I am biracial. My mother is Asian and my father black. Growing up was interesting, some high and low points. What I've learned is that parents need to speak openly about both cultures and encourage acceptance and appreciation...one not being portrayed as superior to the other. I am grateful for these diverse experiences...and can never tolerate racism or prejudice of any sort.
I utterly HATE it whenever a person says "I don't see color!" Why NOT?? It's as though something is wrong by acknowledgement and acceptance that people/ I have color!! Like color is a plague or something!! See me...this is brown is my full regalia!!..black, red, yellow and white bursts of colors, spectrums of the rainbow that is wonderfully known as mankind!!
They mean: “I don’t see color (I don’t judge based on color) .....I see love (I judge based on something deeper than the color of someone’s skin, based on spirit.). They are being accepting of all races with that statement; embracing unity instead of the harsh separation lines of racism which originates in fear and hatred rather than love. They obviously see the color and embrace you regardless of what that color might be. That’s true love and acceptance of the beauty of all colors.
@@MysticLoveASMR so say that!! It's NEVER other races that say " I don't see color" only white ppl say it!! If they weren't judging biased on color, then there's no need to bring race into it right?? A judge doesn't say I'm sentencing you for criminal activity NOT the color of your skin. No need to justify that which is already honoured and meritorious!!!
I see color and love and appreciate the difference. One of the things I used to love was going to Baltimore to the different ethic festivals where different cultures (races within cultures) are showcased. We need to respect and appreciate each other. I wouldn't want an homogenous society -- dull and lacks richness.
I have been with my white husband for 30 years, Soon to be 31 in may,we never saw color in each other we saw love.He was disowned by many family members after we married. We have God in our lives and he keeps us strong.
If you "never saw color",then how did you recognize him as a "white man"? I understand what you are trying to say. However, as a black man it frustrates me when people use this trope. It means that in order to accept me they have to ignore,deny,avoid,overlook or excuse my blackness. Why can't we recognize each other as we are and embrace and love each other completely.
Been married to a black woman for 22 yrs and I have disowned a few family and they like to use the bible to justify their racism. Just another reason I'm Buddhist
How to get over Tv I am a black woman and I hear this phase from white Ppl all the time n I have to correct them like u don’t c my black ass lolllll cause I c u
I absolutely have grown to love this lady with the black momma. This why mix race people whose mother is black can relate so well to black society. Hunny this mix race Queen has hit on the nail.
She s right biracial children with a black mother got the better of this experience by the way White women are great mommies too just so no one misunderstands me
I can not thank you enough. I'm almost in tears. I have had to deal with this on my own all my life and had now one to talk to about it. Enlightening, powerful, moving, relevant, and heartwarming
I’m 40, my mother is Haitian and Mexican, my father is Lakota and white ( German ). I never felt out of place on either side of my family. Loved and welcomed on all sides. I married a Irish ginger 😂😂 Our son is brown like me, our daughter is strawberry blonde white girl that looks like me 😂😂
Bi-racial's need to embrace both of their race. That is what they are. Both, but also individual's that does not need the acceptance of society to fully embrace their D.N.A.
Yeah, I thought the same thing when I watched this. I was best buds with a mixed guy all through high school, and he always beefed with his black, cop, dad. So, he was more into the punk and metal and skateboards, hence we were friends... I don't know what that means, because I'm not him, but I love the hell out of that guy. Idk... I guess it's just sad that every person in this program followed the black cultural path. Maybe my buddy was lucky because we lived in a tolerant place and he had more ability to choose...it's not as if he's ever going to pass as a white guy...but we're middle aged guys now, and I've never seen anyone disrespect him, or give him any more crap than any guy might give any guy about anything else. Hella sick musician too.
I didn't see anyone here rejecting either of their sides. For the most part it was an issue of how the larger communities they lived in reacted to them. Since historically this nation has technically denied the reality of mixed people everyone is labled black, so within the community there is a range of phenotypes and skin tones, hence less of a feeling of otherness in most cases. But as far as identifying as black or biracial...... why not let them identifu the way they feel most comfortable. At the end of the day it's not the lable that counts as much as the importance of recognizing family.
Biracial children are made up of their mother's mtDNA. That means of your mother is a white woman, you are biologically a white person with outward features from both parents. You are what your DNA is. Just like a transgender female can never be a biological woman. He will always be a male by DNA even though he goes through gender changes. You are what your momma is. Do your research people and wake up!
I guess you could say that my son knows he is biracial and it is not a big deal. He is loved and accepted completely by both sides of his family. He is perfectly comfortable in either setting. However, I know that he has been hurt in certain situations at school with girls and their families. I encourage him to talk about it. It comes out sporadically.
I’m British and mixed race, my dad’s white and my mum’s half Chinese, half black, and I literally never ever think about my race or anything to do with it. Literally no one cares at all, least of all me.
Then count yourself very fortunate because most biracial people do have to face conflict from others. A lot has to do with how you look and the environment in which you circulate.
This video hits home. I am mixed but strong phenotype of black. Heard it all from both sides. Adopted into a white family. Was told they didn't see color. Within the black communities I grew up around. Was reminded constantly of how I am not black enough. Threaten and almost beaten because of it. What I learned is there is so much hate on both sides. Racism on both sides. And unconditional love beyond racial lines on both sides.
This is a really good discussion. I am African American and my husband is white. This really brings to mind the thought process that my kids will have and are having even now. My family is in St. Louis so my kids have not really been around my side of the family. They have been raised with my husbands side in Arizona.I have really been thinking about how to really start passing the African American culture down to my girls. It’s so important for them to KNOW. Who they are.
This was super empowering knowing I am not alone . Being a mixed child . And my black father who is a libertarian and my mom a trump supporter it’s hard. Even at my college in kanas their is division in race . And it’s so hard to see because I was raised in a military town and everyone is mixed with something. So this was super powerful . I love being mixed !! I am proud ! And I am proud for my children !
What does your mother being a trump supporter have to do with anything? How on earth is that hard? Do not tell me that you conform to the belief that black and mixed people have to sheepishly follow the Democrats? Lmao
I grew up in a society where people are just people. Being here in America I was ignorant for the first 3 years because I did not know what the problem was? Being into a interracial relationship was even harder for me to understand. I could not understand what the problem was and how it affected others. I know ignorance can be contagious but there’s way more important things in life than who we choose to fall in love with.
I don't see color has always been a bothersome statement to me. When you marry out of your race it is imperative to be knowledgeable of the culture. This leads to understanding, empathy and the ability to explain race relations to mixed children.
So maybe the correct term would be "I see the color, I understand that color is judged differently in this world. But I dont judge them differently, the are equally worth to me and color should not be afactor in anyone's judgement of the other person"
This is a current topic in my relationship. My partner is a white male and is black aware. His surroundings is very challenging to add on we are in the south. We personally are doing therapy for the levels of life that this has opened up. I struggle with the idea of being married and having biracial children. I understand how it feels to be in deeper tone skin and what the world says about you. Two people that love one another beyond their dreams have to face a reality. Social media , life and other outlets play a huge toll on how far to seek shelter in the black community. It’s a real challenge to walk away and to stay.
This topic, these conversations seem so familiar. I'm an hispanic male from Mexico. Racism isn't US owned. It's a global topic. I remember when I was five asking my mother if I was adopted. My mother was Spanish white and my father was Native American brown. She calmly explained that my father was brown and that's why my skin tone was darker than hers. I remember wishing I was white like my mother. There was always a tension between the families. No direct words were ever spoken in front of me but like much of Mexico, and latin America, race wasn't spoken in equal terms like in the US. It was subtler, but in my family there was always a feeling of them and us. I always attributed it to politics and social-economic differences. As I've matured, I see it was the secret ingredient that flavored my upbringing.
This is a marvelous documentary, I thank these people for putting their experiences and thoughts out there. Thank you for making this. Posting these to facebook...
