Being Mixed Race

A group of high school students in our documentary class came together to address their experiences being mixed race.

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  • @rw7567
    @rw7567 Жыл бұрын

    I’m mixed race and I relate to how these kids felt at that age. However, there’s a point where you realize it’s okay to identify however you want to. You are not other, you are all. ❤️

  • @Lamenteinglesa
    @Lamenteinglesa2 жыл бұрын

    I'm mixed (black African and Mediterranean). This concept of 'race' was never an issue at home, but, sometimes, it was outside my household. I would say that proximity promotes empathy, familiarity and also understanding, to a point where things become normal and natural, but distance will (most likely) promote ignorance and, consequently, suspicion.....

  • @zararoyce319
    @zararoyce3192 жыл бұрын

    Being biracial can be tremendously difficult under the best of circumstances, most especially when the circumstances are less than ideal.

  • @jacky-vl4eu
    @jacky-vl4eu4 жыл бұрын

    Y’all we are a new race and a new nation our nationality is mixed so we must stick together like a country 😂 #mixedracestate

  • @db4695

    @db4695

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s true though, and we have to stop letting people tell us how to identify...our generation is the blueprint for the next generation of mixed kids, so they won’t be lost

  • @preachaberkley8170

    @preachaberkley8170

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@db4695 we are Creoles and we are from Egypt.

  • @preachaberkley8170

    @preachaberkley8170

    3 жыл бұрын

    We are Creoles and we are from Egypt.

  • @pkyt2458

    @pkyt2458

    2 жыл бұрын

    As a mixed person I agree

  • @ericgonzalez3641

    @ericgonzalez3641

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually 70% of Dominicans are mixed (half white, half black), so technically there is already a country of mixed people

  • @dwightprice4079
    @dwightprice40793 жыл бұрын

    Being mixed ethnicity gives you a different perspective. My father was brown, my mom was white. I am sure my dad registered as white, because he had white features. Until I was in my early 20’s, I never thought about how dark my dad’s skin was, I grew up in an Italian community and that was normal. What brought it to my attention was when a friend of mine visited me over brake from college. When he saw my dad and then took a look at me, he had 100 questions when we got back to school. What is my dad? Did you not notice how much darker he is. Did you ever hold his hand and notice how white your skin is and how dark his skin is? My answer was that I never thought about it. That is how my family is, some are darker and some are lighter than others. My dad was just supposed to look that way. I never knew why (hint - he is not Italian) until years after his death. A friend of mine got me into doing genealogy research and taking a DNA test. I found a small amount of Middle East ancestry, but a substantial amount of Spanish ancestry. I gave my mom the test to rule out the Spanish ancestry, and it definitely came from my dad. That explained his pigment and why 90% of the people I meet think I am Italian. When raised in such a family, racial lines start to become blurry. Abigail was saying her friends said they couldn’t see black. I know looking at her that she has African heritage, but she isn’t darker than some of the people in my family, including my dad, so I am not sure that I would pay her any mind; she is just another ethnicity. That is the problem I have with race, I don’t see much difference. Yes we have people with alabaster skin (me) and people with real dark skin, but they are people are the same regardless and race is a juvenile game that society plays that is overdue to be retired.

  • @sassouusasoo3607

    @sassouusasoo3607

    2 жыл бұрын

    Too long to read .this is a thesis or what?

  • @nemamodgeddi5338

    @nemamodgeddi5338

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, thanks for sharing

  • @town944folk

    @town944folk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well done interesting read

  • @sweetnsour3693
    @sweetnsour36934 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, I’ll always insecure about my race.

  • @JR-em3mo

    @JR-em3mo

    2 жыл бұрын

    this can hard but take hear tin knowing all of you is valid. You should be proud of all that you are. You are whole. I myself use to think I was less of one because I was also another race but that is not the case - you are whole, you are all your races and you do not need to feel insecure in feeling different bc your exp is different. You may have a unique experience that others may not empathize with but that doesn't make you any less. Sorry for the rant, hope this helps.

  • @sweetnsour3693

    @sweetnsour3693

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JR-em3mo Thank you. I’m half white half mexican. My dad never really let my Mexican culture come out, like wanting my to be American. It’s been yeeaars since I last lived with him but I still feel like I’m behind everyone else: I’m still learning Spanish and it’s so frustrating.

  • @JR-em3mo

    @JR-em3mo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sweetnsour3693 its okay. Not knowing Spanish doesn't make you any less Mexican. But yeah I get that. You can always learn if it helps you feel closer to the culture but also there are many that feel like you. Not alone! Look into intersectionality, we all have many identities that we operate in but they are all part of the whole.

