bro- same.. it's just that people I've seen don't know how much it hurts, the guys in my grade say the n-slur a LOT. REFERING to themselves, it's painful to see this when you are aware if basic human rights.
I am an Indian, but my skin is wayyy more fair than the rest of my family. There is nothing wrong with it. But the way people react to my fair skin is wrong. My family praised me for having fair skin and saying that I am a blessing. And people outside my family, asked if I was adopted. Its gone so far that people ask if Im Malaysian or Filipino or Arab. This made me really insecure and I would ask my parents everyday if I was adopted. When i moved to Australia, the heat really effected my skin and got a bit darker, my grandparents were quick to point it out, saying I was becoming less beautiful. Theres always been a hatred for having dark skin in India and people need to understand that having dark skin is completely fine and normal.
SAMEEE and kids in elem acc made me believe i was white 🫣 bc they thought i was and my mom calls me white too like aww little american child perfect skin 🧍🏻 i just had heavy vitamin d deficiency.. it was so uncalled for 😭😭
I get what u were trying to say but why do we, Indians associate 'fair" with light skinned? "Fair" actually means just and nothing to do with skintones. It's sad we refer to fair as light skinned. As if dark skinned people cannot be "fair" or "just" in morality.
@@BLAIRWILLOWSS yea especially in the north. Maybe because i was from the south, so people didnt expect it. My eyes were also a different shape from the rest of my family and friends which is why people believed i was malay and filipino, because i was light skinned and had a different eye shape.
Being black is trendy now. Our skin, lips, body, and style are all being replicated in the media. Obviously the copying of ppl like Izzy goes deeper than a trend. This is just to say we’ve been dealing with ppl replicating our appearance and culture for decades by our oppressors and others it now it’s gone to the extreme. It’s become normal but it’s still kinda crazy to me that ppl are now trying to be us and go this far😭 Edit:added style
@@ScizzoringGirlz what? white features used to be the beauty standard a decade ago. and people dont like black women with black features they like black women with white features and white women with black features
I myself, as a fully Mexican person, relate to wanting to have a culture. I'm white washed, and im very detached from my culture, yet I'm from a very Hispanic area; where you stick out if you're a different ethnicity. Seeing all of my friends and classmates celebrating certain holidays, being bilingual, visiting Mexico on weekends, etc. It made me feel like an outsider, a poser. I felt white, basically, and it made me feel less special and interesting. I cant really explain it, it's more of a "The girls that get it, get it, the girls that don't, don't" type of situation.
I am puerto rican and i also know how this feels, tired of being called a “fake hispanic” cause my dad never taught me spanish or cause i wasnt born on the island.
I get what you mean :/ I’m half white, half Asian. Can’t fully explain it either, but I get the feeling that I’m lame because I’m not bilingual, and that I can’t even really hold chopsticks lmao. Also wearing traditional dresses or hats feels like a costume..
that’s marketed asian i’m pretty sure, using chopsticks, wearing a traditional heirlooms isn’t real asian. it’s marketed. you can be asian or half asian without using chopsticks and stuff like that.
Wanting to try a new look with heart in the right place is one thing, but impersonating at someone else other than yourself and bald-face lying is just plain creepy
If no one’s gonna say it, I will, people who aren’t from African descent want to look like us, but don’t want to experience the racism and things we go through. It’s pathetic.
As a dark-skinned black woman, I've witnessed the gentrification of various aspects of the black community, including fashion, music, and even physical features like lips, skin, and hair. This invasion of black spaces is a harsh reality. The concept of "Blackwashing" is sickening because historically, everything about black people, from our bodies to our natural hair, was deemed "unattractive" and criminalized. We were forced to rely on each other for safety and community in a country that viewed us primarily as a source of labor. When black people created close-knit communities and expressed our independence through fashion, hair, makeup, accessories, and music- it became trendy because we generated significant profits in pop culture. Blackness became a staple in pop culture, a marketable identity packaged by trends, brands, products, and mass consumerism. But it was only when being black became convenient that others wanted to embrace it and capitalism played a significant role. While the true essence of the black community was disregarded, reduced to something to be ridiculed and imitated for personal gain, america made more money off the backs of the black community. They want everything associated with being black except the harsh reality of living as a black person in America. This obvliousy, affects way more than just the black-american population, a ton of cultured communites in america have been oppressed this way, and even though their culture is "marketable", them as a people, are still not "in". This observation is not a new or trendy opinion, but rather my personal insight into what blackwashing truly means, and capitilism.
"a ton of cultured communites in america have been oppressed this way, and even though their culture is "marketable", them as a people, are still not "in". I was just thinking of this as an Indian with curly hair, like 2a or 3a curly hair, not wavy definitely curly but nor coily. We experience this to at a lesser degree but we're still marketable especially bc 97% of Indians have straight hair. That makes me v really sensitive to how curly hair was seen as unattractive or criminal across a two counties I'm from
25:08 Indian people have experienced slavery; they experienced it during the 'British Raj' or the rule of the East India company. Research it, you'll find out how terribly they were treated.
As an Indian person I need to say, yes we experienced slavery, and yes we were treated horribly, but we were still not treated the same as African People and we were never called the nword during our enslavement.
@antlion752 NAHHHH LMAO ur crazyyyyy. As a south asain, dude r u tweaking we had jst as a bad, matter of fact this isn't a victim competiton but jst cuz we weren't called the n-word (most likely were) doesn't mean that we got off any easier then african americans (this is NOT a competition in any way tho).
@@antlion752nah bro we were treated worst than Africans , 12famines and 140m Indians died in 40years , and yup they used to call us various name ...read about churchil and his thoughts about Indians..
@@antlion752 we can't say we were treated worse but we also can't say that what africans experienced was worse than what we did. this is not a competition. we went through hell too.
Well I’m 100% Puerto Rican but I tell people-as a joke-I’m black. I mainly do that though because all of my friends are black; they even joke around too saying I’m more black than them. Maybe he had the same reasoning, but then people took it the wrong way and stopped??
people on tiktok are WILD 😭 like faking their races, faking mental problems, what happened to being u being true # self love??? but anyways 🤬 love ur podcast always ben! your topics are the best (society is crumbling)
She's not necessarily faking her race, she's just a fan of Hip Hop culture and she wants to try another look. This is no way disrespectful. A lot of young people today can't seem to tell the difference between mockery and cultural appreciation. And who says Hip Hop culture is strictly for BP?... People forget that non-black rappers like Eminem have existed for decades. Every race is involved in Hip Hop culture, especially the Italians. Italians like Al Capone were the first gangsters. Italian Greasers are responsible for normalizing plain white tees & blue jeans in the 1950's. Italian mobsters set the trend for pinstripe suits, tilted hats and thin mustaches. Fonz from Happy Days said "Ayyyeee" before it was Hip Hop culture. Black-owned Hip Hop clothing brands like FUBU, Cross Colours, Karl Kani and Sean John were mostly inspired by sports apparel and WHITE-owned brands like Polo, Hilfiger and Carhartt. Stereotypical black brands like Nike, Gucci, Coogi and Timberland were created by white men as well. White officers are even responsible for sagging pants when they took away the inmate's belts in a penitentiary, then thugs took the style to the streets and rappers & fashion designers copied & capitalized off of it. Outside-groups influenced Hip Hop culture. It's not an exclusive traditional culture and it's often a degenerate culture. Hip Hop culture has only existed since about 1979. Braids aren't exclusive to BP either. Nobody had an issue with 'cultural appropriation' until the BLM movement surfaced.
@@svmb0dy We *started* Hip Hop culture and we're the majority of it, but it's not *exclusive* to us. Unlike the Native Americans, we don't have an exclusive, historic, traditional culture passed down to us. Therefore, it's not cultural appropriation.
@@svmb0dy "cultural appropriation/colonialism and appreciation are two diff things." No they are not. Cultural appropriation is curiosity & appreciation of another group's culture. Colonialism has nothing to do with cultural appropriation either. Colonialism and cultural appropriation are two different things.
As an Indian I feel like you oversimplified the struggles many Indians have went through 😭. I am North Indian which gives me a more lighter complexion and bc of that people assume I’m middle eastern or Hispanic. But when they find out I’m Indian, they start saying things like “oh but you don’t act Indian” “you don’t smell Indian”, not to mention the classic Punjab audio they start referencing. They made all these racist remarks towards me and sometimes people even change their behavior towards me upon finding out I’m Indian. I used to let people believe I was Hispanic so they wouldn’t hate me as much. I have finally decided to accept my beautiful culture and in that way I can sympathize with her as to why she is pretending to be something she isn’t. Not saying it’s right ofc but still
@@frilledgyaru291 I agree with that, I didn’t end up watching the whole video but whatever the woman is doing is obviously wrong. I just didn’t want our struggles to get oversimplified
She pretended she was black bcuz there is so much colorism in india and she is much darker than her own family (as seen in pictures) so she just decided to "be black" online bcuz she most likely was bullied for her complexion. She also said she was black bcuz she said the nword MULTIPLE times and sterotyped black people saying on a video "how am I acting white? Sorry I dont have 8 inch nails and I'm ghetto" (she said that even though she LITERALLY made a video saying how shes whitewashed). So basically it was an excuse to be racist to black ppl since shes been bullied for her complexion and seen as a black person. 😬 Lastly, she just wanted clout... 💀
I see black girls wear long oressn on nails now than white girls. Or neither wears it more than the other. I'm just the only Asian who wears press on nails as much
I’m half Indian and black (from Guyana) and I heard about this lady before and it’s so wild. I hate people like her or people who are like “I’m one percent black so xyz” trynna excuse themselves.
As a southern white woman i can say that the 'culture' or what mimics that sense of having common ground and being part of something bigger........is usually racism.
Racism refers to targeted harassment and genuine hate crimes. I’m sick of people saying stupid stereotypical jokes like “black people like watermelon” are some foul, racist abominations when they really aren’t. It’s just rude- and that’s it. Real racism, as in lynching, physical harassment and demonizing specific groups has been largely eradicated in America and is SO illegal. The fact that people use the term racism so lightheartedly is kind of disgusting. Please stop- saying “white people have no sense of rhythm” isn’t racist 😭🙏
Hey I'm indian and I loved your video but I wanted to make sure you know that Indians have been through slavery, that's how they ended up in Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, and the UK. Colonialism did a lot of damage to India and Indians have experienced discrimination like segregation with signs like Dogs and Indians cant enter. But I am glad your experience has not been too bad!
so,i'm arab,and my parents moved from tunisia, then to ireland, then to london. i'm very thankful as my area is quite diverse. the majority of my school is either arab and/or muslim so i had no problem fitting in.i'm just very thankful that i'm proud of my culture and i have a lot of oppurtunities
Yay another fellow person that moves countries constantly, I've been in the situation except well in different countries, and now I'm in Canada also pretty diverse in here
I’m Arab too and people never knew what being Arab was until after quarantine where I am. I always had trouble with people not understanding what my race is and straight up racism, not a lots of Arabs at my school and not a lot of Muslims who know anything about their religion and actually treat it as one. You got lucky, and I’m happy for u :) I’m so glad that not everyone experienced the same things I did
Im half black half white so idk if i have any say in this but i will say that it boils my blood when people do this because what they are doing is getting all of the "perks" of being black without having any knowlage of the culture and the struggles. (sorry i am bad at spelling)
Why wouldn't you have a say? Half is enough, in American you would be considered black. My husband is half black and half white but considers himself black.
I feel like these topics need to be talked about and researched more in this society. I definitely agree with his perspective as someone who is half Indian and half Mexican. Some people have an obsession with cultures and races that aren't theirs that cross the line. Colorism, where you grow up, and stereotypes definitely play a part in situations like this. I didn't even know you were Indian, that so cool btw!
As a white person I honestly grew up (mostly because I was pale) I would see black girls and be like woah she's so pretty I want to be like her but now like I'm just accepting that I'm white and I shouldn't want to be different and neither should anyone else.
I’m a white person (who is Hungarian) and I have no problems with that. Dispite being a white person with “No culture”, I have never felt the need to steal other cultures from people. These people need help-
You have culture,everybody does!And participating in cultures you respect and admire is fine(with respect),it’s the “blackfishing” and everything that’s wrong.
@@水-ぱぱぱ culture definition: “the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.” -oxford languages all people have culture, wether they realize it or not x
Me being black myself, black fishing has always been something that I’ve HATED. Like, why y’all wanna be tryna steal our styles? Y’all don’t be knowin the things we deal wit as black people. Everything ain’t no rainbows and butterflies. Just stay the way you are, you’re fine just the way you are, you ain’t gotta be changing up your style and SKIN TONE just to look prettier. Just, omlllll.
As an arab, I've noticed a lot of my peers (and even younger people, around 7-13 years old) are adopting other cultures (especially east asian cultures), and I could honestly chalk it up to feeling underrepresented. I've noticed that even in, say, tv shows with a diverse cast, there's never an arab character (arab, not muslim.). I've definitely felt that way as a child before, and it doesn't help that western culture often alienates and stereotypes the middle east.
@@retro-rose1194 exactly! it frustrates me especially as a queer arab. It truly shows that people aren't capable of viewing other kinds of people beyond overused stereotypes.
