Preconceived Notions About Race Tyra (Tyra Banks Show)

[@dmvsav]

Ms. Tyra is UNDERRATED! She tackled a lot of issues during her talk show period.

[@virginiahonfo9984]

Derek Vickers S

[@spacebella]

I agree. Learning so much from a open, safe conversation.

[@dontcomeforme6387]

She was awful full of propaganda.

[@vistaprime]

but she isn't the greatest interviewer by any means. she missed some opportunities there with Jenna. Jenna was saying that whites have a higher status in America, which is true by perception, but Tyra let that and other opportunities for clarification go past her. I notice this with many of her episodes of this show.

[@JennHayden]

@@dontcomeforme6387 exactly. and futhermore, the interactions were staged.

[@chrispham6599]

When the first woman talked, My brain cells just jumped ship.

[@lilbabyc4957]

fr

[@nehsangbong7259]

😆😆😂

[@yvettegrier3643]

Lol.. right

[@Eby733]

Chris Pham 😂 😆 😆

[@HMSkillBuilders]

😂🤣

[@thandiwecroke3430]

The first girl is like the Tyra show version of Treasure. Anybody in 2018 still watching this?

[@JohnSmith-vb5hp]

I think she saw this and got the idea 😂😂😂😂

[@arjaec]

yes lol

[@tigerskiss1986]

The first chick can’t even speak properly and has zero articulation skills. She is the original Treasure.

[@CarliJoelle]

Me.

[@RaevenBrown]

Ohh yes she's the OG Treasure 😂

[@ZayaMillis]

Tyra needs to have a talk show again!!!

[@miriamvashti9130]

Yeah ^-^ I remember this show.

[@aerochristina1005]

kylie jenner has fat black lips

[@debadev2179]

Isaiah Millis it would be amazing

[@rannellmarshall6492]

She need to trown in the garbage dump

[@rannellmarshall6492]

Number 1 is Garbage

[@brittanythemuse]

The Puerto Rican and black girl is obviously from newyork talking bout skinny jeans and sneaks lol

[@femaleking493]

I thought that too.

[@moandallhergreatness4153]

anybody from anywhere can wear some got dern skinny jeans and sneakers im from Florida and that all I wear talkin bout from New York yall so freakin ignorant

[@sophianiasse3483]

Brittany Muse skinny jeans and sneaker. almost everyone where's that.

[@minakoa7178]

they all from new york lol

[@Xch4r3nd4X]

the first girl is just plain ignorant. so sad

[@elizabeth-7064]

Sad doesn't even begin to describe it. Like that girl is suppose to be biracial yet she looks black and have no signs of white on her. Her hair is black. There are biracial people who are obvious, curly hair special features etc. But she us just black and she should love how she came out

[@storiestotell]

Xch4r3nd4X she need education . a serious black history education and that flag!! callin it rebel. That racist depicting flag ..

[@elizabeth-7064]

***** yes that happens, ppl all think biracial will be brown and curly hair, but its all down to genetics and how the chromosomes align themselves etc

[@kimfromtheblock7679]

+Elizabeth Lizzy curly hair isn't just mixed but Ik what u mean like light skin really colored eyes

[@UniquelyJas]

Xch4r3nd4X for real

[@backwardsbarbie1047]

the audience reaction when they showed the confederate flag killed me

[@sophianiasse3483]

backwards barbie excactly I was like "BITCH GET AN EDUCATION!"

[@MsPuetoricanPopulari]

I FEEL OUT LMFAOOO THEY WERE LIKE REALLY BITCH

[@laylanazzal8639]

That one person that yelled after the first person had me so weak 😂😂😂 i wish i was in the crowd with my friends, it would've been soo fun

[@hydraelectricblue]

Yeah especially because they would never have such a crazy reaction if that was a white girl sitting up there, it would just be acceptable.

[@ajsimmons3288]

I just saw that part and i can't breathe lmaooooo

[@DreadMighty]

Sorry Jenna, that flag is representative of traitors who would have had you in the field, kitchen or worse.

[@miriamvashti9130]

Exactly. She knows that shit.

[@traciemathews166]

This BITCH dumb asf

[@traciemathews166]

@Abidjanaise huh?

[@beliver6230]

U think your the only race whos been hurt get the f😂😂😂out of hear bohoo

[@bridgetedwards2378]

Feel so sorry for that first girl. She absolutely hates herself.... wow.

[@DNice06]

I'm a black man and I wouldn't want to be anything else but what God made me to be.

[@annedio2828]

I think she was bullied or something from childhood or something

[@FitnessSweets]

People seem to be confusing race, ethnicity, and nationality. They're not the same.

[@chicabell5725]

Race, ethnicity, nationality and culture for that matter. lol

[@xorayne_]

in 2008 race and ethnicity wasn’t the same as it is now. like the girl who’s black and Puerto rican is probably just afro latina

[@mayamoonlightt]

Race: where your ancestors generally came from and your skin color Ethnicity: what country your ancestors are from Nationality: where you were born

[@Delanya]

THANK YOU

[@jaedaberry7724]

We all black when the lights go out

[@estherstrategicadvisor749]

Lol! True...

[@kimmyball4961]

Hell yes!! Lol

[@puny5417]

Lol

[@irenedontoh9692]

Jaeda Berry I like that👍🏽

[@mssnicole2u]

Facts

[@leopie_777]

Bring back the Tyra Banks show #2016

[@Mushgrl]

Tina Dod #2017

[@NoMadKid]

#No

[@speciallittleprincess9809]

Lol

[@autumnasters]

Tina Dod seriously. You can tell she wanted to dive deeper into certain topics concerning race in america that people were not ready to have in 2009... I would say that the early to Kay's were the Pinnacle of the "respectability" era as we know it. would love to see a revival

[@lastella1994]

Yes I loved that show❤❤❤

[@Ash-ro6bn]

I love the Tyra show, but that darker-skinned young lady had a serious point, and I feel as though she was silenced. Lightskin privilege does exist, whether you claim/utilize it or not. I'm not saying that it means that women of a lighter complexion don't go through hard times too, but that doesnt' change the fact that when you are darker-skinned, you do tend to have a harder time in this world. It's sad, it's deplorable, and it needs to be stopped, but in order for it to change, we must first accept that it is a real problem.