  • @town944folk

    @town944folk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sweetnsour3693 -Keep that Spanish grind. I'm a continental African with no known ties to Spain (at least that I know off and I am doing Spanish on Duolingo). You hv a solid reason to learn it so go all the way with it. How are you tackling learning it though?

  • @sweetnsour3693

    @sweetnsour3693

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@town944folk I have learned soooooo much and am really getting used to speaking it with people outside of my home! Even my friends, who are from Latin America say it is very good.

  • @emmanuelr710
    @emmanuelr7102 жыл бұрын

    Being mixed means you're a Bridger. We unite multiple tribes in a time where everyone is becoming tribal. Embrace our destiny.

  • @fatimadavis90

    @fatimadavis90

    Жыл бұрын

    This💯

  • @fatimadavis90

    @fatimadavis90

    Жыл бұрын

    As a bicultural person (Antiguan & African American), you guess are awesome

  • @Youarelovewalk

    @Youarelovewalk

    2 ай бұрын

    Fqcts

  • @soulsessionsradio4234
    @soulsessionsradio42342 жыл бұрын

    I noticed that when I go to Uk or Canada, my mixed race heritage isn't a big issue, but as soon as I hop back to the states...it's on and crackin lol.

  • @17Jerod
    @17Jerod2 жыл бұрын

    How can you be mixed with a nationality. They all talking about they are mixed with different countries

  • @sasjahuntelaar5755

    @sasjahuntelaar5755

    2 жыл бұрын

    1 Smart person here👍👍.

  • @wamutv3856
    @wamutv38564 жыл бұрын

    What a great piece of content!!

  • @saintblades
    @saintblades Жыл бұрын

    This video is so unique ❤ love being mixed.

  • @chimakalu41
    @chimakalu414 жыл бұрын

    4:02 I like the way he said that an honest realization

  • @hazelscarlett7299
    @hazelscarlett72992 жыл бұрын

    Unapologetically mixed I love that! ❤️💯

  • @pedrob3953
    @pedrob39532 жыл бұрын

    Nationalities are not races. A lot of confusion here.

  • @Orang315
    @Orang315 Жыл бұрын

    The boy who is black and Native American looks regularly black to me 🙋🏾‍♂️

  • @Rebecca.xoxoxo

    @Rebecca.xoxoxo

    11 ай бұрын

    No you can see he’s not all the way black. He has an underlying foreign in look to him.

  • @Orang315

    @Orang315

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Rebecca.xoxoxo But BLACK 👨🏿‍🦱 goes over EVERYTHING baby 😃🤙🏿 😒

  • @bexie1992
    @bexie19922 жыл бұрын

    European, African and Middle Eastern here.

  • @michaelespinosa7466
    @michaelespinosa74663 жыл бұрын

    White (Irish, British, German and Scandavian) Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Native American (Navajo, Cherokee) and African.

  • @blacklyfe5543

    @blacklyfe5543

    7 ай бұрын

    Japanese are not white they are Asian

  • @bobbylewisjr5250
    @bobbylewisjr52502 жыл бұрын

    This is very nice...

  • @missam3404
    @missam34044 ай бұрын

    People are naming all these nationalities. Nationalities do not tell your race, I can't believe folks still don't know this. And the girl talking about African Americans said she was too light sounds full of it, I'm lighter than her

  • @samanthamcclish
    @samanthamcclish4 жыл бұрын

    I am mixed of Polynesian, Scottish, and Native American

  • @qolspony
    @qolspony4 жыл бұрын

    3:27 It is not that you are light skin, because there are many light skin black Americans, it is that your mother is white. And the black kids see that as a privilege. They see you have options that they would never see. And to some degree they are right.

  • @ddgslegs2606

    @ddgslegs2606

    3 жыл бұрын

    MC Cham Ksis mother?

  • @curlyfries2956

    @curlyfries2956

    2 жыл бұрын

    i guess mixed people do have more privilege. With me tho my white mom took on my african dad's last name, so every time we schedule a meeting through message or something like that, they always prolly think she is black until they actually see her in person or hear her

  • @jordanrichelieu9204

    @jordanrichelieu9204

    2 жыл бұрын

    there is no such thing as black light skin?

  • @pkyt2458

    @pkyt2458

    2 жыл бұрын

    A lightskin Black person doesn't exist

  • @pkyt2458

    @pkyt2458

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ultimate_316 hey wassup man I see you all over on these videos ngl lol

  • @fatimadavis90
    @fatimadavis904 жыл бұрын

    3:13 no one sees a black woman though. Just say you're mixed and lovely since thats what you really look like.

