I feel like we keep coming back to this: biracial ppl have the capacity to strategically enter spaces as whatever they wish. Black ppl are constantly checked about gate keeping blackness from biracial ppl so, just as you said, fear will allow him to continue to take over whatever culture he wants to assume and his colorist remarks will go unchecked. Anywho- amazing dissection as always! ❤️
Drake is weird. He's been running around borrowing cultures, being misogynistic, and begging to be black enough for awhile. As a biracial person, this shit is so odd. You can be more than one thing, embrace YOUR cultures. It's not that difficult to grasp. I'm sick of that man, too.
The man was really shocked when his kid, that is 75% white came out looking....white. It's like he forgot he's biracial and having a kid with a white woman will result in a black child. Like how??!?!?
He is, and y’all get pressed when Biracial people wanna identity with being Black because Monoracial people supposedly lack representation, even though that isn’t true.
If the black community gate kept their identity as a collective we wouldn’t even be having these discussions. Black people have co-signed the one drop rule so much that everyone on earth is Black
......and everyone is white too. But BP (esp BM) are notoriously reluctant to gatekeep. It's completely crazy and says something about why BP are where they are.
I've said for so long that the people that push the one-drop rule so hard/the most STILL when they don't have to yet almost vehemently choose to do so are actual Black people. ***sighs*** --_--
@@JahleeyahKalonji I don't think Jamaicans were as offended as others in the black community because he is light skin ... Even better to some, bi racial.. It's well known that " some " Jamaicans are colorist obsessed with light skin, so much so that documentaries on skin bleaching have been made
He clearly he equates being an N to dark skin. He and Chris Brown are one in the same. Although I didn't take time out to watch this year's Grammies, I heard tale of Kelly Rowland rushing to defend Chris Brown as if he's some poor defenseless creature that needs tending. I understand one's calling for grace. However, in this case, it was completely unnecessary. I feel as though Kelly used Chris Brown's abusive history towards women as a weapon to use against those who refuse to support him, rather than her look at the person for who he truly is. It's not just the domestic violence. It is also his colorist views and derogatory language used towards darker complected women.And to willfully ignore it is not only problematic, but it reeks of desperation in the sense that him just giving a compliment suddenly separates her from "the others". It gives off: Well, he's not like that with me. Around me, he's different. This is classic co-signing of abuse. It's being an enabler for a toxic entity. A toxic entity who devalues and then discards💯
yesss they are infantilized when they make mistakes. its wild to see so many black women defend him knowing he wouldn't piss on us if we was on fire. a lot of people enable this abuse and this abusive dynamics.
@@mayowasworld🙏🏾 Thank you so much for your reply. Colorism is such a taboo subject, while at the same time very much overt to the point of black males making videos on social media as to whether or not they'd smash or pass in regards to dark skin women. The other issue I find is the shifting of blame for their colorist views onto black mothers. I, no way am stating that black women cannot and do not hold such views, because there are those that do. What I take issue with, is the lack of accountability by those who choose to play the colorist card.
This is classic garbage. Chris Brown is a fairskin mixed race man who prefers non darkskin women in his bed. So what? Serena Williams, Eve, Janet Jackson and many more darkskin women marry light skin or white men or have babies for them like Naomi Campbell and Keke Palmer.
Allowing him to call himself "lightskin" is weird to me. As a lighter toned, fully black person...i reserve that for people like me. He's biracial, raised by his mom, and ambiguous. That's a different experience than growing up with 2 black parents. Being multiracial is more common now. Common enough for them to come together and celebrate their experiences together.
ma’am, Drake has light skin. therefore he is lightskin. not every biracial person is light. you can be brown skin and biracial. drake happens to be light.
@@imParisthoee I didn't say that all Biracial people are light...that's foolish. People come in different shades. But many biracial people are lighter. A biracial person calling themselves 'lightskin' usually indicates that they're only acknowledging themselves as black or has the exact same experience as a full Black person. When that's not true. I know several mixed race women my complexion (who reminded me they're mixed every chance they got). The way they grew up was very different from my stereotypically Black experience. The conversations our mothers had with us...very different for obvious reasons. I don't personally care about skin tone, but considering that I've had people discount my experience as a Black woman because of my skin tone, I think it's important to acknowledge that having a parent of a different race adds a different perspective regardless of phenotype. And it's enough people with this experience for them not to monopolize Blackness.
let's see if he preys on African culture like he did Jamaican culture....I'm not a fan. He's the biggest fraud ever. I'm Jamaican and live in Toronto.....my son thinks I'm a hater because my spirit just doesn't take him....The Jamaican thing pushed me over the "I have no use for you" edge....without apology.