I will have mixed children and as the child of an immigrant, I've always struggled with my identity and place in America. I understand that children take on the struggles of their parents and I can only hope I guide them through in a way that they will never be confused about who they are, because others will be. We will have those awkward conversations so that they can be confident and happy adults.
I'm mixed. I'm REALLY mixed. Indian, Spanish, Black, White (English), Chinese and Amerindian by my mum. Black, White (French), Spanish and Amerindian by my dad. I look fully black. It's actually the black people who harass me about race, telling me that I should reject my full ethnic make up and identify as black. Meanwhile, I'm here identifying as Shawnelle and i happen to be mixed. My brother (same parents) has blond, kinky hair, olive skin and green eyes. He looks like my dad when he was a child. We were a colourful clan when my parents were together. 🤣
That mother to the adoption question should have simply put “because I loved you” .. I definitely understand the issues with it but I’m sure it changed a lot of people’s ignorance
I enjoyed this bio everyone shared. It’s so enlightening to hear from individuals that are multicultural. Society and systematic racism makes this a problem. At the beginning and the end, everyone is human 1st & ALWAYS. Race is a systemic game.
At one time in America and itilian having a child with an Irish person was Interracial. If world is still around in 1000 years people here will be simply Americans. Look at how south America who is known for their beautiful people is. They mixed and look at Brazil now
I'm a mixed girl, and I can happily say I've never been treated bad for my race. For being mixed, I've never felt out of place or that I was different or anything. I don't really know why that was, we talk about race, a little more that we're older. But in my family its just so normal that "hey my dad's white, my mom's black, and we're mixed" and everyone around us treats it normal too that we don't see race. I'm not speaking on all mixed kids experiences, this is obviously my experience. I don't usually think about race, and I've really never had anyone judge me for my race, I live in Idaho a very white state, and there has been nothing but love here! This is just a kind of side not I guess, but I've never understood some of the language used to describe mixed kids (black and white in this instance) why are we always described as "black kids" why do they themselves describe themselves as "black kids" we aren't. we're half black and half white, to me, just from what I've seen from other half white half black people, they seem to kind of ignore their white side, and identify as black and I find that so strange. I truly understand that their are things we still need to change to make sure everyone is truly treated equal, and I can never fully wrap my head around why skin color is so important to people. It's just the color of your skin, it doesn't tell you anything about that person, who they are, whether they are good or bad. Skin color is so unimportant in the long run, so it completely fucking baffles me how black people have been treated for so long, and how white people today get blamed for things they didn't do.
It’s bc a lot of biracial kids are really completely accepted by their white sides. Or they are seen as different where as their black sides treat them the same. History wise, if u had black blood in you, u were black, u can thank the one drop rule for that so historically biracial ppl were grouped with black ppl for much longer forcing them to “forget” their white side. Also looks wise, it doesn’t help bc a lot of biracial kids look “more black”. They have similar hair texture and end up just looking a little lighter so they subconsciously feel more black than white. It’s sad but history plays a huge part into this thinking. Biracial ppl just have had to share the same struggle as black people as opposed to having the same privilege as white ppl.
My father was Native American and my mother is white, when he was alive, he made sure to instill us with pride about our ancestry and would take regularly on the long trip to see our beloved relatives that lived on the reservation where he grew up and we'd participate in indian cultural events here as often as possible including pow wows and cultural fairs. He was a leftist and died tragically when I was nine and my very white mother was too overwhelmed to take over dad's job of making us feel connected to our native roots. The only American Indian direct relatives I have nearby are Trump supporters. I no longer talk to them because they cannot speak to me without offering their hateful opinions. I have such a hard time thinking about them without feeling intense anger and sadness.
This stuff is heavy!! When i was in college my biracial friend was the first to jump on a plane and go to Africa; always searching for an identify. I have more sympathy for her in retrospect.
This is so great. I always wished something like this could happen for half-Asian, half-Caucasian folks, but, at least where I'm from, there are no where near enough of us (I know two people, and I'm one of them!).
What is it with some white women who have babies with black men and yet do not want know about the history and culture...…...SOME ONE,ANY ONE ,PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION...….
It's white women's naivete and idealism, that's my observation from what I've seen over the past 50+ years. White women that I know past and present seem to act like just having mixed children is "enough" and is some kind of contribution to the black community. Imho, this is why black/other mixed kids with non-black mothers seem to have more identity issues than mixed kids with black moms.
As Kristie has already said, it appears that you are attempting to say that black Americans and white Americans are alien to each other. The fact is if you're an American you are culturally the same as other Americans regardless of their race. Hypothetically speaking (as we've already debunked your statement when it comes to Americans, so we'll use other examples) why is it the white mother's job to pass down knowledge of the father's culture? If an Irish woman and an Italian man had a child, it is not the Irish mother's job to teach the child about Italy (and you wouldn't expect her to either. If an Irish woman married a man from Ghana, it is not the mother's job to teach the child about Ghana. For you to suggest such a ridiculous thing is absurd. It appears you're holding the second couple to a completely different standard. Hence you're discriminating
@@michaelmichael8314 If your going to be a mixed couple it is important to know about each other background, because if you don't you won't even know about your other half let alone be able to teach your kids. Plus You could be left with one parent for what ever reason and if your the white parent rasing black kids they are going to be unlearned about there black side, and will have to learn the hard way of how people will perceive you.
But is it just an obligation on a white person in a relationship to learn about black culture??! Why shouldn't they understand and appreciate both cultures? Why do people feel the need to concentrate expectation and blame on the white parent, for not doing their homework about black culture? Surely their union was based on something shared and some commonality not on differences? They might have different ancestral history, but a different colour doesn't always represent a hugely different culture. This is the 21st century, alot of people are living the same, eating the same and doing the same routine.
This is the best information of its kind I have ever seen. Ostensibly, I am like a lot of the parental couples in this series--I am a White man who had a son with a Black woman. The irony, the thing that is different--so far--is that I am the race person in the couple. (Some of the White men in this series are similar in this respect.) We are divorced. I have always wanted my son to have the cultural armor and awareness of Blackness; it is his Black mother who downplays race. She took him to rural Minnesota when he was 10. We talked over Christmas here about his identity. He seems very well-adjusted, yet, slightly disturbingly to me, he leans toward identifying as White. He also understands, clearly it seems, that he is not. I have trouble reconciling it, so I check in with him often. He seems to handle it well.
With all due respect Bob, his mother actually sounds like she's doing the right thing. Your statement 'she downplays race' translates to me that she did not raise him to be a race obsessed, race baiting leftist. It appears that you're the one hung up on your sons race. You claim that your son identifies as white and that you're disturbed by this? Firstly, in what way does he identify as white? (As I'm willing to guess it's probably an assumption you made since most of his friends are white or something), secondly, you do realize that your son is probably more European than he is African (given that his mother is American and also has European ancestry), so the fact that you want to force him to identify more with the smaller portion of his ancestry says quite a lot
@@michaelmichael8314 Were you reading correctly what he wrote? He didn't say his son's mother has more european percentage than black, he said he has a child with a black lady! Stop strolling! Dumbass!
@@michaelmichael8314 ok you're getting every thing wrong here, first of all this is about race not ethnicity which are 2 very different things and when he says he identifies as white he means that he isnt necessarily in tune with what role race plays in the world, thats what this video tried to show was that as a person who has a white and a black parent it is often hard to understand things that happen based on youre race as you were raised with it not being important but as you get older and experience new people and places you are bound to experience some sort of racial bias weather its small and insignificant or something very overt such as a slur it is going to be hard to deal with as you havent experienced it before, thats why white people could never understand as race is something that is so enbeded into our culture, it makes them think about themselves as a color rather than a person and yes thats a bad thing but it cant go away until everyone isnt racist. and its something that a white person could never understand, and i grew up as the only white kid in dc and i was picked on or looked down upon because of my race but in a way of being a bad person, not as a person who is less than them, and ive come to learn that those are 2 very separate things as they have reasoning whether justified or not to think im bad but a white person has no reason to look down upon blacks, and im not saying blacks cant be racist im saying that racism plays a lot larger of a role for black people than it does for whites, and the only problem i see with that is seeing the leftists typically black saying that white people deserve bad things as thats pushing that idea a lot farther to the extreme instead of just recognizing it as a problem and trying to fix it, like retaliation
@@ginnijo2526 It appears that you did not understand what I wrote. Maybe re-read it ginni. I never said that his son's mother had more European heritage than African, I said that his son is of more European heritage than he is African since he has a white father and a black American mother (all black Americans have European heritage also, or were you unaware?)
