Passing For an Identity Not Your Own | NBC Left Field

[@criticfortheuploader2035]

Lesbianism and race are two totally different disparities...

[@405boy4]

Exactly 🤔🤔

[@sloppygirlz]

😂🤣🤣rt

[@tinkbellchoctaw8673]

EXACTLY... DON'T GET IT TWISTED!!! She still have Society White Privilege that Black people will Never have. Your sexual orientation should be Private. It is their choice to "come out" and let others know.

[@sharjjahnaziz4122]

That made no sense at all.

[@goodvibes6382]

My first thought, and it happens to be the first comment I see. I feel validated

[@BronzeSista]

Wow didn't know being gay and choosing blackness were equally the same. I don't think so...its really an insult. Because you can be gay/white gay/Black gay/Asian, gay/native American

[@miraclehappens2053]

So true it is so freakin offensive that they Compare the two the same.

[@lilly_dors]

I was thinking the same thing! Passing for something that has to do with your sexual preference has nothing to do with an issue concerning race

[@mlanae20]

I agree!! I'm TOTALLY sick of that comparison being made.

[@morenitomoreno1282]

Rae Neumann the point of the video is people's identity being questioned not they being black and gay are exactly the same thing

[@mimisliveboutique3543]

Rae Neumann cause I’m like idc about that story....this is about passing as another race.

[@reginaldbellSr]

Listen, I humbly respect both of their positions. However, I stand by the fact that the gay woman's so called "prejudice" is in no way a comparison to the prejudices that the black woman is standing up for. PERIOD!!!

[@creoleviking8433]

Yup

[@toridoll830]

Is she really standing up for prejudice though? I know love is supposed to be love, but it seems like if you were always craving that acceptance that perhaps your mate would be different, wanting to force people to recognize that your blonde haired and blue eyed son has a black grandfather and therefore that's why you named him Kingston, makes absolutely no sense to me. I dont hear the name Kingston and automatically associate that with Jamaica..and I doubt, and maybe I'm wrong that he will go around toting and shouting from the rooftops that hey I look white, but my grandfather is black..but whatever makes folks feel validated I guess, God Bless them either way, still a beautiful family💞

[@reginaldbellSr]

@@toridoll830 You most definitely do have a point......

[@mocha6767]

The two can't even compare.

[@reginaldbellSr]

@@mocha6767 EXACTLY!!! Not even in the slightest sense!!! Smh.....

[@DarthFurie]

I'm mixed with white and black like the first woman, white mom and black dad, and I can pass for "just white" too, though people often think I'm Latina/Middle Eastern/North African/etc. because I look ambiguous... I don't want to invalidate anyone's experience BUT if you're like me and you don't VISIBLY look black, I personally think it's wrong to walk around saying "I'm black" rather than "I'm mixed" or "I'm part black." I feel like it contributes to the erasure of people who have African phenotypical features, and invalidates what visibly black people go through in this country... personally I refer to myself as mixed, because I AM mixed and I can't ignore the white side of myself or the black side

[@aprilmay1061]

PurelyAfrican. Her husband is also mixed race as herself.

[@SandraBanse]

I feel like there is a difference between race and ethnicity. She looks white to me (at least def not black), so her saying i’m black is kinda weird, but she def can say i’m part african american imo :)

[@slarvadain188]

FateAndFurie You are correct and it’s good to know you acknowledge your black parentage. Both of my parents black but many think I’m biracial.

[@Mona-ue5uk]

The word "mixed" is fairly new. Its flooded our psyche in the 2000's. Black people know other black people. We classified ourselves very fair-skinned to very dark skinned. The first woman just look like a fair-skinned black woman. Black people come in over 35 hues of brown. Her son will one day have children those genes will one day reach back and blow everyone's mind. Then we will say! Mama's baby....Daddy maybe.

[@mariambey6072]

Sandra Isabel black dominates. One black blood you are black. I don’t think that she denies her white mom.

[@PoppinRandomBubbles]

"My dad is black and my mom is white" "I'm not white, I'm black" Dude, you're both. Not one or the other.

[@janpieterszooncoen2550]

Gornad Huckshucx One drop rule, she's black.

[@mlanae20]

Yes she is black, but she can also choose to say that she is black or bi-racial, because that IS what she is, bi-racial.

[@rae7269]

Gornad Huckshucx since when?

[@kudos7777]

Actually in America youre black funny enough & if you try to be more forwarding thinking like you the system & society will let you know of that fact.

[@lyartbane2115]

@@kudos7777 Thats not true. I am White and i get really offended when people who are half White choose not to acknowledge their White ancestry. Its like they think its something to be ashamed of or something.

[@NotAnotherTalkingStage]

That one drop rule got everybody mixed up in the head

[@alansands256]

The one drop rule is no longer law but more of a self enforced social rule those some people wear like a badge of honor. Being white is not cool anymore , despite it's "privileges". Anyone who can get away with not being white takes full advantage of it.

[@josephpayne4591]

Jim crow laws have impacted the way people think about race. The only way you can be black, white or any other race is if both parents are the same race. Otherwise, you're biracial. If you choose to identify with only half of your parents that's your choice but it's not fair to the parent you leave out.

[@luckyvoigt8055]

Rosa Parks along with Martin Luther King and others were a basis for no more Jim Crow Laws. There also existed UGLY LAWS in just about similar places in the US. These laws have long been abolished and outlawed. They do not exist. That was a very long time ago and long forgotten as change comes about

[@luckyvoigt8055]

Jim Crow Laws do not exist. They were abolished a long time ago. That had its time way back then. Why is some people want to pretend they are living in a time that long ago that was so different and no one except for some wealthy powerful people has a say. They nothing about that time and the struggles that everyone has been through. Yea put yourself in the opposition spot. You might not be alive with that type of corruption .