Mayowa, I have known for a long time that Drake is a race-shifter, Black cosplayer……I knew this and because of this, I’m going to continue to apologize to BW for ever support that man’s music. It was the colorism for me AND the Misogynoir, that’s what ended my support for him. And you made an excellent point Drake has a weird relationship with Blackness. And lastly, it wasn’t hard to cut him off. Easy work. Love your look today, you look like a pixie/fairy….super cute….thanx for the video!
yes I agree! when he first came out in the music scene I was a big fan of him, but I dont think I had the analysis at that time, as I've seen how he's moved (especially with more arrogance) and how many rappers and misogynists move, I learned and pulled away too. and thank you for the pixie fairy comment!!!
I find it to be making a mockery of 🇯🇲. Many ppl find it funny since “In Living Color, with Hey Mon”. I find none of it comical. My culture is not a joke. Remember, Drake started his career as an actor.
I feel like Drake gets away with a lot because black ppl don't wanna feel like they're telling mixed folks who to be and how to identify. We kinda let mixed ppl define themselves a and just go with what they say.
Also Im glad you addressed this because people usually don’t address the colorism against lighter skin men as well and how problematic it is to associate light skin with femininity and dark skin with masculinity. I date men all of shades. I think it’s ridiculous to refuse to date a man for being lighter than you. I’m dating a light skin black man and it doesn’t matter his complexion. I love him for who he is not his skin color.
yup! plus, I think light skin men are given more forgiveness for being colorist because of their proximity to whiteness so the whole thing is truly sick.
yes I've had discussion online before about this I've checked light skinned women who say the only date dark skinned men. They may not realise but they're reinforcing the idea of dark being more masculine. I am a DSBW usually date lighter skinned men because often I receive (slightly!) less colorism from them!
@@AMMA83 if the LSBW date DSBM and y’all prefer to date LSBM, what’s the issue? Y’all are doing exact same thing. They can just prefer darker skinned men, it doesn’t mean it’s a masculine or feminine thing. This inferiority complex where you just can’t PREFER something dark without some deep, dark reason is weird
@@seachelle2316 you didn’t answer the question. Explain how it’s different. Let me guess, it’s the same thing as when BW date out right? everything is always for righteous reasons, and since BM are evil, everything is for nefarious reasons… It’s a perfect equivalency. some people just prefer dark skin/light skin. that’s fine.
lmao he dipped into pretending to be Arab for a bit too. Had 2 lines of mispronounced Arabic and said "Arabic ting tells me I look like Youssef" ? I think he enjoys to pretending he's every kind of biracial and it's def cultural appropriation-y but Arab guys I know like him cuz he's wealthy/famous and project themselves on him 😐
I am biracial and you're100% right about our proximity to white privilege. There is a second side to it. My mom died when I was little and her parents raised me. I've had to cut off that relationship because of their racism. I was kept away from my dads family and the amount of covert and overt racism that I faced is truly disgusting. That's something that I don't think a lot of people realize. Even being considered "one of the good ones" is a disgusting feeling. But otoh Ive met biracial people in similar situations that eat that shit up. its complicated.
I am mixed too and I have had that problem. One of the 1st questions I got asked when I met some family members through DNA test through 23andme was have i been to jail.
Prince never featured any darker-skinned women as his love interests or dancers in his videos or live shows. He featured Nona Gaye in one of his videos but she is famous as the daughter of Marvin Gaye and would be considered brown-skinned. Nick Cannon has a bunch of "babies' mamas," all of whom are light-skinned or racially ambiguous. Tiger Woods had women coming out of the woodwork stating they had an affair with him. All of them were white. Bill Cosby's accusers were either white, light-skinned black women or racially ambiguous women. The list goes on and on. I don't follow Drake but I'm not surprised to learn here that he also does not feature any darker-skinned women in his videos or shows.
I have to go back to work but I’m definitely watching this after I get off work. I have say I never liked Drake and I been warning people about him for years. I thought he was corny and didn’t fall for his “ nice guy persona “.
I've always said to myself 'do you know how much Drake wants to pivot into K pop' the man is a colonising leech of the music, he jumps on every current and lit wave to maintain his presense and popularity like an evil trend forecaster lmaooo. He does shadey things but he's like a cat with nine lives and is never held accountable, his misogyny and recently the Meg the stallion situation, his colourism... I've had enough of him, he's so annoying
You are absolutely correct in your assessment of Drake and colorism. I really think you should write a book on colorism. If not you should teach classes on the subject. I feel that if black people could stop the colorism and self hate we could be more unified as a race.
Remember drake's uncle is one of the greatest funk bass players of all time. Larry Graham. He has hits for at least 3 decades so the connections he has in the industry are even stronger and deeper than many realize.
@@Thedeso18 because he is Jewish and was raised by his mom. People forget he spent summer with his dad in the south. Drake is corny but he has shown love to all the cultures he took inspiration from. Maybe he should just stick to Canadian music instead of mixing different sound idk.
