Cardi B. Benefits from Racial Ambiguity

[@PrincessJewels08]

Society is more accepting of non black people mimicking stereotypes of BP over accepting actual BP

[@mr.guzwee7695]

Shows they don't like black people at all

[@Lisette121]

Facts

[@miketrotman9720]

Akin to liking horror movies rather than actual horror?

[@Nina2598-k5x]

There is a white girl that did the Kodak black.When you see me on white trend , that girl don't even have. A ounce of black in her like she's literally white and her mother Black man I know no other black person on Tiktok will mention it because they'll get dragged by other black people for questioning her blackness Even though like you can literally tell she's not even black like all european features unless she is But either way she's very white passing She is weird like girl that's ur step daddy 🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀

[@Nina2598-k5x]

Also. That mixed girl or Indian girl? Or whatever she is, who dated a black man got pregnant by him. The one that's from Atlanta is now going on. A hobo tour with her broke baby. Daddy Liv and get her expensive Atlanta, apartment LOL. And it's just crazy. So many black women are supporting her for being a single mom. Who got pregnant by a dusty black man? It's honestly sad and pathetic. All because of her proximity to blackness and as if that is something to be proud of not to shame single Mother's but blasting your business all over the internet, especially if you're going to get back with the same dusty man you complained about. No, I'm all for single mom's of every race. Telling their experience to teach younger women and women not to settle and get stuck with a child and move in this world.Strategically and put yourself first, but it's just sad that black woman was her biggest fans and them comment sections.And now look at her with her dusty baby daddy😂😂😂

[@KazieD]

Yep same as Tyla from my home country South Africa, if she was an an unambiguous black woman, she wasn't gonna blow up 😌

[@MIA-fq1di]

This!!! but they will still come for you for telling the truth how it is🤣🤣🤣

[@micahrose7566]

Yes!!! And a lot of people are still defending her !!! Ayra starr and tems are two pure black women in Africa as her But they aren't getting the same push.... That to tell the colorism in AFRICA!!

[@Girlbffr98]

This!!!

[@anna-jz5mj]

Tyla never claimed to be black though the way cardi does

[@marcelhaines7712]

Pl stop lying...Tyler worked her but off...also pl tell the truth..in south Africa, I'd you are of another race other than black, it's difficult to even get a job...everything is reserved for blacks..even in the entertainment industry..its the same..its difficult for a non black person to come up..most non black people have to move put of the country to gain success...black south Africans are angry with Tyler because she side stepped them..she. didn't beg them for anything...Tyler's success is largely because of Europe and their love for house...so they naturally enjoy amapiano..jealousy is a disease

[@JASSIEUOTv]

“They just not smart enough” is insane

[@GigaTyrone1]

Coming from Cardi of all people who seems to barely have a grasp on the English language😭

[@justme2272]

​@@GigaTyrone1she brags about gang life and is uneducated. Smh.

[@JulianSteve]

Honestly, this is not surprising from Cardi B🤦🏾‍♂️…

[@jam6920]

Smh. What are the other ways she's insulted bw? Right now I have: - cockroaches - not smart enough

[@Caotic3]

Did you watch the part where Cardi B said she understands her privilege and understands colorism? Yeah because Mayowa’s world left that out. Cardi was attacked by a Tik Tok influencer so she’s responding in THAT context. Stop being sheep, look things up for yourselves

[@nicnac1719]

In addition to all the other messed up stuff she says, Cardi B saying "they not smart enough" then trying to back peddle tells you all you need to know about her true views on Black women. She knows good and well what she benefits from

[@calicoesblue4703]

Cardi B is not Racially Ambious, She is an Afro-Latina (aka Black Hispanic Woman).

[@SupernaturalLove100]

"true views on Black women" she's Black though, lol. Her mother is lightskin trinidadian with siblings who are dark skin and unambiguous according to photos of Cardi's family.... are Cardi's maternal BLACK uncle and aunts "not Black" too since they don't make yall feel as threatened? Lol. Yall want to distort everything she says into a slight against darkksin women, it's unhinged. & yall want her to apologize endlessly for "what she benefits from" as if she created the systems from which she benefits. its comical. she should obviously b crucified for being a "beneficiary of colorism" and not making dismantling it her life's work, right?

[@DB-vt1kk]

Unpopular Opinion but as AA we haven’t learned how to gatekeep like other groups of people. Certain types of gatekeeping for other groups is engrained in their culture. This is why Jlo was able to do a Motown tribute, why we were pushed out of jazz, country, rock and roll and soon R&B. We don’t need to be accommodating because other groups are not. Stop inviting people to these Imaginary cookouts just because they have rhythm and dance on beat. 😂

[@yeahaboutthatthough3656]

Why was JLo able to do a Motown tribute? It's crazy to me you think black people are in the music business for the love of the culture and not because they like getting paid like everyone else. What makes you think they wouldn't let anybody who wants to buy a license to cover the music buy the license, JLo included? Insane.

