Why is skin colour considered a culture? I understand that in America segregation led to cultural divides, but unless you're raised in a specific place, skin colour is just... well melanin. I'm black and I'm from England, I don't act "black" I act Yorkshire.

@msgirly6827

7 жыл бұрын

jhunt5578 how do you act black tho? That sounds so stupid.

@MegaHAZE21

7 жыл бұрын

Skin colour isn't a culture, they call it black culture because it was popularised and perpetuated by black americans. it's a simple system of classification i don't know where you're getting lost....

@jhunt5578

7 жыл бұрын

I agree with both of your comments. I get stereotyped within the confines of black culture because some people consider skin colour to affect my identity. I've legitimately been questioned with sincerity why I like Indie music more than Hip-Hop. I'm taking issue with the idea of black skin and black culture being synonymous.

@jhunt5578

7 жыл бұрын

Deborah A I put "black" in quotation as if to say other people believe you can act "black". Just listen to virtually any Chris Rock sketch and you'll get what I mean.

@MegaHAZE21

7 жыл бұрын

jhunt5578 That's because black culture and black skin was synonymous up until around 57 years ago (which historically speaking is like yesterday, I literally had a grand parent twice that age lol). And not even taking that in to account the overwhelming majority of different racial groups live with and interact with people that are predominantly of the same racial group so they pick up things that are similar like behavioral traits and artistic preferences. While stereotyping is wrong people perceive those that are different from the group as "outliers" so it's only natural for them to question why you don't conform. Like asking a woodpecker why it doesn't peck at bark like the rest of it's family when it spends all day trying to catch shinny shit with the magpies.

As a non-american, I find this whole debate a bit ridiculous, and judging from the comments I'm not the only one.

@Angell_Lee

5 жыл бұрын

USA is sad

@geddinixan255

3 жыл бұрын

@@Angell_Lee theyre so weird.

"I'm the only person in the world who looks like a combination of BOTH Annies!" I am deceased

"white people can still listen to Lemonade and still be mad at Jay-Z" 😂😂

@kf31paris

6 жыл бұрын

I am from France so I do not understand this joke, can you explain please?

@nottoday4168

6 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Vanilla Ice

@bonika3814

6 жыл бұрын

charlot et charlotte lemonade is an album beyoncé created to throw shade at jay-z, her then cheating husband

@classic3511

6 жыл бұрын

Can black people be white ? Michael Jackson, Beyoncé Knowles, they can sure try.

@misterree09

5 жыл бұрын

@Sir Isaac Brock ...and they say black people pull the race card too much...

Seriously, in most countries I've been to people identify as the citizen of that country rather than a particular race. If you're born in Turkey, and your parents were born in Turkey, you're a Turk. You could be super dark or pasty white. Same goes for Iran, Greece, Italy, Spain, Great Britain. Arabs call themselves Arabs all over the world and they could be stemming from entirely different countries with widely different skin colors. This obsession with someone being black, white, Hispanic, or mixed race is very much an American thing IMO.

@WilliamGarrow

7 жыл бұрын

lacountess No it's not really. Other countries do it as well. When I went to Egypt a few years ago the first day I was there I got called a racial slur. I can't speak for other races. But black people worldwide get a lot of hate. So we are always aware. We don't have the luxury of being colour blind.

@lacountess

7 жыл бұрын

The King of Zamunda I wasn't saying other countries aren't racist. I was saying they aren't as obsessed with labeling their citizens with their race. I'm also not implying it's all roses and rainbows there. Most old world countries have tribal divisions, or religious segregation, like Shiite and Suuni in the Middle East, or Sikhs and Hindus in India.

@shammy63

7 жыл бұрын

Every single country you have mentioned - people identify as their own separate ethnic groups. stop talking out of your ass. try call a kurd a turk, he will kick your ass; try call a catalonian a spaniard... try call a scotsman english... try call an azeri in iran an iranian. before opening your mouth, do some research.

@ryancranfield1954

7 жыл бұрын

a scotsman isn't English, he wont care if you call him british though

@prashantchaudhary2569

6 жыл бұрын

The King of Zamunda completely agreed on that, even in India where most ppl r brown, discriminate against blacks as most of them r students , but bec of sterotype they r drugs peddler, hatez to be live in a century where still racism exist

I am from South America and we have no idea how to understand the American's way to segregate people by their color... we are so mixed is completely absurd to separate people between black and white, or calling yourself black because you have 1 drop of black blood, if you have a mixture of race you should be able to tribute both not only the black one, i.e.: Trevor Noah, Barack Obama, Drake, they have one white parent, sometimes that white parent has much more importance in their lives than the black parent and yet society as a whole doesn't allow them to tribute their white family as they should because they must define themselves as black or else they are insulting black community (wtf!?), crazy stupid thing, Slavery is the worst thing the USA got as a nation and these racial divisions are perverse, the more mixed the country becomes, the better for people to overcome this cultural madness... people should be able to acknowledge their heritage if you are mixed, all parts black and white or aboriginal... and by the way "Latinos" or "Hispanics" is not a race American Census, that's ignorant...

