How 3 Words Challenged My Ancestry

[@nytn]

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[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Hon let it go and walk.

[@mdccxcii6340]

1950's: "We'll have flying cars in the future!" 2024: *Racism, but on the internet*

[@robertmarley8852]

If we had flying cars you could leave at any time Can't have that

[@nytn]

hahahaha this spoke to me

[@ThisIsJ.Nicole]

Oh my gosh, this is sad but true😅

[@modelermark172]

Racism is a big part of why we can't have "nice things" like flying cars and jetpacks.

[@uncircumcisedcircus]

Because we intellectually cannot get beyond name calling is what hinders science.

[@leotajackson5602]

Good morning!! I used to get upset about these responses but I realized that the person who is that close minded is the problem and I pity them! They're the ones imprisoned within their own minds!

[@tknows470]

Very good point!

[@davidmolina7543]

@@leotajackson5602 touché

[@hesicast]

You've become one of my favorite channels. You are fantastic, keep up the good work! But as you go forward you should know that they will stop you from telling the stories that are useful to create unity in our society. I would add other platforms.

[@nytn]

thank you! I have a patreon now and trying to keep fresh with it

[@yusef3132]

​@nytn if you do not mind me suggesting, there is a platform called PeerTube that you yourself can host, that is very much like KZbin, that you control. That can be made available to your members/Patreon/etc and do not have to worry about your videos being flagged. Might be something to look into...

[@tania0070]

It's easy to claim Black and not look black - but to look black and be treated as such is an entirely different thing.

[@Eliburgo]

Damned if you do damned if you don't and it's not easy how would you even know.

[@wendyraby3134]

@@tania0070 I agree with you presenting appearance is the 1st thing others judge you on. Lineage is a factor though and many throughout history have had to hide something in their ancestry. If found out the consequences are very dire. So although people discriminate most off of skin color, lineage is right behind that. They find out you had a slave ancestor and everything changes amd it can just be 1. It's way more complicated then actual skin color imo.

[@bamboosho0t]

​@@wendyraby3134 Kamala Harris...

[@MrBazBake]

It's "easy" to claim black and not look black in the same way it's easy to claim you're Jewish or Palestinian or Arab without looking like it. But then it's like, "Hi, how's it going, can you please just do as many possible hate crimes against me as possible? Thank you!!!" Which NYTN just showed us is definitely one of the things that happens when you reveal your ancestry like that. When black gets added to your description, and it follows you, you get more crosshairs than you used to. These things don't earn you more access and freedom and opportunity and safety. They're an unintentional political statement in a white supremacist society. So, yeah, when Kamala Harris as a teenager identified as black and Indian and specifically went to a historically black college and joined the largest black sorority, she wasn't grabbing the golden ticket. She was setting life's difficulty setting to HARD MODE on purpose. She chose for people to know she's an Indian woman AND a black woman before she was old enough to live on her own. And she looks black. It's not like she's going through life and black people aren't assuming she's black. Unlike the way whiteness POLICES its boundaries to exclude other groups and hoard access and resources under white supremacy, blackness is porous. It's why our community is generally so accepting and proud and curious about other groups and mixed-race children and doesn't tell them they can't be black. Because we're happy to have them. Hell, NYTN and her dad LOOK black. If anything, the extra ancestry could have at best been used to convince people that think they're black that they aren't. And they're not avoiding the burden of their truth. And that's brave. And it sure as heck shouldn't be brave in any society to be who you are, but it is.

[@robertmarley8852]

They don't get it 😂😂😂😂

[@seanthornton726]

" I didn't think of myself in racial terms. We weren't raised with that! I wasn't sat down and told I was white or not white!" As a black American, neither was I. Yet I was often reminded by the police telling me I fit the description, teachers telling me i need to go to trade school , and store owners that followed me around their stores. White women who clutched their purse when I walked by and whites neighbors who moved out of the community when my family moved in. No, my parents never sat us down to discuss our racial identity. They taught me to be resilient, and prepared for a world designed to challenge your resolve...

[@alphagenisis1]

I learned a lot from Vince Everett Ellison.

[@freethinkinmelanin6795]

Honestly it seems most people don’t raise their kids like that. Black families who do only do so as a form of protection for their children. It’s the other side that fill their children’s heads with all of these beliefs about superiority to others.

[@spitflamez]

Wow, that’s was the same experience I had with the police, school, stores and White wonmen with their purses! They next year after I had that teacher ( she was my 1st grade teacher), I was placed in the Gifted program!!! The teacher literally called my Mom and said I was a dreamer or something like that for being outside her box! One of my college Professors, who published my first paper, said I was a writer!!!

[@crystalsparkman1815]

Lucky you I see it & am reminded of it every time I look in the mirror!! Full lips, “kinky” Carmel color skin!!! We are admired, hated & loved all at the same time!!!

[@kingnick6260]

I’ve read all sorts of comments the last 27 years of browsing the internet. You just learn to grow a thick skin & have gratitude for the positive people in your life. I doubt anyone taking the time out of their day to insult an internet stranger has much going on in their life.

[@nytn]

yes! please do. Some things just roll off the tongue haha

[@Tethloach1]

I just avoid having a profile picture, people usually think your'e white.

[@Visionary0001]

Danielle is such a courageous, honest, and committed woman. She is presenting some very important truths to the world, and she's not taking the "easy way out" by ignoring the uncomfortable parts of her personal history and ethnicity. She deserves our encouragement and full support.

[@bamboosho0t]

What I've observed is that in the West "Whiteness" is propagated by the sum of its *best* attributes, and "Blsckness" is propagated by the sum of its *worst* attributes. Which explains why people make remarks steeped in banality that attribute what they perceive as a bad perspective by one person belonging to "Blsckness" to exemplify how they all are on a macro basis. It's a textbook compositional fallacy.

[@KAH-7]

That's wypipo and those brainwashed by wypipo.

[@uncircumcisedcircus]

well murder statistics would say the blax are the worst attributes of our society.

[@Gudsur]

It goes to show how people choose hatred based on lies over truth and peace. Their bias' make them feel better about themselves because their ancestors falsely made them believe they were superior. Deep down, they know they're not, but the hateful rhetoric is mostly to constantly keep themselves convinced, and to make the other person/group feel inferior

[@Gudsur]

At the end of the day, White Superiority is just another name for "thin-skinned narcissism"

[@nashambenyisrael7689]

@@GudsurI believe that’s the real reason for such behavior inherently they realize they are not. They’ve been told they are the best for so long and yet they don’t see the truth in the results depending on where those results lie. I know hitler had an issue with blacks performing far better than Germans in the Olympics and caused an issue with his identity. The narrative of Germans being the superior race kinda got wetted on after that incident.

