Half-American vs Half-African : Similar But Different Experiences in Korea

[@g.aloysie8439]

it's funny how they are not even listening to the questions asked and just keep talking among themselves, they literally just change the subject and talk about other things 😂, I feel like that are going to be besties

[@HH-kg4fq]

Yessss. Totally besties.

[@kimleemoon]

Yes that was too funny. 😂

[@monstafloppa871]

That is the vibe I got as well. To me it seemed like they immediately formed a friendship based on the commonality and some incidental similarities (i.e. twins on both sides). Very enjoyable and wholesome segment.

[@DrUmarJohnson1]

@@monstafloppa871 Africans [Blacks] MUST practice racial purity!!!!!

[@docimma]

Love it

[@Armyblink4life554]

I hope the producers weren’t mad about them going off topic cus I was more interested in the topic they created amongst themselves 😂

[@monstafloppa871]

I think going off topic made the conversation more organic. It allowed the conversation to naturally move through more questions than the producers actually asked. Great segment!

[@dr.migueltorrezedd8651]

Me too.

[@AllThingsSyd]

That’s my twin 🩷🩷 loved watching this video!

[@sineadzora]

Love u twin hehe

[@nathanielmills4678]

Awww. Do you have similar personalities?

[@AutumnSwatches]

If I may ask, what made you decide to move from Korea and your twin?

[@kateg7298]

Both of these girls are beautiful! I loved seeing them talk about who they are and not what people perceive them to be.

[@monstafloppa871]

It was so cute how they hit it off immediately and forgot why they were there. Their interaction is truly refreshing.

[@pennyfergurson2347]

Yeah that was cute they just hit it off

[@lindencarlos4222]

Do a video with these girls talking to the parents of the little kids who are Blasian. Bomi and Minji. Kind of a sneak peak into the future for the parents. That would be a great episode.

[@isa_virtual]

great idea

[@thistimebabye]

Wow that such a great ideia

[@pinkedout.]

Yes please

[@eridonstewart9973]

It’ll be different for the babies since they’re growing up in Korea and not America or Kenya

[@kimleemoon]

I smiled through this entire video. These ladies are too adorable & VERY American. They’re quite chatty. ❤

[@HH-kg4fq]

Korean women are this chatty, too. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I don't know if Blacks are this chatty, though.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah the other one on the right’s mom is a Korean Adoptee

[@literallly.]

@@gwenmloveskpopandmore ?

[@kymberlyeyo6216]

I don't think they're chatty. It's more of the fact that they found a bond within each other and probably didn't have anybody to talk as much as they wanted to. It's one of those things. When you find somebody, that FINALLY understands you and gets you, you can start becoming "chatty". Just like book fans when they find another book fan or when an anime fan finds another anime fan. You just start going off from the excitement of being able to express yourself.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@literallly. the one with a scarf’s mom was adopted from Korea

[@irise6661]

elisabeth her style, hair, smile, everything is so pretty !! sinead too! i love the accidental matching red. it was interesting hearing their experiences!

[@binoyandpinay777]

My children are both (Black American & Filipino), and we taught them to be proud of both sides and to choose your friends upon who accepts you regardless of their ethnicity.:)

[@lizzievg6846]

They are both absolutely gorgeous!!

[@pennyfergurson2347]

Yes they were☺️

[@NativeAmericanSwag]

I ain't never been so happy to see two people talking before! Please give these two ladies a series or give them a podcast ASAP!!!

[@isa_virtual]

gorgeous girls! Their chemistry is so good, it looks like they're old friends ❤ so cool to know they did overcome their personal issues regarding their mixed heritage and also, this video proved how ignorant north americans can be in terms of geography 😭💀

[@BlasianLynn]

You def right. Because only in USA have i ever experienced people telling me im not “allowed” to be blasian or call me self hating for saying…..what i am 😂

[@isa_virtual]

@@BlasianLynn that's crazy tho. I'm sorry you have to go through that.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah one of them is the daughter of a Korean adoptee mother (Just like Alexa and Daniel Henney)

[@BlasianLynn]

@@isa_virtual you end up getting use to it lol. It doesn’t get less annoying though. 🤷🏽‍♀️😂 USA seems to have a real nasty habit of acting like multiracial people don’t exist. It is what it is lol

[@franciscovilcheavila960]

@@BlasianLynn Their concept of "diversity" is that people of one color is only sticking with people from the same color,blacks in one side, whites in other but never mix , they even have a shock when they find out that in other countries famillies are formed with people of different colors.