The biracial comments hit different coming off the helms of addressing and having discourse with a biracial friend that posted a story alongside some Kyrie Irving commentary/post saying how "yall" hate mixed people and how mixed people really receive the most discrimination 🥴. I was aghast to say the least, because she was raised by black women and does not have a relationship with her mom who is non black. I asked some hard questions that never got answered and to be honest I'm pretty sure the conversation strained our relationship because not many folks are used to being able to disagree without integrating aspects of anger and umbrage. You hit the nail on the head about alot of the things we discussed and the forgiveness comment has my wheels a turnin 🤔. Great video!!
omg I didnt know Kyrie irving said this! a messss!!! smh im sorry you had to have that kind conversation I know it must have been difficult. thank you for writing this!
Hmm... I wonder if Drakes father was an active presence in his life. He might actually resent the fact that he's mixed. He might actually want to be a dark-skinned black man, not a light-skinned mixed one. I'm sure his complexion and the fact that he's mixed is brought up by his "friends" and the people around him in a negative way. His desire is to be like the men he sees around him. That's why he's always doing and saying weird things.
I think he spoke that he dad wasn't present in his life, and he was mainly raised by him mom. I'm not sure if I believe he wanted to be a dark skin man because he reads like the kind of person who didnt grow up with black people around lol. but I think he has resentment for black people because of the fact that he is half black without having the upbringing of that blackness.
He wasn’t raised by his father and his father still doesn’t claim him even after he got famous. He is chasing his blackness because he wasn’t validated by his father and the culture of his father.
Thank you for bringing this up. I am not a Drake fan, but I am familiar with the line. It seems like he has some identity issues that he needs to deal with. I do feel like it is a discussion that needs to be brought to the table because bi-racial people feel like they have to choose one race or culture over the other. How about just being you. I don't think we should give him a pass because we would not give a white person blackfishing a pass.
This reminds me of the doja cat situation. Raised by her white mom and absentee african father. Has said many texturist things about her hair and makes weirdly racist jokes about black people... there must be some psychological study on the biracial struggle
I have been a drake fan over the years and this was definitely a check for me , you have some valid points. I love your videos Also I will say that the audio used on the concert film is a voice over made by a Hispanic creator. But the voice over was highlighting the fact that he profits off of black culture in a way that he doesn’t respect the same people who’s culture he is using for status.
Great video and insights. You are preaching the truth and folks need to open their eyes to Drake's and the rest of the biracial privilege and colorism that we continue to ignore.
Unfortunately, I think he would be celebrated in Jamaica. I usually see a divide between many Jamaicans on the island and many abroad in how they receive others appropriating or "appreciating" the culture and giving nothing but stereotypes back. ***From what I've seen online in the past
YES! You are right. I'm British and half Jamaican. Appropriation of commodified aspects of Jamaican culture are STRONG here. I have had wyte working class people kiss their teeth at me or young wyte kids thinking that you're THEIR slang because certain patois phrases have become a part of British youth culture. I personally find this disgusting and unbelievable. I digress. You are spot on about actual born Jamaicans. Culturally, they see imitation as a form of flattery so when it comes to appropriation, they mostly see it as a compliment and that the person is bigging up and must love Jamaica (which it isn't!) An ex explained this to me. I can never get over that Justin Bieber video for Sorry when they had those rythmless Australian girls struggle whining. Appreciation would've been giving some actual Jamaican women the shine and putting a Jamaican flag in there for gratitude and basic respect and signposting the culture he took the concept from. Even Cardi B of all people did that for her track with Ozuna. I feel like since Drake has no West Indian ties, he's definitely appropriating but not as badly as Beiber did since he has given props. I do on a whole believe that his whole rap career/persona is an act and that he is this middle-class mummy's boy who is culturally wyte/J*wish.
It’s his whiteness that makes him do that. White people tend to feel the need to mirror whatever culture they’re interacting with. Like the only way to enjoy that culture is to mimic what they see. Not learn the actual culture or language, but mimic sounds and behaviors they see. Especially because his audiences are mostly white, they see nothing wrong with it because they do it too. Like you said, if he were in a black crowd he would NEVER say ANYTHING like that. He is a white man, who lives a white male life, with mostly while family and friends. His only connection to blackness is rap culture. That should tell you everything you need to know about him 😅
But he looks black to tho? I’m confused. His features and hair. He may be “white” culturally. But he definitely looks part black-racially. Just saying. Racially he can’t pass as a white man. That’s fs. White people see him as black, not their own. Black people don’t see him as black apparently. Therefore , he is biracial. We can’t say he is not black but he is is a white man? 🤣 just sounds like this comment is denying his racially black side imo. Can’t pick and choose js🙃
@@eeelizabethh95 “white people see him as black and not their own. Black people see him as mixed so I guess he’s biracial”. It’s not “I guess he’s biracial”, he is. He literally has a white parent and a black parent. He definitely looks like a mixed man but no one has EVER mistaken him for a fully black man. That’s one of the things he literally writes about. It’s weird how y’all don’t require white people to claim all biracials but black people have to because what? Blackness is not determined by what white people think. Where you would’ve been placed as property on an American plantation is not a marker for blackness. Just like whiteness is not determined by black opinions apparently. The one drop rule is racist and was only used to classify you as property. It’s 2023, it’s okay that y’all start letting biracial people be a mix of whatever they are and stop lumping them with black people. Especially since y’all don’t require them to be white even though culturally most of them are.
