Meet The Woman Who Learned That Her Mother Passed As White | Megyn Kelly TODAY

[@saundrabrown1873]

My grandmother once told me that a lot of black people that looked white did pass for white back in those days for a better life due to the segregation era/ Jim Crow!

[@izzyy87]

saundra brown A lot of Hispanics too is what my grandma tells me. She was living in Mexico at the time of segregation, but she knew people who went to America as well and passed as white because of their skin color.

[@helloworld-sl2lw]

@@izzyy87 hispanic is not a race tho

[@izzyy87]

k a r m a ok, That’s my bad. Ik race and ethnicity is a different thing, woops. I’m talking abut Mexican..

[@helloworld-sl2lw]

@@izzyy87 mexican is a nationality not a race either

[@izzyy87]

k a r m a that is also my bad, I’m sorry. 😕 Ethnicity, race, and nationality is confusing to me

[@esther1536]

The fact the racist dad married a women who was mixed raced and didn’t know but still loved her shows the pointlessness of racism 😂

[@AskBibleNotes]

Seriously 😫😅😂😂😂

[@49ersfoldem]

Right?!🤣🤣🤣

[@morganbarker3781]

for real

[@flatearth9140]

RACISM ISNT POINTLESS !!

[@esther1536]

FLAT EARTH disliking someone purely because of the colour of their skin and not because of their personality or traits seems extremely pointless to me

[@nserasera]

she just glossed over the fact that she pretended to be her mother to get the birth certificate. savage and worth it

[@done1852]

White privilege

[@jsiwjdik23fc]

Donnell Evans How does that play into white privilege

[@noahgatlin8162]

That’s scary that people can get your birth certificate easily like that

[@pixierxbo2221]

Jd Bryant it doesn’t LFMAOFJWHFW

[@tierrathetitan5253]

I thought the same thing lol. She said it so passively like it’s okay to do in order to get answers 😂

[@AphroditesCreativeChronicles]

My mother's family were all "passing" when my mother was born... my mom was too dark skinned to pass so when she was around 7 years old her family abandoned her in Maryland. Just left her in a foreign state. Alone. Before they abandoned her they treated her like a "found child" that they were taking care of... even now whenever I think about this it breaks my heart.

[@adonyisrael1724]

😮😮😮

[@lorrainedempsey3320]

How do you abandon your own child?😭😭😭

[@adonyisrael1724]

@@lorrainedempsey3320 Right!?! But I guess mothers can do it!!! Look at that unfit mother Candelaria!!! Left her 16 month old baby girl to go to Puerto Rico on vacation !!!! 😡

[@HansLiu23]

that's what i would do.

[@HansLiu23]

@@lorrainedempsey3320 if it's dark you leave it in maryland

[@Mocky035]

She wasn't wearing makeup to look good at the hospital, she was wearing makeup so she could get treated at the hospital.

[@kimberlyshaver5015]

No she in all actuality she probably wore light makeup to bed was because the moisturizer in those days had strong lighteners in them, one's that are banned now because they were so strong. It wasn't abnormal for woman to want that very bisque, porcelain look so I don't think it was so much that because she definitely looking white in all other ways!

[@carolynnapier4981]

She doesn’t look Col. or B. I look more col. than she does. DNA.

[@LadyNerisa]

As soon as I read it....it was occurring the same time.

[@Chutney1luv]

@NSA This is the day of Covid! Treatment at the hospital is the same for everyone! Stay home, if you can!😷

[@DVD927]

Exactly. I think many people are overly judgmental of her mother...it was extremely painful for her to go through life hiding. She gave up a lot in a trade that she should’ve never had to feel she needed to make. “She never could be her truly authentic self,” as her daughter says. It’s tragic.

[@cocoace1627]

Many women who " passed " never had kids .They were too afraid of having a baby that actually looked Black .It's a sad situation , all around .

[@Treatsandthreadscom]

Facts

[@whimsysmith2835]

My grandma "passed" but even she didn't know that at first. The identity of her great grandfather had long been a secret. Her older sister found out in the mid fifties. I think that is one reason my family moved out west. Micegenation was still considered a crime, and gramma could conceivably been accused. It is sad, because my family has a rich history and a big gap in that history. I would have liked having a photo, or even a name, but they buried it all. 😰

[@supasoda9030]

Very true. I discussed this with my mom. A family with that 1% of black never knows what color their child may come out to be, their eye color, or the texture of their hair. I always can tell when a person is "color struck" when they start in worrying about how "dark or light" someone is or when a baby is born.

[@James-Campbell]

Yep, the "risk" of genes skipping a generation!

[@ulyssesward8014]

Lol lol lol

[@ghostie7790]

"My mom was this absolutley stunning, beautiful woman." "My dad... He had a good sense of humor." LOL

[@samanthasy9290]

She basically called her father ugly lmaoooo

[@woezacardoza5659]

Lol

[@woezacardoza5659]

@@samanthasy9290 let guess because she was black your people a joke the mom was better looking cuz she was half white

[@RomanZolanski123]

Ward Cleaver bruh that comment was clearly not racist plenty of people would say that about their dads

[@starrynight5207]

I NOTICED THAT TOO ASDFSKJDJ

[@mattiemeredith5464]

HER MOTHER WASN'T THE ONLY 1 THAT DID THAT 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@monique4540]

Right.

[@Cubanflowers]

hi.. its the imitation of life.. and many of these people are among us... in the states... maybe at least..67 percentage of pink people.. are actually with blk grannies.. ! and this is why their govt don't want to give.. to the blk people that reparations checks.. they know...more than half of their country will be coming.. with hand stretched out!.. be blessed

[@Stephanie_rd]

That wearing light makeup to sleep and being treated better at the hospital literally went over their heads.

[@kiararose8896]

:(

[@workoutwarrior3118]

Watching this interview made me feel like I was in the twilight zone...

[@raymondtuckerjr1886]

I hope not. If that went over their heads, we're in deep do do.

[@talishabailey]

Yes it did....they laughed but it wasn't funny at all....

[@talishabailey]

Yes it did....they laughed but it wasn't funny at all....

[@CHICK-A-BOOM]

The saddest part of this story is what her mother thought of herself and that she asked her daughter not to disclose her race until AFTER she has died.

[@shiphrahisrael4474]

Yes, so sad. She had a goodly heritage and she blew it

[@idkkimberlyanne]

It broke my heart... I cant imagine

[@synettrasearcy2028]

Yes... Never accept herself

[@z-licious]

I agree! Also how she abandoned her family. So sad.

[@CHICK-A-BOOM]

Kathy Coleman why did you write this as a response to what I’d said? My comment had ZERO to do with religion and furthermore, her feelings were about HERSELF, not a deity. I’m quite sure a deity wouldn’t deny someone a blessed afterlife because the person in question has a poor sense of self worth and/or self esteem.

[@shanivoss5879]

"Passing" is something a lot of lighter/mixed black people did bc it was another way of surviving at that time.

[@eiroswrld9825]

that’s scary because i would’ve had to do that if i grew up back then

[@tiffbeevachou108]

And I don't think anyone can question why. It was survival

[@vimalalakshminarayanan3365]

ScaryEducatedChic S ST grr deerskin I was

[@mkedmusa9416]

Or for privilege..