Yesssss EXACTLY! But for me its more of trying to turn white, to be western, to change everything to look similar to them! From not talking in arabic, to completely neglecting their nationality and who they are
As an Indian man with a lighter skin tone, I have experienced a little bit of whitewashing as well, My tuition teacher in 9th grade would always joke about me being American or "From The North" because I had a lighter skin tone and I would always feel so uncomfortable, because he would also touch my hands, compare it to his, show it to others, and just get everyone's attention on me. I'm also an introvert so it made me more uncomfortable.
I'm an Indian growing up in India,and I've seen other Indians use the n word COUNTLESS times,they don't bother know the history behind the word or black ppl and their reasoning is we have similar skin tones ,omg the shame i feel from this
@@johnkingbad Black doesn’t mean black; it just usually refers to an American black person whose ancestors were displaced during slavery, so WE created “black culture” because our TRUE culture was taken from us; our ancestors were literally killed, so they forgot as a means of survival; some remember, but there’s no concrete evidence to who and where we were before they brought us to America like race mixing is as old as time itself. All black people don’t look the same we just act, dress and talk the same hence our culture and how we tell ourselves apart from other dark people around the world.
I’m a Bangladeshi who grew up abroad. As much as her actions disgust me a part of me hurts for her. The colorism in our community (South Asia) is so bad it makes most dark skinned people feel inferior which manifests into racism and self hatred. It all roots back to colonization. We are and will continue to face the affects of colonization for generations to come. It’s quite sad actually. Also about your point on Indians/South Asians not having it as hard as other races is quite backhanded. It’s more nuanced than that. Yes we don’t and will never understand the generational trauma of other races it’s still different. We all have our own struggles and but at the end of the day we all experience systematic racism in one way or the other.
So I’m Indian and now I feel so like disgusted by this but there is this one Indian kid in my class and he has darker skin but I knew he was Indian because it was still recognizable and he said that he is not Indian because he doesn’t feel like it and claimed he was black and even said the n word
12:01 Im fully white, like direct descendent of a founding father, and I remember being jealous of mexican people because Id learn about their culture in spanish and I’d want that, because it brought a sense of belonging. Like, you’re connected to this person on a cultural level. it sounds nice.
As an Indian this sucks like what and like I feel bad for them they’re hating hating their own culture and alsoooo vijay is a name of a big Tamil hollywood/ kollywood actor
as a Southeast Asian, i just wanna say that stuff like this is insane. we do not claim her, and are glad she doesnt have a problem with that. trust me when i say, we are not like her and most of us are actually pretty chill…..unless they’re an Americanized Southeast Asian.
25:03 So i get it, you just say whatever comes to your mouth, idk what do you guys think but there's never been a privilege for having India Skintone. And about slavery, i guess just cuz you ancestors haven't gone through that doesn't mean Whole Asian aint gone through that, if i just give a glance of own country, whole comment limit will exceed.Here's a more structured and report-style breakdown of **slavery and forced labor in India** during the **17th century** under European powers, with some statistical context: --- ### **Slavery in India During the 17th Century: European Involvement** --- #### 1. **Portuguese Influence in India** - **Geographical Areas**: - The Portuguese controlled territories like **Goa**, **Daman**, and **Diu** along India's western coast. - **Indian Slaves in Goa**: - **Number of Enslaved Indians**: Exact numbers are difficult to determine, but estimates suggest that **hundreds** of Indians were enslaved or forced into labor in Portuguese colonies. - **Roles**: Slaves worked as **domestic servants**, **laborers**, and **soldiers**. Some were used for **missions** and religious establishments. - **Slave Trade**: - **Capture Methods**: Many slaves were captured through **raids**, **debt bondage**, or **forced military service**. - **Portuguese Estimates**: In the early years, around **20-30%** of Goa's population may have consisted of slaves, including Indians and others captured from nearby regions. --- #### 2. **Dutch Influence in India** - **Dutch East India Company**: - Controlled areas along the **Coromandel Coast** and **Malabar Coast**. - **Indian Slaves in Dutch Territories**: - **Number of Enslaved Indians**: Again, specific numbers are unclear, but historical accounts suggest **dozens to hundreds** of Indians were enslaved in Dutch-controlled areas. - **Roles**: Slaves worked in **plantations**, **ports**, and served in **Dutch military**. - **Indentured Labor**: - By the late 17th century, the **Dutch East India Company** had started exploiting **indentured laborers** (Indian workers forced into long-term contracts), which paved the way for more structured forced labor systems in the 18th and 19th centuries. --- #### 3. **British Influence in India** - **British East India Company**: - British influence began to grow in the 17th century, especially in areas like **Madras** and **Surat**. - **Indian Forced Labor**: - **Indentured Labor System**: The British began experimenting with the **indentured labor system** in the late 1600s, where Indians were forced into long-term work contracts. - **Number of Laborers**: By the early 18th century, the British East India Company had about **20,000 to 30,000** laborers working in its territories, though many were still indentured rather than outright slaves. - **Military & Administrative Service**: - **Number of Pressed Laborers**: Thousands of Indian men were **pressed into service** for the British military, working as soldiers or **manual laborers**. Estimates suggest about **5,000-10,000** Indians were directly involved with British military operations at the time. --- #### 4. **General Slavery and Forced Labor in India** - **Debt Bondage**: - **Prevalence**: Debt bondage was widespread, with **hundreds of thousands** of Indians trapped in the system. - **Extent of Debt Bondage**: Poor families, often in rural areas, sold family members into labor to pay off debts, which were rarely repaid. This practice was a key source of forced labor. - **War Captives**: - **Captured and Enslaved**: During the 17th century, Indian rulers or European powers captured **thousands** of Indians through war or raids, using them for forced labor or military service. --- #### 5. **European Slave Markets in Indian Ports** - **Slave Trade Hubs**: - Indian ports like **Goa**, **Surat**, and **Madras** were key markets where Indian laborers and captives were sold into servitude. - **Slave Numbers**: Though exact statistics are not clear, estimates indicate that **hundreds of Indians** passed through these ports as part of the global slave trade network. The numbers involved increased as European colonial presence expanded. --- #### 6. **Decline and Legacy of Slavery in India** - **Decline of Portuguese Slavery**: - By the late 17th century, the number of slaves under Portuguese control began to **decline** due to increased resistance and the weakening of Portuguese power. This was a gradual reduction, with historical records suggesting a drop of **10-20%** in the slave population during this period. - **Rise of Indentured Labor**: - In the late 17th century, the British and Dutch began moving away from outright slavery, transitioning to the **indentured labor system**, which continued to exploit Indian workers for **plantations** and **industrial projects**. --- ### **Conclusion** - **Slavery and Forced Labor**: During the 17th century, slavery and forced labor were prevalent in India under Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial control. - **Impact on Indian Society**: The exploitation of Indian labor contributed to the economic success of European powers in the region. - **Numbers**: Although it’s difficult to obtain exact figures, it is estimated that **thousands** of Indians were subjected to slavery, debt bondage, and forced labor during this period. The practices established in the 17th century laid the groundwork for the more formalized indentured labor systems that would emerge in later centuries. --- This report summarizes the role of **European colonial powers** in **enslaving and exploiting Indian labor** during the **17th century**, with focus on key numbers and regions involved.
wait she said she was Indian and black on her TikTok when she was showing her childhood pictures my mind is blown..... idk why ppl do that its very disgusting and unattractive now ik she was lying thank God ppl still exposes ppl who try to change their race.
I am an American white person, but my great grandparents were native/German. I agree with you on the fact that white people do not have any race specific culture, save for in parts of Europe. I do not know why people feel the need to adopt a culture that is not theirs. I myself am a part of the gothic subculture, which is music based. My subculture can be for anyone, as long as you listen to the music. Obviously we have so called goths who are just racist, and say you have to be white to be goth.😑 I know that it isn't true.
Wait if white people don’t have a specific culture then… what’s our culture. Can’t we just adopt a culture that isn’t ours since we don’t really have one or do we just stay… culture-less? Not trying to be rude in anyway I’m just kind of confused.
@@HelloKitty-iq8tt I'm mainly talking in America, but I think it depends. Say if you move to another country or are in a relationship with someone from another country, than yes, I would assume it would make sense to adapt to another culture. I just think that music based subcultures are special because race/nationality isn't specific, so anyone can be a part of them.
@maychonglee5883 Yeah, you're right, but I do find that in America specifically, assimilation has watered down a lot of culture. For example, I was never taught German because my great grandmother was not allowed to speak it. I really wish I knew more about my ancestors, but sadly I do not.
I’m fully Indian and born in America, but I haven’t been bullied at school for my culture. But it kind of shocks me that people bullied you for culture, it’s your own culture and you shouldn’t be bullied for it. Anyways, I luv your videos Ben ❤ Also, just wondering, what area of India is your family from? If you’re fine with answering 😊
Same with me. I don't get bullied ever for being Indian because everyone would hate them for that. However, I live in Australia and sometimes there are so casual racism like people making fun of the panjabi mc song beware of the boys and they always go like ringadingading. It's annoying but yeh. Also I think Ben is from Goa I think because that state was owned by the Portuguese like Ben said. Goa is an independent state.
Umm I mostly agree with you. The only point I disagree with is when you said that Asian people have NEVER experienced slavery at 25:00 because if you know anything about Indian history, you should know that during the colonial era, there was infact slavery. Indian people were enslaved by the Britishers. I think you should look into it. Apart from that, I loved the video 💗
the beginning where u talked about ur childhood really spoke to me. Im half asian half white. Ive always been too white for the asian kids or too asian for the white kids. I have had so many identity changes. I was into my white side but then i realized i wanted to learn my asian culture. But I feel like I will never look asian enough or white enough for people to accept me. being a mixed kid is a struggle people dont really talk about.
same I'm Honduran and white with very pale skin so i don't know where i stand, especially not being able to speak Spanish in my predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. Its embarrassing telling my Hispanic friends i can't speak Spanish so i have no idea what they're saying.
Same! Im also half white(does Europeans count as white?)half Asian and have had those struggles both in Europe and Asia. In Asia I’ve had a hard time trying to not be as sexualized since I have some more European features such as bigger eyes, lighter hair and that supposedly gets the creeps in. Just wearing a dress and showing my legs made me uncomfortable, but in my European school I get called adopted since I have those bigger eyes? It’s weird and how you said with being to white for the Asian kids and being to Asian for the white kids hit hard😭
this is so real!!! I’m white (german) and Asian (Korean) being accused of Asian fishing or faking my race because I had liked anime previously so I was “just acting like I was Asian” and then sometimes I would get rice and some soups for lunch and so many js gross comments. My brother who’s white dad picked him up for school has been called slurs and have been targeted by teachers just cuz he was Asian, it’s genuinely really hard to be mixed
I definitely think that there are a lot of Asian people who just want to be white because as long as we can blame it on colorism and how it is because of social rank in a capitalist society, its not just about skin color. the beauty standard in asian is basically white ppl: pale skin, big eyes(double eyelids), high nose bridge
I feel like it's more about their history tho...like if you check, even before asians had any connection with the west, you could see that in their portraits they have like white, literal white skin. Not only in Asia but also in Europe, check the portraits of royalties and you'll find that they were all pretty pale. It's more a thing of status both in Europe and Asia, but as we can see it's stronger in Asia... if you had a darker skin tone you were poor because you worked in the fields under the sun meanwhile if you had pale skin that meant you never had to work in the sun and actually tried to protect yourself from it so you were rich. That's it. Pale skin=noble heritage And for the the other beauty standards: big eyes make you look younger and the high bridge is not a Western beauty standard (it is the button nose with a low bridge i think) meanwhile in Asia i think it's the straight nose.
@@kleeyourenemies2927 im asian who live in asia bro, i know. A LOT of people here want to look white. if you said to someone they look like a white person, its a complement. and about the nose thing, they literally come to the plastic surgeon asking for white people nose the high nose bridge thing, we literally call that "western nose"
I have biracial children. They are half black and half white mexican. They are fully integrated into both their cultures and races. Parents who mix have to be open to discussing race and culture because their children will be negatively affected if they don’t.
Wait can we all take a moment bc the dude who always thought he was Korean finally accepted the fact he’s not and is starting to make videos saying he’s not Korean growth im proud of him tbh😭🥹
Some drama- My friends keep ignoring me especially on call or in the gc. They always talk about stuff they like but when I talk about mine they respond with “K” or “Oh.” Or ignore it most of the time. I just don’t feel respected or included anymore. Not really good drama but I still appreciate it if Uve seen this Ben I really love the podcasts keep it up thanks
I would just make new friends bc if there not respect you are at least put in the effort to talk to you or at least act like they care then they aren't really ur friends (I know u didn't ask for my opinion but I hope this helps!) ❤ have a good day and I wish you the best 😊
Maybe make other friends, tell them how you feel and if they don't change or try to and slowly start leaving them? I did something like this onceee but it doesn't work for everyone-- hopefully this helps and ben better see this >:(((((
@@CoolBabyGamerisCoolisMySister That might work guess but i also struggle to make new friends so it might take a while. Im gonna wait a bit and see how it goes
Hi Ben, around 25:38 You said that Indians haven't experienced anything similar to slavery which is kind of true but in South African history Indians were imported by Europeans to work in Durban which is why there's a predominantly large population of Indians in South Africa I don't know if I'd say it was as impactful as slavery but it did happen. 😅 I'm African btw before y'all try dox me💀👍🏽
I’m white, but I have never felt the urge to do this. I thank the fact that I am Jewish for that. It is a culture in a way, we have food, clothes, holidays, and languages that are just Jewish and I am very glad for that. This is ridiculous, I can see why people have the urge, but nobody should act on it.
