arms there is even a Khoi language of that emblem, we are always blamed by 'Coloureds' for all of their problems yet don't blame white supremacist South Africans who double cross and who tricks them. Their minds are colonised no decolonisation there!!!😆😆😆😆🤦🤦🤦

[@chaponate6805]

@@siderilegreshileyi57 lol and eventhough all Bantu languages are official still the indigenous language,Khoekhoewab are still not official but sign language is official...you claim Bantu do so much for us coloured people like BBBEE and giving jobs to blacks and prioritize black peoples needs over coloureds,building rdp houses for bantus while coloureds are backyard dwellers and you claim because our language is on the coat of arms black people are doing the most for us so callee coloured people...black people do so much for us that they felt it necessary to make sign language official but not the Indigenous Khoekhoegowab language whice is the language of all or majority of Brown people in Southern Africa...

[@mssummer07]

Don't belong here? We literally the descendants of the indigenous people of south Africa.

[@arthuraydin8731]

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[@daltonadriel3597]

@Arthur Aydin yea, I've been using flixzone} for years myself :)

[@basskayakee5474]

Not all coloured people ade direct descendants of the khoi people. You people are very confused about your own race.

[@bakangmolelekwa1136]

May the conversation continue, it is going to be interesting from different angles of understanding.

[@sleeper_cell3918]

all these haters talking about coloured people are this and that, we and white people dont belong here, just let a coloured girl or guy show some interest and they will jump for that opportunity regardless of the hate they spew

[@markappollis7509]

I am South African. We are all South Africans and Africans. We are all equal as humans.

[@flavianfritz3619]

We are not equal as humans I'm sorry to tell you the sad reality.

[@maureenjackson2041]

Whites are not African

[@maureenjackson2041]

@@whitneyneiden772 Excuse me African isn't a nationality SOUTH African is a nationality so YOU educate yourself.

[@stanfordkuper3569]

What ever I think you are wonderful !!!!!!

[@VS-im8hy]

Really cool series, it's good for people to explore their heritage especially if it's one that's relatively unexplored

[@msnugget4283]

I'm coloured. I have no issue with whites or blacks. I wouldn't mind being called white or black because I don't know what I am. I wouldn't be considered African because I'm not indigenous. (Or so I've heard) so that's what I've been trying to figure out. I heard that we are the descendants of tribal groups such as the Khoisan, but people say that that's not true. Others say it is true. All I want to do is feel accepted as an African but apparently I'm not a true African. I just want to feel accepted and like I belong you know? I'm proud of being born in Africa but I feel like people still don't accept coloureds. Whatever I guess.

[@liampetersen7548]

@@angeliquejanuary6466 that's right

[@frankright4454]

I'm of Zulu descent but my grandmother's family is mixed. I've since realised there a shitload of Zulu people who are technically mixed. I dare you to tell those people they are not true Africans. Language and culture are your true identity. My so called "coloured" family all speak Zulu or Pedi or Xitsonga so there is no issue of acceptance. We also have white relatives who speak vernac so there not much of an issue there (My family is a mess). What I've realised is there is a lot of coloured people who are not comfortable with their Black side and they don't make an effort to connect, so they feel alienated. I also know when I visit Cape Town and experience racism from coloured people (Mostly muslim shopkeepers, but not all) I don't even get angry anymore, just sad that they are still left behind in THAT world. I think DNA tests should be mandatory, people in this country would be shocked how mixed they actually are. And maybe then we can build a unified culture that embraces all our diversity.