[@Them_kids_momma]

@@yeahaboutthatthough3656j. Lo can’t even sing why would we want her to sing some of our best songs sung by our best?

[@Them_kids_momma]

We are literally thee worst at gatekeeping

[@BlessAminata]

We will never be able to keep ourselves from women like this, because the men of our community obsessed with them. I personally feel if it wasn’t for black men they when I have the access to our community the way they do it all starts there.

[@billiealexander3480]

This is so hard for me to conceptualize for someone whom music is my life. I mean I think truly loving music anyone should be able to pay homage, enjoy, and share it. Lady Gaga's Stevie Wonder tribute was incredible. White contributions to jazz in the 20s and 30s have been meaningful. At the same time right now we're at a time where our culture is being adopted in so many ways BUT we are still not being raised up as a society. And then it's like...how can you love rap, these clothes, the food, how we talk...but then still treat us like shit? So I guess I'm of two minds on this.

[@Ciaramissygirl]

cardi b really got on there with bootstrap rhetoric, "i alone picked my racially ambiguous self up out of the mud and succeded!!" girl are you seriously that blind 🤢 mayowa, you are sooo stunning!!! love the makeup lewk 🤎🤎✨

[@cfnretro6448]

It’s kinda the same reason white people refuse to act like white privilege exists.

[@SupernaturalLove100]

you really think "racial ambiguity" gets someone out of the hood and is what gives them determination to succeed? Cardi's personality in her rant videos prior to Love&HipHop is what made her go viral, which then led her to the show, which then led to other opportunities...because of her charisma and talents. a woman's appearance and or light skin is ALWAYS going to be a benefit in a superficial society except yall only care when lightskin Blk women especially if they're mixed benefit from the system of colorism and meanwhile take no issue with white women when they benefit from all their isms. Resentment always on lvl 10. Crabs in a barrel.

[@lovethyself744]

Blame black men from the industry

[@GigaTyrone1]

As long as black men are not running Hollywood, which they aren't, you know this makes no sense.

[@fuzzywuzzythebackyardigans2283]

But they work for those who set the standard for them, so it’s not necessarily their fault although they have done what their “boss’s” want them to portray without question.

[@angelr5694]

This!! Behind every successful preference/exotical/racially ambiguous woman you will always be able to find one of them. Look at the start of JLO's career that's all I'm gonna say.

[@MonkeyDJaden75]

@@angelr5694all of Jennifer Lopez Husbands/Boyfriends are white bro wdym

[@allmylifeihadtofight9815]

@@MonkeyDJaden75 sweetheart her husbands are white but she used bm to get on top(dating diddy, being a Hispanic dancer on In Living Color). Bm love to uplift exotic or foreign women that aren’t black. Don’t act like you’re new to planet Earth.

[@minkagaston]

People get real offensive when you point out privilege and access

[@USA-o5o]

Most people have some sort of privilege every race has privilege so I’m not sure why people get mad when they point out light skin biracial and racially ambiguous privilege cause we have privilege

[@justme2272]

​@@USA-o5owhat privalidge to black folk have? Tell us🤔😒

[@MIA-fq1di]

​@@USA-o5oyes plz tell us what privilege do blk ppl have she or he just asked a very good question, we listening tell us😏

[@gardenknomi761]

Lol please tell me the privileges of being multiracial. You’re gatekept out of everything, have no community, and have no history to claim. Please, tell us more about how never belonging has so many benefits.

[@gardenknomi761]

Please, tell me more about the privileges mixed people have. We are gatekept out of everything, have no history we can truly claim, and have no community support, oftentimes from our own families. Please, tell me more about all of the perks that come with this.

[@SandraMills-p9j]

The scarf and makeup combo ate 😩👌

[@shelmie5]

ATE!

[@welliminitnowso]

So gorgeous ❤

[@NYKIRA]

Absolutely

[@Liqhtning]

Naw

[@imangiomo]

❎️7️⃣³

[@afromystik4365]

You look beautiful in yellow! Carpi B ‘s response to is she black?, was “I’m from NY”! I grew up in the hood!!🙄🙄🙄 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️. She’s a colorist , calling dark skinned women “Roaches!?!”and lowkey plays on “black” when it’s convenient..Great video😊💛💛💛

[@JulianSteve]

It annoys me how Belcalis generalizes NYC. While there are folks like her being “delusional” on race. We’re not all the same. Also, the roaches comment did not age well. Along with the other stupidities she has said🫠…

[@maiflower23]

I am not trying to argue with what you're saying but I'm also from NY and black people call each other roaches all the time I've been called a roach and I've called others that too growing up it was a diss like calling someone dusty or a bum or the person looked like a roach, not because of their complexion. I just think we as black people (I'm dsbw) should then keep in mind what we say to hurt each other can and will be used by others

[@hearts4me567_]

@@maiflower23ofc you’re tryna excuse her colorism 🙄

[@maiflower23]

@hearts4me567_ I'm a dsbw why would I, like I said I've heard many black ppl use the term not to mention being called mad black as an insult I know first-hand what colorism is I've heard your pretty for a black girl and the are you mixed as if you can't be dark skin and pretty without being mixed my point is the problem starts with us because they move into our community and see the problems we have among ourselves think of Martin and Pam and how many black tv show portrays black women

[@olugboyeopeyemi2428]

Didn't Nicki Minaj call black women monkeys too?? Did y'all niggas say she stopped being black or was colorist because of that?? Cardi called those women roaches because they behaved like roaches. She never said "dark skinned women are roaches" so don't try to lie here.