@kpaterson9717

7 жыл бұрын

Biosnap Wonderfully written 😇

@jonathanh.7397

7 жыл бұрын

Biosnap Latinos aren't a race in the census they're a cultural group and are classified as Whites.

@biosnap_art

7 жыл бұрын

thanks

@biosnap_art

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, before 2010 was a race from 2010 the Census changed the concept, therefore you are correct but they are not included in the White race and because Hispanic and Latinos were a race in the Census still people get confused... "The 2010 US Census included changes designed to more clearly distinguish Hispanic ethnicity as not being a race. That included adding the sentence: "For this census, Hispanic origins are not races." Additionally, the Hispanic terms were modified from "Hispanic or Latino" to "Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin". (wiki) Nevertheless, the correction, the segregation via ethnicity is incorrect, people from Latin American origin can be from many races and that makes them very difficult if not stupid to encapsulate in a group because is totally misleading.

@jonathanh.7397

7 жыл бұрын

yes you're right they're still often mistaken as a race and I sometimes make that mistake too. But I have a Latino (Colombian) friend who said to me that Latinos, Hispanics do feel they belong to the same culture and he's been to various South or Central American countries.

We need an alien invasion for us to be united as just humans.

@stannisbarracuda5693

6 жыл бұрын

best thing ive read in a long time

@socrattt

6 жыл бұрын

We'd still fight each other.

@fruitsarelife148

6 жыл бұрын

Laura Velásquez this is ACTUALLY true. Even though black people have been ready since Day one.. Whites needed a lot more time.

@bonisilensibanyoni371

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@kantehazard594

5 жыл бұрын

ronald reagan actually said this strangely enough.

If people can't tell if you are white or black, doesn't that make you think that the whole thing is irrelevant to start off?

@austenhead5303

3 жыл бұрын

You would think, but Murrcah.

@s.wright6945

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I'm 24% black and most people think I'm mediterranean.

Still think it's weird Americans call themselves like african-american, american, native american and w/e. Over here we'd just call people like that: Dutch, Dutch or Dutch. Or in Germany: German, German or German.

@FirstnameLastname-gr5kb

7 жыл бұрын

hylke45 As a German I can confirm that's true

@IanSwart

7 жыл бұрын

It's even worse in South Afrika. Here you're either black, white or coloured (mixed race).

@WilliamGarrow

7 жыл бұрын

hylke45 So you don't have racial classifications in your country?

@FirstnameLastname-gr5kb

7 жыл бұрын

The King of Zamunda Usually not. I mean, if you're asked to describe a person's looks or something then you would also describe their skin colour probably, but normally, skin colour just doesn't matter.

@hylke45

7 жыл бұрын

'Statistics Netherlands does not keep track of ethnicity or race.' (in Dutch known as the CBS) is a government agency. It's not found on a passport either nor have I ever had to fill in information about my racial background for a government agency (only ever for surveys I think, which are anonymous). Whilst not racial it is however recorded where you were born and where your parents were born (afaik). This doesn't say anything about race though. This does however indicate if you're autochtoon or allochtoon. Which they use to see how people with a non Dutch background adapt to the Dutch culture, norms and values.

The reason why non-Americans are confused: Americans label by skin color, the rest of the world labels by country born in, or even parent's country, or does not label at all (this group also has Americans in it).

@feyrol42

6 жыл бұрын

This isn’t true. Lots of other countries identify with race. Particularly if they’re a country of various races. Yes, they claim nationality but race is a factor too. Americans identify with nationality too. They’re very American centric but among themselves there are differences. I don’t know why people on KZread want to act like race is uniquely American. I can pull up peer reviewed academic journals on clear racial lines in South America, the Caribbean, parts of Western Europe like France or England. It’s interesting and disingenuous how people online want to act like your race has no impact outside of America. That’s a bunch of hogwash. Unless you’re homogenous nation. I’m not American but I don’t see all their race stuff as unique to them. It’s in many other places. Sometimes other areas are worse than America.

@trixiedasher5288

6 жыл бұрын

I'm in Australia, and it confuses me over the race thing. "African-American" We don't have names for Australians such as "african-australians" "asian-Australian". If you're born in Australia, or became a citizen, you're Australian. Unless you're a island torres, or aboringinal/indigenous, even then there's no question asking if you're white oborigine or black. I was confused when i spoke to an American lady and she put a huge enthesist about being Asian, and to me... I saw no importance in this declaration, she's American.

