How Do We IDENTIFY as Biracial Half-Koreans? (Our Honest Thoughts)

[@skycedi]

Are there any biracial or multi-ethnic/cultural people out there? How do you view yourselves? We're curious to hear your thoughts and experiences in the comments! 👇🏽

[@thenobleone-3384]

Skycedi I hope I can talk to u I found out this yr that I was adopted. I'm partially Asian also I'm not Oriental I believe my Biological father was similar to the Australian Aborigines or Oceanic.

[@thenobleone-3384]

Cedric would u be able to reach out to other Adoptees so I could meet them if u know any in the United States? I would really appreciate it man I found out this yr I was given away to a Black American family.

[@georgina4874]

Nope, just AfrAm. But, I am often asked if I am mixed (bl+wh).

[@AkiraTheNephilim]

I am half American Indian Half Black for me.

[@jollygoodgordon5580]

I’m multi cultural but both parents are black. Mom from Surinam 🇸🇷 and dad from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 but most Surinamese creols are mixed with other races because it’s such a mixed country with descendants of Afrika, Asia, and India and also native Americans which are the natives of Surinam too.

[@mamahlolimasipa9901]

You are correct about black people, we are very welcoming.

[@bennycoyac8327]

Half-(Breton)French/Half-(Sephardi)Jew. Jews have very clear rules regarding identity, as long as your mother is Jewish, you are considered 100% Jewish, if it's your dad, then you are considered 0% Jewish. Also, my French dad converted to judaism, so I'd say I've always felt 100% Jewish.

[@LynnDanielleTreasure]

My 4 year old granddaughter is biracial. Recently she and I had an incident where I had to tell her she's black. She said, "No I'm not, Memaw." I said, "Your mother is black, your father is white, and you're both, but you're with me right now and people see you as black." What a conversation to have with a child just because of how we we're treated by non-BIPOC.

[@mzcue2646]

I appreciate you all talking about this and being honest, my granddaughter is half african American and half Dutch and I want her to be able to embrace both parts of her know that she is wonderfully made by God and her parents.

[@skycedi]

We're so happy to have these discussions and glad you're finding value. I hope your granddaughter will embrace both cultures, especially with the guidance of her parents and grandmother :)

[@mamahlolimasipa9901]

I think Becky from an outsider, looks more on the Korean side.

[@Danybella]

It depends on who the "outsider" is. In Korea, she's looks more on the White side. Something she points out at 6:48.

[@georgina4874]

Wowww Cedi. You grew into your Korean side. Cause to me, all of your youth pictures you only looked black. You also glew up and toned your body. You transformed!

[@TheHalfieProject]

A personal favorite episode :)

[@loulou_9999]

Very stimulating conversation. I enjoyed it!

[@ECole-le7we]

They put Black on your birth certificate if you were born in the South where there was the 1 drop rule. One drop of black blood meant you were considered black. And depending on the state where you were born, there were different rules about how many of your ancestors were black or white determined if you were black or white. Based on my previous comment, non of this makes sense. I believe that some of these insane rules are still on the books in certain states.

[@92Kandee]

It also seems that most black Americans still believe in this, cape hard for it and will fight tooth-and-nail when you tell them Harry & Meghan's baby is not 'black'. People need to do away with this one-drop rule - blackness seems to no longer be about race but anyone with a bit of black in them.

[@joycelynmichael2504]

I know the topic is race, l just wanted to say it is nice to see you guys looking health and very much loving each other. Stay together respect one another most of all put God first.

[@skycedi]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏽

[@marcthomas5033]

Great discussion as always. Interestingly enough I have the same view points as you. I can say I am black and be welcomed with open arms. Though, if I say I am Korean, it is not always as welcoming.

[@dia753]

Love everything you and Becky post. As a half korean myself, I often relate. I will continue to cheer for you both.