@@will6312 race and ethnicity are not two very different things Will. Explain to me how they are different. Everything I said is accurate. You did not counter anything I said
I'm a product of an interracial marriage. What I've come to realise is that my mother felt like a minority. We had a very strong sense of our identity and interesting "other" culture. There has never been a time like now, when black identity and culture is celebrated and explored and discussed. But what I'm realising is that racism can swing both ways.. if you always place the expectation that white is just boring default and they're the ones who need to step up and understand blackness and black journeys then what you're saying is that white culture and white narratives are either always racist or unimportant. That's a lonely place and a tragedy in some families, it can build misunderstanding and resentment. All cultures matter. White culture and white history isnt all negative, colonial, slave mastery. We can and should focus on the good.
If we only focus on the good, we forget that bad and repeat the same mistakes. Ppl are like this bc up until very recent years as in the last 2-3 decades black culture was seen as this awful thing. And when ppl say white ppl don’t have culture they don’t mean all white ppl, Europeans have culture, white Americans don’t really have much, and what they do have was borrowed
@@AGPostarStudios I personally think we should look at both the good and the bad. Though, I have to ask, how can you say that white Americans don't have much culture when they're descended from white Europeans? I mean, everyone has culture regardless of one's background, skin colour, etc.
Hazel Chief-rabbit I mean how much does the average white American practice European culture. Do they speak the language. If they are British, do they make blood pudding. If they descended from French people do they regularly follow French holdiays? Not really, they are so far removed, they don’t follow any European traditions for the most part. Similar to black Americans though they kinda developed a new culture of hair styles, music, soul food etc. But it’s not as rich as African culture ( not saying black American culture is bad, I like it, it’s just not as encompassing as African culture) and even though they originated from Africa, they are so far removed that they don’t follow that culture at all, and cannot relate to them.
Also went to the hospital the other day and the only options were White Black And other . I made my own bubble and put mixed because no one is gonna tell me I need to pick a side .
What they have to remember is that their parents had their own identities before they became parents. So their parents see life through that lens often times. It's that same thing most people go through with their parents regardless of race, before they had you they had a life, and an existence etc....so how they see and experience the world doesn't change just because you are born. Remember to always see your parents as individuals and it gets easier to accept and understand them.
Unpopular opinion: I think sometimes it can be confusing how to maneuver the racial, political climate of America where the culture emphasizes what racial category you are and instantly places a label on the way you should act, behave, etc. I think it's interesting that although all of the speakers are bi-racial or mixed, none of them really acknowledged their "white" culture. As a black person myself, it saddens me when there is this "anti-white" atmosphere. Just because someone is Caucasian or white does NOT mean they can not understand racism. I totally understand what that guy means, though, by feeling like the only black person...but it does reveal a hidden racial insecurity that by living in a predominantly black environment, you are somehow safer and more accepted verses being in an all-white environment. Racism will always exist, but it should not have the power to determine who you should interact with or dictate to you who will accept you or not. Race should not be a determining factor for how you choose your friends. I can attest that there are plenty of people out there who aren't black that love black people and will accept you, and I am friends with some of them.
Thank you ❤.. well said. I never talk about this bc I am white and afraid to do so. My son came home from school crying bc he hated his white skin when he was 6 yrs old. We love All people. The reason it hurt my son so badly - his best friends were not white and they taught the kids about history of racism before they were old enough to really understand it. They were just kids loving each other and color didn’t matter to them. Labels suck.
Why is that always an issue or a subject for documentaries, in the US what is the problem people...the more I see this the more I appreciate the country I am living in or in Europe because if it is a big issue with a high percentage in the US, it is the reverse in Europe. Of course you do have racial issues everywhere but to that extent is crazy. People are people I am a “white” Caucasian with mixed race Afro daughters and I have never felt uncomfortable in Europe like I did when I went to the US ! To me this is nuts...love is love !!!
As a black person europe is hella racist too. They hide it a lot better. Black soccer players in countries like Italy get called monkey by spectators all the time.
I am not biracial, I was raised by a white grandmother (step) and a black grandfather. I went to all-white schools and grew up in an all-white neighbourhood in San Diego, CA. I can honestly say my grandmother did not talk about race but my grandfather did have the talk with us when we were younger. While I am a black woman, you would not know it by the way that I act, speak, or the tone of my voice.
My dad was white and my mom porto rican and black i look white and me and my sister where raised by are black grandma in burmuda i live in Iowa now with my White husband
None of those mixed race adults are black. My son is mixed he taught without mom or dad he wouldn't have existed.I am Haitian we don't call mixed race people black.
Anytime you are different, especially on the exterior, you have to be careful. As a minority in any land, for any reason, you are less likely to be treated with respect. In packs, many people are quite unkind. People are reticent to treat Outsiders well (or if they do, it's not sincere). Most people are taught that differences are bad (i.e. you will go to hell if you don't believe in my God). One day, I dream of living with people that won't fall victim to war cries, conspiracies, and death counts. If only cheerful behavior spread as quickly as fear.
My husband is Canadian and I'm U.S.A. born. My close friend is Polish her husband is Chinese. Their children look Chinese yet they speak Polish because the Mother and Grandmother taught them. My friend begged her husband to speak the Manderin language in the home so that the children would learn. My Polish friend learned her husband's culture through his family and learned to cook the food. Today her son and daughter speak fluently Polish, English, Spanish and some Mandarin....My own 4 Children are very culturally ept as well. My children identify as culturally Canadian, Irish, German, Black American desent. No pressure to make a choice. Just enjoy the beautiful life that they were given. The key is to have deep love with in the home and to embrace the cultures of the other. Meaning if people marry outside the realms of their culture be more invested in learning their partners cultures and teach that to your children. Leave racism out of it. That way your children will have a sense of healthy self no matter what the world throws at them. Encourage travel outside of North America. My children blended cultural children are well rounded. 3 of my 4 children speak or understand more than one language. Growing up myself in the U.S.A., my circle of friends were not limited to just black and that is still the case today.
thumbs up....wtf ppl..just speaking science....no ups for science.... Can someone help me out with something ? Honestly no trolls.....why does everything have to be black or white.....it's like alot of these people had to make a choice to either embrace white culture or black culture.....and maybe Bec of the perception that alot of white ppl are racist against blacks, so as a person of mixed race how could anyone accept thier white culture, especially if white culture is labeled as strongly racist....... I honestly don't think most white ppl are racist.....I'd be willing to bet it's the same percentages of white ppl who are racist is the same as blacks who are racist....and I don't think it's as big of number as our national leaders want you to think.......it makes me sick to here so much talk on racism......the news is a race baiting machine......why don't we talk about the most obvious thing......we are more alike as human beings then we are different as a black man and a white man !!!!! For Christ sake how long are WE going to let the government divide us with these race baiting tactics. It doesn't have to be a white thing or a black thing..... All it ever needs to be is a human thing...... Do what makes you happy and there is no such thing as white culture and black culture.....it's mother fuckin human culture......make love not war Black white or yellow .....human being comes first
God created every human being with one blood, let me prove it in Acts 17:26-31 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Himm, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us: So if God loves every race, why humans dont act and feel the same? I am glad you ask! The reason is because man needs God in their lives. The division, hate and all this social believes is not from God who created the heavens and earth. There is an enemy, satan, he is the one who brings division, hate, and racism not God.