[@unknownanonymous4711]

im gonna be honest the only way to get people to care if dark skin black women are treated worse is to start looking good I see way too many dark skin women that are obese many wear synthetic weaves instead of real weaves ( real weaves are more expensive but if your gonna wear a weave you have to make sure it is the nice looking one not the synthetic shit dark skin black women love to wear) also wear sexier more trendy clothes. People truly only care about good looking attractive people and majority dark skin women are not putting in enough time and effort to look attractive

[@jadeacampbell5206]

She was

[@jadeacampbell5206]

@@unknownanonymous4711 no. You all are the ones that need to change the way you think.

[@teniellemounts-williams64]

Jadea Campbell i agree to the highest degree

[@lindataylor3834]

AMEN!!!!!!!!

[@princesstiana8532]

The muslim girl at the end, I felt really bad for her. the fact that tyra told her then that "this will end, it wont always be like that". its 2016 and its STILL a problem out here for muslims. but its okay cos we will always be okay.

[@forqueenb]

Now it's 2018, nigh on to 2019 and it has gotten much worse

[@pariesig9966]

Brenda brooks-perry it’s now 2020…it’s very horrible now.

[@seventhkoala9079]

@@pariesig9966 boy y’all really aren’t gonna like 2021...

[@lisavanderpump7475]

@@seventhkoala9079 lmaoooo true hunny true

[@vleaky3430]

When you worship an oppressive pagan moon god who sent you a warmongering so called prophet who married a 9 year old girl, you should be judged. You're not special and we see you judging everybody else, thinking that ugly cloth puts you above everybody else. Not to mention your cukt has spawned the most amount of t*rr*rists worldwide. Have a seat.

[@lilp2350]

So one girl says she only claims her white side, and the whole audience flips. Another girl says she only claims her hispanic side, audience has no reaction.

[@nikibronson133]

Because its known white people dont claim you unless you are 100% white but hispanic means spanish speaking. Its not a race and neither is latino. Obviously whoever the other girl's parents was was a white Hispanic person and not an afro or black Hispanic person. All the terminologies in this video is so messed up

[@nikibronson133]

Also the first girl was plain racist but tyra tries to get her to see racism against white people as well

[@puffandpass60]

Because the black girl is physically black not claiming to be black it was shocking to them yet laughable

[@shimeicareaves]

Damn i thought i was the only person that notice that smh

[@nicoleruffin8533]

xxGEMINIxx exactly!!! She's just as ignorant as the first. 💯

[@stargirlxo5707]

"I only claim the white side" Bitch!! WHERE?!!!!!🤔🤔😂

[@tlockh20]

lmao

[@diamond-vm5sl]

Ikr

[@lilbabyc4957]

Fr

[@BBunny11]

Righttt I was so confused😂

[@sophianiasse3483]

Tavon Fenwick she should claim BOTH sides.☺👍

[@thesapphireempress9635]

And I don't like the way that the three lighter Black women on the panel tried to discredit what Janell was trying to tell them. "The excitement that they feel for you is the contempt that they feel for us." Truer words were never spoken. I'm not saying that they didn't go through their share of struggles, but someone exclaiming about the paleness of someone's skin is not the same as having their entire (dark) complexion, and by extension, everyone who shares that complexion, being associated with ugliness.

[@Princess_Qx]

4 years later and this remains true

[@thesapphireempress9635]

@Miss reign True, and it's a shame.

[@MsTremaineNeverson85]

A rebel flag? Girl, you need to go to the library get a book on american history and read it because the ignorance is just too much. I can't.

[@EricaYE6]

I bet that flag would be a "big deal" to her if she saw a few of them blowing in the wind with some burning crosses outside her house. I live in Georgia. Those things have happened around here where I'm from.

[@CherryBlossom173]

Why do I feel like Jenna is lying about being half white

[@crazygma9319]

Her daddy is black she is black! Period.

[@lisavanderpump7475]

@@crazygma9319 that poor girl she is so lost

[@tashekiaj3685]

Me too!

[@Outlawgirl0763]

I seen mixed people that look like her

[@sweetyc031]

😂

[@sleepy-peepy]

Why is Tyra so quick to invalidate dark skinned people whenever they talk about colorism on the show? I would think she'd be better than that. I'd figure she'd take it seriously, because it's a very serious issue in the black community, the way lighter skinned people are often treated better.

[@invinciblesummer13]

exactly, like the girls on the show mentioned the field/house thing. that mentality is still a huge problem.

[@arianastewart5063]

Yeah this was a shit show if she was trying to truly be progressive. Definitely caught that.

[@iguessitsokyungrichbaby2813]

Juana Torres no said it was her fault but if she was going to tackle this issue she should have both sides to this type of experience. The reason the first girl gravitates to her white side is because she is not visibly mixed. She literally says “if I was even lighter skin I would be higher” . Stop invalidating something that is very much valid and present.

[@tspopstar512]

She is being unbaised

[@battle-stormz6249]

@@tspopstar512 No, she's doing exactly what the dark skin girl is talking about...siding with the light skin girls by pretending colourism is not an issue therefore "treating" the lighter ones better by validating their point.

[@Rose-xm4og]

Being biracial is beautiful, as well as being a 100% of a certain race.

[@Kelvincarson]

+hellotychelle It's been researched by an Indian woman that being mixed race is better.

[@mamamoonie]

+Kelvin Carson Better? no but having more chromosomes & more variety within DNA? yes. educate yourself

[@Kelvincarson]

Nekia Thornton what are you talking about?

