Grace is having the last laugh. She's Absolutely Gorgeous and successful.

@yvacesar2679

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@radamesgerenajr5741

9 ай бұрын

Halle berry WAS my Crush .@@yvacesar2679

Such a classy sister… love her

A beautiful lady! ASL is a great language.

What a beautiful woman. Finally hearing someone else feeling like me. I realized I am enough and the world has to change!

As a CODA, I can 100% relate!!! Thank you for sharing your experience and creating a multicultural awareness of CODA life!

Thanks Grace! 🌷I can totally relate to those surviving tactics in school around bullies. I went to school in the inner city and it was tough. You're going along with what seems to be people "just messing around with you" or "Playing too much" to survive & you're actually being bullied. I've always been low key & to myself so the extra energy from bullies looking to project their own abuse was too much for me.. What I realized is that most of the bullies parents were like recovering addicts, on drugs or battling some kind of demon and those kids were bringing their anger and frustration to school.

@shaylove5439

2 жыл бұрын

💯

@1goldbaby

Жыл бұрын

Growing up in the sixties that bullying stemmed from jealousy and envy from the dark skinned girls with nappy hair !! So happy when relaxers were invented to help their hair..

@lisasmellellie9657

Жыл бұрын

@@1goldbaby oh shut up dark skinned women are not jealous of light skinned women at least not because we have "good hair" or light skin maybe because of the unfairness we benefit from but not because of anything else

This is relatable. I feel like she was telling my same experiences growing up mixed race. And so eloquently!

I love this interview. Grace seems to be such a beautiful spirit!! 🤎🤎🤎

Omg that’s the girl from Harlem?? She is absolutely gorgeous!!

@sheliafears591

2 жыл бұрын

She played on “Empire” as well!

As an African American woman I NEVER use the term "fair skinned" when describing a light skinned person. That would mean that a dark skinned person is somehow "unfair". It doubles back to negative words that we use against ourselves. And yes, it is that deep so could we please stop?!

@grannyklampit1710

2 жыл бұрын

Deeper... Fair really means beautiful. But people don't think about these things. And since they don't think about them, they don't consciously make that negative comparison.

@vickicampbell2736

2 жыл бұрын

good point

@vickicampbell2736

2 жыл бұрын

good point about what fair skin may mean. I don't feel that way. just used the terminology that was put on our people and many people still use.

@vickicampbell2736

2 жыл бұрын

@Mimi I agree with you and it is a pleasure connecting with you. knowledge is definitely power. Ignorance causes so much turmoil and continuing problems. Thank you so much for your input

@luckysaira4470

2 жыл бұрын

Light skinned is technically no better with 'lighter' being equivalent to higher in shade or illuminated and thus better than everything else around it. Sometimes it's cultural. In Caribbean communities the term fair skinned (which is used more than light skinned) or even red skin is used to describe certain complexions. I was called red skin growing up. I didn't like it but it wasn't a racial slur within the community. Now if you take that term outside of the Caribbean community and call a Native American that, then it would be deemed offensive.

Yaaas “boo boo Kitty” 💖💖🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾

I can relate to what she's talkin about I have a biracial daughter. A lot of biracial children experienced some hard times in school. Even when I enrolled my daughter in a school that was mostly biracial she still caught a lot of Hell from the kids who weren't biracial. It wasn't until she wrote a poem doing a talent event explaining how she felt as a biracial child that thing's kind of changed for her. In her poem she told all about her experience as a biracial child which if you're not biracial you have no idea. She got a standing ovation from the crowd.

@karengarrett3398

2 жыл бұрын

MRS JONES YOU HAVE AN AMAZING DAUGHTER. LOVE& BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOURS.

@theorderofthebees7308

2 жыл бұрын

Go little girl !

@marriejames01

2 жыл бұрын

What Ive noticed from Biracial’s is that many of them are so confused and insecure and take their insecurities out on fully Black children. Many times they have mothers that don’t know a thing about their hair and have them looking a mess. Problematic behavior goes both ways.

@normajjs

2 жыл бұрын

@@marriejames01 I would have to disagree with you for what you're saying and if you don't have a biracial child you have no idea what I'm talking about

@1goldbaby

Жыл бұрын

Your kid hasn't experienced anything different from light skinned blacks that had good hair growing up in the 60's era and before that stemming from slavery somehow yall thik this is something new qBlack ppl are the original mixed ppl stemming from slavery . It didnt matter then because of their " one drop rule" tho. It just irks me that somehow today just because white women are having children with black men that its something new. Qnd to make matters worse some of these children don't look like they have a white parent..some black ppl that are from 2nd and third generation mix looks more mixed or " biracial" than they do..just saying

I love Grace thank you Tamron for always bringing inspirational stories

I absolutely enjoyed watching this. I own a copy of “I Am Enough” and have read it numerous times to my daughters. Hearing her story just solidifies the message within the book of survival and thriving against all odds because we are enough.