[@lovethyself744]

I would say they are mixed race yes but also the direct descendants of original inhabitants, the Khoi Sans, and there's pride in it

[@siyanomagqwathekane3581]

Not all of them descend from Khoi and San, some don't have their genes

[@rainbowtrust6347]

@@siyanomagqwathekane3581 you so right. One side they don't like, is a black side which don't bother black SAns by the way and that confuses their generation more. Funny though the fresh mixed race like minister Ms Lindiwe Sisulu, Amanda Dupont, Pearl Thusi, Pearl, Phumeza, Trevor Noah and many other freshly mixed from E Cape, KZN, Gauteng are more and other provinces too. They have no time for this denial of mother side of blackness that Coloureds have. They are fine with where they are loved and appreciated, just like Americans mixed race, they see themselves Blacks. Khois and SANS are not white people and they know that. They are slightly lighter than other Africans just like Tunisians, Somalis, and Eretreans and Moroccans. The very oldest SAn generation from E Cape, KZN were very whitish and with greyish, greenish and light brown eyes, but they stay Zulus and XHOSAS Sothos and never demanded to be recognized differently. Their children and grandchildren won't even want to hear they are from the mixing blood of races. I have many in mother's side of families. They are 100% South Africans finish, Africans thru and true and proudly SAns.

[@MetaphysicalExplorations]

Coloureds (Afrikaans: Kleurlinge or Bruinmense, lit. 'Brown people') are a multiracial ethnic group native to Southern Africa who have ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including Khoisan, Bantu, European, Austronesian, South Asian, or East Asian. Because of the combination of ethnicities, different families and individuals within a family may have a variety of different physical features.

[@jgabriels8170]

Thanks for doing - you have no idea what your questions and the array of comments allows my daughters to see it who they are and where they belong in SA a little differently. One suggestion; interview some "common" people

[@michellerenelelethugrobbel3017]

I have a black mom and a coloured dad. On the papers I identify as black but I myself identify as both. It is hard because my black side sees me as black and my coloured side sees me as coloured. So i identify as both to avoid confusion.

[@1lafchris]

Willow Smith Stan khoisan are not colored.

[@fadielbenjamin159]

I wonder how you are treated by both sides. Many Coloureds and Blacks consider half coloured half black people just black.

[@nathancloete9932]

You absolutely dont have to choose. Although other people will be uncomfortable because you don't want to be put into a box and they will try to decide for you like Verwoerd did in past, just ignore them the world is not a black and white place anymore.

[@careyqueen3606]

My cousin is also half coloured and half black. She looks more coloured but struggles to identify as coloured because she feels as if shed be denying her mom. So she identifies as multiracial. Identify however you wish.

[@itsusi3259]

You are black no offense but just look at obamas Daugthers they have a coloured dad and black mom but no body even cares they are black just like you and me

[@YouTubeBlueButterflies]

My God I love these people soooo much, a fine mix of beautiful! Embrace it, I am African American and we are heavily mixed like you guys, I call myself black and keep it moving!!!!

[@sweetlady3651]

Thats a bullshit lie u just wanna be white

[@lwazimorris4973]

😂😂😂😂talking Bout self hate 😂😂. Y'all want so bad to be associated with light skins race😂😂. Y'all are pure black not mixed

[@msnugget4283]

@@lwazimorris4973 are you talking about coloureds?

[@MsSposhy]

If anything, Makaziwe Mandela should do a "Khoisan/Thembu-Xhosa identity" video. In fact, we (Xhosas, amaMpondo, Zulus, Swazis, Tswanas, Sothos should make a video celebrating our Khoisan admixture identity. We should celebrate being the carriers and keepers of the identity of the first people of South Africa. That is what should happen. We need to celebrate our beautiful South African identity.

[@thabo3866]

Brandy fire that's very true. Almost everyone wants to believe we come from the "Congo" so bad or even Mars, Lol, that people don't want to believe black Africans have Khoisan admixture because it doesn't fit their racist narrative that Khoisan aren't a black tribe

[@sebastienroux1790]

If you look at the biology the skull form of coloreds fit the skull form of the khoisan.

[@lindasmith5480]

Hope these colored know about Sara Baartman✨✨✨✨✨a people without knowledge of self is lost✨✨✨✨

[@lwazimorris4973]

@@lindasmith5480 Sorry Sara baartman was Xhosa woman kinda mixed with khoisans.

[@leroyndlovu9285]

Lies

[@meltaylor4529]

I am Cape coloured, I did a dna ethnicity test, 12 different ethnic groups including khoisan, the seaway from Norway to S.E. Asia. My ancestors sure got aound

[@seamonster936]

Ek het R2500 spandeer aan ‘n kas brandewyn, was ‘n beter belegging as om te uit te vind wie het wie genaai 300 jaar terug.

