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[@harriyanna]

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[@cosmicsongbird3047]

Reading Degrassi fanfiction and reading someone refer to Liberty Van Zandt, the black CANADIAN girl in a CANADIAN show, as "African American" still sticks in the back of my mind to this very day.

[@raviolli.le.3eme]

America is a continent, the US is not America its a country in America, canada is part of the American continent. If im not correct or not understanding i would love to learn more sorry for the pour english. And have a great day

[@seyspectra]

At least Canada is still in America. Sometimes even Afro-European people are called African American…

[@sissysovereign1294]

Wouldn't the more correct term for her be African Canadian?

[@pptenshii]

@@raviolli.le.3eme true, though in the context of "african american" it almost always refers to the country of the us. black girls from latin america arent called african american. theyre called afro-latina. just as we dont refer to all poepl efrom the continent of america as american.

[@raviolli.le.3eme]

@@pptenshii tks alot for taking the time to explaining ! this does make sence but i find it weird america is like the 2nd name of US

[@dreamgrlarchive]

also: light skin does NOT equal biracial like this is what happens when you live on twitter

[@yessight6952]

No seriously cus some ppl who are biracial aren’t lightskib

[@syria0110]

I remember this white man saying that Cree Summer was white passing. THEE CREE SUMMER! Yes, she’s biracial, but nobody would look at her and think she's a white woman 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@lreneewell9154]

Right. I'm biracial too and some black kids used to think I was just white too. Granted, I'm very light but I do not look fully white SMH .....

[@dreamgrlarchive]

exactly how i feel about mariah carey. idc. that woman is obvious of color.

[@fae3821]

​@@dreamgrlarchiveI'm probably the only one but I thought "Why is everyone calling this white woman a Black rnb legend?" when I saw Mariah Carey.

[@vixxexo6855]

@@dreamgrlarchiveI thought Mariah Carey was latina from Mexico or something and not black.

[@Darkstalker1012]

Nothing infuriates me more than people not using terms correctly. Like the term “simp” for example. A guy could just be simply doing a nice gesture or just being a gentleman, only to then be called a “simp” for doing said nice gesture….It’s sad how people (mainly guys) shame other guys who’d RATHER be a respectful person to others regardless of gender

[@andiman44]

That’s what happens when the internet gets ahold of a word

[@strawberycupcake]

I consider an actual simp to be like sanji from one piece, someone who does anything to get attention from women and lusts and has nosebleeds from just seeing a woman. but when it's just a guy having basic human respect for a woman? it makes no sense for him to be called a simp

[@Darkstalker1012]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@strawberycupcakeMy point exactly, guys are literally shaming other guys just for being a decent person to women. And it’s truly sad 😔

[@sungexpression9093]

⁠@@Darkstalker1012no simps are ppl who give women praise for existing. Not for being gentleman or being nice.

[@Darkstalker1012]

@@sungexpression9093 I know that, I was just agreeing with @strawberycupcake. Also you’re wrong. A simp is not just a guy who gives women praise JUST for existing. It’s a guy who puts a woman on a pedestal (ie: Buys her flowers, jewelry, literally doing/ buying ANYTHING the woman wants just to get into her 👙. I’m saying that it’s upsetting that there’s men who’ll call other men “simps” just for doing nice things/ or just simply being a gentleman

[@Ariento]

I don't know if you've seen King of the Hill, but in the first episode the Hill family gets new neighbors, a Laotian family, and Hank asks the dad if he's from China or from Japan and honestly that really does sum up how too many Americans view Asia. Well nowadays folks are aware of the Koeras too usually.(Hank is very much the butt of the joke there.)