@patrickstarshooter5221

5 жыл бұрын

@FuzzyBearies What a bold claim. It amazes me how somebody can be so oblivious to their own countries policy. The Apex gang that is constantly reported on the news as "African immigrants". Even though pretty every one of those kids were born in Australia. There has been a debate on deporting them. Again, deporting people to places they've never been to, simply because that's the origin of their parents. You're not confused, you're biased​, hypocritical and, unaware of your own policy.

@johnjohn-lk3je

5 жыл бұрын

According to wikipedia. Apex, founded around year 2000, although lacking any leadership or structure, is a group that has been loosely termed a street gang in Melbourne, Australia. The founding members were part of South Sudanese origin. The South Sudanese community in Victoria are a refugee community fleeing from the civil war in their homeland, their community of about 20,000 arrived mostly between 2003-2006. The community has faced difficulties in adjusting to Australia, including facing casual racism and the difficulties faced in adjusting to a new Community. I dont see anything wrong calling them immigrants.

@patrickstarshooter5221

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnjohn-lk3je Of course you don't. Because you are a hypocrite. Most the Apex "gang" members are teenagers born and raised in the Australia. The group mostly consists of young teens. How is it that you live in Australia and don't know this?

She picks a NIGERIAN NAME....OH NOOOOO leave my people alone woman we have enough issues already.

@Jino-yl3uk

6 жыл бұрын

ESE like boko haram

@lsamoa

6 жыл бұрын

It's not a Nigerian name, it's a Fulani name. There are other countries in West Africa in case you forgot...

@African_Mermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Nkechi is an Igbo name.

@lsamoa

6 жыл бұрын

And Diallo is Fulani

@itsjemmabond

5 жыл бұрын

@@lsamoa My middle name is Nkechi, and I can confirm it IS Igbo. My parents are 100% Igbo, for goodness' sake. Not sure about Diallo, though.

I am Panamanian, but I identify as a Ninja Viking.

@Karifi

7 жыл бұрын

Ygor Nimoy lol

@oojaa2

7 жыл бұрын

There is a contradiction in that vikings always cared a lot about their exceptionally good looks, while the ninja want to be invisible (and blend into the crowd). But the commonality between the two is pirates.

@dreamdivination

7 жыл бұрын

ninjas weren't pirates. they were employed by a ruling elite to work as spies.

@UtaNngkrngDpanKompi

7 жыл бұрын

hey man, you can be whatever you want. even Trump gets to bre president

@germanvisitor2

7 жыл бұрын

Vikings were pirates, though. They are even a subspecies of pirates. Maybeyou could call someone who spied on vikings a viking ninja.

This exists only because Americans are so obsessed with race. Everybody in the USA talks about race all the time, though mostly in coded language.

I just don't understand why your race even matters?

@AndieBlack13

7 жыл бұрын

DablMON It really doesn't matter...it is these comedic types, individuals & associations who "keep it alive" as it were... Race is a social construct, a folk taxonomy, a specifying of groups of peoples according to a set characteristics, a way of differentiating one or another, then applying a stereotype. Myself as you see in my picture here, I am a "white male" as set by this thinking, my wife is "Hispanic", by the same logic, our 19 Year-old son is 50/50 in this regard. He has asked "what am I?" We have gone round & round with this obsession, this debate with race...our conclusion?, it just doesn't matter really....we have told him he's just a human being really...I guess he will be checking off the "OTHER", the little box containing all those pigeon holes, on the inevitable piece of paper, others who still will be obsessed with "race".

@copiludeargint

7 жыл бұрын

DabIMON cuz it does

@AndieBlack13

7 жыл бұрын

Alejandro Becalli Race has no "power" of its own, it is ourselves that give it a "meaning"....for good or ill.

@eltina21

6 жыл бұрын

because we can't just ignore differences

@aksb2482

4 жыл бұрын

Because many people are abused because of the colour of their skin. Have you read a history book?

Maybe one day it will be simply enough to identify ourselves as a human being.

@lsamoa

6 жыл бұрын

Got any more platitude you'd like to share with the world?

I'm 4'7" and I identify as a 6'10" lol

I've always found it funny that in the US you're either white, or black or asian or whatever. It's an either or with nothing in between. No one would call that woman black in Spain or South America. Maybe we'd call her "mulata" or "mestiza".

@Elsenoromniano

7 жыл бұрын

That's because Spaniards and Portuguese had a race classification based on ascendency that determined your worth and how much you could advance in society. So a mulata had it better than a black, but a castiza (mixture of spaniard and mulata) had it better than the mulata, and a criollo (son of spaniards born in the colonies) had it even better but even then worse than a spaniard. In USA, as well as one of your parents was black you were black. Two both horrible distinct modes of organizing discrimination.

@dothedeed

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah - the USA had the "1 drop rule" so if 1 out of your 16 great grand parents was black and the other 15 were white, then you're still black.