[@leonorasstarr9085]

Can't we all just really strive to be South Africans instead of defining people by race or colour.We are such a beautiful melting pot of people.THAT WOULD BE SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY.

[@melfungavaka1813]

+Leonoras Starr Best comment ever!!!

[@robbingcars9140]

I’m American and this still a bit ignorant about all of the issues around race in ZA. I’m wondering: is there ANY sort of positive relationship between Coloureds and white Afrikaners, since there’s at least a connection with language? I adore the Afrikaans language and Coloured South Africans when I visited Cape Town I met more Coloured people that spoke it than white people.

[@careyqueen3606]

On an individual level yes. On large scale hell no. Afrikaners usually align themselves with other Europeans like the English, Portuguese etc. The languages are also different with Coloureds speaking Kaaps and Afrikaners speaking pure Afrikaans.

[@TinyToonStar]

What Carey Queen said. Individually, we get along with both blacks and whites. On a large scale, there's a lot of animosity between everyone.

[@davidkotze4140]

As a "whitey " born and bred and lived life since I was born....I think the "coloured " folk are actually the heart and soul of our beloved Capetown.....their skin colour is the reason why us white people tan !! ...beautiful....I wish I could have been given the opportunity to mix and mingle with them...but due to the apartheid regime was denied that opportunity....similarly I would have preferred to study Xhosa at school....instead of Latin...we've all been robbed by the politicians and the best we can do from here onwards is to pick up the pieces and do our best to get over the true heritage that we've been robbed of by learning to forgive and love one another....skin pigmentation has got f***all to do with being human !! ...with all the love I can share 😁❤❤❤

[@jakesinger352]

This is great! Looking forward to more.

[@Spenelo]

This is pretty cool. Can't wait for the next installments

[@deborahhenningham2076]

Thank God that in my country I'm just Jamaican.

[@thabo3866]

It's amazing how coloured people are all of a sudden proud of their Khoisan heritage

[@lwazimorris4973]

Well white people infected that to them to believe they are khoisans while they are absolutely not. Khoisans were pure blacks not mix with any fuckin thing. White people day khoisans are coloureds cause coloureds are so easy to be controlled by them. they saw blacks are wanting lands and they started spreading propaganda that blacks are not natives of the land. BULLSHIT. they claiming its for coloureds cause coloureds worshipping them as gods. Zulu's /khoisans /Xhosas got similarities on their languages were for coloureds they speak Afrikaans that is not native language to Africa.

[@sandysoma6817]

Coloured is ok with me.........many mixtures in our families....😊

[@bezman2499]

I think the important thing is not to let that colored term label you or limit you to anything. I just call myself South African mixed or whatever.

[@AlanStraton]

Fort Beaufort has one other famous resident in Asenathi Jim - now based in Cape Town where you are headed. Asenathi is an Olympic Sailor who has represented SA twice. See: mype.co.za/new/2016-olympic-sailors-eastern-cape-connection/69773/2016/05 - Good Luck on your journey and don't forget to visit Port Elizabeth on your way.

[@carolinaterblanche237]

all coloured people are generated from the khoisan ,apert from those that are mixed ens ,,part off coloured people are khoisan , iam a proud grigua and khoisan child ,some people just dont want to be khoi becuz they feel embarras of they way our forefathers looked ,,but i can tell u now that if u dont know were u come from ,then u will never know urself .

[@simamkelemqenge6519]

"I am not black I better than them" ? So being coloured makes you better that a black person? Hay there's a lot goinyon!

[@thandokaay797]

lol they must travel around the world,and see how they’ll just be seen as black people😭

[@Louisa-zp4ys]

We must fight for our land especialy in the WCape.