[@partiallyhydrogen8ed]

They're both so pretty and cool. It's sad that they have had problems interacting with people, these ladies seem nice and friendly 😊

[@Loveabounds.]

They are so pretty anything half black ends up being gorgeous mixed plp are beautiful

[@richardhanson4600]

This is a fascinating conversation. . I would love to see an interview with Jenny Park and Jeon Somi.

[@keepinupwkayla8586]

Lol this is a beginning of a beautiful friendship they just talk so freely like they known eachother for years😂❤

[@OctoPie-k7n]

Both of them are so pretty 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@SOI-wl2lo]

Exactly!!!!

[@jcuff715]

They do talk like old friends, catching up. New besties

[@yunaii4595]

Elisabeth looks like an actress

[@mnm7647]

Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy...... better, if only she could speak Korean, now that is the face I would love to see in Dramas!!!!

[@GigaTyrone1]

I love her

[@adjovie]

Giggle, y’all have been on a roll with the diversity content%…❤️ I see a beginning of friendship between these two beautiful young ladies🌹

[@neomoyo-b5g]

I swear mixed people are really beautiful and cute.❤

[@CariW90]

They’re both very beautiful!! I love how they just talked freely and got to know each other. I hope they end up becoming friends and hang out while living in Korea

[@doricemichelle3614]

They're so so pretty,I keep smiling while watching the video

[@pinkdes2ny]

I really enjoyed the two of them talking and their perspective. It was so nice to hear it from a woman's point of view. I'm mixed, Black and White, and I completely understand how they feel about choosing a side, which I also would never do, and understand that race and culture are very different. I loved this episode.

[@maissaamd7910]

L'une des meilleures interview giggle que j'ai apprécié! Elles sont graves à l'aise à se parler comme si c'étaient des amies de longues dates puis elles sont beaucoup trop mignonnes ensemble et trop belles!

[@reycarter6284]

the vibe is vibing love this

[@Wanga0613]

beautiful, self-aware ladies! Love them!

[@PerrineCheung]

Hey! Thanks for the great talk I'm also mixed, like my mom is half white and half black and my dad is french chinese, and I'm from a French island :) so I can relate to you guys so much! Happy that I'm not alone to have these comments on my ethnicity! I'm coming to Korea in May this year, I would love to meet u both! ❤😁😁

[@justmebeinghonest]

the one with the scarf is so pretty, what a beautiful face with small/thin features and beautiful loose curly hair, also beautiful caramel skin ! I would dream of looking like her.

[@odysseusthesojourner4401]

I would dream of dating her!!!!

[@TubeMySwag]

Both women are stunning. -Sinead favors Kimora Lee Simons. -Elizabeth favors Amerie

[@melolabean7656]

Just because there half Asian don’t mean they all look alike lol .

[@TubeMySwag]

@@melolabean7656 There's a lot of half asian and black celebrities that they don't "favor", so what is your point? If they all looked alike then they'd be twins. GTFOH with all that nonsense!

[@naomieg1041]

OK, they need to be friends, their chemistry is amazing.

[@SarahLynn-t6t]

Their fashion omg, I love it.

[@gabriel82030]

You're both gorgeous. Humanity in diversity is a beauty. Afroasian sounds lovely.

[@niathomas5046]

The caption is very correct 👍 thanks for having a positive and true adjective such as “beautiful”. Both of these women being interviewed are beautiful:). Hopefully it can impact Koreans view of black people and decrease ignorance.