@Niobesnuppa

7 жыл бұрын

In Norway we'd just call her "foreigner", LOL

@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy

7 жыл бұрын

USA has a shitty classification of ethnicities and races. A third of them is retarded, so don't blame them.

@MysteriousMiddleEast

7 жыл бұрын

Would they call her white? Coz she doesn't look that either.

This is the kind of weird shit you get when you follow the one-drop rule. Like, still, whenever I see rachel dolezal I can't understand how anyone could have thought she was black. All I can see is a white woman with a perm.

@margaritam.9118

7 жыл бұрын

yltraviole I laughed so hard imagining her saying "I identify as a white woman with a perm".

@edgehill66

7 жыл бұрын

yltraviole And a really orange tan.

@fozzybear7526

6 жыл бұрын

yltraviole but at the same time there are lots of famous people who are part black and I never had any idea, like spencer from pretty little liars

@hokayso4530

6 жыл бұрын

she looks white, its her face shape

@realmofthesenses

3 жыл бұрын

People who are ethnically-mixed can be hard to identify as belonging to a specific ethnic group. I am 50% white, the rest is a mix of African, Chinese, Native South-American, Jewish. I´m 25% African. In looks Rachel Dolezal and me could be sisters. Difference: I don´t do perm, my curls are natural :-)

We are all the human race, sooner we all get that the better.

@rjfaber1991

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Fortunately most of the world isn't the US and doesn't cling onto an artificial construct like ethnicity so hard. Here in the Netherlands, you might occassionally hear people use the Dutch words for "white" and "black" in informal speech, but even then it's frowned upon, and if those terms would be used by a popular late night host or anybody of equal social influence, it would be a massive scandal.

@puellanivis

7 жыл бұрын

In fact, biology shows that the differences between individuals in a race is larger than the statistically average differences between "races". There is literally _less_ biological support for race than there is for social gender. Yet, somehow people are now starting to become ok with trans people. Recognizing that transwomen are women, and transmen are men. All these arguments can be turned to trans people as well. Bring on an androgynous person and ask them if they ever feel tempted to claim they're the opposite sex, you're likely to get the same sort of reply. "No." Because their identity does not align with the other gender. They know who they are, and where their cultural gender roles lie. You cannot use that ambiguity to invalidate transpeople, by saying that just because someone who has passing privilege doesn't think of themselves as trans, that no one can be trans. And as to the white parents question, trans people get "well, were you born with a vagina/penis?" Even still today. And finally, "wtf? you can't just choose to be black, any more than black people can't stop being black." let me paraphrase: you can't just choose to be female, any more than women can stop being female. We ALREADY ACCEPT that people who are GENETICALLY IDENTIFIABLE as one sex can actually transition to being a member of the other sex, because our gender is a social performance, and interaction, not a biological feature of genetics or heritage. Transwomen are constantly walking onto the battlefield of sexual oppression and going "holy crap, this system is SO FREAKING RIGGED against women!" And "you can support them without claiming to be black," yes, just like transwomen could support female interests by being a feminist and not being a woman. Closing off the access for them to express themselves genuinely in order to insist that a barrier not be broken... I understand that this upsets many black people, Dolezal. But transwomen upset a lot of women, and are now super pissing off men, just by using the same bathroom. When all of your arguments have been used directly against another oppressed group that we've realized shouldn't be oppressed, you have to ask yourself if these are valid justifications, or if you're just throwing up the same old "I don't like change!" denialist arguments that todays newest bigots had been using against yesterday's oppressed people.

@vovac8915

7 жыл бұрын

A race? Of what species? You use the word "race" only, if there are more races to differentiate between. This doesn't make sense. HUMAN SPECIES!

@David-uy4nb

7 жыл бұрын

we aint the same race, we are thee same species.. get the terms right..

@puellanivis

7 жыл бұрын

From a biological standpoint "race" is no less of a social construct than nationality... In so far as "human race" you're aware that well before we spoke of elven races, and dwarven races, an..d fairy races, etc. "state" means a sovereign body of government, and is not a subset of nation or country, it is in fact, just as equal as both of those terms. Yet, Americans, due largely in part, to how they have constructed their federal system use the term "state" exclusively to refer to the several states that are underneath the federal government, which is, itself actually a "state", and the reason why it's the "Department of State", not "Department of Nation" or "Department of Country".

"Are you black"? What a disgraceful question to ask.

She looks she could pass 4 mixed...

@NJOverclocked

7 жыл бұрын

Mashundae Pearman Not if you actually see her with her REAL hair and skin color before she gets spray tanned lol - she's literally wearing black face and leading the NAACP it's hilariously offensive

@dothedeed

7 жыл бұрын

IMO people are being too hard on her. Her parents adopted like 4 black kids when she was a baby. So she grew up thinking she was black. And she went to Howard University a HBCU, She taught black history and has a masters degree in African Studies, she ran the NAACP chapter in her city, her ex-husband is black, she has black kids and now works as hair dresser doing black hair. You can say she has a mental problem - but her heart is in the right place - she actually thinks she's a black woman.