[@marlon6702]

As a coloured person I feel the need to tik🖋️ the box ☑️ and say Awe✌🏼 to all my beautyfull people's 💓

[@yonelanangu6150]

i am mixed raced my father is a cape coloured and my mother is xhosa, I growing up I was so confused by how much coloured people displaced themselves so easily and how they never claimed to be African and suck up to white people I guess that's the preference so I decided to learn towards my maternal side of being xhosa because there I am sure of my identity and can be proud of being an African,I wish colored people would first be honest with themselves first because I have seen how much they run from being African and how they wish they were white. i love how my father and part of the colored family claim that they African and the do things that are African and khoi . i don't think coloreds are discriminated against I think they want to be treated as white and negate anything black in them

[@evolution405]

You've just pinned Garl📌📌📍📍

[@peterfrancis3865]

No ; we coloureds arived hear as slaves at the Capetown Slave Lodge and Cape Castle of Good ; you can visit these 2 buildings ; ore you can search on KZbin : Tour of jews South Africa ; there's white jews who stands in front of a building he explains how we coloureds arived hear in South Africa.

[@mbusovilakati6020]

@@peterfrancis3865 bullshit...

[@mbusovilakati6020]

@@peterfrancis3865 what is coloured?

[@tudormiller887]

I'm sure you're aware that here in the UK the term coloured is considered highly racist. Biracial, Duel Heritage or Multiracial is the preferred term.

[@nathancloete9932]

Personally I love the term Coloured despite the negative connotations and the history because it allows me to embrace all of my ancestors African, Asian and European. The problem with the term Coloured is when other ethnic groups feel insecure about Coloured people's political loyalties and claiming KhoiSan heritage by Coloured people is not excluding both Black and White South Africans whom also have KhoiSan ancestry from doing so. DNA doesn't lie.

[@careyqueen3606]

Nathan Cloete Which white South Africans have Khoisan DNA exactly. The devil is a liar

[@nathancloete9932]

Carey Queen the devil is absolutely a liar! Just one example on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooesoKFvibx4eaM and if you just google Afrikaners black ancestry you will be surprised. Also the story of Sandra Laing is another good example its just that Apartheid propaganda brainwashed people, Verwoerd is still ruling from the grave dividing people.

[@careyqueen3606]

Nathan Cloete lol. Indeed but its not enough for them to claim first nation status. Most would probably deny it in any case.

[@nathancloete9932]

Carey Queen the fact remains that the KhoiSan is the firstpeoples of Southern Africa and anyone who does have their DNA can absolutely claim descent from the first people's of Southern Africa. No matter how insignificant a distant ancestor who lived hunderds of years may seem today, had that one ancestor not existed then so to you would not have existed. Apartheid harmed white South Africans as well because it denied them the freedom to embrace or even be aware if their African ancestry because govt,media, church etc. Indoctrinated them during Apartheid.

[@careyqueen3606]

Nathan Cloete With all due respect that's b/s. We are talking about a group of people who oppressed others because they had African ancestry. So they can now lay the same claim to the land as me, just because they have 1 or 2% Khoisan blood? These are the same people who massacred the indigenous people of South Africa.

[@biancawitt6692]

Whether you are white,black, green or yelllow,"The elections"is what is important now. Make the right choice. Please Vote!! Make SA the place we have always been so proud of.For everyone!

[@nelzg5819]

Exactly

[@sonjabrink578]

How was the walk? Really interesting concept. If you have documented it in anyway, please let us know. Thanks for doing this.

[@deadpool113]

The world expecting for South Africa is diverse and colorful country that anyone can be friended and loved with. I think Coloured people are the most well representing face South African. They are the children of multiple worlds. They are not blacks they are not whites they are not asians but they carry everyone of their heritage. Zulus could've been living as Zulu even there was no South Africa. White South Africans could've been living in Europe. But Coloured people they could be born in this world by the presence of South Africa. God seën Suid-Afrika!

[@salviawisdom496]

No, those who would represent South Africa well are the blacks, because they are the first inhabitants.

[@thembisaodendaal]

I am saddened by this level of engagement amongst the human race.Are we not all souls?where do certain groups find superiority against others.Do we not all inhale and exhale the same breath.I must be missing something

[@siderilegreshileyi57]

I don't even need to watch this video to know what is a 'Coloured'. It refers to people of mixed race South Africans, most of them speak English and Afrikaans!