[@theblushingbookworm]

Ok -so I am only a few minutes in and Cardi B uses Snoop Dogg( a dark skin Black man) to illustrate how he hustled to get where he is. But what she fails to realize is that light/ European features on a woman and being a dark skinned male, affords them certain experiences and opportunities ( dating, entertainment )that most monoracial Black women will never see.

[@theblushingbookworm]

@WarmSun_MGM ok… lightskin then😂

[@citrinestone6884]

Snoop had the creamy crack special, was a gang banger and had a very nonchalant vibe about him. He had the rappers potion 🤣 And it ain’t hurt he was fine Shit Luther Vandross didn’t wanna show himself because he said he didn’t have the it factor. His talent took him there. Cardi got catchy songs and dresses in the stripper esthetic. THAT IS IT.

[@gardenknomi761]

Oh I’m so sorry it’s so hard to be monoracial. Now imagine getting rejected from every community, not being allowed to claim anything without being gatekept and having no sense of community. The grass isn’t always greener.

[@gardenknomi761]

So because she’s mixed she didn’t have to hustle to get where she’s at? She probably had to work way harder than an unambiguous 🤚🏿 person because if there’s one thing that’s forever true, it’s that 🤚🏿 people support their own first.

[@jamaicareed5542]

@@gardenknomi761 girl bye stop with the non-sense. she will never have to work as hard as a ambiguous blk person, desirably is currency for female rappers, as a lighskin/mixed she has loads more currency. i love cardi btw but let's be serious.

[@AliyahKaylan]

She’s the type of person to say someone is jealous of her cause she’s lighter ..

[@justme2272]

Bm put her on a pedestal with her nasty ghetto attitude.

[@nubiandoll7]

I mean she once called black women monkeys and roaches, is this a person your a fan of 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Beautifulhighpriestess]

Absolutely..

[@KyKyy333]

Fr 😒😒

[@SupernaturalLove100]

She's literally never said that lmao. Even though these unhinged videos that constantly obsess over her phenotype, race and hue could certainly imply such a thing. Yall tell yourselves this about every single lightskin Black woman you come across in order to confirm your bias, lol. Yalls projection of resentment that they're beneficiaries of colorism is so real.

[@OnceLostForeverFound]

The makeup is immaculate, you're an interstellar faerie❤

[@sweet_sheida16]

As a fat, neurodivergent, black woman, I love your content and how you call out systemic oppression

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you friend!!! ❤

[@tajsimms8976]

How is cardi b oppressing you?

[@sweet_sheida16]

@@tajsimms8976 watch the video it answers your question

[@xahnairyztheurbanlegend4889]

​@@tajsimms8976 The entertainment industry oppressed everyone with their indoctrination and social conditioning

[@lovelyk2647]

@@tajsimms8976? Chyle bye 🙄

[@rainey53]

People get real sensitive when you point out their privilege. Deep down they are aware of their advantages and are afraid of losing the upper hand ESPECIALLY if they are marginalized by some other part of their identity. It’s like we can understand our own discrimination and other folks like us but we are uncomfortable with empathizing with people who have it just a little harder.

[@mayowasworld]

That part. It really takes away nothing to acknowledge it. People just get greedy

[@SupernaturalLove100]

@@mayowasworld What yall seemingly want Cardi and all lightskin Blk Latinx woman to do is apologize for their existence and the space they take up. Yall don't just want these women to "acknowledge" that they have privilege, you want them to do more like stop referring to themselves as Blk since it makes many of yall on here feel "erased" due to the pedestalization of them which is what causes this deep underlying resentment. I mean, Zendaya acknowledged her light skin privilege during a panel discussion yrs ago and yet yall still harp on her and find new issues to take with her for merely existing. Crabs in a barrel mentality.

[@isa_virtual]

she always knew what she could benefit from (lighter skin, being ambiguous, getting involved with bm); and that was her "smart move" in her head lol anyways you look so beautiful and ethereal mayowa ✨

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you boo!

[@calicoesblue4703]

@@mayowasworld Cardi B is not Racially Ambious, She is an Afro-Latina (aka Black Hispanic Woman). Cardi B is black. Her African Ancestors went to Latin America & our Ancestors went to America. The only difference was the Boat stop.

[@SupernaturalLove100]

It's interesting how yall really brainwash one another into these narratives without even so much as evidence; yall hate and resent these women so much for being beneficiaries of colorism that yall will imagine their own thoughts and intentions in order to continue demonizing them just so that you can justify your hatred lol.