@johan.ohgren

7 жыл бұрын

Mashundae Pearman I don't really care about ethnicity or color but it's not a big difference between her and Trevor.

@msgirly6827

7 жыл бұрын

dothedeed but she is not. End of story. She can turn her "blackness" off. I can't. So she is not black.

@margaritam.9118

7 жыл бұрын

Johan Öhgren because 1) Trevor is mixed 2)Rachel has made herself look *mixed* The fact that everyone at the show and in the comment secrion still plays "one blood drop rule" game is just astonishing.

its funny because I am white but wear a headscarf. I have LITERALLY had people ask me if I used to be white but now am muslim(???). Weird how when people look at each other they automatically have to clasify or label them, I mean can I not just be a person regardless?

@jasfay7219

7 жыл бұрын

Nasreen Nabaoui lol cuz muslim is a skin colour 😂

@Jim-pq9pm

7 жыл бұрын

Cause Muslims tend hate white people, but whatever.

@jasfay7219

7 жыл бұрын

James Sunderland I know this may come as a shock to u but....there are white muslims, i know its crazy

@darkfoxxbunyip

7 жыл бұрын

that's odd, the Muslims I have met over the years didn't hate white people at all. Something must be wrong. I'm guessing that what is wrong is what you've been told about Muslims sofar.

@jasfay7219

7 жыл бұрын

James Sunderland yh i dont hate any white people and idk any other muslim that hates them

I am Mexican, which means that I have ancestors indians (purepechas, nahuatls), spanish (sefardies, arabs and castilla?), and blacks. The first time I was asked about my race (In USA) I can not answer that....

@marianinasaenzdeugartediaz1752

7 жыл бұрын

Antonio Garcia Hold on... Spanish arabs?? I'm confused, wouldn't that make you middle eastern?

@vovac8915

7 жыл бұрын

Nearly whole Spain was under arab/berber islamic control for a few hundred years in the middle ages (Even the majority of the people was islamcized). There had been a long war then and the iberian peninsula was rechristianized. The war and the rechristianization is called the reconquista period. The muslims also wanted to go further and take France but they were defeated there by Karl Martell also known as "Karl the Hammer".

@tehnemox

7 жыл бұрын

I think most Latinos/Hispanics tend to identify themselves by nationality and culture rather than race, they band together under a cultural umbrella with many similarities but still retain individuality from their own country's traditions and their upbringing - at least in general. I live in Canada, and am originally from Panama. I identify as Panamenian. I also identify as Latino/Hispanic. However my family has italian and spanish backgrounds so I look pretty white and most people only guess I am not Canadian due to my accent...which is also not an hispanic accent because of the languages I grew up listening to kind of mixed together giving me a rather odd accent (to the point even in my own country I would be asked multiple times where I was from). My point is that separating and trying to classify people by skin color as a "race" is oversimplistic and rather backwards. At this point we should start trying to move away from even labeling a race as such. We are all different and may share cultural similarities with other people of the same skin color, sure, but it is not a black and white matter. Even the terms mestizo and mulato and the like are slowly becoming obsolete with all the mixing we do.

@MsColdCanada

7 жыл бұрын

tehnemox as you've probably already realized if you have kids in Canada they will hardly ever be asked anything about their origins. Only when someone in the group starts discussing how many Scots are in their family tree, for example, does it come up. In Canada, as long as you speak like the majority in that region, you can even say "I don't know" as an origin story. If your accent is different then you'll always be asked, for example, if you're raised in Newfoundland but live in any other province then get used to being asked.

@NegSteLucie

6 жыл бұрын

Antonio Garcia Not all Mexicans have Indian ancestry.

I'm a white male but identifie as humming bird

@RKroese

7 жыл бұрын

I am a humming bird and I am offended...

@larapalma3744

6 жыл бұрын

shlibber lololol

@1DavidLivingstone

6 жыл бұрын

I declare as half pollen and half nectar and we've been oppressed by humming birds since the beginning of time!

@ablurida

5 жыл бұрын

don't dude. you will lose your privilege

@-gemberkoekje-5547

5 жыл бұрын

That's great!

It's honestly pretty depressing how obsessed most Americans still are with race and biological heritage, though sadly not surprising. It's been less than 100 years since the country was segregated, after all, and these things take a long time.

My former doctor is white, and she wears a Black Lives Matter wristband when she sees her patients. I, a mixed race Chinese and White girl, high fived her!

"can i Just call you Rachel"😃🤣

How someone could do that? Saying you are black when not. America never stops surprising me!