[@destinyroby261]

Also if you don’t consider yourself to be black then don’t say kaffir.

[@corneliusdutoit4416]

You all are loved by normal people love you lots

[@siphomboxela6512]

2:49 girl says I'm not Black I'm better then that.

[@justjules2029]

Clearly you didn’t listen to the entire statement and only heard your low self esteem and own internal anti-blackness speaking.

[@sinethembawathani3802]

Khoisans used to speak in clicks. The Xhosa people are still speaking in clicks. Which means that the Khoi and the Xhosa people are connected.

[@lwazimorris4973]

Same as the Zulu's speaking people not only Xhosas. Khoisans /Zulu's /Xhosa have similarities in them languages.

[@kinleycook9265]

This is fantastic. Miss you both xo

[@leannegohse7386]

THANK YOU! I am coloured from Durban, born under apartheid ,was a student in UK , lived in the EU now living in Seattle, and I identify as SOUTH AFRICAN COLOURED . I am proud to know we are one of the most complex and fascinating people groups in modern world history . More research should be done on how the diversity of Africa ,Europe and Asia came together to form the South African Coloured Ethnicity @leelaigo

[@1ntuthukozwane]

People should read up about what happened to the people who fought for the Spanish after the Spanish-American war. I ask this, because, I believe at least 40% of South Africans are from the former Spanish colonies who came as noblemen (Nkosi/Gusii/Hhosi/Kgosi - Itung/Kulotung/Mntungwa), free-men (Mambos and Korana/Borana - Xhosas are Korana and so are some Zulus and Sothos and "whites"' or white-looking mixed race people calling themselves white in South Africa) and Serfs and slaves. The Xhosa and their Khoi and San tribes were collectively called Korana with the Xhosas as the highest ranking caste of 5 in the Gaada or Nkatha. There were 2 main social structures or Xhosas the Gona/Kwena/Ngwenya and the Sapo-Sambo or Mambos. These are the first people to encounter white and people who ran the Cape Town port before it was ambushed by Jan Van Riebeeck and his thugs. If you want to learn more about African social governance, vocation, education and spiritual enrichment structures prior to white people coming, just read up on the Borana-Oromo Gaada system. The Xhosas in South Africa still have the age sets but this will tell you more about who the Korana are. Also, please note that Ghana, Nigeria, Mali, Gambia, and all African countries have a tribe or nation living in them called Kona or Gona. This clan was responsible for teaching the people of Ithiopia (what Africa was called then) about our customs, initiation, history, cultural and art affairs and handling the ceremonies of moving between the different stages of each age-set of clan-set. There are Gona/Kona who are Akan in Ghana, who are Tiv in Cameroon (also called Mankon or Jukun) etc. Africa used to be one type of people - we found it EMPTY!!! The people were called Jukun but we were also based in America, Australia, South Pacific, Mainland China, India and Southeast Asia AND Europe (the Moors ruled Spain for 700 years). We lost a war in 1492 and all our fleet and were divided by religion and OLD tiffs. If you don't believe me, just google Jukun or Djugun or Koni people and find out who exactly we are. The key to understanding who we are lie in our praise names.

[@VeeShenge]

I think they are not really answering the question. Orwas there more said?

[@Bestme78]

They dont know thats why.

[@NateUnderZion]

Dude im obviously late but im so confused about my own identity. Im coloured but say if i was to go somewhere outside the country what do i say ? Even here I cant be mixed right since my parents are both coloured. But I have a lighter complection and am told i look white which i dont really like tbh. I dont feel apart of my own coloured identity because of that and not speaking Afrikaans. So my next jump would be to say mixed but like i said earlier thats not really true is it ?

[@big6050]

FINALLY LIKE MINDED PEOPLE!!!!

[@patricusmaketa963]

I like the special breadie pot at the end vibe!