[@mamamoonie]

You stated that being mixed race is better don't play dumb

[@Kelvincarson]

Nekia Thornton I'm not playing dumb. And yes it according to this woman that did a study on it.

[@LinzMushel]

I kinda just wish I was from another planet. Green alien galaxy skin is the way to go.

[@corsicanlulu]

+LinzMushel lmao! me too! why are we humans so idiotic sometimes and close-minded

[@Angell_Lee]

Girl me Purple Blue! :D Will be sexy aliens

[@anthonyfox585]

Angel Lee lol low-key purple blue Galaxy colored skin sounds so cool

[@keyiabee5057]

Girl lol me too💙

[@chloevalcy3939]

Pink like pink panther

[@jessielynn]

I was sad when Jenna said inner city black people scare her and Christian said black women are on welfare. I'm from Baltimore City. I'm black. I don't live off of welfare. I have a college degree. I have a great job. I live on my own with no roommates or public assistance. My car is paid off. For anyone who may be thinking I'm an exception, I'm not. Most of my family is educated. Some of them millionaires. Very sad but whatever. We're all entitled to our opinions, however wrong they may be.

[@storiestotell]

Jessica K preach gal.. i can relate coz my sisters for of them are so much accomplished and we the brothers in the home we work hard to catch up. Simply my sisters are role models i got in the world right now

[@sonofjesus1464]

Please.....teach..... me.....how......to.....be.....like....you :(

[@jessielynn]

David Shepler im nothing special. Just like everybody else trying to make it.

[@sonofjesus1464]

+Jessica K I have the knowledge to be financially literate due to me listening to rich people's speeches and reading thier books but I am still financially underage to support myself. My parents have a house and they make horrible financial choices but this is where it gets ugly. They always ask how much money I have. One time I lied and I got in serious trouble so now I have to be honest. My paycheck I earn from work gets sucked from me because they can't pay what they owe because they make bad financial choices. I had to live in a hotel with them for 2 years because they couldn't pay for a house and they got evicted. Even in the hotel, my money was being sucked because they rented a hotel too high for them. There are effects to being financially illiterate. They could pay for one thing but can't pay for the other. Then they sacrifice something and that makes things worse because what they sacrifice is not the source of the problem. It's annoying being a dependent of dependent parents. They now want to start a business and they have gotten started but they are not taking any wisdom from other successful people who started from rock bottom. I can see them making bad financial choices even with thier business. I even try to tell them what I learned from the financially intelligent leaders but they tell me I'm wrong. So I sit back and watch them make thier own same mistakes but I am getting tired of being punished for thier bull

[@jessielynn]

+David Shepler If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?

[@crystalsosa7625]

Treasure is that you?! LOL 😂🤣

[@JohnSmith-vb5hp]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@daej5702]

Ha! 😂😂

[@misacarter5721]

Crystal Sosa 😂😂😂😂😂

[@brookec5454]

Puerto Rican. Is. Not. A. Race. Lordt!

[@kikidla11]

@@dianachin4849 Looks hispanic? there are white, black, asian, native... latinos and hispanics.

[@matthewalanis1219]

@@dianachin4849 maybe if your people would stop eating dogs n cats you would understand

[@johnsmith-mh6hh]

Most Puerto Ricans are mixed tri-racial, that why people think they are a distinct race, they have a unique mixed look.

[@jgil8023]

The first girl looks like Peele from Key and Peele

[@brittanythemuse]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@UniquelyJas]

Jeaneane Gil lmao stop 😂😂😂😂😂😂💀

[@iguessitsokyungrichbaby2813]

OH MY GOD 😂😂😂😂

[@sm.r3751]

Jeaneane Gil that’s meegan 😭😭😭😭

[@flyhii6167]

Lol she really do though , your silly as hell for even noticing that ha hell naw

[@gabrielaquevedo8012]

Tyra Banks has Nationality, Race and Ethinicity ALL TWISTED AROUND. Hispanic is NOT A RACE. It is an ethnicity. Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican are NATIONALITIES. There are many ethnicities in a race (Hispanic is in the white race), and many ethnicities and races in a Nationality (a Latina living and from Canada). GET IT RIGHT.

[@barbiegang9176]

Gabriela Quevedo no one care for your correction 🙄

[@smiller4606]

You're right. But Tyra isn't any different from anyone else. Race makes everything unnecessarily confusing. The only thing that should matter is nationality when it comes to counting population distinctions, maybe ethnicity. But race is ridiculous. And you're wrong. Hispanic isn't an ethnicity. It's just a label to categorize the various ethnic groups in the Americas who speak Spanish as a result of colonization, slavery, loss of indigenous language & genetic pollution.

[@erickanew]

Yes, always remember Hispanics complaining 30 years ago in school that they couldn't pick a race on those forms, because Hispanic wasn't listed

[@justsogab8322]

Hispanic is also in the black race as well as there are afrolatinos

[@MistyAlli]

Gabriela Quevedo Thank you!!!!!!!!!! Gosh I was hoping someone would educated Tyra!

[@Samuel115s]

Them light girls are being silly. How is "your hair is so nice" and insult. It sounds like they were getting compliments.

[@XoXoG]

Samuel115s ikr.

[@leylahnude5102]

Samuel115s The "Your hair is so nice" isn't the insulting part...it's more of the "What are you?!" part like you're some alien.

[@Samuel115s]

Leylah Nude thats not an insult either. if you are smart enough you can tell that when they say "what are you", they are talking about race not you as a human, it is clearly not meant to be offensive. don't be so literal.

[@madison8035]

I think she was annoyed with that because a lot of people think that black people cant have nice long beautiful hair , so even if they do see someone who looks black and has some what natural looking hair, they assume you're mixed because of the negative connotations blacks have when it comes to hair.

[@Samuel115s]

Madison Owens oh ok, but they are still complimenting her so she should take it as a compliment. someone thinking that your not black and asking you what are you out of curiosity or being called light bright or mellow yellow is much better than being called nappy headed, burnt, crispy, spook and ugly which are all things that dark skinned fully black looking people get called sometimes.