[@niathomas5046]

0초 전 자막은 매우 👍 "아름다운" 같은 긍정적이고 참된 형용사를 가진 것에 감사한다. 인터뷰에 응하는 이 두 여자는 모두 아름답다 :). 한국인들이 흑인을 바라보는 시각에 영향을 미치고, 무지를 줄일 수 있기를 바란다.

[@elen9343]

Watching these two I felt as if they were making a connection ! I learned so much from these two young ladies ! And both are just absolutely gorgeous ❤

[@Ocidad]

Lady on the right have that attractive smile 😊

[@happyface3216]

Elizabeth is gorgeous

[@AutumnSwatches]

Why would it "sound weird" to want to look more black? 🤨 Also, interesting to hear she wanted to look more like anyone when she already has someone who looks identical to her.

[@raquelwiggins8486]

I think she meant it sounds weird to want to look more like one half than the other or different than what you already look like. Also who wouldn’t want to look more like the rest of her family. Both her and her sister most likely wanted to look like the rest of their family. That’s not hard to understand. It seems you are trying so hard to find fault in her feelings which is weird on your part.

[@AutumnSwatches]

I'm perceptive and have discernment. You're being obtuse. What a privilege! @@raquelwiggins8486

[@CaramelSwatches]

You lack discernment, which is such a privilege, but being as obtuse as you're being borders on gaslighting and is hurtful.@@raquelwiggins8486

[@GigaTyrone1]

She may have said it sounds weird for her to desire to look more black because it's a sharp contrast from the anti-black sentiment that you'd typically find in most places in the world, the USA being one of them.

[@HunterBrenaé]

Aww I loved this~ the vibes, the open convo, it was really informative and refreshing ❤❤

[@sonderexpeditions]

Genes are interesting. The 25% black girl looks more afro than 50% lady.

[@quirkyt_T]

The girl on the left has an AA father. African Americans are mixed race genetically. Most of us are 20 % European and other things. The girl on the right has a Kenyan parent who might not have much admixture. My daughter is Japanese, AA and European. She is brown but looks very Asian. Her dad is is 50% Japanese and I have a small percentage of Chinese dna. My black family and my mother in law was very surprised that my daughter looked mostly Asian. Genes are amazing.

[@pelomk9022]

​@@quirkyt_Ttrue

[@melaninmonroeeee]

@@quirkyt_Tthe girl on the left still has much more african blood than the one on the right but does not look like it .

[@PHlophe]

@@quirkyt_T No, me Dear . admixture has near ZERO effect in the genetic make up because it is mere sediments. so you have this fantasy that it "tops up" the genetic material when paired with asian. when the curly haired gal could be having a sister that looks exactly like the other gal and its only through random gene distribution that she favors a 50-50 looks . I am a biracial dad 50/50 african ( Nguni)/european . My wife is senegalese ( this is a country in west africa) my kids are genetically 75% african, i am talking Bantu and Nilotic here because that is what is Black and this is for you all neophytes with no actual vocabulary for african genes. Two of my kids looks like regular biracial in the US . but they don't look like me as through family resemblance my eldest looks like my sister ( who is biracial herself ) and my middle one does look like my brother. My youngest child is dark skinned. she is the only child that has immediate family resemblance with me. But stuck up colorist imagine "oh her mama has stronger genes". she does not lol!. i have african genes too. African genes even when its 25% trumps the entire genetic map because it is the original material everything else is based , derived and distributed from. My sister is married to a white man but has a son that looks like me. the other 3 look regular caucasian but they look like HIS parents . You can sit here all day thinking because you notice something anecdotal that it is a proof of a pattern of genetic distribution , african americans are just plain Ole stocky africans , its visible on the body types , its visible in the eyes everywhere africa periodt.

[@gracea3594]

I don’t think she looks more Afro, she just has curly hair and tanned skin. She has very prominent Korean phenotype, clearly looks Korean with admixture. Some Singaporean have dark skin and they’re indigenous groups with even darker skin.