[@lungisamlenzana5465]

Do you mean that if a Zulu marries a Sotho, their child will belong to a new separately identifiable nation? No,not at all. USA is a perfect example. You are either black or white. In our case it was just because of apartheid policy which gave this offspring a distinct status so that they could enjoy far better privileges than the others. Surely, if the status you are given comes with better life advantages, you will hold on to it for the rest of the time. As a result of that this offspring in South Africa, they hate being referred to as Blacks/Africans. That is the REALITY.

[@cakesKC]

Love it !

[@MsSposhy]

We're making more of you anyways, so at the end of the day your race wins. But don't be mistaken, we carry Khoisan identity. It's in the way we look, the way we talk, our heritage as I mentioned. Cape Malay (Malaysian SILKY long hair) vs Khoisan (tightly-coiled hair), ridiculous

[@rownlottering1956]

I am also a Cape Malay coloured and I am very proud

[@MsSposhy]

@@rownlottering1956 Good for you. NdiliMpondo and extremely proud

[@britbrat1132]

great video. Shout out from Oudtshoorn. 2:19

[@DaPhreshestKidd]

Sherlin is so beautiful bro

[@NuanceWithNiki]

Hi guys can you please an episode about the history of coloured people and hair? Kroes hare vs Gladde Hare???

[@rownlottering1956]

I am a coloured from SA and my siblings and cousins also have gladde hare because my fathers family have white genes in his blood

[@redfritz3356]

What about African-Malay?

[@MsSposhy]

Coloured, the original people of South Africa? No, I don't think so. Khoikhoi and San people yes, but not coloureds. Definitely not silky-haired coloureds like that actress. Madiba was more Khoikhoi than all of these coloureds on this video claiming first citizenship of South Africa. We, Xhosas, Zulus, Swazis, Tswanas, Sothos carry Khoisan identity. It's in the way we look, the way talk, our heritage like traditional dance, story-telling, the food we eat. Khoisan identity has not been washed away from our identity by inter-mixing with white, Malays, Chinese etc.

[@careyqueen3606]

Brandy fire Khoisan, European and Malay ancestry creates silky hair and their hair are curly which indicates Khoisan ancestry. DNA evidence shows that coloureds are the closes relatives of the khoisan.

[@MsSposhy]

Between these two Malays and Khanya Mkangisa, who looks more Khoisan?

[@MsSposhy]

We carry Khoisan identity in everything that we Ngunis, Sothos and Tswanas are. It's who we are and have never been ashamed of it. Today more than ever I hope my Khoisan-identity-carrying people start celebrating our obvious Khoisan admixture identity. Madiba was Thembu but could pass as a Khoisan any day unlike most of you Malays.

[@MsSposhy]

And how dare you give me lip when you classify ' coloureds' according to the texture of their hair? We know that Khoisans whom racist white south Africans called coloureds are looked down on in the coloured community because, just like us they don't have silky soft curly hair. Now you want to pretend...

[@MsSposhy]

Madiba was part-Khoisan...

[@peterfrancis3865]

We arivid from 1652 til 1834

[@peterfrancis3865]

We coloureds was brought on slaveships by Jan Van Riebeeck in 1652 ; we where slaves untill 1843 at the Capetown slave Lodge. J V Riebeeck mad us coloureds to build the Cape Castle. Slaveship arived here untill18m43

[@alriahgutierrezfernandez8037]

Yeah coloured girls are pretty💙 I am one of them lol

[@alriahgutierrezfernandez8037]

@@islammaynul9322 yes my dear💙✔

[@alriahgutierrezfernandez8037]

@@islammaynul9322 so be it

[@african3974]

My menses mwah

[@williamkhumalo5325]

This the deny being black but when their Hip Hop star AKA says am a nigga what does he mean Couse is black men

[@THEezrah]

they look at coloureds in the cape and think "coloureds" aren't of khoi/san ancestry, go to the rest of western cape, northern cape, eastern cape you can see the coloureds there are completely identical to khoi people with a small amount of white or bantu traits. coloureds in the cape have more austronesian, South East Asian and European ancestry but that doesn't mean that there aren't coloureds in the cape who are predominantly khoi descendant. And yes I do acknowledge that bantu peoples have khoi/san ethnicity but that doesn't mean that they are not bantu anymore and most have lost all traits inherited from the khoi, yes the khoi/san mixed with the bantu tribes before the coloured population developed but still if there weren't khoi people there wouldn't be what we call coloureds today

[@calaragazza3556]

I’m a mixed race American with one black parent and one white parent. Are biracial ppl in South Africa also considered colored?