[@rosemarie7705]

I was born in 1966 and raised in New Jersey, my parent’s were both born in Cuba and my grandparents were from Spain with the exception on my maternal great grandmother who was of English descent. I have always identified as white, but yet I have always been told that I am not white, when in reality I am white. After doing my ancestry DNA I’m over 80 percent Iberian, with the rest being English, French and North African. I have found that there are so many people who are ignorant and lack knowledge. I’m so happy that you are bringing up this topic because it truly needs to be addressed. I still feel that there is not only ignorance, but racism as well and although it’s gotten better, it’s still exist. That hidden comment, was from an absolutely ignorant person who should apologize for such a hateful remark. Have a blessed day!

[@megb9700]

Danielle, I started following you because you do genealogy and cite your sources. You have been kind and genuine to all the people you host. Keep up the hard, good, work knitting people together! You’re making “good trouble!” 👍🏽

[@Ice-c-o8q]

What I like most about your channel is your attitude coupled with your openness and honesty. I love the stories about your family history more than any other topic. They are so interesting. It's amazing how much you look like some of them from over 100 years ago, especially Lola. Love your hair in this video. 😍 And love how you keep things in perspective.

[@nytn]

Thank you so much!

[@alca6023]

When someone calls you stupid it is because they lack mental Health. If they were healthy in the mind they would actually articulate something useful that adds to the conversation. Thank you for discussing this. Your videos consistently add something to the conversation. That's difficult to do and requires great intelligence and diligence.

[@batya7]

Great analogy with Irish identity; Even Italy did not become a unified nation state until the 19th century. "Haters gonna hate." You speak from the heart. You're rocking it!

[@hotshot6674]

Yeah, right. Because the Roman Empire didn't exist.

[@Magnolias2barbedwire]

Oh, sister! Humans can be the most hideous of creatures! Your lessons in history are thoroughly enjoyed in this camp. You have got me digging back through my own, again. I take it by spells, and in between times, the information to glean increases exponentially. If your bored, I highly recommend The Appalachian Storyteller. Lots of history and social lessons in them. Kudos on doing a fine job. Haters are gonna hate so just let them hate themselves into oblivion. They'll eventually come around. Have a blessed weekend!

[@londonmmc]

Killing it as always. Love seeing your journey, the rabbit hole goes deep.

[@wendyraby3134]

Americans have a really hard time understand multi racial people. Many of the people here, especially Americans with European ancestry will find out you have that little bit of black and you and will consider you non-white. This is why your grandmother fled. The most messed up thing about this as we all have mixed ancestry here in America. Unless you just came here We all have people who came and mixed with somebody else who's from a different country or a different racial background. This is our biggest asset and something we should be celebrating but as you see the man decided you were black and decided you were like all other blacks and stupid which is ridiculous ignorant and he needs to go somewhere with that and get some help. Anyone else reading this with the same sentiment I bet you you have someone in your in your in your in your in your in your own history who you would be surprised of Or will in the future because it's impossible to escape doing this here in America there's too many different peoples. Thank you for pointing things out Danielle. I believe you're planting seeds for change ❤

[@LateBoomer-sl1dk]

We're very dualistic in all areas. Especially spirituality. Good/bad, black/white, us/them, true/false.

[@MrBazBake]

Americans definitely understand mixed-race identity as a concept. It's one of the most racist things our legal system ever had. Mixed-race groupings composed a spectrum of complex racist legal classifications and statuses based on percentage of ancestry and existed for hundreds of years. The one-drop rule only existed for fifty years, and it wasn't the creation of non-white -- it was the creation of *only* white. The thing is, it's a very white perspective that persists to this day and has little to do with how everybody else in America views race and ethnicity. A white person and a black person might say, "Oh, you're black," but they aren't really saying the same thing. The white person is probably saying, "You're JUST black" but the black person is definitely saying, "You're ALSO black." If you try to explain race in the US as a thing white people do, then it's not going to be very accurate. Because most of race is happening TO people who aren't considered white and these people are interacting with each other way more than white people are interacting with them. The actual function of race is necessarily going to be additive, not exclusive.

[@MrBazBake]

Note: this also explains why minorities laughed so hard and so loud when white people started claiming Kamala used to be Indian. At no point did Indians or black people think this is a thing you had to actually pick. 😂

[@wendyraby3134]

@@MrBazBake it's so weird, how do people not understand you can be mixed and black and Indian. It's such a weird weird American brainwash nonsense.

[@LateBoomer-sl1dk]

@@wendyraby3134 We're the descendants of religious utopians culturally. Puritanism and Calvinism are so baked in we can't even see the m. It's like a sea that we all swim in.

[@MelissaThompson432]

It's not just America, but there is a distinctly American version of it: people who are weak in their perception of their own worth need to have a perceived inferior. It's economically desirable for some people that other people be artificially held down from opportunity. 🤷 But it can only work because ordinary, non-rich people with relative advantage have an emotional need to identify as "better than."

[@Ledouche1234]

Or they just think black people are stupid. There doesn't need to be an inferiority complex to like a group or to think they are dumb. Edit: they are wrong to think that all black people are dumb.

[@lLeon44-g7j]

WOW! TY for being so couragous! You say the quiet part out loud and I salute you! Cheers! Yes racism is unique in America, and you nailed it when you said "Society was built to control Identity and would limit people based on their perceptioin of your race." So sad and accurate. i personally doubt things will ever get better, i am 60 and they have not gotten better, I would argue things are worse.

[@KAH-7]

Unique to America, eh? How do you explain the people who started radicalism and racism were immigrants their damned self? NO, it's VERRRRY OLD......

[@briansmith303]

I don't know if things are actually worse, or they're just more contentious. There may not be any more racists today than there ever were, but there are a lot more people willing to push back on them now. So the noise level is greater, making the battle seem larger, but that's not necessarily true. We just naively thought we'd kicked it in the 60's-70's because it largely went quiet in open society - we thought attitudes were changing. But it never went away - it was just waiting for affirmation from somebody with enough power. But yeah, I also don't know if we'll ever be rid of it - the human tendency to tribalism is too strong. For some reason we NEED "others" - a colossal failure of imagination.