[@deelee5244]

Shani Voss truth I heard stories about that

[@ilenestrong7471]

While growing up neither my father or grandmother would talk about family history. When I started doing research I pieced together many of the hints they both had given me but also knew that they wanted to keep hidden. My great-grandmother was born a slave in 1860. She wanted a better life so she passed and moved to PA to find a white husband. She was lucky to find a man whose wife had died leaving him with an infant and had returned from TX to find a mother for his child. They ended up having 12 children. Looking at old photos of grandmother and her siblings you can pick out some faint Black characteristics. For several years after I found out this history I was bitter that part of my heritage had been stolen from me. I now realize that they were reacting to our society at that time and attempting to make a better life for themselves and their children. So after growing up believing that I was Irish/Scottish/English I am now proud to say I am mixed race and appreciate what my ancestors went through.

[@gresildablanco1]

Amazing wow

[@darrenclayton8246]

If this is true you can say the n word

[@gresildablanco1]

@@darrenclayton8246 why would you want to?

[@ilenestrong7471]

@@darrenclayton8246 I do remember my father saying that if I dug too deep in the family history I might find "a N in the wood pile." I have used that quote many times.

[@helpmegetto10kwithnovideos81]

@@ilenestrong7471so your father was a racist man? why is he saying the N word cool story though

[@quineshatate5669]

There's an instance where a man killed his wife and child because the child came out "dark". Well after he murdered them he learned that it was him that was mixed race. He killed his wife for his family's secret.

[@dontaskdonttell_]

Very unfortunate. Racism makes no sense to me. Why does it even exist?

[@sandyluis7547]

I read that in a literature book

[@Naturalchic76]

@@sandyluis7547 yes story is Desiree's Baby

[@excuseme5086]

What the heck?

[@sandyluis7547]

@@oliviarogers3559 Well, actually she wasn't forced to leave. She took her husband's dismissal, as him not wanting her there. He didn't force her to leave.

[@Sanbika89]

And she would’ve gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for her meddling kid!

[@21MarketaDiva]

Sanbika lol

[@danceforeverkid]

Kids always meddle

[@sanguinelynx]

Zoinks! LOL

[@miclo22]

Sanbika lmao 🤣🤣🤣

[@LadyTrucker43]

Lolol

[@14104]

Imagine the amount nervousness and stress that woman felt while pregnant

[@DanButters1]

Word lol but the daughters nose says a lot as a little girl

[@dominiqueousley9186]

I know Right!!!!! I was just thinking the same thing.

[@learnitdoitearnit9764]

It rarely works that way though.

[@sonyawalker6053]

Well if she found out and didnt like it - she could easy have taken her life with pills - white females do this when they find out things they don't.

[@Renegadereadingsrecovery]

Sonya Walker white females for sure aren’t the same!! Some of us can handle anything and everything. Others don’t believe in suicide. Some of us are all 3.

[@Sad_Bumper_Sticker]

Heartbreaking. Her decision to hide her race until her death is so incredibly culturally potent.

[@ReyliaWhitelovesallherbronies]

"My mother was stunningly gorgerous" "My dad.....had a great sense of humor" I'm sorry I laughed so hard at that.

[@Thobza_Mhlongo]

😂😂

[@cherewilliams230]

Darling Light 🤣😂😂😂

[@s.a.8548]

The shade lol

[@LeeDee5]

Her father was handsome though! But that was funny.

[@NG-sz2xi]

I don’t get it

[@mariahmontgomery7423]

A racist man marries a mixed woman, and doesn’t even know it! How ironic is this 😂 lol

[@courtneybridge1427]

They were probably doing it in the dark. As you do, as you do.

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

She was lightening

[@golden8972]

LOVE IT!!

[@amasion2882]

Examples like these prove the fluidity of race and racial classifications. Racial differences are based almost exclusively on visual perception.

[@bsahota2021]

read passing by nella larson

[@tomfitzgerald4760]

The blonde woman in the background really wants to be a part of the story.

[@marianachavezr]

Yes HAHAHA

[@basshomie2946]

That's literally what I thought this entire time

[@moniboo523]

Haha🤦🏾‍♀️

[@ciarastap]

Yes!!!!!

[@davianasmith1080]

If she shake her head on mo time 🤣🤣🙄😒

[@lavender123u]

It's so many folks in Louisiana where I live who look like her but is back It was a culture shock for me. They kept their distance from black folks and lived near family.

[@jizzncookies]

The saddest part is that she had to pretend to be fully white just to survive and live a normal American life

[@jonesjones566]

Yes it’s sad how this is our history..and how it still continues.

[@live2fishlove2fish10]

It’s not sad , it is what it is. But why would you want to lay with your oppressor?

[@wasupman2284]

Nothing has changed today.

[@jonesjones566]

@@live2fishlove2fish10 it is sad how she wanted to be someone she’s not..

[@ClockworkWyrm]

@@wasupman2284 Yeah man, all those current Jim Crow laws, legal race based discrimination, and legal segregation are really impeding peoples lives.

[@richard8798]

This makes me sad. So many women back then couldn’t pass as white and were condemned to a life of being discriminated against. This woman could pass as white and still she was so scared. Humans can be so evil.

[@gregorywright9971]

Don’t think she was that scared. Fear makes you run not build roots. Having your own self hate is a normal thing In America. This is just one of those hey I am 1% this kinda story nothing more.

[@missladymo]

Fear is one of the reasons why people lie, no matter what the intent, good or bad, behind the lie. Passing happened a lot and maybe some people think this story is totally rare, but it’s not that rare. What’s rare is people coming out with their families stories of passing. I hope people can listen to these stories without attacking. Times were completely different back then and it’s so easy for people to put their 21st century logic onto the past, no matter how recent the past is.

[@bimates2690]

@@gregorywright9971 Bruh, wtf are you going on about? You do realize a lot of people who white pass did this right? Even more so, those who became historical figures. Like be quiet because you’re being mad disrespectful now. That wasn’t her “self hate,” that was her trying to survive in a world/country that didn’t like her in any means necessary. Also, it isn’t a “I’m 1%” story, it’s about a woman talking about what her mother went through.

[@epicsseven7686]

@@gregorywright9971 actually she'd feared. There were several clues in the video. Her being afraid to tan in the sun. She was also trying to survive. This was during Jim Crow, where sadly, passing was very common.

[@sandragary5589]

OMG

[@r.l.2569]

A racist married a colored woman, didn't even know it, and loved her for years. Ohhhh the irony. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD MY COMMENT. It's IRONY -- meaning something that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects" Meaning, her husband looked like a complete fool (at least to me). Racism is disgusting and my comment doesn't mean I disagree with that.

[@BeGioBijoux]

Ironic, but she shouldn't have helped him procriate.

[@Private_Property-FBA]

Her mother was a racists too. She hated black skin.

[@Private_Property-FBA]

Race and gender passing are selfish acts; especially in mate selection. Deceiving a person to be with a mate that they don't want is immoral and disgusting.

[@BeGioBijoux]

@@Private_Property-FBA Exept that he did want her as a mate, as they were married and their daughter is there to prove so. What is immoral is not wanting to be with someone purely because they are the "wrong color". The proof that racism is pure ignorance in one's mind is that this gentleman was obviously very compatible and able to live/love/form family with a "black woman", simply because once he was unaware of it, his mind constructions didn´t get in the way of black and white having a respectful, loving relationship. This was like a social experiment proving that the difference between us and the black people is very irrelevant and skin deep.

