My heart goes out to great-grandma who wasn’t allowed to love her own family openly. Not even her grandchild 😢😢😢
@BIGFISHWILMINGTON
Жыл бұрын
very sad for her...
@gingersnaps997
Жыл бұрын
Your grandmother was SO BEAUTIFUL! As a black person who belongs to a "fair skinned" family, I can see how she passed back then. My father's family is extremely fair with straight to wavy hair. Many people think they are something other than black and my husband's family is the same way. A lot of people think my mother in-law is something other than black and my husband is either Dominican, Middle Eastern, Puerto Rican..etc....when he's just black. Many black people who were of a "fair" complexion in the 50s and 60s claimed to be Italian,which was acceptable and they avoided the sun at all costs. It's quite tragic.
@janedoe1229
Жыл бұрын
People forget Blacks passed for Jews, Italian, White, Egyptian, Irish...whatever they could get away with
@pvp6077
Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you so much for sharing this. As a black woman in a large mixed family, when I hear people saying that to you, all I see is my 6 year old nephew with gold blond curly hair, blue eyes, and a visibly black mom and older sister. He doesn't understand why he looks different or why people treat his mom (my youngest sister) or his sister differently or why some people don't believe him when he says she's his mom. And the rest of our family is just as bad, singling him out amongst all his cousins to talk about his skin and hair like some exotic creature. He's not the only white/light skinned person in our family and among full white kids he always looks a lil tan but he's "special" because he came out a dark mother, smh Leave the poor boy alone and mind yalls business. Keep your ignorance about genetics, race, and mmmmmm basic human decency to yourselves
@JeGaysus
Жыл бұрын
Aweee 🥹 I can relate. And absolutely, let’s drop the preconceived notions, colorism, and everything that comes with it
@suzannax
Жыл бұрын
People used to think my sister's kids weren't her own, as if she's a babysitter, not their mother, just cause they're mixed and she's white.
@CharityS-Minnesota
Жыл бұрын
@@suzannax there is a channel on here called raising cultures. And this poor woman Hass to carry her adoption papers with her because people have called the police thinking she took her white child that she’s had since he was a few days old I think it’s absolutely insane that anyone has the right to come at anyone the mother, or the children because they look different, this is why in America we still have problems. People need to just start seeing people and stop coming at folks because your skin or their hair or their eyes don’t look right or look different! Love is love and that’s what we need to focus on!
@sheenawarecki92
Жыл бұрын
That's so sad I'm sorry that happens to your nephew :( my good friend is mixed Native and is also super pale like I am but his mom who's the Native side looked full Native and people would always make jokes about if her son was really a baby she kidnapped 🙄 awful
@dinarusso3320
Жыл бұрын
That's sad. It doesn't matter what color the little boy is, if he's their family they should love him.
@drekafine8831
Жыл бұрын
I don't give a damn what NOBODY says, when I see your family, I can CLEARLY see that you're mixed🤷🏽♀️. And I'm glad you recognize that & live in it. From the curly hair you get from your black side, to the fair skin & blue eyes you get from your white side, embrace it all! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Edit: I was reading over my comment and noticed something I said that to myself was ignorant. I stated that you got your blue eyes from your "white side" and that was inappropriate for me to say because although there are more caucasian people who have blue eyes than black people, there are plenty of black people who are born with and have blue eyes as well. Mabey my comment went over a lot of people's heads, I still wanted to rectify my statement because I realized what I said was pretty stereotypical 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️. Sorry bout that.
@Poo531
Жыл бұрын
Exactly!, I see it too
@markd8369
Жыл бұрын
💯👍🏾
@divinediva_
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. It's obvious to me.
@bevs9995
Жыл бұрын
a blackpeople who have blue eyes have european ancestry. Dont beat yourself up because other people dont understand genetics. blue eye gene is only 10,000 years old, its from europe
@drekafine8831
Жыл бұрын
@bev s Thank you so very kindly for enlightening me on this because I wasn't aware of that.
@itsaliceinwonder7718
Жыл бұрын
As a mixed Indigenous woman with fair skin and light brown hair, I get mistaken for being white all the time. It actually upsets me because I feel like people are trying to erase my family's history. I may look white, but I am Choctaw. Proud of it too
@serelaathulathmudali3067
Жыл бұрын
So I'm south Asian and my husband is a mixed race Brazilian. I had absolute meltdown when our (very light skinned) daughter was put down as 'white' on her birth certificate. People tell me I should be happy about it. That it's good she looks white. So I guess passing is still a thing and it makes me feel like people want to erase me from her blood.
@JeGaysus
Жыл бұрын
No!!!! Omg. I feel for you. I would be upset too, but even MORE upset at those people who told you that you should be “happy” about it. Like…what?!? As if being white is some kind of prize? Jesus.
@renaissancewoman100
Жыл бұрын
My cousin's children say they are black. I told her that's sad because they're ignoring half of them. If I were their dad I would be upset. They're erasing the white part of them. Especially specially in 2023 why not just say you're biracial.
@renaissancewoman100
Жыл бұрын
@@JeGaysus I can tell you're biracial. Idk why. Even though you're a ginger I can tell.🤷🏾♀️
@user-rk6bf4hj4i
Жыл бұрын
@@renaissancewoman100 i dont think you get to tell ppl how to identify. Identifying as black, their experiences, treatment & lens they se through is that. It doesn't mean they are denying one side. What they are saying is they live in a world where they identify as blk. Many biracial ppl identify as one race more then the other based on experiences. It's not denial of anything. Ask yourself why you're so bothered by them seeing themselves as blk?
@TahtahmesDiary
Жыл бұрын
@@renaissancewoman100 Seems a little presumptuous to assume their father and his side of the family isn’t doing their part to teach the culture of whatever kind of European they are. There are times I say one or the other as it’s relevant, it’s not really appropriate to demand biracial people list off what they are (or even claim a culture they have no affiliation with if one family side is missing) so again it’s strange to assume the father has a need to be upset about anything because of how young children self identify in any given moment. You’re not even taking into account biracial people who come out looking monoracial and their lived experience and identity.
@TawandaVance
Жыл бұрын
Based on what I've learned over the years, white people had a certain view of what Black supposedly looked like. Most Black people are able to tell. As soon as I saw your grandmother's picture that's the conclusion I came to. There's 2 movies on Netflix that deal with passing. My sister and I both were talking about how it's interesting that people in the Black community would just view them as very lightskin but were able to appear white in white society.