  • @jennifersmith5230

    @jennifersmith5230

    2 жыл бұрын

    @zoey princelover I don't

  • @0Leonx0

    @0Leonx0

    2 жыл бұрын

    @zoey princelover Have you seen black women who are 100% black ? African-Americans are on average 20% European.

  • @pkyt2458

    @pkyt2458

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Sasha Jones nah she is mixed 100% I don't see a black woman when I look at her

  • @cutthechicken194
    @cutthechicken1943 жыл бұрын

    Who has both race listed on their birth certificate??? cause my parents were told they had to choose one?

  • @superamanda

    @superamanda

    3 жыл бұрын

    It depends on what year you were born and where you were born.

  • @mariehill2590

    @mariehill2590

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have no race listed at all and I'm mixed. My certificate doesn't even have a line for race.

  • @danielmchale4383
    @danielmchale43832 жыл бұрын

    Sly family stone. Sung this kind message. Every day people

  • @sukilove5140
    @sukilove51404 жыл бұрын

    I am mixed race this is my mom black dad white Gambian Scottish

  • @christianprottenuldrich1512
    @christianprottenuldrich15125 жыл бұрын

    I am african of European and native american decent

  • @simontatum7808
    @simontatum78082 жыл бұрын

    Mixed race people subscribe to youtubers Golden Goddess(profile of a mixed woman) and Exoticals United. They talk about our issues and experiences.

  • @CupcakeSprinklesVA
    @CupcakeSprinklesVAАй бұрын

    Am I Mixed Race Because My Mom Is Half Native American And Half White And My Father Is White

  • @user-pe8dt7qd8d
    @user-pe8dt7qd8dАй бұрын

    Am i Mixed Race if My Mum is Black From South Africa And My Dad is Black Zimbabwean But From London

  • @CupcakeSprinklesVA

    @CupcakeSprinklesVA

    Ай бұрын

    You would Still Be Black

  • @fjfjcjxjjkdjjdjdjxj2459
    @fjfjcjxjjkdjjdjdjxj24593 жыл бұрын

    I'm indonesian,arabs,chinese

  • @Auswo77
    @Auswo775 жыл бұрын

    relatable

  • @pedrob3953
    @pedrob39532 жыл бұрын

    2:55 "I don't see race". People take this statement way too seriously, it's just a bad choice of words. What white people mean by this is simply "I don't mean to treat you differently and if I do please forgive me."

  • @pk56403
    @pk564032 жыл бұрын

    Mixed people have no tribe. I am mixed. I never "loved" my mom or dad. I can respect them but I never felt warmth or that they could relate to me. They are not my masculine or feminine reciprocal.

  • @--Allen--
    @--Allen--2 жыл бұрын

    My mother had two black parents, but 23andme has her at 80.2% European 15% African. I would say she is considered biracial even though she identifies as black.

  • @ILENEmusic

    @ILENEmusic

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re cute ❤️!

  • @timjhonson3792
    @timjhonson37922 ай бұрын

    For those who don't want to admit to their true heritage. That's on them. But me I'm going to tell you. I mixed racial American. And I don't care who likes it or who don't like it

  • @michaelclarkva
    @michaelclarkva4 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting with the Palestinian mix. I know there are Afro - Palestinians in Palestine 🇵🇸 as well. But of course that region was originally populated by heavily melanated individuals before the slave trade and more. Salute to the fellow black - mixed folks on here.✊🏽😁 I like the S'mores statement at the end as well.😀

  • @louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000
    @louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 Жыл бұрын

    Being mixed race Irish and Bangladeshi, I've faced prejudice from both communities since early childhood. Its soul destroying because its as though you have to pick a side when your with one of the 2 races. Also both sides have their own stereotypical prejudices and will talk openly in front of me about their opinion on brown/Asian people in a negative way, then I'll hear south Asian people talk about white people in a derogatory way. This recently happened to me and I thought I was past all this cr*p coming up to my 60th year, but here i am still dealing with this BS. 🐄 💩 ☹️

  • @Rebecca.xoxoxo

    @Rebecca.xoxoxo

    11 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately it will never go away. I work with young children and even they are aware of race theory

  • @sabineboyle
    @sabineboyle5 ай бұрын

    i’m nigerian and european

  • @robtathome
    @robtathome2 жыл бұрын

    I tend to say I'm American

  • @jvden361
    @jvden3614 ай бұрын

    🇹🇹

  • @notslicedbread3578
    @notslicedbread35782 жыл бұрын

    Damn I'm rare

  • @oswaldoayala9167
    @oswaldoayala91673 жыл бұрын

    I'm not mixed-race at all, I'm like 🇲🇽🇺🇸Chicano so I'm good

  • @sassouusasoo3607

    @sassouusasoo3607

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hummm .