[@jt-pq4dv]

R.L. you literally just basically took another comment

[@JessicaL085]

My great grandfather changed his name from Youngbear Redblood to "Charles Red" he married a Norwegian woman and told her that he was tan from working the fields. He made my grandma and her siblings wear long-sleeved shirts and large brim hats when they worked outside. My grandma went to California to visit her moms family, and she remembers walking up the driveway and her family asking why her children are so dark and their hair looks like "engine hair." When my mom was in her mid 20s and was learning about scrolls and natives around the area ( NW Arkansas) changing their names to give their families a better chance. My mom found scrolls in the basement of a library that kept the names that were changed, and there she found grandpa charles (Youngbear Redblood.) She was able to find photos of our family as well and brought them to grandpa, he wept seeing his dad. It was a photo of him in a war bonnet/ headdress. His dad was a tribal chief! I wish I knew more about my family than just the photots we have and a few stories that my great grandpa finally shared. =(

[@zandikhetwayo7444]

This is so sad :(

[@rebekahsummers4953]

😭😭😭 what a beautiful heritage

[@pia5543]

Thank you for sharing your story that was super interesting, i bet the stories your great grandpa told and the fotos are really interesting for you too 😊 all the best for you ☺️☺️

[@MissOlympia2023]

injun (not engine) it's an old word, a racist slur that white people used to describe indigenous people

[@KhalessTheTherapist]

Majority of the natives had to assimilate to Western lifestyle,.they were forced to bleach their skin, go to school, lose all tribal culture..a lot of YT men also changed to native to acquire native land..a lot of books on this so sad..

[@multijaison123]

The Aunt in the back is still shaking the head till this day

[@nawfsidebkg7004]

She's black too 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Giannismum]

😩😂😂

[@mocha1886]

ImJustSayin RealTalk 🤣🤣🤣

[@nishagates9481]

😭😅😅

[@sharellebrown5217]

😂😂

[@joshuadaye3453]

“My mom was an absolutely stunning woman. My dad...... he had a great sense of humor.”

[@ailish3012]

Josh Cash ...I’m the dad

[@nadiainthesky]

That "....." pause was everything lol

[@r0guedoll]

Lolll

[@emberbabyname]

Lmaooo im the dad

[@kckrox6911]

😂😂😂😂

[@holisticpsychologybyobrien]

I noticed a woman in the background shaking her head in disbelief throughout the program. Although I respect her disapproval of prejudice towards others on the basis of their race, at some point her disapproving sentiment seems to become artificial. Being that she is well-dressed and shows good intentions, she seems like a good woman to me. As someone who values truth though, this artificiality that I notice in people’s behavior from time to time troubles me. I say that we should all be mindful enough to make sure our thinking matches with our feeling in our behavior.

[@HKNYN1]

Vernon Schillinger lmfaoooo

[@flamingfairy9]

Vernon Schillinger as soon as i saw your comment i noticed her shaking her head

[@farrahabdelghafar5710]

Vernon Schillinger Lmfaoooo

[@CenterForFamilyUnity]

annoying

[@StrangeAngles]

Vernon Schillinger 😂😂

[@mistidupree4064]

She's mulatto, creole. Fairly normal here in louisiana. 2 "white" parents can have a dark baby, or even a generational dark grandchild. Normal. we have dark babies with ice blue eyes🥰 or green eyes, blond hair, we love our culture.

[@karimwhite8689]

Yup my grandmother was the prettiest woman i had ever seen passing for a white woman 😂but she couldn't hide those hips

[@bedazzlinbeauty]

Mulatto is a racist term, regardless if you in Louisiana or not

[@missionaries7575]

@@bedazzlinbeautywhy it just means black n white specifically verses Asian and black….

[@susanswales8313]

I am a white mother of 1 daughter and 2 sons, my daughter is white and my sons are dual heritage . I never thought of my children in those terms, it was my “friends” who would point out the difference. I lost so many “friends” because I couldn’t not say anything to them, they are my children I love them so much as much as my grandchildren . It is a crying shame that people have been and continue to be treated so badly that they feel they have to hide their heritage. I am proud of all my children and grandchildren and tell them often, love you always.💕💕😊

[@smooothsynergy652]

⁠@@missionaries7575ig definitively it means “mule” and it can be dehumanizing. It doesn’t make perfect sense bc a black and white person are still the same species while a mule is a hybrid with two different species for parents but personally I don’t see it as offensive.

[@andrea-gs4dx]

Woman in the back ends racism with each nod of her head

[@DaniHahn100]

A. A. V ❤️❤️

[@busychrissy0.0]

A. A. V 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mezaallure6647]

Lmfaooooo 😂😂😂😂

[@gabrielluh3629]

LMAOOOO THOUGHT. I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED

[@fatoutouray608]

gaby nieves Lol😃 i thought i was the only one that notice it

[@kanikagaral7637]

I really wished she could tell her father that. The look on his face would have been priceless.

[@kanikagaral7637]

@Jason Diaz I know right.

[@taylorricks1459]

Same

[@ab6565]

I wish she would've too. I think she would've found out that he already knew.

[@kanikagaral7637]

@@ab6565 maybe possible he kept up the bigoted act to not get ostracized by his own people.

[@ab6565]

@@kanikagaral7637 If he knew his beloved wife's secret (and I believe he did), he wasn't phased by it so he wasn't, at heart, a bigot by any stretch of the imagination. As for his racial slurs, whether we like to admit it or not, during that time, there were many 'racial slurs' being thrown about by all for all.

[@reapercity]

The woman constantly shaking her head in the background is just a whole mood

[@Lordmij]

Ikr

[@alexxx5749]

She’s so annoying

[@hopemccoy]

Is that her daughter?

[@MySkinnydip]

All she’s needs is a bag of popcorn!

[@rileynatalie]

It was so distracting.. like pipe down lady all u have to do it sit there

[@CommonwealthAmerican]

We all say it’s sad that SHE denied herself. But we ignore the reasons WHY. It’s because being black or identifying as black is so extremely detrimental in so many situations, that this woman wanted to avoid that life. I don’t view her as cowardly or sad. I view this country as cowardly and sad. I am so sorry this woman had to experience or even had that choice!

[@desiree8911]

💯👆🏽 this

[@Anderson-gr5le]

"You have to promise me you wont tell anyone until I die" *comes out on national television

[@tiab8310]

After she died lol

[@Anderson-gr5le]

@@tiab8310 yes lol

[@charlotteorr1186]

And she told EVERYONE!

[@tudo4451]

Made that book money baby!!!

[@Y3C0868]

😂

[@shelbycreed]

Well she really found out her moms true colours I’ll leave

[@karinacabrera17]

Shelby Creed lmao 😂

[@xkaypresx9285]

I-

[@yan_eira]

go home 😂😂

[@milo1942]

😂I’m not laughing

[@miked6430]

🤣😂

[@sarag1158]

This woman was also cheated out of her family on her mother's side. So sad.

[@ascraeusorange9157]

@Sara G - Cool pfp, love Grateful Dead

[@queenleorobi8253]

Reminds me of Bliss Boyard!

[@hanawana]

Ms. Buschhorn so sorry to hear about this

[@Moss_piglets]

@Ms. Buschhorn yup. Sometimes it's not about skin color. Some people just have no compassion for others

[@__.lucky.__]

As a Puerto Rican who’s been taught her entire life that her ancestry includes European, African and indigenous heritage, to have been raised in the culture on the island and to see people of all colors live harmoniously, help each other, it just shocks me that in a melting pot of a country, this type of shame and racism would exist. I have people of all shades in my own family, and we were taught to be proud of our heritage. Seeing a couple of two different skin colors have multiple children all with different skin colors was so normal to me as a child. This is heartbreaking and even though I have lived in the states for a long time now, it still shocks me. We should all love each other and embrace each other. Cultures might be different but people are all the same.