[@nytn]

i like how you said this, the noise level is louder.

[@rocketreindeer]

I'm definitely going to use that Danielle quote of, "my history, my identity is too big for that kind of narrow-mindedness, that small-mindedness, and so is yours" that's a gem. DING! goes the magical bell. I imagine one of those big rectangular ones like in the Carol of the Bells. I've had KZbin hide my comments when I don't demean or put anyone down, it's weird. And hey! Your hair looks dang amazing right now! Very cool. Keep on keepin' on. ✌🏽

[@jeffreymassey5541]

The problem I believe here in America is the "suppression" of full American History. Some do not want the full history to be told. And that is sad. 🤔🤔

[@LennyCash777]

Yeah, but that full history still wouldn't be as one-sided the way you might think. Far from it. Thomas Sowell, for example, could tell you more on that.

[@jeromewhite7570]

You're right about this. America's suppression of its true history and living hypocrisy to the max has created this situation we are in today.

[@dpeasehead]

@@LennyCash777 Thomas Sowell simply tosses out facts that don't support his white supremacist narrative/America and the west have all the answers riprap like most black conservatives and their white supporters do.

[@user-yj7ey7ql6k]

@@LennyCash777 Notice how there’s only a handful of people who identify as "blk American” but they speak rubbish about themselves and their community as a way to appease the people outside of their community? You won’t find more than a handful of these Thomas Sowell characters; who these characters are the majority immigrants who are wearing a blk American identity like a disguise. But really they are NOT LIKE US they are not home grown black Americans- (Candace O.) but are claiming to be one of us. And it’s through these foreigners does the outside groups get the fallacious rhetoric and the appeasement of having their historical sins washed away; by the justification for the actions of their ancestors; on down to 2024 and the wilful ignorance of their descendants even today. You’ll only ever find only a few…

[@jordanfauntleroy2013]

If the full story gets told then they will lose everything. That is why they keep things secret.

[@lyndaclough3462]

Raised as a culture instead of with race. Wish we all had been raised like that.

[@sheilakosoff5806]

I wonder if that is the reason for the diaspora wars within the Black community. African Americans have created a culture while existing with the constant reminder that they are not white. Immigrants of African descent exist in a bubble of their own culture without the daily oppression of having to be seen as a skin color. I see the people who identify as white as complicit in their own cultural erasure just so they can get some privileges. I remember asking a student to explore his culture and he said that he had none because he is just white. I kept questioning and he realized that he was Greek and some other culture. He began exploring this history. I think if we as a people shifted to identifying as a culture, things might be different.

[@donahunt832]

i LOVE the fact that you manage to infuse negativity like this with your light, your intellect and your positive energy! God bless you 💕🙏🏾

[@tknows470]

So glad you’re here and sharing this content about identity. That comment is ridiculous. And btw, your Dad is so handsome. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! ❤

[@nytn]

Thank you so much! he is always telling people he's my brother and they FALL FOR IT

[@Me2Lancer]

Thank you for your post, Danielle. It's a shame someone used racial comments to attack heritage. Your comments addressing family are uplifting and at time thought provoking but never demeaning.

[@Eriksermon-p4m]

The Cane River fair is October 12th and 13th. Hope you can join us, Danielle.

[@nytn]

I miss seeing Louisiana!!

[@davidmolina7543]

I certainly enjoy your analysis of , social and racial constructs. you are very wise for your age and this comes from a 70 years old man who watches you regularly.😊

[@nytn]

that is a huge compliment!

[@MarkHerman-b6f]

I think this is why I vibe with your stuff: you and I both find the intricacies of our ancestry interesting. I've always been curious about my background, and the backgrounds of others. Which other people can find to be irrelevant, or because of people like the commentor you mentioned, they assume I am using those same labels and so it makes them defensive. FWIW that sentiment was very common where and when I grew up, and while I think the percentage of people who consciously embrace that sentiment is small, it is probably at least 10%. Where I grew up, the great migration brought a lot of folks up from Mississippi as "scabs" to break the back of a railroad strike. So we are talking about people who had been given little or no education in the deep South, and who probably spoke in that thick delta accent (which is difficult for me to follow and I lived with a person from that region for a short period of time). Even two generations after the migration, there were very few professionals of color in the world I grew up in. It has changed, but the push against AA/DEI shows how that prejudice persists in a more subtle form.

[@blueyomogi]

Love your channel, thank you. I walk around with an Asian phenotype with a family history of over 120 years in the “US” - quotation marks because Hawaii was a it’s own nation when my family arrived.

[@melikthegeek]

"Black" blood cannot "taint" anything under our Gods sun. 🌟

[@ajdib88]

Do not forget this system we had in the states is a deeply rooted system that goes back centuries through European life, the Roman empire, and from Greek city-state values. It has never been the proper way to live, and we have a chance to finally change the narrative for a better future for everyone. Videos like yours will forever help inspire people into understanding the past slightly better, yet we will always have those fools who want to sew chaos and feel above someone when their daily lives are petty and pathetic. Never let the words of the uninspired bring you down to their low levels.

[@nytn]

[@jpstewart4109]

I remember when you first started, and to see the growth of your channel is phenomenal 🙌🏿 that just goes to show how much people are interested in the human experience ❤ keep fighting the good fight

[@richardwilliamswilliams]

Good morning neighbor lady, it's rained for two and a half days here in Copperhill. Hope you are ok!!😊😊

[@nytn]

Good morning! my roses are thankful :D

[@larrywilliams9139]

@@nytn I found your dad's doppelganger. Pic incoming of fb message soon.

[@caseypersonally]

Thank you for opening the dialog and keeping it going. It is hard for many, yet, needed for healing our nation.❤

[@mommaosachicago]

You are a beautiful person of all of those people who came before you ignorance dies hard

[@TruthIsLikeTheSun]

The USA has an unspoken about caste system that many are aware of, whereas some other countries have caste systems that are legal and out in the open for all to know and adhere to, e.g., India and South Africa. Racism is still very much alive and weaponized in the USA, however sometimes the real issue is caste not race. I suggest you read the book CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson. It is excellent non-fiction and the audiobook, if that's your preference for consuming books, is absolutely excellent. Filmmaker Ava DuVernay made an Indie movie based on the book that's also excellent. It's called simply ORIGIN. It's compelling, telling, forthright, and well done.