[@wakeup2241]

Ross micheal you don’t that and secondly she doesn’t look white, she looks ethnic which whites would see right away

[@mlanae20]

@Ross micheal And you know it!

[@yippehanako]

I understand why some people don't if one parent or side of the family hates them

[@autumnhomer9786]

I think it’s bad that she learnt Spanish not as a hobby but because of other people. She should embrace both sides of her heritage and not give a d what others think.

[@nyctravis3381]

But if you look Latina, people are going to be talking Spanish to you every day. She probably just made her life easier by learning it.

[@dojakatt1724]

@Autumn. My nephew is passing as Hispatinc/Latino. He change his name to a Spanish name and learn to speak Spanish too. He doesn’t want any part of his black side. He is biracial (Black & White). He hates his black side and have no contact with us.

[@annettejones1300]

You have no idea what it's like to be judged to be something your not ! You have no idea !!

[@annettejones1300]

@@nyctravis3381 Yes exactly!

[@annettejones1300]

@@nyctravis3381 Mzde her life easier ? Not necessarily ! I'm Latina know little Spanish. Didn't make a difference for me .

[@Onneukbaar]

1:32 someone should tell her that latinas can also be black

[@23Fulani]

Naijan Christian, I'm sure she knows that, but her point is she's not! When someone doesn't look quite white and may have some color, It is assumed that maybe they are a lighter latino

[@luckyvoigt8055]

really like afro latinos the black ones. like latinos of many different races . It must vary by individual

[@anthonyjackson2405]

She knows that, most Latinas in America are not black though. They are mestizo or look Mestizo, so that is what people picture when you say "latina".

[@luckyvoigt8055]

Afro Latinos have their own organizations. Even in Redding CA. Latino are a multiracial group this type of composition differs in terms of each individual.regardless of their ethnicity. This has been mentioned many times even during some documentaries. At times they appear to represent some very fine looking people regardless of being dark

[@jameslevi3155]

Right, to be clear 95% of Latinos have black blood. Some have more than other but even the black Latinos have plenty of Native American, Spanish, & African ancestry as their lighter whiter looking breeds.

[@salmcdeck]

Won't it be a great day when all folks will think they are enough.

[@Jesuisderetour87]

💕

[@kimberlytadiwanashemhuruye9033]

She’s not black, she’s mixed race.

[@erinlevere6881]

yes she is mixed but in the US she can say she's black and it's fine.

[@biracialawareness.7956]

​@@erinlevere6881 If mixed people are so called 'black' then it would mean that all 'black' men worldwide could 'PROCREATE' with white women and claim to be 'PRESERVING' the black race. And their 'BIRACIAL' kids could do the same, and so could their 'QUADROON' grand kids and 'OCTOROON' great grand kids. It makes no 'BIOLOGICAL' sense.

[@keishapalmer2601]

@@biracialawareness.7956 Just stop

[@biracialawareness.7956]

@@keishapalmer2601 The truth hurts.

[@erinlevere6881]

IᒪᒪEGᗩᒪ ᗩᒪIEᑎ you might not view yourself as black but there are many biracial people who do

[@GWRamsdell]

I identify as a human being

[@luckyvoigt8055]

human being are everywhere. You should be able to travel and go and stay any where in the world. People are afraid because terrorist are in so many countries Including the same terrorizing in US

[@kristingallo2158]

I stopped identifying as human and am now a sunflowers. Humans are strange creatures.

[@SINCE1619]

Yeah, but how do they identify you?

[@wholeearthlearningchannel3737]

We are Earthlingsssss! Just wait till the Annunaki from planet Nibiru come back around. Boy will their mixed earthling kids be confused.....

[@Głupi_Jankes]

@mizzmolly If a person gets an education and treats others with courtesy I not only see a human being but will also be pleased to call him/her a friend. But if they are raised as a sociopathic moron and hide behind gangsta culture I will see an animal. Race has nothing to do with it.

[@simmytan4243]

At least she loves her blackness and herself and she made it clear she's black. She named her son Kingston aww😊I got to represent 🇯🇲

[@lovelyt.3392]

That bitch ain't Black, she a fraud; a wanna be.

[@aisensantana6765]

She just likes the idea of blackness she's not really about that life, she married white and had a white child, she clearly lives her life as a white woman, but loves the attention to say but I am black

[@ArtaxerxesVI]

She's white. Period

[@Saba1njiru]

She married a light skinned Jamaican I thought? He looked mixed so I am sure that’s why the baby came out looking Irish

[@ArtaxerxesVI]

@@Saba1njiru he may be mixed but he looks Just like a white man with curly hair even she said so. You can't call someone like that 'light skinned' bcoz his skin is white

[@lannelbishop3668]

Blacks need to make it known that gay struggle is less than nothing compare to the struggle of being Black.

[@1wolfcubb]

Which is why we are taught as kids to not to judge a book by its cover. Better to get to know someone before assuming you know anything about them.

[@angie1299]

The first lady needs several SEATS, she's done everything to erase her "blackness" by being ok with learning Spanish because society tells HER she looks Latina and marrying a man who also looks Spanish. Baby, you can't hurt your genetics your son looks just like your mother, the next child may come out darker than your father. You got to live in the BEAUTY of being a GOOD person and the product of a mixed union. The second story was stupid, she's not hiding her bisexuality lol it's a no brainer

[@AdNG1]

I know the family in this story personally. She took Spanish in school like many kids in NY. I know all her siblings she was the last to run from her African roots. Her husband looks like a White guy. No one EVER thinks he is anything but White. He completely looks White.