My ethnic background is German my late ex was African American we was the dad to 2 daughters they are grown now and we taught them both sides of the tracks
No we don't. integration is the very reason why Black people are low-level citizens in the U.S. What's wrong with Black people having our own, without outsiders interfering ?
Christopher Paul Marriott well I do agree separation by choice without people interfering should be a thing but separation by force would ruin lives and that’s exactly what segregation was
I am Egyptian and English I am not American so I dont understand fully the cultural concepts in this documentary. I did however feel uncomfortable by the way one of the interviewees said she felt sorry for biracial people with a white mother and i felt than overall white mothers got a rough deal in the documentaries.
So why can't we be who we are whatever we are. Without being put in a box then you have those words. Like I love you and I understand you so I ask again why can't we be who we are.
More than half of the people in the video, if they said they were black elsewhere than the united states, people would think they do have halluzinations.
When people say African/American it's confusing & troubling. 99% have never lived in Africa or were born there. It seems to be a way of separating themselves from being American which is confusing because they fought against segregation. Being in a family of different colors doesn't mean if you're in a predominantly black family that you can't learn about ancestral traditions. Being black in America doesn't mean you have to have an African upbringing. I don't know of anyone that goes around saying why wasn't I brought up in all of my nationalities. It seems that some Blacks just keep making it out that Blacks are the odd man out instead of just uniting. Now we have BLM & a government that wants to teach our children to hate Whites and blame Whites for their lot in life. Ignorance comes in all races, but love should be the most important thing of all. If we lived the way, God teaches us to we wouldn't be having this division.
I don't understand the "fuck whiteness" part of that one girl's argument. Why say that? Why say anything negative about any race, it just doesn't make sense to me. I can sympathize with what she was feeling and how her mother didn't defend her. But the language we use about race is very important. And saying anything negative like that about any race isn't helping in this conversation.
As a white person, I think this video demonstrates why an interracial black-white relationship doesn't tend to work. Too many barriers! It must be extremely awkward, especially at family gatherings on the white side of the family. Imagine one side of your family viewing you and your nuclear family as completely alien to them! I have experienced this through the prism of class based difference. For race based difference, it must be 10 times as intense!
Having 3 biracial daughters this is interesting to watch. There's been a few times when my girls have wanted to talk about race. I let my husband do most of the talking on race issues. He's a black man therefore he's better equipped than I am for those conversations. I listen, empathize and give my unconditional love.
I am seeing a huge difference in bi-racial kids with white moms vs black moms. the ones with black moms seems more settled in the world. The ones with white moms and her family are often the ones rejected by their white families.
I’m mixed too. Italian, German and Irish. I’m not confused about my identity. I don’t feel the need to deny one side or to affiliate with other people strictly based on my ethnicity. This idea of “black culture” and the need to get in touch your black side is the kind of racist shit that divides people.
Mrs. Loving was of Black, Native American and European heritage. African Americans, a great many are of mixed ethnicity from Slavery and have mainly European and or Native American heritage of 15-25% or more in a lot of folks. Dr. Henry Louis Gates for example has about 50% European DNA and both his parents are African Americans. President Obama has an African father and European heritage mother and he also has 50% of each. There are Black people who have about the same amount of mixed heritage as someone with recent white/black bi-racial heritage. Slavery created a multicultural group of Black people and some so called white people also have African heritage due to Black people who "passed for white". There is no such thing as race it's a made up concept to divide and conquer. We have ethnic groups sure but even then there are more differences within an ethnic group than between different ethnic groups and skin color is only about 5% of our ethnicity. African Slaves were also brought to Mexico, Central and South America and other countries as well so there are a lot of mixed Mexicans, Central Americans and other Hispanics and Brazilians who have some African heritage. WE are all the same, human and our heritage is that we are all from Africa originally and over many hundreds of years we migrated and made adaptations but are still very much alike.
I'm white and have 3 mixed grandchildren. I enjoyed this until the subject of Trump came up. He is not anti-black. A lot of people think he is because they hear people say that. But Trump is not a racist. He has many Black followers.
Trump is a narcissist he doesnt care about anyone but what's best from him idk if he's racist or not but he never said he wasnt and he never denounced the kkk when they endorsed him or when racists act out in his name, there is NOT "good on both sides!"💯
My situation is the worst. I'm a Mexican from Mexico sourrounded by white people, but I was not being aware minorities are considered 99% of the times inferior or different, yeah I live in Utah, I realized after 10 years living here In the States, but now it's been 24 years.
I am biracial. My mother is Asian and my father black. Growing up was interesting, some high and low points. What I've learned is that parents need to speak openly about both cultures and encourage acceptance and appreciation...one not being portrayed as superior to the other. I am grateful for these diverse experiences...and can never tolerate racism or prejudice of any sort.
JudahBenLevi wtf
What a blessing for u to get to experience 2 different cultures all under one roof.... The Food, the music, Ideology etc...... 🎉
@JudahBenLevi this is perfectly okay she will grow up being very respectful and pretty and shut up man
JudahBenLevi I- we’re humans. We love who we love. Stop separating races lmao
Great advice !
I utterly HATE it whenever a person says "I don't see color!" Why NOT?? It's as though something is wrong by acknowledgement and acceptance that people/ I have color!! Like color is a plague or something!! See me...this is brown is my full regalia!!..black, red, yellow and white bursts of colors, spectrums of the rainbow that is wonderfully known as mankind!!
you are hearing that phrase as a literal interpretation and that is not what they meant at all.
They mean: “I don’t see color (I don’t judge based on color) .....I see love (I judge based on something deeper than the color of someone’s skin, based on spirit.). They are being accepting of all races with that statement; embracing unity instead of the harsh separation lines of racism which originates in fear and hatred rather than love. They obviously see the color and embrace you regardless of what that color might be. That’s true love and acceptance of the beauty of all colors.
I always say yes I see color I just don’t care what color you are, what kind of person are you!
@@MysticLoveASMR so say that!! It's NEVER other races that say " I don't see color" only white ppl say it!! If they weren't judging biased on color, then there's no need to bring race into it right?? A judge doesn't say I'm sentencing you for criminal activity NOT the color of your skin. No need to justify that which is already honoured and meritorious!!!
I see color and love and appreciate the difference. One of the things I used to love was going to Baltimore to the different ethic festivals where different cultures (races within cultures) are showcased. We need to respect and appreciate each other. I wouldn't want an homogenous society -- dull and lacks richness.
“What’s a black man without his paranoia?”
Oh Lord...a truer sentence has never been uttered. Especially in these United States.
Like 8ball&MJG "Thats Fo Real
That paranoia is justified
😭😭
So, it's now 2020. Is the "paranoia" warranted? You call it that; African Americans might call it mistrust. 🤔
@Joe Me we should be proud but when we are constantly being violated and still in 2020 being discriminated against it's a problem!
I have been with my white husband for 30 years,
Soon to be 31 in may,we never saw color in each other we saw love.He was disowned by many family members after we married.
We have God in our lives and he keeps us strong.
If you "never saw color",then how did you recognize him as a "white man"? I understand what you are trying to say. However, as a black man it frustrates me when people use this trope. It means that in order to accept me they have to ignore,deny,avoid,overlook or excuse my blackness. Why can't we recognize each other as we are and embrace and love each other completely.
Been married to a black woman for 22 yrs and I have disowned a few family and they like to use the bible to justify their racism. Just another reason I'm Buddhist
@JudahBenLevi Grow up...
How to get over Tv I am a black woman and I hear this phase from white Ppl all the time n I have to correct them like u don’t c my black ass lolllll cause I c u
JudahBenLevi lmao buddy you’re funny. Your beliefs are based off Hebrew beliefs. Get it, “beliefs”? Grow up moron
I absolutely have grown to love this lady with the black momma. This why mix race people whose mother is black can relate so well to black society. Hunny this mix race Queen has hit on the nail.
