Desirability Dictates Who Y’all Wanna See as Black Womanhood

[@jeaninemorris53]

Wonderful topic. People don't seem to understand that blackness is really more of a lived experience than a genetic composition. To be black is to experience racism, bigotry, micro-aggressions, stereotypes, assumptions, implicit and explicit biases, disadvantages and so much more solely based on our phenotypic traits (our appearance). Kehlani is not black. Period. The black experience is not her experience, and the same goes for all racially ambiguous people who possess black genetics but lack the visible indicators of blackness. I can't understand why people who don't experience blackness are so determined to claim it. It is perfectly acceptable for them to own and discuss their experiences as mixed, passing, or ambiguous people.

[@mayowasworld]

You expressed this perfectly. Yes it’s a social construct so it’s how you are physically perceived. And the one drop rule is rooted in race science

[@smarti1144]

In the case of someone like Logic who may have grown up in an environment where everyone knew he was the child of a black and he experienced bullying because of that.....does that make his experience a black one? I would say it was a biracial one but who am I to say? It also is generational. Like the one drop and brown paper bag thing was a thing. I'd say even back then Kehlani or Jheine Aiko or Logic would have likely been in the community. But looking back, some Black people who could pass chose not to. And they had real lived Black experiences. And finally, I'd like to gass the eye look. Sis is giving!! It's popping and we love to see it.

[@LovingWarmth]

I believe that this way of thinking: "To be black is to experience racism, bigotry, micro-aggressions, stereotypes, assumptions, implicit and explicit biases, disadvantages and so much more solely based on our phenotypic traits (our appearance).", can be a dangerous mindset to live in. It makes us believe that our existence, our identity, means pain and suffering. I believe we need to shift that narrative. Yes, call out injustice when we see it, but don't make it our identity. I'd rather blackness mean highly melanated, springy hair that is full of life and tightly coiled defying gravity, lush full facial features and at least 70% of African negroid blood in your DNA. That description is a step towards taking our mindset out of a place of pain and suffering and into a place that is still just definitive to us but at a higher vibration.

[@kayt4019]

wh ite people can also experience rac*sm, bigotry, micro-aggressions, stereotypes, assumptions, implicit and explicit biases, disadvantages. Happens all the time. LookUPChannon Christian and Christopher Newsom AND LookUP Angelique Simpson-Marcus in Prince George's County Maryland. 2cases that prove it.

[@RA-jk4gn]

@@LovingWarmth "negroid"? This is not what we call ourselves in 2023.

[@alexiszakarra1532]

We should ask ourselves why blackness is a spectrum only when it comes to women, but not men.

[@BeautyWithinKakra]

It’s really mind blowing bc blk men gets soo defensive when mixed men claim blk yet ..

[@alexiszakarra1532]

@@BeautyWithinKakra That point exactly... is very exhausting!

[@cucat4753]

I don’t know that this is true. I think the black femme community is more fractured because light skin womens representation comes at the cost of full/ deep black womens representation. But the same isn’t true for men. We stuggled to come up w an answer for mixed men we feel don’t belong in the space because the norm is that they’re accepted along their dark skin counterparts. The drakes, j cole, and obamas of the world never have to answer for their non black side the way say a zendaya has to, they’re mixedness is a footnote as best. Edit: sorry this is in response to the first comment, not op

[@idivas_Tricia]

Societal standards of beauty and attractiveness is the reason for this. Dark skin is associated with masculinity and light skin is associated with femininity. Almost all over the world lighter skin women are who people prefer to have represent them.

[@bobbyschannel349]

@@BeautyWithinKakra yeah but not true, in fact I always see black women with these particular issue, IE this video, And many other internet KZbin content creators of the dark complexion persuasion. You'll see black women making videos after video on KZbin talking about mixed-race heritage dark complexion etc etc.

[@folamibgood]

“She’s not dated anyone darker than a banana” This sent me 😂😂😂 I love your look Mayowa and really enjoy your videos. Your intro brightens my day every time 😍

[@sula0020]

This is when I fell out😂

[@LooksByNaheemah]

And don’t say it’s a Bay Area thing. As a black girl from the Bay Area, I have never been okay w/ non black peoples claiming blackness, wear AA culture as a costume, or saying the n world. Always has gotten a side eye from me

[@mayowasworld]

I kno its not a bay area thing, cause a lot of black people dont play but I wonder if the frequency of people feeling comfortable to say it is higher.

[@cakebops]

EXACTLY. Yes there’s dumbass people (usually black men 💀) who go for the okie doke bc they are attracted to mixed race women and don’t care but i am constantly calling out this type of bullshit. People like kehlani exploit the mixed-ness of the Bay Area & use their proximity to blackness to make coin. Oakland rapper kamaiyah called kehlani a colorist and literally don’t even fuck with her anymore but no one cares about that apparently

[@cakebops]

@@mayowasworldoh yes definitely. In the bay white latin@s will say it, asian people will say it, etc. nonblack people LOVE to exploit black culture in the bay and use it as a costume. It’s embarrassing and ugly

[@-_Somebody_]

It’s a Los Angeles thing. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and the n word was used willy nilly by h!ispanic boys all.the.time. On the daily. It was very unsettling but like Mayowa said, nobody did anything about it.

[@radguurl]

​@@-_Somebody_ eh, I grew up in L.A. and one side of my family has been here since pre 1900. The other came post WW2. The N-word wasn't thrown around in my Black and Mexican circles, as you'd get your ass kicked. I think it's thrown around more nowadays because you can't get away with whooping people’s asses like you used to 😂

[@sharonkantone9967]

This is how Rita Ora was being perceived as black like how...have we forgotten what black people look like

[@jayb.5114]

👏🏾 ain’t that the truth! Everyone tried to label her as black artist with no question 🤣

[@badguy565]

Right, I searched up Rita Ora’s ethnicity and she is not Black at all. She is literally an Albanian woman from Yugoslavia

[@lemonke4441]

It’s called erasure!!

[@P03ticJustice]

Black isn't a race it's a caste system

[@lalaland2107]

People thought she was mixed with black. This was back in the early 2010s. I also thought she was mixed with black back then.

[@miekenji1368]

I am lighter skinned black girl and I've experienced lots of racism such as being bullied for my hair texture 4b , being called the n word, being fetishized because I'm black and being called other hurtful slurs. I have always felt some way about mixed people being called black because a majority of the ones represented in media now are more white passing and I'd hate to raise my children with these ideals of what black beauty is "supposed" to look like.