Honestly as a white person when you say "white people don't have culture" I can agree with that. Though there are stereotypes and there are certain ways of our culture they're not like what people would consider to be "unique" if you know what I mean? Like for some white people our culture isn't something to be proud of because at least in my opinion I think a lot of Americans are hateful people. So yes, I definitely do think that it's common for white people to try to "steal" other cultures because of how ours is almost like non-existent. I think you definitely make some good points
as a west Indian, Im honestly disgusted on how people can like blackfish it’s just weird, all races are equal. I don’t understand why people do this it’s just messed up. 🤦♀️
Tbh in my opinion trying African hair styles is not racist and it does not consider to be as black fishing 0:38 it maybe is offensive to some people but I thing it’s just trying new hairstyles
@@Saloomluvmyselfas a mixed race person i would say be you if you want to wear her hair braided, then get your hair braided I feel like no race literally something this is even if you’re not America get braids no matter what color hair you have no matter what you have. It doesn’t matter get braids. What’s the big deal I mean, how is that offensive? I mean like. Come on no race on something.
I completely agree. I understand that I am a white person, but I also understand why some could be offended. I do not know how they feel but I do feel like they have a point, but so do we. It’s just a personal preference and I feel that everyone should be able to do what they want without getting hate, unless it’s disrespectful and rude.
I’m from Pakistan which is a neighbouring country to India and being one of the darker ones I can tell you that their is racism/colourism (kinda?) imbedded in our culture so it’s weird why she would do this. I’m not sure why but everybody seems to think that’s it’s bad that I have darker skin and whenever it’s summer time they tell me to stay inside or where sunscreen to not get tanned. But they never say it too my lighter cousin it’s like she gets praised for having lighter skin and they panic when she goes outside in the summer too beacuse they are scared of her getting tanned which is weird but honestly I have never really cared about it. I think she probably did this too “fit” in but still doesn’t make it an excuse.
Colourism heavily effects people.. I'm an Indian and since I was a child I've seen that people with a fair skin get praised ALOT! and this made me super upset i didn't even knew my skin tone bcz i played alot in the sun and i used to get really tanned i thought I had a dark skin I was ugly the society engraves the fair beauty standard in our head since our childhood.. we can't feel confident if our skin isn't fair i hate it so much bcz I have a seasonal skin tone and I get dark and light every season.. i just hate asian standards
In India, there is internalized colorism and racism so as a result of that i have seen people act like that and have seen them say the n word too. Furthermore, taking an example of Lily Singh on RUclips who did in fact use AAVE and kids have idolized her so other kids learnt bad habits or things. It is wrong but it is common but education and corrsction is necessary to prevent this situation- not necessarily from friends and family but know your own worth and your own culture and be proud of that. Ben thank you for educting us❤!
I'm Korean Mexican, seeing all the craziness with Oli London and how openly he (he goes by he/him again) was talking about "switching race and culture." We've also seen this huge shift in pop culture following the success of kpop in north America, while also continuing to gentrify and take parts of other non-white cultures. We saw celebrities like Ariana Grande trying to look more Hispanic, and it's always made me wonder why. Like bro ain't you got your own thing going on 😭😭 thx for making this video ben ❤❤
From a very white person idk ig we sometimes feel like we got nothing going on and we feel boring bcs of it- like we feel "bland" and stuff is the best way I can describe it.
Ok well, I am black and as a young black girl, like not even 15 I have experienced racism before and bullying. Obviously when you are bullied for things that make me ethnic like my curly hair and dark skin, it made me want to get rid of those things, I have permanently straightened my hair, and when it comes to my skin, I am very insecure about it still, and sometimes still want to find a way to bleach it. I know it’s sad, but that’s where white washing has come to me. I don’t want pity, I was just wanting to share. For anyone out there, your hair is beautiful. It’s your crown, so make sure you treat it right 💗
Your a queen and ur beautiful, forget the haters. As Afro Latino I finally love my black side from my Dad and my Spanish side from my Mom. You know how many people want to be black and how many men love black women around the world. Don't let those people get to u,it's big world and ur just probably around some racist people that hate themselves.#onelove
So incredibly refreshing especially one specific part about not having it as bad as a certain other race. Im scared to even write this but im just glad to hear this coming from you especially with your background. Like, Gen Z is going to be okay if you guys have such evolved views. Oh to be 10 years younger dude my goodness lol good for you
15:58 literally this guy in my class says the n-word all the time when he is from EGYPT being from Africa DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE BLACK. He says he's technically "half-black" Because his mom looks darker (she isnt black btw) Like it is SO DUMB. He says it all the time. Nobody does anything, some people tried but it's impossible cuz he's a popular kid.
OMG SAME THIS EGYPTIAN GIRL I USED TO BE FRIENDS WITH IN 6th grade would not stop saying it , she kept on saying after we told her not too and I just immediately stopped being friends with her, it was so annoying because she would call me and my other friend “monkeys”, “jiga****” , etc. then would make fun of other African countries.
@@_Buggg_. Oh gosh that sounds even WORSE.. But the thing about the guy in my class he sometimes makes racist jokes also... Im so sorry you had to go through having a friend like that, it must've been terrible.!
This one girl I knew told people she was the female Kim Jong Un (she was ¼ Chinese) and I found her old Instagram where she told people she was latina because her mum had relatives who lived in Mexico. She was Scottish- accent and everything. People be wild
I’m an East African girl but a lot of the time people say to me you’re Indian or from Thailand Africa has different features from the east and the north west and the south
I'm Filipino, which is pretty far from you guys, but I dislike whitewashing and colourism. I've seen numerous skin whitening lotion and soap commercials, the obsession with glutathione, and the fact that they're also obsessed with Eurocentric features... I remember not liking my nose because it was flat and not *"matangos".* Other than that, most actors here are pale and have some Eurocentric features.
It’s okay to like culture and learn about. I personally am interested in learning more about Japanese culture. However, I’m NOT going to get plastic surgery, change my name, claim I’m Asian, and get annoyed when people say I’m not. It’s different to like a culture and wear a shirt that has a different language on it than to pretend you are from that culture.
drama time!! i have a friend that i don’t want to be friends with. she expects everyone to care abt stuff she cares abt but doesn’t care abt anyone else’s interests. and she thinks white men are oppressed. anyways idk how to cut her off…she thinks we’re besties, also her mom is my dance teacher and WILL post abt me on facebook. so yea love your podcast and you. have a beautiful day 💚💚
That’s a difficult thing to deal with but you probably have to try hanging out with other people or find someone else to be closer with since that won’t directly be cutting her off it will just be as if you kind of became distant and the friendship just faded. You could confront her but it could make a more difficult situation.
As someone who is 100% middle eastern but born with a lighter skin tone. I have experienced many people wether they were joking or not, tell me that I wasn’t middle eastern and that I was white because of my skin color and my hair type. I’m not sending any hate towards white people but I’ve just always found it annoying to be called white or whitewashed, since it just felt like my culture or my genuine race was being ignored or joked about. I also have experienced many people hate or laugh about my culture as well as Arab music (not every middle eastern is Arab, I just am!), saying that it was “trash” or “what the hell is that?” While they fantasize other foreign languages music such as Spanish. (No hate to anybody who speaks Spanish, I love the language and the music as well! This is just based off my personal experience) not to mention I have experienced this from all age groups. I’ve also had hate towards my religion, but I’ve already typed a lot to even tell any stories on that😭 Remember that even if you have experienced such hate or you felt confused and unsure about your culture or religion, do not let it get to you! You should always be proud of who you are🩷
My lord I couldn’t relate to this any more. I’m also middle eastern and received that exact treatment! So sorry you have people telling you what you are and what you aren’t.
@@Levamii yeah, there’s a lot of hate towards middle easterns I feel. Especially after 9/11. And don’t worry, I’m plenty aware of who I am and nobody can tell me otherwise. It just stings sometimes but it’s nothing I can’t get through.
@Melody-ik6by I completely understand. Nowadays there is literal debates on what middle easterns truly are. For example when I tell someone I'm middle eastern I have people say "so white?" "so western asian?" "So European?" It's very annoying.. especially because the USA has a different system than outside of the USA for example middle easterns in the US are considered to be white Caucasians although on the other hand outside of the US we are considered to fall under either western asians or european! Having people telling us what we are and what we aren't can get under my skin sometimes as alot of people don't understand the difference between race and ethnicity. People use our appearance to tell us what we are and what we aren't. So..I definitely agree with you! So glad you're able to stay true to yourself
@@Levamii if this didn’t perfectly describe the majority of our situations I don’t know what else would. Me and my siblings have been told to be a race far from middle eastern. Judging based off the skin tone, even in a harmless manner, it’s still upsetting.
I'm biracial (white & black) and I really appreciate my parents & family for being true to themselves and raising me to just be me. I was fortunate enough to never have that common feeling that biracial people sometimes feel where they aren't "white enough for white people or black enough for black people) I just moved through life and stayed where I'm appreciated & loved. I hate that we live in a world where race matters, that people are mistreated based on the color of their skin or feel the need to white wash who they are. I remember having friends as a child that were ashamed to speak to their parents in their native language around friends. It's something as a child I didn't understand. Although I love my parents and feel like they instilled a lot in me. I used to wonder how cool it would've been if my parents were the same race but not American born so I would've been raised speaking two other languages & having food from different cultures other than American/soul food (I'm a southerner & my mama & granny's THROW DOWN IN THE KITCHEN) I teach my children to embrace people that don't look like them & even if it's comfortable staying in a group with people that look like you, you're doing yourself a disservice of meeting amazing people & learning new things about their culture.
I'm a South Indian on the lighter side but one side of my family is really dark and my sister is similar to their complexion and all I hear from people is asking how we're related and how i'm the "normal" sibling and the crazy thing is all this comes from other indians that are sometimes even as dark as my sister. it's just crazy how indians truly have serious internalized racism even in a place such as America where I live where this should be the place where we all blend culture. People always assume i'm Hispanic or North Indian just not South Indian because I'm lighter and I don't really look South Indian. I'm also Christian and most people that learn that are shocked because no one expects indians to not be muslim or hindu and they call me whitewashed when both sides of my family has been christians long before the British even came to India...indian's biggest enemy are themselves and i don't think the racism between us will ever end because literally everyone has partook in some type of casual racism against each other even me. And the whole thing about Izzy saying the n-word, i was not surprised she has because im not lying when i say that almost every indian guy i know says the n-word and where i'm from is very indian populated. they have this idea that bc they're brown they can say it and it's normalized...
Im a white person, i completely agree with the no culture thing, even i get jealous sometimes that there not anything special about me culturaly but id never just take somebody else's and claim its my own. But I do really love japan and japans culture but for me its appreciating it instead of stealing it, i'd never try to pretend i'm Japanese
@@ameliacowan18 Germany most certainly has culture. England is iffy but depending on which region there is def also culture. I recommend just looking into it :)
I'm a huge mix of a ton of cultures, but the main four are Native American, British, Italian, and French Canadian. And to be honest I will never truly understand why people are so desperate to be different cultures. Like just embrace your own!! It's ok to be interested in a culture other than your own but being envious or almost mocking that culture is not ok. :(
I’m white. And I’m COMPLETELY FINE with being WHITE. I have my own culture (celtic culture) and don’t understand why people are so uncomfortable with being the race they were born. Every race is beautiful and equal. stay safe y’all ❤️❤️
@@frilledgyaru291 well britain is separated into england and then the celtic countries : wales, scotland and northern ireland. the celtic countries have their own foods and style of dance, traditional dress etc so have a very distinct culture. in england its hard to distinguish between what is our culture and what is just our history, i dont think there has been a continuous culture that has passed through time really but i guess like other countries we have traditional dishes like say mince pies for example. also in a country which is so ethnically diverse, british culture means a lot of different things to a lot of people, our national dish is literally tikka masala, a product of indian immigration.
I’m a light skinned black woman with light eyes and hair. Both my parents are also black, just light skinned as well but people always assume one of my parents is white……it’s crazy how many biracial people try to interact with me who are racist and colorist thinking I will be too and I have to shut them down.
Your story is exactly what my dad had to go through after moving to Kentucky from Japan, he got extremely bullied for not being a full white person to the point that he never acknowledged his heritage. My dad really regrets not learning anything about his culture because he realized he can’t pass it on to me and my brother.
I'm an Indian roman catholic and even if I live in India people think I'm whitewashed. Other Indians have this stereotype about our community that we are different from Indian culture..... yes, our weddings take place in church and we wear a white dress but our weddings also last 5 days including mehndi rasam, sangit, vidai. But yes, we do look a little different- most people in our community are fair and some could be mistaken as white AND we have very white names.
I am half white and half Caribbean and the difference on how comfortable I am with Americans (mainly white Americans) versus other caribbeans is crazy. I grew up in both the Caribbean and America and have spend more time in the Caribbean. When I moved to America I had to change the way I spoke and acted so that people would look at me the same. But when I’m in the Bahamas while I do get poked fun at by my cousins and friends for being half white I’ve never felt uncomfortable around Bahamians like I do Americans. I can speak the way I want and talk about the same things. Down to the mannerisms of the people there is such a huge difference. So I do understand why people would want to be whitewashed or need to to have a normal life in America but I don’t understand blackfishing or Asian fishing, etc.