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

No we don't. And there's no such thing as "wacism". What you're attempting to describe is Skin-Color Paranoia and the often desperate need to maintain the delusions of "whiteness". You don't understand this because you obviously still think along the superficial, hollow, and meaningless skin-color concepts created by and for "whiteness". America inherited a Skin-Color Identity and Division complex from our British colonial origins. But what you obviously don't know is that all of this was an Invention, a Fabrication, created in the late 1600s in British and Spanish colonies, specifically to DIVIDE the masses so they wouldn't rebel and overthrow the colonial authorities and land-owners. The KEY to the entire operation was US actually obeying the Skin-Color Identity rules created by and for "white" skin-color Identity. However, I am NOT in any way shape or form mad at the division or the strife and challenges created by the Paranoia. These were the conditions necessary for the Creation of what WE ARE, as AMERICANS. And what we are is One of One. "Black" nor "Africa" have a GD thing to do with US. The fact that you've literally NEVER thought like this only underscores my point that the key to the entire edifice of Skin-Color Identity is your OBEDIENCE to it.

[@johnnyearp52]

The Caste System is no longer legal in India but it still exists. Just like racial discrimination is illegal here but still exists. Caste is a good book. And it has been banned some places in the USA.

[@TruthIsLikeTheSun]

@johnnyearp52 Thanks for the info about India's caste system no longer legal while also acknowledging that it still has an affect on its people. It's somewhat like the former USA Jim Crow Laws that included, for instance, the One Drop Rule Law that still persists in the hearts and minds and actions of many, and has created COLORISM, which can almost be as devastating to a person's well being as RACISM.

[@johnnyearp52]

I agree!

[@LennyCash777]

Yeah, the "caste system" in the U.S. today is those spoken of in Revelation 2:9 & 3:9 at the very top, those such as yourself as the protected classes somewhere in the middle, and those such as myself at the bottom that everyone else can treat poorly with little to no repercussions compared to when it's the other way around.

[@YakDiezel]

BTW keep doing what you're doing I love it. Just a smart "black" person who sees you simply care about people and our self awareness. Thank you.

[@luedog8385]

Another great insightful video

[@nytn]

Much appreciated

[@Braniff440]

Stay strong Ms. D. Love your work and how on point you are in the delivery of American ethnic reality..

[@cheesusclark2926]

I’m a black American. My father was a share cropper’s son and a decorated ww2 vet. My mother was a bi-racial woman and a house wife. Both were born in the 1920’s in the Jim Crowe south. I watch your content and while I appreciate most of it. One of the things that stand out is The way you say you weren’t brought up to identify as a “color”. Where I come from that’s what non-white people say that would rather be identified as anything other than black or of any type of African decent. Black people don’t have the option of saying “I don’t identify with a particular color or race”. Only non-white people mostly of European decent. There are several other peoples in south and Central America as well as North Africa that go to great lengths to not be identified as black. I think everyone should be proud of who they are and where they came from but they should also be honest and center their thought on facts and history.

[@nytn]

I appreciate this comment, thank you. I did grow up hearing questions about my identity from strangers (and still do!) I remember distinctly standing with my dad at work and a client asked him if I was mulatto. I didnt know what that word meant, I was young. When I first moved down south 15 years ago from NY, it was still pretty old school, and I had a man who worked at Publix come tap me on the shoulder while I was shopping and check if I was "Spanish". I told him no... it was awkward. In many ways, it's a privilege to decide how to identity, but in other ways, it's confusing and feeling like there is not really one group I'll ever belong in totally.

[@Wolfmoon78]

Thank you for talking about this. This issue causes me a lot of anguish. I wish it felt safe to have conversations like this on a regular basis so we could understand and honor each other on a much greater level.

[@nytn]

You're so welcome! Thank you for helping to make the community here a better place

[@Wolfmoon78]

@@nytn 💕

[@Wolfmoon78]

Love from Buffalo NY

[@mariogooch9634]

Gr8 job, please keep doing what u are doing. This work is necessary. Knowledge is power.

[@jeremiahr6074]

I enjoy watching your videos. I enjoy talking about our ancestors and getting to the point. People of mixed ancestry should be proud of their heritage and study as many branches or their roots as they can. Never be ashamed of being "white" or "black." Instead look at each and every ancestry branch you can. Most Americans are not of one ethnicity and or race.

[@kaizatengoku3893]

Actually most are from 1 race but not ethnicity

[@grannyfisher3863]

I have to say, you gave a most intelligent and compassionate answer to a crude statement. The commenter might have just been a troll, but if so you took all the impact out of what he was trying to accomplish. And if not, if it was a simple expression of prejudice and anger, you addressed the underlying issue with wisdom and grace. We should be able to investigate the roots of our heritage without turning it into division.

[@nytn]

I appreciate that so much.

[@bluetinsel7099]

Cultural identity is different than ethnic identity or lineage etc. I know a guy who’s mom is half Greek and half Black-American and her mom was Greek her dad was Black-American and his dad was Italian and he identified as Black even though he was 1/2 Italian, 1/4 Greek and 1/4 Black-American, because his mom was adopted by a Black-American family. With his dad being Italian he also learned some of that heritage, but he grew up with the Black side of his family mostly and his older brother was 3/4 Black-American and 1/4 Greek. So culturally he identified as Black-American even though he was 3/4 White-Mediterranean and 1/4 Black-American which is opposite from his older brother. When it comes to identity, it can be complex and there is a difference between race, lineage, color, ethnicity, culture, nationality etc. so when people are identifying as something sometimes asking how or on what types of classifications helps. When it comes to you Daniel, the first time I saw your channel, you came off as mixed. So when you said Italian that was understandable as there are many mixed Italians as it’s an ethnicity and ethnicities are typically types of mixes, Italian is also a culture, language and nationality. When you did your moms dna haplogroups and pulled Asian groups I very much could see that in you as well and you also have some black and I also could see that. All over the world there are Black, Mixed and White groups and to me you came off as mixed.

[@nailahdawkins]

Just because you weren't raised to categorize yourself doesn't mean society (whichever one you grow up in), your environment, or the world at large won't recognize what you are or subscribe you to a category yourself. Folks have to get beyond "I wasn't raised X way" or "I wasn't taught X as a kid". Welp things change, history is made _everyday_ and it's called books, research, TED talks, conferences, etc. - learning doesn't stop you grew out of childhood 😅💯.