[@cheinei]

The middle Eastern Girl looks so 90's! I love it.

[@DarkShadow-hi3cp]

The 2000s were an interesting time for fashion haha. It was like half 90s and half 21st century.

[@macarenavizquerra2632]

half Puerto Rican half black ahahahaha makes no sense, a lot of Puerto ricans are black to.....

[@smiller4606]

A lot of peo toucans are in denial about being black too.

[@nehsangbong7259]

@@smiller4606 True

[@camilleb32]

And isn't "Puerto Rican" a nationality of Puerto Rico?... It's not a race... People always mixing up "Nationality and Race"... We should understand the difference between the two. And educate ourselves before we speak...🤔 (Lady on panel of guests)

[@nemmajosey3725]

And alot of them are not also so....

[@davidmcmannis2013]

Yea but its a mixed race island so most may appear black but genetically only have more European DNA

[@rockstarchiio1239]

actually I think the dark skin girl has it harder than the light skin girl.... and I feel the pain of the dark skin girl

[@JllVickey]

Light Skin girls have it hard as well no matter what you hear or think

[@johncrowbatty2000]

No one is saying light skin girls have it hard, we're just saying the truth darker sinned girl have it harder

[@abby4115]

Dark skinned people definitely have it harder than light skinned. But because of that, some dark skinned people have a complex and bully light skinned people. It's a vicious cycle that needs to be broke.

[@tiffanygilmore104]

No they don't!!!

[@tiffanygilmore104]

Colorism affects both sides equally. Lights aren't white enough and dark skin women hate them as well and dark skin women don't farm like they belong anywhere as well

[@Jessemariexoxo]

I loved this episode of Tyra because it was a wake up call for people who often made assumptions about race. I am half black, half Latina and when I was a senior in high school, a substitute teacher in my ap Spanish class asked which students were Hispanic and when I raised my hand, she told me to put my hand down because I'm perceived as only black (although I claim both sides). Of course, that was only one bad experience, but her ignorance does not define my identity. I know what I am and so do the people I love, which is what matters.

[@ohannarose1899]

I feel that! Like, I know what I am, dumbass, don't question me!

[@sparklemotion101]

Steph Alston That substitute is a moron. Hispanic is a culture, not a color. If you were from the Dominican Republic (where they speak Spanish and a majority of people are multi-racial) you could be 100% Hispanic/Latina and also 100% black.. not that it's anyone's business.

[@imablazeuonfiya]

Steph Alston wow. that teacher is completely ignorant as fuck

[@imablazeuonfiya]

Nyomi McKenzie i know but being latina is not a race.

[@Jessemariexoxo]

Jermie Sheonarain Exactly!

[@ForeseeChange]

The first girl needs some common sense slapped into her. I know this is old so I'll give her the benefit of the doubt but I really hope that she has changed her views and has fully accepted herself.

[@cait8573]

I'm genuinely shocked that the first girl sees nothing wrong with the Confederate flag and cutting up pant legs to make a KKK hood. THAT was the most shocking. Anyway Tyra did a great job with this show. It was all about facing the good, bad and the ugly of racism and stereotypes. In the end, we all have a connection. This is an amazing episode.

[@OceanaK1]

Tyra’s show was so underrated. I always loved how she tackled uncomfortable issues and made people address their hypocrisies and prejudices. ❤️

[@seniarose1935]

I'm African-American and Caucasian and I accept both sides of myself.....although I do sort of understand the girl who was African-American and Puerto Rican and she accepted her African American side because she didn't know her dad and same for me.....but as I started to get older I accepted my Caucasian side as well.

[@theresakjr4212]

wow they all look human to me.......

[@Xch4r3nd4X]

Theresa Kjær Wish the whole world had the same logic as you :)

[@megandrogosh89]

amen my friend you are so right. There is ONLY ONE race and that's the human race.. God bless

[@aniyasantiago3367]

^ finally! Every time I say that people look at me funny.

[@megandrogosh89]

Aniya Santiago there are different ethnicity but only 1 race, the human race

[@anthonyfox585]

I mean I don't deny there's different races and ethnicities but I agree we are one species and it's stupid to judge people based on physical features like skin color

[@LauraWilson19952014]

I'm black, and it annoys me when people act all surprised when I "don't talk black". Like wtf is that supposed to mean?

[@sarahcamille4783]

ikr! i hate that. white people say i dont talk black, black people say i act too white. like seriously?! i can't be me? i must either adopt a european facade or talk in african american ebonics or "the ghetto speak"? it's so annoying i swear

[@Laila-fq7hk]

Preach...I love being black..but since I choose to try n connect to all races...pppl think im ashamed to be black...like wth..its like the black eyed peas said if u only have love for ur own race then you only leave spacr to discriminate

[@KeishaCherre-ic2gv]

You know what it means 😏

[@elizabethkelley1274]

I'm a Afro American, but I was badly burned at age 9. I was called burnt back by my own brothers and sisters as well as my peers. This has made me a strong person.

[@shonnie1986]

I'm so sorry

[@2Bdiscovered]

30:21 TYRA: "I'M SO SORRY FOR THAT...BUT THE GREAT THING IS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT WAY." FAST FORWARD TO 2018....SORRY TYRA, SHIT'S GOTTEN WORSE.

[@only1kristen]

Sorry not sorry but I couldn't help but to think of Shrek when I see Jenna, she looks just like him. don't come for me because y'all know it's true lol

[@blessingchristmas6655]

💀💀💀 omg I died😂😂

[@maddileighmorris]

Girl yesss lol

[@DigitalDreamG1rl]

loool

[@DigitalDreamG1rl]

Its been 2 days now and I am still CACKLING!