Michelle is awesome. Loved the segment about Kellyanne Conway with her. She should be on camera much more

I can relate to this. I have been variously mistaken for an Iranian, an Egyptian, a Kyrgyz, a Turkmen, a German, and, for some inexplicable reason, a Spaniard. Kyrgyz is relatively close seeing as my family is Qipchak.

I was very confused when I started my exchange year in the US, because I had to fill out a form that asked for my race. I literally don't know and I've never been asked that question before in my life. So that was an odd experience. Still don't get it

Please tell me trans-racial won't become a thing. Suddenly humanity is like an RPG with character cuztomization where you can change your race, face, sex, at any time.

@msgirly6827

7 жыл бұрын

The_Pyromancer rt.

@Carewolf

7 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome. Hopefully people would get so tired of it they would stop caring about what race, sex or gender anyone is.

@gusstavv

7 жыл бұрын

I want to change species to werewolf in that new life RPG!!

@Montyweb

7 жыл бұрын

Govenrment's gonna introduce micro transactions + DLC so you can choose new racial backgrounds

@darkfoxxbunyip

7 жыл бұрын

The term 'wigga' was tossed around in the 80's already, so... it's kinda been a thing for a few decades already.

😂😂 relatable. I got asked if I was black in a library once. And I have no idea why that conclusion was reached by that guy 🤷‍♀️

Trevor’s face on can i just call you Racheal....... is priceless 😂😂😂😂😂

The answer "NO" has never been funnier. hahaha

trevor's dmx impression is on point :D

Well I don't know about you, but I'm Arab first, then Palestinian, then brown. I really don't identify with brown. That is literally just a color, like if somebody asked for my skin color I would say brown. But when asked to identify myself, i always go Arab/Palestinian. Also too many people are brown for that to be a real category. Arabs, Latinos, Indians and many more. Well it's a category, obviously, but it really doesn't tell you much.

It's bizarre that someone can "build their whole career on being black" [0:27]. If your career requires that you be a certain race then there's systemic racism in that line of work.

@bl00dhoney

6 жыл бұрын

Conor Sheedy her career didn't require her to be Black. The NAACP was founded by white people and there are many white members

@lsamoa

6 жыл бұрын

She had to pretend to be black so she could access funding meant for racially discriminated people. She's a con artist.

😧 That strong ending 😂

"If you're from Africa why are you white? "XD lolz

Blackness is now defined by good taste in Sneakers?

@YTSharpz

6 жыл бұрын

Oddblood01 its a joke...

@lillyrose3340

6 жыл бұрын

Someone can’t take a joke , this is a comedy channel

Doležal is a Czech (central European) name, I'm Czech and she looks completely Czech to me - minus the hair :-) Honestly, the first time I laid eyes on her I thought "Why is the Czech nurse pretending to be black?" I don't know why I thought that. But she looks like someone I could meet at a doctor or in a town hall here in the Czech Republic.

'Can I just call you Rachel?' 😂😂😂

"Can I just call you Rachel" DEEEAD!😂😂💀

I'm not from the US. Do people rally mistake her for being black? Like wtf she has white written on her forehead.

I'm so sick of hearing about "race"

"can I just call you Rachel?" 😂😂😂😂

Love both of these comedians. ❤ Thank you ❤

I'm half black and I identify as an kangaroo.

Will miss Trevor's sweaters after this Covid-19 lockdown #socialdistancing

"I don't understand the question"

"Can i call you Rachel?"Hahahaha.

This is an honest question from an old white guy. What did she do wrong? She lived full time as a black woman -- with all its inherent dangers and prejudices. Where does embracing a culture -- identifying with it and living it -- stop and appropriation begin? For example, should the Maoris of New Zealand be pissed because every school kid -- no matter their ethnicity -- in New Zealand performs a haka before each competition? Has New Zealand embraced the Maori heritage and history of their country -- or appropriated it?

@hekimaasilia6207

4 жыл бұрын

She hasn't always been "black" she grew up as a white girl from a middle class family and enjoyed full white privilege, until she decided to transition into 'blackness'. Only if black people had similar choices! 😂

She's right. Be your race and respect other races.

lol 'GOT TO GO"

Wow, who would actually lie about... Well OK we know who would bust, wow, nice coverage! Love seeing the writers come out and join the show as well, its a neat thing.

I LOVE you Trevor Noah. I am watching your clips from far far away, in S America, in the Amazon jungle where I now live for many reasons (many of them you touch upon daily.) yet I do do love the USA, where I was born (first generation of my family) & raised. My heart hurts from what I see going on in the country of my birth--YOU can bring a smile to my face & often make me laugh out loud--even about the things that make me sometimes want to cry. THANK YOU! Laughter IS the best medicine.

So the philosophy "be who u want to be" doesn't mean anything huh?