[@eshadiva6600]

Shes so gross and if you say you dont like her they hit you with the "jealous" card 😂😮

[@Nina2598-k5x]

Other mammy black women do

[@AbianahTheGemini]

She’s disgusting

[@rejectionisprotection4448]

Of what? What am I meant to be jealous of? Some low vibrational performer?

[@SupernaturalLove100]

@@rejectionisprotection4448 And yet yall will listen to SexyRedd lol plz. What yall resent is the fact that she's a beneficiary of colorism as if she created the damn system.

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

The online convo about the Romeo and Juliet casting is RANCID

[@mayowasworld]

its so depressing

[@micahrose7566]

They are calling the actress masculine 😢

[@fae3821]

​@@micahrose7566​ That is their go-to smh🤦🏽‍♀️

[@DB-vt1kk]

@@micahrose7566they have been calling it Romeo and Julian. It’s really sad and disgraceful.

[@AstralProjectress]

There was backlash back when Zendaya was first cast as MJ, and Halle Bailey as Ariel, but the severity of this one is way more blatant and severe, likening her to a man or an animal. Darkskin black women are the most unprotected and disrespectful in this world. The Misogynoir is virulent.

[@0urMutualFriend]

“I’m really good at marketing” Meanwhile the marketing: info leaking that she drugged and robbed multiple men lol

[@GigaTyrone1]

And numerous "leaked" nudes and fucking sex tapes she need to shut her damn mouth🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jsrb203]

My thoughts exactly!! Her ambiguity allows her to not have to take responsibility for her past actions. A chocolate sis would've been canceled, smh.

[@justme2272]

Oh well looks like she got away wit it. Those bm don't mind it. Non bw literally can get away with mword, they bm worship them.

[@mayowasworld]

I’m screaming 😂

[@arcayalove2526]

Cosby B!!!!

[@DreamAboutMe823]

We AS BLACK PEOPLE. Swoooooooore up and down that Cardi B is/was BLACK. So this is what we get. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Not me (the collective) We don’t know how to gatekeep blackness yet.

[@EthanSolomon-hh9uc]

"We" do gatekeep blackness, Cardi B. isn't black and neither are you. You're and African and she's Afro-Latino.

[@angelr5694]

*ever (sorry)

[@rainey53]

I was looking for this comment. I’m guilty of this. I’m black, dark, mono-racial and have always had an inclusive perspective on blackness, but recently I’ve been questioning why I feel that way. To me, CB reads as black and I guess I’ve never interrogated that notion. I’m not making any excuses for her but I can imagine the Latinx identity is a whooooooole thing. Especially for folks who don’t fit cleanly into white or black. I have Dominican friends and we talk about the cultural confusion. I find it interesting that ambig/mixed Latinos who look brown tend to identify with being black but a lot of dark/black Latinos will swear they’re not black!

[@citizencoy4393]

Not me. I call biracials biracial and acknowledge light skins as light skin so the question of “what is blk” is never confusing for me. Just sucks that ppl that can’t tell the difference are ALWAYS the loudest in the room.

[@DreamAboutMe823]

@@rainey53 I’m glad you’re honest about this. A lot of us are overly inclusive. Lantinx ppl are Latinx, mixed ppl are biracial, and black ppl are black and we need to be unapologetic about that.

[@LatriceKelly]

She knows the “etiquette” to make money…. Wow teach us the cheat code Belcalis! 🤣

[@American_negroid_woman]

Read this and my petty self said bless you at the end. I forgot that was her real name

[@DarkStar_48]

At the end of the day, nobody is going to give up their privilege… if we don’t have enough sense to stop giving them privilege in our spaces they certainly aren’t going to stop us.

[@Nina2598-k5x]

Exactly

[@JD-zw5os]

Amen

[@bricbrac28]

A lot of people I remember years ago Nicki Minaj said the same thing. She said I could never come out and act like this now. Granted Nikki's no saint either but I was able to understand exactly what she meant when she said that black women cannot get away with cardi B's behavior and still be catapulted

[@AG-fg1uk]

Not even Beyonće can get away with what Cardi B does.

[@bear3279]

stopped what i was doing to come watch this. your content always goes deeper than surface level. 💜

[@mayowasworld]

yay!!! thank u!!!

[@Buttergirla]

Girl let me tell you that your outfit is beautiful by the way! And black women, especially dark-skinned women or medium brown women will continue to follow and support cardi b. They're not going to stop listening to her music because of their inner ratchetness that overpowers everything else.

[@universal5313]

inner ratchetness 💀💀

[@xahnairyztheurbanlegend4889]

They love these women who promote ratchet lustful stuff in general.

[@Buttergirla]

@@universal5313 it's true though! Lol they don't wanna let this shit go! It's time to find something else!

[@darylifillifill1677]

As a disabled black man I Thank you for speaking so much truth 💯

[@avybez1]

Hair, makeup, scarf, skin all STUNNING!!! Yellow is definitely your color. 😍✨

[@JamaicaKim]

Jamaican woman here. Love you and your videos beautiful chocolate Queen 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you!!

