Calling Black Kids "Oreo"
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Have you ever been called or heard someone called an "Oreo?" These racialized names make me really frustrated, angry really. My son talked to me about being called an Oreo and how he made sense of it. Well, his reasoning didn't make much sense, so mama had to school him. The term is rooted in the lie that Black people are inferior and if they excel that means they are "acting White." I share why this thinking is flawed and not rooted in history or reality.
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People doubt my blackness all the time. I get asked where I’m from and when I answer I’m told that I don’t act like it.
People don’t understand the concept of individuality🤦🏽♀️
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Been called all my life doesn't bother me anymore
So then being uneducated is better? We aren’t supposed to have good language skills otherwise you’re labeled an Oreo. How screwed up is that? I was in the local Chinese take out and the people who were coming in to order food all sounded as if they never attended a school in their life or ever used a dictionary and these were adults and Americans in NYC. Cursing and slang throughout all the conversations. They obviously weren’t Oreo’s.😂
I had been questioned by both white and black people about myself. When I was little, my white friends asked me why I don’t sound like or act like the other black kids in our school. (The majority of the black kids acted street and tried to be tough. So I wasn’t too offended by their question because they were ignorant of the different variations of black people.) I responded, “because I wasn’t raised to act that way. My parents taught me about etiquette and respect.” I briefly explained that just like white people, black people come from different backgrounds. As for the black people, one of my cousins referred me as an Oreo because I speak properly. I asked him, “So only white people can speak proper English? Gee way to empower the black community... Don’t be educated because it’s a “white thing”! And we don’t want to be like white people now do we?” He told me I was being too sensitive about his jab, but I just told him that I find it annoying that in order to be “black” you have to behave and act like a certain way. The funny thing is I’m mixed with 5 different ethnicities, but I’m more predominantly black and native. However, I had decided to identify with all of them, but didn’t stick to one group. I had gotten tired of the apparent limitations of what was expected out of a black person from both white and black perspectives. One expecting to see to see a stereotype and the other basically saying “I’m not a real black person” (I’ve been judged more often by other black people than I ever had with white). Basically, I said “fuck it. I don’t exclusively belong to one ethnic group.” This gave me the insight to spot some hypocrisy and issues that are usually ignored in the black community. As well as allowing me to explore other cultures of my different ethnic backgrounds.
You just said a mouthful. I was called an Oreo too. It’s sickening how people in our own community try to put us all in a box.
@@ladylefteye yea I wasn’t expecting myself to write a rant tbh lol
@@dreamcatcher5917 lol.
@DreamCatcher you just put this so beautifully! I’m a black woman, and my goodness you just spoke so beautifully about this! I don’t get why black people and white people don’t see how reductive and ignorant calling someone Oreo is.
@@mariahkindle4486 At this point it’s just lack of understanding. Thankfully, I haven’t heard the term in a long time. So that’s always nice 😆
I’m proud to be an Oreo. I’m sweet on the outside and inside 😘
i'm proud to be oreo too
3 minutes in I was ready to bid good money that the kid who called him that was black. Then she confirms it.
Invariably. These kids are taught to remain ignorant and never to pursue their dreams
White kid said you don't *act black
I wore hoop earrings a black girl joked and said she is trying to black
Thank you so much for this vid. I don't have to be ashamed that I'm smart and not the stereotype I am me. 💓
I’ve been called a Oreo so much even by my so called “friends” it really breaks me down they don’t understand that the color of your skin doesn’t matter.I have also been bullied because of how I dress,act,how smart I am,and how I talk like a “white person” and it also hurts me when people ask if my hair is real or touch my hair to feel if it is real without asking
Aamna M they aren’t your friends then b
Robyn H b ik that no need to call me a b now don’t reply to me.
Aamna M dude that was a typo calm down. Over here Getting so pressed over a letter.
Robyn H not getting pressed just stating facts leave me alone please I’m gonna repost this comment so I don’t have to see your reply
Aamna M clearly pressed but ok kid.
This is a beautiful video. Thank you for addressing this. I was always called an Oreo but called "Carlton" or "Braxton". I always thought it was a very ignorant thing to say to someone. Now, I wear my individuality as a badge of honor and I don't care what people say.
It’s black people calling other black people this
That nonsense has got to stop.
Kelly Stamps was called an oreo.
okay so ur point is? ur opinion on it?
I was born and raised in predominantly black city. Many of my classmates were smart and well spoken as we were in the higher achieving classes from first grade on. I remember being told many times that I had good diction. No one was accused of “acting white” because they were high achieving. When I heard the term “Oreo” it was referencing black people who were perceived as self loathing and didn’t acknowledge or associate with other black people, smart or otherwise.
Beautifully said. Period. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😃💯💯💯💯
I heard Oreo in a childish Gambino song and I had no idea what it meant, thank you!
my mom is such an oreo and i hate it, its not the fact that she's educated and speaks proper, its the fact that she just thinks she's better than other black people because of it. black is beautiful and its fucked up to act all boujee cuz you have degrees and a big house. she sees folks from the hood and is like "ugh im so glad we dont live like this" its heartbreaking :(
That’s internalized racism, I have a family like that as well :(
That’s the original meaning.