@vivnightcoremsp

6 жыл бұрын

Denzel Porte bruh i can't just wake up one day and say "i am white now" .that is ridiculous

Trying join our club when y'll don't even want us at all..

Awesome video.

Being from Europe don't get why this is such a large topic in the USA. If you want to get of racism, stop talking all the time about the difference of ethnicities. Also, I find it embarassing that "black" is always connected with rapping, strange names, and being loud, obnoxious, stupid, and cool. Please, isn't everyone fed up with the same jokes time and time again? 16% black in the USA and they can't shut up about it.

@user-hn5wt9ym2y

7 жыл бұрын

That is even more funnier, when you think, how stupid the classification of "races" in USA is. It is based on some XVIII-centuries theories about different races. Now scientists believe, that human race in the only race. "Caucasian race" is even funnier, as it its based on XVIII-centurie theory, which was proved to be wrong; and in America the majority of Europeoids are excluded from the concept! 60% of actual Caucasians are excluded, as they are Muslims! Latinos are excluded as well. The is so stupid. They are blaming woman for trying to leave one artificially created concept for another, literally.

@user-hn5wt9ym2y

7 жыл бұрын

The only true difference between people is based on ethnics and religion (sometimes, ethnics includes religion) and it can be changed by accepting religion or/and traditions of this very people.

@joynalmiah8864

7 жыл бұрын

"Being from Europe" well wtf is that. belonging to a continent blah blah blah

@azorahai7046

7 жыл бұрын

Joynal Miah obviously they're not

@JoeMoss83

7 жыл бұрын

You mean like us saying we are "American" or "from America"?....America is a whole damn continent!

She doesn't look black at all, but aight.

@EmmaCRB1989

5 жыл бұрын

not really...just because she has curly hair and got herself a tan lol

@user-xg6ku5wh2j

5 жыл бұрын

I would say biracial, not black

@sounsure9108

4 жыл бұрын

Slightly less black than meagan markel

I DIED AT COMBINATION OF BOTH ANNIES

The speed she lifted her foot on the table...

How about that: WHE'RE ALL HUMAN!!!!

@lesleykramer7207

5 жыл бұрын

Shame the US justice system doesn't seem to agree with you

Hm?

yeah! She's indeed a combination of the two Annie's ! 🤣👏👏

Great question !!!!! No !!!!!

Surname Doležal has Czech origin (whereas the Czech Republic has like 0.00015% of black population). But there is a great hint in the surname which is inherited like a DNA. The meaning is "a bit lazy" or be/pretend to be someone important ;)

@margaritam.9118

7 жыл бұрын

marusak72 How is Czech Republic's black population relevant when it comes to her? If she was really mixed, she could just have white Czech relatives. The possibility of her black relatives being from Czech republic would be tiny af :D

@marusak72

7 жыл бұрын

It is not about race, but self proclaimed Native American blue eyed a bit albinish Raaffu Väinönpoika, pretending to be a Black foot chieftain would be also ridiculous. I can't say anything about her XX black DNA (if there is any). What I see is just Slavic somatotype lady, a chemical permanent wave and blue eyes. The only DNA we know is XY part inherited together with her family name. The roots in a country where before WWII was one (I mean literally ONE) black guy just makes it more obvious.

@happymaker2344

6 жыл бұрын

but she does not have blue eyes. and you talk about XX and XY DNA what about autosomes

"Are you indian?" "Nope, you know the country underneath it? Ya that small one people forget about? Yes the one with thousands of also brown people? Yes, srilanka. That one. Yup."

@KleioChronicles

6 жыл бұрын

I had that same problem identifying the heritage of one of my high school teachers. She looked Indian/Pakistani but she had the deepest Glaswegian (Scottish) accent, deeper than even anyone in the class of white scottish kids. Turns out her ancestry was from Srilanka but it wasn't like she spoke the language or knew the flag or kept any of the cultural heritage. She was just simply Scottish in our eyes with an interesting appearance. And with a really long last name you couldn't spell lol.

@claratheteddybear1463

5 жыл бұрын

Same problem. People always ask me if i'm indian and when i say : " no i'm sri lankan" there like "where is it ?" and i have to explain them that it's an island next to India and then they would say : "same thing" just because they don't know where it is situated.

@amitranjan6615

4 жыл бұрын

@@claratheteddybear1463 And even for being Indian u have to explain native or Asian Indian.

@sarojiniginger

4 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous place and people. Sri lanka is awesome.

First i thought he said RACIAL DOLEZAR😂 this cracked me up😂

My classmate told me that she's been asked three times in the last month whether she's First Nations (Canada). She's from Peru.

So much talk about race. Sounds like we are prolonging the idea that race actually matters.

“Ah, America, built by the blacks and owned by the Chinese” - Admiral General Aladeen

Brilliant

A true combination of both Annie's...too funny.