I agree with you. When mom is black, a mixed child seems to have much fewer identity issues.
She s right biracial children with a black mother got the better of this experience by the way White women are great mommies too just so no one misunderstands me
Calling every black woman a queen is so incredibly stupid....
better experience of what
I can not thank you enough. I'm almost in tears. I have had to deal with this on my own all my life and had now one to talk to about it. Enlightening, powerful, moving, relevant, and heartwarming
Good topic, my cousins never had a problem. Thank you for helping ppl with this topic.
you should google Panama Jackson and read his article. It's so close to my own experience it's spooky.
I appreciate you😊
I’m 40, my mother is Haitian and Mexican, my father is Lakota and white ( German ). I never felt out of place on either side of my family. Loved and welcomed on all sides. I married a Irish ginger 😂😂
Our son is brown like me, our daughter is strawberry blonde white girl that looks like me 😂😂
And it's all good as it should be but your some reason it you put black in the mix it suddenly has to become an issue. Enjoy your beautiful family.
“What’s a Black man without his paranoia?” Except it’s not paranoia. There’s a substantial reason for that fear. This breaks my heart.
What's the paronia?
Like Pac said they say it's the white man I should fear but......................
Bi-racial's need to embrace both of their race. That is what they are. Both, but also individual's that does not need the acceptance of society to fully embrace their D.N.A.
Martine Sejour agreed!
Yeah, I thought the same thing when I watched this.
I was best buds with a mixed guy all through high school, and he always beefed with his black, cop, dad. So, he was more into the punk and metal and skateboards, hence we were friends...
I don't know what that means, because I'm not him, but I love the hell out of that guy.
Idk... I guess it's just sad that every person in this program followed the black cultural path. Maybe my buddy was lucky because we lived in a tolerant place and he had more ability to choose...it's not as if he's ever going to pass as a white guy...but we're middle aged guys now, and I've never seen anyone disrespect him, or give him any more crap than any guy might give any guy about anything else. Hella sick musician too.
I didn't see anyone here rejecting either of their sides. For the most part it was an issue of how the larger communities they lived in reacted to them. Since historically this nation has technically denied the reality of mixed people everyone is labled black, so within the community there is a range of phenotypes and skin tones, hence less of a feeling of otherness in most cases. But as far as identifying as black or biracial...... why not let them identifu the way they feel most comfortable. At the end of the day it's not the lable that counts as much as the importance of recognizing family.
@@rockinbobokkin7831 Blame the White Supremists powers that be that cause them to feel they had too.
Biracial children are made up of their mother's mtDNA. That means of your mother is a white woman, you are biologically a white person with outward features from both parents. You are what your DNA is. Just like a transgender female can never be a biological woman. He will always be a male by DNA even though he goes through gender changes. You are what your momma is. Do your research people and wake up!
I guess you could say that my son knows he is biracial and it is not a big deal. He is loved and accepted completely by both sides of his family. He is perfectly comfortable in either setting. However, I know that he has been hurt in certain situations at school with girls and their families. I encourage him to talk about it. It comes out sporadically.
Thank you for keeping the lines of communication flowing. It's vital to his well being.
@Kristie C so all of the speakers are racist?
Talk to him about race. Show him these videos of mixed race children.
I’m British and mixed race, my dad’s white and my mum’s half Chinese, half black, and I literally never ever think about my race or anything to do with it. Literally no one cares at all, least of all me.
Then count yourself very fortunate because most biracial people do have to face conflict from others. A lot has to do with how you look and the environment in which you circulate.
You literally told us why
@@Sha1Lmarie
Triracial.
That's because you're not in America. In America literally *EVERYTHING* revolves around race.
This video hits home. I am mixed but strong phenotype of black. Heard it all from both sides. Adopted into a white family. Was told they didn't see color. Within the black communities I grew up around. Was reminded constantly of how I am not black enough. Threaten and almost beaten because of it.
What I learned is there is so much hate on both sides. Racism on both sides. And unconditional love beyond racial lines on both sides.
Black America isn't willing to talk about this.
This is a really good discussion. I am African American and my husband is white. This really brings to mind the thought process that my kids will have and are having even now. My family is in St. Louis so my kids have not really been around my side of the family. They have been raised with my husbands side in Arizona.I have really been thinking about how to really start passing the African American culture down to my girls. It’s so important for them to KNOW. Who they are.
@Kristie C I agree
What is the African American culture?
Are you bi-racial? If you don't know how to pass down AA culture let them learn on their own cuz if you don't know by now you haven't been interested.
You don’t look African American
@@ms3173 How does a African American look? please explain.
I’m so slow. I’m squinting at Ms. Walker’s mother like “why does she look familiar?” 😫😫
Who is she?
This was super empowering knowing I am not alone . Being a mixed child . And my black father who is a libertarian and my mom a trump supporter it’s hard. Even at my college in kanas their is division in race . And it’s so hard to see because I was raised in a military town and everyone is mixed with something. So this was super powerful . I love being mixed !! I am proud ! And I am proud for my children !
What does your mother being a trump supporter have to do with anything? How on earth is that hard? Do not tell me that you conform to the belief that black and mixed people have to sheepishly follow the Democrats? Lmao
I'm mixed and I am a libertarian who voted for Trump, so I don't see what your point is saying it's hard. How is it hard?
I grew up in a society where people are just people. Being here in America I was ignorant for the first 3 years because I did not know what the problem was? Being into a interracial relationship was even harder for me to understand. I could not understand what the problem was and how it affected others. I know ignorance can be contagious but there’s way more important things in life than who we choose to fall in love with.
3 yrs later, RACE is a huge issue still
I don't see color has always been a bothersome statement to me. When you marry out of your race it is imperative to be knowledgeable of the culture. This leads to understanding, empathy and the ability to explain race relations to mixed children.
So maybe the correct term would be "I see the color, I understand that color is judged differently in this world. But I dont judge them differently, the are equally worth to me and color should not be afactor in anyone's judgement of the other person"
@@foshizle121 Basically... judge a person by their character and not the color of their skin. Its what MLK was talking about lol
@elle oh thank you for explaining the obvious...
These discussions need to be heard, and from the people that have to live with these life reality's each and every single days of their life's ..
This is a current topic in my relationship. My partner is a white male and is black aware. His surroundings is very challenging to add on we are in the south. We personally are doing therapy for the levels of life that this has opened up. I struggle with the idea of being married and having biracial children. I understand how it feels to be in deeper tone skin and what the world says about you. Two people that love one another beyond their dreams have to face a reality. Social media , life and other outlets play a huge toll on how far to seek shelter in the black community. It’s a real challenge to walk away and to stay.
This topic, these conversations seem so familiar. I'm an hispanic male from Mexico. Racism isn't US owned. It's a global topic. I remember when I was five asking my mother if I was adopted. My mother was Spanish white and my father was Native American brown. She calmly explained that my father was brown and that's why my skin tone was darker than hers. I remember wishing I was white like my mother. There was always a tension between the families. No direct words were ever spoken in front of me but like much of Mexico, and latin America, race wasn't spoken in equal terms like in the US. It was subtler, but in my family there was always a feeling of them and us. I always attributed it to politics and social-economic differences. As I've matured, I see it was the secret ingredient that flavored my upbringing.
This is a marvelous documentary, I thank these people for putting their experiences and thoughts out there. Thank you for making this. Posting these to facebook...
I will have mixed children and as the child of an immigrant, I've always struggled with my identity and place in America. I understand that children take on the struggles of their parents and I can only hope I guide them through in a way that they will never be confused about who they are, because others will be. We will have those awkward conversations so that they can be confident and happy adults.
How do you know your kids will be mixed in the future?