Thank you, Tamron, for continuously interviewing interesting people. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌹

@janellegrace5815

2 жыл бұрын

She also elevates the conversation with her questions and style of interviewing.

@ddacoe0

2 жыл бұрын

@@janellegrace5815 Yep!

I LOVE Grace & Her Husband from Empire ❣️

Wow - Grace’s personality/character is strikingly amazing. “Give people grace, compassion, and space for them to be who they are.” This is incredibly thought provoking. It is imperative to stand back and refrain from illegitimate judgements. I needed this reminder. God bless grace. Learning her back story serves as a teachable moment for me.

Such beautiful women.. wow, I have no idea till this day why are kids/ people are so mean.. I remember being in school and children were being bullied..Such a mean streak in people, which I will never comprehend..

What A Beautiful Interview!! So proud to be a Caymanian! Grace, You're doing that for Us!

I'm glad she calls herself Biracial and not Black.

@Lulu060986

2 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@0709happy

Жыл бұрын

If she did call herself black she would still be correct in her description!😳😎🤬

I love the show Harlem... and I loooove her character. I've watched the series at least 2x already.

Grace Byers is beautiful 😍 and thanks for telling your story 👍 Tamron this was a good show 🤗

She's beautiful and articulate. I feel like she should be much bigger than she is.

Thanks, Grace for your honesty!!

Love to hear them both speak...

What a gorgeous woman both inside and out! :) She is as graceful as her name. So inspired by how she overcame all the rough moments in her life and is shining! Thumbs up! :)

'Grace' in the midst of it all, beautiful Queen, thank you for sharing!

Sheesh. Nobody can beat Tamron’s fashion game. Nobody.

@lettiegrant9447

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

Wow, you just never know a person's story or the struggle they've have to to deal with. I'm sure it's hard for a lot of persons to look at this beautiful woman and imagine she's had si many struggles. Good for you Grace for overcoming. Beautiful interview as usual from Tamron. She has such a genuine interest in people. Love her interview style.

I love Grace for sharing! 😢 wow so much of her story hits close to home…except I was in the water when they tried to drown me. You do diminish yourself to be less noticeable to perpetual bullying. That may be the motive of bullies to begin with.

I love when people accept their puns. 😁👌🏽

Grace Byers, Tamron Hall, Meagan Good all are boss babes... thank God for yall

Love that Grace, being different is a superpower!

Glad I discovered zoomed in even on your Interesting show. Especially enjoyed recently 'I am Enough' segment

Such a beautiful and talented young woman. You are enough! May God bless you and keep you Grace and your entire family. 😊

This was very inspiring, I'm also biracial and can relate so much of what Grace said. I can definitely understand what it feels like to think you aren't enough. Thanks Grace for being so open and honest.

@vondageorge3029

2 жыл бұрын

Gracebiii⁷

My daughter eats alone everyday. She makes me think about my babies bright future. Things won't always be like middle school or high school. Kind people not only survive but thrive (with therapy, spiritual guidance, self-love, mentors etc.

@OriginalPrincess32

9 ай бұрын

That's sad. I hope she had made some true friends

Love Grace Byers so much. I totally got Rose Nyland vibes from her character in Harlem.

I love her books. I read them to my granddaughters and my students.

I cannot wait for the second season of Harlem!

Great interview. I really like her

Omg she’s so lovely! 🥰 I think I’m going to do a video on this video later… I can relate to a lot!

Wow I totally relate to this growing up.

I love the deaf community 🤟🏽

Children are innocent, but can be so cruel #childhoodbullying

Wow! Grace story is inspirational. Kids are so mean. " Now we can drown her"

@joycecourts7403

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Wish she could talk more instead of the host.

@iyamom4

2 жыл бұрын

Speachless, that is horrible. Look at her now!!! Used as fuel to live her best life.

Wowwww....just WOW! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

ASL SHOULD BE OFFERED AS A PART OF THE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM EVEN FOREIGN BECAUSE ITS NOT FAMILIAR WITH EVERYONE NOT JUST COLLEGE BUT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL… MY STUDENTS ARE IN KINDERGARTEN AND ARE LEARNING ASL

@Kimm721

2 жыл бұрын

It is in some cities. I learned sign language ESL in junior high school over 40 years ago. I later learned ASL while working with hearing-impaired coworkers.

Beautiful Story & Person ❤

@jessicahubbard7218

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤️

the beautiful thing is that she knows who she is snd is a fantastic woman.

@vickicampbell2736

2 жыл бұрын

ok i am done with the subject. Peace and love and all of us are beautiful and all of us matter

@vickicampbell2736

2 жыл бұрын

one more comment. Vanessa said and I quote " both my parents are african american"

And that’s the thing is only when you reach America they forced too choose. It’s okay to be mixed in the Caribbean. She’s not black or white she’s mixed

@jennbrooms8058

2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right.