[@josemnp458]

Every good information you guys are doing such great work thank you

[@skycedi]

Thanks Jose

[@EphesianRose]

I have a Korean mother, speak Korean, and don't look all that Korean at first glance - but still feel overall embraced by Koreans. (Ironically more easily in Korea than by Korean-Americans in the states LoL.) But yeah the things Cedric said on the Joel & Dan channel about what was hard to get used to about Korean work culture (the hierarchy stuff) -- these were things I picked up on and instinctually rejected even in childhood during my long stays there. I realize now it was the American in me that all that honorific stuff didn't mesh well with. -- But it's not as though my familial roots in the US are that deep either, which is why I LOATHE the label "White." LOATHE it...I'm not "biracial" --> My dad's parents are an intercultural couple from Europe - with more than one country and language between just them. They are not "Anglo" or "Saxon" or Protestant. (Catholic and Jewish in fact) - Yet they chose to be American citizens late in life. And when I lived in various parts of Europe, both on my own and with relatives, as an adult...I realized that whatever wasn't clicking abroad in Korea or Europe - was not a language barrier, or a looks thing, or cultural quirk, or a food thing. It's the *American* thing. Sometimes it peeves me to see American identity be so deconstructed. Or seen as anti-cultural? Like why be forced into an ethnic box or a pigeonholed racial statement? I don't even enjoy most stereotypical American cultural staples, but it's the values we have (on paper at least: freedom, equality and justice) that are non-negotiable for me. And I guess that also comes with my (American) preference for individualism and defining identity on my own terms. And as far as US history goes, I don't see George Washington as "white" and MLK as "black" they are both AMERICANS to me and it's a privilege to inherit that history. (Including this caveat however: my American upbringing has been in a super diverse part of Los Angeles. I actually get more culture shock sometimes traveling to a diff state than to another country LoL. But even still.)

[@jollygoodgordon5580]

Very interesting video. I’m multi cultural but both parents are black. Mom from Surinam 🇸🇷 and dad from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 but most Surinamese creols are mixed with other races because it’s such a mixed country with descendants of Afrika, Asia, and India and also native Americans which are the natives of Surinam too.

[@T..L..]

Loved loved loved ❤ this discussion, Me: Multicultural--1st Genaration American. Jamaican decent, identify 100% Jamaican....difficult to feel I fit into the "American" category 100% ...being of Caribbean heritage, my black experience is very different from the African-American experience micro level...but Macro level, to non majority America, Black is Black...its an interesting dichotomy. Keep up the great work. God bless!!

[@perchoc20]

I am biracial; afro Latina and I do agree that it is much easier for one to identify with the minority race; specially when our appearance tend to reflect predominantly such side. Also, one tends to feel more comfortable claiming a side which people are more likely to assume we belong to. But I do second the statement that “black people are” more welcoming when it comes to claiming one of their own regardless of the mixture.

[@davidcail2880]

I enjoyed you presentation. You already know that I identify as multi-racial. Love your presentations.

[@dannielleangelic]

As an army brat with a southern black father and a white passing Puerto Rican mother, I think for black-mixed children of a certain generations it is less about the path of least resistance and more of a holdover of previous generations. The “one drop” rule meant 1 drop black was 100% black, even if you didn’t look stereotypically black. That was especially true in the south. I call myself ambiguously brown because, depending one where I am, people make assumptions based on what they are familiar with. Particularly since I have don’t have tight curls and even at my tannest I’m not especially dark. When I lived in Hawaii people assumed I was some some kind of Pacific Islander, on the mainland I was predominantly some kind of Hispanic. On the other hand are my two younger brothers. Same mix as myself, however one is dark skinned, the other white skinned, born with blond hair (it darkened with age) and blue/hazel eyes. They were raised by a black father as black men (and all the weight that holds) and that is how they identify themselves to this day. People don’t question it the dark one, but always give the other one crazy looks at first because even though he has more of my father’s physical features, he doesn’t fit the societal expectations of what a black or mixed person looks like. Considering the diversity of the people I grew up with, I always saw race in shades of gray, but it wasn’t until I was a teen in the late 90s that I started vocalizing why did I have to choose only 1 race on those forms and started picking other anytime it was an option. It really wasn’t until the early 00s that multi racial started to became a demographic standard option for a lot forms. With the internet opening up the world, and minor changes on how the government records demographics, how we determine our individual racial identity in the US is becoming less about how the others see us and more about how we see ourselves. At least until a crime happens.

[@skycedi]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and insight on this topic. It makes so much sense

[@claudiawoods4382]

Yay! I got here FIRST for once!!!