[@jamesr.g.2320]

Colorism and racism is prominent in Puerto Rico, too.

[@ibvghgfvbnbc]

That's the difference between an Anglican and Hispanic society. There may be colorism in Hispanic society, sure, but you never experience being treated with harsher laws because of your color.

[@hexmaniacgabby5160]

Imagine making friends and marrying people that hate you? That hate your child? So sad.

[@xharvey8484]

NEVER!!!!!!!!

[@CarysLibri]

No, horrible

[@silly7563]

It's not hate. My grandmother is listed as Hispanic/Native American on her wedding certificate. She was actually Black/White but in the 1920s that was the only way she could marry her White husband since it was against the law. My grandfather of course knew his wife's background since they grew up in the same neighborhood. People did what they could to survive because of love. Unfortunately at the time that is how you had to work the system.

[@flatearth9140]

YES ! I HAD A BLACK FRIEND WHO RELIZED I WAS PART WHITE AND ABANDONED ME !

[@johnbertram1537]

They didn't necessarily hate her, that is an assumption. We don't know what they would have thought because they never knew. When you love somebody that makes you reexamine social ideas you may have previously had in a different light. It may have highlighted the uselessness of the prevailing bigotry of the time, which was how they were taught to think. We shouldn't underestimate the goodness of people.

[@auaumoana]

Imagine if her daughter would’ve pulled grandpas genes. She’d have a lot of explaining to do to her husband.

[@shanspatrece_xo8890]

Forreal i read a book where that actually happened

[@trusemedend7040]

@@shanspatrece_xo8890 What is the name of the book?

[@shanspatrece_xo8890]

The books called Family tree by Barbara delinsky

[@trusemedend7040]

Timothy Njomo What’s common?

[@jessicaelecta]

It's sad that she probably did live with such underlying fear.

[@bluetulip7970]

,, she wore makeup to bed" Me, a skincare addict:🤯🤯🤯

[@clairefitzpatrick8140]

LITERALLY like no baby...... every night???

[@649shellyy8]

Me tooo 😂 I cringed 😖

[@leena.1740]

ONG! I made your comment to 1K!

[@bodgie6256]

And her skin didnt even look bad😆howw?

[@ieatpancreas2005]

LMAO SAME like I dont have skin care products i just use rice and honey and stuff like that on my face and i FREAKED OUT when i heard that

[@yikesyikes5974]

My great grandmas uncle passed as a white man and move up north. His wife and kids had no idea. He would secretly visit his parents because he didn’t want his family to know his secret

[@GubGubgubgub]

That's sad. That they couldn't know their family

[@trystalb]

This really saddens me. Her mother could not live as her true self her ENTIRE life. The anxiety she must have had.. I'm surprised she didn't have a heart attack while pregnant just hoping her baby wouldn't be of dark skin. Wow..

[@walelu777]

@@Kathy-pr4wu I’m sure it wasn’t that she didn’t want to live as her true self. Her life was no doubt worlds easier being able to pass as white back in those days 😞

[@walelu777]

@@Kathy-pr4wu you are certainly right about that!

[@rubenaalexander5007]

I feel like saying being black was her true self is adherring to the one drop rule. Why is it that she's black? WHY can't she be white?

[@zeddisdead3239]

@@rubenaalexander5007 ... because she isn't white lol

[@tinyy_songs]

@@rubenaalexander5007 you don't choose race honey

[@samleo75]

That foundation she applied at night was probably bleach cream. My childhood friend's grandmother was from Louisiana. Her grandmother told me half of her siblings left their home & "passed as white", never to be heard from again.

[@BeautifulGood713]

Samantha Williams WOW!!! 😮

[@1besieged]

the stores sell a lot of 'bleach creme' hair straighteners and all.... the bleach creme is for age spots too.

[@alluringbliss4165]

Do they still have these issues in Louisiana.

[@pleaselistenbeforeyouspeak3086]

I tell you- racism did a real number on us psychologically. That's what "the big deal", as some refer to it as, is.

[@davinthetoothgamer4872]

Samantha Williams They were kidnapped by the michael jackson thiefs

[@galactichand551]

The fact she was able to pose as her mother and attain her birth certificate so easily was the most shocking part of this video.

[@PersonWithStupid37]

@Marion Raimey They dont ask for id for this?!

[@zurileonard2620]

@@PersonWithStupid37 No, you only need info on the person and your relationship.

[@krische5752]

Yes, you do need ID to get a birth certificate, at least in Louisiana, and an adult child is legally allowed to obtain one for their parents. But the penalty for “posing” as someone else or lying on your application is $10,000 or 5 years in jail so the most shocking part to me was the fact that she went on national tv and admitted to posing as her mother when she was legally allowed in the first place.

[@krische5752]

This woman’s mother was born in Louisiana so Ohio is irrelevant.

[@symphony2929]

@@krische5752 no you don’t it’s public record

[@TheBenedictchan1]

Is it weird that I find it somewhat impressive that she was able to conceal her race for so many decades from everybody?

[@charlesstevensEnki]

Don't blame her blame this sick country we live in.

[@northstarmn]

charles stevens trump makes it even sicker, he funds KKK groups and trump himself is part of KKK. Look it up. Sad place for America.

[@Respectfully.Tootie]

Exactly!!!!

[@marlenefearon1027]

@@northstarmn crap

[@Jane-nx4vr]

This will never end racism sad

[@christingonzalez9642]

I know exactly! I wish more people would see it the way you do!

[@johnbainivanua2566]

Imagine the only way you could escape racism was to escape your own race and marry a racist... seesh I wouldn't wish this on anyone

[@TheSamuelbest12]

At that time 99% of the white people were racists, so it's not like it was easy for that mixed woman to find a good white man

[@faithwilliams8728]

John Bainivanua I wouldn’t either

[@Michael0409]

@My account really? Were u born during that time? If not how could u tell?

[@Love-fn9bi]

And still end up not happy

[@Michael0409]

@My account so I'm a child because I asked you a question? Ok also my father, mother, grandfathers and grandmothers talked about that era, to me and living in philly and then atco NJ they told me what they went through. Also if you're gowing to dis someone atleast know how to enunciate the English language. Its were not where. When you're saying they were around that era.

[@fortheloveofmialynn3756]

I was surprised that no one mentioned how genuine Gail seem. It doesn’t seem like she has a craving for being black or anything like that. Just sounds like a young woman who wanted to really learn who her mom is. RIP to her mother.

[@marisamendes6894]

"Craving for being black" what the f does this mean?

[@goawag]

@@marisamendes6894 I think they mean that a lot of people try to prove that they’re not racist because they have black grandparents

[@Itsmeealiciaa_]

@@marisamendes6894 bro it just means she wasn’t over obsessed with being black 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@mutaaw1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJWqoXqLa6tkpqs

[@iluvzurara2]

@@marisamendes6894 ummm there are literally ppl who have single digit percentage black (or any other race like indigenous) in them and then go off to say that they identify as that race. Or then there’s ppl like Rachel Dolezal?! Have you never seen these ppl?!

[@TheRealestRAVEN]

Wow. This is powerful… I cannot imagine the fear the mother felt when pregnant…scared to think that the child may come out , “too dark”… 😞…she had to “pass” the line from black , to white, in a time of Jim Crow laws… a dangerous and scary time for black Americans …. A sad sad story of having to hold who you are, in the depths of your core…because of fear 😢

[@greedygreedy4514]

So lemme get this straight her dad was a racist who married a sista.... Bruh loooool

[@pelo4040]

Fam, she scammed him hard!!!