Love your channel As a darskin women I didn’t know much about colorism until I was in school and someone boy literally called me a monkey a didn’t want to sit next to me when the teacher changed the seats and I was so confused. Since I learned about colorism I became more confident because now I know the problem is people are ignorant and I call people out on it now.
Great video Mayowa, I love your break down. The reality of the 'black community' is that it's sick and broken. Colourism is accepted because black (especially dark skinned) black women are the main victims of this. I will never forget the Little Wayne lyric (I forget what song) when he said 'beautiful black woman I bet that bitch look better red'. A mess. Drake feels his popularity declining and desperately reaching down in the the grubby barrels of mysoginoir and colourism to get 'cool points'. What makes Drake very dangerous is like you said, many other non-black cultures latch on to him because he looks like the could be one of them. I think the wider question is when will black people seperete their identity from rap music which is full of toxicity. I have stopped listening and as a darkskin black woman I feel lighter, freer and don't miss it.
Ive never been a fan of drake. Maybe because im a hip hop purist, who prefers underground mcs. But the colorism in his music is despicable. ANd colorism is itself disgusting and despicable.. Anyways, i wanted to speak on colorism in general. Im a black woman, light-skinned, and i come from 2 black parents, and all 4 of my grandparents are black. Im in my 30s and i grew up in the 90s... I was teased and bullied my entire childhood by dark skinned girls at school AND in my neighborhood. This was in 1990s chicago. EVERY light skinned woman i know, says they were teased and bullied by dark skinned GIRLS growing up. AND as adults we experience rudeness/hostility from dark skinned women in the workplace. I find it interesting how dark skinned women completely IGNORE the role they play in perpetuating colorism.. For the record: light skinned blacks were NOT the architects of colorism nor do they have the power to dismantle it, as it is an extension of the larger white supremacist power structure.... Where im from, light skinned girls did NOT tease dark skinned girls. BUT dark skinned girls absolutely teased and bullied light skinned girls.. We became their punching bag-- (literal and figurative), because they were angry with SOCIETY's treatment of them AND Black males' devaluation of them. But no one wants to talk about that. Dark skinned womens' disdain for light skinned women causes dark skinned women to be blinded by bigotry. Therefore they are totally oblivious and apathetic to the abuse they inflict on light skinned black women. ** The tension between light skinned and dark skinned women is largely due to dark skinned women/girls! Dark skinned women and girls antagonize light skinned women/girls. BUt youll never admit that YOU cause this tension
I grew up seeing drake Go from degrassi to self proclaimed icon status. I noticed early on Drake’s key to success is being a Chameleon. I can’t think of an artist in my lifetime who does this to the level he does. I think when it comes to colorism I don’t hear too many people talk about the chameleon type access bi-racial, latinx or “racially ambiguous” individuals have. I think it’s something that people might aware of but are afraid to admit exists. Fave part of the lewk is earrings for sure. I swear Drake don’t even know who he gunna be tomorrow. I think he’ll start speaking Spanish and be in his Latinx bag next 🤔
When Michael B Jordan tried to sell Jouvert liquor the Caribbean community was quick to call him out for profitting off their culture but clearly not the same energy with Drake
11:15 Giiiirl, SPEAK ON IT. I have a biracial “friend” who just started claiming her blackness recently. I was simply trying to explain why she receives backlash when she solely identifies as black and not only did she start crying but she got extremely defensive and felt I attacking her. Me, a black woman.
@@soulsessionsradio4234 Okay... Sauga has a ton of Indian immigrants, but I wouldn't expect Bianca Andreescu to pull out a random Desi accent. I get that it's part of the Toronto culture to some extent, but Drake's family was well off, he went to a prominently affluent Jewish highschool. So him pulling that out is about as authentic as Shawn Mendes doing it.
It’s not real actually (thank goodness 😅). It’s a TikTok creator’s voice dubbed over a video of Drake hosting the Maxim Awards. The fact that the creator could make such a convincing joke is already pretty telling tho lol
I see Aubrey Graham as an actor first. Everything he’s done after his acting career is still in direct correlation to his acting career. This world is his stage and we’re watching him minstrel dance all over it.