[@syria0110]

Also, that little bit where Cotton knew Kahn and his family were Laotian and corrected someone who thought they were Japanese (given that he served in World War II)

[@Ariento]

@@syria0110 Yep, that was Hank he corrected! Even the infamously racist Cotton knew better than his son lol

[@fae3821]

Omg I got a few examples of people using these terms incorrectly 🤦🏽‍♀️ 1. White passing- Ppl calling every light skin Black/mixed with Black person white passing. Like really, Halle Berry? You right, Rashida is a good example, & Meghan Markle. 2. Colorism- Somebody said Chris from disney's 'Let It Shine' benefitted from colorism. He just wasn't seen as a nerd, he was a "pretty boy" who could dance. Him and Cyrus were the same shade. Also, the ppl who try to pull a "this is reverse colorism" 3. Biracial- Ppl calling folks with one poc grandparent biracial😵‍💫 Or like you said, only recognizing half white ppl as biracial 4. Misogynoir- Some ppl straight up ignore this exists 5. Racially ambiguous- Ppl who are visibly Black being called racially ambiguous. Recently Beyonce has been called racially ambiguous & uh not to me🤷🏽‍♀️

[@pptenshii]

im not black, but i am mestizo (mixed white + indigenous american) from the usa and ive noticed how no one really recognizes us as biracial. it may be because of many reasons, but when i mention it, its brushed over and our experiences with race are often not seen with much nuance. usually we're seen as one or the other, or are straight up told shit like "most white ppl from here are, get over yourself". why the hell do other people feel entitles to how mixed ppl interact with their identity?

[@alpacafish1269]

fr@@pptenshii

[@balaynganiyebe]

reverse colorism breaks my mind sm 💀

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

@@pptenshii Also people think that mestizo is the only way to be Latino.

[@pptenshii]

@@imthebossmermaid3648 absolutely!! whenever someone imagines a latino, they think olive skin and straight black hair. it's a real pain knowing just how much diversity there is in our latino community!

[@thelingeringartist]

I love the sound of the beads idk why they’re so soothing for me. So familiar

[@ellapastoral]

I would love for you to do a video talking about white passing characters; the phrase that you mentioned that makes me so mad when people don’t understand is the term nonblack people of color 💀 like y’all plz let’s get it together

[@melanise7071]

I try not to get too frustrated but also I feel like terms such as nonblackpoc are really not that hard to understand. Like...

[@helloIisperson]

9:00 as a native this was smth that irritated the shxt out of me in class, being called "indian" or "american indian" just makes me really uncomfortable from anyone that isnt native and I have now learned it makes me a new level of uncomfy specifically from textbooks, cause they're meant to be an authoritative source and breeds an environment where everyone (including the teacher) reads aloud from the textbook and calls us indians. (And i never feel i can really say anything when im uncomfy in the moment cause i am white passing, and if ppl dont know me i assume they get "my grandmother was a Cherokee princess" vibes just cause ppl have reacted unsavory to that info 1 to many times) Anyway, that being said quick psa: ***native history classes were not made with natives kids in mind*** and the kids in them are tone deaf ✌ at least by the end of this unit ill know who not to trust

[@kenrickbautista6141]

I know teachers get the rough end of the stick, but god, I think you'd make a good teacher!

[@thelingeringartist]

I got so worried that I had been using these words wrong and now I’m glad that I’ve had all my bases covered by this MUCH NEEDED video. People have literally tried to act like I’m stupid when I try to explain these things and correct people… I knew it was from a place of narrow-mindedness or just shallow thinking but oh geez…. 😣 I thought the Native American/Indian mix up thing was always so idiotic too. I’m shocked that people STILL be calling indigenous people Indian when like…. Google exists. These videos exist. It’s just… I dunno. It’s crazy LMAO.

[@thelingeringartist]

Over halfway through the video and oh my goddddd some people and their lack of like, reading comprehension… all of this is literally “no duh” type shit… oh Jesus…

[@sp00k3t0ast]

this video is so good to see esp because ive been watching a lot of documentaries about The Selecter recently and they call Pauline Black "racially ambiguous" when she is obviously not? like, they have her literally right there on camera in an interview and they have the balls to call her that when her whole thing is that she isnt 🤦

[@tyjordanflophour]

The dichotomy of AAVE being considered improper when black people use it and "just slang" when non black people use it is so so jarring. Seeing your culture repackaged as a trend how many years later is like an episode of the twilight zone. Hearing sum like "it do definitely be like that, bestie" out in the wild gives me whiplash and /does not/ spark joy. Black American culture (which varies even across regions) is not for everyone's consumption, but "homie" "sis" and now "woke" spilling out of many a non black person's mouth without a second thought This isn't the future Whitney would've wanted :(

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

Non-Black people be using the habitual be wrong as well. None of them would pass the "who be eating cookies?" test and yet...AND YET. 😪

[@riverbanzachamploo9725]

It really irks me when people miss use words. It can lead to the words meaning being watered downed.