[@aleathacoleman6413]

I'm black. I have nieces and nephews who are biracial. They can claim both sides of their heritage with having to answer to anyone. They don't have to subscribe to Jim Crow laws. This is the 21st century.

[@Mimi-ht6xr]

That’s not true. I live and used to work among some blacks. None of them assumed l was black and neither did l. Different heritages and ways of living separate us all. There’s many times l stay home and putter around my garden now l’m retired rather than go out since l live nowhere near people who look and sound like me. That’s my culture and heritage. Regardless of what people say or want to believe, you are your family of origin and how they raise you overrides society’s expectations and standards.

[@leavemeal0ne378]

​@Mimi-ht6xr, so you would rather be ignorant and stick to the old way of thinking. Sorry, but that's not really helping anybody

[@natashaa43]

These trolls are ridiculous, it's like the ones who attack women by calling them fat even though they don't know what their body's look like, he's just going towards what he thinks is the worst thing he can say. It's pathetic and infantile.

[@vanessasworder]

So true

[@trenae77]

If you are anything, you are beautiful!! What I see is a delicate blending of your father’s heritage with touches of your mother’s history worked in. This what I have always loved about blending cultures, because the result is a piece of art that adds new depth and dimension to the overall story.

[@arrow1414]

Why blur out the commenter's name in the thumbnail? Let him or her take responsibility for it. They posed to a public forum after all.

[@nordicaliensfromthepleiades]

You seem to be under the impression the commenter wouldn't want that.

[@arrow1414]

@@nordicaliensfromthepleiades You mean that he would want his name blurred?

[@nordicaliensfromthepleiades]

@arrow1414 no, wouldn't (and you assumed the commenter's gender, by the way)

[@arrow1414]

@@nordicaliensfromthepleiades Then even better. And in my original reply I said "him or her" even I did use the standard masculine assumption for the second.

[@nordicaliensfromthepleiades]

@arrow1414 Seems I have to spell this out really explicitly. I'm saying the OP seems to be under the impression that the commenter might care whether or not their avatar image was blurred or not. They may WANT their avatar image to be known and seen. In any case, she blurred it because the avatar image might be copyrighted, and she could be copystruck for showing it on a video (which could be a trap for her anyway). That is why she blurred it out, by the way.

[@mrmaxxx94]

Appreciate you keeping it 💯 and bring the facts, truth needs to be told, school system never fully will,respect

[@debraodom9153]

Hi Danielle. I love history and I enjoy your Chanel. I want to add that I believe most people have a mixture of different people. This mixture made you who you are. This mixture adds great beauty and intelligence. I teach my children to develop the characteristics of integrity, intelligence, high character and strength. I teach them the positive history of the ability to invent, scientists, builders, agricultural skills , teachers among many of the talents that were passed from ancestors. I teach them pride but I have to teach them how to respond to the police. It doesn’t matter how light your skin is or how curly or straight your hair appears. You are what the police sees so for your life act accordingly. For your own ability strive high and achieve. We are all children of the most high God .

[@lewissmith350]

Fascinating.

[@NEMBL013]

I love what you’re doing. Thank you so much, 💕🙏

[@sekoumv]

Hey cuz!❤❤❤❤

[@julesartylife2217]

Hi Danielle I’d love to see you speaking with loads of people about what they think being a good ancestor means. It’s a wonderful question to pose don’t you think? I can’t imagine the range of answers people would give and whether the answer would slip off the tongue in an instant or whether people would pause and fully consider their answer. Hmmm as I type this I am pausing. How would I answer that question. Maybe I’d have to examine myself and think not only what it means to be a good ancestor but whether I am one and if I’m not fulfilling my own definition of what makes a good ancestor, what can I do about it. We are always learning, growing, evolving and we want to be a positive influence in our lifetime, yes? Racism is passed on through families. Society, unconscious and conscious bias, the education system and our institutions play a part, of course they do, but your biggest influence from your earliest young life, I would argue, is what you are raised around, your home environment, the people who love you. Of course children of racists are not bound to be racists themselves, but some surely will. And I absolutely agree - this is not ancient history - we are still a long way off acceptance and equality for all regardless of the amount of melanin in our skin.

[@nytn]

I love this idea! I am saving it, thank you

[@outb4thecount]

The internet is gonna internet but when I first subscribed to KZbin I used a picture of myself. The crazy comments I received about being black and not what I was commenting on wasn’t that unusual from what I heard from ignorant, small minded people irl. bIt’s never a good idea to reveal yourself on social media in my experience as a black woman unless you’re ready for internet trolls and and bigots usually ironically hiding themselves. I think you’re very brave to discuss your ancestry and explore American identity on your channel. You are reaching people who are truly interested and learning new things.

[@gmalcolms]

I'm from NYC and similar to you in that when I grew up, like most people I knew, I identified (and still do) as my ethnicity, namely, Sicilian, German, and Hungarian/Slovak, especially Sicilian because my parents were divorced and I spent most of my time with my mother and her family, including my great-grandfather who didn't even speak English. Being white was not an important part of my, or my family's, identity, but still I knew we were classified as white. In fact, I can remember as a child when I was first told by my mother that we were white. I look at my hand and said, "I'm not white, I'm pink." My sister actually used to check "other" instead of "Caucasian" on forms, because, as she put it, "I'm not Caucasian, I'm Italian, German, and Hungarian." It seems like in America these days, at least from what I see online since I no longer live there, white people are increasingly identifying with being white.

[@raymanjohan8838]

I love when your Father says be proud of your heritage..me being a black man the world will try to tell me that my heritage is slavery and all the negative things that the history books teach us. My culture is the only culture in America who literally created our culture from the nothing. We were stripped of everything that attached us to the country in which we came from, and some how everything we do has either been copied or co-opted worldwide for financial gain to be worn as a costume. A lot of people have died for this country but we not only bled and died for this country to advance we bled and died to open the door for others to benefit just for those culture to come and crap on us like the others. Our strength, our resilience, our compassion has been used against us just for people to say when we speak about it that we are being victims. I love my heritage bc cant nobody do it like us. Often imitated, never duplicated..the only way to beat us is to cheat us

[@Percept2024]

Danielle , my father was of British ancestry , but before he married my mother , he converted to Catholicism and joined my mother`s Italian-American church. When me and my brothers were in Sunday school , my dad and one of the Italian priests would walk across the street and have breakfast with the Italian barber every Sunday morning . I telling you these facts , leading to the question --- Why would your father always tell you " you`re Italian " ?? Did he want you to overlook your maternal Creole side ? It is an uncomfortable question , but have you ever thought about it ? P.S. Your podcast is always thought provoking !!