[@skyfalldeadpool1633]

She is Joanne the scammer of the past. Glamorous and caucasian 😂😂😂( look up on youtube who Joan the scammer is)

[@xbl155ful]

She probably had a big booty too

[@musicsweet2833]

greedy greedy 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@ZipporahMcCrae]

🤣🤦🏽‍♀️

[@toni3558]

Interracial marriage wasn't legal in the U.S. until 1967. I actually remember when it was legalized. If she had been found out, she could have suffered legal implications. Times were different. Her marriage wasn't even legal, and her deception was criminal. She lived with all of this knowledge and I'm sure was terrified of being found out. The younger American population needs to consider history and withhold judgment until they understand the battles people have overcome for equality. Even with the inequality and injustice in today's America, we live in privilege compared to just a few decades ago.

[@Cllocopine]

Toni Springer Yes, I totally support and understand the mom’s decision not to tell anyone, and after all those years of lying it would be embarrassing to tell people. But I just don’t get why the daughter is so overly shocked by this, she literally said “I walked out of there not knowing who I was” like she’s still the same exact person and all... I get that it’s chocking to find out that your mom has been lying to you about something for your entire life but the fact that she’s what 25% or less black is totally unimportant and she still looks white and was raced like most white people, nothing has changed.....

[@beerussama5338]

WAIT WHAT THAT WAS ILLEGAL!?!?!?! (Sorry I'm young) wait why am I suprised???

[@katherinequinonesgonzales3455]

I does affect you to know more of your acentry, for me was shocking to know that I might have or not my maternal last name. That my grandfather might be adopted, I’m the same person but knowing certain details shock you.

[@deathtothebourgeoisie]

Good thing I’m British ;)

[@dovebarnett2286]

@@Cllocopine I don't her husband if nobody else had a right to know. Special if found out could have cost him legally problems.

[@thelastofgus]

the woman sitting behind her on the right... disapproves... approves... disapproves...

[@Wareaglegirl9960]

thelastofgus lol 😂 I know right

[@paige2063]

I literally couldn't take my eyes off of her.. Haha

[@cindyonurrooftop]

thelastofgus lol, your comment it a gift, i cant take my eyes off her now! 😂😂😂

[@georgettensukimulayi2624]

thelastofgus 😂😂😂

[@LindasDaughter]

Omg, I am screaming.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Her mother looked white when she was older but when she was young I think she still looked mixed. There is no way her dad didn't know, he probably accepted it and kept it quiet.

[@Galidorquest]

We'll never know for sure, but he definitely knew that she wasn't pure Anglo Saxon. People would've been more suspicious of her in a country like Germany, she fits the image of the people they targeted. Germans were more serious about purity & eugenics.

[@jaleelkahn7032]

Dropped the N bomb to keep up appearances

[@Eric_The_Eccentric]

All jokes and memes aside, it's extremely sad that her mom had to live a lie. Imagine waking up each day with the tedious task of hiding her true self, living with a constant fear of being found out and then going back to bed dreading the dawn of a new day. Carrying the guilt of lying to her child. All because of the distorted perception of what race represents. Breaks my heart.

[@richellenel9457]

Yes it was. Guess she only did what she thought was neccessary.

[@starkkprimera2471]

Facts well said

[@generationx9294]

Yes, I agree with everything you said. It breaks my heart, too. People saying, "Black Lives Matter" which I absolutely, %1,000 agree with But why is this even a "debate??" As a 52 year old white woman, I practically... almost literally, cannot stand what many (most) white people represent. I am *not* in that majority YES, *BLACK LIVES MATTER* ✊🏾 🖤🙏🏾

[@avasinclair5798]

That lady wasn’t dreading anything. She was happy and living her white life. I don’t feel sorry for any of them.

[@fletanetterville9404]

I feel for her. She could never relax.

[@ambuer3]

The blonde woman in the back is going through all the emotions!!!

[@warrensando417]

@@VolumeEleven you’re not black just because you have 1 percent African dna.

[@DiamondHenry321]

@@VolumeEleven I just know you lying 😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀. Every one body has different percentages of races in them. Mam, you are Not black lol. Ah being one percent is irrelevant. Not trynna be mean but having your username be “ new African” and the playlist of “ your people” showing black people and you clearly having a white face is......a bit disturbing ngl

[@patakel]

She’s playing to the camera!!

[@YukonYuki]

@@VolumeEleven girl you ain’t black and what’s with your name?

[@YukonYuki]

@@DiamondHenry321 not the 1 percent XD as a 100% black person im very offend by her randomness

[@jeniestra.]

I really feel sorry for this woman's mother, the fact she had to hide her identity because racism is embedded in US society, especially at that time. It's great she has been able to discover her heritage. There must be thousands if not millions of people experiencing the same thing.

[@setdrec]

Oh the irony for this lady's father.

[@jeniestra.]

@Patrick McCallum I'm not from the United States so I have a hard time understanding the 'identity' issues that mixed people have there. I am considered mixed or latina, for that matter, but that's something I don't care about because I grew up in a country where If I say my dad is white, people would look at me as If I am crazy. We don't use those terms to 'classify' ourselves, I only faced that type speech when I got to the US. I can see that your daughter has to navigate through that, it's not easy.

[@jeniestra.]

@Patrick McCallum now it sounds like you are the racist. Your absurd system was built on the foundation of white people's supremacy, If you can't recognize that, you are part of the problem. Alabama didn't allow interracial marriage until the year 2000, that's how ridiculous your system is. The US will never be a Communist country hahahaha. You have a bunch of psychos armed to the teeth, so no, that won't happen.

[@iamthechosenone10]

@@VolumeEleven the human race is from Africa so technically everyone is African with black ancestry. But I think your trolling

[@AMOE_30]

@Patrick McCallum, in a previous post, you say you are Black. Here, you say you are White. Pardon my asking but are you racially fluid?

[@ritaharris2778]

This is a very interesting story but also very sad that her mom chose to deny knowing her family and not allow her children to know their family & heritage. 😢

[@BNA_Est.1988]

The fact that she felt she need to do that to survive is should tell you about all you need to about America.

[@ab6565]

She didn't 'feel the need' to do that to 'survive'. This was not about survival. What it tells us is that, right or wrong, she chose to sever ties with those who loved her in order to pursue what/who was most important to *her*.

[@BNA_Est.1988]

A B thats correct if youre talking about in today’s world. Her case is different.

[@ab6565]

@@BNA_Est.1988 How is her case different? What has changed in the world that makes my statement correct now but incorrect then?

[@BNA_Est.1988]

A B umm Jim Crow? Segregation? Red lining? Civil rights?

[@BNA_Est.1988]

A B wait, this is troll account.. bye

[@josephaustin8067]

It’s sad that in America people would rather live a lie in fear of being treated poorly for something they can’t control like the color of their skin. Heartbreaking.

[@aileenkamwendo6465]

Not only in america my dude.. almost around the world someone would rather be a different race just to survive......its sad...

[@JordanWilliams-ix2td]

@@nbetley not the same thing. You can always hide ur sexuality. Physically there's things u just cant change

[@MichelleSPodcast]

All over the world actually

[@houngrysdigest1525]

My family was from Brazil and Paraguay. I just found out I'm only 80% white.

[@chrisredfield6274]

You realize this was the 1950s right? People aren't hiding their race anymore

[@nuyokatribe]

The Audience lady in the back, her emotions are everything.