[@manuelacardoso3111]

Doesn't matter if you feel black if you DONT LOOK BLACK. Black people suffer racism of their skin color, if you don't you look black you're not. BLACK PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO PROOVE THAT THEY'RE BLACK!!!!!! PERIOD. And she said: "I'm not Latina, I'm black." Like there's no black people from Latin America, they're not less black, they're just black people from another countries. I'm brazilian and this is so easy to understand...

[@misscarter1]

She’s black, until it’s time to be black!

[@NatJac-gg3mv]

What? You dont know that. She appears to be proud of her blackness so dont make blanket assumptions about her in particular.

[@lovelyt.3392]

@Nat Jac, The big bitch ain't Black, she just another damn wanna be so STFU. White females will say or do ANYTHING to get with a Black man.

[@coquiangel]

You clearly missed the mark!

[@aisensantana6765]

Yea I kinda got that feeling also

[@aisensantana6765]

@@lovelyt.3392 she married a white guy tho

[@heathertea2704]

"STRAIGHT passing Bisexual woman." 😐

[@SweeetSpice]

Omg, that was exactly my face when she said that

[@lilly_dors]

How does passing for white relate to passing for gay? Those are 2 different things..

[@adtxchannel5474]

Lilly Dors I didn’t understand that either. You can’t look at a person and tell if their gay or not. There has to be an action involved. Race you can see immediately.

[@loviemoon4788]

If someone who is mixed wants to identify as Black that's their choice and no one's business. EDIT: K so let me add on cause some of y'all are trippen. I'm from NY I have many people related to me who come in multiple shades. The lightest of these BLACK people get questioned regularly about their ethnicity. They answer loud strong and proud "I'm Black!" And whether or not they have a white parent or not makes no difference. They identify as African descended. I hope that makes sense. Shit!! Too much to explain while typing. Y'all just take shit and run with it.

[@milkhabte5076]

Lovie Moon shut up! It’s not their choice because you can’t choose your race. How about wanting to identify as a damn shark doesn’t make it true it only makes you delusional

[@loviemoon4788]

@@milkhabte5076 You are so tough on the internet. You shut the fuck up you miserable looser. I said what the fuck I said bitch. Who are you the race police? Gtfoh with your stupid ass.

[@TheChatterRoom1]

Exactly

[@thepostnihilist]

It confuses things for the rest of us when mixed people who don't know what it actually feels like internally to be black, because they aren't black internally, want to identify as black and lead the race astray. Halle Berry and Paula Patton can be a movie stars, purveyors of fiction. But when they say they are black to the world, it's a problem because internally they are really just confused, rejected by their white side.

[@ivyrainbitch]

They mix for a reason

[@peachhair25]

Imitation of Life's first movie was in 1934. It was later remade in '59. Based off of a 1933 novel.

[@bobbyschannel349]

@Jessica Smith imitation of life has nothing to do with biracial. Both women were white looking black girls.. The original 1930 Fredi Washington was a black woman. And she was very proud by the way, if you understand her real life story.

[@Yours_sincerely_thedreamer]

I am autistic, but I pass as neurotypical. As a child I didn`t but I learned to fake a lot and while my social understanding is not intuitiv I learned it in a more analytical way. People treat me different now. They believe that I am capable of something, they see me for my strengths and not my „weaknesses“. I rarely come out as autistic because I am afraid they will see me as weak and don`t trust me to take over responsibility anymore. But the stress of not getting the help and the accomodations I need makes me very depressed.

[@marianadesilva9174]

Okay, I watched a bit, the woman who thinks she isn't white and has a blonde hair German child is the most insecure person I have ever heard speak

[@wowwee0]

she's so normal/plain so I feel like she's overcompensating trying to be more relevant.

[@robertmcleod1742]

How about passing for being Human?

[@luckyvoigt8055]

How about do you even have family that love you and care about you because it ain't a perfect world and in many cases this is quite common also with different father's interracial marriages etc. This is so everyday common in the open and out there even more so today. even growing up in the projects you saw a lot of this among black people too a very dark sibling looking like their father some quite lighter skin like their Mom and some a. combination skin complexion that was in between both parents. This has been around. This and that side of the family whether something else or passing has long been around. Funny people are homeless and on the street for various reasons with no family. They always ask if they have family and try to find some family. What about white wealthy families that adopt children of different races including darker skin black children. This topic exists people have different ideas and point of views but really What is the big deal. It is in no way something that is out of the norm today especially when you see so much of around in the open. Crazy people you are just going to have to deal with something that is largely common.

[@luckyvoigt8055]

that's ridiculous. Homosapiens. are a species. No Jokes or funny remarks Mister.. Get your feet on the ground everyone needs to be able to do things and communicate. GET up to date modern. it's just the way you should know stuff for that moment modern time. and modern jobs of that time. These ways and things were different and not yet developed. people get around

[@ladymsthing6056]

Robert Mcleod if only race wasn’t invented and used as a tool of oppression 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@valuecalc]

Robert Mcleod , no. Your race doesn't just vanish.

[@tinkbellchoctaw8673]

DON'T GET IT TWISTED!!! Your sexual orientation should be Private. It is their choice to "come out" and let others know. She still have Society White Privilege.

[@LillianaBMS]

No, because gay persons are discriminated against also.

[@jazminesmith6979]

I pass for left-handed sometimes

[@valuecalc]

Jazmine Floyd , you're blue.

[@deonambrose]

Lmmfao

[@j.m.5620]

Lol

[@underestimated1171]

Jamaican isn't a race. There are white an asian people in Jamaica.

[@KINGCABA-if4nk]

That’s what it thought. I think he means he’s white Irish like the indenture servants

[@vanda3393]

She say she is not white but she is not black neither

[@HAJ4All]

So one's sexuality is under the "passing" umbrella? 🤔

[@valuecalc]

C H , what a joke.

[@yamomma6479]

thats what I was thinking are we equating race and sexuality? Total bs...