Thank you so much for making this video. Another creator spoke on this and the commenters ate me up because I said that so many biracial people are allowed to move through the diaspora so freely in a way we'd never let monoracial black people. I think we have ourselves to check too. White people are going to engage because he's palatable but in our spaces he is a great example of why saying biracial and categorizing biracial people as such could easily save us the trouble of feeling seen one second and stolen from the next. Black Biracials are apart of the black community but just not in the same way a full black person is. And it's not inherently bad.
I think whats difficult about doing what you suggest here is that a biracial person's family are not biracial themselves. Coming together as a community for us would basically take an apartheid to accomplish. I wish people would stop using race as anything more than cultural because in the end, it really just affirms the white supremacists who created the category of "race" in the first place.
I could follow you except with your last statements. American history and the civil rights movement details that if it weren’t for biracials, mixed and lightskin Blacks all our brown skin and darker brothers and sisters would never had been able to achieve anything, enter anywhere, or climb higher than! It was the Lena Horne, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Charles Drew, Cab Calloway, Mary Church Terrell, Rosa Park, Angela Davis, Huey Newton, and many more who struggled against ws with its dividing lines. Another thing, as Black people in the United States we are a mixed race people and have always been. Trying to follow African ideology is wrong because our history and our families showcase the diversity within our American grouping. It is an African based mindset because they are a tribal people. In America, 400 years of intermixing slaves from different tribes as well as with Europeans, the biracial and mixed black person was created and remains today. We see this sameness on many Caribbean islands and in many European countries. There’s at least 2-3 generations of mixed poc in Germany, Sweden, Italy, France, and England. Did you know that?
@@MayMay-el4wg the fact that it took those considered more palatable to white society in order for the voices of monoracial black people to be heard is not giving what u think it's giving
I'm here after the Drake/KDot beef and this video was spot on. Drake is a mediocre actor switching roles and unfortunately got so confident in the black rapper role, he got checked in the most popular diss song ever. Lil Wayne warned him to keep it Canadian, colonizer.
I personally believe there is no issue in engaging with other Black cultures that aren’t your own ie doing the Harlem shake even if you’re not from Harlem. I’m Zimbabwean (born there) grew up in the US and Canada and have been exposed to various Black cultures that add to my Black experience and expression. IMO the issue is when you insert yourself and take ownership. Which is my issue with Drake and that clip of him speaking about his claim on patois and Jamaica is the best example of this. Edit: found out the above mentioned clip of Drake is a deepfake and this is the original video ruclips.net/video/m8hLdZEX3Ko/видео.html
I think all Mixed people have a weird relationship to Blackness. You are not wrong for the way that you have expressed your thoughts. I'm Creole with Geechee ancestry. Everybody for 3 or 4 generations on both sides my family lineage has been lightskinned. My mom, her mom and my youngest brother are white presenting. Just recently my mom said that my blue-eyed, blonde haired grandmother was the Blackest person she ever met. I thought it was a tone deaf comment that only a white presenting person could make. Lots of people in my family have that "I'm light, but still a dark n----attitude". It just doesn't sit right with me. I can't gatekeep Blackness, but I know I am not an authentic Black woman. I call myself a Black woman of Mixed Heritage or just Creole. Many of us Mixed folks are a lot of different things, but I think it's important for us to just identify as Mixed. I also wanted to comment on what you said about lightskinned women who say they don't want a LS man. I was like that when I was younger. All the men in my family except my step-Grandfathers were lightskinned and white presenting. I wanted an authentic, tall Black man that looked like Kobe Bryant. I had no interest in dating men that looked like they could be family. My dad even took notice and made mention that I needed to think about "what my kids would look like". Basically, he implied that I'd have ugly Black babies with Nappy hair if I got with a Dark skinned man. Bringing home a dark skinned person in my family is looked upon more negatively than being with a white person. And yeah, I did see DS people as having more masculine energy. I never in my life would've imagined I'd be married to a LS man and have a LS son that looks like Drake. Anyway, I think it's important for Mixed people to acknowledge being fully Mixed and not take up the whole armor of Blackness. We're only Black to the people who want to see us that way. Both of my parents are mixed and they raised me & my brothers to be Black even though there's a lot about us that's not Black at all and that confuses people---including us. When I was younger, I used to just say I was Black. Then people started asking me questions 🙄, I even had questions. Some people flat out told me that I was not Black, but biracial or triracial. Now that I'm nearing 40 my degree of Blackness doesn't matter much. I'm a little bit of everything. Drake's a little bit of everything and he's so used to being invited, embraced and celebrated by others that nobody thinks to call him out on it. Sometimes we do too much and it's wrong & it looks bad.