I'm mixed. I'm REALLY mixed. Indian, Spanish, Black, White (English), Chinese and Amerindian by my mum. Black, White (French), Spanish and Amerindian by my dad. I look fully black. It's actually the black people who harass me about race, telling me that I should reject my full ethnic make up and identify as black. Meanwhile, I'm here identifying as Shawnelle and i happen to be mixed. My brother (same parents) has blond, kinky hair, olive skin and green eyes. He looks like my dad when he was a child. We were a colourful clan when my parents were together. 🤣
Families are complicated. Thanks for sharing your stories
That mother to the adoption question should have simply put “because I loved you” .. I definitely understand the issues with it but I’m sure it changed a lot of people’s ignorance
I enjoyed this bio everyone shared. It’s so enlightening to hear from individuals that are multicultural. Society and systematic racism makes this a problem. At the beginning and the end, everyone is human 1st & ALWAYS. Race is a systemic game.
That part about having Trump supporting parents, while having black (in my case, 1 is South American) children, HIT. ME.
You do know that even some black people where trump supporters right?. It wasn't a vote exclusively to white people.
"South American" isn't a race. TF
Ooooo man I feel for mixed kids man. It’s a lot.
In the united states still today
@Eye. stupid Benny Spy yep.preach
At one time in America and itilian having a child with an Irish person was Interracial. If world is still around in 1000 years people here will be simply Americans. Look at how south America who is known for their beautiful people is. They mixed and look at Brazil now
I'm a mixed girl, and I can happily say I've never been treated bad for my race. For being mixed, I've never felt out of place or that I was different or anything. I don't really know why that was, we talk about race, a little more that we're older. But in my family its just so normal that "hey my dad's white, my mom's black, and we're mixed" and everyone around us treats it normal too that we don't see race. I'm not speaking on all mixed kids experiences, this is obviously my experience. I don't usually think about race, and I've really never had anyone judge me for my race, I live in Idaho a very white state, and there has been nothing but love here!
This is just a kind of side not I guess, but I've never understood some of the language used to describe mixed kids (black and white in this instance) why are we always described as "black kids" why do they themselves describe themselves as "black kids" we aren't. we're half black and half white, to me, just from what I've seen from other half white half black people, they seem to kind of ignore their white side, and identify as black and I find that so strange.
I truly understand that their are things we still need to change to make sure everyone is truly treated equal, and I can never fully wrap my head around why skin color is so important to people. It's just the color of your skin, it doesn't tell you anything about that person, who they are, whether they are good or bad. Skin color is so unimportant in the long run, so it completely fucking baffles me how black people have been treated for so long, and how white people today get blamed for things they didn't do.
Calling you guys biracial isn't political correct .... Sorry if I offended you... have a nice day
It’s bc a lot of biracial kids are really completely accepted by their white sides. Or they are seen as different where as their black sides treat them the same. History wise, if u had black blood in you, u were black, u can thank the one drop rule for that so historically biracial ppl were grouped with black ppl for much longer forcing them to “forget” their white side. Also looks wise, it doesn’t help bc a lot of biracial kids look “more black”. They have similar hair texture and end up just looking a little lighter so they subconsciously feel more black than white. It’s sad but history plays a huge part into this thinking. Biracial ppl just have had to share the same struggle as black people as opposed to having the same privilege as white ppl.
@@Ikekel😂
LOVE UNCLE FRED!!! LOL!!! That was ADORABLE!!!
My father was Native American and my mother is white, when he was alive, he made sure to instill us with pride about our ancestry and would take regularly on the long trip to see our beloved relatives that lived on the reservation where he grew up and we'd participate in indian cultural events here as often as possible including pow wows and cultural fairs. He was a leftist and died tragically when I was nine and my very white mother was too overwhelmed to take over dad's job of making us feel connected to our native roots. The only American Indian direct relatives I have nearby are Trump supporters. I no longer talk to them because they cannot speak to me without offering their hateful opinions. I have such a hard time thinking about them without feeling intense anger and sadness.
Blacks usually do love and accept others!
This stuff is heavy!! When i was in college my biracial friend was the first to jump on a plane and go to Africa; always searching for an identify. I have more sympathy for her in retrospect.
This is so great. I always wished something like this could happen for half-Asian, half-Caucasian folks, but, at least where I'm from, there are no where near enough of us (I know two people, and I'm one of them!).
Hello fellow Eurasian
@@ThinWhiteAxe 👋 hey 😊
What is it with some white women who have babies with black men and yet do not want know about the history and culture...…...SOME ONE,ANY ONE ,PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION...….
saul berg listen @9:45
It's white women's naivete and idealism, that's my observation from what I've seen over the past 50+ years. White women that I know past and present seem to act like just having mixed children is "enough" and is some kind of contribution to the black community. Imho, this is why black/other mixed kids with non-black mothers seem to have more identity issues than mixed kids with black moms.
As Kristie has already said, it appears that you are attempting to say that black Americans and white Americans are alien to each other. The fact is if you're an American you are culturally the same as other Americans regardless of their race. Hypothetically speaking (as we've already debunked your statement when it comes to Americans, so we'll use other examples) why is it the white mother's job to pass down knowledge of the father's culture? If an Irish woman and an Italian man had a child, it is not the Irish mother's job to teach the child about Italy (and you wouldn't expect her to either. If an Irish woman married a man from Ghana, it is not the mother's job to teach the child about Ghana. For you to suggest such a ridiculous thing is absurd. It appears you're holding the second couple to a completely different standard. Hence you're discriminating
@@michaelmichael8314 If your going to be a mixed couple it is important to know about each other background, because if you don't you won't even know about your other half let alone be able to teach your kids.
Plus You could be left with one parent for what ever reason and if your the white parent rasing black kids they are going to be unlearned about there black side, and will have to learn the hard way of how people will perceive you.
But is it just an obligation on a white person in a relationship to learn about black culture??! Why shouldn't they understand and appreciate both cultures? Why do people feel the need to concentrate expectation and blame on the white parent, for not doing their homework about black culture?
Surely their union was based on something shared and some commonality not on differences? They might have different ancestral history, but a different colour doesn't always represent a hugely different culture. This is the 21st century, alot of people are living the same, eating the same and doing the same routine.
This is the best information of its kind I have ever seen. Ostensibly, I am like a lot of the parental couples in this series--I am a White man who had a son with a Black woman. The irony, the thing that is different--so far--is that I am the race person in the couple. (Some of the White men in this series are similar in this respect.) We are divorced. I have always wanted my son to have the cultural armor and awareness of Blackness; it is his Black mother who downplays race. She took him to rural Minnesota when he was 10. We talked over Christmas here about his identity. He seems very well-adjusted, yet, slightly disturbingly to me, he leans toward identifying as White. He also understands, clearly it seems, that he is not. I have trouble reconciling it, so I check in with him often. He seems to handle it well.
With all due respect Bob, his mother actually sounds like she's doing the right thing. Your statement 'she downplays race' translates to me that she did not raise him to be a race obsessed, race baiting leftist. It appears that you're the one hung up on your sons race. You claim that your son identifies as white and that you're disturbed by this? Firstly, in what way does he identify as white? (As I'm willing to guess it's probably an assumption you made since most of his friends are white or something), secondly, you do realize that your son is probably more European than he is African (given that his mother is American and also has European ancestry), so the fact that you want to force him to identify more with the smaller portion of his ancestry says quite a lot
@@michaelmichael8314
Were you reading correctly what he wrote? He didn't say his son's mother has more european percentage than black, he said he has a child with a black lady!
Stop strolling! Dumbass!