[@tangee8252]

The gay story should not be in this

[@NycBeauty]

They always have to put gays in OUR story. Have you notice they don’t do this in their stories?

[@caracasboogie]

One drop? That's about 99.9% of the world

[@mlanae20]

Teach

[@Ctwosrer]

That’s why the one drop rule was stupid

[@Realsunshinedaydream]

It was only in reference to that 1% being black not any other race.

[@ragejinraver]

No it's not it's only in America were you here that garbage .

[@felixndayisdebologne9725]

@@ragejinraver but only in USA and apartheid South-Africa did it have legislative norms to enforce it

[@amonic.2089]

This is very good. But..... I'm so tried of Race and sexuality in the same category. Its not the same gay whites will always be "privilege" weather they like it or not.

[@kristingallo2158]

Who actually has enough time to worry about what someone else is or doing.

[@coquiangel]

Many people for many decades.

[@kristingallo2158]

@Karen Banks so basically lazy people who want to blame others for their own financial issues and anger issues.

[@AuthorLHollingsworth]

There are Black Latinas. She looks Black to me. I'm from the South, and I see people like her in my family. Love the film.

[@jaydavis482]

Not everyone's eye is acclimated the same, the bars are sometimes never all the way down to the ground and its not a perfect or exact system.

[@lineyh8095]

Com on...

[@PsychicMedium4747]

she does no look black...she looks mixed

[@maddy3070]

The bisexual woman going on about how she thinks she’s not “queer enough” literally drives a Subaru,,,lol

[@lannelbishop3668]

duvineu

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

This tells us as a collective, we as human beings live in a world of illusions, We Are ONE.

[@valuecalc]

Robert Jackson , wake up.

[@slarvadain188]

It’s funny how she claims to be so black but made a point to marry a white man and have a mostly white child. He will be seen as white unless he goes around showing a pic of his grandfather.

[@antavasvoice]

S larvadain Her husband might be mixed. If we assume the Jamaican part of his heritage is “black”. But I totally get your point. She could have been like Malcolm X’s mom and got a dark man to add to her African genes as she too was biracial.

[@mlanae20]

Said her husband is part black (Jamaican)

[@Sugar_water38]

because she's biracial she has the luxury of identifying with both. If she wanted to accept more of her white heartige she could , and vice versa. She prefers being a black woman & thats okay too. Like halle berry prefers being titled "black" cause of her melanin 💪🏽 & what she sees in the mirror

[@Realsunshinedaydream]

@Derek Lowethat was a very prejudice statement you made. With that mind set you are the reason why racism exists today.

[@meekyw.4010]

The first lady's story is very interesting: She says she's black yet she learned Spanish because ppl kept confusing her for Spanish, huh? Something tells me she doesn't always identify as black.

[@tchifanir.3648]

Or she is just trying to fit in .. clearly she can’t get into the black community just take a look at most of the comments .. most of the black women are belittling her just because she is proud of the black heritage . I dnt blame her and she married someone just like her , someone who wouldn’t confront her identity .. she is just trying to fit in.

[@MuBritish_]

Tchifani Norling married a white guy tho

[@MuBritish_]

Jayallyson Green that man is white clearly look at their child lol is that kid black too ?

[@jayallysongreen7781]

THE MAN SAID HE IS MIX RACE IDI0T FR0M KINGST0N JAMAICA !! THAT IS WHY HE NAMED HIS S0N KINGST0N AND B0TH PARENT IS LIGHT SKIN. AND THE S0N IS Bl0NDE LIKE HIS GRANDM0THER. PAY ATTENTI0N T0 THE FREAKIN FIlM MCFLY !!!😨 😲

[@MuBritish_]

Jayallyson Green your clearly one them confused mixed race people g. Go bust a nut and relax in Africa the land of the black none of will be viewed a black. Them people white like a A4 paper

[@bakatstravarenmattsson3418]

No.... you are not black you are mixed, so people are right when the call you not black. And her son is not white, he is mixed.

[@bakatstravarenmattsson3418]

@@chelelinda6062 No she's not, you will have to explain what you mean by calling her that.

[@bakatstravarenmattsson3418]

@@chelelinda6062 but you are not black.

[@milkhabte5076]

Chanel -Segura you sound stupid ! You can’t use black and mixed interchangeably. If you have a non black parent (white or other) that automatically makes you mixed NOT black . Shame even white people can see that but you can’t

[@1820AL]

Tosten Mattsson she’s whatever she decides to identify as

[@milkhabte5076]

ShahQuattro I’m sorry that’s not how reality works! Just because I identify as a bird doesn’t mean I can fly. By your logic white propel can identify as black or black propel can Identify as Asian ?

[@mopsicool]

but you're not black, you're mixed

[@spectemuragendo8837]

80% of Black Americans are genetically "mixed" so now what

[@lindaburnette195]

You are who your father is the seed comes from the rather

[@isisphoenix5590]

If she wants to call herself black that's her business.

[@lindaburnette195]

@Herbal Shaman that's what the bible says...

[@luckyvoigt8055]

why are these people at this again. Don't forget New Orleans ,76 per cent white . Less than ,25 per black but not ,76 per cent white what is that not black and not white. It's obvious we are dealing with these People that are mixed up races or something. Not one drop of black blood then even other races other than white not one drop of that blood either is a real standard that is without a doubt there is no mixing

[@zahrarose6333]

You do realize that Semitic people can also have curly hair, right? Curly hair exists in all races...

[@TheEarthRealm]

SEMITIC IS *_NOT_* a race. Bye. 👋

[@zahrarose6333]

Devin J. Bowden So what are semites exactly? White?