[@lashurediscussion4970]

From what I learned from a few Italians I knew, they often got mistreated and discriminated against like blacks until the government decided to classified Italian as white. Once they were reclassified as Italian white they started excelling in America and many just identify themselves as white and not mentioned thier Italian heritage. So for Daniella dad to tell his daughter to never forget you are Italian was driving off the fact that many had to achieve the American dream allegedly.

[@Mimi-ht6xr]

Her papa wanted her to be proud of her Italian heritage. It’s the same way my papa wanted me to be proud of my Creole heritage. Being proud of who you are and the traditions and rituals associated with it is what gives you your cultural identity.

[@roberterniso5475]

Not many like yours that was raised very well & most important Educated!! Universally!!. I can definitely see your topics as a documentary on Netflix or just simply Independent. I hope you definitely reach the future generations as well, hope they find your channel.

[@Copper-Sunset]

Love your Channel!❤ 😊😉

[@wendellbatts2477]

I knew there was something about your old man I liked. As a lifelong Cowboys fan, tell him to keep the faith! Bound to be a long season🙂 Keep doing a great job Danielle.

[@nytn]

hahahahah

[@aleleeinnaleleeinn9110]

I am old. My long life has taught me that those three words are under the most kind analysis based on profound ignorance. My father rose above that ignorant attitude; so I wouldn't have to do it for myself. But my experience in life has taught me that such gross categorizations are not viable. In addition to our family introducing us to cultural, we find things throughout our lives which we adopt. America is a great place to find new ways to approach a problem, or find new things to eat, or new sources of ideas. I'm glad I don't live uder a rock. I'm glad I let people shine as who they are rather than thru an arbitrary filter that has no real inherent validity.My claimed to be Heinz 57; which for him was a mixed European and some native American. My mother was Italian. Where she grew up was a mixed European area Lots of Polish and other eastern European. They shared their cultures. I do remember one old comment that we heard--"They're getting along to well." The comment refutes its underlying racial motivation. We didn't stop getting along. The black population were not objects but friends with names and histories and conections to those around them. America would be a far poorer nation if the black contributions went missing. Sports, music, food. Maybe the banners of CRT should be required to show Hidden Treasures to all middle school children. None of those women could in any circumstance be called stupid. And let them watch an interview with the real math genius from the movie. She was sharp and articulate even in her old age. Another interview after the movie was made and she was showing the signs of aging. Racism makes no sense. It is a best a archaic trait of stone age tribal solidarity. What usefulness it once may have had is long gone.

[@mauricewhite574]

You are gorgeous! There is no debate about this! WOW!❤

[@Linkx16]

As a Black person I found your commentary on this quite interesting. For multiple reasons one is that you easily don’t pass as Black most people would consider you white. So most of the subtle or overt vitriol Black people would face in this country or around the world in non white nations you would not get the chance to experience. For those of us who study history and are educated we don’t take being called Black a narrow definition of who we are. Yes there are many cultures amongst the Black diaspora, but there is a pride that goes along with being associated with Black for those who are educated and not brainwashed by the lies of white supremacy. It’s such a great thing to be fully human, the first homosapiens to walk the planet, the first to sail the seas and populate the planet. Despite all the efforts to erase and oppress all the indigenous people from the planet those ice blooded Caucasians have continued to fail. We are the most resilient strong people there is because despite what they have done to the world before they were eliminating and eating each other, we still remain the most original, compassionate, soulful humans. There’s still a lot of work to be done to civilize the brutes from the caucuses.

[@traceeclay4056]

Hey there, I love your genealogy journey. Embrace all of who you are! You’re firstly a child of God!

[@jeffreymassey5541]

Hey Danielle, I was just on the merchandise sight to order. Can you please add a tank top T-shirt to the selection for Warm weather Florida viewers. 😂😂🌴🌴

[@annatomasso5226]

I dislike how the US puts us in boxes when filling out forms. I have never checked off white as I always write Irish-American as I was raised by single mother who has that background. I grew up with my father's Italian side but I discovered the music, heritage and food much later in life.

[@annatomasso5226]

I remember, Faggiano vs Eastman Kodak where a man of Italian heritage goes against Kodak because he was wronged in promotions and had a boss that would use dago and wap around him.

[@daranel4373]

One needs to study Nationality and naturalized; Italian is a Nationality it is recognized by other Nations, you have never heard of a country called blackadonia or nigro land unless written in a book by some slavers. Black, native, negro, African American etc are all colorable terms that strip you of your humanity and lawful place on the planet .in the u.s you have states everywhere else has countries with nationalities. Everybody that carries united states identification is a 14th amendment corporate citizen wich negates you of human rights or common law Jurisprudence. Those Conotative terms are dead in the eyes of the law void ab initio so no justice for you.

[@bruceparker6142]

Are Irish ethnically of the white race?

[@leavemeal0ne378]

​@@annatomasso5226 Americans didn't create race. Europeans are as racist as any other American( European Americans descended from europe). Nobody hasn't been put in a box that yt Europeans didn't agree on.

[@XavierGage]

New Viewer here, Love your content. ♥️

[@txmeats]

4:37 Your an ancestor of a Cowboys fan. That's all that matters. 😁

[@nytn]

Hahahah. I had my own Troy aikman jersey for awhile in middle school 😂 I was in love with him

[@primategaberocco]

Great work again. 🍻

[@nytn]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@azborderlands]

We were taught to be proud of our culture. I never saw myself as white, just Mexican born in the US. Suddenly, we are told if we weren’t born in Mexico, we can’t be Mexican. Also, others categorising US as White. DNA in my family is close to 50/50 Native American and Spanish. Perspective is changing in a bizarre way.

[@LukasP143]

Race white. Ethnicity mexican. That simple

[@robertmarley8852]

Put the crack pipe down

[@M.L89-u8f]

She's mixed race ​@@LukasP143

[@michaelamaestas4950]

I agree with you, 100% !!!!!!!!!!!

[@cecilialove]

Great information

[@SapphireLyric]

Danielle said what I always think about racist and bigots that they must be exhausted. It takes so much energy to hate. I feel sorry for those types of people to a certain degree.