[@JaeElise]

I felt this same . Smh

[@LangBellsChannel]

Yes, I'm an unambiguous black girl the lack of black girls ruined my self image

[@anndeecosita3586]

I’m black. I don’t use the n-word. I consider it an insult no matter the context or whose mouth it comes out of. I just wish that we would get away from this idea that just because someone is black that they are cool with this.

[@frederiquem6725]

I don't understand why we don't just let this word dye, once and for all

[@roaxelie]

And it's so weird that we are using a word that was used to degrade us. We are now degrading ourselves. "Reclaiming it", why should we reclaim something that is harmful and that was made by whites??

[@SBchicadebaile]

Honestly i dont even think its a perception thing either. Cause zendaya has color to her but shes not black to me . Black folks need to start gatekeeping blackness . If you have two black parents ya black . If you have a black parent and a white parent ya mixed no matter if u look blk or not . I agree with your message nonetheless. I always feel like blk women like to live vicariously through biracial women and will crucify a fully blk woman for saying something about gatekeeping

[@cygnetlake8017]

Totally agree!

[@ashlouw5350]

I fully agree with you and I got a child who's biracial. You can't always go on perception. My son skin tone looks nothing like either myself who's darkskinned or his dad who's white so sometimes you need to look at the parents and acknowledge them.

[@OCR461]

What about two biracial parents? What is their child? 😂

[@cygnetlake8017]

@@OCR461 Biracial...just like Zoe Kravitz. She refers herself as Biracial which she is.

[@OCR461]

@@cygnetlake8017 yh I guess logically that's what it is

[@annabear6313]

She literally snapped at Nicki Minaj saying she was black. But she’s mixed like me and I’m from the Bay like her. Doesn’t mean I’m black. And love your eyeliner by the way 🔥

[@SideEyeee_]

Exactly. Nicki Minaj is mixed.

[@rochjohnson01]

Hair and makeup are always on point 🥰

[@AyaEgbuho]

Always💯

[@thedejabelle]

You were the first person who I heard say that race is about perception and I've adopted this understanding since because it makes so much sense. Race is a made-up construct so its always been about perception. Also, as a dark-skinned black woman, its exhausting to be placed into the same category with racially ambiguous women as it pertains to beauty. They don't represent the majority og black women, but get the most exposure. I totally agree with you. I think your African heritage allows you to have a different perspective about this because this "one drop and you're black" rule is exclusively an American construct. ❤❤❤

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

Wow, I like how you explained that.. Race IS DEFINITLEY a social construct (made up) so it IS about perception. That makes a lot of sense to me.....thank you

[@citizencoy4393]

These talking points come directly from the afro American community and u can find many creators from 2020 and prior explaining all of this plus more. It is great that more ppl speak on the matter these days but don’t discredit what afro Americans have observed and put into words for all of our prosperity.

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

@@citizencoy4393 WHO did she discredit? Lol - all she said was that we HER EXPERIENCE reading comprehension is key

[@citizencoy4393]

@@whatsonhermindblog123 She said "I think your African heritage allows you to have a different perspective about this" The talking points come directly from Afro Americans tho. SO YES, comprehension matters make sure you apply it this time

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

@@citizencoy4393 Again, that commenter NEVER discredited anybody. That commenter simply said she believed that Mayowa's african heritage (like you typed) "allowed her to have a different perspective...." How is pointing that out discrediting others who already have had that perspective (as you so ardently proclaim) So yeah, again, reading comprehension..... I look forward to your rebuttal

[@serenatsukino5252]

I really like conversations like this. People need to understand that there is a difference between being black and being biracial. Just like there's a difference between being white and being biracial.

[@Kelvincarson]

That’s what I do, I say that I’m mixed because I am and I also experience being perceived as many different ethnicities and I rarely get perceived as black if at all. So, I definitely think it would be an injustice to solely identify as a black person when that has never been my experience in society. I still don’t get why mixed race people that are mixed with black and are racially ambiguous only identify as black like it’s illegal to identify as mixed 🤦🏽‍♂️ but then again I know it’s to benefit and be included in black spaces

[@mayowasworld]

That part! It’s the access that a lot of them want! Thanks for sharing

[@Kelvincarson]

@@mayowasworld you’re absolutely welcome!! I love your content, please continue to make more and being your natural self, mucho love 🤎

[@sunwrayz]

Love this and have been deeply thinking about it for the past few years. Cardi B I think is what really got me to thinking. We can go as far as Kamala Harris and as recently as Ice Spice. Mixed race people who take up black spaces and say the n-word. It’s frustrating because most people take it as being divisive but it’s something that needs to be discussed. I also see this reaching black men in the coming years seeing as though we just had “2” black quarterbacks in the superbowl.

[@Honeybunny5555]

I think some of us grew up scared calling ourselves mixed because in the community it seems like you are separating yourself. So for me as a mixed raced Caribbean woman I always called myself black. I was not taught anything else. I used to be so offended when girls would tell me I was not black. Now that I am older and wiser man it is very damaging to all of us that we think one drop qualifies our blackness. I shouldn’t have the right to claim anything else

[@HunnifredBee]

❤ thank you for sharing! i was also not wanting to self exotify but I’m grateful for mayowas content and other Black folks who gatekeep and say what’s facts!

[@kimlove4740]

My beautiful sister back at it with another great video! ❤ I had to subscribe again because KZbin unsubscribe me. 🙄

[@lashernedickson8675]

I ALWAYS LOVE YOUR EYE LOOKS!!! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@CamishaLove]

Okay, finished the video, gotta comment again. I really like your term BIEC - Black In Every Country. Honestly, I think that should be the new standard of when someone is considered black. Because maybe then we'll be able to stop this "race ambiguity = black" shit. Anyway, I 100% agree with everything you said. I love your videos, I love your looks. I'm so glad that you create KZbin videos. And imma subscribe with my other account too.

[@Msglamorous215]

Yes you are beautiful darling . Love the colors it’s light you look like the arrays of the sun ☀️ keep shinning and keep the conversation going. We need this awareness in this society and I appreciate your intelligence and support

[@katherinesavarese6009]

I totally agree. If you're not perceived as black by strangers, then don't try to speak for the black experience

[@SpringRae]

What if some strangers identify you as black and others don’t? How can you gate keep someone’s experience when you literally have not lived their lives? No one can tell me all that I have experienced as a black person. I get you can have your opinion about someone’s looks but it comes off shallow to go by what’s on the surface.