[@skycedi]

haha so glad you did! Thanks for watching Claudia 🙌🏽

[@JamConcerned]

I give you a lot of credit Becky for being your own person who stood up for yourself and supported yourself. There are a lot of kids in Korea with the same cultural makeup. I wonder do the public see them as Korean. Give yourself a big pat on the back that you were strong enough to claim yourself. Thank you for opening up and sharing. I cannot imagine what the model Han Hyun-min is going through, his father is African and his mother is Korean. He is getting so much interest, opportunities as a male model outside of Korea. Yet a lot of angry people since he claims himself as Korean, that is all he knows, his parents are married he has 3 younger siblings, all he knows is the Korean culture and language, that was how he was brought up. Now there are a lot of interracial kids with Beckys racial mix in Korea, but they are growing up in Korea. Everyone is wondering how are they going to be accepted into the society. Will they be integrated into Koreans schools or will their parents do an international school.

[@beautyan5309]

Gorgeous couple gorgeous blend of the black white and Korean heritage 🙏🏾✌🏾

[@sicktastictv]

Super interesting. This helps me parent my son. I want him to fully embrace being Korean and being white, although he might face racism in the States.

[@user-ol9ey7bm3g]

Thank you both for making these videos. I am half Korean, Puerto Rican and German American (as far as I know, I’m considering a DNA test). I too get frustrated with those racial identity questionnaires that do not offer what I actually am. 🥲 It is so wonderful to relate to your experiences! I believe the content that you two are sharing is so important, not just for half Koreans, but for all people who identify as mixed race. Thank you! 👏

[@deeyandra]

It was really interesting hearing about your experiences and thoughts!

[@thenobleone-3384]

Multiracial for me I identify with South Asian and Italian as well as Black culture. I do not favor one culture over the other. People who don't like us force us to choose

[@georgina4874]

Great podcast!!!

[@flyingwiththewords]

I am half Korean and half white & I relate to what Becky said about being confused when kids would do the 'chinky' eyes. I remember asking my Korean mother about it one day because I too wondered why they would do that at me. And I ended up chalking it up to simple ignorance on the kids part. And I've felt pressured to identify as 'asian' on those forms but I never did. I either chose 'other' or BOTH (white and asian) simply because I do my own thing & not what society expects of me.

[@jordanhopson6642]

I'm multiracial, I'm mixed with black, white and mexican. I look more black but I grew up culturally mexican and love the culture but I also love all sides of me, so I identify as mixed or blaxican. I'm not a fan of people making mix/biracial people choose. I also don't care for the one drop rule because in my eyes it's stupid and at the end of the day I personally believe people of mix/biracial race should love all sides of them and be happy with who they are.

[@ferrykent433]

But do you blame black people for the one drop rule

[@jordanhopson6642]

@@ferrykent433 No I don't blame black people for the one drop rule but it still doesn't need to be supported by people because it's dumb and stupid

[@sarahdelali1217]

I love dis couple

[@onatnomramiel388]

theres a country that they go by their father's race if the kid is biracial/mixed

[@raptagon2303]

"And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls." Num 1:18 Yes the father determines the lineage. It's all about who's SEMEN (SEED) you come from, skin complexion doesn't matter.

[@aniyadavis3997]

I think they put your race based on what you look more like, I’m African American and French and my mom is black and my dad is French, and they put me as black bc I I had my darker complexion from my mom. I honestly think it’s based on how you look 🤔

[@mattc2824]

Depending on where you were born, most states don't list race on birth certificates anymore. It lists the parents' place of birth so you can determine nationality for duel citizenship but it doesn't specifically list race. I was born in 1982 and the state i was born in doesn't list it. I know NY hasn't listed since the 50s or 60s. I would imagine southern states kept race on birth certificates for longer but I'd be surprised if any states still list it now

[@skycedi]

That’s interesting and I wasn’t aware. Thanks for sharing.

[@davec5153]

Why wouldn't you just tick two boxes?

[@ns-wg4vz]

I from Jamaica which is 90 percent black both of you would be call miss and mister chin because they think all Asian are Chinese and if you have any Asian look no matter the skin color but it not in a malicious way

[@georgina4874]

Sad but true. It all comes down to education and exposure.

[@jbob2331]

To be embraced you have to forget the non black side, that the issue, because no body else will forget their mother or father..so yes, stating you are black is like forgetting your other side…not me I am a proud mixed race person..

[@joshuak8982]

What I’ve been basically realizing is, korean American boys can’t even get Korean girls as girlfriends..😂

[@mtaylor2694]

It’s the blood in your vain

[@Danybella]

Red.