[@forgiveyourenemiesnow]

I can hear a tiny violin playing in the background

[@jalenesforest]

A self identity is human nature. Even though we are all equal on many levels of consciousness we are individuals. The problem with individual identity is our egos convince us that "my identity is right but your identity is wrong". We are all human, the same. Many race's and cultures and biological diversity. The important factor is how well we embrace one another.

[@kristingallo2158]

Actually we are all just souls in random bio suits. Our egos are basically useless. Ego is the part of the human that is represented as Satan. The ego demands control/validation/things and tells us who we "are". Our soul knows already what and who we are. Our core person vs our mask.

[@mlanae20]

In the end there will only be two races, the SAVED and the UNSAVED ....

[@SweeetSpice]

Omg, Jesus it doesn't have to be so complicated! Rebekah is half Black, half White, not just one or the other and Emily is bisexual! Fucking big deal 🤷🏻‍♀️Why all the drama and serious tone? There are tons of mixed race people now, it's fucking normal. You don't have to side with just White or just Black. She's talking as if she's oppressed! I'm half Cambodian, half French and that's what I say when someone asks me the question. I've had people tell me they thought I was Latina, Vietnamese, Indian, Italian, Chinese or from Hawaii, that's not going to make me cry and start learning Spanish, Vietnamese, Italian or any language from the people they identify me with 😂 And I really face palmed when that blonde girl said "I am a straight passing bisexual woman"... really? You cannot "pass" for a sexual orientation 🤦🏻‍♀️Why are the US so obsessed with race and sexual orientation? Always have to scream at your face what they are but then they'll also cry about not bringing race and sexual orientation into things when that's all they ever talk about. Yes, the USA might have been built on race but it's time to let go on both sides if you guys ever want to see real change.

[@billiejones8602]

My dad's brother was as white as any white person. You could not tell that he was mixed. He chose not to pass. You cannot tell a lot of mixed people from black people. I know mixed people who are actually darker than black people. We are so mixed as a country that discrimination should not exist. The one drop rule has always been absolutely ridiculous. One drop of black blood is supposed to make you black? But does one drop of any race make you completely that race? I think not. If everyone was required to take a DNA test there would be a lot less hate in this world.

[@lunaticgr2925]

For me, If you look white, then you are white and If you look black then you are black. Though, I despite these 2 terms. This woman who says she is black, is probably 20-30% African because her mother was fully European and her father mixed, she looks like that. If you are 0.1% Africa, then you are not black. EVERY person in the world has at least 0.3% African DNA because people originated from Africa, even the most white Russians have African DNA. If she wants to claim she is part African then it's cool, but she is not black, because black is simply a color, and her skin color is white. Honestly, you Americans make me sick with the obsession you have with race. Just accept the fact you are all Americans. Also, even the "pure" African Americans have at least 10-20% European DNA since they mixed with "whites" all these years.

[@janpieterszooncoen2550]

LuNaTiC GR wrong

[@lunaticgr2925]

Jan Pieterszoon Coen Explain why I'm wrong.

[@janpieterszooncoen2550]

LuNaTiC GR Why?

[@janpieterszooncoen2550]

Fanny Annie I don't require respect from deluded liberals, sorry. The one drop rule is a viable thing.

[@janpieterszooncoen2550]

Fanny Annie Angry liberal.

[@willwright2099]

Being biracial I hate that question "What are you"? It's like I'm human, what are you. People have their idea of what we are supposed to look like. They have their categories. Well, I don't fit your categories. Nor do I want to.

[@Jason-bz6uw]

You just need something to complain about. Asking someone "what are you?" Isn't offensive at all. It's a common question among all groups of people. Only people who are uncomfortable with their heritage get offended by that question. It's just a conversational ice breaker. From there they may ask you about foods and hobbies to make a connection. It's quite obvious that you are human. You're being overly sensitive over an innocent question.

[@Theboywen]

There is nothing wrong with being proud to be mix, but you have to understand that society will classify you as black if you mix with black. And treat you as such. When you fill out forms that asks for your ethnicity It doesn’task what’s your mix.

[@mlanae20]

Teach

[@goldenrothrock5516]

Society classifies her as latino. Did you watch the video?

[@Theboywen]

Cisum Golden I’m not saying what people think she is because what her skin looks like. I’m saying if you mix with black the government consider you black. And when I said people will treat you as such is meant when they find out she mix with black they will treat her like she’s BLACK. Not base on They impression of what they think she is.

[@goldenrothrock5516]

@@Theboywen The goverment hasn't been in the business of deciding who is what race since the Racial Integrity Act was overturned in 1967 and the only people who would treat her black if she's mixed with black are white supremacists and black people. Nobody else really cares, including the adverage white person. There's a thousand other ethnicities in this country besides black and white. 30% of white Americans have an african american slave ancestor. It's not as big a deal as you think it is.

[@goldenrothrock5516]

Mixed race was officially added to the census questionaire in 2000 the goverment wishes for you to define yourself by yourself none of this one drop nonsense.

[@marcomarkproductions]

Why is that even though she has a black father and a white mother she identifies as black

[@luckyvoigt8055]

Majority of these people years ago just thought if themselves as black and grew up identifying with this. Times are changing . there is Biracial, multiracial, pure race. and there are a lot of mixed up people . Some people have some of this some of that. Try something new. when you get old it's in your own interest if you are looking find someone who cares and gives a dam. just likes you for all of that you are and you can get along. Most old people just don't be looking they could be just glad they may have done this and done that. because we human beings don't live forever and life goes on

[@skyrobin4008]

If the mixed chick had identity issues... why pass those issues on to her kid? You choose your mate. Why not choose a black dude, if you keep boosting about how black you are and people not seeing it. Now what is her kid considered?