@VictoriousWilliams3107
Жыл бұрын
She looks black to me as well, but I'm black so I agree most black people can tell.
@zhaystyle
Жыл бұрын
This was still very true in the South where I grew up. There were mixed kids that ALL the Black kids knew were just a couple of skin tones lighter (or hair had a little looser curl texture) but the White kids were COMPLETELY oblivious to the fact that they were mixed and considered them White. We never gave away the mixed kids' choice not to talk about it or announce it, but we were always bewildered by how they went undetected and thought that the White kids' idea of the Black phenotype must be very strict. There was even one boy who completely ostracized himself from the Black kids and only hung out with White boys, but he never told them. I'm sure they would have treated him differently if they ever found out. It was our collective unspoken secret.
@NicoleRose2710
Жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing when he displayed his grandmother and father’s photos.
@carols-corner
Жыл бұрын
This is such an important video. As a clueless white woman who grew up in a mostly-white area, I readily admit that I have a really hard time identifying light-skinned Black people as Black or mixed. I was clueless that Meghan Markle was half Black when I first heard about her. I can see how people who didn’t know your grandmother’s background thought she was white. We see the world through the lens of our own lives, and it’s crazy how that influences our interpretation of reality. What a heartbreaking story. Thank you for sharing. We need voices like yours so we can learn and grow and see more clearly the humanity in each other. ❤
@JeGaysus
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! And oh wow!! The Meghan Markle part of your comment surprised me to be honest lol
@carols-corner
Жыл бұрын
@@JeGaysus I know it’s crazy, but it’s true! When she and Harry got engaged and controversy erupted, I was like “wait, why?” and people said “She’s divorced and Black!” I honestly thought “Really? She doesn’t look Black…” I know that sounds crazy and racist. I’ve always been heartbroken by overt racism and never considered myself racist… but over the last decade or so, I’ve recognized that I have to identify and root out unconscious bias/prejudice and stop any unintentional racism that I was previously complicit in. I’m trying really hard to see more clearly. Thank you for not criticizing/hating me for my comment. I can’t help but wonder how many “white” people out there are actually mixed and don’t know it because of hidden family history.
@JeGaysus
Жыл бұрын
@@carols-corner Absolutely. We were all raised in a system of racism. No matter where you are or who you are. The powers that be have implanted unconscious biases into everyone. And recognizing that is how we concious my change it. I’m proud of you for knowing that 🥰
@asideofaioli4630
Жыл бұрын
@@carols-corner acknowledging we have biases is so major in self growth, yet so hard for many of us to do. People like you are reasons to have hope in our future. It's not about perfection, it's about knowing that we will never achieve it and having the courage & wisdom to try understanding the areas where we fall short. And it's about compassion for others. You seem to have all these, and serve as a great reminder to myself to never forget that while it's far easier to judge others, i have plenty to be judged for.
@findingbeautyinthepain8965
Жыл бұрын
You’re assumption about Meghan Markle is actually a very, very common one! When Meghan was young, she didn’t tell people she was mixed. Everyone assumed she was white, and unfortunately, she felt uncomfortable telling them otherwise. Some of her teachers and classmates were tracked down after the engagement interview, and they said they always thought she was Italian. They didn’t know she was half black until they saw her mom at graduation. When she first started acting, she checked the box as being white. When she became more secure and started identifying as biracial, she told her agent she wanted to change her race to biracial on her portfolio. Apparently they were shocked she was mixed race. After this, Suits did an episode where Meghan’s character’s dad comes to visit her at work, and all her coworkers said, “I can’t believe your dad is black!” I think it was really cool that Suits wrote it into the show! All that to say, being seen as white has been a lifelong struggle for Meghan.
@rebeccamd7903
Жыл бұрын
My dad’s family have been playing the white passing game since the 1600’s. Your grandmother looks a lot like a mix between me and my great grandma Lena. We are European, African, & Native American with a rich hidden history in the mid south. We’re called everything from Metis, Melungeon, Redbones, Mulatto. It’s a huge hidden part of American history. Just today I was thinking about how hard it was to be too light for some people and too dark for others as a kid. It wasn’t till I met a Shawnee girl that I felt like I found someone I could relate to, then I met my best friend who’s 100% Scottish. She didn’t see with her eyes and it really took away my loneliness…made me more bold. Some people are just precious gifts!! 🥰
@Eloquenceee08
Жыл бұрын
Love this . Was she The “Lena”?
@catherinecrow5662
Жыл бұрын
I'm Melungeon ,too. I posted my story in comments
@saharaloveland
Жыл бұрын
Actually looking black is harder in society even to this day black and white ppl aren't very kind to dark skinned ppl. I'm the one that don't feel like I belong in this world.
@rhov-anion
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing all this. People also think I'm boasting (like, how???) when I explain that I'm mixed. I'm the palest kid in my family, I got my dad's blue eyes, I absolutely look White... until I went to a town near an Oklahoma Cherokee reservation, and much to my surprise literally everyone was like "Oh, you're Cherokee." I kinda freaked out the first time. "Hooooow do you even know that???" White people were saying this to me! They said they can tell by the shape of my face. When you grow up around a race, you know what to look for. So my guess is, your grandmother lived in an area where people didn't really know what "Black" could look like. They saw very little representation in the movies (most likely didn't have TV at that time) and what they saw there was very dark. So since she didn't look like THAT, she could say she's Italian, or Spaniard, or other "White" categories... I laughed at "Hawaiian" because my brother got profiled as Arab for YEARS (and death threats after 9/11) so when he moved to Hawaii, he had hoped to pass as Hawaiian..... and all the locals were like "You are definitely NOT Hawaiian, stop it." Luckily, they were cool with him being part Cherokee.
@catherinecrow5662
Жыл бұрын
Were you in Tahlequah ? My Grandmother was from Henrietta, born in Paducah, Kentucky
@user-rk6bf4hj4i
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing this glimpse into your family. I actually used to nanny for a lady that was "passing" this was in 2016. She was from a small town, grew up watching her blk father be mistreated & picked on. Her mom's family disowned them since her father was blk. So she started a new life as a ww when she moved away. She was shocked when I told her she was black
@Eloquenceee08
Жыл бұрын
I wanna hear more😅
@Danielle-nz9tn
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like she is part black and part white. But why would you “tell her she was black”? Don’t you think she can decide for herself what her racial identity is?