[@kiaundriabellerose5027]

I’ve been trying to explain this to people, and they just don’t want to understand. Thank you for this!

[@bananamilk_1717]

I myself as a mixed race french woman find it very weird how in America anyone who has a little bit of black in them is automatically seen as black, even though they are just biracial/mixed race. Kehlani is not black, she is mixed. In France she would never be considered as black but just a mixed race girl. I truly think that this confusion as to who is considered black or mixed or whatnot is an american thing because here in Europe people make a clear distinction between biracialness and blackness, which doesn't mean that we mixed people are exempt from racism, I have sadly been called the n-word several times. It really depends on the country but for example when I lived in Austria white people would treat me like I was some weird hybrid and that you could either be black or white and not both and that I wasn't black but then in the same breath call me the n-word and shame me for my brown skin. It was very weird but they still adressed me like a mixed person. France on the other hand has a very mixed population and I have until now not really experienced racism and have felt so much more comfortable as a mixed person since it is quite the norm (which for sure varies from person to person and depends on where exactly you live, there is still racism in France sadly). So yeah, I guess what I am trying to say is that even if in Europe you experience anti-blackness even though you are mixed (at the end of the day racists will always point out to you how black you are and yada yada) you are still socialized and regarded as a mixed person by people and not black which does not seem to be the case in America. It is totally fine to say you are mixed race, it is not an insult and it should be embraced. I am very proud of my cultural and ethnic backround and I embrace my black and white side which does not diminish, disrespect or negate my blackness or whiteness. You can be both at once or a bit of everything, the world is not a monolith and it is time for black women to get the representation they deserve instead of being portrayed by mixed women. The media would never have a white woman be portrayed by a biracial woman so why should black women accept it when it is done to them? It all just stems from colorism and making a distinction between black and biracial/mixed race people does not create a divide, it is okay to accept our differences and let's say gatekeep some spaces. Sorry if my comment is a bit incoherent, I hope what I said still kinda made sense lol I absolutely love watching your videos! Keep it up and much love from France

[@umuu2]

Great comment. Read into one drop rule. American sociopolitical understanding of race is different from the rest of the world because their whole society was cemented on treating black people as less than second class citizens. That’s why there’s a lot of contention. Europeans however, have this je ne sais quoi with “racial purity” that makes everyone out of the binary feel out of place, which is the base for American racism.

[@bananamilk_1717]

@@umuu2 Thanks! I know and have read about the one drop rule but I just find it crazy how the black and mixed community in general still uphold this racist criteria. It's one thing for racists to do so but another for the targeted one. Like why uphold the thing that is against you and has been used to oppress you? At the end of the day it's just sad and I wish the world wasn't like that but here we are. I hope what I said kinda made sense, it's late af and I'm riding on my last braincell rn lmao

[@cerisejackson2747]

As always on point. As always a Triple-A baddie. As always serving looks and lessons. PS. Are they lil seashells in your locs? They make a really therapeutic ASMR kinda sound when you move that I enjoy very much. Stay you.

[@latrice2828]

Kehlani has address this year's ago she stated she would never use the N word again.. And Kehlani refers to herself as a multi cultural woman.. This subject pops up every few years.

[@chaosswa-ee-ty5911]

Lol the audacity. She only stopped bc she was called out. She would have continued to masquerade.

[@christophineeze7883]

"Mixed with black is not black"👏🏾

[@Ji-wz7ys]

love the makeup and the hair, siss!

[@nonbinarybeauty]

I loved everything you said thank you for this content and it is a privilege!!

[@essdeeaych]

Amazing video and you look beautiful!!❤

[@shinababy]

You are really pretty plus your confidence inspires me!!

[@alohaitsleilani8207]

So I’m a mixed woman that from and still lives in California. Tbh with you, I’ve been treated very poorly by black girls and women for saying that I’m mixed. One of the comments that always been said to me is in regards to the “one drop rule” because by me pointing out that I’m not full black like they are, I’m trying to distance myself from my blackness. Therefore I’m a “sellout” or just tryna “be everything but black” when in fact I’ve always felt it was necessary to understand. I would only point it out to so that they could understand that I have different experiences than them. For example, my mom is Samoan but my Dad is black. My Dad wasn’t involved in my life, so I don’t know him or my black side. So when black girls would say, “Your black mom ever did…” and I would say no cause my mom isn’t black, I’d be met with attitude and the one drop rule. Idk I don’t wanna make my comment to long or risk people getting mad at what I’m saying. I just thought I’d add my two cents.

[@sadiM653]

You’re are mixed. Unfortunately white society has deemed biracial people who are mixed with black to be black. This is further perpetuated in the black community, so you will get ALOT of black people saying that you are just black when in fact you are not just black. It’s really just a form of self hatred and erasure because we live in a society that does not like actual black women. Mixed raced women are considered black for the benefit of other people feeling more comfortable because they have not dealt with their dislike of women who are fully black. Especially dark skinned black women. The prime example is Meghan Markle, society is treating her like a black woman even though they don’t really see her as a black woman because she has a black mother. To white society 1 black parent equates to 100% black. It’s not true but many people follow that logic to keep perpetuating the abuse and dislike of what is the opposite of a white woman. A black woman.

[@alohaitsleilani8207]

@@sadiM653 I see what you’re saying tbh I’ve always felt that that was the reason for the kinds of comments I’ve received from saying that I was mixed. But in a way, that’s kind of why I think Kelani says that she’s black. If she doesn’t then people are going to think she’s distancing herself from her blackness when in reality, she probably doesn’t feel comfortable saying she’s black because that’s not her lived experience.

[@ileanasantamaria2364]

​@@alohaitsleilani8207 Indeed. This whole back and forth is the tragic consequence of a society birthed by chattel slavery. You have people who don't identify as Black culturally accused of being self-hating, people who DO but are mixed now are accused of trying to co-opt the culture while benefiting from lighter skin privilege (even if they LEGITIMATELY identify with Black culture), and everyone and their mom conflating the African-American culture that has been so rich and, consequently, become so marketable, with biological African descent. Those two things have to be differentiated, if only because my identity, as an American mutt with an Afro-Cuban dad and a very mixed Cuban mom (African, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry on her side alone), is NOT predicated by or beholden to how the meaning assigned to the arbitrary fact of skin color by a society warped by this country's original sin of chattel slavery and its million and one forms of violence.