@@michaelmichael8314 ok you're getting every thing wrong here, first of all this is about race not ethnicity which are 2 very different things and when he says he identifies as white he means that he isnt necessarily in tune with what role race plays in the world, thats what this video tried to show was that as a person who has a white and a black parent it is often hard to understand things that happen based on youre race as you were raised with it not being important but as you get older and experience new people and places you are bound to experience some sort of racial bias weather its small and insignificant or something very overt such as a slur it is going to be hard to deal with as you havent experienced it before, thats why white people could never understand as race is something that is so enbeded into our culture, it makes them think about themselves as a color rather than a person and yes thats a bad thing but it cant go away until everyone isnt racist. and its something that a white person could never understand, and i grew up as the only white kid in dc and i was picked on or looked down upon because of my race but in a way of being a bad person, not as a person who is less than them, and ive come to learn that those are 2 very separate things as they have reasoning whether justified or not to think im bad but a white person has no reason to look down upon blacks, and im not saying blacks cant be racist im saying that racism plays a lot larger of a role for black people than it does for whites, and the only problem i see with that is seeing the leftists typically black saying that white people deserve bad things as thats pushing that idea a lot farther to the extreme instead of just recognizing it as a problem and trying to fix it, like retaliation
@@ginnijo2526 It appears that you did not understand what I wrote. Maybe re-read it ginni. I never said that his son's mother had more European heritage than African, I said that his son is of more European heritage than he is African since he has a white father and a black American mother (all black Americans have European heritage also, or were you unaware?)
@@will6312 race and ethnicity are not two very different things Will. Explain to me how they are different. Everything I said is accurate. You did not counter anything I said
ONE RACE HUMAN!
Do you live in America
I'm a product of an interracial marriage. What I've come to realise is that my mother felt like a minority. We had a very strong sense of our identity and interesting "other" culture. There has never been a time like now, when black identity and culture is celebrated and explored and discussed. But what I'm realising is that racism can swing both ways.. if you always place the expectation that white is just boring default and they're the ones who need to step up and understand blackness and black journeys then what you're saying is that white culture and white narratives are either always racist or unimportant. That's a lonely place and a tragedy in some families, it can build misunderstanding and resentment.
All cultures matter.
White culture and white history isnt all negative, colonial, slave mastery. We can and should focus on the good.
If we only focus on the good, we forget that bad and repeat the same mistakes. Ppl are like this bc up until very recent years as in the last 2-3 decades black culture was seen as this awful thing. And when ppl say white ppl don’t have culture they don’t mean all white ppl, Europeans have culture, white Americans don’t really have much, and what they do have was borrowed
@@AGPostarStudios I personally think we should look at both the good and the bad. Though, I have to ask, how can you say that white Americans don't have much culture when they're descended from white Europeans? I mean, everyone has culture regardless of one's background, skin colour, etc.
Hazel Chief-rabbit I mean how much does the average white American practice European culture. Do they speak the language. If they are British, do they make blood pudding. If they descended from French people do they regularly follow French holdiays? Not really, they are so far removed, they don’t follow any European traditions for the most part. Similar to black Americans though they kinda developed a new culture of hair styles, music, soul food etc. But it’s not as rich as African culture ( not saying black American culture is bad, I like it, it’s just not as encompassing as African culture) and even though they originated from Africa, they are so far removed that they don’t follow that culture at all, and cannot relate to them.
@@AGPostarStudios To the rest of the world, American is a culture.
Also went to the hospital the other day and the only options were
White
Black
And other .
I made my own bubble and put mixed because no one is gonna tell me I need to pick a side .
Love this... do a documentary on mix individuals who are black but look white and how that effects the soul growing up.
If you are mixed then that makes you biracial not black
What they have to remember is that their parents had their own identities before they became parents. So their parents see life through that lens often times. It's that same thing most people go through with their parents regardless of race, before they had you they had a life, and an existence etc....so how they see and experience the world doesn't change just because you are born. Remember to always see your parents as individuals and it gets easier to accept and understand them.
Love is love, I came from a biracial mother.
Me too!
Makia Simmond hehe both of my parents were biracial
Unpopular opinion: I think sometimes it can be confusing how to maneuver the racial, political climate of America where the culture emphasizes what racial category you are and instantly places a label on the way you should act, behave, etc. I think it's interesting that although all of the speakers are bi-racial or mixed, none of them really acknowledged their "white" culture. As a black person myself, it saddens me when there is this "anti-white" atmosphere. Just because someone is Caucasian or white does NOT mean they can not understand racism. I totally understand what that guy means, though, by feeling like the only black person...but it does reveal a hidden racial insecurity that by living in a predominantly black environment, you are somehow safer and more accepted verses being in an all-white environment.
Racism will always exist, but it should not have the power to determine who you should interact with or dictate to you who will accept you or not. Race should not be a determining factor for how you choose your friends. I can attest that there are plenty of people out there who aren't black that love black people and will accept you, and I am friends with some of them.
Well put
Thank you ❤.. well said. I never talk about this bc I am white and afraid to do so. My son came home from school crying bc he hated his white skin when he was 6 yrs old. We love All people. The reason it hurt my son so badly - his best friends were not white and they taught the kids about history of racism before they were old enough to really understand it. They were just kids loving each other and color didn’t matter to them. Labels suck.
Wow. . .just an amazing video. How did I miss this?
Why is that always an issue or a subject for documentaries, in the US what is the problem people...the more I see this the more I appreciate the country I am living in or in Europe because if it is a big issue with a high percentage in the US, it is the reverse in Europe. Of course you do have racial issues everywhere but to that extent is crazy. People are people I am a “white” Caucasian with mixed race Afro daughters and I have never felt uncomfortable in Europe like I did when I went to the US !
To me this is nuts...love is love !!!
As a black person europe is hella racist too. They hide it a lot better. Black soccer players in countries like Italy get called monkey by spectators all the time.
What's is wrong WITH ANY PERSON We Are all Humans AROUND THE WORLD..BLESS YOU ALL THANK YOU.
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I am not biracial, I was raised by a white grandmother (step) and a black grandfather. I went to all-white schools and grew up in an all-white neighbourhood in San Diego, CA. I can honestly say my grandmother did not talk about race but my grandfather did have the talk with us when we were younger. While I am a black woman, you would not know it by the way that I act, speak, or the tone of my voice.
8:30 ... Absolutely true!
4:39 Are we gonna talk about how Melissa is her mom's biracial twin?
My dad was white and my mom porto rican and black i look white and me and my sister where raised by are black grandma in burmuda i live in Iowa now with my White husband
Aww that’s beautiful, I’m so happy for you
_Loving_ this series... 😌
None of those mixed race adults are black. My son is mixed he taught without mom or dad he wouldn't have existed.I am Haitian we don't call mixed race people black.
they like to play world games .
Richard was my great great uncle. My grandmother is a loving.
8:03 This ... "you don't experience it therefore you don't get it." A whole lotta education is needed to overcome the divide we have in this country.
Anytime you are different, especially on the exterior, you have to be careful. As a minority in any land, for any reason, you are less likely to be treated with respect. In packs, many people are quite unkind. People are reticent to treat Outsiders well (or if they do, it's not sincere). Most people are taught that differences are bad (i.e. you will go to hell if you don't believe in my God). One day, I dream of living with people that won't fall victim to war cries, conspiracies, and death counts. If only cheerful behavior spread as quickly as fear.
That's 10 minutes I'll never get back...
My husband is Canadian and I'm U.S.A. born. My close friend is Polish her husband is Chinese. Their children look Chinese yet they speak Polish because the Mother and Grandmother taught them. My friend begged her husband to speak the Manderin language in the home so that the children would learn. My Polish friend learned her husband's culture through his family and learned to cook the food. Today her son and daughter speak fluently Polish, English, Spanish and some Mandarin....My own 4 Children are very culturally ept as well. My children identify as culturally Canadian, Irish, German, Black American desent. No pressure to make a choice. Just enjoy the beautiful life that they were given. The key is to have deep love with in the home and to embrace the cultures of the other. Meaning if people marry outside the realms of their culture be more invested in learning their partners cultures and teach that to your children. Leave racism out of it. That way your children will have a sense of healthy self no matter what the world throws at them. Encourage travel outside of North America. My children blended cultural children are well rounded. 3 of my 4 children speak or understand more than one language. Growing up myself in the U.S.A., my circle of friends were not limited to just black and that is still the case today.
Once they started saying their white family members were Trumpers...ouch! things got so much more complicated.