[@austintromp2374]

No there are not

[@calaragazza3556]

@@austintromp2374 *they’re or they are

[@austintromp2374]

@@calaragazza3556 I meant they are not. For example Tervor Noah is mixed race not coloured.

[@calaragazza3556]

@@austintromp2374 okay. I work with people from Africa and they called me colored and I was confused why?

[@austintromp2374]

@@calaragazza3556 the problem with the term coloured is that most people don't understand it. I'm coloured myself we don't normally accept mixed people as coloured. Coloured is not just a race it is also a culture. Mixed race people don't know coloured culture cause none of their parents is coloured.

[@ugottaluvutube]

This was a waste of time. None of them answered the question.

[@didielgarcia3156]

Wow, this made me feel so uncomfortable, why would you let anyone tell you that you're different from Black people? I'm light skin but I LOVE being Black #BlackAndProud

[@fadielbenjamin159]

Didiel Garcia maybe because you're American and we aren't. Blacks are a majority here. On paper we are black but in everyday conversation no one in S.A will ever take me seriously if I say I am black. In the past I identified as black, many black South Africans told me I'm Coloured because real blacks don't have straight hair. Many of us do identify as African or Khoisan instead of black

[@didielgarcia3156]

I'm not American. Point blank is that no one's gotta take my Blackness serious but me. And that my friend is called an independent and strong sense of identity.

[@destinyroby261]

Fadiel Benjamin okay, not all black people have stereotypical features. Not all black people are dark and I’m telling you, not all black people have kinky and coily hair, but they are STILL black. Just like how not all white people have straight hair, or maybe a white person has a big nose and big lips, they are STILL white. It is obvious to me that some coloured people I’m South Africa are also colourists, and that makes me so upset. 2:50

[@lwazimorris4973]

@@didielgarcia3156 you not khoisan please don't confuse the too. If you're khoisan then you pure black.

[@babadook1593]

Didiel garcia then what do you think we are then?. Because we are not labeled even as black by our own in our own country neither abroad 🤷‍♂️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/g53HeWdjaJqmf5o 1:03 so much for us being equal. You need to get out more and witness what the world knows about us and what South Africa projects to the world who we are. If coloureds are the product of black and white meaning y'all are our parents. You sold us out sleeping with the one who enslaved us and now rejecting your offspring. Characteristics of unfit parenting. What a joke! Coloured people were sold out by you know who. Mingling and marrying and sleeping with the enemy cos your still enslaved and still fear the white man on so many levels. it is crazy what is happening. You need to wake up. Follow the link Even trevor and crew has been programmed to think tge way you do. Pff words without knowledge you give... Probably born now the other day (bornfree). 🙄

[@Leoterio76]

coloured = mixed. My father is german from Munich, my mom é Black from Brazil. Period. Too much fuzz for northing.

[@Beeninibee786]

nice video :)

[@sssdddf8508]

They don't know what they are

[@KK-ol5ov]

Julle is oulik

[@catherinesterling1685]

Look like they will do anything to get a pat on the head from ther master

[@HassanAli-zd3oh]

I mean you are not koisan

[@williamkhumalo5325]

no no no Khoisan at all Xhosa people are one who related to Khoisan and Tshwana

[@lwazimorris4973]

@@williamkhumalo5325 Xhosas /Zulu's yesss but not tshwanas. they don't have clicks on their languages (Qha, Qhe, Qhi, Qho, Qhu)

[@rachealkalume7028]

Is light skinned coloured?

[@Keenan686]

Where you girls from?