I guess some people see ethnicity as a trend which like n o :) but I get that as diverse as America may be (internalized) xenophobia, racism etc is still a problem which suckssss hopefully you don't have to change yourself some day to "fit in"
I feel the same way just not for the wanting to be white wash I love my thick hair even though it be getting poofy and I love my features but I understand where your coming from (I'm Puerto Rican and Italian and Mexican-The Italian and Mexican part is from one of my parents the other one if full blood Puerto Rican they came up after a few years when my grandma wanted to start a new life
As an indian i am genuinely SO EMBARRASSED for her 💀. This level of blackfishing is just dissapointing and embarassing. On behalf of the indian community, i apologize to the black community for this woman. We do not claim her! 😭
Shoutout to your perspective on your grandparents. So fuggin annoying when people can't respect the predicaments our grandparents went through when it comes to discrimination and survival.
I'm an Trinidadian was surprised you mentioned my country.😅❤ I am west Indian, people told me I look like a Chineses and a Spanish. I'm a thick fair-skinned woman who have an French name Celine. 😂😂 So I as fars as I know I am an Indian and I just laugh about it whenever people called me that.😂😂
Hellooo, im half filipino and my mom's the filipino one and it's actually insane how many times I've had to tell her NOT to bleach her skin or use those kind of skin care products that do that. Besides appearance that she tries to change, because she thinks her skin is ugly, which it definitely isn't like she looks like s goddesss.. she really tries to get me and my sister into our culture and everything which I'm super thankful for and all. My white bald dad is also super great with all of it and makes sure my mom doesn't do stuff that like gets her skin cancer or something. My mom has gotten surgery for a nose bridge already and honestly I'm just like do what makes you feel great, because even though she's doing this she makes sure not to forget her culture and family and everything, on top of that she knows 4 filipino dialects and I'm just glad she never fully whitewashed herself like she wanted to before. Also, since I'm half filipino, my hair is like super curly and thick naturally, and now my hair is always really bad looking and dead because my mom put a straightening chemical in it which caused it to be straight forever and it wore off and now my hair literally just looks straight and dead and on top of that I hate having straight hair and I always have hated getting my hair straightened. So now I get to wait like 5 years to get my natural hair to grow back in because my hair grows super slowly. Basically, appearance wise, it's insane how much my mom tries to throw away. I'm glad I got to share that in this comment section, so uhhhhhhhhh yeah bye
I’m white, and I’m proud of it. I’m also Native American, and proud of it. I am sick of people being judged by their skin. Who cares? Grow up, and teach your kids to look at a persons character, not their skin
Fr Like im black and,I’m proud of it as well, I mean NO ONE CARES WHAT COLOR YOU R, even tho there ain’t nice ppl out there, I can bet you there’s a lot of ppl who love your skin color and isn’t racist.
I agree with you for the most part, Ben. But Asian people have been subjected to slavery 😭 my grandfather is Indonesian and was put in an internment camp during ww2.
As a white person it's always interesting to see this kinda stuff. To be fair I'm not American, but it's strange to see people try and identify with other cultures and makes me kinda sad. I think it's definitely like a more personal insecurity then anything and it sucks because it's hurting more than just them. I think there's also this feeling of needing to be discriminated in some way to justify your own emotions, particularly with people who are straight, neurotypical, cis, white and stuff. It's wild.
HELP WHY DO I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THIS. like I would NEVER od what she did but I feel like none of my struggles are valid because I feel like a boring person and i feel as if people dislike me because I'm white
@@its_yourgirlyyy_ That's not at all true! You may not experience racial struggles but the fact that you don't doesn't invalidate any of the other experiences you have. It's always good to recognize your privilege but that doesn't mean you don't struggle at all. Everyone struggles to some degree, and that's okay. ❤
I agree with all things he says besides what he said here 25:08. Asian people have experienced forms of slavery. During ancient China 5% of the Chinese population was enslaved and Japan had an official slave system during the third century and finally had it abolished in the 1930s.
i'm in high school, so there is a lot of people figuring out who they are which is perfectly normal and okay, but i had a trans friend and he was trying to figure out what he should change his name to. i was helping him with ideas when all of a sudden he started going on and giving korean name suggestions, (i'm korean). at some point i asked this white person why he wanted to change his name to a korean name and he just dodges the question. i forgot about it for a while but almost a month later the same friend asked me about my grandma's name, (which is lee-jum rae, a veryyy old-school name that a lot of people in korea think is ugly. its. kinda like korea's karen.) i told him my korean grandma's name and guess what happens next. he changed his name to my grandmother's name. ik this isnt the same as what izzy did, but some white people are SO deperate for culture that they'll even steal grandma names just to seem more colored.
I think what you said about white Americans lacking culture is so true. I can't even count how many countries I have ancestors from, so there's no real cultural heritage other than my grandmother being from Scotland.
Hi Ben, I'm Indian and this is my drama (your videos are so funny btw): 1- So in India, people use lightening creams and things of that nature because when India was under British rule, a lot of their customs were forced onto the Indian community, so naturally Indians started to perceive having fair skin as being more appealing that being tan skinned which isn't good obviously and should change but it can still be seen today. Actually, on my recent trip to India, aunties and salon workers would recommend me lightening creams even though my skin tone is basically the same as yours and I was literally just born tan. I would politely decline obviously, but it was still weird to see especially in modern day. I love my country but things like that should change in my opinion.
Omg fr I am Indian and whenever I would visit India, I would always see these weird ass creams called fair and lovely and theres a woman with darker skin turning into very light skin like bro....
as an asian, more speficially korean, i wish more of the black community would work with asians because we as a race have gone through SO SIMILAR struggles and experiences that it's crazy.. but it's sad to see it when we go against each other and steal or wannabe each others cultures/races. although I'm not indian and not brown I still feel so bad and disappointed. it's so scary how the black culture is being fetishized and "trendy".. like why are we here making being OTHER RACES trendy??? ewwww. my race (Korean) is also starting to become trendy (especially with skincare, kpop, kdramas etc) so I think it's the perfect time for the black community and asian community to work together and stop these weirdos...
I think your so right about American white people appropriating cultures because they have none, it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot. It’s kinda sad tbh- I think culture is so important, and not having one at all would feel really weird. Most white Americans abandoned their cultures to create a mono white culture, since there used to be a lot of fighting between white people. By uniting all white cultures under a ‘white’ label, it was easier to unite them against ‘non white’ cultures. Idk if this makes since, but It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while.
And then there’s adriana grande black washing herself💀 Edit: damn, you mentioned her too Right, so I’m Chinese and wanted to be white when I was in 2nd grade since it was the majority and I wanted to fit in. Blonde hair, blue eyes, everything. Now I take pride in my race although some people still say shit like ching chong which is just stupid, and I mainly just ignore it or accept it as a joke
As a mixed girl myself i do think that Indian culture is beautiful, but that doesn't mean id change myself to be Indian or do anything to change my race, im proud of being who i am, i do agree with the fact that race dysphoria might be a real thing because no one in their right mind wakes up amd decides "yk what i wanna be black, let me just tan myself" like come on
I used to live in Mexico before I moved to the USA. We could say I'm a Whitexican, meaning I don't really look like a "Mexican" and have more "advantages" In the economy thanks to my grandparent's hard work. My curly hair is brushed off, my skin is really pale, and I have doe eyes. When I moved, to the USA, I was mistaken for being Korean. I even got called up to the class when reading an article about Korea and got asked questions about it. At that time, I was in elementary and I was one of the only Mexicans there I guess at that time I was really proud of saying I was Mexican and being able to tell people I could speak Spanish. It all changed when I got to middle school. That's when I began to see the other "Latinas" and saw the stereotype I didn't know of. I really love Latinas, I absolutely admire them and really like the way they dress. But that was just not my style. Watching how they treated most Latinas like "princesses" and how they had more privileges in my school made me feel like I wasn't one of them, and whenever I told people about my race they would say "No way!!" or "But you look Asian". I remember I even once got called racist because someone didn't believe I was Mexican and thought I was making fun of them. I didn't really feel like I belonged with the Latinas at my school. Most of the time they would just stay in the bathroom vaping and gossiping about people or just bragging about being able to talk Spanish when they had an American accent and all they could do was swear in Spanish. And that's just not me (I am not trying to offend anyone with this). I guess I just got along with white girls better because they seemed a little bit nicer. And to clarify, in my school there's actually no way you're popular unless you're a Y2K girlie, a clean girl (Mostly white girls use this one), or a Latina. And I was none of them. I really wanted to be popular to avoid bullying, and soon realized that I didn't fit in any of those standards. I didn't feel pretty and If I tried to be "more Latina" people would make fun of me. If I tried to use my style, people would point it out as "emo". I was getting nowhere with this. So I started buying "white girl" things to be more like them, to feel prettier and like I belonged there (I don't think it should be a stereotype to use a Stanley cup or wear Nike). I would just feel like the "lipstick on a pig" saying. People didn't really think I was catfishing (I wasn't really trying to It was more like wanting to fit it) but I somehow still felt guilty. I haven't been feeling confident about my race and this video helped me A LOTT. I know that Ben won't see this but I'm very grateful for this video.
as an indian i am EMBARRASSED for her..
bro- same.. it's just that people I've seen don't know how much it hurts, the guys in my grade say the n-slur a LOT. REFERING to themselves, it's painful to see this when you are aware if basic human rights.
ALSO, can we please talk about how the name 'Vijay' means "Victory" and not "Vagina"
Yeah .... people are insane.... can't believe the things they do for going viral at a platform which is completely useless.....
uhuh and thats why u were jamician asian korean and black on other peoples posts?
@@Sanrioo_Pochacco bro- how ? WHERE
I am an Indian, but my skin is wayyy more fair than the rest of my family. There is nothing wrong with it. But the way people react to my fair skin is wrong. My family praised me for having fair skin and saying that I am a blessing. And people outside my family, asked if I was adopted. Its gone so far that people ask if Im Malaysian or Filipino or Arab. This made me really insecure and I would ask my parents everyday if I was adopted. When i moved to Australia, the heat really effected my skin and got a bit darker, my grandparents were quick to point it out, saying I was becoming less beautiful. Theres always been a hatred for having dark skin in India and people need to understand that having dark skin is completely fine and normal.
Indian people have a wide range of skin shades, I've seen a lot of " fair " Indians it's not surprising
SAMEEE and kids in elem acc made me believe i was white 🫣 bc they thought i was and my mom calls me white too like aww little american child perfect skin
🧍🏻 i just had heavy vitamin d deficiency.. it was so uncalled for 😭😭
I get what u were trying to say but why do we, Indians associate 'fair" with light skinned? "Fair" actually means just and nothing to do with skintones. It's sad we refer to fair as light skinned. As if dark skinned people cannot be "fair" or "just" in morality.
@@ember661 im sorry but i giggled a bit
@@BLAIRWILLOWSS yea especially in the north. Maybe because i was from the south, so people didnt expect it. My eyes were also a different shape from the rest of my family and friends which is why people believed i was malay and filipino, because i was light skinned and had a different eye shape.
Being black is trendy now. Our skin, lips, body, and style are all being replicated in the media. Obviously the copying of ppl like Izzy goes deeper than a trend. This is just to say we’ve been dealing with ppl replicating our appearance and culture for decades by our oppressors and others it now it’s gone to the extreme. It’s become normal but it’s still kinda crazy to me that ppl are now trying to be us and go this far😭
Edit:added style
as an arab I agree😭
Because you’re literally the beauty standard.
And there’s plenty’s of black people in the industry nowadays.
So why complain?
@@ScizzoringGirlz what? white features used to be the beauty standard a decade ago. and people dont like black women with black features they like black women with white features and white women with black features
As an Indian im so embarrassed. Black people are very beautiful in my eyes
First they was hating on y’all now they wanna be y’all
I myself, as a fully Mexican person, relate to wanting to have a culture. I'm white washed, and im very detached from my culture, yet I'm from a very Hispanic area; where you stick out if you're a different ethnicity. Seeing all of my friends and classmates celebrating certain holidays, being bilingual, visiting Mexico on weekends, etc. It made me feel like an outsider, a poser. I felt white, basically, and it made me feel less special and interesting. I cant really explain it, it's more of a "The girls that get it, get it, the girls that don't, don't" type of situation.
I am puerto rican and i also know how this feels, tired of being called a “fake hispanic” cause my dad never taught me spanish or cause i wasnt born on the island.
same with me except im honduran and my mom never taught me spanish
I get what you mean :/ I’m half white, half Asian. Can’t fully explain it either, but I get the feeling that I’m lame because I’m not bilingual, and that I can’t even really hold chopsticks lmao. Also wearing traditional dresses or hats feels like a costume..
that’s marketed asian i’m pretty sure, using chopsticks, wearing a traditional heirlooms isn’t real asian. it’s marketed. you can be asian or half asian without using chopsticks and stuff like that.
I am black and I feel this way as well and what makes it worse is that my friends make fun of me for it.
MLK did not die for this yo
PLEASE 😭😭🙏
I don't think I should have laughed at this.. 😭
LOOOL TRUE STOP PRETENDING TO BE BLACK ITS WEIRD..