[@jrerkderawis2145]

Her head movement as well

[@hydgurl77]

So fake

[@gabrelle-io6wn]

@@hydgurl77 ikr... Kinda creepy

[@janeknight5070]

@@jrerkderawis2145 I was thinking the same thing. She kept shaking her head.

[@goldieyesgods]

Yup she's probably half black

[@debbiestinnett2987]

So sad. That that was such a shame.!!! Be proud of who you are!!!

[@Bushsbakedb3ansontop]

I don’t think the issue was about being proud or not it was about being treated as a human.

[@staceysherene5488]

This generation is so inconsiderate to the pain the past went through they couldn’t be themselves back then it was either sleep with the enemy or be a slave to the enemy she never could be free.

[@Galidorquest]

@@staceysherene5488 Exactly.

[@lm6259]

"my mom was an absolutely stunningly beautiful woman...my dad, he had a good sense of humor" lol

[@SoISaidPod]

Lottie M i don't see stunningly beautiful but ok lol

[@daydream2609]

Her mom looks like a plain Jane, white woman. Nothing spectacular about her.

[@theknightof8654]

Hahahahaha same thing I thought

[@denysedenyse4070]

Lottie M I peeped that too. Didn't have much of a description of ole daddio. 😂😂😆😂🤣

[@stipem]

we all know what that means hahha

[@acmcbride-olson9320]

It’s important to remember that this woman’s mother didn’t just pass, she escaped life as a black personality in the Jim Crow South. That’s huge. It’s also heartbreaking and courageous.

[@daisychain3007]

Jim Scarecrow's laws caused a lot of misery in America's Deep South at that time.

[@lakittawoods7457]

Courageous?????

[@ACms-zn9ni]

Yes it is, she had to leave all of her loved ones, reject her ancestors, deal with everyday challenges and for sure the anxiety that comes with it. It may not fit everyone’s values but she but she did what she had to do with her ressources to live a better life in this time and place

[@newsome280]

It's cowardly lol

[@RealLimerickman]

The fact they vote Democrats is also telling in keeping up with their racism. Democrats had one drop of racism rule. More racist than the 1/4 racism rule that nazi had.

[@lexqbeanable]

She wanted to live a life without racism for herself and her children. Watch the movie Imitation of Life. People did this.

[@Poemi10304]

Alexis Wilson But if your daughter confronts you and genuinely wants to know and you stubbornly refuse to talk about it, then it sounds like it’s your own personal hang up that is your reason.

[@katrinanoneofyabusiness1374]

Alexis Wilson that movie broke my heart

[@portiachoi3940]

Poemi10304 even though the world changed around her mom, her mom still grew up in this time. She was frightened as she would have been in younger days. racism was very traumatic. she didn't want to talk out of fear. she wanted to die first before the secret came out. that shows how damaging white supremacy was. its effects still carry on

[@daytonafletcher7545]

Poemi10304 nope. Sounds like she didn’t want to uproot her family’s life and have her husband turn on her cause he finds out who he married....and later on in life...it’s a reflex at that point to hide what she’s been hiding her whole life

[@morgsovain3855]

Powerful movie! One of my faves.

[@pinkyjohns5198]

I’m reading her book now. She writes about her mother with deep understanding of the dilemma she faced “passing”. It a very interesting story, that is the story of black people who passed for white to be able to survive.

[@roseamberzine5846]

Many of my family also passed for White but my cousins passing was always hilarious to me because their father was very dark skinned which their White friends knew which always baffled me. My older sisters said the Hippie Generation didn't care about that.

[@nancylane8092]

@@roseamberzine5846 Right, because everyone is just "people."

[@a.blanco7680]

"My mom was a beautiful stunning woman" "My father was ..funny" 😂

[@bo2720]

Hey dont underestimate a good sense of humor. Its one of the best qualities someone can have

[@Nomz1808]

That cracked me up 😂 thought she’d say aw my Father was handsome but she pauses then “Funny” 🤣🤣

[@wonder01lewis25]

What does she mean , it's not about the story is it.

[@davicool9958]

Funny as a Klansman

[@tinyking11]

I caught that too. 🤣😂 She basically saying her dad was ugly.

[@LeoLeo-ni1mf]

African Americans comes in so many shades of color it’s amazing.

[@chrstiania]

Weren't we all black once?

[@JO-bo4yx]

@@chrstiania ...what?

[@chrstiania]

@@JO-bo4yx humanity evolved in africa. We all share the same ancestry. No matter were we live now and what we look like

[@JO-bo4yx]

@@chrstiania yes I know that but literally, like(idk if ur mom is white) there was no point in time that she was black, humanity as a whole yea, but "weren't we all black?" Isnt correct tho

[@JO-bo4yx]

@@chrstiania and that was a fairly long time ago, race wasnt created that long ago, it's a social construct thing, you can be a very light skin black person, and have features a normal black person wouldn't have, and pass as white. Because people see you as white.

[@trinitystormshabazz9364]

Imagine how her Moms mother felt for her daughter to abandon her. So sad.

[@kitap6447]

The movie Imitation of Life in reality

[@longgone4741]

Way back a lot of the biracial that could pass for white; their mothers happily sent them off to pass so they could have a better life, because of how society viewed "black," or "colored" people during that era in time. If you don't know anything about the "Quadroon Balls" they had in New Orleans, Louisiana do a little research about it. It's quite interesting. Though I'm not biracial and wouldn't care if I were (my son is) most people from the Deep South for many generations do have mixed blood in them somewhere in their ancestry, whether they will admit it, or not.

[@AnnnnnaQ]

@@longgone4741ESPECIALLY in Louisiana!

[@kea5763]

@@longgone4741 Yes, sadly they were left no choice to "happily" send them away.

[@BenjaminIstvanCseko]

I thought the same thing. 😒 Denying your family like that! 😒

[@tessanicholl1455]

The saddest thing is that finding out you are half african american is so shocking. If you found out you were half Norwegian, you wouldn’t be on a talk show.

[@carolineL1124]

Finding out you are a different Race is a completely different thing than being a different nationality

[@tessanicholl1455]

You are correct. Thank you.

[@aprilsims8309]

Norwegian isn’t a race dumb nuts lol

[@candicemcneil5854]

the white woman behind her in the purple feels everything this woman is saying. the guilt, the grief, the sadness... all of it.

[@almondkissed3794]

I noticed that too

[@colevandais]

So maybe in USA she felt white people had more opportunities. So she was trying to have a better life. I'm in South Africa so would be better to pass as black. But I can't seem to get away with that and get more opportunities. Anyway, I appreciate peaple telling their authentic stories because it helps us learn and have more understanding and compassion for each other and the insecurities plus perceived and real life situations

[@Chocolateicecreamm]

Man she was cracking me up 😂 she’s so invested

[@jadenquinn4493]

💀she did not

[@xana7078]

She is a bubble head 😂

[@libertyann439]

I'm amazed that no "obviously" black children were ever born to this family

[@nadiashireensiddiqi]

If you watched the next video clip you’ll see someone who looks black related to her.

[@thatsdaniellelol]

Right cuz her Dad was black and her Mom was mixed so it’s even more crazy that she became so white passing

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@thatsdaniellelol Her father likely had mixed ancestry too. Recessive traits as far back as several generations ago can appear in offspring, if both mother and father have the traits as far back as several generations.