[@chalseywilder937]

Someone said she look like peele from key and peele lmao

[@briggie28]

Although these women identify themselves as African-American, it's a stretch for them to say "100 percent African-American". It's obvious that all of these women have some European, possibly Native-American ancestry, even if they don't identify with it.

[@apriljoy1094]

I think you are the one that is confused. African-Americans are mixed. The majority have more black by percentage but the vast majority are mixed. So yes you can be 100% African-American and mixed because African-American is an ethnicity not a race.

[@ylima2033]

Tyra is pretty cool for addressing such issues

[@GarageStudio7]

The audience member who said she is "slave Black" is beautiful and actually spot on. Light Skinned/Biracial/multiracial people face struggles but definitely not as much as dark skinned people face. Truly a sad society and mad world we live in...

[@danielleberry6319]

GarageStudio your RIGHT but it's still messed up to be hateful toward lighter folk because of it, that's just another form of racism might seem great to be mixed but frfr your way more hated then folks know cause it comes from BOTH sides and that shit HURTS..... NOT dark enough to be black not white featured enough to be white

[@nikibronson133]

Thats not true. Experiences are just different. When you say someones experiences arent as hard as someone elses, it diminishes their experience and you start to play opression Olympics

[@onexonesie]

I don't agree. Being ostracized from a community where black people derive their support & strength from is a lot harder. Black people have their community to fall back on, light skins don't. We are forced out and also pressured by racism while we're told we have it better because we are more accepted by racists? Any intelligent person wouldn't call this privilege, it's just y'all want to hold on to your victim card and hold it over light skins heads because you think we think like you if you were our color. Psychology destroys your argument. Stop projecting your hatred for yourself onto us.

[@nikibronson133]

@@onexonesie you know light skin, and biracial people are black right... I get your sentiments but I just want to make that clarification

[@onexonesie]

@@nikibronson133 I'm biracial. I'm literally 50/50 black and white exactly.. took a genealogy test. In my experience do I feel like I belong to the black community? No. All biracials experiences aren't the same, so I only speak for myself. I don't belong to either black or white community because I've never been able to derive support for my struggles from either side. So no I don't claim to be black. In fact, police officers don't even profile me as black, they always put "other" for race on my ticket$ lol. So I can't ever say I'm black, or white so I just say the truth: I am biracial. Periodeded!

[@dereka.b.8136]

I'm black and white . Not mariah carey mixed more like Lenny Kravits mixed. But the first girl ... I want a DNA test done. I don't think she is mixed .. at all

[@kenchambers7137]

Derek A. B. Lol

[@lakeishahrome]

Real talk tho... Frfr

[@southerngemini6401]

Sad that you say that I know someone who's mixed and is slightly lighter. Seen both of her parents. People mix and look all kinds of ways

[@dereka.b.8136]

@@southerngemini6401 what are you talking about? I'm mixed !

[@southerngemini6401]

@@dereka.b.8136 I'm just saying you said you need a DNA test for someone who doesn't look black as if mixed people aren't in all shades shape and sizes and colors.

[@anauckermann]

How are you "latina and white", when latina is already usually at least part white? I mean, latin americans can be native americans(as in the continent, not the country), black, white and/or mixed. The "latina" they refer to in the USA is usually part white, part native, so she should probably say "white and native", not "latina and white", or basically just say "latina", which also refers to part white, part native. That "part latin, part white" inscription is hurting both my eyes and my brains right now. Leave it to US people to not understand shit about latin America.

[@johncrowbatty2000]

Ive been trying to understand why they think latina are a rce, because you have black latinas

[@anauckermann]

Kadine Lindsay because they suck at history, biology and geography...

[@champagnesupernova4081]

I get your frustration...as a pale skinned, blonde, gray-eyed Latina it's annoying when people look at me and go like "WOAH, you don't look Latina at all...more like Russian". It's so frustrating, since most of my Latin friends are really pale skinned and look like regular White Americans or European.

[@maimunacham2016]

True, latin is a mixture of native and white spanish portugese, or native white and african like in brasil, puerto rico, Cuba etc

[@hydraelectricblue]

Nobody takes your guys weird classifications seriously except YOU GUYS. White people don't consider(most) Spanish speakers white. Unless they literally look white. Having brown eyes and brown hair and calling yourself white doesn't mean anyone else accepts this. Why? Because if an African American and a white person have a child that child is black, but if that biracial person has a child with a white person and it comes out with blue eyes and blonde hair the white community can't go around calling that child white. Which is why they don't want to classify white looking Spanish speakers as white on principle because then they'd have to start letting people with half black parents call themselves white as well. Welcome to white supremacy, hun.

[@KarmenTang100]

Its annoying when many people see an asian and think "chinese", or sometimes "japanese", it's never korean, thai, hmong, or vietnamese.

[@EricaYE6]

Hey, I guessed Vietnamese for the first Asian lady. Turned out she wasn't. lol

[@KarmenTang100]

EricaYE6 Lol, at least you gave it some thought. Because I swear people forever calling every Asian they see Chinese.

[@dianachin4849]

The last time I met an Asian, I knew he was from Bangladesh

[@Nimonjeua-Ndiangang]

Dude, it's all Asian.......

[@Miracle9981]

Or malayasian

[@coconuthead8616]

The first girl looks like shrek.

[@simzthe5th787]

thats just disrespectful.

[@simzthe5th787]

Lance Fields do you really want me to answer that

[@simzthe5th787]

hehehehe Lance Fields ok......glad you could knock yourself out.

[@diamond-vm5sl]

Hahaha

[@wetiaporquet6898]

Fiona lol

[@carolz93]

Does anyone else find this really sad? Surely we should love who we are, regardless of what the colour of our skin is or where we come from. It's sad to see people who are so judgemental towards others. We are all still human at the end of the day.