[@serenatsukino5252]

Every time i hear someone call a Native American "indian" i get so upset. I also think some people misuse the term "light skin" to refer to people who are mixed/biracial. Yes some mixed/biracial people are light skinned, however not all of them are. And there are light skinned black people who aren't mixed. I wknder if that's why black people with two black parents get mistaken as "racially ambiguous"? People are just assuming every light skinned black person just isn't black. 🤔🤔🤔

[@rudetuesday]

I think some people use "white-passing" or "racially ambiguous" for POCs as shorthand for "I'm attracted to this person, and don't know how to talk about it".

[@fae3821]

Definitely. That's where the "You're too pretty to be JUST Black", "You're pretty for a Black girl" & "Where are you really from?" comments come from😒

[@devontamosley4487]

It's disappointing but not surprising that people are just so ignorant these days when it comes to terms involving race. It's not that complicated. Do your research, ignorant people.

[@balaynganiyebe]

out of topic but the art in ur pfp looks great :O

[@medtle1]

A lot of people seem to mix up part-white privilege and white-passing privilege, which is annoying, especially when you throw in racial/ethinic ambigioisity into the mix. White-passing and racial/ethnic ambigioisity are very subjective, so some people can view racial ambigiousity and white-passability very differently. Racially ambigious people are people like the rock (when his hair is shaved), tulsi gabbard, halsey, word girl and her adopted human family, shego and her brothers, meghan markle, olivia munn, maya rudolph, cardi b, olivia rodrigo, cree summers, and darren criss. White-passing people are people like lance from the serfs, vin diesel, kj apa, eartha kitt's daughter, pete wentz, keanu reeves, michelle branch, one of the guys of JOLLY, rashida jones, the actor playing sokka in netflix avatar, chloe bennett, and sofia richie. POC that are part-white but not white-passing are people like barack obama, ryan potter, zendaya, henry golding, drake, halle berry, maggie q, vanessa hudgens, and charles melton.

[@Laquia]

Pin this comment please 👏🏾

[@anonloki3]

Love the video! I remember I had a discussion about the concepts of "white passing" and colorism, it was bad. I was shocked about how misinformed people are about certain issues. You did a great job explaining it all!

[@harriyanna]

thank you so much for your feedback!!! i was hoping to explain to where it would be easier to understand

[@kevonhankerson2124]

I'm so glad you made this video because the amount of times I had to explain to people that not every biracial person is black and white and that african american doesn't mean that someone is actually african is insane to me and not gonna lie i thought Zendaya was Latina at first because a lot of Latina girls I know look like her lol 🤷‍♂

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

Your comment reminds me of how most people think that Latinas look a certain way. The way Black, white, and Asian Latinas often get told "you don't look Latina" because they're not mestiza.

[@kevonhankerson2124]

@@imthebossmermaid3648 no what I meant was growing up I knew a lot of Latino people that were mestizo so I automatically assumed that every Latino was mestizo until I read a book about Colombia and saw pictures of black Colombian people and realized oh so black people can be Latino to and also seeing celebrities like Christina milian and laz alonso on tv

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

@@kevonhankerson2124 Great!

[@MajestyAfify]

Halsey is white passing😭😭 I didn’t even know her dad was black until someone on KZbin said it

[@andiman44]

I’ve read that he’s mixed so it makes sense if true

[@elleliteracy]

my favourite AAVE fail is in My Time by BTS where the chorus goes “i’m finna gonna find my time” 🫰 language is beautiful 💖

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

Also in a Blackpink song but I sadly forgot which one: "you gon' finna catch me." kpop fans need to stop it with the jokes. 😭✋🏿

[@DrCocofruit]

Friday I was shown a video of the "Blue eyed, Brown eyed" test by Jane Elliot, I think it's a good example of colourism

[@dramaticroses94]

Just a little fun fact, but Cardi B and Erica Mena are considered white as they have one grandparent who is black. They look black because of the makeup they use.

[@harriyanna]

yea i would consider them to be racially ambiguous.