[@jamiemohan2049]

Not really, it's called gene dilution. Her mother wasn't very dark to begin with. Most "white passing" (silly term in my opinion) people are 1/4 black and often look completely white. Their descendants also look very white.

[@lovelyme9577]

Exactly

[@simonphoenix7321]

Legend has it the lady in the back is still shaking her head ...😏

[@rochelle8568]

UTURN 😂

[@simonphoenix7321]

The Truth So what how is my comment going to effect you so bad you have to reply lol being corny is played out

[@marinadesousa134]

UTURN 😁 lol

[@edturner3615]

UTURN 😂😂

[@bigmona2741]

😂😂😂

[@myrtlealley]

Asian ladies: wearing 50 spf sunscreen, wide hats, sunglasses, long sleeves, gloves, and umbrellas Asian ladies have left the chat

[@larrysmith2655]

All of that and intentionally date only white guys.. I’ve ran into some like that..

[@mr.brutus1369]

i dont think they are trying to hide their race by doing that. I think, right or wrong, they prefer to be pale.

[@mr.brutus1369]

@@larrysmith2655 what is the issue with their preference? you come across as a racists.

[@larrysmith2655]

@@mr.brutus1369 I don’t care how I come across. I said what I said. What is your issue with my statement?

[@mr.brutus1369]

@@larrysmith2655 that youre a racist? are you illiterate too?

[@MariBelleProductions]

The nodding woman in the background is killing me. Lol

[@DCJackson7]

Krystal Janigan I want to kick her

[@ladale501]

Deon Idlett 👐😂😂

[@jordyntaylor877]

Krystal Janigan she shaking her head in pure disgust now I don't know if it's disgusted that this black lady past is white and lied about it or the fact that she's a black lady who couldn't admit that she was black but I'm going to go with the first thing that I said lol

[@sotash]

omg same lol

[@thejasosei]

Words Retain Power ikr, I’m not white but I hate how people assume all white people are racists, it’s sooo annoying

[@meleniev3047]

Imagine if Gail came out the womb with 4c hair 🤣

[@tinal6594]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beatricec633]

That could have been dangerous...

[@user-be4rt7nc1r]

And the crazy thing is that it actually could have happened

[@patandersen4271]

There are whites with very curly hair 4a some. Mostly 3b's are EVERYWHERE lol that's why flat irons are big sellers worldwide.

[@chocpch]

😂😂

[@RavishingBeyond]

She would have had some explaining to do if one of the babies came out looking black!

[@ronneshabutler4651]

😂😂😂😂

[@BlancoToldYou]

You are wrong for this im crying laughing😂

[@RedLikeWine]

She doesn't even look like she has an ounce of black dna

[@BlancoToldYou]

@@RedLikeWine I agree totally

[@AlanaeImontae]

RedLikeWine but her child could still end up being dark skin or sum.. traits can skip

[@bexraphaela]

This is so amazing, it describes perfectly how being black is enough to not be accepted. Shameful and hurtful to live a life hiding your own heritage. Welcome to the family sis 🤗

[@Sunny-zo2cb]

Nothing about her is black

[@danielcrafter9349]

@@Sunny-zo2cb- oh? Got a definition, clever clogs?

[@robandkrissy]

except the fact that she's bi-racial! @@Sunny-zo2cb

[@Galidorquest]

@@Sunny-zo2cb She kinda has an afro @ 0:28.

[@АннаКубалова-г5о]

She is whitr

[@dr7677]

The nodding lady behind her is driving me nuts.

[@Micho55]

she just has a lot of feelings

[@gargoyle4807]

Oh no I didn't notice till now... thanks -_-

[@Arabierxo]

It's always the lady's in the back

[@beatricec633]

She doing too much lol😆

[@MoBahar687]

Why? All she is doing is nodding lol... not a reason to get irritated.

[@forestlymph]

"plx don't tell anyone till I die" **dies** Daughter: **tells the whole world** Edit: I didn't think I'd have to explain, but this was funny to me not because she told people but rather she told, in some sense, everyone.

[@thethethe7892]

I thought the exact same thing LOL

[@coolundies7030]

Hahahahahahhaah

[@queenkabula7952]

Hahahahahahaha

[@bunnysenpaimon6742]

Yeah I was like wtf. Woman, you didn't need to write a whole book blabbing your ancestry that your mother so desperately tried to hide.

[@jmedina926]

lmao I laughed so hard

[@crazypianolady]

She knew something was up when she seasoned her food with more than salt and pepper

[@es5398]

😂

[@harinim6589]

crazypianolady lmaooooooo

[@ethereal1257]

Salt n pepper is not seasoning🙄

[@tasbar7743]

😂😂💀

[@judydavis1092]

00

[@redzoom7857]

That’s so sad cause she not only isolated herself from her family but in turn robbed her daughter of getting to grow up with and know her relatives for so many years…

[@dsolo3250]

"B" does that mean Bllllllllaaaack?

[@mysportisyourpunishment73188]

One drop rule. She was creo. It's called Passe blanc

[@roseflemming7292]

😂😂😂

[@nageriawalker8207]

😂😂😂💀

[@cynthiadharmon549]

danny solis yes

[@tiffanygrammer8222]

danny solis 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jordanl5435]

"B....does that mean black" *dramatic music*

[@YoungInfamous]

😂😂😂

[@pinkishdiamondz]

Jordan L 😂😂😂😂😂😂😱

[@jamie1044]

Jordan L 😂🤣😂🤣

[@chaimaeharaiki7513]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MLuxor]

YO I DIED AT THAT POINT AHAHAH

[@ayyotube5224]

I really feel sorry for her mom...painful that she have to pretend all her life.

[@chatisawasteoftime]

It was her choice.

[@ayyotube5224]

@@chatisawasteoftime agree

[@ayyotube5224]

@Euroafric Network i don't understand

[@sitcomsTV]

Me too. She lived during the war... times were different. She would be outcast by her friends. She lived in fear all her life. Because she feared prejudice would be left at her door. She was married with a prejudice man and I bet many friends of hers lived that "social accepted" bigoted comments too.

[@sitcomsTV]

@@chatisawasteoftime I think taking the social context at the time she did the right choice. They are never easy or carefree choices. That's why they are called CHOICES. One part is left behind.

[@righttoknowus]

We all have a right to know who we are, who our family is, and our roots from birth. Finding out you're not who you thought you were as an adult shakes you to your core and topples your foundation of self. It takes effort, time, and tears to rebuild your sense of self. Gail is very brave to share her story.

[@karenpiris]

She catfished the government!

[@wonderbread239]

Killer Vibe the queen catfish

[@nightvision97]

Killer Vibe 😂😂

[@enivor72]

Lol😂😅😂🤣

[@mommykristiw]

OMGosh I’m dying!😂😂

[@ayyotube5224]

Wt...😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@angelabrown5193]

The woman over her shoulder was driving me crazy. Nodding her head or shaking it...like she was appalled.

[@ajb5114]

Hahaha gotcha!

[@lisas781]

I think she's drunk

[@cheflixchaotic6795]

OMFG THATS ALL I SAID THE WHOLE TIME LOL💯😫😂

[@MissMichSan]

Right?

[@ylarakuh2702]

I was about to finish watching the video, then I started watching the woman on her left. Lol 😂

[@faithwilliams9890]

The irony a racists married a black / mixed Woman he loved for years and never knew 😂😂👏👏👏

[@renegadedragon9393]

The last laugh was on the bigot...He was making biracial children and didn't even noticed!