@user-rk6bf4hj4i
Жыл бұрын
@@Danielle-nz9tn I didn't tell her how to identify. She did tell me her story and why she'd the choices she made. Racial identity and feeling as thought you have to "pass for white" are very different. Her passing was a survival mechanism. She was literally shocked when I noticed she was blk. In 2016 she knew she was safer and would be treated kinder if she lived as a ww. Maybe question why she had to do that instead of asking me why I'm telling her to identity
@celesteadeanes4478
Жыл бұрын
@@user-rk6bf4hj4i I worked for a military ww2 officer vet toured China, mixed w the royals of Japan. He had me look at photos 70 years ago old. And loved to talk about his very capable adaptable beautiful buttemilk complexioned crinkly( slicked back haired) wife that was definitely PASSING. A creole. Did a fine job of it lived like a queen Great figure. Full lips. Looked like Sharde. He had no idea.
@unclest1nky
Жыл бұрын
I think it's important that you did this because your great grandmother deserves to be known for who she really is/was. I think your great-grandmother would be so happy to see this.
@silkenaria
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting how even now those of us who are mixed are still expected to prove it. Like am I expected to carry around a folder on my grandfather's ancestry because my skin is "too light"? It's ridiculous.
@Salutations26
Жыл бұрын
Why do you think it’s ridiculous when you got folks like Rachel Dola…whatever?
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
You look white. You have a larger percent of European in you for sure. Not sure who would be confused by your looks. I would ID your ass too. Some folks need to stop ignoring how much white ancestry they have.
@axollot
Жыл бұрын
@tiffanycford because the Rachel Dozel of the world are few and far between. Most people who say they are mixed are exactly what they say.
@Salutations26
Жыл бұрын
@@axollot maybe, maybe not.
@dinarusso3320
Жыл бұрын
@@Salutations26 I know what lady you're talking about, but she's very unusual, I don't question people's genetics, if they want to tell me, I take their word for it.
@TMB62
Жыл бұрын
She looks a lot like me!! There are so many stories like this. I wish more people looked into their family history maybe some of this hate will go away.
@grantmegan91
Жыл бұрын
There was this amazing tourism place that went to old, white southern people and said "if we do a DNA test on you and find out you're part Mexican you get a free trip to Mexico." Most of them were almost insulted that someone would insinuate that they were anything but white. They did 6 tests and all 6 ended up having Mexican DNA in them. One man was even over half indigenous/Mexican and be had no idea. You could tell the people they chose to do the tests on probably didn't have very positive feelings towards south Americans and the whole time they were part of them. There's also a good story of a man in prison who ran the white supremacists Nazi group for decades and found out he was adopted and both his birth parents were Jewish.
@lovelarai4387
Жыл бұрын
So TRUE! I've Been Thinking 🤔Of Doing The Same & Posting It. For My Family & Myself. If Others Get Something Out Of It. Than GREAT! When Strangers Ask. What Am I Mix With? I Tell Them, "Slavery".🤷🏾♀️ As A Kid. I'd Take Offense😐 & QUICK! To Say. I'm Black✊🏽BUT! Am I???
@TMB62
Жыл бұрын
@@lovelarai4387 I am so steeling slavery.
@catherinecrow5662
Жыл бұрын
Please read my story in comments 💔
@mslpfanatik
Жыл бұрын
My son is biracial. When he was in preschool a teenager told him that I that couldn't be his mom because I'm white. Poor kid was absolutely besides himself. I had to go over and have a discussion with said teenager. My son knows he goes into society being viewed one way but he, like you, lives very much as a biracial person. He's not one or the other but both. And people will fight against that time and tell me "he's Black". Well no, he is mixed. That is who he is and how he lives and I thank you for making that space and bringing attention to those that are of mixed descent and choose to live with that truth. People need to accept that with more and more ethnically mixed children being born that we need to not force them into existing groups. If they choose to identify as such so be it. But it would be nice if more would accept these children and individuals for who they are as people.
@siddystylez
Жыл бұрын
I would love too hear more of her story . How did she tell her truth to your grandfather? How was her dynamic with her mother? This is such an amazing story. What is your father's birth story because this identity had to have an effect on her pregnancy ? I'm fascinated.
@queentwo1265
Жыл бұрын
I want to know too
@piratemousie
Жыл бұрын
I'm also really interested in how his father was adopted, did she have him before she got married? Or was it a result of an affair or donor situation? Really interesting!
@Songsofourown23
Жыл бұрын
On behalf of my mixed kids and grandkids however they will identify. Thank you. Also my nephew is mixed and his wife is blonde and white. Their son has long curly hair and blue eyes. I picture him looking like you when he is an adult and that makes me happy.. Thank you for sharing the deeper story.
@all4Dorian
Жыл бұрын
Your grandmother was a beautiful black women. I knew you were mixed before I even clicked on the video to hear your spill ❤
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
His grandmother was a beautiful biracial woman. Since his grandmother married a white man that makes his daddy barely black and the black in him almost nonexistent. It only shows up in his hair.
@stevencorrea8032
Жыл бұрын
Me to
@lailaalanna315
Жыл бұрын
Yup. He looks like Drake's son. 1/4 black...lol
@Poo531
Жыл бұрын
Definitely look mixed but more on the white side but the hair does give it away
@lisalaprima
Жыл бұрын
Same
@zard5930
Жыл бұрын
Your poor father. He is not at fault, but emotions do not work that way Thank you for sharing your families story since it gives so much insight to how things worked back then in (I assume) America.
@intodaysepisode...
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry for your Dad not having the Grandma experience. I'm so GLAD that you are facing things head on! Your Grandma was a dooooll 🥰
@beverlywebster1655
Жыл бұрын
Your hair is definitely giving mixed vibes!! I love your hair btw!! You should be proud of your lineage this part of your history is sad but it's the reality
@lynneanderson4255
Жыл бұрын
To African Americans, she looks like a black woman.
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
It's just her nose.
@lynneanderson4255
Жыл бұрын
@@AnastasiaLUVSU - And her eyes and particularly her nose and lips. To me, she simply looks like a fair-skinned Black woman. Whatever it is, to me, she definitely doesn't look white.
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
@@lynneanderson4255 Drop the word "fair skinned". When you mean to say light skinned or white. White people hijacked the word fair, which used to mean beautiful in biblical days. And used it for themselves. If their skin is fair then what is ours? Unfair?... As for her features it's honestly just her nose. Maybe her cheekbones too. She's got that white passing look Beyonce's mother had when she was young. Except her nose is more european.
@crystalwolfe4489
Жыл бұрын
You and your family are beautiful !