Seems like some black people only claim mixed people as black when it’s convenient. And some mixed people claim blackness when it’s convenient. As a mixed man I’ve been more indulged on my black side my whole life. Kindve frustrating somebody telling me I’m not black enough when I’ve had all the experiences a full black man would. Is what it is tho. That’s just the work we’re in. Everybody dealt they own set of problems. 🤷🏽♂️
I am a Trini from Toronto and everyone in my city talks with Jamaican/Caribbean slang the influence is heavy over here from the lingo to the music and food. punjabis, whites and Arabs out here even use JA slang it aint just Drake lol
I know a sister that is biracial (mixed with Black and Filipino) who does not date Black women. She only dates White Women. She also has a fishing pole called Black Beauty and she makes a point to mention the name of the fishing pole when I am around and I laugh to myself, but I am really offended. She's part of my extended family, so I am forced to put up with her when she comes around. I figure she doesn't like me mostly because of the color of my skin. She does not communicate with the Black side of her family at all and it's quite sad. I pray for her.
3:26 "Give me your plate... In fact, get TFO." That is the best line ever in the history of lines. My nona used to do that when she got offended, "Gimme your plate and go to your room."
Love the jewelry lots but I feel like the turtle neck really made the outfit so it’s a tie lol I totally agree with your thoughts and it’s weird and tiring to see black folks not check this behavior because so many of us ( not me) want to graft blackness onto racial ambiguity and light skin I also think it should be noted that when he released a dance house inspired album so many ppl questioned his sexuality and masculinity in a different way than “ 21 can you do something for me” 😂😂 I wonder if him releasing the Meg lyric was a way to reverse this perception and reify his “dark nigga” caricature 🤔
5:41 LMAOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣- and it's all fkn true! not Mayowa reading us all to the door - honest ps: my favourite parts of the look are the eye makeup dots, the earrings and that hairdo ❤
To me, drake is a racial caterpillar. He went from little old Toronto Aubrey to cash-money drake. From embracing his white side and having bat mitzvah skits on SNL, to now wearing braids and putting on a Caribbean accent. As a Caribbean it honestly makes me cringe seeing him do this. It's so embarrassing as well. The same women who pushed his career and made him this rapper heartthrob are the same women he disrespects in his music. SMH 🤦🏾♀️
Thank you for sharing your perspective! Your honesty and authenticity are just gold, and I feel so seen through your videos. It's interesting that you just posted this video, as recently I was having a conversation with one of my friends (a fellow dark-skinned black woman) and we were talking about how biracial people (mixed with black & white) can be so unaware of their privilege. In this case, a biracial person who believes that racial injustices, opportunities and even social treatment are the same because of their black heritage, yet they fail to realize the privileges that come with their white heritage. We also discussed how some biracial women who are your friends use you, the black dark-skinned friend, as some sort of 'mammy' or 'healing pod' for their racial identity issues, instead of fostering an authentic connection and being the one to offer support. And either keep you around to feel better about themselves or discard you once they do. It sucks that it feels 'wrong' discussing this, and I could relate to what you mentioned regarding the hesitancy to call this out. I noticed when someone tries to bring it up the dark-skinned person is villanized and labelled as one who is trying to erase a biracial person's identity.
I sincerely enjoy your channel. You are a breath of fresh air. I’ve been subbed for about a month . I found one of your 4c hair videos and was hooked. And colorism is the child of white supremacy. I won’t even make it about black self hate. Considering the roots we can point it right back to WS. Colonized nations around the world (not just the African diaspora) are examples of this. Just being real. That’s why it makes people uncomfortable to address. IMO. Focusing on colorism alone leaves too many gaps for people to focus on the fruit and not the root. It becomes about preference, dating, beauty, stereotypes about behavior and while all those things are valid points. It consistently fails to get to the real problem. IMO and most people aren’t ready for that. IMO Drake does what biracials have typically done historically. Blends in to both cultures with extreme effort because neither blend is truly seamless. His patois is awkward. And his mother is a white Canadian. I wouldn’t expect him to date anyone much different than his mother. They appear to have a good relationship and his baby mama is a reflection of that. A white Woman older than him. I agree with your assessment that he is a cultural amalgamation. American culture is another one of those things. He is Canadian.
another great video, the gold is givingg. I’m glad people are talking about this now. Forgive me if I’m wrong though, but I think the video where Drake was saying he’s allowed to speak Jamaican Patois was dubbed as a joke but I wouldn’t put it pass him at all; it had me screaming nonetheless😭 I wish he would just be himself and leave our cultures alone, but maybe he doesn’t really like-
I love your video, preach, also i can’t stand his constant promotion of toxic and struggle “love” too smh that video of him being a culture vulture was WILD smh ew. Your look is so pretty 💜
I agree with a lot of what you said. But the light skin line is one of my favorites artistically. The meme was that light skins are feminine and dark skin men are manly. And it’s a play on words dark in like a Scorpionic type of way and then also relating to the memes. He made a song about Bria Myles. Me nor any Drake fans who know his dating history feel like he thinks dark women are masculine. In a sense it’s kind of like he’s braking the narrative that light skin means feminine.