[@michelleegg7741]

Cardi B reminds me too much of a lot of Chicanos or “American Latinos” that make their parents nationality their whole personality trait. It’s worse when they think their parent’s nationality is an ethnicity or worse a race. Like Cardi B would not be considered as black in the Dominican Republic. She would be considered a morena or “Indio” which refers to mixed race people only in the DR. Because that word in other Latin American countries is offensive to the indigenous people.

[@gardenknomi761]

“You can’t claim any r@ce or ethnicity because you’re not pure enough, yet it’s annoying when you claim your parents nationality, you deserve nothing” lol just say you don’t like mixed people and move on.

[@ladygodiva813]

🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾

[@pierrelouiswalkenslove7679]

The aftermath of slavery. When you look at a dominican, the majority, they look african. But, the fact that the color of the skin is brown, or some of them may have a apparently european hair, or some use Permanent to change their hair texture, they think they are different and a whole different race. That's the pride in these spanish countries. They let many white spanish, italians, dutch, colombians etc come in the country , breed with the black population to improve their race. And, they will claim that these people are the real dominican 😂. And their pride is also they have a white president, and they have white people in their country. Can you believe in a country where the majority of the population is black, but the politic is seized by whites? And, they always tend to put the lighter skin in front on social media, but when you go to DR you see a whole different thing. In there movies, policemen are light skin but in reality almost all of them are darker than midnight. That's why i always laugh at them. Moreover, Cardi B is not dominican. One parent dominican, one Puertorican, born in USA, how can she be dominican? That's weird.

[@azborderlands]

Chicano don’t make their personalities about their parents culture. Many have parents who are USA Americans and not immigrants. Thats why it’s a CULTURE, it’s what people are like.

[@shopece8807]

not even morena. she'd be mulatta or whatever they call someone who is a white/asian/Black or white/native/Black mix. And tbh she's more white than asian or Black because a full white Dominican father and a mixed race (indo/indian + Black/afro) mother.

[@priscilla8068]

The most embarrassing thing about this whole Cardi B thing is that a lot of unambiguous black women defend her and I've seen a few try to claim her as black despite her saying she's not black many many times.

[@Mo_Love_Mo_Light]

Us jamaicans love yuh bad bad! and you look sooo fairy like and magikal. Definelty an inspo to try out! Thank you for the intelligent breakdown. It's crazy how the provelige is so embedded in the consciousness.

[@lindaoubouazza1692]

I love how your eye shadow is popping, and you have stars around it so cute.

[@JulianSteve]

When are folks going to learn that Belcalis is not Black nor half Black (biracial)? This is not a secret and I am going to need more Black people to call it out. Black Hollywood and entertainment as a whole give this woman too many passes. As for Tom not defending Francesca. This shocks me, but not at the same time. I can say more, but I’m ending it here. Thanks for your work, Mayowa🙂‍↔️⭐️!

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you friend!!! Your channel does such a good job of breaking this down! I love your content ❤

[@JulianSteve]

@@mayowasworld Thank you! It means a lot🥹🫶🏾!

[@blu_rey8656]

Yet, she can go by the ‘one drop rule’ based on hair texture and dna alone. She certainly isn’t white either. Nevertheless, she is mixed with some African dna; and that tells the truth more than nationality and ethnicity.

[@shopece8807]

@@blu_rey8656 barely...she's a quadroon on a good day.

[@screamur]

I have such immense respect for you because you are so informed and helpful to me and to the people who are blind or ignorant to the true issues working behind the scenes that disproportionately affect EVERYONE.

[@rhondae8222]

Agreed!

[@Caimicho]

The makeup look is gorgeous!! ✨✨

[@logenesis3108]

Giiirllll i am LOVING your look! Hair and makeup on point! Oh and I recently started seeing Cardi wearing color contacts and I'm....umm shook

[@JulianSteve]

…. And she’s overly tanning. I noticed that as well😅

[@loveinlilac]

I'm a lightskin FULLY BLACK woman with two FULLY BLACK parents, but I've grown up looking moderately ambiguous. I'm so glad you brought up acknowledging privilege because it astounds me how people have such a hard time speaking on it. Me speaking on the pedestal I've been put on due to colorism doesn't feel like a personal attack because I see it for what it is, and I'm willing to do the work to bury that ideology. As you said, voicing that you have it better in some aspects is not even a loss, so what is the problem fr? I'm sure there are a multitude of reasons, but I think part of it is a lack of empathy, and not wanting to let that power go. In reality, having that empathy and relinquishing said power would help dismantle so many things, but those kind of people want to stay right where they're at (imo). As someone who grew up lightskin, it's so easy to peep game the "exotics," be playing. It's tiring, chile. But thank you for continuing the discussion. Your work doesn't go unnoticed, Mayowa. 🦋

[@nikapeatv3]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤ everything you said here!!! I was just saying this because there are a slew of new youtubers dismissing colorism as if lighter skin doesn't benefit these artist. It's called universal appeal. Colorism is right in people's faces... People like blackness is white or black adjacent packages.