@ecllipsedeloach65
Жыл бұрын
Yes, your grandmother is a very beautiful lady, she looks biracial. I can see how she can pass. I see you're biracial. I see the black on your facial features. You're entire family is beautiful.
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
He's not biracial, his grandmother is.. He's barely black himself. And what so called black features do you see in this 80 to 90% white man? Cause I see none besides the curly hair. The truth is white people who look like him almost always have Some distant black ancestry. They just don't admit it. It almost always shows in their curly hair.
@thandisilec835
Жыл бұрын
I agree that it’s clear that his grandmother was not a full Black woman, she was biracial and that’s why she took the chance to pass white. No full Black woman can pass for white…not possible. His father wasn’t biracial either as his father (this guy’s grandfather)was a white man. So this guy is majority white now hence he looks white in every way
@donatonamusic
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever seen The Imitation of Life? Your grandmother’s story reminds me of that movie
@greggomusic
Жыл бұрын
I was just going to say this! I agree with you. Both versions are great and everyone should see them.
@annierib
Жыл бұрын
As someone with a similar history, this has been so helpful and comforting (It's not just my family). Thank you for sharing 👏💞
@theorderofthebees7308
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your family story / there is a huge cost in passing - one is severing their roots and connections - I hope your dad finds peace , because he lived out that cost of passing that wasn’t his fault at all . 🙏🙏🙏
@spektraelectra8677
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow. Your grandmother looks like the women on my mother's and grandmother's side of the family. Some of my great aunts could have and may have occasionally "passed." Interesting story, and thanks for sharing.
@clarencejacobowitz640
Жыл бұрын
When you haven't seen a lot of non white folks, anyone lightskinned must be white. Your grandmother is beautiful! My mom is the first generation to pass, and my dad is the first generation to be considered white instead of Jewish as its own thing. My mom, last I heard, still bleaches her skin every fall becuase she's afraid of her summer tan sticking around "too long" and her patients and coworkers thinking of her as dark skinned. I'm very grateful that those outdated racial politics dictate my life less than they did my parents.
@christiebussey1285
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the full version, I love your story ☺️
@stephaniejordan9762
7 ай бұрын
Love your story. This should be a movie.
@cdb88
Жыл бұрын
Really interesting story! I can tell you as a very light biracial person, with more classically "black" features, people only see your skintone. I constantly hear "You don't look black." I definitely do.
@RainORain72
Жыл бұрын
Loved this! I also come from a pretty mixed family and never understood why my dad would deny his Japanese side and only claim black. Like you, I also felt like he was denying his mother, but he told me it was because his skin was darker and people would just “see” black so he didn’t bother with it, even though he looks just like my grandma.
@whynotnow9618
Жыл бұрын
Exactly… a part of the reason that phenomena still exists is people who look more like the one race, perpetuating the denial of the other. I look more Black & correct people when they try to categorize me. Lack of exposure is real. If people around are not familiar with a certain mix or know what to look for, they need guidance. It’s hard for me to imagine a part-Asian person not looking Asian at all. Most of the people I’ve met that are, look more or equal Asian as their other ethnicity(s). I just don’t agree with letting people think you’re full whatever, when you’re actually mixed. Huge discredit to who you really are. I could never do that…
@KC-qr3wk
Жыл бұрын
And you’re beautifully made. Don’t let anyone tell you what and who you are ❤
@sibslawrence2335
Жыл бұрын
Such a powerful video! You represent your authentic self, and your ancestors so well 👏🏽❤
@annaking1375
Жыл бұрын
Your grandmother was beautiful. Thank you for sharing your experience. History shows us a lot about perceptions and have they’ve transformed over time.
@DatGirlPorsha05
Жыл бұрын
I always enjoy stories like this 😁😁😁
@JeGaysus
Жыл бұрын
❤️❤️
@sylomef
Жыл бұрын
Adding to the THANK YOU's! I really enjoyed learning about your family. I feel bad just hearing about his great grandmom.... it had to be heart-wrenching for her e-v-e-r-d-a-y and your dads' guilt feelings? tragic is the perfect word.
@bluedreams517
Жыл бұрын
This was well done. I could definitely understand the value to passing, but feel sad of how large of a cost racial/cultural assimilation has on a person. I'm glad we're moving away from that a little more each generation. I'm mixed (black/white) but look like just about every stereotypical pic you find of a biracial woman. Which still leads to some shift in how I'm perceived based on where I live. My daughter is even more mixed (black, white, peruvian of spanish/indigenous mix), is a poster child for ethnic ambiguity, and it's been interesting to watch how society changes how it sees her as she grows....and how it changes how they see me because we assume racial/ethnic sameness in families. I would hope and work for her to have access to all that she is. To value that and to not feel pushed to let go of parts of her experiences just because others don't immediately "see" it.
@ephemeralsamsara
Жыл бұрын
You're whole thread is incredible, the sad facets of history can and should never be forgotten. Your grandmother was so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. 25% Nigerian, we welcome you our brother.
@doreeb6314
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling your story. Your story is a movie. Get every detail you can get before anyone passes away.Poor grandma 😢. I’m curious as to how she was treated behind closed doors.(when they weren’t looking)
@nucleusthreads
Жыл бұрын
I am mixed from three races as a Puerto Rican-Caucasian, Indigenous Carribean, and Indigenous African. I am white passing. My entire life I have been told "you look white for a Latina", "you speak English so well for a Latina", etc, and those, to me, are such ignorant statements, because so many of us are fair skinned-but that doesn't make us any less Latin, or Asian, or Black, or Indigenous, or anything else. Thank you so much for sharing your story. Edit: typo.
@zhaystyle
Жыл бұрын
Your grandmother was a GORGEOUS woman! When I was growing up I heard rumors that my grandfather had married a White woman. So for the longest time, (I'm talking years) I thought he had a secret marriage prior to marrying my grandmother. As I grew older, I realized that so-called White woman WAS my grandmother. It's just that White people thought she was White. I find these family stories so interesting. Thanks for sharing!
@michaelrg3836
Жыл бұрын
So interesting! Thanks for sharing
@SoulKisses76
Жыл бұрын
I love that you're sharing this. ❤ And I love that you acknowledge both sides. You have a beautiful family!