Your insecurities are holding you guys back even more. Some of ya'll are really traumatized from this topic but also missing some other issues that might be holding some of yall back such as weight, behavior, inability to speak effectively, conduct, and appearance other than skin color. Now making lightskin or mixed people the enemy is evil is the in thing amongst darkskin women. Yes colorism exists and the conversation needs to occur however demonizing mix and lightskin folks is salty AF.
Other Lightskin ppl are not my brothers & sisters so why act like we all know each other when we don’t? I’ve dated every skin color & a lot of different races so we don’t all think like this. Some of us have brothers & sisters that are different skin colors therefore I could never judge anyone by how they look. I understand what you’re saying but don’t put us all in the same box. I definitely don’t think you’re masculine just because I admire dark skinned men I actually think dark skinned women are some of most beautiful beings on this planet 🌎 All of us aren’t colorists but yeah Drake definitely is 🎯
I like you Mayowa, but I have a different take on this one. I have an eclectic taste in music. I like K-Pop, Samba, EDM and some Italian pop, but that doesn’t mean I’m trying to date anyone from these cultures. People are allowed to appreciate aspects of a culture and take inspiration from it while staying true with their identity. Drake is a biracial man who prefers biracial and white women, but happens to like some Dancehall and Afrobeats because he grew up in Toronto and it’s really good music. Part of reclaiming our power as beautiful dark skinned women is not needing every type of person to validate us.
You did an AMAZING job with this video!! Never liked this dude, we call him Drake cupcake in our house. He has a few bops, I can give credit where credit is due. Great job!
@@mayowasworld but he didn't you didn't do your research. That's what you want drake to say so you can hate on him. Yes he got a white mother and baby mother. But forget he dated SZA and Bria miles who are chocolate beautiful black queen. On so far gone drake was not even drake yet and was not sighed. And he made a song called "Bria interlude" a love song about a dark skinned black woman.
@@Annalay Exactly! He also dated serena williams. It's narcissistic and hypocrisy. Da same sayings dey use wen darkskin men don't prefer darkskin women is "U hate ur mother, ur mother is darkskin". Drakes mother is white and he had a kid with a white women. So by dat same logic wouldn't he hate his mother if he didn't have a kid by a person by a white women and had a kid wit a darkskin women?? O of course not lol. Cuz all men need to worship darkskin women, if not he is colorist
I really wish us black female would stop making videos like this because we already know what it is and we can’t stop it. The only way this will stop is if a “dark n!gga” check him or put him on the spot about it. This ain’t our fight!
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I now believe Drake is Aubrey's best and most convincing role of his career.
LOL!
I read an article dragging drake and they said the exact same thang🤣
I stifled a screm
I’ve said this for years. He’s an excellent actor.
YOU CRACKED IT 😂
I feel like we keep coming back to this: biracial ppl have the capacity to strategically enter spaces as whatever they wish. Black ppl are constantly checked about gate keeping blackness from biracial ppl so, just as you said, fear will allow him to continue to take over whatever culture he wants to assume and his colorist remarks will go unchecked. Anywho- amazing dissection as always! ❤️
this comment >>>
I hate arguing with Black people why claiming biracials as Black is not good for mono-racial Black people. People are dense.
thank you! and you summarized the strategy very well!
This!
Bitter.
Drake is weird. He's been running around borrowing cultures, being misogynistic, and begging to be black enough for awhile. As a biracial person, this shit is so odd. You can be more than one thing, embrace YOUR cultures. It's not that difficult to grasp. I'm sick of that man, too.
LOL! exactly thanks for saying this
The man was really shocked when his kid, that is 75% white came out looking....white. It's like he forgot he's biracial and having a kid with a white woman will result in a black child. Like how??!?!?
He's mad sussy.
Borrowing cultures 🥴
He is, and y’all get pressed when Biracial people wanna identity with being Black because Monoracial people supposedly lack representation, even though that isn’t true.
If the black community gate kept their identity as a collective we wouldn’t even be having these discussions. Black people have co-signed the one drop rule so much that everyone on earth is Black
EXACTLY 💯
......and everyone is white too. But BP (esp BM) are notoriously reluctant to gatekeep. It's completely crazy and says something about why BP are where they are.
THAT PART. It's sickening!
This!!