[@robertmarley8852]

This country was built on the hate

[@nytn]

seriously! use that energy for good

[@TJoy411]

Love your content.

[@1TruGODreality]

I'm black and you look like my cousin it's those eyes they don't lie

[@KAH-7]

Did you ever think that some features that we carry may not even come from our Sub Saharan ancestry❓

[@Mimi-ht6xr]

Danielle is of Italian heritage and looks it. If she were in NYC she would walk as what she is, an Italian American. She doesn’t look like any typical black african woman. Her hair is not kinky Afro hair and that’s a biggie in black America. I know because l’m darker than Danielle with almost the same hair type but mine is jet black, wavy and l wear it much longer than she wears hers. No black person, especially women, have EVER assumed l was black. This subtle gaslighting of her is horrible on here.

[@1TruGODreality]

@@Mimi-ht6xr There is no need to attack me I have already explained and you should have read all the comments instead of being so defensive nobody is trying to take away her Italian heritage no need to dispell her African heritage either, I believe she can be proud of both no matter how little or how much DNA is there it's there. That's the problem do we only claim the most dominant Chromosomes or can we truly be proud of who we are in a whole sense no other parts excluded because of how small? why must you go crazy because I point out features that are familiar to me in my family as a black person by the way I said nothing about her hair. I respect this Woman's work and I have stated it, I have also apologized for things I said when I didn't know if she covered her African Ancestry in previous uploads. If you're Italian be proud of it I'm proud to be mixed even though I am mostly African.

[@SBEtherwave]

When you said Blacks are stupid to hold any power (which was stated in the Positive context i.e. that statement being said in embracing the full story who people are so "Whoever Said That " WORDS won't have power); I also though of how I've been keeping up with world politics and how the UN has yet to give any veto power to African Countries or Black Island Countries. That commentor reflected the opinion of the system that seems to agree.. and that is literally what we fight against everyday. Stupid means by definition to be incapable of intelligent speech.. and yet we have so many tremendous orators amongst us. Even entertainment (which I feel has been consistently chipped away at to make us appear unintelligent... yet on a comparative tangent: satire, was always an artform.. but, I digress.) This video has really made me think. Keep up the Great work!

[@kareneaker6304]

I have traceable creole ancesty but no % of African ancesry. My Creole ancestor lived in the late 18th Century so his genetic contribution was lost. I am proud of my Cajun/Creole heritage .

[@br8kadawn]

YES! Less than a minute in - You're Italian be proud of it! I heard the same thing growing up from my father!😅✌️❤️🙏

[@bettyc.parker-young1437]

I have three different races in my heritage and many diverse heritages. But honestly my mom and dad raised us seven children more in an American Indian culture in a different way. I didn't realize this until I began to go into other homes and notice how other people treat each other and the earth and nature around them. I was so fortunate.

[@mind_of_a_darkhorse]

Yeah, Germany used a similar system there! Instead of banding together to make a better world, we have too many people overly concerned with race, greed, hate, and fear!

[@chiefinspector6895]

I'm "quadroon" technically speaking, and do get mistaken for Italian at times.

[@nytn]

I have so many great videos on that side! kzbin.info/aero/PLvzaW1c7S5hQxDnyRTah5wYRX9b4FSrqR

[@RootedRay]

Americans don’t have nationality. If we had nationality we would all be Americans. Italian is a nationality that points to a land and a flag. Black, white, Hispanic, Latino, etc. all attempt to establish identity without nationality. When my youngest son was born I filled out his birth certificate “race” with American. Hospital admin said I had to choose something else because “American isn’t an option in the system.”

[@KAH-7]

Because the United "States" is a creation.

[@ricolaw1033]

@@KAH-7every country is a creation 😂😂😂😂

[@sharonrobledo136]

You’re right about this never could I ever tell my family’s race it’s very convoluted

[@momolovestar4207]

I am mixed & my mixed friend were never sat down & talked about what "color" we are, I only know of my black fiends & family told to never trust & watch out for the police , it is what it is was it is

[@EdwinSemidey]

Same here I was as a Puerto Rican be proud of it. NOT Color

[@2neetoon]

Race is a VERY important factor that's literally in the foundation of the U.S. It's always been a part of upbringing and I know it bc kids said ugly stuff to a bruh.

[@LIL-MAN_theOG]

whats up sista...I am going to say it here again for many, that in my view it's okay to say youre black if youre light or dark skinned, or one-quarter black or over 75%, etc. I always tell people that EVERY BLACK PERSON IN AMERICA IS MIXED OR CREOLE. Once people realize that, it opens up 'what is blackness' to that of a wider definition of community tying African descendants here to the continent over that a point to divide us. We can identify to all parts of what we are too without having to pick the 'we are without racial definition' camp. We can own and express every part of us without washing it out

[@jiphjuegos1402]

I always liked Forrest Gump and his mother's philosophy. "Are you stupid? - Stupid is as stupid does."

[@anitaglover2047]

Race in America has always been complicated. I come from a multiracial family , especially on my mother’s side but my skin tone is darker so people assume of course. However my features and hair tell a different story. I love the complexities of what I’m finding in my genealogy because it makes me who I am and I love it all!

[@strawberrycar711]

I like your channel and commentary I think it is honest and reflective which we are lacking these days. It is interesting the term "white" really wasn't relative until The Jamestown rebellion 1676 in Virginia . The powers that be understood they needed to divide peoples after the incident because peoples of all different backgrounds got together to challenge power . Prior to it people were Irish , English, Scottish, Angolan, etc etc after people were white and Negro and the divide created lasts until this day unfortunately.

[@Sweet-fn6po]

My parents never talked about race, ethnicity or culture. I was never told you are “this” be proud! We were just American. Growing up like this great. I was never made to feel like I was better than anyone else or lesser for who I was. Because of that I am mentally race/culture neutral. I don’t have preconceived notions about any others. If I didn’t like someone, it was because of there behavior.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

Every Individual and group has Freedom of Association with their identity, but every person and group needs to have the ancestry(s) to claim, if they mixed, they have a right to create a new mixed multicultural ethnic group. Racial grouping is two fold - it does recognize racial rights, create medical treatments and of course create caste systems and eugenics, it's complicated!