@queensheebah8628
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. This was very common in my family from the 1870’s until until about 30 years ago. Your grandmother looks like my Aunt Betty. You have our hair. Only we have that thick tight curl. This isn’t a race debate this is his history. I’m proud of you and I thank you for sharing❤
@SuperDrefuss
Жыл бұрын
I may not know right away, but if you said to me, “ I’m mixed”, I’d then get it. We live in a world where black is a range of colors, hair textures, etc. we have mixed folks like you, and half and half folks. To tell you that you don’t look black means that they don’t think you look mixed either. People have a narrow mind as to what mixed is, and since day one classify a mixed black person as black. They can’t be open enough to accept you into this engrained idea they have.
@JeGaysus
Жыл бұрын
So trueee! Much love ❤️
@thelouisfanclub
Жыл бұрын
I am half Nigerian half Irish and I have the exact same hair type and colouring as you! I also identify as mixed. My grandmother on the Nigerian side had a white father but he died when she was young and she never knew him really. What you look like is just one side of the story - it’s an important side because obviously “passing” as white or not black at least does come with benefits - but also you need to consider how connected you are to your black family and culture. Just because I have light skin doesn’t mean I don’t know how to speak my tribes language, cook Nigerian food, and party like a Nigerian!
@PetaloudesTouYialou
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video. I think back to stories I've read and heard of similar instances, where families keep secret the black/Asian/African/indigenous members of their families. It happens the world over. I'm reminded of the novel Wide Sargasso Sea, the telling of the story of the "mad woman in the attic" in Charlotte Brontë 's Jane Eyre. A fictional character who had been the child of a white coloniser (probably plantation owner) and a slave woman, and who had been married off to another Englishman who, on bringing her to his manor house in England, and her having had a child with him, regrets his decision when she cannot adapt and shows signs of mental illness. He essentially shuts her up in an attic, but this act is to be his downfall. I shan't spoil it if you've never read it. But as the wretched and tragic character of this terribly injured mixed race woman functions only as a symbol in Jane Eyre, Jean Rhys, a woman of mixed decent herself, penned her back story in Wide Sargasso Sea. Likewise, in Greece, my home country, a nation occupied by the Ottomans for hundreds of years, there were always these stories of repressed histories. Women had to hide their children's paternity, or live with shame, even if they were children born of rape. My heart weeps for such histories, but we must acknowledge them.
@bcfriardoyle7697
Жыл бұрын
As a gently aged Black woman, whose parents were both black, I have been constantly questioned about my blackness. I laugh as I type the words! Imagine asking any other person, “ Is one of your parents Wwhite?” Who would tolerate that? I never should have. I am the fairest of 5 in my family. I never noticed it, until I went to college and everyone was so nice to point it out to me. I wasn’t Black enough for this group and too White for that group. So I went to Choir, which meant Church which was a group that I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH . At the feet of the Lord I’ve learned more and felt the most accepted. 🥰
@kashigata
Жыл бұрын
It is your history, your culture, and your DNA. It is really weird that people think it is a compliment to say you don’t look black. I think your mum looks black in the black-and-white photo but Latina in the colour photo. It is sad that she had to pretend to be “white” and deny her mum. Your poor dad not knowing!!
@jonescity
Жыл бұрын
People are just plain awful and stupid. My super light older brother can pass for white in the 50's/60's. Like...I'm Black but there are people (mostly white) who will say "You don't act Black". I hate these backhanded ass compliments. BTW Being Latina/Latino (and ethnic group not race) and Black isn't necessarily mutually exclusive because some Latina/Latinos are Black or Mixed.
@A__Love
Жыл бұрын
His grandma* is the one in the black & white photo
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
White passing people are majority European. His grandmother was 65 to 70% white by the looks of it. She has a black nose. But that's about it. And he looks 80% to 90% white. The black blood was very weak in his family by the looks of it. I don't claim white passing people. A small% of it is in his DNA. It's not his culture though.
@lasirenas1
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Best way to put it. It is how you were made. Your heritage is mixed and you have every right to explore and share it in its entirety. Keep in mind that pre Jim Crow, and in times of slavery you would have been considered Black. You can look up plenty of “white passing” slaves if you would like. They resembled you or looked even more European. I bring this up because I don’t understand the race policing being done lately by both AA’s and white Americans. Considering the history of this country… and going by the rules of the Europeans who invented to the very concept of race in the first place… one drop rule was a thing. AND it does matter when looking back at our history. Our ancestors communities very mixed, multi racial and full of a diaspora of features. The way was paved by Black hero’s who came from complex family history’s as well. Passing after Jim Crow, allowed a lot of black folks a way out if they could pass. It also allowed people like Walter Francis White a chance to help pass laws and collect evidence on lynchings by working undercover with the FBI. He passed for white and would attend these “picnics” where the white community def had a no snitch rule. You should read the book passing by Nella Larson. The best part is the address by Nella before she gets into the story. 1’000’s of AA’s disappeared and started a new secret life in a short time span. She explains the phenomena of passing. People were escaping brutal conditions. The KKK alone lynched 4,000 people between 1877- 1950. Times were ROUGH. Another thing we need to acknowledge is that yes, people would leave their families behind to pass for a better way of life/opportunities only afforded to that of their oppressors. and their families /communities would keep their secret if it was their choice because it was DANGEROUS. If found out, sometimes people could be ostracized or even killed by angering their new white friends or families. But they did it for reasons like getting a better education, escaping poverty, achieving dreams/opportunities they blocked from…. some still sent secret money back home if they made it. We can’t view their mindsets/decisions without seeing it all through their lenses at the time. They were shaped and made by a totally different world than today. The fact that you have a white mother speaks to that! As that was even rarer in our histories. Most of our mixed ancestors come from white fathers. White women having babies would entitle their children to property and the chance to be considered white by law ( this is a whole other subject.) I studied this part of history and find it fascinating. This aspect of history is very nuanced and part of the rich history of the ADOS diaspora.
@Fr3nchfrii
Жыл бұрын
Your grandma is timelessly gorgeous Truly one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen and seeing as how you have such a radiantly gorgeous soul, her insides must have been blindingly stunning also. So glad she's got you to tell her story and make her memory proud. My heart goes out to everything you and your family has struggled with in this country and it just adds to the surmounting inspiration and moxie your work is injecting into our generation and the ones to come.