Fr
Lol
im half black, half korean and this is genuinely disgusting, like blackfishing should be illegal
Exactly :(
Wanting to try a new look with heart in the right place is one thing, but impersonating at someone else other than yourself and bald-face lying is just plain creepy
im a blasian too :0 (half nigerian half chinese)
Off topic but nice pfp, my favorite Taco Bell employee
@@Sawgrass-TML how is that racist
If no one’s gonna say it, I will, people who aren’t from African descent want to look like us, but don’t want to experience the racism and things we go through. It’s pathetic.
Fr
SAY IT AGAIN
No body ever wants the bad side of things
@@HeartyroseyiREAL
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As a dark-skinned black woman, I've witnessed the gentrification of various aspects of the black community, including fashion, music, and even physical features like lips, skin, and hair. This invasion of black spaces is a harsh reality.
The concept of "Blackwashing" is sickening because historically, everything about black people, from our bodies to our natural hair, was deemed "unattractive" and criminalized. We were forced to rely on each other for safety and community in a country that viewed us primarily as a source of labor. When black people created close-knit communities and expressed our independence through fashion, hair, makeup, accessories, and music- it became trendy because we generated significant profits in pop culture.
Blackness became a staple in pop culture, a marketable identity packaged by trends, brands, products, and mass consumerism. But it was only when being black became convenient that others wanted to embrace it and capitalism played a significant role. While the true essence of the black community was disregarded, reduced to something to be ridiculed and imitated for personal gain, america made more money off the backs of the black community.
They want everything associated with being black except the harsh reality of living as a black person in America. This obvliousy, affects way more than just the black-american population, a ton of cultured communites in america have been oppressed this way, and even though their culture is "marketable", them as a people, are still not "in".
This observation is not a new or trendy opinion, but rather my personal insight into what blackwashing truly means, and capitilism.
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"a ton of cultured communites in america have been oppressed this way, and even though their culture is "marketable", them as a people, are still not "in". I was just thinking of this as an Indian with curly hair, like 2a or 3a curly hair, not wavy definitely curly but nor coily. We experience this to at a lesser degree but we're still marketable especially bc 97% of Indians have straight hair. That makes me v really sensitive to how curly hair was seen as unattractive or criminal across a two counties I'm from
25:08 Indian people have experienced slavery; they experienced it during the 'British Raj' or the rule of the East India company. Research it, you'll find out how terribly they were treated.
As an Indian person I need to say, yes we experienced slavery, and yes we were treated horribly, but we were still not treated the same as African People and we were never called the nword during our enslavement.
@antlion752 NAHHHH LMAO ur crazyyyyy. As a south asain, dude r u tweaking we had jst as a bad, matter of fact this isn't a victim competiton but jst cuz we weren't called the n-word (most likely were) doesn't mean that we got off any easier then african americans (this is NOT a competition in any way tho).
@@antlion752Ty for this ❤
@@antlion752nah bro we were treated worst than Africans , 12famines and 140m Indians died in 40years , and yup they used to call us various name ...read about churchil and his thoughts about Indians..
@@antlion752 we can't say we were treated worse but we also can't say that what africans experienced was worse than what we did. this is not a competition. we went through hell too.
there’s a kid in my grade who, up until 7th grade, told everyone he was black. he is indian. 100% indian. why he did it? no fricking clue.
Damn. Has he said sorry for doing that?
@@AlexBrooke-me1uj not to my knowledge. he told everyone it was his history month during black history month.
@@charthesmile That's so fucked up. Did he stop himself, or did he stop because someone found out? Or has he even stopped?
Well I’m 100% Puerto Rican but I tell people-as a joke-I’m black. I mainly do that though because all of my friends are black; they even joke around too saying I’m more black than them. Maybe he had the same reasoning, but then people took it the wrong way and stopped??
people on tiktok are WILD 😭 like faking their races, faking mental problems, what happened to being u being true # self love???
but anyways 🤬 love ur podcast always ben! your topics are the best (society is crumbling)
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She's not necessarily faking her race, she's just a fan of Hip Hop culture and she wants to try another look. This is no way disrespectful. A lot of young people today can't seem to tell the difference between mockery and cultural appreciation. And who says Hip Hop culture is strictly for BP?... People forget that non-black rappers like Eminem have existed for decades. Every race is involved in Hip Hop culture, especially the Italians.
Italians like Al Capone were the first gangsters. Italian Greasers are responsible for normalizing plain white tees & blue jeans in the 1950's. Italian mobsters set the trend for pinstripe suits, tilted hats and thin mustaches. Fonz from Happy Days said "Ayyyeee" before it was Hip Hop culture.
Black-owned Hip Hop clothing brands like FUBU, Cross Colours, Karl Kani and Sean John were mostly inspired by sports apparel and WHITE-owned brands like Polo, Hilfiger and Carhartt.
Stereotypical black brands like Nike, Gucci, Coogi and Timberland were created by white men as well. White officers are even responsible for sagging pants when they took away the inmate's belts in a penitentiary, then thugs took the style to the streets and rappers & fashion designers copied & capitalized off of it.
Outside-groups influenced Hip Hop culture. It's not an exclusive traditional culture and it's often a degenerate culture. Hip Hop culture has only existed since about 1979. Braids aren't exclusive to BP either. Nobody had an issue with 'cultural appropriation' until the BLM movement surfaced.
@@Galidorquestbut i can tell u tht, hip hop culture is apart of blk culture.
@@svmb0dy We *started* Hip Hop culture and we're the majority of it, but it's not *exclusive* to us. Unlike the Native Americans, we don't have an exclusive, historic, traditional culture passed down to us. Therefore, it's not cultural appropriation.
@@svmb0dy "cultural appropriation/colonialism and appreciation are two diff things." No they are not. Cultural appropriation is curiosity & appreciation of another group's culture. Colonialism has nothing to do with cultural appropriation either. Colonialism and cultural appropriation are two different things.
As an Indian I feel like you oversimplified the struggles many Indians have went through 😭. I am North Indian which gives me a more lighter complexion and bc of that people assume I’m middle eastern or Hispanic. But when they find out I’m Indian, they start saying things like “oh but you don’t act Indian” “you don’t smell Indian”, not to mention the classic Punjab audio they start referencing. They made all these racist remarks towards me and sometimes people even change their behavior towards me upon finding out I’m Indian. I used to let people believe I was Hispanic so they wouldn’t hate me as much. I have finally decided to accept my beautiful culture and in that way I can sympathize with her as to why she is pretending to be something she isn’t. Not saying it’s right ofc but still
You don't smell Indian 😮 like WTF?!!!
Yeah but acting as if you’re something you not WHILE stereotyping and disrespecting the very thing you are trying to imitate is beyond me.
@@frilledgyaru291 I agree with that, I didn’t end up watching the whole video but whatever the woman is doing is obviously wrong. I just didn’t want our struggles to get oversimplified
@@anjali_222 I agree.
SAME, im south tho but have a light complexion- its so odd
She pretended she was black bcuz there is so much colorism in india and she is much darker than her own family (as seen in pictures) so she just decided to "be black" online bcuz she most likely was bullied for her complexion. She also said she was black bcuz she said the nword MULTIPLE times and sterotyped black people saying on a video "how am I acting white? Sorry I dont have 8 inch nails and I'm ghetto" (she said that even though she LITERALLY made a video saying how shes whitewashed). So basically it was an excuse to be racist to black ppl since shes been bullied for her complexion and seen as a black person. 😬 Lastly, she just wanted clout... 💀
I see black girls wear long oressn on nails now than white girls. Or neither wears it more than the other. I'm just the only Asian who wears press on nails as much
woww really?? I saw her video talking about how she’s whitewashed a while ago and no one else was really talking abt it
@@FBI.Open.Up.no just say african americans :)
do u know her @ i wanna see her vids
@@superdopegirl I think it was izzygnovel but she got banned
I’m half Indian and black (from Guyana) and I heard about this lady before and it’s so wild. I hate people like her or people who are like “I’m one percent black so xyz” trynna excuse themselves.
Exactly, I've got like 10% native american but I'm not about to start wearing feather headdresses and calling myself native american
i'm half indian and nigerian and it's so weird seeing people trying to kind of steal our culture nd shit
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As a southern white woman i can say that the 'culture' or what mimics that sense of having common ground and being part of something bigger........is usually racism.
Exactly
Racism refers to targeted harassment and genuine hate crimes. I’m sick of people saying stupid stereotypical jokes like “black people like watermelon” are some foul, racist abominations when they really aren’t. It’s just rude- and that’s it. Real racism, as in lynching, physical harassment and demonizing specific groups has been largely eradicated in America and is SO illegal. The fact that people use the term racism so lightheartedly is kind of disgusting. Please stop- saying “white people have no sense of rhythm” isn’t racist 😭🙏
Hey I'm indian and I loved your video but I wanted to make sure you know that Indians have been through slavery, that's how they ended up in Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, and the UK. Colonialism did a lot of damage to India and Indians have experienced discrimination like segregation with signs like Dogs and Indians cant enter. But I am glad your experience has not been too bad!
even in sri lanka, Fiji , Mauritius lots of Indians present due to slavery
That is true but she still shouldn’t have done what she did and still can’t say the n word either.
Thats true, but that doesn't mean shes black or can say the N-word
this is true buts she’s not black 🤦🏽♀️ she shouldn’t be saying the n word
ok but she can’t say the n word.
so,i'm arab,and my parents moved from tunisia, then to ireland, then to london. i'm very thankful as my area is quite diverse. the majority of my school is either arab and/or muslim so i had no problem fitting in.i'm just very thankful that i'm proud of my culture and i have a lot of oppurtunities
I’m also Arab! :)
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@@Hades44481 what is their to say “Ew” about? There is nothing wrong with what she/he just said?
Yay another fellow person that moves countries constantly, I've been in the situation except well in different countries, and now I'm in Canada also pretty diverse in here
I’m Arab too and people never knew what being Arab was until after quarantine where I am. I always had trouble with people not understanding what my race is and straight up racism, not a lots of Arabs at my school and not a lot of Muslims who know anything about their religion and actually treat it as one. You got lucky, and I’m happy for u :) I’m so glad that not everyone experienced the same things I did
Im half black half white so idk if i have any say in this but i will say that it boils my blood when people do this because what they are doing is getting all of the "perks" of being black without having any knowlage of the culture and the struggles. (sorry i am bad at spelling)
You have a say
Wtf you are a person of the black community. You have a say. Who taught you that you don’t?
Why wouldn't you have a say? Half is enough, in American you would be considered black. My husband is half black and half white but considers himself black.
@@Random.338yeah exactly, I agree with you
I feel like these topics need to be talked about and researched more in this society. I definitely agree with his perspective as someone who is half Indian and half Mexican. Some people have an obsession with cultures and races that aren't theirs that cross the line. Colorism, where you grow up, and stereotypes definitely play a part in situations like this. I didn't even know you were Indian, that so cool btw!
As a white person I honestly grew up (mostly because I was pale) I would see black girls and be like woah she's so pretty I want to be like her but now like I'm just accepting that I'm white and I shouldn't want to be different and neither should anyone else.
we all have to accept it 😞
Same for me
I wanna be white so bad but you don’t see me pretending to be white.
Just like you, you didn’t pretend to be black.
i’m pale haha
I’m a white person (who is Hungarian) and I have no problems with that. Dispite being a white person with “No culture”, I have never felt the need to steal other cultures from people. These people need help-
No seriously
You have culture,everybody does!And participating in cultures you respect and admire is fine(with respect),it’s the “blackfishing” and everything that’s wrong.
@@frilledgyaru291 yea well everyone has a culture kind of excluding North Americans that aren’t native
@@水-ぱぱぱ culture definition:
“the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.”
-oxford languages
all people have culture, wether they realize it or not x
@@水-ぱぱぱ why excluding North Americans exactly?
Me being black myself, black fishing has always been something that I’ve HATED. Like, why y’all wanna be tryna steal our styles? Y’all don’t be knowin the things we deal wit as black people. Everything ain’t no rainbows and butterflies. Just stay the way you are, you’re fine just the way you are, you ain’t gotta be changing up your style and SKIN TONE just to look prettier. Just, omlllll.
Preach sister
She just showed that she cannot get famous being her own race .
im indian so i dont really have anything to say but I notice that its always the people who discriminate against black people who blackfish?
@@evin2484are you black too?
@@crumarki um yea
As an arab, I've noticed a lot of my peers (and even younger people, around 7-13 years old) are adopting other cultures (especially east asian cultures), and I could honestly chalk it up to feeling underrepresented. I've noticed that even in, say, tv shows with a diverse cast, there's never an arab character (arab, not muslim.). I've definitely felt that way as a child before, and it doesn't help that western culture often alienates and stereotypes the middle east.
Even when they represent the Middle East! They make sure they stick with stereotypes:/
@@retro-rose1194 exactly! it frustrates me especially as a queer arab. It truly shows that people aren't capable of viewing other kinds of people beyond overused stereotypes.
Yesssss EXACTLY! But for me its more of trying to turn white, to be western, to change everything to look similar to them! From not talking in arabic, to completely neglecting their nationality and who they are
Indian culture is so beautiful. That’s the saddest part. Instead of being proud of her own beautiful culture she steals another. Man💔
As an Indian man with a lighter skin tone, I have experienced a little bit of whitewashing as well, My tuition teacher in 9th grade would always joke about me being American or "From The North" because I had a lighter skin tone and I would always feel so uncomfortable, because he would also touch my hands, compare it to his, show it to others, and just get everyone's attention on me. I'm also an introvert so it made me more uncomfortable.