[@ivek_k]

Can they be friends forever 💕

[@Slurypee]

She’s so beautiful 😍

[@kristeannaskorner]

loving the fanning over one another here 😍 🙌 ☺️

[@sweetsoul8]

They’re both gorgeous omg. I learned so much from them, glad they shared so much!

[@fccpaixao]

They're definitely gonna be friends

[@Damone2020]

This was very good. Thank you so much! I could listen to them talk all day...😀👍💕

[@chiiwu6035]

These ladies need to have a segment just to chat about things cause I would watch.

[@Armyblink4life554]

They clicked instantly to the point that they forgot why they were there 😂😂

[@ThinkPraise]

I love these two young ladies, they seem so happy to be together and compare each other’s experience. I’m smiling the entire time. Well done 👏🏾 Will they keep in touch?

[@michellehubbard8865]

I always felt like blasians weren't forced to pick a side. Seems like they do that more with black and white mixes. The entire US history is based on race so "What are you"? isn't necessarily innocent. People want to know how to treat you as there is a 'racial' caste system where black people are treated the worst.

[@zzss0012]

You should put Korean subtitles ❤

[@andrewrichardson3330]

I need to send this to my wife, who is Blasian (half Korean half Black). She will love this.

[@docimma]

Koreans love hip-hop so it is not surprising about the enthusiasm of black culture, hip-hop, dance.

[@its_supreme]

HAHA, "What are you?", the one question I can NEVER avoid 👍

[@garden2356]

Mixed race children are often lucky to be beautiful.

[@angelinaherkyjullianna8187]

YOU BOTH NEED TO MAKE A KZbin CHANNEL PLEASE!!!! its so interesting to hear your thoughts and stories

[@SakuOhno]

I would love to see other perspectives like half south East Asian and other mixed people too.

[@Yangsides]

Sinead so pretty!!! 😍

[@mnm7647]

These young ladies are the perfect blend of cultures. They are beautiful but know who they are regardless of what the race obsessed specialists want them to be. The girl with curly hair is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful Afro-Asian I have ever seen. She is the perfect description of the type of girl that the majority of Koreans love without the living in white skin bubble nonsense. She is effortlessly cute, dimples, girl next door vibes, incredibly beautiful and an infectious smile that would melt any person, even Stevie Wonder will sniff her out of a crowd! She thinks they don’t see her but trust me they all see her but the intimidation is real. Overall the type of girl that the Male lead in a K-Drama would end up wife-ing regardless of anything!!! To these beautiful young ladies...BLESS

[@pennyfergurson2347]

What the girl with the twin said is understandable as my eldest daughter is extremely fair and always wished she was brown like her sibling but she was fair like her father it's not odd to have difficulty with identity

[@monstafloppa871]

I think the young lady on the right was very much on point about cultural shock. I could imagine coming from Kenya and having people in America trying to put her into one box or the other. That would be extremely frustrating.

[@enolamsamoht]

There is definitely a Tia and Tamara vibe going on between these two!

[@loboanicette3397]

j'avais le sourire beat tout le long, leur alchimie est juste magnifique elles sont belles intelligentes, on a assiste a un coup de foudre amical. J'ai regarde deux fois l'interview juste pour cette alchimie😂☺

[@aslankubra744]

She has Kenyan beauty. I can tell which country, and sometimes which tribe an African is from. Kenyan's have the most beautiful skin - the texture of their black skin is amazing. Their skin shines. Their women have one of the best facial features, which makes them look younger than they really are. So I know a Kenyan face when I see one. God bless Kenya

[@RyanKiim]

As.a KOrean American girl, this was the interview I needed growing up. Love their energy and ability to understand different sociological aspects of Korean and American culture. LoVE!!

[@Lamind856]

African girl really so pretty 💗

[@yorliejean7737]

They’re so pretty 😭

[@pell0076]

These women are beautiful!

[@CrashOverride332]

I was hoping i'd get to see Elisabeth again after KExplorer's video, she seems so nice and the talk was fun to listen to.