[@dmani6368]

As a black woman I enjoy seeing all of the beautiful shades we come in from the darkest to the lightest

[@tinaurban3306]

I live in the south, and I've had people come up to me to tell me that they love that my hair is so curly, only to take it back and tell me to straighten my hair when they find out I'm Jewish. Three different people in Walmart yesterday actually told me that I'd go to hell for "deceiving" people with my looks. I broke my nose when I was 12, and my hair is blond because I'm 1/8 Sicilian and 1/8 Polish, and people get so offended by that here because I don't look Jewish enough for them somehow. I can only imagine what this last girl has to go through in order to hide that she's Muslim. I can't believe in this day and age that people get so caught up on appearances and stereotypes.

[@tinaurban3306]

Peter Eli My grandparents retired down here because they like fishing and there are a lot of lakes. I came down with them because they actually had a decent school system.

[@krisC2U]

Tina Urban what the hell does Jewish look like?

[@Gwenesis]

@@krisC2U jewish looks like white people.

[@MsNobody]

The girl who says 'SLAVE BLACK" is very pretty.... I would ignore stupid and ignorant people.

[@diamond-vm5sl]

That girl is fucking dumb

[@danielleberry6319]

Ms Nobody gorgeous

[@Free_Snooki]

@@diamond-vm5sl Why?

[@mibukdesjarlais534]

@@diamond-vm5sl Nope it is YOU who is completely dumb. 🙄

[@nicki3549]

and you know whats crazy some of the darkest people can be mixed..people must have never been to brazil...sad it's you're features not your skin tone

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

The darkest & the lightest people can be mixed. But it's all beautiful.

[@Simonee619]

Right Im Creole n people can't tell

[@indiashante1560]

I'm light as hell (black) and I still couldn't pass for white if I wanted to, which I don't. Self hate is real! I love who I am and thank God that my parents taught me to be proud of who I am!

[@johncrowbatty2000]

The mexican girl is white, she's a white woman from mexico

[@ANGEL-wo6dj]

There are a lot of white mexicans

[@ANGEL-wo6dj]

Malaika Nichelle yes I know that that's why I said there's a lot of white Mexicans. Most Mexicans are white and indigenous. Just like most Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are black

[@miriamvashti9130]

Exactly

[@ANGEL-wo6dj]

Paulo Jorge Cruz Almeida that's not true at all. Yeah a lot of them are but to say that all white Mexicans are of Iberian descent isn't true. They weren't the only white people to come to Latin America. Also you're wrong about Latino since it's actually just someone from Latin America. Right about it not being a race tho.

[@ANGEL-wo6dj]

Paulo Jorge Cruz Almeida it's so funny when white latinos think they're they're only spanish/portuguese and then find out they're not

[@kangmina386]

What about the fourth girl from the beginning? They never showed her or said what her race was/why she hates it

[@Sierrathegoat]

That Jenna girl tho.... smh.

[@Iamsoul00]

Awe Tyra, I miss her show & her sense of humor. They don't make shows like this anymore. I was a young teen when this aired and it's so nostalgic to watch at 27.

[@Michelle-jz8vl]

.the dark skin girl in the audience is 💯 % correct!!!!

[@loriellajames6978]

I am 💯 African-American and love all shades of Black and Brown any person that does not love them, there is something wrong with them.

[@aleyahmalone5012]

This was a good awakening. The should be done on television every year. Everybody should show much more of this and really look at this

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

I can totally relate. I've had people swear up & down that I'm Hispanic, Mexican, Latino...whatever but, I'm not. I'm half Native American & half white. And it is contempt for me for them to be like, 'no you're not' when I tell them my ethnicity. I also get a lot of stares...like people trying to figure me out. Like, just ask me what I am & I will be more than happy to tell you my ethnicity.

[@frankfranco987]

the thing is that most hispanics are part spanish/white and americaindian which is why we look like you and you look like us.

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

what?

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

But where I live, when people ask me "What are you?" means what is my race. What are you mixed with. If they aren't talking about my race then they will be quick to correct me. If ethnicity doesn't mean much to some people, then why aren't we all the same color? We are all different & we all come from different backgrounds.

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

So?

[@feministd335]

I know youre trying to be civil and friendly but using "what are you" as a first question to get to know you I think is rude. If theyre really respectful and like you that much they should want to get to know you as a person

[@jordanleighwheatley]

I'm white and I find the rebel flag SO offensive. wow.

[@Outlawgirl0763]

Thank you Jordan you’re an ally

[@violetgirl1996]

also, a lot of koreans seem to just assume that black people are ugly. i find this offensive because i grew up in a multicultural country where there are a lot of asians, white people and darker-skinned people, whether theyre maori/other islanders, african or phillipino (which is actually asian) or whatever else. ive had a lot of dark-skinned friends before, and most of my high school friends are "new zealand black" (from the islands). i think my friends are very pretty and a lot are actually better at studying etc than me (i have major procrastination issues lol), despite our stereotypes, since im asian. so when people say something negative about "black" people, i get offended as if i were black because ive always been surrounded by people who look black, and a lot of who are my closest friends.

[@lilbabyc4957]

they were tight skinny jeans with sneakers don't we all 😐

[@vlingoo7149]

Hell naw 😂😂 Skinny jeans with the long for Jordans ?!!

[@MomTheEbayer101]

Bottom line,blacks will experience pain... light or dark!

[@ILoveStemi]

I'm black/African American/whatever you wanna call it and sometimes people call me "blasian" or "chinegro" or "japanegro" and I don't like it. I'm not even part Asian and I've been called that by some Asian people at my school. My own sister even calls me that. Whenever she sees an old Asian man on TV she says "there goes your grandpa" WTF? Also, why didn't that blonde black lady that was on the show at the beginning say anything?

[@barbaraconover6638]

I love you Tyra. I wish there was more people in this world that thought like you do. keep up the great work

[@comecog]

I think when Jenna said she’d like to be viewed as white because they have a higher standard, I think she was referring to “white privilege”. Or simply given the benefit of the doubt.