@pennylynch913
Жыл бұрын
She was beautiful darling. Now i know where u get your looks from. 😀 saying prayers 4 u. Love ya 💕 p.s. saw another fella today at the cafe who looks like you. Gee i feel blessed 🥰😆
@litespeedway6538
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video - I have been looking a long time for in depth real life experiences of this situation and look forward to exploring your other videos etc. Hope one day your father realises he has no guilt to burden or absolve himself of - he simply did not have the information and lived accordingly by the info he was given [easy for me to say from a distance I know]. Have you seen the 1950s film 'I Passed For White' - probably some similarities w/ your grandma's exp., deep subject matter but film does not really delve into the issue. So does your family talk openly abt this now & how the 'Colourism' issue has developed into the mess it is today? Again thanks💙.
@big120treez
Жыл бұрын
Your GG is beautiful. 💜 My daughter is biracial. She has a lot of similar features to her. Her hair is more like yours though. She's still trying to perfect the curly girl method that works for her. (Freshman in high school) It's been a journey trying out products. Thank you for sharing some of your family history. Love you JeGaysus. 🫶🏼
@kristenhlady4079
Жыл бұрын
Your grandma is so beautiful 😊 I hope you and your lovely family have a wonderful day.
@sarahcoletti6946
Жыл бұрын
The last part was truly sad. My beautiful nieces are mixed aka biracial and I hope they're so very proud of all their heritages.
@sambizz6500
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this story. We don't hear a lot about the psychological impact of passing, so thank you. IMO your identification of being mixed is a tribute to your granny as you're recognising her. It's amazing how nowadays your mother looks mixed or Black to modern people but at the time could 'pass' as white. Identicating that there has been some progress in how Mixed heritage people can present themselves to the world.
@_Kyprioth_
Жыл бұрын
I had a white American argue and condescend to me, telling me that I was not ‘allowed’ to call myself black. I’m an indigenous Australian and we have always been the ‘black fullas’ of our country. I even explained that ‘black’ and ‘white’ differs in definition according to where you go in the world. Nope, according to him, ‘only African Americans and Africans are allowed to call themselves black’. He wasn’t happy when I told him he was pulling a major coloniser move by choosing my racial identity for me 😂 He promised that he had black friends, so he probably knew what he was talking about 😅
@stephaniemartin9253
Жыл бұрын
AWESOME video. Very generous of you to share.
@celesteadeanes4478
Жыл бұрын
my great uncle worked for Howard Hughes as an engineer got paid big bank . he was white at work , black at home. was good to his family his wife did not have to play demeaning games. He kept her in couture wear. Not a maid uniform.
@SheaMF
Жыл бұрын
I get it; I’m mixed (half and half) but I guess I’m Black presenting. But I was adopted and grew up with only white people, so as much as I’ve seen myself in mirrors and pictures, I don’t really identify as “Black” per se. Therefore, I’d rather focus on saying I’m mixed or a POC. Being Canadian, we have a box for people of mixed origins when we do the census or for any other identification purposes. I was surprised when I went to NYC a tad over 4 years ago, and I was picked by US Customs, and there was no such thing. My son (being 1/4 Black) is White presenting (dark blond hair, blue eyes, light as a vampire!) but identifies as Black or mixed. While my daughter doesn’t identify as anything but autistic! As for your grandma, we can see the features it you’re looking, she looks “exotic”. But she is somewhat white presenting; so I can understand that she was able to pass as white, and what that might have made her life somewhat easier, especially in the time period you mentioned. Beautiful woman, that’s for sure.
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
The correct term is biracial. You are not mixed... You are biraical. Mixed people are admixed. Which means has a few things in their blood. Or someone who is pretty much just black but has some white or whatever else in their blood. People who are admixed have distant mixed blood. It's not recent like yours.
@SheaMF
Жыл бұрын
@@AnastasiaLUVSU The reason why I prefer not to use the term biracial is that I’m not found of the concept of race. Period. Ethnicities: yes. Races: no. As someone born in the 70s who had books about races where they would used colors (as in yellow and red beside black and white), this whole system is ridiculous. I’m from the human race. But from your concept, my kids would be mixed, “racially” and ethnically as their father is a mix of Dutch, Ukrainian and French Canadian (distant background from France) but all Caucasian, and myself a mix of French Canadian (Caucasian but historical background is unknown) and Democratic Republic of Congo. “Race” is a concept that we don’t use as much in Canada 🇨🇦 as it is in the US.
@wahoo4uva
Жыл бұрын
i didn’t see anything white “presenting” in the picture of his grandmother. not even exotic. like him, i see a black woman. also like him, i thought, “HOW the HELL did she pass?! and with WHO?! because she is clearly not white!” and yeah…in your thumbnail, you look (unambiguously) black.
@SheaMF
Жыл бұрын
@@wahoo4uva As I said, I know what I look like. I’m fair, but my features and my hair is 4C, so I can’t get away from that except with a great flat iron job. But I’ve come across lots of people who aren’t Black who have actually darker complexion than me when compared. And a lot of people who tan a little get darker than I am. I’m just brown enough to help against the sun and its effect in terms of aging skin (cause I do still burn with no sunscreen). I’ve actually been mistaken for lots of ethnicities that are not predominantly Black. But I have no personal experiences in Black culture. I grew up with White parents, in an all White population, in Canada, 3 hours north of Québec City; I met my first fully Black person I was 16! I never tried to pretend I don’t look “Black” but that is just in appearances. The whole race theory is a ridicule concept in my opinion. Hence not considering myself as “Black”. I’m a POC, that’s it. And where I reside now, still in Canada but in Southern British Columbia, there are so many immigrants (recent but also from a few generation ago), mostly Asians and South Asians, that being a POC is basically the default. So I just kind of blend in. As for his grandma: he knows. Once you know, you see what you want to see. Women would wear light foundation, stay out of the sun, etc. Now my adoptive mom is very very w White, her hair is white now but her natural color was platinum blonde (her and her 5 siblings born in the 40s were all blond), blue/greenish eyes…she has reactions to the sun. So she’s was and still is extremely fair (note, so is my biological mom born in the 50s, but with brown hair). Now the reason why I bring that up is that I’ve seen several pictures of her from the 60s, in both B&W and color: the style of pictures and the tone of the pics, it’s similar to the picture of his mom he’s posted. So my point is that looking at that picture from then with a contemporary eye can be bias. My mom complexion looks darker on those pictures than she was/is in real life.
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
@@wahoo4uva Plenty of biracials look black. That's the most common look next to the obvious biracial look. The less common one is white passing like the Rashida joneses and Mariah Carey's.