[@radianman]

What lovely girls! Personally, I reject the word black partially because there is no scientific basis for human races or subspecies; we are all the same sub-species Homo sapiens sapiens. Black is not even an ethnic group neither is white, they are racist social categorizations. I get annoyed when people attempt to describe my daughter as half-Korean and half black. I am a British citizen as my ancestors have been for centuries, and my wife is Korean, so I say she is half-British. My entire family is a hodgepodge of ancestries; and it always frustrates me when the rest of society attempted to divide us by our appearance (i.e., half my sibling, on parent, several uncles and Aunts, half my cousins all categorized as White because of their pure European appearance while the rest of us who have a mixture of African and European features are categorized as black (and treated accordingly). In the 21st Century this is mostly a social distinction, so my brothers and I were invited to different parties depending upon our appearance. My DNA test reveals I am 52% European, 46% African and the rest is Native American and Filipino. My European ancestry is (predictably) mostly (39%)! British Irish (30% English & NW European, 7% Scottish, 2% Welsh and Irish) but also includes German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish. My African DNA is associated with many modern countries (that did not exist when my ancestors were dragged out of them centuries ago) making up almost half the continent. My daughter’s DNA test reveals 22% African ancestry. I have always been curious about where my African ancestors originated (as this was erased from history), but it is a lot to take in. Each of these countries has a multitude of actual ethnic groups and languages, so knowing a country is not extremely useful. In any event, my daughter does get asked what she is here in North America where most people tend to associate her visually with Asia. In Korea where she has also lived I think most people just assume she is a mixed Korean, although when she was a baby and toddler (and looked more Korean) sometimes they did not realise she was mixed at all. If she is asked, I have always taught her to embrace her complex ancestry and to educate people about it if asked. By the way, you can have a look at her short films on her KZbin account @dearest_yuri

[@i.am.sancha]

I hope they become really great friends. Loved the conversation and their interaction with each other.

[@opheliajadefeldt9123]

My dog, what a beautiful video, I absolutely loved both of these wonderful women, they were just so lovely to listen too. :) :)

[@dr.migueltorrezedd8651]

The lighter one gives some Kimora Lee Simmons vibes since Kimora is half African American too, but some people can't tell with her either. Genes are an interesting thing. I mean they both have a look where one could be south Asian, and the other southeast Asian, etc. One might be able to go for a darker full Korea but that might no good well since they like to be as pale as possible and might wonder why she isn't too. The Philippines is pretty diverse with curly hair and darker skin (the Negritos and so on) depending on the part of the island. One clearly took the mother's looks while the other took the mother and father's looks since her father is from the motherland, and the other father is not since so-called African Americans are more mixed than some people from west Africa (depends on, which country of course). Race is just a social construct that is used to divide and conquer. The funny thing is that some Asians and whites have curly hair and some Africans who are not mixed in Africa have straight hair or wavy hair. The Aboriginal of Australia came out of Africa in two waves, and they have an interesting hair type too (location over hundreds of years probably changes a group's overall looks and so on). People are projecting how they see Africa and thinking that everyone look like west Africans, which shows their ignorance because half of these people or more know nothing about Africa outside of saying the continent is poor, which it isn't (if it was poor thousands of Chinese wouldn't be there right now to exploit). It's just bad leadership on Africa's part in modern times due to politicians wanting to line their pockets, and the U.S. screwing the continent over decade after decade (one professor said it best, they have to keep the continent down, so they can keep stealing in so many words, and this was a white professor being honest). We get a lot of things we need from Africa, such as minerals to work our cellphones, Diamonds people like to wear to look rich and it's the birthplace of coffee (Ethiopia). Yes, the Starbucks thing that people pay $7 to $10 bucks is originally a product of Africa, but Vietnam and Brazil plus Guatemala are big on coffee now too. To get off topic, Korea has been making some great skin care products these days (I just like to highlight the beauty of diverse creations).

[@patricialove2843]

They are giving ablack people vibe 😂😂😂I like it

[@TaiwoYemz]

Some people in America are just lost and do not know what being mixed really is. The whole thing should not be a big deal, embracing both cultures is cool.