[@jamyajones747]

Light skinned privilege exists PERIODTTT. I don’t like how Tyra seemed more in favor of the lighter women

[@MomTheEbayer101]

I knew who would be the most RIDICULOUS... without completely hearing the beginning the show!!! It’s always us making a fool out of ourselves!!!

[@aniyasantiago3367]

She made Puerto Ricans look all types of bad. Everyone wears jeans and sneakers. Tf?

[@NaiyaNicole_Artistry]

Aniya Santiago I know right. Every puerto rican i know loves to fix them selves up even if we are going to school. The girls love make-up, heels, dresses, blouses, skirts etc. The boys i have date that were PR and loved dress shoes, ties, and vest. But they know how to dress street too. I swear i hate stereotypes of any race.

[@ajsimmons3288]

Lmao she was pretty but ignorant af. Like tf? The first girl was a weirdo too

[@MissReesesCup]

God help this world...

[@sonicstep]

There's no god to help! Progress or otherwise is in our own hands. Get used to it!

[@Coilygirlzworld]

He's going to make a new earth. So this wont even exist anymore

[@remielelohim8610]

I think its hard for someone from outside of the US to understand such discussions. Im from germany and frankly, Im sitting here with my mouth dropped and thinking "what the actual hell is going on there?" In germany I was told and teached that there is no race, because such ideas breed racism. All people are people, nothing more. I would be delighted if someone from the US can help me with that matter, because im really struggling to understand why there are so many discussions about race and racism in the US.

[@ronalddeleon3991]

In America it's pretty much a melting pot. But the thing is America was built off of black enslavement and their enslavement was justified by dehumanizing us. So there has been a struggle with the majority being white people accepting blacks into society. And then Asians Latinos started to come over and because a lot of immigrants were often poorer than the majority white bad connotations came and that's basically why race is a topic and or issue because we all aren't treated equal. More recently with islamophobia after the attack on the twin towers as a majority Christian country we can't fathom Christians as being terrorists because that would mean we have the possibility of being terrorists. So it's just easier to blame something that is different of less than which would be darker complected non Christians and hate them because they pose a threat. I am a black man I love all people and do not look down on any group or people I'm not xenophobic or islamophobic in any way

[@remielelohim8610]

Got it. But i don't understand why someone should use the term "us" when he speaks about race. Maybe its a cultural thing for inclusion and exclusion, but im not sure if its a wise move.

[@ronalddeleon3991]

+Remiel Elohim definitely not a wise move but when you're ignorant it makes being victimized easier

[@remielelohim8610]

It's really sad, but thank you for helping me :)

[@leia7517]

Yep I'm in Canada and although I can understand this better, some of it I find really strange. You really have to know the racial climate of the US to understand this fully, and understand why mixed race people there are in such a bind. The US is a very racial society and race is the number one identifying aspect there. Mixed people are literally forced to choose a race.

[@wineybrat0]

Jenna lost her whole damn mind. Point, blank, period.

[@Ducky190]

Half of these girls are like I'm half nationality and a race so your a white Latina or Black Puerto Rican.Im dead😂😂😂funny these people need to travel more.

[@cece4226]

Aww, thanks for posting this! It was a Great show! I love tyra and love how she loves unity and wants people to be united, not divided! Bless her! She's The Best! An inspiration! :)

[@therealkenj98]

Seeing an amazing amount of self hating ignorant ass people in the comments. "I wish I wasn't black" LIKE bitch what? BE glad you're you. That goes for all people. Like geez. It's true, everyone wants what they can't and never will have. YALL are ridiculous LOVE yourself first and then things will fall in place.

[@kiraxoxolove]

Preach!👏

[@sparklemotion101]

It's just sad. Hating black people means she hates half her family. I wouldn't be proud to be her, because if I were her I'd be a racist who wore a homemade Klan hood and thought writing "jk" made it all fine.. and I'd be a fool for going on TV and outing myself as a hate-filled "southern rebel" who wishes slavery had never been abolished. Disgusting.

[@llaming4055]

JustKen I wish i had darker skin, so I could stay beautiful when I'm older.

[@therealkenj98]

Lla Ming (are you asian? sorry for making that inference) if so YOU guys have awsome skin as well.

[@therealkenj98]

***** I completely agree but on another note every day more and more people prove all the stereo types wrong and thats a wonderful thing.

[@enigmaspoke1673]

I know alot of people like Jenna and I dont hate her or anything I just feel bad that she doesnt accept both sides of herself it would make her life feel so much better

[@battle-stormz6249]

Sorry to burst your bubble people, but if those light skin girls do a DNA test i'm pretty sure they'd have white in their ancestry at some point in time...just because your momma and daddy are both black(one is always lighter) doesn't mean their lineage wasn't mixed. A lot of african americans don't even have a complete family tree so stop confusing yourselves. We are all human but we need to argue smarter and not stupid when it's so obvious.

[@nikibronson133]

All African American People have white people in their family but there are Nigerian people who are the color of the girls on stage and are 100% Nigerian

[@nikibronson133]

@@arganiaspinosa9122 their is no %100 black look because black doenst all look the same. And all AAs have white admixture

[@lakeishahrome]

I'm sure that's why Tyra said they're African American from their direct relation to their parents at least.

[@destinysky3816]

No one is 100% anything. We're all mixed with something. Smh

[@nikibronson133]

@@destinysky3816 thank you!

[@sunbird777]

Tyra needs to have her own show again.

[@apachegirl5255]

Black people comes in alllllll shades and different features and different hair type ,and eye color ,thats the beauty in being who u r!!

[@nessarow9293]

Not really. Most of you are dark with kinky hair

[@Juicyyfitt]

YES YOU BETTER PREACH!

[@Juicyyfitt]

@@nessarow9293 shut the fuck up please! Thanks

[@nessarow9293]

@@Juicyyfitt The truth hurts I know and biracials are not black

[@dany85680]

Yes they do and they see mixed people as mixed in Africa. Not black so sorry to break your fantasy. Diversity doesn’t meen everyone’s black honey. Those women would be mixed in Africa the end!