[@nihinlolawaalao8264]

You’re gorgeous ❤❤

[@Das644]

Frankly speaking im also not happy with black people still using the n word, especially in my home country, South Africa. It’s not our word to use, it’s not our history to claim, so we shouldnt.

[@lolathelonewolf]

Kehlani has actually said a few years ago she doesn’t want to be considered a black women bc it’ll erase and overshadow the black female artists

[@PrayerLine-7]

Yes, “I ask us to examine how power dynamics work.” 10:12 Good point on the use of lingo/differences of being from the south. 12:26 lol you know your hair is always beautiful.

[@babyjki444]

i agree with you, but letting 'society decide' is wonky and can get weird real quick. especially with yt ppl. i'm a lot of things according to them aka 'bc society says so' idk i think it could be a slippery slope.

[@knattydej]

The only think is, i don’t see an issue with mixed people saying it because they were called that historically too

[@jmanhope1745]

N-word has no place in anyone's vocabulary. An example of confusion is n-word being a term of endearment and a racial epithet. Desirability should start internally; how one feels about self. It is difficult to change other people's opinion of you. First and foremost, how do you feel about you? People are messing with our collective minds, and they are winning.

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

💯💯💯💯

[@t.taylor1611]

😍😍😍😍 bellissimo. You look fantastic. Beautiful!!

[@Princess-nt9tk]

Everyone wanna be Black all of a sudden. Please leave us alone

[@LeeyaAre]

After having their child, Kehlani has educated herself that she is a mixed race woman and no longer uses the N-word in their music or vocabulary.

[@vivoyeur]

I like your whole look. I'm going to try the shell design again 🙃😫 and then your makeup. I've never heard of that chick nor that YS or whatever he is but both are seriously misguided. In my opinion if these people, who are racially ambiguous, weren't celebrities nor rich, they would live with whatever race they could get away with instead of claiming their "blackness" because there's 💰💰💰💰 to had in us as creatives. Good talk as always. GOD bless.

[@ChelseaSaidTV]

This is also the same reason why when you look at the natural hair movement, 3C and 3B curl patterns were put at the forefront, conveniently those are the same curl patterns that a Kehlani has, or Jennie Aiko I think it’s textualism, colorism, and European standard of beauty all in one they literally had people thinking that if your hair didn’t curl like Kehlani‘s your hair was nappy. I remember Nicki Minaj had a line in her song that said you little nappy headed heuxes Need a permanator and when confronted about it, she double down, and none of her dumb little stands ever confronted her about her colorist and textureist bars

[@fatimadavis90]

Kehlani looks southern european at best & to call her something that doesn't resemble who you are directly is racist. I had a conversation with my fiance about this which got heated as he refuses to accept biological facts. I'm bicultural (Antiguan & ADOAS & caramel skinned). Whats wrong with being barely a race when you never met them🤷‍♀️? You are all human & deserve to love your own skin.

[@HaughtyHedonist]

Very Well Said Sistren! Nice Video! ✊🏾

[@lenasade]

All I saw in this video is pure beauty! Focus on you girl 💕

[@nicholasjordan7334]

SoCal and the Bay Area, NY, and TX in my experience have far different racial views then the rest of America. It makes explaining things like this difficult because so much of the media representation comes from these areas that it gives this idea that any and everyone is "black" and the only requirement is to just be not white. Black is not a race, it's really just a visual identifier that has nothing to do with lineage, so you can be "black" and still not be "black". I totally understood where you were coming from.

[@amberevol]

I love your discourse and I love every single look I've seen you do!! I'm learning and I'm inspired by your makeup looks. I'm literally going thru all your videos rn. thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings!!!! 💕💕💕💕 you are GORGEOUS and smart, the whole package! ✨✨✨✨

[@QueenZsWorld]

it's okay not to be Black if you don't have the features; bring back mixed acceptance. as someone who is also BIEC, I agree; we get erased, and dark skinned people get erased even more than I do. fat Black people get erased (Black Lady Sketch Show did an episode on this, I think the first episode). Black people living with disabilities. the list goes on.

[@SpringRae]

I’m light skin and black. My sister is your complexion Mayowa. We have the same parents. I don’t think we can just look at someones outer appearance alone and determine how black are they. This boxes us in as black people to look one particular way, when we do come in a spectrum of colors. People that want to deny me being black or me and my sister not being related, that’s their issue 🤷🏽‍♀️ That being said, I think colorism lately is the big player here. This occurring both in and outside of the black community. I do agree that women are gas lighted more often around this topic than men 🤔

[@SpringRae]

@@princessprincess7708 sounds like your projecting have fun with that

[@QueeninWitKi]

Yes!! All of this! I am obsessed with your content! I have been binge watching for the last couple of days!

[@brunscrum9378]

Love your makeup this video, you always look very nice and I appreciate your perspective. Thank you for the video!

[@nyappynippon3411]

I do enjoy watching your content and will continue to. But I think the reason there's an overlap of criticism for views like this to distance the black community from mixed race black people is because there are two camps that seemingly want the same thing for entirely different reasons. On the one hand there are the black people within the community that want more visual representation of skintones and broad acknowledgement of not benefiting from meeting eurocentric standards. And this is from a concept of "someone always needing to be on the bottom so that I can get up". The other camp that wants to exclude mixed race black people are the racists and specifically the republican party. The republican party has been attempting to push legislation in a few states to seperate out afrolatino people on census forms from "black" people. This will inevitably help them to disctate drawing of voting districts. Simultaneously allowing them to claim there is equal representation of views in every block and deny any claims that there are not what we know as "visibly black" people in every area. Now, mind you things like this are not new within American history. We have seen the attempt to legislate blackness a multitude of times including what you refer to in the tags as the "one drop rule". And so I hear this frustration as someone within the black community and it makes sense. There a plenty of people denying that colorism and texturism exist. However, the reason that these conversations continue to be perpetuated, after the civil rights movement when unifying as a larger voting block was done on purpose, is because it does weaken the power of our voice and issues to the public sphere. Advocacy for truly progressive and human oriented policy and treatment by the government. Because to a republican pundint Kehlani is someone who is black, someone who at the end of the day they would want no where near their daughter. So, I think these conversations around colorism and texterism and featurism although are extremely important and appreciated, are being directed in a direction of distrust to the benefit of not us. And it's upsetting. The advocacy that we want as black people is being played from an unfair position from the start. And the only people who have publicly "gotten away with" purity of a race in a public stage are white supremacists. So, in many ways this is a conversation that I feel should be directed towards the optics of these broad social movements back towards white desirability and taking pieces of black culture without claiming is as a means to further disenfranchise black people. I am absolutely willing to send you links to my claims but I appreciate your channel. Just some food for thought I felt compelled to give after watching your channel for a few years.