[@jenesishunter9674]

Cardi B is Afro - Latina. Eric Mena I just thought she was a White Latina. 😅

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

@@jenesishunter9674 Lol Cardi B ain't Afro nothin' what she is is a liar. 🤣 Same with Princess Nokia.

[@priscilla8068]

This is somewhat related to the topic but I hate how some black people will say that white people view us the same meaning they can't identify when a person is lighter, biracial or racially ambiguous. This comes up a lot in conversations about representation in media and how a lot of lighter skin black women who have Eurocentric features get chosen more in lead roles conpared to their darker skinned counterparts with Afrocentric features. I think some people don't use these terms correctly on purpose because they don't want to see us making any real progress.

[@serenatsukino5252]

Depending on how the biracial person looks, I do think some white people aren't about to tell they are mixed and think they're just black. I think because historically (in America) , mixed people were only seen as black, white people just see us as all the same.

[@shreksvr123]

thanks for making this video!! i've heard spanish be used incorrectly by people that are older.

[@fizzydizzystudios4768]

I really find this video interesting. It’s true, we don’t talk about this in schools, more often than not we learn it online. So many times I was thinking *THANK YOU!* It’s crazy how language is so easily misunderstood. Also I won’t lie, 21:41 had me burst out laughing. We all need to go outside, touch grass, and talk to people. Stop being hermits lol.

[@OrbyStormy420]

Thank you for posting this, hope everyones' day is well!! 💗💌

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Thank you for the education Harriyanna! 😊

[@sco145]

People need to be more precise with their speech.

[@atlaszurum]

im sick of people calling every lighter skinned POC or even brown skinned POC 'white passing' like wdym?!! also theres a diff between racially ambigous vs white passing, not to mention white passing is subjective. like i am wasian (asian+white parents) i have pale skin but i have dark body hair, a big nose etc. idk if id be called white passing but like, white passing means you dont look racially ambigous AT ALL! like halsey. racially ambigous means you cant be clocked as x race easily.

[@atlaszurum]

also simply having white skin isnt == whitepassing. ive seen sm wasians / other biracial ppl mixed w white be pale but have very obvious ethnic features.

[@JulianSteve]

Thank you for the breakdown, Harriyanna! My top three pet peeves that are mix use (online and reality): multiracial, biracial, and Spanish😅

[@rainbowdashsailormoon6005]

Thank you for making this. I'm Mayan (indigenous) and even my white grandmother will not stop calling me Indian even after I've told her over and over again to please stop calling me that and the reason why. Also I've been told by someone that I can't be a person of colour because "only black people are, and only black people are discriminated." 🤦 And people think when when I say I'm mixed race or bi racial, people automatically jump to thinkin I'm black sometimes. My ex even kept going on about how bc my skin was dark, I *have* to be black. That was one of our very last conversations.

[@elleliteracy]

this might be a dumb question but just when you were talking about different hair texture representation: if someone has their hair in locs/braids can you tell what kind of curl pattern they have or do they end up looking the same when styled that way?

[@harriyanna]

yes! this is true braids and locs do appear differently on different hair types.

[@andiman44]

I love your hair; the color is so pretty 🥰

[@theartistformerlyknownasperson]

Thanks for the informative video , I hope you have a wonderful day

[@jax_firestorm9689]

I remember the last time I told someone I was white-passing, and a white woman told me I was a white man. Which is… fun. That’s cute. But like I’m… literally blond, and my mom is black.

[@andiman44]

@ 20:17 The girl in the original movie-your photo was from the remake-was actually a white passing biracial

[@jonah8231]

people not understanding what african american means is so funny to me cuz like. its in the name. and yet people asked my dad if he 'saw a lot of african americans' when he came back from france. he said that he didnt talk to all of the black people to find out if theyre american.

[@danielengotto7714]

I've always questioned if people are white passing or white people birthed from people of color and in minoritized cultures. Because let's not forget a lot of people in countries that have been heavily colonized have also experienced sexual violence from colonizers and oppressors so they have white dna. For example the average African American descendant from people enslaved in present day USA are near a quarter white. So they can have white cildren and if they then have children with white/non black people if that child doesn't look like they inherited the Black parent's African ancestry then I'm assuming that it wasn't passed down. Just because your parents have one identity you aren't necessarily guaranteed it because of relations to them. I remember watching a DNA reveal of Jessica Alba and although her father is of Mexican/indigenous heritage and a white mother,she was only 13% indigenous and 87% White. This goes to show that she is a white women raised in a minoritized culture and putting her Dad's identity on her wouldnt fit. I would argue this is the case with many white passing people and those who are also mixed yet don't present as such.