@lettiegrant9447

2 жыл бұрын

If she's mixed she has to be black and white. That's what mixed is.

@kisha4040

2 жыл бұрын

@@lettiegrant9447 No. She's of 2 races.

@mnqolivia

2 жыл бұрын

@@lettiegrant9447 the poster didn't say and, she said or. Yes she is both, but in the US people are forced to say one or the other.

@luckysaira4470

2 жыл бұрын

Well so many of us are multigenerationally mixed in the Caribbean anyway so it's not an alien concept. I think it is still less common to have two parents of different races in the Caribbean though. Usually the mixed ancestry are passed down by grandparents and previous generations.

How that girl said that about 'drowning her'...wonder how feels now? Wow.

@neeneediamond2959

2 жыл бұрын

What a cruel thing that those kids wanted to kill her. So evil

Ty Grace. Ty. Tamron. Ty Jehovah -Jireh.

Such beautiful ladies!

Whoa! Not many people can say that they grew up in a mixed race household with deaf parents like Grace and her sister did! I mean that in an interesting way of course!

Ms. Byers is so poised, well-spoken, and beautiful! I love that she is unapologetically sharing her truth! Is she married? Tamron Hall Show let's set up the 1st date with me & Grace! ;)

@candicechavis5867

2 жыл бұрын

Yes she's married to her co-star from 'Empire' Trai Byers.

I grew up never ever fitting up. Many of my significant others visually challenged.. My grandmother and Cynthia

God bless you Grace

I love her

My parents divorced when I was twelve and my mom raised me and my sisters. I used to think that I wasn’t normal because of my family dynamic. It’s still some trauma that I have to work through because of that but I’m a much better person because of my mom raising me

Beautiful and talented, you go girl! People tend to try to force biracial children to chose a side or the tell you who you are based on what they think you look like. My children are biracial and that is what many people do, even family. Acknowledge both, that's what makes you uniquely you. The fair skin thing is what society use, so most people will use it because that is what most of u grew up hearing, so it is automated. It will take a conscience effort to rid the ignorant vocabulary from the past. However, I agree that it is something we should do. The opposites of fair is unfair, so yeah, let's ditch that term when describing skin tones.

As a woman I could not imagine being jealous of a woman who had lighter skin or others thought was more beautiful or whatever than me. I don't require other people's validation in that way... largely because I learned in elementary school... people are fickle and unreliable/undependable in many cases. I personally love for people to shine... but don't try to diminish me THAT DON'T HAPPEN.

@rebeccaarthur534

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you. Well spoken. So many women hate on other women for nothing. In this world we are all traveling in the lane that God has put us.

@rachelm.3173

2 жыл бұрын

I'll say it...the reality is some kids are just cruel and evil. Will find ANYTHING a little different about a person so they can bully you to no end. Most of us have been there. I was picked on in school for being too skinny. Looking back, I'm grateful. I had room to gain weight after motherhood and just getting older. God gives favor to decent human beings who trust in Him.

🤔 There are tons of black families in the US too who have parents of mixed heritage with light hair and light eyes and the kids constantly get asked "what are you?" I'm was also one of those kids (I detest that question) as well as my siblings and many of my cousins. I think that's just how African American culture is through out the whole diaspora, not just in the Caribbean. I mean I understand her broader point...just saying, African Americans with significant European roots is not just something found in the Caribbean.

🔥🔥🔥🔥

Wow, she’s a beauty. Where did she grow up. I don’t see or hear that much.

That's crazy someone wanted to drown her. That's sad! I like Grace she has my grandma name. I liked her in Empire, and Harlem. And i love her husband too. He is very handsome.

❤️

That whole "Great, now we can drown her" is so disturbing!

Deaf parents? Wow

I have been marking OTHER since grade school. I never liked the labels they tried to put on me.😑

That was very smart of her not to get into the pool.i am sure that I would not go to that party.

❤️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@jessicahubbard7218

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤️

She definitely could play Diahann Carroll! 🥰

@kisha4040

2 жыл бұрын

No! Diahann is a Black woman. Grace is Biracial. Let a Black woman play Diahann.

@trinabrooks1587

2 жыл бұрын

Diahann Carroll is also a Black woman

@marriejames01

2 жыл бұрын

Hell to the NAW! What an insult! I guess you expect her to put on blackface like that 🤡 Zoe did for Nina Simone.

@OriginalPrincess32

9 ай бұрын

Do you mean Tamron? Because I can see a resemblance there.

Damn I've been through this.. i had to tan just to feel accepted in certain races or when you are mixed but people tell you you are this or you are that and how white people will see you as and blah blah blah.. it gets worst and then judgement or people will bully you for being mixed or etc.. trust me we went through it..