He should've never touched your hands without permission. That's just wrong, especially from a teacher.
Wtf is wrong with that guy
nah bro... nothing about your skin tone he was prolly js yk... a pedo.
as an indian, most parents have taught us that our skin color doesnt really matter, i promise, awareness about this topic is being taught in india.
No it's definitely not "most".
I'm an Indian growing up in India,and I've seen other Indians use the n word COUNTLESS times,they don't bother know the history behind the word or black ppl and their reasoning is we have similar skin tones ,omg the shame i feel from this
People need to realize that dark skinned doesn't mean black
It’s kinda messed up but my Indian mom says they used call people that not even trying to be racist when she was young but she is in her 50s
Also she calls Indian that East Asian smaller eyes as having “chinky” eyes which sounds so bad but it’s just how older generations were raised
@@johnkingbad Black doesn’t mean black; it just usually refers to an American black person whose ancestors were displaced during slavery, so WE created “black culture” because our TRUE culture was taken from us; our ancestors were literally killed, so they forgot as a means of survival; some remember, but there’s no concrete evidence to who and where we were before they brought us to America like race mixing is as old as time itself. All black people don’t look the same we just act, dress and talk the same hence our culture and how we tell ourselves apart from other dark people around the world.
They just say it because it's cool and taboo
I’m a Bangladeshi who grew up abroad. As much as her actions disgust me a part of me hurts for her. The colorism in our community (South Asia) is so bad it makes most dark skinned people feel inferior which manifests into racism and self hatred. It all roots back to colonization. We are and will continue to face the affects of colonization for generations to come. It’s quite sad actually. Also about your point on Indians/South Asians not having it as hard as other races is quite backhanded. It’s more nuanced than that. Yes we don’t and will never understand the generational trauma of other races it’s still different. We all have our own struggles and but at the end of the day we all experience systematic racism in one way or the other.
So I’m Indian and now I feel so like disgusted by this but there is this one Indian kid in my class and he has darker skin but I knew he was Indian because it was still recognizable and he said that he is not Indian because he doesn’t feel like it and claimed he was black and even said the n word
12:01 Im fully white, like direct descendent of a founding father, and I remember being jealous of mexican people because Id learn about their culture in spanish and I’d want that, because it brought a sense of belonging. Like, you’re connected to this person on a cultural level. it sounds nice.
oooh which founding father? sorry, im a huge history buff for names and stuff like that lol :p
@ one of the john adams lol, like my gmas maiden name is adams
As an Indian this sucks like what and like I feel bad for them they’re hating hating their own culture and alsoooo vijay is a name of a big Tamil hollywood/ kollywood actor
i saw her on my fyp and knew she wasn’t black i mean you can tell (i’m black)
1st hehe
Honestly we black people know our own she does not look black
Right like no way people was actually fooled by her
Yes she doesn't have chimp feature
as a Southeast Asian, i just wanna say that stuff like this is insane. we do not claim her, and are glad she doesnt have a problem with that. trust me when i say, we are not like her and most of us are actually pretty chill…..unless they’re an Americanized Southeast Asian.
25:03 So i get it, you just say whatever comes to your mouth, idk what do you guys think but there's never been a privilege for having India Skintone. And about slavery, i guess just cuz you ancestors haven't gone through that doesn't mean Whole Asian aint gone through that, if i just give a glance of own country, whole comment limit will exceed.Here's a more structured and report-style breakdown of **slavery and forced labor in India** during the **17th century** under European powers, with some statistical context:
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### **Slavery in India During the 17th Century: European Involvement**
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#### 1. **Portuguese Influence in India**
- **Geographical Areas**:
- The Portuguese controlled territories like **Goa**, **Daman**, and **Diu** along India's western coast.
- **Indian Slaves in Goa**:
- **Number of Enslaved Indians**: Exact numbers are difficult to determine, but estimates suggest that **hundreds** of Indians were enslaved or forced into labor in Portuguese colonies.
- **Roles**: Slaves worked as **domestic servants**, **laborers**, and **soldiers**. Some were used for **missions** and religious establishments.
- **Slave Trade**:
- **Capture Methods**: Many slaves were captured through **raids**, **debt bondage**, or **forced military service**.
- **Portuguese Estimates**: In the early years, around **20-30%** of Goa's population may have consisted of slaves, including Indians and others captured from nearby regions.
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#### 2. **Dutch Influence in India**
- **Dutch East India Company**:
- Controlled areas along the **Coromandel Coast** and **Malabar Coast**.
- **Indian Slaves in Dutch Territories**:
- **Number of Enslaved Indians**: Again, specific numbers are unclear, but historical accounts suggest **dozens to hundreds** of Indians were enslaved in Dutch-controlled areas.
- **Roles**: Slaves worked in **plantations**, **ports**, and served in **Dutch military**.
- **Indentured Labor**:
- By the late 17th century, the **Dutch East India Company** had started exploiting **indentured laborers** (Indian workers forced into long-term contracts), which paved the way for more structured forced labor systems in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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#### 3. **British Influence in India**
- **British East India Company**:
- British influence began to grow in the 17th century, especially in areas like **Madras** and **Surat**.
- **Indian Forced Labor**:
- **Indentured Labor System**: The British began experimenting with the **indentured labor system** in the late 1600s, where Indians were forced into long-term work contracts.
- **Number of Laborers**: By the early 18th century, the British East India Company had about **20,000 to 30,000** laborers working in its territories, though many were still indentured rather than outright slaves.
- **Military & Administrative Service**:
- **Number of Pressed Laborers**: Thousands of Indian men were **pressed into service** for the British military, working as soldiers or **manual laborers**. Estimates suggest about **5,000-10,000** Indians were directly involved with British military operations at the time.
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#### 4. **General Slavery and Forced Labor in India**
- **Debt Bondage**:
- **Prevalence**: Debt bondage was widespread, with **hundreds of thousands** of Indians trapped in the system.
- **Extent of Debt Bondage**: Poor families, often in rural areas, sold family members into labor to pay off debts, which were rarely repaid. This practice was a key source of forced labor.
- **War Captives**:
- **Captured and Enslaved**: During the 17th century, Indian rulers or European powers captured **thousands** of Indians through war or raids, using them for forced labor or military service.
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#### 5. **European Slave Markets in Indian Ports**
- **Slave Trade Hubs**:
- Indian ports like **Goa**, **Surat**, and **Madras** were key markets where Indian laborers and captives were sold into servitude.
- **Slave Numbers**: Though exact statistics are not clear, estimates indicate that **hundreds of Indians** passed through these ports as part of the global slave trade network. The numbers involved increased as European colonial presence expanded.
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#### 6. **Decline and Legacy of Slavery in India**
- **Decline of Portuguese Slavery**:
- By the late 17th century, the number of slaves under Portuguese control began to **decline** due to increased resistance and the weakening of Portuguese power. This was a gradual reduction, with historical records suggesting a drop of **10-20%** in the slave population during this period.
- **Rise of Indentured Labor**:
- In the late 17th century, the British and Dutch began moving away from outright slavery, transitioning to the **indentured labor system**, which continued to exploit Indian workers for **plantations** and **industrial projects**.
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### **Conclusion**
- **Slavery and Forced Labor**: During the 17th century, slavery and forced labor were prevalent in India under Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial control.
- **Impact on Indian Society**: The exploitation of Indian labor contributed to the economic success of European powers in the region.
- **Numbers**: Although it’s difficult to obtain exact figures, it is estimated that **thousands** of Indians were subjected to slavery, debt bondage, and forced labor during this period. The practices established in the 17th century laid the groundwork for the more formalized indentured labor systems that would emerge in later centuries.
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This report summarizes the role of **European colonial powers** in **enslaving and exploiting Indian labor** during the **17th century**, with focus on key numbers and regions involved.
As a Bangladeshi (next to India) I’m so embarrassed.
wait she said she was Indian and black on her TikTok when she was showing her childhood pictures my mind is blown..... idk why ppl do that its very disgusting and unattractive now ik she was lying thank God ppl still exposes ppl who try to change their race.
What’s her @?
I am an American white person, but my great grandparents were native/German. I agree with you on the fact that white people do not have any race specific culture, save for in parts of Europe. I do not know why people feel the need to adopt a culture that is not theirs. I myself am a part of the gothic subculture, which is music based. My subculture can be for anyone, as long as you listen to the music. Obviously we have so called goths who are just racist, and say you have to be white to be goth.😑 I know that it isn't true.
Wait if white people don’t have a specific culture then… what’s our culture. Can’t we just adopt a culture that isn’t ours since we don’t really have one or do we just stay… culture-less? Not trying to be rude in anyway I’m just kind of confused.
@@HelloKitty-iq8tt I'm mainly talking in America, but I think it depends. Say if you move to another country or are in a relationship with someone from another country, than yes, I would assume it would make sense to adapt to another culture. I just think that music based subcultures are special because race/nationality isn't specific, so anyone can be a part of them.
@maychonglee5883 Yeah, you're right, but I do find that in America specifically, assimilation has watered down a lot of culture. For example, I was never taught German because my great grandmother was not allowed to speak it. I really wish I knew more about my ancestors, but sadly I do not.
You're embarrassing us white people with thos comment
@@HelloKitty-iq8tt EVERYBODY has culture,it’s impossible to be “culture-less”,just depends on your ethnicity or where you’re from
I’m fully Indian and born in America, but I haven’t been bullied at school for my culture. But it kind of shocks me that people bullied you for culture, it’s your own culture and you shouldn’t be bullied for it. Anyways, I luv your videos Ben ❤ Also, just wondering, what area of India is your family from? If you’re fine with answering 😊
Same with me. I don't get bullied ever for being Indian because everyone would hate them for that. However, I live in Australia and sometimes there are so casual racism like people making fun of the panjabi mc song beware of the boys and they always go like ringadingading. It's annoying but yeh. Also I think Ben is from Goa I think because that state was owned by the Portuguese like Ben said. Goa is an independent state.
In a video Ben said that his dad was from kerala.
@@Spydr.. omggg yahhh malayaliii les gooo
@@Spydr..I thought he was Goan?
@@Spydr.. Kerela wasn't a portuguese colony. He is from Goa i guess 😊
Umm I mostly agree with you. The only point I disagree with is when you said that Asian people have NEVER experienced slavery at 25:00 because if you know anything about Indian history, you should know that during the colonial era, there was infact slavery. Indian people were enslaved by the Britishers. I think you should look into it. Apart from that, I loved the video 💗
AS a member of the Indian community I proudly say we do not claim her
the beginning where u talked about ur childhood really spoke to me. Im half asian half white. Ive always been too white for the asian kids or too asian for the white kids. I have had so many identity changes. I was into my white side but then i realized i wanted to learn my asian culture. But I feel like I will never look asian enough or white enough for people to accept me. being a mixed kid is a struggle people dont really talk about.
same I'm Honduran and white with very pale skin so i don't know where i stand, especially not being able to speak Spanish in my predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. Its embarrassing telling my Hispanic friends i can't speak Spanish so i have no idea what they're saying.
Same! Im also half white(does Europeans count as white?)half Asian and have had those struggles both in Europe and Asia. In Asia I’ve had a hard time trying to not be as sexualized since I have some more European features such as bigger eyes, lighter hair and that supposedly gets the creeps in. Just wearing a dress and showing my legs made me uncomfortable, but in my European school I get called adopted since I have those bigger eyes? It’s weird and how you said with being to white for the Asian kids and being to Asian for the white kids hit hard😭
this is so real!!! I’m white (german) and Asian (Korean) being accused of Asian fishing or faking my race because I had liked anime previously so I was “just acting like I was Asian” and then sometimes I would get rice and some soups for lunch and so many js gross comments. My brother who’s white dad picked him up for school has been called slurs and have been targeted by teachers just cuz he was Asian, it’s genuinely really hard to be mixed
I definitely think that there are a lot of Asian people who just want to be white because as long as we can blame it on colorism and how it is because of social rank in a capitalist society, its not just about skin color. the beauty standard in asian is basically white ppl: pale skin, big eyes(double eyelids), high nose bridge
I feel like it's more about their history tho...like if you check, even before asians had any connection with the west, you could see that in their portraits they have like white, literal white skin. Not only in Asia but also in Europe, check the portraits of royalties and you'll find that they were all pretty pale. It's more a thing of status both in Europe and Asia, but as we can see it's stronger in Asia... if you had a darker skin tone you were poor because you worked in the fields under the sun meanwhile if you had pale skin that meant you never had to work in the sun and actually tried to protect yourself from it so you were rich. That's it.
Pale skin=noble heritage
And for the the other beauty standards: big eyes make you look younger and the high bridge is not a Western beauty standard (it is the button nose with a low bridge i think) meanwhile in Asia i think it's the straight nose.
@@kleeyourenemies2927 im asian who live in asia bro, i know. A LOT of people here want to look white. if you said to someone they look like a white person, its a complement. and about the nose thing, they literally come to the plastic surgeon asking for white people nose the high nose bridge thing, we literally call that "western nose"
@@ChicagoLebron jesus then this is way worse than i thought😀
@@kleeyourenemies2927 nahhhhh
@@ChicagoLebron 😭…
I have biracial children. They are half black and half white mexican. They are fully integrated into both their cultures and races.