[@MiriamPendleton]

I love your cosmic makeup. Really beautiful! Even though it's inspired by the Jamaican flag, it could be inspired by the recent eclipse. Love your style!

[@cassenav]

I know Meg does not have dark skin, but this is kind of why I root for her so much. It’s the first time (in my conscious timeline, btw Im 24) I’m seeing someone who isn’t beige get huge opportunities

[@dessalines3607]

*Anytime someone start ‘splaining with word salad with no nutritional value. They lying.*

[@sevena.channel]

_"...word salad with no nutritional value."_ 😂 that's brilliant.

[@taylork7530]

Danessa Myricks needs to do a campaign with you.

[@Girlbffr98]

This!!!

[@fae3821]

Hair & make-up is looking ✨magical✨ 💐🍃 fairy/earthy is my fave aesthetic💜

[@lillola9307]

She cant even speak in a straight line let alone finish a sentence, yet somehow she’s falsely been positioned to be on par with actual black talented artists that have scrounged for their career from the ground up, from mixtapes and back up vocals and tears of genuine musical discography?!

[@shakhira.]

THIS! Heavy on the “can’t speak in a straight line” part! 👏🏾

[@Underfireorwater]

Like how dare she ? She gets the gumption from her oppressors . When she could use her platform to elevate other Black artists. Like it's all fine and dandy to use us as features, im sorry "props". She wants props for doing the bare minimum

[@star0nyx]

I do appreciate her collaboration with newer artists, but I understand your outrage

[@lefthandblackcatgirl]

Loving the way you wrap your hair, your hair and makeup, they just flow perfectly. Also I'm Jamaican and bright yellow and jewel tone greens are my favourite colours and i also love black and white, especially together

[@skylie4391]

im obsessed with you serving looks while giving us thoughtful commentary💛

[@tonyagibbs1963]

Gorgeous makeup! And thank you for getting to the real issue. You cannot work your way out of oppression. There are dark skinned creators who everyone watches and their ideas are stolen and repackaged. Usually by lighter folks.

[@ljblue77]

The same Cardi that spoke about Black strip clubs not hiring black strippers. Only mixed and Latina strippers. When she first started, she used to pander to black women talking about how blacks always perfered lighter skin women and how wrong it was.

[@Turquerina]

You're seriously eating up the Jamaican look, I love the color and application! But yeah, the world is so unfair to dark-skinned black people (especially women), it's tiring... Everyday is a fight and hopefully we get to a point where everyone is celebrated for who they are. Until then, it's a struggle.

[@k4nd1incyb3rsp4c3]

THE OUTFIT TODAY IS SO STUNNING! In love with all of it, love love love the star make up and the way the colours match the scarf!

[@starsandmoonsabove]

Your makeup does look amazing! Love the yellow scarf and the shell accessories too! It's interesting that successful popular women understand sexism, they often acknowledge that if they were men it would have been easier for them, but for some reason they can't see that they themselves too have certain privileges compared to other women. They sound similar to tr*mp or m*sk, when they say they're successful because they are so smart and good at marketing. I don't think it would have been a bad thing if Cardi acknowledged her priveledges. She does like to say how pretty she is, etc, so it wouldn't be against her brand to say like "yes I am privileged in some ways", doesn't negate her hard work or her intelligence.

[@serguryplastik]

the scarf and the makeup are gorgeous!!!

[@Kyamber]

When it comes down to it, there isn't a difference between Cardi B, Sukihana and Sexy Redd. They all act the same but one just gets better treatment while the others are called ugly dirty and ghetto. It really is sad because I mostly hear it from black women the most.

[@cannabisnbrea]

It is truly always such a pleasure to see you come across my dash. It’s always a truly good day when you post. Thank you for never letting up on the necessary conversations and topics we need to focus on and not letting the smoke and mirrors fool us.😌✊🏾🖤

[@amberevol]

makeup is always a 10 ✨❤️

[@Scoutbq1l]

It's our fault, not Cardi's. They can only do what we allow.

[@writingdreams]

"Cardi B is not black"... Thank you! Say it louder for the people ( especially the black women) who will argue tooth and nail that she is! SMH!

[@blaqwitch7781]

I was just arguing with somebody yesterday that said Cardi B's parents are light skin Black ppl with type 4 hair...

[@isa_virtual]

her parents look pretty much mixed to me

[@mayowasworld]

LOL it’s comedy at this point

[@blaqwitch7781]

@@isa_virtual Maybe her mom, but her dad looks pure Mediterranean. I think some Black ppl (esp African Americans) see tan skin and curly hair and automatically think mixed, but Mediterraneans can have those features without having any Black in them.

[@cygnetlake8017]

@@blaqwitch7781 the amount of non black people with curly hair and jew fros they wanna be black just because like have you no shame?