[@amb7412]

I love this discussion, and of course I totally agree with you; we, as humans are made up of so much more than an ethnicity. It's baffling why anyone today wouldn't be digging deeper with all the available information and tested scientific data to debunk stereotypical beliefs, like the one your shared with us at the beginning of this video. Blatant comments like the poster is only interested in offending, they aren't rooted in dialogue, so little acknowledgment is required. Racist ideas and laws constructed towards people of African descent in this country and around the world were created to support that country's economy or that of country its sovereign country. Profiting off of the exploitation of those people and its country's resources. This didn't just happen to people who look like me, but to many across the globe; and I'm only focussed on our people, because of the poster's singular comment. He would do well to understand that scientists, anthropologists, historians, psychologists, educators, and geneticists would disagree with him, "Black people" are not stupid. Those groups have tested and proven his comments to have no validity. The thing that is consistent is that historically, where ever man/humans have existed discourse and destruction has ruled. No race or ethnicity have escaped it. What I do find interesting in today's video, is that several of the people you mentioned who had very little African ancestry, were disenfranchised and forced to live as one, but you who have several ancestors of this ancestry have been refused your right to embrace and acknowledge their pain and suffering. Direct family members, who overcame and fought against constant injustices and disenfranchisement, so that you could have the life that you have today. You're told to stop talking about it; yet, when I watch shows that focus on people looking into their roots, and those participants are cheered on as they embrace their new found connections. Especially when they are Caucasian. Even, when they are mostly of European descent with no African ancestry, and horrible truths in their family lines are discovered, they are given the space grapple with the pain. The horrible impacts of suffering from circumstances, inequities or fate are encouraged. But, you have been consistently ridiculed for identifying with yours on this channel by some. Make it make sense. You don't have to look like something to be it; people would be surprised at how often this is proven in science. Scientists love explaining the field of Gene research and DNA. They say it doesn't lie just follow the trail. As always thank you for sharing your thought provoking videos with us. I come away learning, questioning, and being encouraged to expand my understanding. I'm so appreciative of your solid work and research.

[@CarolynEHS]

I was raised Italian too, and told to be proud! I didn't understand why I was picked on for being of Italian ancestry. Now I do. Luckily, I guess, I had a rough upbringing and didn't GAF about what most said, still don't. What bothers me most these days is this wyte supremacy thing. People have no idea what my ancestors went though. Now that I know, I take offence and get extremely angry being called a wyte supremacist. Give me a break!

[@nytn]

Hey! Good to see you. Sending you all the good things xo

[@NONANTI]

Are you saying that people picked on you and call you white supremacist because Mussolini sided with the Nazis or because the Moors were driven out of southern Italy. I didn't think people even knew history anymore.

[@VictoriaBeavers-wc9ib]

A Turk lashed out at me the other day for no reason and I was like Geez, is his family going to help the Palestinians over there or over here... But this is cow town USA not Sephardic community Chicago or Ashkenazi Community ATL. I'm Jewish but don't look it and I think my GG father come up bacon bits in 1928 years prior to it becoming a thing here in the Deep South. Not from North Fam arrived in Savannah in early 1700's Only Gothic Synagogue in North America. I assume Fam skipped out before it was built Supposedly only 2 German Jewish families and unnumbered majority of Portuguese (Irish?)Jews deported from London in British Ship.

[@MsTrueNation]

You can be from a poor, White family, and also racist at the same time. Actually, a lot of plantation overseers were dirt poor Whites. In fact, my personal experience as a Black person is that a lot of times, the really racist people are usually dirt poor Whites, and dirt poor Hispanics. Rich people tend to avoid poor people, regardless of race. But, dirt poor White, and Hispanics tend to be really hateful. They want somebody to be better than, they want to pretend that they're automatically better just because they are White, or "not Black". So, one of the things that really, really blows their gasket is a Black person doing well. So, just because you came from a poor White family, that doesn't not mean that your family wasn't hanging on to some foolish White supremacist ideologies. It unfortunately increases the likelihood that they did.

[@CarolynEHS]

@@MsTrueNation I never said anything about growing up poor. Seems you had your response prepared before you actually read my post. I guess you’re not aware that Italians were the only ones that teamed up with the African-Americans in the south to try to help them and the Italians were also lynched by the KKK and the Italians were not even considered white until the mid 1900s. I don’t know what your lived experience has been, but I know what mine has been and being spit on because I’m an Italian American in the 1970s, I’m sure is something that you are not aware of. I have no idea what you’re talking about. But my lived experience has nothing to do with what you were talking about. Maybe for other Europeans, but Italian Americans were kicked to the ground, couldn’t get work because people had signs up no Italians allowed, we’re called DAGO and other ethnic slurs and we were also put in camps just like the Japanese were during World War II for being enemy aliens. I bet you didn’t know that.I’m going to take it that you really have no education on my Italian history, but I do. Thank you for your two cents and have a great day.

[@sekoumv]

On this note, although the Europeans made labels and at one point labeled everyone that was not white as colored and labeled natives as blacks as well I kind of adapted to the title as black as a culture. Being black in culture meant as trend setters. Everyone wants to dance black, dress black, tanning the skin to be darker, and other skills and looks that the culture introduced to the world. My color is a redish brown in truth, I have a sister that’s a high light yellow it’s 12 of us in total but we as blood siblings are multiple in color with a native background on my fathers side. I love all the people of America for the culture everyone brings. Natives and African has a strong history in acceptance of others that brings love and peace and we are all tied in both.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

Maybe you can pick a few Mods who you know or trust, to help filter out troll or hateful comments, and set every video to "don't hold any comments"? That way you don't have to worry about the comment section and hidden comments, it will be your Mods who do the clean up, lol. Most YT Content Creators have a few or dozes of Moderators, but it's up to you. 🤔

[@TLouise1959]

@@Thomas_Oklahoma I believe that's called CENSORSHIP?

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

@@TLouise1959 censoring trolls and hateful toxic commentators, and leaving the rest be, is censorship?

[@saratmodugu2721]

@@TLouise1959lmao, someone ain’t got smacked by their mom hard enough.

[@leavemeal0ne378]

​@@TLouise1959 hate speech deserves to be censored.

[@TLouise1959]

@@leavemeal0ne378 You are obviously not American

[@tony16harris]

Danielle it's a tough crowd. You gotta harden up a bit. Love the channel. Very informative.

[@nytn]

Working on it!

[@Styleshift88]

Who else agrees that this is an intelligent and beautiful woman?

[@TheOfficialNpcMosskit]

You are such a beautiful soul

[@nytn]

well that's really nice. only after coffee 😆