[@juiceycru]

Yellow is your COLOR ☀️although you can rock them all. Love the detailed eye makeup, and just sincerely appreciate you throwing down the Truth with a capital T in all your videos. 🙌🏽

[@Yuianna]

Thank you for this video and great commentary. Also, your makeup is stunning! 💛

[@Typicalchelsey]

Yes baby girl, you look STUNNING!

[@glttrbby]

Mayowa... your looks are ALWAYS SERVING 😍🤩 You are incredibly beautiful on the outside, and your mind and spirit are so stunning. I found my new KZbin crush.. slaying her looks AND calling out society on its BS! much love 😘💖

[@Brenda-uf8pk]

So pretty!!

[@welliminitnowso]

Great video ❤

[@saxviars9749]

the fact we still having this conversation in 2023 with everything we've learned thus far is crazy, though I am glad you and the other tweet revisited it. I dropped her for the most part in 2017. (Though because I'm still human though, I still love the song "the way" she has with chance the rapper 😭.)

[@ninathecrab]

love listening to your discourse Mayowa and loved your makeup look tooooo!

[@meshaasi]

I agree with you! & Just as I started to admire your makeup and hair you brought it up😅❤ I love your content i came home & i saw my person watching your channel im assuming he does too & he's not black

[@nonnieJ94]

I don’t think this problem will ever resolve itself. This will always be the case when the ruling class is comprised of one race/group of people. Like until race isn’t used as the sole qualifier for one’s economic and social standing in this country black people proclivity to be represented by who the world deems worthy won’t change

[@Molly-iw1rc]

You look gorgeous as usual, the makeup is always on point, the hair is always an 11/10. Go off sis🔥 I see black in two ways: the way people use it as an umbrella term for anyone with some kind of genetic connection to blackness or African descent and "would someone call you the n word as an insult or slur?" I think it is weird for someone who wouldn't be called the n word to use it, literally same for any slur that has be reclaimed in someway. If someone wouldn't use the slur r*tard (I hope I censored it well enough) against you, then don't use it. Period. Same with the f word against queer people. So, Kehlani saying the n word it is funny because people would assume she was anything else but black first in many ways. I was just raised to see her as black, and everyone calls her black, so I think it's interesting that no one knows if she is black at all. I do think in California, the n word is used a lot by different people, which isn't the case exactly in the South in my experience too lol It is interesting that black men are allowed to be darker and also are allowed to be "less black" if they look super ambiguous, but black women are preferred to be ambiguous as the status. Just shows how disrespected dark skin black women are in their own community.

[@edannerowe-taylor3152]

In the U.K. we would say she’s mixed race however some people in the U.K. are trying to bring the one drop rule but it’s not working. Kehlani isn’t black she’s mixed and that’s fine.

[@skylie4391]

Love your makeup today ❤️

[@victoriaogunmowo9689]

I love your make up you look beautiful and keep up the good work 💖🌻

[@ariyahawkins7446]

What we really need to be talking about is visual culture, and how *that* relates to racialization, desirability, and who has the right to reclaim the word nigga. Kehlani is a light-skinned, multiracial person. She has Black, White, Native, and Spanish heritage (which she has made known in interviews), and if the question is in regards to her heritage... unless you have access to her birth certificate you don't have the right to claim that she isn't of Black ancestry, despite her still being a lightskinned multiracial person. Both can (and do) exist, and I think we can stand to be more nuanced in our analysis of her position. Kehlani is in fact both Black AND multiracial, but she will never be a dark-skinned mono-racial Black woman and should never be prioritized in spaces where we should have the focus. What I would have loved to see in this video was Mayowa actually critiquing the system rather than Kehlani herself (who has never claimed space for monoracial Black women on her own, OTHERS and the system have placed her there), rather than comparing a multiracial person to ACTUAL WHITE WOMEN PRETENDING TO BE BLACK WOMEN. That feels insensitive, and frankly doesn't align with the credibility she's trying to build within this argument. I'm not painting this critique as aggressive whatsoever, but I do think we can have a broader scope on this and doing one of 2 things: 1)share and analyze how the specifics of visual culture are what's harming Black women across the board and putting lighter people on a pedestal, OR 2) go beyond the idea of Blackness being only visual and have a conversation about who should get claim to language and access based on ethnic heritage. But we can't reduce Blackness and conversations about Black womanhood to just visual culture and aesthetics because it's more complicated and deeply rooted than appearance. While appearance is one of the biggest components of building racial categories and hierarchies and we should always be in conversation about it, our experiences are informed by more than simply the way we are perceived visually. Blackness is ancestral, to reduce ourselves to simply what is visual does not tell our whole story.

[@shreesexrenae]

you really hit the nail on the head. why are we uplifting people such as Kehlani and not Logic even tho they are the same banana color?! Love your makeup look

[@fruitsarelife7073]

Cause there is something wrong with our people.

[@chaosswa-ee-ty5911]

You are gorgeous M! And i don't want to hold you accountable. Do you ever do close ups on your eye make up? It deserves its own moment.

[@Livingsmooth_]

It’s a weird world, people are basically zombies and don’t react/oppose to anything. Everyone’s running the same program constantly. Also!! You’re pretty!! Locs ever so lovely!

[@Indigonatural]

Your make up is always fire. You are a beautiful woman..

[@homodeus8713]

One drop rule and American culture is to blame. I don’t care who calls themselves black because I don’t identify with it. I identify being an African of known and unknown tribal bloodlines. I think if one is not black:African American then Blackness is not your conversation or battle, it just isn’t.

[@zunyanacrier4867]

It’s totally about perception. The black experience is something that happens to you.

[@IdkFoxii]

Your intro>>>>>>>> anyone else’s!!!!