  • @Timerips
    @Timerips9 ай бұрын

    The light skin nation is growing

  • @diegosuarez5095
    @diegosuarez50952 жыл бұрын

    The white kid “I’m indigenous Mexican” that kid just what’s to be a Latino

  • @envision6331

    @envision6331

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe it's because he is dumbass.

  • @joshuamartineau505
    @joshuamartineau5053 жыл бұрын

    African American Indian gotta love that brotha

  • @BlaBla-ho9iy
    @BlaBla-ho9iy4 ай бұрын

    North African, south Saharan, arab, but don't like arab religion :(

  • @sursorn5575
    @sursorn5575 Жыл бұрын

    They don’t have an identity

  • @TheMainAttractionn
    @TheMainAttractionn Жыл бұрын

    Being mixed mens we are better and people are jealous being mixed means we are the best out of every race we hold power of all races that we are

  • @charifjock8179
    @charifjock81794 жыл бұрын

    British not racist

  • @Animalhouser
    @Animalhouser Жыл бұрын

    Half of them don't even know what they're saying. Or better yet, the question is too broad. I hearing Nationalities and Ethnicies... for example, if you or your parent is from Trinidad, your ethnicity can be anywhere from Indian, Indigenous American, Caucasian/White, Bantu/Sub-Saharan African..... Mexican, same thing, Indigenous American, White/Caucasian, Bantu/Sub-Saharan African.... Ppl aren't even educated 🙄 That said, ethnically European White/Caucasian, African/Bantu/Black, and Indigenous American. My nationality is US American...

  • @feliznavidad6958
    @feliznavidad6958 Жыл бұрын

    This video starts off with a ton of misinformation. First of all, Black and White are not ethnic groups. You can have parents of two different ethnic groups who are of the same race. If your mom is white German and your dad is white French. That makes you monoracial and multiethnic. Jesus. This video needs to be redone

  • @temmywemmy8544
    @temmywemmy85442 жыл бұрын

    Guy with mask: cringe *plays guitar*

  • @triclopsgamer5934
    @triclopsgamer59343 жыл бұрын

    In the future everybody's going to be the same race. Beige. Everyone is going to be a different shade of beige. Welcome to humanity. Get over it. LOL 🤣🤣🤣

  • @triclopsgamer5934

    @triclopsgamer5934

    3 жыл бұрын

    @arturo smith I was being sarcastic but it seems to be true. Personally, I don't give a shit about race.

  • @Datacorrupter234

    @Datacorrupter234

    2 жыл бұрын

    that will suck. the day when the who planet looses its ethnicities, nothing will be cultural or unique or fun everybody integrated ethnically similar and the same. a one world distopia

  • @Knockaswagga
    @Knockaswagga2 жыл бұрын

    The dark guy has some strong Indian genes

  • @preachaberkley8170
    @preachaberkley81706 жыл бұрын

    Skin color is not a race!!

  • @isabelpatterson4949

    @isabelpatterson4949

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do not be shy about your mixed heritage be proud be proud

  • @preachaberkley8170

    @preachaberkley8170

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@isabelpatterson4949 we are pure Creole and we are from Egypt.

  • @user-bx2cg2ec8c

    @user-bx2cg2ec8c

    4 күн бұрын

    ​@@preachaberkley8170 that's lovely ❤

  • @NatureNvibes
    @NatureNvibes2 жыл бұрын

    White people left the chat

  • @Datacorrupter234
    @Datacorrupter2342 жыл бұрын

    ddamn that 1/8th of me that isnt the same :'o

  • @makaylar3116
    @makaylar31164 жыл бұрын

    Mexican is not a race it’s just white so he is not mixed race he just has multiple nationalities.

  • @qolspony
    @qolspony4 жыл бұрын

    4:37 It is definitely those EARS. Those ears are not Black.

  • @diegosuarez5095
    @diegosuarez50952 жыл бұрын

    Bruh “I’m mexican I’m African American” whatever girl u ain’t your a wannabe

  • @XiJinpingForever
    @XiJinpingForever2 жыл бұрын

    I don't like race mixer at all