[@maxdominate2481]

Well, she didn't look black which is what is important. As the lyrics from the Phantom of the Opera read: "In the dark, it is easy to pretend that the world is what it out to be."

[@thelovelyjerald]

That good good had him whipped.

[@maxdominate2481]

@@thelovelyjerald -. What makes you think that, Tyrone?

[@lexicronin9674]

I think that's awesome!! lol

[@GTFCEO]

6:50 my grandma used to say something like that always looking your best because of an ambulance potentially coming, she said it about underwear mostly though! Lol

[@cflores32097]

The lady in the back is shaking her head as if the same thing happened to her

[@priscakalala608]

Cflores32097 😂

[@Blissful_Gia]

😂😂😂they all bought Togo do a DNA test

[@ejbelony]

😂😂

[@naturallydope6971]

🤣🤣🤣

[@incognitoct]

acting

[@valeriegolden5654]

The joke was on that bigoted father. Married a black woman and didn’t know it.😎

[@RowanWarren78]

@Duck Supremacy He didn't just "prefer his own people" His daughter states very clearly that her father had prejudice opinions, and would regularly make racist comments.

[@blaakheart8]

Raceception

[@j.florio7221]

#finessed 😜

[@earlmillerjr3287]

@Duck Supremacy STFU YOU DEVIL!

[@mern461]

Nature finds a way...too many inbred genes ,,,biology brought him to her.

[@cassandraaaron9705]

"A typical man of that generation"... Says A lot about America

[@devilsduchess666]

*Says a lot about the U.S.

[@theventxwiz8]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@z-licious]

No, says a lot about garbage racists. Let's not paint the whole of a country based on the few.

[@theventxwiz8]

@@z-licious I think that it's only a few who actually get it.

[@AC-mp7cx]

@@devilsduchess666 huh

[@honeytgb]

It is so sad. What her mother had to go through.

[@akm960]

So sad that her mother couldn't be herself.

[@NBC09]

akm960 the pain she went through!!! THIS 🌎!!

[@chrismartin490]

Okay

[@akm960]

@Kaptain Kid You sound stupid she hid who she was. Obama didn't hide anything we knew he was mixed. You have no idea what you're talking about.

[@chrismartin490]

Good

[@ToniLHall]

She was herself she used her whiteness to have a decent life..blacks were treated so bad then. Wake up

[@Jenbrinkerjackson]

Her dad being a bigot reminds me of the David Chappell show where he played an 80 year old blind kkk member who was actually black but nobody ever shared that info with him.

[@enchamade8]

Jennifer Jackson 😂😆👍

[@caucasianafrican1435]

Jennifer Jackson Classic!

[@missmoxie9188]

Classic episode

[@Amharizz]

I saw it last week and it's hilarious.

[@jchris4090]

His best skit ever. I still laugh every time I watch it.

[@TobiDeLafayette]

My roommate is from the UK & he said the US is the only country that uses the race demographic when applying for jobs, healthcare , testing etc. .....I hear people say “why does it ajways have to be about race?” that’s because racism is “American history “ point, blank, period

[@Mea_DS]

@Lucy-Anna Agreed!! I have co-workers in the UK and we talk about this very thing as well.

[@trubblman]

That's because the British are in denial about race even though they maybe more racist than Americans . They just say it's about class

[@tesmith47]

Only way to stop racist employment

[@cee4049]

In the UK we are asked about race for employment and health care.

[@ntsakophoebemabunda961]

I'm South African and we have it too. Something that remained from our past apartheid government.

[@krissy0628]

This is so heartbreaking….💔 and she said don’t tell my story until after I die… she still wanted her story to be told and didn’t forbid her from doing so.

[@dii-N-sd]

My uncle passed as a white man. He'd tell ppl he was black, but they never believed him. As a kid, it was so strange. When he died, he was listed as being a white on the death certificate until the my family had it corrected.

[@georgeannbyrd1681]

Forgive me but your uncle was so white that even the government (or whoever else involved) actually decided to marked him as white/caucasian on his death certificate? Do they not cross reference birth certificates? Wow

[@nunyabusiness6693]

My kid passes for white, she's listed as black and nobody believes her.

[@tambass9910]

Kids are often born high yellow when 1 parent is black & other is White or Asian...most gorgeous complexion ever & tan very easily, which is why the Mother stayed out of the sun. Sad but true: It was easier to exist as white, then as now

[@AlabamaAlabama]

@@tambass9910 I'm a white man and I had kids by my black winch then later I married my daughter from that black where so all my kids by my daughter passed for white...yall know how were are

[@teachingathome2574]

I have 2 kids one light one dark, my siblings have the same w/their kids some very light some dark and even me and my siblings some light some dark. Ppl decide what they think I look like depending on who I’m with. Dna doesn’t tell you color only where ppl lived- on a scientific level race doesn’t exist. The more mixed ppl like our family the better- end the human created social construct called race.

[@juliandstewart5660]

Her mothers story isn’t that uncommon. Back then she had two choices to be working on crops, or to form a better life passing. I’m sure she didn’t want to leave her family, but she did what she had to do to survive

[@bossmenez193]

Do you think slavery was still a thing back then? If you had listened carefully you'll see that this was around 1997 and slavery was abolished in 1865. Don't be a sheep.

[@juliandstewart5660]

@@bossmenez193 If you actually listened to the segment you would have heard in 1997 is when she learned the information. Her mother was born in the 20’s or 30’s where segregation was still very much alive.

[@bossmenez193]

@@juliandstewart5660 in your first comment youbsaid she had to choose between working crops or passing for a better life. I'm guessing working crops would be implying slavery which was long abolished. Segregation, yes at the time but ghat had nothing to do with working crops. I think there were already black senators at that time.

[@TitoTimTravels]

1940s Louisiana was not a pretty sight. They had the "one drop" rule until the 1983. Not only would the mom have been black, but so would her kids. Mom would have had her babies in the black hospital, too.

[@juliandstewart5660]

@@bossmenez193 Working crops is a term for hard labor. Being from Louisiana to be technical her mom would have been labeled as creole. Idk how her life was, but back then creoles had it bad but not as bad as a darker complexion person. She could have been a concubine or a teacher. The only time her passing would have been for safety is if she decided to leave Louisiana and head deeper south in which she did listening to her daughter. That was where it came from. I said nothing about slavery

[@deannamabry6272]

What a tortured life her mother must have led. It's so sad.

[@Moss_piglets]

It was her choice. I'm pretty sure being light skin, she also faced backlash from her community. Being mix back then, heck even today, was not fully accepted from both sides.

[@LACEMSK1980]

right.... every single day 😩

[@shrgh1876]

@Dave how would you know.. ignorant comment

[@sheplansshebudgets507]

A small fraction of non-passers!

[@pollacksharman0147]

Hello how're you doing today?

[@Nicolas88814]

She was maybe 25%. A half black half white kid would never have looked like that. Who are they trying to fool.

[@ObobWobob]

Genetics don't work that way

[@tuffytimes8366]

Yes they can bookie its not 50% a 50% split

[@ObobWobob]

@@tuffytimes8366 no humans share almost 100% of genes and so it is not assured how the child will look. A Swede can have a child with a Sudanese and it is possible for the child to look all Swede or all Sudanese

[@ObobWobob]

@@tuffytimes8366 look at the fraternal twins who are white and black

[@tuffytimes8366]

@@ObobWobob im agreeng with your point im saying its not a 50 50 split the person on this post said they cant look like a white woman but its possible because genetics aren't 50 50 its randomized i have a mother whos father was mixed and mom was black and she look mullato