[@BeckersReviews]

I really like your prior videos but this video wasn't as good. These people are fully aware of the fact that they are atypical representatives of respective communities they belong or want to belong. I have more detailed comments but I think I am not in a position to judge anyone in the video so I am addressing to the editors. Our perceptions of race and gender may be subjective but most of the time we are right. The worst is to identify someone(right or wrong) with a certain group and discriminate based on that. This video is pushing the limits to milk the racial sensitivity cow without any relevant content. But again, it's only one guy's opinion. Don't lynch me please.

[@ahahahahaja]

you choosing to say, 'don't lynch me please' speaks volumes. what a violent and charged word you're keenly aware of, a word that has so painful racial and historical connotations with african americans in this country. and you want to jump in on something you haven't experienced personally. who gave you the moral high ground here? oh right.... i think i know.

[@bluBlaq33]

Wow that was sorta disgusting to read.

[@michelleelmore5533]

I think whatever the person chooses to call themselves it’s up to them. She doesn’t look white to me at all. Maybe it’s because she reminds me of people in my family. She just looks fair skinned.

[@Weenuts0007]

Not to split "ethnic hairs" here ... but ... that first woman who says that SHE'S BLACK bcuz her father is black ... Ummmmmmmm ... and her mom IS WHITE ... DOESN'T THAT MAKE HER JUST AS WHITE EQUALLY ... she's 50% Black and 50% White ... so SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO GET PISSY WITH PEOPLE WHO THINK SHE'S WHITE ...or who say that she's white ... BCUZ SHE IS JUST AS MUCH WHITE AS SHE IS BLACK...!!! Why on earth are so many people DENYING "THE WHITE" in them and CLAIMING THE MINORITY RACE AS THEIR PRIME IDENTIFYING RACE ... !?!? ... it's like the Aboriginal people where I live ... some of them ARE GLOW IN THE DARK WHITE AND HEAD TO TOE "FLAMING GINGERS" and their Great Grandmother was 1/4 Aboriginal ... SO THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE ABORIGINAL...!!! 😱😵😱 Personally I think they're ONLY doing it for ONE REASON ... and ONE REASON ONLY ... and it can be summed up in ONLY ONE WORD ... and that word is "BENEFITS"...!!! The aboriginals here GET A FULL FREE RIDE ... IN EVERY WAY - INCLUDING FREE UNIVERSITY - FREE DENTAL - basically FREE EVERYTHING...!!! And being completely honest ... if I held a Golden Aboriginal Ticket 😵 I'd use it too...!!! My question is ... exactly HOW THIN does the bloodline have to get before the benefits stop rolling in...?!? My family lost ALL OF THEIR LAND - A CASTLE AND AMAZING GOLD - DIAMOND AND RUBY JEWELLERY LOCATED IN THE ALPS DURING WWII ... it was JUST TAKEN from them by the Nazi's and they threw my Grandfather in the truck and took him off to a Concentration Camp in Siberia ... my family DIDN'T SELL their land and the castle for some Firewater and some shiny beads ... AND YET I'M NOT BEING COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS IN ANY WAY 😵 ... it was all just filed away under " shit happens" and then they went on and did the best that they could. I DO NOT AT ALL believe in the whole "Reparations" ... IF YOU DO IT FOR ONE RACE ... THEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR EACH AND EVERY RACE THAT WAS OPPRESSED - ABUSED IN ANY WAY - AND STOLEN FROM DURING TIMES OF WAR AND IN A DIFFERENT CENTURY ... and to do so IS UTTER AND SHEER INSANITY...!!! I MISS THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN DELUSIONS WERE RARE ... AND CLASSIFIED AS A "MENTAL ILLNESS" and then TREATED ... delusions weren't ENCOURAGED and NO ONE WAS EXPECTED TO "PLAY ALONG" WITH THE DELUSION for fear that the persons feelings might get hurt 😵 ... SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP ... WE HAVE BECOME THE LAND OF DELUSIONS...!!!

[@janpieterszooncoen2550]

Weenuts0007 dumb

[@RETROGEMS]

The reason why Rebekah was 'mistaken' as Latina was not a mistake at all. She was simply assumed to be what the uniform word Latina has been applied to very frequently in Spanish culture: mixed-race people of African descent. Many Puerto Ricans/Dominicans/Brazilians are similar to us in that they're European and African in descent sometimes with Indigenous heritage too. How is that different from those of us mixed in America? Like I said, traditions and history are simply different. Mixed-race Americans had the one drop rule applied to them, mixed-race people of the Latin world did not but we're all part white, part black here. It kinda irritates me when a whole bunch of mixed people are called and regarded as different things when the only dividing factor is culture here, let's be real.

[@yippehanako]

So...you're mixed? Okay? That's what we are, we don't all look the same. Some favor one race all the way, it's not the end of the world. If you don't want to explain it to everyone (I get tired of it too) just don't answer. If I don't feel like explaining who my parents are I just say, "I'm American". I know what I am so idc if some stranger thinks I'm white. They'd be half right anyways so I'm not gonna stress about what anyone else thinks I am. The truth is the truth

[@PsychicMedium4747]

They are mixed race people. Latinas are mixed race. What is she talking about,? How is she black? She is mixed race. Mixed race people can produced white children because you can pass any degree of white genes to your children. Mixed race people are parents too so the woman in the beginning has a white mom but her dad is mixed too. Pure black Africans we’re very dark skin. Many AA are mixed race. Young lady needs to learn more about subsaharan african people. Latinos are mixed race people who speak Spanish. Spanish are white people from Spain. Why are so many Americans ignorant? Do you know where spanish comes from???? Europe... like English comes from England. Guys please pick up a book and learn your geography. The woman in the video is white too so why was she mad when she is largely white? Makes no sense at all.

[@valuecalc]

Richard Myles , why do so many people keep mixing the races? Once they do, then the kid has a lifetime struggle for racial identify. How fucked up is that?