I’m biracial too

This is a very interesting story. I’m glad she was able to find solace in who she is, and now able to fully embrace her differences. I wish her nothing but continued healing. People are just misinformed about genealogy. Here’s what people don’t fully understand and totally miscommunicated over the years,is that… we are what our fathers are. Not our grandparents, not both parents BUT OUR FATHERS! If the world can actually understand and accept that, there wouldn’t be so many people confused about their ethnicity.

@NellieKAdaba

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏿

@vienicestyles6122

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, it’s the other way around. You’re what your mother is. You come from your mother. That’s why the Jews say, that the mother has to be Jewish in order for the child to be. The mother carries the seed (egg) while the father is the fertilizer (sperm) That’s why it’s called mitochondrial dna or better known as The Eve dna. The oldest bones to be found on the planet was that of a female …Eve.

@lettiegrant9447

2 жыл бұрын

You're what both parents are. Your mother didn't make you by herself. That's not possible.

Black people are going to have to figure out this divide btwn black (which really is largely mixed race if you're ADOS) & mixed race (at least 1 parent black). I despise the othering & telling folks who they are... it is not productive. There's going to have to be a conversation. Any1 in my family who is black & something else--is however they identify. I feel like it's JEALOUSY & WEAK NATURE TO BE ENVIOUS.

@lizabetx483

2 жыл бұрын

Also we still play into the racism and self hatred created by slavery. Black is a color which is now used to identify with strength (Black Power). But its origins are based on a slur (Negro, the Spanish word for black) and it disconnects you from a country - Africa. I identify as a member of the African diaspora and a person who is multi-racial.

@kisha4040

2 жыл бұрын

@Mii Mosa It is not a divide. It is facts. Black people have 2 Black parents. Biracials have parents of different races. It is as simple as that

I am surprised it was difficult. she look black. Did people actually think she was odd ? my daughter is her complexion and from two black people. me chocolate tone and her dad light skin black. Anyway I am glad she is a successful a tress and happy ❤️

@tweetyslife253

2 жыл бұрын

No she doesn't look black or lie a black American. Most black Americans with two black parents looks like Gabrielle union, come on, she looks mixed

@vickicampbell2736

2 жыл бұрын

@@tweetyslife253 not true. We come in many complexions , hair textures, body shapes. My daughter is light skin because her dad is. my grandmother is, my husband's fad was. I am chocolate tone Both our features are considered ethiopian. I can't believe you think with such a narrow mind. wow.

@vickicampbell2736

2 жыл бұрын

@@tweetyslife253 you don't look like Gabriel Union not that anything is wrong with her look. Look at Vanessa Williams both her parents are black. That is where the word passing comes from. there are black people from 2 black parents that can pass for white. This sister does not look white and is always playing the roll of a black woman because of that. Most of us are blended from years ago but our dominance is African. Read about the Diaspora and African American history

@lettiegrant9447

2 жыл бұрын

You need to educate yourself. Two dark skinned blocks can have a child her complexion. Look around. It's obvious you haven't seen much.

@lettiegrant9447

2 жыл бұрын

I agree where did this person come believing what she is saying.It shows her ignorance of the black race And if she's black it shows ignorance of her own race.

She will forever be Boo Boo Kitty.

Is this Grace from Greenleaf?

@traceylugg9707

2 жыл бұрын

no

@thecurator2626

2 жыл бұрын

@@traceylugg9707 not the character “Grace” but I thought Grace Byers played a role. She looks like actress who played Grace’s daughter. Don’t mind me. I’m gonna go check the cast list.

@PrettyPreciousG

2 жыл бұрын

Boo Boo Kitty from Empire

@thecurator2626

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrettyPreciousG thanks. Don’t judge but I have never watched Empire. I haven’t seen Harlem yet either. I only just finished binging Insecure once season five wrapped. I’m terrible about tv shows. I think I was at least two seasons late with Greenleaf.

@PrettyPreciousG

2 жыл бұрын

@@thecurator2626 no judgment from me. I only watch a handful of shows on television!

Booboo kitty!

Àwwwwwww you're are so beautiful and gorgeous and adorable and cute and sweet and amazing and awesome and nice and delicious and thoughtful and kind and excited I loved you so much sweetie

Woe Cameron! Is she implying that she experience being treated poorly when coming here by blacks in America? Is that what she is implying? Hope she is knowing that line about blacks treating her like an outcast started with her home islanders who worship people her shade! We not trying to denounce her, but cast mud on us in America, that’s below the belt! It is the reverse from the true perspective of those of us who know all about casting shade! No other comment!

I'm angry they used her to play a black woman.!! She is not Black & should not be given black roles

@brenaomi

3 ай бұрын

She is a black woman with fair skin