[@RegentDeMarquis005]

I love this. Thanks Giggles

[@ericpowell4350]

Elizabeth is beautiful!

[@binoyandpinay777]

Lol this is so cute, the monitor probably forgot to ask all the questions, just sat back and enjoyed these Ladies interaction:)

[@bombwhippie]

When she said her peers maybe had a hard time understanding that she was bi-racial, nah. They just didn’t care. I grew up in an all white neighborhood. Not even predominantly white. When we moved there it became predominantly all white 😂 My peers knew about the mixtures in my family. They just didn’t care to be respectful about it. Even when Fiji family visited, my white friends called them Africans. They just wanted to make it easier on them. When we moved to a predominantly black neighborhood, my black peers did the same exact thing. There was only black, not Swedish, Fiji, American Indian, Italian, Irish, Portuguese. Just black. Now when it came to my brother because he looked more white, (strawberry blonde hair, hazel blue eyes, white skin) in the white school they always wanted my brother to accept his whiteness more. But in the black school they told him he wasn’t black. But we had a great upbringing. Our parents made sure we didn’t feel out of place. We were black no matter what anyone said. Our ancestors came from Africa. But we also had other racial ancestry. I teach my children the same way I was taught. My wife is Pakistani. Our daughter isn’t confused at all.

[@fdoctor79]

They are going to be the BEST of Friends! 😊

[@laurenxu3188]

i went to the same college as elizabeth and have spoken to her brother several times and they are both very sweet people!

[@anadd6195]

They are so cute omg! They have such good chemistry they could date❤❤❤

[@marchelleminerve8760]

I Love this talk!😊

[@noxy3409]

I can also see the kenyan side of her. Thay are both so pretty n hit it off so well. They will b besties for sure.

[@flowers2505]

So lovely ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ my favorite

[@TaiwoYemz]

Both so cute

[@sicilyverdani]

As a mixed American girl who spent some time in Korean culture, I LOVE THIS 🥲

[@ninaflowers5285]

Love seeing this budding friendship. Afro-Asian, get it☺

[@dennissmith1908]

These ladies are dope!! Very refreshing to see real sister hood. They vibe like they have known one another for years.

[@dancedj2k2]

Elisabeth is so unbelievably beautiful. Very exotic looking features and she moves with grace and style. Sinead is pretty as well. These ladies were great for the interview. Bring them back just so they could talk for 5 hours about ANYTHING they want.

[@GigaTyrone1]

3:34 we've heard of the tragic mulatto trope but now it's the tragic blasian too😂

[@247carmel]

I would like to say I am of a lighter hue. My father's side is Black Jewish and my mom is African American. I am older, I would like to impart wisdom...Both of you have to embrace self (love YOU). While growing up, Iv was not accepted, actually bullied because my hue is both your color. My hair is light curly brown. Thru my life's journey, Iv learned to ignore folks. You'll both will hear or feel negative energy of guys & females who will ignorantly say questionable things to you. Embrace you, love you, & the ones that are supposed to be in ur life path will be there- others will fall away from both of your lives. ❤❤

[@TheBlackGreatWhite83]

They're so Beautiful!

[@cheesetoast774]

GOD I could listen to them talk for hours 😂

[@Betttty]

Yhooooo Elisabeth is gorgeous ❤

[@lazarocedeno5270]

Gorgeous sisters

[@A.dyer6380]

It really shouldn't matter, first and foremost you are human, you breathe,cry and feel just like any other human being.

[@liawoods8817]

I feel better about coming to Korea now, because their experiences being mixed in Korea is the exact same experience I have just being in America. I think this is just the mixed experience, no matter what you are mixed with 😊

[@ot8030]

Wow both these two women are incredibly gorgeous.

[@gabriel82030]

You're gorgeous. Look how humanity is beautiful. True is that both of you're the envy of the world.

[@citamora]

I have a problem with how people misuse the word ethnicity. The best question to ask is what are your origine . More then ethnicity