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

⁠@@isa_virtualher mom is mixed she’s Afro-indigenous while her dad looks mestizo

[@GracefullyBrianna]

The eyes ATE 💚

[@joyqu303]

Your look & makeup is awesome😍🇯🇲✨️💛💚 Also as a light skin mixed race/black person (born and raised in Germany)i totally agree with everything You're saying🙏🏽

[@ablount91]

This makeup literally made me smile! ☺️✨

[@Ornelis__]

So true ! I like Cardi but she’s in denial or maybe she wanna act like she don’t understand..but deep inside she know that she’s not seeing as a Black woman. In the interview where she’s speak about dating AA men, she was also speaking about the colorism that exist in the strip club that she used to work. So she’s not unaware of that injustice that we being through.. And I’m in love with ur makeup Queen ! ✨💚

[@carolyn5741]

love the scarf and eyemakeup.sunflower fairy vibes 💛💛🌻🌻

[@litachi7224]

Well Said, Mayowa❣️ We (blk/Afrikan) have a hard x & others will be defensive whenever WE Speak up on our own behalf #sadutriggered

[@malaikatyembile5049]

Your makeup is tea love,love,love ESPECIALLY the stars ✨

[@sierraj1589]

This look is so pretty! You look ethereal

[@EthanSolomon-hh9uc]

She looks boogie.

[@laialuvv]

yess im so ready for this convo not to mention how ppl been letting her say the n word for years despite not even being black...🫣

[@JulianSteve]

That’s why I do not hear her music or anything she’s featured on. I do not care if she’s from The Bronx or from the hood. You’re not Black mixed with Black. Stop saying the n-word💯

[@catzrule001]

the stars and whimsy and white scarf are all so beautiful and fairy-like. your skill in drawing all those so precisely and artistically is incredible. of course all your talking points and explanations are so clear and poignant as usual.

[@KeLovely2019]

This look is amazing, gorgeous and thanks for another great discussion

[@KeishaDeniece]

Fat?🤔 I prefer overweight I think. I am myself overweight and you are absolutely right. People treat overweight people different. Thankyou for the video!

[@crisscringle]

From watching so much of Mayowa’s content over the years, it’s pretty clear that they stand. firmly against fatphobia/fatmisia. So in case you were reading it as an insult, it’s used here as it is in fat activism spaces, as a neutral descriptor. “Over”weight isn’t used because it’s perpetuating the same narrative that there is a weight that you *should* be and that some people are “over” it. Not to mention fatmisia is culturally dependent, so the overweight construct doesn’t necessarily map over to fatness in all contexts. Not saying that you can’t refer to yourself as you choose ofc, but in case you thought it was like a bit of a dig, this is the reasoning. /gen

[@KeishaDeniece]

@@crisscringleThankyou for your response. It didn't bother me really. I know she said it with good intent. I just don't like it when people say fat. Overweight for me fits well because I feel that I am. Healthwise.

[@imjustsaying281]

I, personally, like to use the term "plus-size".

[@pathfinderwellcare]

What is bizzaro is that Cardi literally gets plastic surgery to look more white (thinner nose as an example) and her success timeline follows that, yet she doesn't get how being light skinned is a privilege. 💅🏽 I think folx get all tangled up on "I didn't choose to be...". That's okay. You still benefit. The real issue is nobody likes being implicated except we all are. We can't heal until we can tell the truth.

[@mayowasworld]

THAT PART!!!!!! You said it perfectly!!!!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@pathfinderwellcare]

Also...the entire look is GORGEOUS 🥰

[@RW-yt7ro]

the make up is hitting ... those sprinkles are doing it for me on a spiritual level lol

[@tf5655]

Fantasia, with her beautiful voice, has been in the industry prior to Cardi B, yet her value doesn't come close to Cardi's. Wonder why that might be🤔.

[@yethedeejay3707]

Noo the makeup is too cuuute! The stars across the eyess. Love it❤

[@MissRedWine]

omg mayowa your facial expressions while Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar is talking her nonsense LOL

[@mayowasworld]

Not you getting the government name 😂

[@dineshakim6526]

Girl I hollered😂 I couldn’t even listen to Belcalis because I was watching her faces😂😂

[@beigenegress2979]

Have you guys seen images of Cardi’s mother and father? I have. 🤔 Her parents are two yte ppl.

[@cmg25]

You are a sage in a world full of people with their heads in the sand. Cardi B is successful BECAUSE she perpetuates ignorance and stereotypes. She will never question the ulterior motives of those giving her a platform, and she will never put two and two together - at least not publicly. Our energy is finite, she doesn’t deserve any of it.

[@Tasha-vu3cr]

First, your videos are amazing

[@mayowasworld]

THANK UUU!!