@vannessaspence9731
Жыл бұрын
Identity, and to identify, can be confusing and down right sensitive. How many times I've asked in the past what is somebody's nationally and the answers is almost always, "I'm a mutt." Then the conversation continues into a very long journey of lineage foot print of different nationalities. Humans are more alert than ever, right? This makes us super sensitive and nothing can shield us from the truth anymore. Anyways, do what's best for you but stay very true to yourself. Never compromise that because this is a beautiful piece of your family history Thank you for sharing it.
@rogueally7993
Жыл бұрын
And Europeans think people from the Americas are super weird for that lineage stuff, from what I’ve seen them say online. And those lineages aren’t always right, either. I thought I was a couple that DNA and doing my family trees proved I wasn’t, like Dutch!
@Swnsasy
Жыл бұрын
You are just so beautiful.. Next time you come to Tampa drinks on me!! ❤️🤗❤️ But seriously, I have 3 kids, adult now, and 2 are by a white man and their complexion is like your stunning grandmother's was.. The kicker?? My 100% black child, idk if you can see my skin shade in my little thumbnail, is as LIGHT as my 2 biracial children and her father is just a tad darker than me! 🤣When you add black to anything, we can literally produce the rainbow coalition...LOL You are so amazing and thank you again so much for sharing this story.. I also hope your father is doing better with his past now... Stay Fabulous FAM!! 🤗❤️🌹
@vickirichards5186
Жыл бұрын
Thats great that you are exposing the family secrets. I took a dna test found out i was 24% Scandinavia. No one in my family talked about the white blood in our family. We need to know what our heritage is. Im happy you know.
@MoneyMakeoverSpecialist
Жыл бұрын
I stumbled on this channel in the middle of the night. I'm humbled by your story. Yes, your grandma is black and it's so messed up that your dad never got to bond with his grandma. But yes, I see you as a mixed race person. I love that you appreciate both l racial groups of both sides of your family and how you're here to tell us about it. And yes, I'm Nigerian by 33%. Here's to knowing our roots and being ourselves.
@DorisClay
Жыл бұрын
I came across this video, your family is beautiful but your merch is the best merch I've ever seen! I love it!
@renaissancemarieaustin
Жыл бұрын
Freaking love this!!! I come from a family that has been mixing for over 100 years also. People are highly uneducated. (Found you on IG btw) First, concerning your grandma, who is drop dead gorge, during that time there was a set "black looking/black beauty" standard that's different from today. Most black people at that time would have known that she was passing. Even today if a person is well read and in the know can see a person like you and easily speculate your blackness/mixed-ness. But white eyes were not really trained to know the difference and if you had fairer skin (and really made yourself look white as possible) and a "white-ish personality and proper speech" you could get away with passing. Some sneaked around with black friends and family. Some abandoned the community fully because of the risks. As for as the other comment that says you don't look Black AT ALL, is an indication of that lack of education and knowing fully what biracial children looked like on plantations all the way up to today. That person must not know mixed people. In their eyes they have a perception of what black looks like to them and it's such a narrow lens.
@janedoe1229
Жыл бұрын
You know he has mixed heritage by his thick curly hair. That alone is a give away. Every elderly white person will tell you this
@medicaltourismrn812
Жыл бұрын
I love you attitude!! Just subscribed. Really interesting family history. I really feel for your father who never knew the “maid” was his grandmother. The story of your grandmother passing for white sounds so much like this old movie “Imitation of Life”. It had singer Mahalia Jackson in it as the dark-skinned mother of a daughter who passed for white and led everyone to believe her mother was the help. You should check it out
@luv2bevl1
Жыл бұрын
Posted this in the 1st video I saw putting it here as well. My Grandfather was white passing being part American Indian & adopted by my Great Grandparents. My kids are part Mexican & get told a lot that they aren't because they don't look it. Sad that we have to look a certain way to be accepted no matter what decade we live in.
@blackraven763
Жыл бұрын
I agree with you Jegeysus, if you're half white half black then genetically you are biracial. When I say you, I mean in general to people that are mixed race. I think it's time for people to start embracing the word biracial and stop treating it like it's a bad word. I think if mixed people started adopting the word more frequently then there is no need to pick a side because you are BOTH! By the way your grandmother was beautiful. She looks Hispanic descend to me. 🤷♀️
@candidas
Жыл бұрын
You are beautiful, as a ginger Native American I totally understand. ❤️
@AnastasiaLUVSU
Жыл бұрын
Ginger Native American? Lmfao. You're a descendant of europeans. Real natives don't have Red hair. Or any other telltale European features. You must be one of those 5 dollar indians or a biracial.
@ericarichardson2983
Жыл бұрын
Perfect black history month post!❤ Bless your heart for sharing! I just spent the last few days delving into my fam history. It wasn’t just POC passing for white. My fam narrative was always mixed black and Indian. We assumed that meant Native but we have very little Native American dna ancestry. Not surprising, there’s a long history of black folks who pass that narrative down for a variety of reasons. Not to mention the black folks enslaved within Native tribes for generations who have been fighting to be recognized as members. Turns out, there was a whole other explanation. Some of our ancestors were southeast Asian type of Indian. In the decades following immigrating they appeared in the pre-revolutionary census as “mulatto” and “free colored” folk post revolution. There are so many stories of these people who didn’t fit into the black/white narrative we are often taught in school history. It’s important to share them so they don’t get lost and so we can remember our ancestors many different journeys. Stay Mixt y’all❤!!! -Btw got that spelling from an 1800s census record of my family, thought folks here might enjoy-
@jonesba2004
Жыл бұрын
Check out the story of Roseanne Cash’s mom, who was Johnny Cash’s first wife. She passed as white. Her family was actually from Sicily, Italy. Roseanne had her DNA analyzed. Lo and behold, her background is significantly part African. Although Johnny’s wife passed for white at the time, pictures prove she wouldn’t pass for white today. She was quite beautiful.
@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192
Жыл бұрын
This story reminds me of A Jazzman's Blues.
@mekawebb8837
Жыл бұрын
I don’t see a white woman either! Interesting
@musingsofharmony3159
Жыл бұрын
I love your energy! You are very self-assured and confident and it is beautiful to see. Thank you for educating people that continue to be ignorant. I really feel that you articulated your thoughts and feelings pertaining to race and your identity so well. It was very genuine. As a society, we need to stop making mixed people choose a side. The whole are you black? or are you white?, questions are lame and antiquated. Let's stop with the one-drop rule.