We in Germany are maybe a bit quick with cultural labels when it comes to skin-colour or religion, but we are nothing compared to what the US is pulling off, as it seems. I never heard a Turk say "you can't smoke Shisha, you're white", they'd most likely offer you the pipe. I mean, yes, there is Divisiveness and it's a problem, but we don't practice this cultural exclusivity that I feel like it only stirs segregation.

@lsamoa

6 жыл бұрын

The word missing from your comment is "anymore". You (Germany not you personally obviously) don't do that anymore because the entire planet stopped you from doing it and that took a whole world war to get sorted. The US never had that happen to stop them so it still goes on.

@ravenblack942

Жыл бұрын

The largest immigrant group in the US is………….. 🇩🇪

When its all said and done, she did a pretty good job.

@DannildaCorrea

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I live in the U.S. and I think she is being misjudged. She cared and that's what matters.

I love his workmate 😂😂

I keep thinking of that transracial segment in 'Atlanta' hahaha

"I have a superficial grasp of transsexuality and an overly simplistic view of race-related issues." ~ Most KZreadrs here, apparently.

@lsamoa

6 жыл бұрын

Hear hear

were all from Africa, technically we are all "black" in origin

@booknerdjebbi5037

6 жыл бұрын

O G no. Africa doesn't mean black. #egypt

@happymaker2344

6 жыл бұрын

but very first humans are from africa (australopeticus afarensis) that´s what he meant i think.

@sistersforlife8937

6 жыл бұрын

I agreed 100%

@romant142

6 жыл бұрын

Happy Maker those aren’t human

@happymaker2344

6 жыл бұрын

but all after lucy were than so called humans ;)

There must be something in the water..

yes, finally I too can listen to Lemonade.

It is so weird to me that everyone is talking about 'race'. If I said that here in Germany, everybody would go nuts. Why is there such a strict classification, why does everybody have to fit into a category? Colour of skin or outer looks are just a way of describing people, it does not determine what their personality is like

@margaritam.9118

7 жыл бұрын

Vanadiumoxid In Europe, only racists mention race. End of story.

@lsamoa

6 жыл бұрын

I love how youtubers try to pretend that race isn't a thing in Europe. Hypocrites.

@lesleykramer7207

5 жыл бұрын

@Vanadiumoxid 400+ years of enslavement of a visible minority does tend to warp a country's sense of reality - especially regarding the laughable concept of "race".

Americans confuse race, religion and nationality. It baffles me on how ignorant that whole thing can be.

Oh.. Gotta go! lol

Hi Trevor, you are a real Champion For The People, can you assist with exposing the farm murders in South Africa, thank you.

What if she identifies as a black person? I don't get the difference between that and identifying as a female when you were born a male. I am honestly trying to be open minded but struggling with this concept. Somebody please educate me on how one thing is ok while the other is a horrific deed.

@lsamoa

6 жыл бұрын

Gender dysphoria exists, racial dysphoria doesn't. Simple. If there was such a thing, I'd be able to claim I'm a white person trapped in a black body. Obviously never going to happen. Only people with zero experience of white supremacy can be confused about the difference between a medical reality and white entitlement. Smh.

3:57 Michael Jackson disagrees

@hotdave20

7 жыл бұрын

He is a self-hating black who had a white man impregnate his wife so his kids will be white. He was never accepted still ridiculed and mocked.

@empusa23bis

7 жыл бұрын

Paraphrasing: a MtF trans person is a self-hating man, a gender traitor for males and a gender impostor for females, not accepted as a female, that is why such person is ridiculed, mocked and abused.

@jespersschmidt

7 жыл бұрын

reyrkiih You must be fun at parties.

@hotdave20

7 жыл бұрын

Ya right...and the nose? was that Nitiligo?

@DurgaswaroopPerla

7 жыл бұрын

Seriously? Come on man. They are his children.

she didn't even blink once

Yep those are ridiculous sneakers

My mom is black and dad is white. Im white with an afro hair. I grew up in a black neighborhood some people might say is a guetto. And my friends call me cookie cream. And damn is hard. with my natural hair people thinks i bleached my skin. But im white with an amazing hair

@vivnightcoremsp

6 жыл бұрын

caythlin100 ur biracial

can't claim race but you can claim gender?

This is so confusing

This is so funny😂😂😂

does the argument of "black people can not choose to be black" literally true, like all the time? I mean, rachel dolezal obviously "passed" for being black. I don't think it's far fetched to assume there are quite a lot of light-skinned "mixed" people that could easily pass as "white" as well (or at least a different category than "black"). I mean, I remember when dwayne "the rock" johnson became the first black wwf champion, there was a sizable amount of people going "huh, he's black?". because they didn't perceive him as being "black".

who is reading 📖 the comments while watching the show after 2 hrs

Even sadder

I just can’t wait 😊