[@Bregreen05]

As you should mamas your gorgeous ❤

[@KahliciKross]

beauty inside and out all i gotta say

[@JaeElise]

I found my people in these comments 😭🫶🏾 yesssssssssss ! Subscribing !

[@bigpoopoo9642]

Wouldnt the same apply to Ice Spice then?

[@theamazingdoubleA]

My sister and I had a funny conversation that ended in “if someone wouldn’t look at you and call you the n word to hurt you, don’t use it in any context” and I think it’s a great “rule of thumb”

[@cucat4753]

Is it truly a shock to most black folks that mixed kids would actually hear this regularly? We often have a whole other side that see us only as n words…

[@deeb1124]

@@cucat4753 ikr like I’m brown skinned but people in my little hometown still called me the n word from their car windows lol

[@CreolePolyglot]

I'm very light and it's happened to me.

[@justme2272]

​@@CreolePolyglot it's a derogatory word for blacks. If you're not black then it wouldn't affect you.

[@JulianSteve]

Thank you. It makes sense, but folks think it’s a “term of endearment.” Do not get me wrong, I thought the same thing until I hit the 5th grade. Then, I got tired of saying “Do not call me that” until my 11-12th grade year in high school. Folks (usually non-black Latinos) slip it here and there towards me. I get really offended. Real life and online, I do not like being called that word by non-black folks😒🫠!

[@Bigbethie]

As a light skinned black woman with two black parents,I agree. The level of gaslighting about BW erasure is ridiculous. We all have eyes.

[@quartryceskyes7026]

Lets say i use their parents white idenity in a bad form ?

[@whitleybraja]

Preach 😮‍💨

[@-_Somebody_]

Samesies

[@amaya5322]

YES!!!

[@PsychicMedium4747]

Keep in mind…two parents can be mixed. Why do people forget that mixed race people can marry other mixed race people? It can happen for generations

[@amirrichaun]

“Kehlani saying the n-word is more acceptable for you than me being upset about that.” This!! I live in northern Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C. and when I first moved here I heard non-Black Hispanic people saying the n word AROUND Black people. I was the only one in awe and even disgust tbh. I also realized I was really in a one sided cultural exchange. Many of the non-Black Hispanic boys had Black girlfriends, dressed how Black people do, spoke how Black people do, etc and not one Black person besides me was visibly upset at how they had all the “benefits” of being Black and not having one Black experience. I just remember feeling so powerless and the saddest part is how desensitized I find myself unless I see anti-Blackness in its most extreme forms. We, as a COMMUNITY, have to stop allowing non-Black people to be our representation.

[@TJ-jk4ut]

It's bad in Central/South Florida and seeing black people not say anything is very disappointing... 😞

[@amirrichaun]

@@TJ-jk4ut I heard the same about Georgia and NY/NJ. I guess the best we can do for now is try to hold them accountable. Educate them maybe? I really don’t know.

[@nycsweetnessniijiamarukhan7918]

I'm in NYC, and here we have become so desensitized to hearing non-blk Latinos & others say it, nobody bats an eyelash. We hear it from when we are little until adulthood growing up around them in the hood, so it's become normalized here. I'm not defending it, I'm just saying the northeast is a different world, so that's why people from other regions are flabbergasted, and yes these people pretty much adopted our culture to the point where everyone mimics us here. They also call each other that though. Like you will hear Arabs call other Arabs the N word, everyone wanna be down until real 💩 happens.

[@amirrichaun]

@@nycsweetnessniijiamarukhan7918 It always seemed to me like they were trying to create a new idea around the term where it corresponds to not a racial identity, but an environment where they think they have the same experiences as Black people. Like growing up in poverty or having Black friends and such was their right to say it. But, you know what they say… They want our rhythm but not our blues.

[@cmg25]

Ha! A whole word.

[@mjw1111]

Black in every country and black in every context. Yes. Also stunning, beautiful and fierce.

[@mayowasworld]

exactly, had to remind em.

[@braxton-z4x]

Nobody should be allowed to say the n word

[@user-rm1lm3rt7e]

​@@braxton-z4x 🍪🍪

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

You better say it!!!!

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

@@mayowasworld yes girl, yes :)

[@VLM123]

Beauty/pretty privilege tends to overshadow/cloud people's judgment all the damn time. It's why some will accept shitty behavior from a conventionally attractive person versus someone not so much.

[@yougotgamesonyourphone6947]

It’s called the halo effect

[@riochime386]

Unfortunately I did this with an ex

[@justmars4273]

*coughs …. Chrisean Rock.. *cough*

[@feliznavidad6958]

The only people who believe in pretty privilege are superficial overprivileged people with sexual insecurity issues. As soon as a "pretty" person talks about how hot they are or about the "advantages" they have, people tell them they're ugly and not all that. The mental gymnastics that people have to do to push that stupid concept is hilarious. Also can't prove that someone is factually beautiful and plenty if beautiful people have shitty lives because quality of life varies. Why don't people like you get on people show favoritism based on looks? Instead of whining about mythical privilege, call shitty people for being rude and unfair to people who they don't find attractive. Oh but that would actually mean holding terrible accountable and people are allergic to do that these days.

[@koffveeshots]

Same goes for TAKASHI 69, & Cardi B ... She uses the N word more than anything and neither of her parents are BLACK, look black, nor have black names smh 😔 but every song she spit she gotta say "ni99a something "

[@mayowasworld]

very true, I 1005 agree- but I dont think people are even remotely ready for that convo lol!

[@justme2272]

Cardi knows bw kiss her butt. She's cosplayin. She needed all that surgery to look like a bw. They stay tryna put her ratchet uneducated image off on us. Her roach hive are 🤡

[@mosunshine9265]

Cardi isn't black?????

[@daniellachewetel6773]

Have you seen offset being upset about that?

[@JulianSteve]

@@daniellachewetel6773 And that’s a problem I have with Offset/his family. This is why I do not take Black people like him in interracial relationships allowing these n-word passes and other self-hating things🤷🏾‍♂️💯

[@mewmew6158]

As a multiracial person who is automatically read as black, I also find it weird when people like Doja Cat or Kehlani are called black women because they're not only black. There's an "and _" missing for a lot of these people or they just are something else to begin with (Cardi B for example).

[@Kaebaby23]

THANK YOUUU !!