@mekawebb8837
Жыл бұрын
I love your hair. So beautiful
@Kim10101
Жыл бұрын
I'm half black and half Puerto Rican (black dad, Puerto Rican mom). People never know that I'm mixed until I mention it, because I don't 'look' it, same with my brother, who is darker in complexion than me. My mom would be considered what is known as Afro-Puerto Rican (Puerto Rican with African roots) and to this day, she still gets the "you don't look Puerto Rican" comments from people. Like, yeah, Stacey, not all of us come off the island looking like Jennifer Lopez. 🙄
@Tigerlily777
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing! I love hearing these interesting stories 💖🥰
@aprylb.3718
Жыл бұрын
Sir you don't owe ANYONE an explanation, Someone will always have something negative or racist to say.... You are who you are, You are handsome and wonderfully made.. And your Grandmother was just beautiful.. God speed! ♥
@whynotnow9618
Жыл бұрын
I super-appreciate this video & someone saying, “Who you are is not who you look like”. Yes, you have the complete right to identify as who you are. As someone mixed, who is brown, my experience has been that people who identify as “Black” think everyone brown is Black and if you’re not brown, you’re automatically positioned into another racial category. Everyone else seems to understand what mixed race is, with the exception of people who are condition is the above described setting. Life is more complex than people want it to be, sometimes. 👍 for everything you said. The cultural experience of being mixed is different than that of someone who has one. Maybe it’s not so readily understood because people are still working through “who you are is not your complexion”. It’s not…
@minervamclitchie3667
Жыл бұрын
My father was from India of Sindhi and Punjabi descent. My mother was Ashkenazi Jewish of Austrian? Polish? Ukrainian descent. Growing up in the Bronx I was usually taken for Puerto Rican. Then I found out about how Merle Oberon who was also Eurasian passed for white and it cost her dearly. I consider myself mixed, I'm all the things of my heritage.
@JeGaysus
Жыл бұрын
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@bastiandoby
Жыл бұрын
Your hair when it was DRY was a dead giveaway!..WELCOME BROTHER!
@An-Chliste
4 ай бұрын
I haven't yet seen any comments about treating "the help" or a maid or even a butler, cook, housecleaner, lawns keeper, etc., so poorly. (Expand this list to include ANYONE who provides you a service of any kind.) It is unthinkable to consider oneself as "superior" to another. Regardless of familial ties, one should always treat others with: dignity, respect, compassion, kindness, and, if you dare, Love. Yes, I know how Pollyanna and naive this might sound; but, allow it to sink in, to percolate, to resonate. Unless you are a sociopath or psychopath, or devoid of empathy or the ability to be even the slightest bit objective, you might understand this as a genuine appeal. A prayer if you will. Thank you for reading.
@broncotia3125
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry people have tried to tell u who u should be. U r EXACTLY who u R.... and thats beautiful. I too have experienced similar experiences. Ur ethnic identity belongs to U alone XX ❤
@cmckinney380
Жыл бұрын
It's so sad that people don't realize that the 60's weren't that long ago and society is still dragging it along. One day, color won't be an issue. I hope...
@ellove370
Жыл бұрын
Hi there🤗Very interesting, your grandmother "passing" wow! She looked very ethnic. My grandma could have passed for white and was told on more than a few occasions, why was she saying she was black person? She couldn't complete various forms in peace. I love and respect my Grandmother for being who she was in spite of what she looked like to the world and as a result, as a blk person in this big world. I don't judge or assume things as about people💕 Continue to live in your truth💕
@stephaniedantzler719
Жыл бұрын
Thank you much for sharing, I enjoyed the story ❤❤
@ShugaAnnSpyce
Жыл бұрын
My paternal grandmother was fair skinned with light eyes and could have definitely passed as white in Texas but was proud to be black!
@quietstorm483
Жыл бұрын
Before the days of television, it was easier to pass, even if you didn’t look traditional “white”1) They purposely kept LS black people off tv and film because they often filmed looking “white” against DS black characters, but since they were not “white” they were denied roles for white characters. So most people who never were around Black people much, associated them with always having dark skin 2) Quite a few white people were invested in Blacks and other people of color passing. So they assisted with keeping the ruse or were indifferent and didn’t harass them.
@dontbelongherefromanother
Жыл бұрын
Many passed as Greeks and Italians
@quietstorm483
Жыл бұрын
@@dontbelongherefromanother True. My grandfather passed for Italian frequently and it helped him get jobs.
@sarahbyrd772
Жыл бұрын
She's mulatto actually. At least that's what she would have probably been called in the South. My grandmother on my father's side was called mulatto because her father was light skinned most probably passable. She always joked how he could walk the streets and speak to the white women was a black man of her times could not. I remember we'd laugh at the stories. For me it was until we moved down south to live that I realized the reason why she thought it was funny because he father was Jewish and her mother was black. She was according to the 1920s census consider mulatto. But he was consider white because his father was Jewish. We are all mixed no matter what race we're called if we dig deep enough we'll find out where our roots are from. Enjoyed you family history.
@kymberleyruffin6826
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this story… I will be subscribing.
@jessicageorge9136
Жыл бұрын
You have a BEAUTIFUL family! What you look like, is a great human being!
@7caramel14
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! You mentioned that your dad’s father was his adoptive father. Does that mean your dad’s mom was his adoptive mother too? Or was she his biological mom? I’m a little confused.
@kerlynbrown5390
Жыл бұрын
"Yep, it's so tragic how people are soooo easily FOOLED these days. Looks are deceiving but the intent is CRYSTAL CLEAR.
@leodeluxe426
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So I was introduced to the term White Presenting which intonates that these were also protective measures and not used to deny our ancestry. Many places were dangerous to present as your true ethnicity so they had to "present" for there safety concerns as well as upward mobility.
@christimcclure116
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I understand this, especially what you said at the end. My story is very similar, however I’m not black, I’m white standing Native American/ indigenous.
@pwi-ku9ss
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I'm a 1/4 Black as well and my father is also light skinned, half Black and my mother is fully White. My hair is naturally less curly than yours, but very puffy and it's nearly black in color. I have brown eyes and a light tan skin tone and am tall for a woman with all the stereotypical assets of a Black woman that others have put on us, lol. Anyway, I get all kinds of guesses about my racial background but rarely do people guess I'm part Black. I get what you're saying about us racially ambiguous people having to explain our race - we should never have to "claim" just one side because it makes others comfortable. They'll be alot more of us in the coming generations and I believe it's very important that our kind (mixed ambiguous) share how we deal with it and educate others so the younger generations don't feel so out of place and rejected/misunderstood by our cultural groups. It's also important that LGBTQ ambiguous race folks give their unique perspective. Thank you!
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