[@PsychicMedium4747]

@@valuecalc he issues come from people who misclassify us. Many southern europeans are all ready mixed. So this has been going on for ages

[@kisha4040]

How do you know her dad is mixed?

[@kisha4040]

@@PsychicMedium4747 Most black Americans are majority West African with a small amount of European/ asian blood. Black Americans are still mostly African and look like West Africans for the most part. We don't know this womans' fathers' DNA to assume anything. Just because she came out white doesn't mean her dad is mixed. Look at singer Sade. She has a very darkskinned Nigerian dad and white mom and look how she came out. Very lightskinned with straight hair

[@valuecalc]

Kisha McCormick , Sade looks black.

[@KikiGreen]

I see two white women wanting to have a struggle

[@davidchavez1330]

Straight passing? Who’s making this shit up!

[@natbraddy4355]

She's bisexual....bisexuals are seen as the "passing" in the lgbtq commnuity...so I don't see why she is having a hard time.

[@charro4454]

You are biracial not black. I hate it how people who are mix always say they are black and they are not.

[@luckyvoigt8055]

When you hear biracial you picture 2 Races Black and White one parent black one parent.white. You picture more looking on the white side. it used to be black and white. I have also known people who looked black and would never know they were black and white.In general people are just mixed up. I just don't want to waste my time on this

[@lisabullock7461]

"Imatation of life " is my favorite movie... my father was Choctaw and Irish, my Mother African American and white, my father would be 116 this year my Mother 100. I was born in 1953, so the native American were here, Major John Welch came from Ireland in 1640 to Maryland. My Mothers Fathers people in Dover England in the 1600s, others came by forse from Liberia and Panama I believe. We are a melting pot, that keeps going. People think I'm Mexican. Hispanic, white, I'm just me all of our family looks different. Children and Grandchildren. Life by the "Golden Rule " embrace you heritage. Or we wouldn't be here. Although being a child of 60s and 70s I thought the World would be different. We seem to be going backwards. As long as your Healthy, safe and Happy, the rest is gravy.....🌍🌎🌏🎭🙏❤💙

[@流浪漢パリ]

US mind is sick.

[@Mayaspiral]

Please don't tell other people what they are.

[@RETROGEMS]

Yep. And sometimes too many people, on both the white and the black sides, tend to lose that fact of common sense when it comes to those of us who are Black and White mixed. Both Black and White people tend to have SO MUCH to say, rather, bark at us (quite frequently) on an experience they don't have immediate access to--although Black Americans tend to have much more insight on mixed ancestry considering the history of the Black community. But in essence, mixed people, grown-ass men and women, are often reduced to the level of little children being scolded/chided/criticized/even verbally abused by certain people from both communities. I think some white and black people tend to lose propriety and overstep their boundaries because mixed-race people are the result of these two races coming together, so some may think they have some type of control over our racial identity and place in this country when it couldn't be the furthest thing from the truth. Hence, why so many will think they have the right to dictate to mixed people who they are, despite it being the height of disrespect. Mixed people are the only ones who control their collective identity and narrative and I think more of us should step up, take the reigns and take over this narrative. Make our voices on our experiences the predominant ones because I've seen too many people trying to silence, shame or degrade us or even worse, think they can become our mouthpieces while totally disrespecting us in the process (not talking about the video--I've seen many so called "mixed/interracial" advocates of OTHER races over the years figuratively step on mixed people's faces while claiming to support us). All of this is totally unacceptable. In any case, couples like Rebekah and her husband's, mixed people forming their own family units, it will be undeniable that the population of biracial people will only continue to increase and they will have that right to self-determination for not only themselves but their descendants.

[@lorebay2593]

What has her gay commentary got to do with being black or passing for white? Passing gay? It’s not the same issue.

[@iesje88]

Lol, I'm mixed south-east Asian and people also asume I'm Latino and I also started learning Spanish 🤣😅

[@Bigmama415]

I’m Japanese

[@mlanae20]

😃😃Love it!

[@mlanae20]

😃😃Love it!

[@coolpips715]

Its so sad how she Denies that she’s biracial she’s white and black but no she’s just black it’s a ridiculous statement to say I’m biracial and proud of it.

[@duermedespierto]

As she paints her face white 1:04 , she says that she was mad because he called her white......lol

[@michaelmichael8314]

Love it when she says 'at the end of the day, I'm not latina, I'm black' lmao. No, at the end of the day you're mixed race and you're clearly predominantly European. White mother and black American father means that at the very least you're 60% European. In her case, it's likely more than 60%. What's with people these days hating who they are? People are always trying to look for a different identity

[@nicolemontgomery9463]

1st chick is not black she's biracial...why do ppl NOT identify with BOTH of their racial heritage😕

[@vanessadorahill292]

Ask the white man that made the one drop law.

[@kisha4040]

@@vanessadorahill292 The one drop rule doesnot exist anymore.

[@77suheyla]

“But, You’re not black” Yep heard it my WHOLE life!

[@TrishC5280]

Sexuality is not on the same plane as race/ethnicity 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ #biracial #latina&native

[@awribalhidugagk2949]

Why not?

[@respectknuckles428]

Your bi racial, and 3:46 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ThePeachygal]

bi racial means you are half one race and half another race. So for example Hale Berry is biracial but her children aren't. they are mixed since their fathers are white. Mariah Carey is mixed since her mother is white and her father was biracial.

[@ThePeachygal]

@calaragazza You look it up. I have. Mariah herself said her father was part black/mixed. Yes, he considered himself black. Here in the good ole USA he is considered black even if mixed just like Mariah is black too though she could obviously "white pass" if she so chose.