[@ShesquatchPiney]

"White passing" is so dicey. My husband is Latino, his dad is biracial so he has a white sounding last name. When we lived in New Hampshire where there very few other Latinos for comparison and didn't get any sun, he was often taken for white. Back in TX, it depends on how much he's in the sun and whatever bias baggage the observer has. Colorism is certainly a bitch cuz if he's in a deeper summer tan, we are more obviously a biracial couple. Obligatory I am a pasty bench disclaimer, so I obviously experience these things as an outsider. I think "white passing" is also really complicated for Latinos cuz in TX anyways there's a lot of more conservative Latino folks who go to great lengths to distinguish themselves from "less assimilated" or more recently immigrated Latinos. That's a mess of assimilation American pie I am not qualified to get into. Absolutely do your own research. Every Latino country has its own intricate and complicated history with different degrees of anti indigenous, colonialist, anti afro, colorist biases baked in. The phrase "Nopal en la frente" is a loaded term that, to my outsider research so please only take this as a jumping off point with a boulder of salt, means a person who denies their true indigenous and/or Mexican heritage even though it is as obvious as a "cactus on their forehead". "Wearing my nopal en la frente with pride" by Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin is an excellent essay by a Mexican American woman obviously infinitely more qualified than me to convey how these intersectional intricacies affected her and her family. Listen to POC, do research, practice intersectionality, all that jazz. This shit is complicated, I love Harri's frank approachable way of dillenating these terms.

[@GoingRampant]

Thanks for the informative video. :)

[@serenatsukino5252]

In the original imitation of Life (the black and white movie), the actress playing the biracial daughter was actually a biracial woman who looked more like her white side however, i heard that she refused to pass as white. Keep in mind, this was the 1930s, so white passing meant more than "looking fully white".

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

That's awesome, who was that woman?! I believe I've seen her in a video thumbnail somewhere.

[@serenatsukino5252]

@@imthebossmermaid3648 I think it was fredi Washington.

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

@@serenatsukino5252 oh, ok, thanks! 😊

[@devontamosley4487]

Oohh, this is gonna be interesting.

[@collapsingwavefunction_.3356]

People out here changing Hobie's perfect beautiful face???! DISHONORRRRRR!!!!!!! >:-(

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

And his perfect beautiful hair??? DISHONOR! DISHONOR ON YOU, DISHONOR ON YOUR COW!

[@andiman44]

@5:32 Hobey is so pretty that i thought he was a woman when I saw him in a thumbnail of yours; people need to get it the fuck together

[@XxKilleredxX]

I can't speak for every tribe, but I know local to me, "American Indian" is preferred over "Native American", as the latter also encompasses the Inuit and all indigenous groups in South America. It'd be like seeing someone from France and calling them European (or, as in your next example, referring to someone from India as South Asian); not technically wrong, but can be confusing and strips away a lot of culture and history to use the broader term if you're strictly talking about indigenous people living within the present-day US. If you literally just replace the words "India" and "South Asia" from your next example (or "Nigerian" and "African" from the one after that) with "American Indian" and "Native American", it's the same kind of thing.

[@rexspecificallyredrex64rem73]

I'm going to delude myself into believing that you are wrong because I refuse to believe that there are people who don't know what half of those very blunt terms mean. "White-passing," "Racially ambiguous," ???????????

[@charlieedwards4331]

KJ APA ISNT WHITE?!

[@dramaticroses94]

He's half Samoan and Australian

[@harriyanna]

white passing to be exact!

[@simplyjuannie5128]

Both of Maya Rudolph's parents were black i think 🤔🤔🤔

[@harriyanna]

just doubled checked, her dad is white

[@simplyjuannie5128]

​​@@harriyannaMy mistake. I just always pictured her father being a black guy. I should have researched.

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

Yellowbone refers to lightskin Black people. It ain't got nothin' to do with Asians. Not everything is about y'all.