Parents who mix have to be open to discussing race and culture because their children will be negatively affected if they don’t.
as an indian i feel EMBARRASED
Wait can we all take a moment bc the dude who always thought he was Korean finally accepted the fact he’s not and is starting to make videos saying he’s not Korean growth im proud of him tbh😭🥹
5:05 My guy you're half Indian, I felt like you'd know that Vijay (विजय) means Victory in Sanskrit.
i meannn he is white as wellll soooo like what do u expect white ppl always find a way
@@bvbblechuu2 True lmfao.
no hes 15% indian
Not every Indian knows Sanskrit and neither Indian knows every Indian language.
Some drama- My friends keep ignoring me especially on call or in the gc. They always talk about stuff they like but when I talk about mine they respond with “K” or “Oh.” Or ignore it most of the time. I just don’t feel respected or included anymore. Not really good drama but I still appreciate it if Uve seen this Ben I really love the podcasts keep it up thanks
I would just make new friends bc if there not respect you are at least put in the effort to talk to you or at least act like they care then they aren't really ur friends (I know u didn't ask for my opinion but I hope this helps!) ❤ have a good day and I wish you the best 😊
Maybe make other friends, tell them how you feel and if they don't change or try to and slowly start leaving them? I did something like this onceee but it doesn't work for everyone-- hopefully this helps and ben better see this >:(((((
@@CoolBabyGamerisCoolisMySister That might work guess but i also struggle to make new friends so it might take a while. Im gonna wait a bit and see how it goes
Hi Ben, around 25:38 You said that Indians haven't experienced anything similar to slavery which is kind of true but in South African history Indians were imported by Europeans to work in Durban which is why there's a predominantly large population of Indians in South Africa I don't know if I'd say it was as impactful as slavery but it did happen. 😅 I'm African btw before y'all try dox me💀👍🏽
He said Asians
@@Matchaequine Indians are asians... SOUTH ASIANS.
I’m white, but I have never felt the urge to do this. I thank the fact that I am Jewish for that. It is a culture in a way, we have food, clothes, holidays, and languages that are just Jewish and I am very glad for that. This is ridiculous, I can see why people have the urge, but nobody should act on it.
Honestly as a white person when you say "white people don't have culture" I can agree with that. Though there are stereotypes and there are certain ways of our culture they're not like what people would consider to be "unique" if you know what I mean? Like for some white people our culture isn't something to be proud of because at least in my opinion I think a lot of Americans are hateful people. So yes, I definitely do think that it's common for white people to try to "steal" other cultures because of how ours is almost like non-existent. I think you definitely make some good points
as a west Indian, Im honestly disgusted on how people can like blackfish it’s just weird, all races are equal. I don’t understand why people do this it’s just messed up. 🤦♀️
Tbh in my opinion trying African hair styles is not racist and it does not consider to be as black fishing 0:38 it maybe is offensive to some people but I thing it’s just trying new hairstyles
And if you feel other wise please tell me your point of view😊
Yeah, I totally agree. I think that anyone can do any hairstyle and no race owns a hairstyle.
@@Saloomluvmyselfas a mixed race person i would say be you if you want to wear her hair braided, then get your hair braided I feel like no race literally something this is even if you’re not America get braids no matter what color hair you have no matter what you have. It doesn’t matter get braids. What’s the big deal I mean, how is that offensive? I mean like. Come on no race on something.
@@Xreseracherxaddywell said bro 🗿
I completely agree. I understand that I am a white person, but I also understand why some could be offended. I do not know how they feel but I do feel like they have a point, but so do we. It’s just a personal preference and I feel that everyone should be able to do what they want without getting hate, unless it’s disrespectful and rude.
As an Indian, we don’t claim her.
What’s crazy to me is. They had the choice to keep their culture…..
I’m from Pakistan which is a neighbouring country to India and being one of the darker ones I can tell you that their is racism/colourism (kinda?) imbedded in our culture so it’s weird why she would do this. I’m not sure why but everybody seems to think that’s it’s bad that I have darker skin and whenever it’s summer time they tell me to stay inside or where sunscreen to not get tanned. But they never say it too my lighter cousin it’s like she gets praised for having lighter skin and they panic when she goes outside in the summer too beacuse they are scared of her getting tanned which is weird but honestly I have never really cared about it. I think she probably did this too “fit” in but still doesn’t make it an excuse.
Colourism heavily effects people.. I'm an Indian and since I was a child I've seen that people with a fair skin get praised ALOT! and this made me super upset i didn't even knew my skin tone bcz i played alot in the sun and i used to get really tanned i thought I had a dark skin I was ugly the society engraves the fair beauty standard in our head since our childhood.. we can't feel confident if our skin isn't fair i hate it so much bcz I have a seasonal skin tone and I get dark and light every season.. i just hate asian standards
In India, there is internalized colorism and racism so as a result of that i have seen people act like that and have seen them say the n word too. Furthermore, taking an example of Lily Singh on RUclips who did in fact use AAVE and kids have idolized her so other kids learnt bad habits or things. It is wrong but it is common but education and corrsction is necessary to prevent this situation- not necessarily from friends and family but know your own worth and your own culture and be proud of that.
Ben thank you for educting us❤!
I'm Korean Mexican, seeing all the craziness with Oli London and how openly he (he goes by he/him again) was talking about "switching race and culture." We've also seen this huge shift in pop culture following the success of kpop in north America, while also continuing to gentrify and take parts of other non-white cultures. We saw celebrities like Ariana Grande trying to look more Hispanic, and it's always made me wonder why. Like bro ain't you got your own thing going on 😭😭 thx for making this video ben ❤❤
From a very white person idk ig we sometimes feel like we got nothing going on and we feel boring bcs of it- like we feel "bland" and stuff is the best way I can describe it.
Ok well, I am black and as a young black girl, like not even 15 I have experienced racism before and bullying. Obviously when you are bullied for things that make me ethnic like my curly hair and dark skin, it made me want to get rid of those things, I have permanently straightened my hair, and when it comes to my skin, I am very insecure about it still, and sometimes still want to find a way to bleach it. I know it’s sad, but that’s where white washing has come to me. I don’t want pity, I was just wanting to share. For anyone out there, your hair is beautiful. It’s your crown, so make sure you treat it right 💗
I'm really, really sorry you have to go through that. No one should.
Your a queen and ur beautiful, forget the haters. As Afro Latino I finally love my black side from my Dad and my Spanish side from my Mom. You know how many people want to be black and how many men love black women around the world. Don't let those people get to u,it's big world and ur just probably around some racist people that hate themselves.#onelove
So incredibly refreshing especially one specific part about not having it as bad as a certain other race. Im scared to even write this but im just glad to hear this coming from you especially with your background. Like, Gen Z is going to be okay if you guys have such evolved views. Oh to be 10 years younger dude my goodness lol good for you
15:58 literally this guy in my class says the n-word all the time when he is from EGYPT being from Africa DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE BLACK. He says he's technically "half-black" Because his mom looks darker (she isnt black btw) Like it is SO DUMB. He says it all the time. Nobody does anything, some people tried but it's impossible cuz he's a popular kid.
OMG SAME THIS EGYPTIAN GIRL I USED TO BE FRIENDS WITH IN 6th grade would not stop saying it , she kept on saying after we told her not too and I just immediately stopped being friends with her, it was so annoying because she would call me and my other friend “monkeys”, “jiga****” , etc. then would make fun of other African countries.
@@_Buggg_. oh my days wtfff 💀💀💀
@@_Buggg_. Oh gosh that sounds even WORSE.. But the thing about the guy in my class he sometimes makes racist jokes also... Im so sorry you had to go through having a friend like that, it must've been terrible.!
This one girl I knew told people she was the female Kim Jong Un (she was ¼ Chinese) and I found her old Instagram where she told people she was latina because her mum had relatives who lived in Mexico. She was Scottish- accent and everything. People be wild
OMG HE USED MY DRAMA TYSM BEN I love your content!!
I’m an East African girl but a lot of the time people say to me you’re Indian or from Thailand Africa has different features from the east and the north west and the south
I'm Filipino, which is pretty far from you guys, but I dislike whitewashing and colourism. I've seen numerous skin whitening lotion and soap commercials, the obsession with glutathione, and the fact that they're also obsessed with Eurocentric features... I remember not liking my nose because it was flat and not *"matangos".* Other than that, most actors here are pale and have some Eurocentric features.
It’s okay to like culture and learn about. I personally am interested in learning more about Japanese culture. However, I’m NOT going to get plastic surgery, change my name, claim I’m Asian, and get annoyed when people say I’m not. It’s different to like a culture and wear a shirt that has a different language on it than to pretend you are from that culture.
remember thousands of years ago, people did dislike Black people and I mixed so I can't talk for all Black people
I love this guy nd his energy nd i relate to him sm he seems like such a cool person to be friends w 😭
drama time!! i have a friend that i don’t want to be friends with. she expects everyone to care abt stuff she cares abt but doesn’t care abt anyone else’s interests. and she thinks white men are oppressed. anyways idk how to cut her off…she thinks we’re besties, also her mom is my dance teacher and WILL post abt me on facebook. so yea love your podcast and you. have a beautiful day 💚💚
also sorry realizing this is very long…didn’t rlly know how else to say it
That’s a difficult thing to deal with but you probably have to try hanging out with other people or find someone else to be closer with since that won’t directly be cutting her off it will just be as if you kind of became distant and the friendship just faded. You could confront her but it could make a more difficult situation.
As someone who is 100% middle eastern but born with a lighter skin tone. I have experienced many people wether they were joking or not, tell me that I wasn’t middle eastern and that I was white because of my skin color and my hair type. I’m not sending any hate towards white people but I’ve just always found it annoying to be called white or whitewashed, since it just felt like my culture or my genuine race was being ignored or joked about. I also have experienced many people hate or laugh about my culture as well as Arab music (not every middle eastern is Arab, I just am!), saying that it was “trash” or “what the hell is that?” While they fantasize other foreign languages music such as Spanish. (No hate to anybody who speaks Spanish, I love the language and the music as well! This is just based off my personal experience) not to mention I have experienced this from all age groups. I’ve also had hate towards my religion, but I’ve already typed a lot to even tell any stories on that😭
Remember that even if you have experienced such hate or you felt confused and unsure about your culture or religion, do not let it get to you! You should always be proud of who you are🩷
My lord I couldn’t relate to this any more. I’m also middle eastern and received that exact treatment! So sorry you have people telling you what you are and what you aren’t.
@@Levamii yeah, there’s a lot of hate towards middle easterns I feel. Especially after 9/11.
And don’t worry, I’m plenty aware of who I am and nobody can tell me otherwise. It just stings sometimes but it’s nothing I can’t get through.
@Melody-ik6by I completely understand. Nowadays there is literal debates on what middle easterns truly are. For example when I tell someone I'm middle eastern I have people say "so white?" "so western asian?" "So European?" It's very annoying.. especially because the USA has a different system than outside of the USA for example middle easterns in the US are considered to be white Caucasians although on the other hand outside of the US we are considered to fall under either western asians or european!
Having people telling us what we are and what we aren't can get under my skin sometimes as alot of people don't understand the difference between race and ethnicity. People use our appearance to tell us what we are and what we aren't. So..I definitely agree with you! So glad you're able to stay true to yourself
@@Levamii if this didn’t perfectly describe the majority of our situations I don’t know what else would. Me and my siblings have been told to be a race far from middle eastern. Judging based off the skin tone, even in a harmless manner, it’s still upsetting.
@@Lemonberryz exactly!
I'm biracial (white & black) and I really appreciate my parents & family for being true to themselves and raising me to just be me. I was fortunate enough to never have that common feeling that biracial people sometimes feel where they aren't "white enough for white people or black enough for black people) I just moved through life and stayed where I'm appreciated & loved.
I hate that we live in a world where race matters, that people are mistreated based on the color of their skin or feel the need to white wash who they are. I remember having friends as a child that were ashamed to speak to their parents in their native language around friends.
It's something as a child I didn't understand. Although I love my parents and feel like they instilled a lot in me. I used to wonder how cool it would've been if my parents were the same race but not American born so I would've been raised speaking two other languages & having food from different cultures other than American/soul food (I'm a southerner & my mama & granny's THROW DOWN IN THE KITCHEN)
I teach my children to embrace people that don't look like them & even if it's comfortable staying in a group with people that look like you, you're doing yourself a disservice of meeting amazing people & learning new things about their culture.
I'm a South Indian on the lighter side but one side of my family is really dark and my sister is similar to their complexion and all I hear from people is asking how we're related and how i'm the "normal" sibling and the crazy thing is all this comes from other indians that are sometimes even as dark as my sister. it's just crazy how indians truly have serious internalized racism even in a place such as America where I live where this should be the place where we all blend culture. People always assume i'm Hispanic or North Indian just not South Indian because I'm lighter and I don't really look South Indian. I'm also Christian and most people that learn that are shocked because no one expects indians to not be muslim or hindu and they call me whitewashed when both sides of my family has been christians long before the British even came to India...indian's biggest enemy are themselves and i don't think the racism between us will ever end because literally everyone has partook in some type of casual racism against each other even me. And the whole thing about Izzy saying the n-word, i was not surprised she has because im not lying when i say that almost every indian guy i know says the n-word and where i'm from is very indian populated. they have this idea that bc they're brown they can say it and it's normalized...