All these years later, this shit is still going on *smh*
Just happened to Tim Scott
Exactly. People still hanging out on the corner unemployed, dealing drugs talking crap like they did 50 years ago. 😜
The same thing goes for the other way too.
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I think Oreo is more towards ones who have self entitlement, narcissistic behavior and/ or are someone who makes threats to call the police over obnoxious things.
No, we’re called an orea if we don’t act like a stereotype on how to act
Imagine raising your babies in ND 🥺 it would be more like "double stuf" Turn down that offer ✋ please
I've been called a Oreo several times throughout my life. At first it didn't feel too good, but now I just laugh whenever someone calls me that.
Because you are probably doing better than them!😀
the first university is in Africa however, the first professor was not black he was white and was from greek
ok he sure as hell wasn't vietnamese
@@polifonyann did I said he was
how does dis relate to being called an oreo when u dont fit a black stereotype so ur called "black person who acts white" basically oreo?
@@DeezNuts-ql1lg I was just pointing out a fact that she mistaken for nothing more
@@DeezNuts-ql1lg Okay first of this has nothing to do with race nothing related to her topic of being Oreo at all, secondly I was just correcting her mistake for saying the first professor was black that all nothing related to her topic
Great video, thank you so much for sharing!
1:10 Whoaaaa I'd be high key offended if I was dad lol. The good thing about kids is that they haven't fully developed a filter yet, so they can give you their completely honest thoughts.
Its a shame that you cant really be your true self because it would terrorify them. If they seen what really really BLACK looked like. 5:38 and what the hell does that mean?
Thank you !
I was a oreo when I was 14 I didn't know what it mean
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So good. Thank you!
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Great video
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When I speak at a public place! people focus on my voice! I speak proper English and not Jive!.
If you love the language you are speaking you will learn it correctly, no matter what the language is.
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Lol "professor" black professors in Morocco. What kind of Afro-nationalist fairy tale is this? Historically, the University Of Al Quaraouiyine can be considered as one of the first signs of higher education, but not completely, because like other universities after them, they were controlled and administered by the church, and this to a large extent prohibited the teaching of what could contradict Islam or Christianity and did not accept those who were not of a given religion. The first universities in the more modern sense, where there was freedom of ideals and speech, were founded half a millennium later in Prague and Krakow, although perhaps because today's Western universities are more orthodox in liberalism and progressivism, the comparison with the first religious universities is perhaps more appropriate.
where was she when I was single??
The first university was not in Africa first of all it was in Italy but people are people that the end of it to end racism we should stop talking about race
I thought the first university was in Bologna..
What's the opposite of Oreo?
Yeah let’s talk about that! 😄
don't they usually say twinkie?
So what do you call the people doing the name calling?
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I think the importance is on how it is baing said. Was it said derogatorily? It just means you don't behave typically. Like, for example, if you look asian, have an aversion to spice, prefer your food bland and loves country music, other asians will call you a banana 🍌. It doesn't automatically mean something is wrong with you.
People try to create stupid labels to communicate what they mean without explaining all the time.
People need not be too uptight about it. You are not oppressed if you are not being oppressed.
Bottom line is it’s a put down and it’s got to stop.
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UGG That's not definition of Oreo..
Ur talking about acting white.
Oreo doesn't like or care about their blackness they date only white and doesn't care or even think of themselves black they dont care about their history they don't like their hair and go against the black movement. So ur whole video is misinformation that u don't understand what a definition or urban slang word then don't try..
do ur research first b4 explaining your feelings on a word u took out of context. Again a Oreo is a person that hate being black only date white not for the black movement think black people are ugly..smh let's get it right people b4 we express how we feel.Smh
You are wrong and you obviously aren’t an Oreo. People have been calling me an Oreo for my whole life and it’s because of my personality. Oreos don’t brow themselves higher than others at all.
@@noellerobin9896 No I'm Not a Oreo..But ya Definition Is Wrong. I have many family members that are Oreo..Understand what a Oreo is as the cookie then the person..Dont reply smh
@@dwaynegoldware8794 u think u so smart but you're clearly the one who has no idea what they talking about lol
OReo, a Black person who is regarded as having adopted the attitudes, VALUES, and behavior thought to be characteristic of middle-class white society, often at the expense of their own heritage. It seems the definition has been watered down lately to attack any black person trying to better themselves. It wasn’t supposed to be about smarts or being able to communicate. Mlk and Malcolm x would not have been called Oreos. Maybe Carlton but not uncle Phil and aunt viv.
People like who, people like so what do you call a white person who only dates black or Asians. This is such nonsense in this day and age. What is wrong with a person liking people of another race? Like there aren’t mixed families all over this country. So do you mean like all the white college kids out there now who hate being white? These people have some weird identity issues going on.
The first universities were Arab and in the northern part of Africa not sub-Saharan black
No disrespect just saying
LMFAO
Lady you are 1 million percent an Oreo