[@justwatching4404]

Black approval/Black adjacent in an entertainer=Black “swag” and $$$

[@bobbyschannel349]

One of the reasons why I disagree with you, it's because being black is subjective in terms of identity. Black American is an ethnic group. Black/ African, is a race. You can be mixed race and be black. Because it is about who you are not what you are, what you are is mix race, who you are is black, the father of the Black American community is a mixed-race man, Frederick Douglass.. Most of black America's greatest leaders were of mixed heritage, Adam Clayton Powell, Booker t Washington, WEB dubois. Exedra... And the reason why people like doja cat and khalani are called black. That is what they ethnically identify as.

[@dolphinswilltakeover]

@@bobbyschannel349 There are no sub groups of people that share common cultures to black people in America enough for black to be considered an ethnicity. It’s heavily enveloped in race, much like all of black history in america. Being black will never be considered an ethnic group bc blackness and it’s struggles in America were all created off the basis of race (phenotype)

[@alinegerard1284]

Because the “and” doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things they’re still treated like black woman…they’ll have colorism privileges for sure most of it being enforced by problematic black people treating them better, but white people don’t make that distinction they see them as black period, a more palatable version of blackness but still black and would they would never be able to claim whiteness unless they were very white passing and hid their ancestry

[@dhiszc00kie]

As someone who loves Kehlani this really made me stop and check myself. I never looked at her as a black woman honestly and when I heard that song I had already fell in love with her music prior to it so I let it slide without even thinking. I need to be fair because I talk about Cardi B all the time and how she had infiltrated black spaces without being black. I was literally letting it slide with Kehlani cause I favor her more. 😩 Thank you for this video. ❤

[@mayowasworld]

thanks for being able to be open and receive it!

[@meliaj1228]

Same, I hate to admit it. I need to check myself as well.

[@JulianSteve]

Speaking of Cardi B… She was performing live in NYC with SZA yesterday and they performed their song “I Do.” Tell me why Belcalis is screaming out the n-word with no problem? I know it’s the entertainment industry and SZA cannot say much (or know about Cardi B’s background)… At least not to allow her to say that word on your show. Damn😒💯

[@fae3821]

​@@JulianSteve lmaoo Belcalis🤭

[@JulianSteve]

@@fae3821 You already know😭

[@missraeray]

I feel a sense of anger towards black ppl who intentionally gaslight other black ppl into believing that someone like kehlani is black or “looks” black 🤨. I also dislike biracials being the representative of light skin black ppl who have two black parents . I love your videos . Just found your content and it’s gold💛

[@-_Somebody_]

Yesss!! Especially that last part. Since I’m not the darkest black person anyone has ever seen they immediately assume that I’m mixed and proceed to ask me “so…what are you mixed with?” And i comically respond with black, black, and MORE BLACK 😅

[@Gloandgrow]

Those black people that do that a weak minded and feel inferior they will accept anything from a non black ppl

[@fae3821]

Same! I see it with make up brands too. I'm glad many have added inclusive dark shades, but for the lighter shades it's biracial & white models. Like you couldn't find light skin Black models with wide noses &/or 4c hair, or with albinism🤔 I'm scared to say it🤦🏽‍♀️but it's something I noticed even with Black owned brands. I was just getting into this one Black brand but they discontinued the 2 shades that fit me & recommended the lightest, which would've been a good shade for a white person. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@deamorebeaute2412]

Thank you. I couldn't have said it better.

[@hana7650]

U may be talking about where u live cause in France if u have a lil bit of blackness u are considered a nigga

[@MakaykayLAMB]

“*and mixed with black does not mean black.” THIS

[@bobagucci502]

But if a mixed person said they didn't want to be black you would probably be mad

[@bobagucci502]

@unknown person yes you would I seen it too many times for you to lie to me

[@LoveAndSnapple]

@@bobagucci502 Those lost souls don’t speak for all of us. There are still people who believe that by recruiting enough Black people it’ll make us look good. But most of us know better. So if you see that happening and you see SOME Black women saying that, just know that there’s a whole wave of Black women also watching but just minding our business.

[@bobagucci502]

@@LoveAndSnapple we are 13% of the population in America and that number is trending down we have to recruit somebody.

[@LoveAndSnapple]

@@bobagucci502 That’s not how that works, lol. 😅 Especially if the people that are being recruited, specifically say “I’m not black“.

[@comiccontinuity6167]

I'm a white dude, but I always found the topic interesting. Growing up, when the media showed us "the ideal black woman," it was always a biracial woman, and the broader public just accepted it without question. You're not a gatekeeper for saying this. You're speaking the truth.

[@lindseyaliceford]

This

[@candycane1744]

I noticed in early 2000s movies the gorgeous black women is always light skinned and straight hair while the black women they use for racist jokes was always fat, darker, hair with braids and loud compared to the others

[@exoticallovergirl]

Like who? Where was this shown? What hard facts do you have to support this claim other than saying "as a white dude"?

[@jdavis230]

Oh look a simp for black women. Cringe asf

[@thecrimsoncure8201]

​@@candycane1744...They still do this!! When has this ever changed.

[@cakebops]

I’ve been saying this forever! Other black women even started arguing with me bc i said it don’t feel right how she uses the n word and don’t even got one full black parent. Another prominent Oakland rapper Kamaiyah even stopped fucking with her and called her colorist. She claims kehlani called her “black” and “ghetto”. I’m sick of these mixed race women profiting off of their loose ass proximity to blackness just bc they are considered “desirable”. If kehlani can say the n word does that mean Halsey can too??? They both have about the same amount of blackness. But no one wants to have this conversation bc then kehlani would have to answer for her use of the n word. It’s disrespectful af.

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

I love how Halsey owns the fact that she is mixed but white-passing. She doesn’t try to co-opt Black culture even if she is part-Black herself and say the n-word and I am so proud of her for that!

[@cakebops]

@@imthebossmermaid3648 exactly! They’re literally about the same amount of black too

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

@@cakebops Right?! It shouldn't be that hard. I think it's because Kehlani at least looks poc while Halsey just looks white, people will let any poc call themselves Black and say nigga but call out a white person because they think all poc can just replace Black women just like that. 😭

[@cakebops]

@@imthebossmermaid3648 that’s a good ass point. It really feels like the rest of the world is so ready to use mixed women to replace black women. I wonder if they really think that a mixed woman’s experience is the same experience of a black woman who’s actually visually perceived as black

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

@@cakebops Sadly it seems like they do.