Im a white person, i completely agree with the no culture thing, even i get jealous sometimes that there not anything special about me culturaly but id never just take somebody else's and claim its my own. But I do really love japan and japans culture but for me its appreciating it instead of stealing it, i'd never try to pretend i'm Japanese
I’m sure you have culture,maybe you’re just a bit discomennected,what are you?😄
@@frilledgyaru291 Im just white, both of my parents are white, i grew up in arizona and now i live in a different state in the US
@@ameliacowan18What country of Europe does your family come from?
@@waterhealerr mostly Germany and England
@@ameliacowan18 Germany most certainly has culture. England is iffy but depending on which region there is def also culture. I recommend just looking into it :)
I'm a huge mix of a ton of cultures, but the main four are Native American, British, Italian, and French Canadian. And to be honest I will never truly understand why people are so desperate to be different cultures. Like just embrace your own!! It's ok to be interested in a culture other than your own but being envious or almost mocking that culture is not ok. :(
I’m white. And I’m COMPLETELY FINE with being WHITE. I have my own culture (celtic culture) and don’t understand why people are so uncomfortable with being the race they were born. Every race is beautiful and equal. stay safe y’all ❤️❤️
Thsnk you! We need more voices like this. I'm white and fucking proud! 1000%
you know what they say, "everyone always wants to be something they're not".
@@ginack19 Not to be rude but I really haven’t seen the interesting side of Bristish culture,is there actually something?😅/g
@@frilledgyaru291 well britain is separated into england and then the celtic countries : wales, scotland and northern ireland. the celtic countries have their own foods and style of dance, traditional dress etc so have a very distinct culture. in england its hard to distinguish between what is our culture and what is just our history, i dont think there has been a continuous culture that has passed through time really but i guess like other countries we have traditional dishes like say mince pies for example. also in a country which is so ethnically diverse, british culture means a lot of different things to a lot of people, our national dish is literally tikka masala, a product of indian immigration.
@@ginack19 oh,I wish people talked about these things more,never knew it was so diverse.
I’m a light skinned black woman with light eyes and hair. Both my parents are also black, just light skinned as well but people always assume one of my parents is white……it’s crazy how many biracial people try to interact with me who are racist and colorist thinking I will be too and I have to shut them down.
Your story is exactly what my dad had to go through after moving to Kentucky from Japan, he got extremely bullied for not being a full white person to the point that he never acknowledged his heritage. My dad really regrets not learning anything about his culture because he realized he can’t pass it on to me and my brother.
9:18 is crazy,sad and it still goes hard
I'm an Indian roman catholic and even if I live in India people think I'm whitewashed. Other Indians have this stereotype about our community that we are different from Indian culture..... yes, our weddings take place in church and we wear a white dress but our weddings also last 5 days including mehndi rasam, sangit, vidai. But yes, we do look a little different- most people in our community are fair and some could be mistaken as white AND we have very white names.
Are you konkani?
I am half white and half Caribbean and the difference on how comfortable I am with Americans (mainly white Americans) versus other caribbeans is crazy. I grew up in both the Caribbean and America and have spend more time in the Caribbean. When I moved to America I had to change the way I spoke and acted so that people would look at me the same. But when I’m in the Bahamas while I do get poked fun at by my cousins and friends for being half white I’ve never felt uncomfortable around Bahamians like I do Americans. I can speak the way I want and talk about the same things. Down to the mannerisms of the people there is such a huge difference. So I do understand why people would want to be whitewashed or need to to have a normal life in America but I don’t understand blackfishing or Asian fishing, etc.
I guess some people see ethnicity as a trend which like n o :) but I get that as diverse as America may be (internalized) xenophobia, racism etc is still a problem which suckssss hopefully you don't have to change yourself some day to "fit in"
I feel the same way just not for the wanting to be white wash I love my thick hair even though it be getting poofy and I love my features but I understand where your coming from (I'm Puerto Rican and Italian and Mexican-The Italian and Mexican part is from one of my parents the other one if full blood Puerto Rican they came up after a few years when my grandma wanted to start a new life
As an indian i am genuinely SO EMBARRASSED for her 💀. This level of blackfishing is just dissapointing and embarassing.
On behalf of the indian community, i apologize to the black community for this woman. We do not claim her! 😭
Shoutout to your perspective on your grandparents. So fuggin annoying when people can't respect the predicaments our grandparents went through when it comes to discrimination and survival.
I'm an Trinidadian was surprised you mentioned my country.😅❤ I am west Indian, people told me I look like a Chineses and a Spanish. I'm a thick fair-skinned woman who have an French name Celine. 😂😂 So I as fars as I know I am an Indian and I just laugh about it whenever people called me that.😂😂
Hellooo, im half filipino and my mom's the filipino one and it's actually insane how many times I've had to tell her NOT to bleach her skin or use those kind of skin care products that do that. Besides appearance that she tries to change, because she thinks her skin is ugly, which it definitely isn't like she looks like s goddesss.. she really tries to get me and my sister into our culture and everything which I'm super thankful for and all. My white bald dad is also super great with all of it and makes sure my mom doesn't do stuff that like gets her skin cancer or something. My mom has gotten surgery for a nose bridge already and honestly I'm just like do what makes you feel great, because even though she's doing this she makes sure not to forget her culture and family and everything, on top of that she knows 4 filipino dialects and I'm just glad she never fully whitewashed herself like she wanted to before. Also, since I'm half filipino, my hair is like super curly and thick naturally, and now my hair is always really bad looking and dead because my mom put a straightening chemical in it which caused it to be straight forever and it wore off and now my hair literally just looks straight and dead and on top of that I hate having straight hair and I always have hated getting my hair straightened. So now I get to wait like 5 years to get my natural hair to grow back in because my hair grows super slowly. Basically, appearance wise, it's insane how much my mom tries to throw away. I'm glad I got to share that in this comment section, so uhhhhhhhhh yeah bye
As a black person, trying to impersonate us is not cute. It’s disrespectful, disgusting, and deplorable.
Hey, respectfully you're very cute 😳💓
I’m white, and I’m proud of it. I’m also Native American, and proud of it. I am sick of people being judged by their skin. Who cares? Grow up, and teach your kids to look at a persons character, not their skin
Fr Like im black and,I’m proud of it as well, I mean NO ONE CARES WHAT COLOR YOU R, even tho there ain’t nice ppl out there, I can bet you there’s a lot of ppl who love your skin color and isn’t racist.
I agree with you for the most part, Ben. But Asian people have been subjected to slavery 😭 my grandfather is Indonesian and was put in an internment camp during ww2.
As a white person it's always interesting to see this kinda stuff. To be fair I'm not American, but it's strange to see people try and identify with other cultures and makes me kinda sad. I think it's definitely like a more personal insecurity then anything and it sucks because it's hurting more than just them. I think there's also this feeling of needing to be discriminated in some way to justify your own emotions, particularly with people who are straight, neurotypical, cis, white and stuff. It's wild.
HELP WHY DO I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THIS. like I would NEVER od what she did but I feel like none of my struggles are valid because I feel like a boring person and i feel as if people dislike me because I'm white
@@its_yourgirlyyy_ That's not at all true! You may not experience racial struggles but the fact that you don't doesn't invalidate any of the other experiences you have. It's always good to recognize your privilege but that doesn't mean you don't struggle at all. Everyone struggles to some degree, and that's okay. ❤
@@mothwood4781 thank you tho for that
I agree with all things he says besides what he said here 25:08. Asian people have experienced forms of slavery. During ancient China 5% of the Chinese population was enslaved and Japan had an official slave system during the third century and finally had it abolished in the 1930s.
i'm in high school, so there is a lot of people figuring out who they are which is perfectly normal and okay, but i had a trans friend and he was trying to figure out what he should change his name to. i was helping him with ideas when all of a sudden he started going on and giving korean name suggestions, (i'm korean). at some point i asked this white person why he wanted to change his name to a korean name and he just dodges the question. i forgot about it for a while but almost a month later the same friend asked me about my grandma's name, (which is lee-jum rae, a veryyy old-school name that a lot of people in korea think is ugly. its. kinda like korea's karen.) i told him my korean grandma's name and guess what happens next. he changed his name to my grandmother's name. ik this isnt the same as what izzy did, but some white people are SO deperate for culture that they'll even steal grandma names just to seem more colored.
as an Indian, she is embarrassing us😐
watching this as a mixed indian made me feel so seen ngl, i relate to this man on a different level
I think what you said about white Americans lacking culture is so true. I can't even count how many countries I have ancestors from, so there's no real cultural heritage other than my grandmother being from Scotland.
Hi Ben, I'm Indian and this is my drama (your videos are so funny btw):
1- So in India, people use lightening creams and things of that nature because when India was under British rule, a lot of their customs were forced onto the Indian community, so naturally Indians started to perceive having fair skin as being more appealing that being tan skinned which isn't good obviously and should change but it can still be seen today. Actually, on my recent trip to India, aunties and salon workers would recommend me lightening creams even though my skin tone is basically the same as yours and I was literally just born tan. I would politely decline obviously, but it was still weird to see especially in modern day. I love my country but things like that should change in my opinion.
Omg fr I am Indian and whenever I would visit India, I would always see these weird ass creams called fair and lovely and theres a woman with darker skin turning into very light skin like bro....
@@AvniShrimali right! thats what im saying bro like💀
as an asian, more speficially korean, i wish more of the black community would work with asians because we as a race have gone through SO SIMILAR struggles and experiences that it's crazy.. but it's sad to see it when we go against each other and steal or wannabe each others cultures/races. although I'm not indian and not brown I still feel so bad and disappointed. it's so scary how the black culture is being fetishized and "trendy".. like why are we here making being OTHER RACES trendy??? ewwww. my race (Korean) is also starting to become trendy (especially with skincare, kpop, kdramas etc) so I think it's the perfect time for the black community and asian community to work together and stop these weirdos...
k ben called us out saying we have no culture 💀
I think your so right about American white people appropriating cultures because they have none, it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot. It’s kinda sad tbh- I think culture is so important, and not having one at all would feel really weird. Most white Americans abandoned their cultures to create a mono white culture, since there used to be a lot of fighting between white people. By uniting all white cultures under a ‘white’ label, it was easier to unite them against ‘non white’ cultures. Idk if this makes since, but It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while.
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And then there’s adriana grande black washing herself💀
Edit: damn, you mentioned her too
Right, so I’m Chinese and wanted to be white when I was in 2nd grade since it was the majority and I wanted to fit in. Blonde hair, blue eyes, everything. Now I take pride in my race although some people still say shit like ching chong which is just stupid, and I mainly just ignore it or accept it as a joke
As a mixed girl myself i do think that Indian culture is beautiful, but that doesn't mean id change myself to be Indian or do anything to change my race, im proud of being who i am, i do agree with the fact that race dysphoria might be a real thing because no one in their right mind wakes up amd decides "yk what i wanna be black, let me just tan myself" like come on
It's like every time someone blackfishes, they take on the whole stereotype and its so annoying and
People just love mocking us
I used to live in Mexico before I moved to the USA. We could say I'm a Whitexican, meaning I don't really look like a "Mexican" and have more "advantages" In the economy thanks to my grandparent's hard work. My curly hair is brushed off, my skin is really pale, and I have doe eyes. When I moved, to the USA, I was mistaken for being Korean. I even got called up to the class when reading an article about Korea and got asked questions about it. At that time, I was in elementary and I was one of the only Mexicans there I guess at that time I was really proud of saying I was Mexican and being able to tell people I could speak Spanish. It all changed when I got to middle school. That's when I began to see the other "Latinas" and saw the stereotype I didn't know of. I really love Latinas, I absolutely admire them and really like the way they dress. But that was just not my style. Watching how they treated most Latinas like "princesses" and how they had more privileges in my school made me feel like I wasn't one of them, and whenever I told people about my race they would say "No way!!" or "But you look Asian". I remember I even once got called racist because someone didn't believe I was Mexican and thought I was making fun of them. I didn't really feel like I belonged with the Latinas at my school. Most of the time they would just stay in the bathroom vaping and gossiping about people or just bragging about being able to talk Spanish when they had an American accent and all they could do was swear in Spanish. And that's just not me (I am not trying to offend anyone with this). I guess I just got along with white girls better because they seemed a little bit nicer. And to clarify, in my school there's actually no way you're popular unless you're a Y2K girlie, a clean girl (Mostly white girls use this one), or a Latina. And I was none of them. I really wanted to be popular to avoid bullying, and soon realized that I didn't fit in any of those standards. I didn't feel pretty and If I tried to be "more Latina" people would make fun of me. If I tried to use my style, people would point it out as "emo". I was getting nowhere with this. So I started buying "white girl" things to be more like them, to feel prettier and like I belonged there (I don't think it should be a stereotype to use a Stanley cup or wear Nike). I would just feel like the "lipstick on a pig" saying. People didn't really think I was catfishing (I wasn't really trying to It was more like wanting to fit it) but I somehow still felt guilty. I haven't been feeling confident about my race and this video helped me A LOTT. I know that Ben won't see this but I'm very grateful for this video.
I'm Swedish and i'm happy to have culture, did not expect to hear someone mention it ☺