[@williamkhumalo5325]

This they claim the San they are from Khoisan lol Xhosa people are the one who are related to Khoisan people look at Mandela lol this people

[@babadook1593]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g53HeWdjaJqmf5o 1:03 so much for us being equal. You need to get out more and witness what the world knows about us and what South Africa projects to the world who we are.

[@joshuajoshjo]

Xhosa are completely different check a textbook

[@katokamakazie5549]

i am just vrek proud of being coloured.. some people say we should not call ourselves that because is outdated.. I AM SORRY BUT THEN WHAT DO I CALL MYSELF? why should it be negative? you cannot find us anywhere else in the world and you want me to be ashamed of who I am and where I come from? shame on you.. Blacks were found in the eastern and northern parts of south africa and were the zulus and xhosas..majority tribes Khoi-san was found in the western part who till today are not looke on as black.. and part of our heritage are from them not black then we have the mixtures of different ethnicity within all of us even the malay coloureds have it not all but some of them.. so do not tell me to be ashamed of my Ancestry and how i came to be here. #BrownLivesMatter

[@biracialawareness.7956]

(Mixed Race) mean, 2 different race made a baby. Which mean the 'black' race and another race made baby in this case, what it mean is that the 'black' race is a race of it's own and not mixture.

[@hendo19742]

LOTS OF HISTORY ALREADY, JUST GO LEARN IT!🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@MsSposhy]

And what invaders then infuse the language of the captives into their own language? Even the supposed ruthless Zulus infused Khoisan language into their own language. We were a calm invader bunch mos. Somebody's trying too hard to distort history to fit their agenda. That is what is up. We are more closer to the Khoisan than everybody will ever know. We've been together with our Khoisan brothers for millennia if you really think about it. Ngunis, Sothos, Tswanas should really start celebrating our Khoisan identity. It's more important today than anything else. We should celebrate our tightly-coiled hair. It's our own hair. Painful to manage, but our identity nonetheless

[@williamkhumalo5325]

u are not a Khoisan lol Khoisan they are related to Xhosa Tswana Take for example Mandela

[@lwazimorris4973]

Y'all try hard to claim khoisans identity. BULLSHIT. Zulu's infused some of khoisans language?? 😂😂😂🖕fuck you. Khoisans /Zulus/Xhosas got similarities in their languages and those are true native blacks of SA not coloureds. They not khoisans 🖕. White wiped out khoisans to non existence and when they tried that to Zulu's.. Zulus resisted and fought back. That why today we got Zulu's /Xhosa cause they fought.

[@ChristianBennett1]

When I can brag and say that's my friends #ImBlessed

[@MrMbisker]

Confused Blacks

[@rasrealitymacky3489]

Coloured is a colonial name which black Africans should denounce.

[@HomeFromFarAway]

[@dukenukem5135]

We not accepted on either side. We are a divided people that's why we are in a shit position.

[@catherinesterling1685]

My Grandmother was colored in 1906 and died Black in 2000 hate to same it they did the same to Black Americans your not a new thing fact

[@gevoel8293]

So WHY DO THE ANC GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE COLOUR PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN CAPE? Why are they considered NOT BLACK ENOUGH when it comes to employment in the Western Cape where they make out the majority of people? Explain?

[@user-bx2cg2ec8c]

i used to get called coloured girl .

[@clibonovaclibo1802]

Not all blacks are originally from the tip of africa,but the coloureds roots goes waaaay back and now everyone is half khoisan...try harder next time

[@cameronjugdiswar9476]

Khois are a black tribe. They not colored....

[@joviescreenjoa347]

Khois are an African tribe get it right, the whole of Africa isn't black bro.

[@janomesteve3129]

If khiosan is so bl..ck why don't bl..ck people talk about it

[@zulaigaworth4401]

You don’t have to identify as coloured , the label given by the government to your mother and black, the one to your father. Your have a random proportion of genes of each of your parent. so you strictly you can call yourself colourored, or black ot whatever you want. you don’t have to fit any of the government boxes because they haven’t made a box that fit your situation. You are very lucky to be free of all the silliness. Hug your parents for freeing you. All the best.