I see color & its beautiful. Peace to my righteous people
Welcome to identity issues!
Asian Americans have faced this as well, we don’t know if we should be just Asians or just American. Iyaaa
thumbs up....wtf ppl..just speaking science....no ups for science.... Can someone help me out with something ? Honestly no trolls.....why does everything have to be black or white.....it's like alot of these people had to make a choice to either embrace white culture or black culture.....and maybe Bec of the perception that alot of white ppl are racist against blacks, so as a person of mixed race how could anyone accept thier white culture, especially if white culture is labeled as strongly racist....... I honestly don't think most white ppl are racist.....I'd be willing to bet it's the same percentages of white ppl who are racist is the same as blacks who are racist....and I don't think it's as big of number as our national leaders want you to think.......it makes me sick to here so much talk on racism......the news is a race baiting machine......why don't we talk about the most obvious thing......we are more alike as human beings then we are different as a black man and a white man !!!!! For Christ sake how long are WE going to let the government divide us with these race baiting tactics. It doesn't have to be a white thing or a black thing..... All it ever needs to be is a human thing...... Do what makes you happy and there is no such thing as white culture and black culture.....it's mother fuckin human culture......make love not war
Black white or yellow .....human being comes first
asian americans african americans .... I am half african and all my african friends just see me as american
God created every human being with one blood, let me prove it in
Acts 17:26-31 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Himm, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us:
So if God loves every race, why humans dont act and feel the same? I am glad you ask! The reason is because man needs God in their lives. The division, hate and all this social believes is not from God who created the heavens and earth. There is an enemy, satan, he is the one who brings division, hate, and racism not God.
Good about very young c.hildren...there is no discrimination in their hearts, that is why Jesus loves children because of their pure heart
Wow - this is really good. Glad I found this.
My ethnic background is German my late ex was African American we was the dad to 2 daughters they are grown now and we taught them both sides of the tracks
We all need to live in mixed communities and schools. Our past is messed up but segregation is still a thing. Period. End of story.
No we don't. integration is the very reason why Black people are low-level citizens in the U.S. What's wrong with Black people having our own, without outsiders interfering ?
Christopher Paul Marriott well I do agree separation by choice without people interfering should be a thing but separation by force would ruin lives and that’s exactly what segregation was
They named him Panama Jackson. That is EPIC
Thank you Family that is beautiful, peace and love Doug:)>3.
7:30, Come on, Mom. Talk about knowing your audience. This is why some call Trump followers cultist. Her son's opinion mattered not to her.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL!!!!
I am Egyptian and English I am not American so I dont understand fully the cultural concepts in this documentary. I did however feel uncomfortable by the way one of the interviewees said she felt sorry for biracial people with a white mother and i felt than overall white mothers got a rough deal in the documentaries.
I love this! Please add BLindian & BLasian couples. We matter in these stories
Absolutely love this. Hard to believe that this is still such a big taboo. Lots of warm hugs from India
I read report that said 83 percent of Americans have no issue with Interracial marriage
@@anwjuice it's always that 17 percent
So why can't we be who we are whatever we are. Without being put in a box then you have those words. Like I love you and I understand you so I ask again why can't we be who we are.
Is there a place where I can find the transcript for this video? Thanks!
Some wounds are too deep to be healed
So we’ll done. Thank you!
Collier - you weren't even two years old (not three) when that life-size Raggedy Ann scared you. You were just a wee little thing.
Awesome content cheers
ONE RACE.......HUMAN 😍
More than half of the people in the video, if they said they were black elsewhere than the united states, people would think they do have halluzinations.
Great episode
When people say African/American it's confusing & troubling. 99% have never lived in Africa or were born there. It seems to be a way of separating themselves from being American which is confusing because they fought against segregation. Being in a family of different colors doesn't mean if you're in a predominantly black family that you can't learn about ancestral traditions. Being black in America doesn't mean you have to have an African upbringing. I don't know of anyone that goes around saying why wasn't I brought up in all of my nationalities. It seems that some Blacks just keep making it out that Blacks are the odd man out instead of just uniting. Now we have BLM & a government that wants to teach our children to hate Whites and blame Whites for their lot in life. Ignorance comes in all races, but love should be the most important thing of all. If we lived the way, God teaches us to we wouldn't be having this division.
Collier’s family really reminds me of Bow’s fam! (Blackish)
I don't understand the "fuck whiteness" part of that one girl's argument. Why say that? Why say anything negative about any race, it just doesn't make sense to me. I can sympathize with what she was feeling and how her mother didn't defend her. But the language we use about race is very important. And saying anything negative like that about any race isn't helping in this conversation.
As a white person, I think this video demonstrates why an interracial black-white relationship doesn't tend to work. Too many barriers! It must be extremely awkward, especially at family gatherings on the white side of the family. Imagine one side of your family viewing you and your nuclear family as completely alien to them! I have experienced this through the prism of class based difference. For race based difference, it must be 10 times as intense!
Important work. Thank you ♥️
America is nuts I don’t have any of these issues in the U.K. and I’m Jamaican Irish And English
That's a lie, I have British friends and they say racism is alive there also. Just look how prince Harry and Megan were treated
Thats where it gets complicated like the sister sister twins said
I think mixed kids are beautiful!
This was insightful....
Having 3 biracial daughters this is interesting to watch. There's been a few times when my girls have wanted to talk about race. I let my husband do most of the talking on race issues. He's a black man therefore he's better equipped than I am for those conversations. I listen, empathize and give my unconditional love.
What are you going to do? Throw me in the trash?😂😂💀
I am seeing a huge difference in bi-racial kids with white moms vs black moms. the ones with black moms seems more settled in the world. The ones with white moms and her family are often the ones rejected by their white families.
I’m mixed too. Italian, German and Irish. I’m not confused about my identity. I don’t feel the need to deny one side or to affiliate with other people strictly based on my ethnicity. This idea of “black culture” and the need to get in touch your black side is the kind of racist shit that divides people.
you hit it right on the nail!
Your mixed nationality, not racially
Correct
Mrs. Loving was of Black, Native American and European heritage. African Americans, a great many are of mixed ethnicity from Slavery and have mainly European and or Native American heritage of 15-25% or more in a lot of folks. Dr. Henry Louis Gates for example has about 50% European DNA and both his parents are African Americans. President Obama has an African father and European heritage mother and he also has 50% of each. There are Black people who have about the same amount of mixed heritage as someone with recent white/black bi-racial heritage. Slavery created a multicultural group of Black people and some so called white people also have African heritage due to Black people who "passed for white". There is no such thing as race it's a made up concept to divide and conquer. We have ethnic groups sure but even then there are more differences within an ethnic group than between different ethnic groups and skin color is only about 5% of our ethnicity. African Slaves were also brought to Mexico, Central and South America and other countries as well so there are a lot of mixed Mexicans, Central Americans and other Hispanics and Brazilians who have some African heritage. WE are all the same, human and our heritage is that we are all from Africa originally and over many hundreds of years we migrated and made adaptations but are still very much alike.
Very well done
Is it me or those most biracial kids seem to have mental issues, they come across as being confused of who they are🤔🤔🤔
Just you lol
I'm white and have 3 mixed grandchildren. I enjoyed this until the subject of Trump came up. He is not anti-black. A lot of people think he is because they hear people say that. But Trump is not a racist. He has many Black followers.
Nancy. Go back to sleep. You are clueless.
Trump is a narcissist he doesnt care about anyone but what's best from him idk if he's racist or not but he never said he wasnt and he never denounced the kkk when they endorsed him or when racists act out in his name, there is NOT "good on both sides!"💯
America is the only county in the world that focuses so much on race. It's a sickness. But America is also a young country, relatively speaking.
Lies.
My situation is the worst. I'm a Mexican from Mexico sourrounded by white people, but I was not being aware minorities are considered 99% of the times inferior or different, yeah I live in Utah, I realized after 10 years living here In the States, but now it's been 24 years.