[@AbyaaJones]

TYRA PLEASE BRING YOUR SHOW BACK. 💯💯💯💯💯💯💔💖💞💕

[@skrtskrt9191]

The first girl is Treasure in a few years LMAO

[@DarkShadow-hi3cp]

This episode is a decade old hopefully Jenna has changed her views.

[@Outlawgirl0763]

Treasure’s sister

[@rambolina6156]

I am puerto rican. Native, black, and white! I am latino and identify as multi racial. And i am proud of every part of me!

[@KYRAA30]

SMH... Self hate at its finest! I LOVE being black and I love my brown skin ✊🏽

[@Inna0691]

Do you see the white girl in the back ground ... just rolling her eyes... Judging..

[@calistalove7427]

that darker skinned girl at 18:29 is gorgeous

[@jaydathebastard4917]

Calista Love ROTFF

[@trulovegirl]

WHEN IS THIS WORLD GOING TO UNDERSTAND, NO ONE IS 100% ANTHING, EVERYONE IS MIXED

[@jadexade2337]

Trulovegirl E they may not be 100% but they come damn close.. most black people in america are over 85-90% black, most white people are over 95% white

[@derricknregina]

Not true.

[@UdoADHD]

I am 94% west African and 6% Central African!! Even I am not 100%!!

[@UdoADHD]

Generic TM can YOU READ? I am part west African and part Central African. They are not the same type of people!!! Are you stupid? Why not just say we are 100% human so no one is mixed.

[@UdoADHD]

Generic TM WHERE DOES THE COMMENT SPECIFY RACE? They said no one is 100% ANYTHING. Open your eyes, burro.

[@missvida6251]

Lmfao Jenna girl! I’m biracial black and Polynesian and I’ll look crazy as hell going around calling myself white when I have like 5% European blood

[@teelegacy9140]

Tyra needs to bring more shows like this!

[@mara_veena]

I'm a Muslim and I still get hate for 9/11 and I'm not Middle Eastern.

[@LeeshaHaneef]

I come from a country in the Middle of Indian Ocean called Maldives, with just 350,000 people. Here we have no RACE, we are all the same. We have no formalities regarding race & it's never an issue. we are all a huge mixture of every race and we all look pretty diverse. When i moved abroad to study, I was constantly asked which race i was, it is very confusing to me. Does is matter? We are also referred to as Indian all the time even when we clearly explain to them that we come from an Independent Country and we are NOT INDIAN. Something i noticed on this show today is how diverse we all are and how beautiful all these women look. We are humans and we need to move past all this racial discrimination. I am disappointed in America a bit cause even on this 21st Century, they can't seem to stop all this. Btw I am Muslim & we are not terrorists either. we are very normal, general human beings. :-) xoxo

[@Coilygirlzworld]

I know you comment 2 is ago but I agree with your comment 100%

[@xxlovelifexx1012]

I'm proud to be puertorican, it's a beautiful country and every country is beautiful.

[@ayishaeddins8022]

Just because you get picked on doesn't mean you're not liked. Sometimes it's because someone wants something you have or they actually like you.

[@LarryBanks85]

Wow I love the Tyra Banks show and this show was interesting! I'm Biracial I'm mixed with black, french, cherokee, and white and its crazy how some people think I'm just black and when I tell them I'm mixed they think "With who, you are still black cause you got black in you" and thats not true but I'm used it so I don't let it worry me cause I know who I am.

[@cradle177]

Tyra doesn't know what 'nationality' means.

[@musicabelle68]

This popped up in my notifications after that dr Phil girl said she was white lmao

[@dream_candy2173]

muzicgeek_503 omg same 😂

[@boitumelomagomola1560]

tyra really gaslighted that issue of colorism ngl

[@thaina2012]

« I only claim the white side »😂😂💀💀 sis goooddbyyyyeee

[@PeaceNinja007]

since when is mexican, dominican and puerto rican a race? And that mexican chick is white.Mexican is her nationality and white is her race, how hard is this to understand?

[@rkive92]

Peace Ninja so if Mexican and all of the above aren't a race what do you suggest they are? Like I get where you're coming from but what race should they identify themselves with?

[@PeaceNinja007]

***** Those would be nationalities, country of origin or birth. As for race, most of Latin America is composed of natives, whites, some pure some mixed (mestizos). There are other races as well such as blacks and oriental Asians (Mongoloids) but they're a rare minority. They should identify as what they LOOK the most since race is based on physical appearance. This is why on government documents you will see under the "Select Race" options it lists: -Caucasian (White) -African American (Black) -American Indian or Alaskan -Asian or Pacific Islander -Other Sometimes they may have something like "Select Race and/or Ethnicity", in which they may include Hispanic or Latino on the list. But from what I've seen, a lot of non-governmental documents include both race and ethnic choices even when the instructions say "Select Race" as well as have (non-Hispanic) after White and Black options which I feel has contributed to the huge confusion people have between race vs ethnicity vs nationality. People shouldn't really be offended for misinterpreting their race. Mixed races are possible, one may show more than the other. And people especially shouldn't be offended with the huge confusion that I just mentioned above.

[@miriamvashti9130]

Exactly

[@PeaceNinja007]

***** Okay then, apart from calling her what she actually is and looks like, you know, how it should be, what would you call her?

[@PeaceNinja007]

***** Dude you're going back to her ethnicity. Race is just the general physical appearance. Remember ethnicity is origin background . Basque, Galician are ethnicities. Portuguese is a nationality while Native American is both a race and an ethnicity. Keeping it general is key to identify someone's RACE. The reason race's simple general appearance check is for quick identification. When law enforcement uses witnesses to identify the race of a suspect, they do a general outlook because they don't have time to figure out if he or she came from Catalunya, or Andorra, or from the highest mountains in the Alps xD While there are some physical differences between whites in differing parts in Europe .. this is where sub-race comes in. But the general race is simply white.