[@Ultraa_ray]

LOVE your makeup mayowa!!! & your headscarf is beautiful too.. it’s giving Ethereal ✨🫶🏾❤️ btw agree w all points made in the vid.. as a brown skin woman, also on the smaller side I can acknowledge that I have certain privileges due to current societal beauty standards. Like my struggle of anti-blackness & poverty isn’t compounded exactly like that of an overweight, black woman also in poverty. Just as cardi b’s struggle growing up in the ghetto isn’t compounded like actual BW who also grew up in the ghetto and may be just as talented (if not more) & work just as hard. Privilege exists & the world would be better if we could just say it & move on. Great video ❤

[@olilumgbalu5653]

Doja Cat, Rihanna, Tyla, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, all the biggest stars (just about) are mixed race, light-skinned, racially ambiguous, etc.

[@valeriacortez7003]

Can't believe cardi b said that? Just proves ur point if she can't figure out that it is her light skin privilege, and then she sure as hell doesn't know shit about marketing. I'm Latina but a huge empath and just the struggle black women have to go through or even hearing ignorance from my friends puts a bad taste in my mouth. That just makes me love and respect non ambiguous black women. They oppress you guys cuz they scared of your magic. And by magic I really mean magic. I bet you guys can manifest ANYTHING if you don't let the media get in ur subconscious mind. Powerful shit. One day you guys gonna be on top. Everything always comes around full circle.

[@Chirimoya08]

Haven't watched the video yet but your LOOK! Love it! The makeup, the hair, the scarf...super cute.

[@katlegodiale9704]

We need a makeup tutorial for this look! You look incredible!

[@isaacmuth7097]

I always get so excited when I see that you’ve posted! Your content is amazing!

[@derickpag]

Mayowa back with another banger. You ate the make up head scarf combination up.

[@mywil97]

I love the headwrap and the cowrie necklace ❤ with the eye makeup it's all a chef's kiss with extra dessert 🍨

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Both Amara la negra and joseline are great examples of cardi b’s lightskin racially ambiguous privilege being so real, we watched them on love and hip hop be discredited for their talent or attempts to do music, like joseline maybe problematic now but back in the day during the first few seasons she was able dealing with cast members who did not like her for no reason (minus Mimi of course) or when Joseline tried to do a rap career there was no support or encouragement for her everyone saw her as mediorce and given no chance, we watched on the recent show she was in with Amber rise college hill where she was literally liked and beloved by all of the college professors bc of her intelligence and outgoing she was while one fight with Amber rose got her kicked out immediately. Like it’s bothers me bc I’ve seen this discussion with cardi back dating back all the way in 2017 when I was starting my senior year in high school and 7 years have passed since and nothing has changed.

[@MIA-fq1di]

This!!!

[@marajones1828]

The makeup is such a LOOK!!!! OMG! You literally inspire me to have fun with makeup and colors. You are so beautiful and looks like these I feel like is your inner beauty being expressed outward ✨️

[@thecatsmeow013]

The look is giving ✨

[@lazylane5400]

Always enjoy your commentary, I try to be anti-racist and aware of my privileges but I really love that I can watch your content and feel reminded, further grounded and more informed from it, of the realities of intersectionality, the world, and I appreciate your opinions !

[@alecktrey9172]

YOUR MAKEUP IS TOO PRETTY I LOVE THE STARS

[@Acoldlake]

love the star eye makeup with the matching yellow scarf

[@Sparkleismyname]

Love love love your makeup and hair scarf you look so beautiful as always

[@mayowasworld]

Thank you so much!!

[@citizencoy4393]

I have said it a thousand times the buffer race is used ti hijack what the yts could not. 🤷‍♀. Excellent episode and full break down as usual. It actually gets really deep when you break it down even further.

[@colorfuldivinity]

Cardi I don’t think knows her race she says she’s Afro Latina and then says she’s different from black culture???like I’m gonna need you to pick😭

[@eenchantress5113]

I think black culture is probably commonly mentioned black American culture.

[@MIA-fq1di]

Everybody is afro Latina at this point even Adriana Lima and Shakira are afro Latina 😂😂😂 everyone can be afro Latina accept the ppl of African descent who were born in latin America coz they get told that they not latina how surprising 😏

[@isa_virtual]

@@MIA-fq1disay it louder for the people in the back 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@lucianp2616]

@@eenchantress5113 She raps. That's black American culture. I'm not sure what else "black culture" is besides hiphop, the music, stuff black Americans invented. But Cardi B in my opinion is black. She's as black looking as most black Americans in NYC. She doesn't look mixed, or ambiguous in NYC. I can't speak for the deep south.

[@nes96]

​@@lucianp2616 hip hop is blk culture, that's it? You just told ppl you're racist without telling ppl on here you're racist.

[@sj5218]

The skin, hair, and make up EATSSSSS DOWWWNNNNN 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@nunyabizz3518]

Im loving the eye look 2day.😍 I immediately thought o.m.g. an enchanted mystical forest under a starry sky r something but the Jamaican flag works as well. Thanks for giving us the inspiration cause Idk where my mind went. Great video as usual. I think Cardi means well most of the time but seriously shes a lost cause.

[@shpices.xo_uou2490]

you're makeup is so beautiful

[@shpices.xo_uou2490]

do you do makeup tutorials?