[@thepostnihilist]

She does not "feel" black, she feels mixed, which is why she married a mixed husband, because that's who she felt most comfortable with and the person with whom she identified. You have to understand the idea of an unreliable narrator, which is what she is, in order to realize that though she says words with passion, they aren't true. She has no idea what it's like to "feel black" because she isn't black. She has always been mixed.

[@araisininthesun5958]

7:24 minutes of WASTED time!

[@jesslovedatea4348]

In my heart I believe whatever your father is that is what u are...if your father is black u as his child is black if your father is Chinese your Chinese if your father is white and you are white...ijs.. don't matter how u look

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

Her child looks albino, or with few albine traits

[@andrepaul7020]

She said her baby is white his wife will be easier. She’s right , it will be as long as this current world exists. He he will be a slave in the next world Yahawa will be establishing under by Christ.

[@sophiemidnight7103]

This is the worst

[@valuecalc]

Sophie Midnight , it is.

[@RETROGEMS]

No, there are many things in this world that are the actual "worst" like starving babies, wars and conflicts, human rights violations, corrupt governments and political repression--none of this in the video remotely even comes close to making the list of the 'worst'.

[@valuecalc]

Victoria Grace , it is the worst to get folks bitching about race.

[@tanya8131971]

I find it funny that the first lady married a man of mixed heritage and they had the whitest baby. I knew a couple who were both biracial, caramel complexions and their two kids came out white too. Funny how genetics works.

[@bellablue2845]

Should be TWO SEPARATE VIDEOS STORIES. Being black is not about sex. Being Gay is. Stop comparing the very real historical black struggle to gays.

[@theduke6174]

LOOOOOL This was pure comedy

[@Spanky1]

In my opinion, you are what you look like. If you look Black then you are black, if you look white then you are white, if you look Oriental then you are for most intents and purposes. We don't know the life story or ethnic make-up of 99% of the people we deal with daily, so really what difference does it all make.

[@duvine3882]

I loved this, games happens with invisible disabilities, genders, orientations; religions, when people get angry saying" oh but you don't look..."

[@JustJRR]

Great video & breakdown.

[@CAL-zq3dk]

Americans are crazy obssesed with colour ,why can't they say we are half black and half white .

[@405boy4]

Two of my 5 kids are mixed (Black/White/Choctaw-Indian) and most people think that my daughters are light skinned black girls.. So seeing this and comparing my daughters to them I'm like damn: These are some of the whitest looking blacks I've ever seen.. But still always be proud of your heritage and where you came from..✌️✌️

[@savannahrivera9212]

I'm a Latina, but everyone views me as mix (black & white) My first language is Spanish, but I don't speak it in public because when I do, people view me differently. People seem surprised when they learn that majority of my family are immigrants from Mexico. I was born US, my parents were born in the US, but my aunts, uncles, and all four of my grandparents were born in Mexico. I am 6/8 Mexican, 1/8 Puerto Rican, and 1/8 black, but all I know is the Mexican parts of my family.

[@illegalalien5431]

I am not with the gay part...because God speak very against that....I think the scripture call that an Abomination to God...so cannot agree with it because I believe in GOD ...not Cesare Borgia.

[@jeanettegarrod-williams9150]

My father was a white man from Brooklyn and my mother a black woman from North Carolina. I look like I could be Puerto Rican. I was in the hospital a few years ago and the Asian doctor wrote down on the paper that I was a white woman which totally shocked me because I do not look European. Perhaps because he was Asian and not born in America that played a part in his decision of my race rather than asking me. When I was very young I was called mulatto on occasion.

[@mentalmachete2273]

Can't they be passing for black too?

[@mentalmachete2273]

@JIQUAN TURNER But have you ever met or talked to Yahweh? If not, how can you know he can't lie? How do you know he even exist? So how can you use a mythological book to determine ethnicity then?

[@yippehanako]

@JIQUAN TURNER wow a whole grown man believes in fairy tales

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

Identity is just a perception

[@MedusasSnakePit]

Stop trying to equate lgbt issues with black issues!!! These two women are NOT the same

[@vincentmensah2815]

Black as a race in America is a social construct and also political, so i dont blame her that much. But calling yourself black while your physical features clearly says otherwise, to me is mindblowing. And being racially ambiguous or black and being gay , clearly does not relate. Stop trying to project both experiences as the same.

[@justinnunez1892]

I know what it’s like to be a child of a mixed family and to only look like one and it sucks sometimes as I’m proud of my family heritage but sometimes I feel like I can’t because people might think of me as not truly black and it is frustrating

[@noname-rj7dx]

Justin Nunez Is it okay if I ask you something? Because as a 100% white European I don't understand race issues in the US well and have to seek out further explanation. So these are my questions: What does "truly black" mean? Do you qualify if you have been discriminated against, or if you grew up in black culture, or is it genetics? And why is it so shameful to be not "truly black"? Sry if I am being stupid but I think discrimination sucks for everyone no matter what the victim identifies as 😕

[@janpieterszooncoen2550]

Justin Nunez Your mom is probably single

[@shawshank6015]

Omg how did the gay thing enter this

[@Onlytherawtruth]

Rose Marchant I agree with you Rose.

[@gia9551]

I don’t understand how she can say her kid IS white because he looks white, but she’s black despite looking white? If you’re half black and your husband is half or a quarter black, your son is also either half or nearly half black. He has at least 1 and possibly 2 black grandparents.. he’s mixed and white passing. I can tell his eyes are going to be like hers in terms of shape and the blonde hair isn’t guaranteed to last. He might not look quite as white in a few years. I can see all of her husband’s ethnicities in his features, as soon as he came on screen I immediately thought he’s definitely mixed.

[@antoniokinsey4041]

I bet that she would take “umbrage” at someone calling her son mixed instead of white lol. Annoying.