[@SonOfDenis]

Glad I could assist you in that Twitter war ☠️ people are so purposefully content with behaving dense it’s honestly eerie

[@mayowasworld]

lol you was with me fighting!! thanks for being in the trenches with me

[@freedomofspeech2420]

Twitter is a lost space lol

[@niablee]

It’s BAFFLING to me how so many people are purposely missing the whole point just ‘cause they want to be perceived as Black. It’s the cognitive dissonance and unchecked privilege for me!

[@mayowasworld]

lol yup they do it every time

[@kwaminaz]

The same can also be said for Jhené Aiko, people that don’t read phenotypically black but however are lumped up with blackness

[@Itsss.kyyyyy_]

I been saying this about her specifically like…she has two biracial parents and doesn’t really say anything about her black side. She herself has said that she’s not black

[@ayadhyist]

Jhene Aiko hasn’t used the n-word in her songs since 2016 so I don’t think she applies here.

[@KangwithoutaKangdom]

​@@ayadhyistthe fact that she felt OK ever doing it with no blk parent is the problem, not the timeline

[@MelinaeslhyDiomande]

​@@KangwithoutaKangdomshe has used the n-word i asked ??

[@sadiM653]

We live in a world that disrespects black women so much that they feel the need to erase who black women are. No one in the black community actually sees this woman as a black woman. Many people don’t see biracial women as black women but they will say they are black women and biracial women will say that they are black women. People are really out here globally saying that they don’t know the difference between a biracial woman and a fully black woman. So we are dealing with a society even within our own group who is ok with the erasure of fully black women and accepting of anyone with a drop of black blood as a full on black woman. Black women are gaslighted by our own community, the white community, and any other community that does not want to accept mixed raced people as mixed when they have a black parent. They are just considered black. So this is how the kehlani’s are created. All they need is a little bit of black blood and they feel they are a representation of black womanhood and society allows this. Society encourages this behavior,and not only do they do this, they gaslight biracial people into accepting being nothing other than black no matter how other they may look. That is how Rachel Dolezal a white woman was able to pass as a black woman because the erasure is so strong that if you tell a biracial or multiracial woman that they are not black like you. Society will say that you are wrong, these women are black and you have to shut up and accept these women representing you, when they don’t. They will also tell Meghan Markle a white passing biracial woman how much of a black woman she is when that has never been her lived experience. It’s a perpetual cycle of gaslighting actual black women into accepting their own erasure. Every woman no matter the race can pretend to be a black woman and the world is ok with it, as long as it’s not an actual black woman. It’s crazy out here.

[@citizencoy4393]

No one should be speaking on blk but us. It’s a simple fix! Even for the coins that r hellbent on calling biracials blk! We the majority have the final say and majority don’t see them as blk! It’s coons in the media that have the biggest push on agendas

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

Yesss! Exactly what I came here to say!

[@JaeElise]

You said whole bunch of everything and left no crumbs 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 it pisses me off really . Thank you !

[@bsinita_wokeone]

Very true

[@Iam.4aym]

Perfectly said

[@katwalk3571]

We’re being erased 🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@theoriginaltaurus]

See even the white women in distress 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@fruitsarelife7073]

That’s exactly what the goal is.

[@Buni_Keta]

I'm a white woman from Barcelona. I just found your channel and can't stop scrolling and watching your videos. I think you are so polite when talking about this experiences and sociopolitical issues and really appreciate the work you are doing to spread consciousness! Keep going, thankyou! PS: love the creativity in your makeup :)

[@angelica69]

I love this comment. It’s nice to know others support this ❤

[@c4tac133]

i feel the same too ❤❤ she makes it feel like a group conversation

[@jiyahaajhay]

when I first saw Kehlani pop out dating YG…I knew it said a lot about her. she clearly likes being labeled as “black” so she can profit off of the culture and cater to black men. i also feel like she used those pictures with sza to pander to black women. thanks Mayowa for being bold enough to speak out on this because it IS problematic.

[@taylorstep8135]

I been said this about her and sza. notice how she's never dated a black women.

[@xi1105]

Yess they were literally talking about this on Twitter. She post pics w/ black women for clout & to get the black girlies excited then pops out w/ ppl that look identical to her. Not saying you can’t have a preference but it’s like she purposely uses bw.

[@cakebops]

I’m just so annoyed bc now she has a biracial black baby and lord knows what this shit will teach her. It’s so funny how her baby is blacker than her and all her recent partners but she thinks she can say the n word

[@justwatching4404]

Black is cool, and it’s emulated worldwide(what do Koreans.. got swag🤣). Really being an entertainer that’ has that black stamp of approval/or is black adjacent helps build careers🤣😂

[@cakebops]

@@justwatching4404 exactly and once the career is built our community is usually left on the back burner

[@Brownmahfun]

If you are MIXED, please claim MIXED. It is a Beautiful thing AND if you want to define, DEFINE, it is up to you. Mayowa You are a Arteast with your makeup.

[@UhOhJacquinette]

Thiiiiiiis!!!! Every TikTok space I go in, it’s biracial (Americans) complaining about not being considered black… Then I pop in like “we aren’t, we’re half yt” When I Teeeeeellll You the amount of hate I get and gaslighting that takes place cuz they can’t overcome the cognitive dissonance.

[@pietrycranberry6621]

But mixed doesn't define your ethnic combination and the irony of it is an African phenotype exists outside the continent nor is dark skin exclusive to African people.

[@Brownmahfun]

@@pietrycranberry6621 You can define if you want to, it is ok. You don't have to say the word MIXED.

[@AngelicaEstherxo]

I agree! but what about dark skin mixed people??? Cause most African Americans will make fun of a mixed dark skin person for saying they are mixed... AA just say dark mixed people don't claim their blackness just for saying they are mixed.

[@cakebops]

So crazy bc kehlani claims mixed race and STILL THINKS SHE CAN SAY THE N WORD 💀💀💀💀

[@WilliamsPinch]

“Sometimes it don’t make no sense”🎵 Exactly how I feel about Kehlani and her antics.

[@mayowasworld]

LMAOOOO

[@CarmenSD]

What song is that?

[@TeaWitcher]

​@@CarmenSD mayowa's channel theme song!!

[@WilliamsPinch]

@@CarmenSD the theme song summed up my feelings as soon as the video started lol.

[@alphacharm]

I heard California men especially black men are very colorist.