I've said for so long that the people that push the one-drop rule so hard/the most STILL when they don't have to yet almost vehemently choose to do so are actual Black people. ***sighs*** --_--
I've never been anywhere near Jamaica, but based on his "Jamaican accent" neither has Drake.
😆😅😂🤣 His horrible accent, though
It’s terrifying 🫣
Drake grew up in a wealthy part of Toronto. I don't know when he associated with Jamaicans. The Jamaican thing is extremely insulting. kmt
@@ogmotherhustler I don't even call it an accent...it's a put on....
@@JahleeyahKalonji I don't think Jamaicans were as offended as others in the black community because he is light skin ... Even better to some, bi racial.. It's well known that " some " Jamaicans are colorist obsessed with light skin, so much so that documentaries on skin bleaching have been made
He clearly he equates being an N to dark skin. He and Chris Brown are one in the same. Although I didn't take time out to watch this year's Grammies, I heard tale of Kelly Rowland rushing to defend Chris Brown as if he's some poor defenseless creature that needs tending. I understand one's calling for grace. However, in this case, it was completely unnecessary. I feel as though Kelly used Chris Brown's abusive history towards women as a weapon to use against those who refuse to support him, rather than her look at the person for who he truly is. It's not just the domestic violence. It is also his colorist views and derogatory language used towards darker complected women.And to willfully ignore it is not only problematic, but it reeks of desperation in the sense that him just giving a compliment suddenly separates her from "the others". It gives off: Well, he's not like that with me. Around me, he's different. This is classic co-signing of abuse. It's being an enabler for a toxic entity. A toxic entity who devalues and then discards💯
yesss they are infantilized when they make mistakes. its wild to see so many black women defend him knowing he wouldn't piss on us if we was on fire. a lot of people enable this abuse and this abusive dynamics.
@@mayowasworld🙏🏾 Thank you so much for your reply. Colorism is such a taboo subject, while at the same time very much overt to the point of black males making videos on social media as to whether or not they'd smash or pass in regards to dark skin women. The other issue I find is the shifting of blame for their colorist views onto black mothers. I, no way am stating that black women cannot and do not hold such views, because there are those that do. What I take issue with, is the lack of accountability by those who choose to play the colorist card.
This is classic garbage. Chris Brown is a fairskin mixed race man who prefers non darkskin women in his bed. So what? Serena Williams, Eve, Janet Jackson and many more darkskin women marry light skin or white men or have babies for them like Naomi Campbell and Keke Palmer.
Sadly kelly is a puck me
Allowing him to call himself "lightskin" is weird to me. As a lighter toned, fully black person...i reserve that for people like me. He's biracial, raised by his mom, and ambiguous. That's a different experience than growing up with 2 black parents.
Being multiracial is more common now. Common enough for them to come together and celebrate their experiences together.
Great comment. 💯 accurate!!
ma’am, Drake has light skin. therefore he is lightskin. not every biracial person is light. you can be brown skin and biracial. drake happens to be light.
@@imParisthoee I’ve never seen a darker skin bi racial person.
@@ArtTheSinger oh God this is our demise who's light skin dark skin who's black it's a Neverending story.
@@imParisthoee I didn't say that all Biracial people are light...that's foolish. People come in different shades. But many biracial people are lighter. A biracial person calling themselves 'lightskin' usually indicates that they're only acknowledging themselves as black or has the exact same experience as a full Black person. When that's not true. I know several mixed race women my complexion (who reminded me they're mixed every chance they got). The way they grew up was very different from my stereotypically Black experience. The conversations our mothers had with us...very different for obvious reasons.
I don't personally care about skin tone, but considering that I've had people discount my experience as a Black woman because of my skin tone, I think it's important to acknowledge that having a parent of a different race adds a different perspective regardless of phenotype. And it's enough people with this experience for them not to monopolize Blackness.
“It’s getting weird” 😂PERFECT way to describe Aubrey G. The way he preys on every sub/culture in the diaspora is making me itch.
yessss itchy indeed!
let's see if he preys on African culture like he did Jamaican culture....I'm not a fan. He's the biggest fraud ever. I'm Jamaican and live in Toronto.....my son thinks I'm a hater because my spirit just doesn't take him....The Jamaican thing pushed me over the "I have no use for you" edge....without apology.
Mayowa, I have known for a long time that Drake is a race-shifter, Black cosplayer……I knew this and because of this, I’m going to continue to apologize to BW for ever support that man’s music. It was the colorism for me AND the Misogynoir, that’s what ended my support for him. And you made an excellent point Drake has a weird relationship with Blackness. And lastly, it wasn’t hard to cut him off. Easy work. Love your look today, you look like a pixie/fairy….super cute….thanx for the video!
yes I agree! when he first came out in the music scene I was a big fan of him, but I dont think I had the analysis at that time, as I've seen how he's moved (especially with more arrogance) and how many rappers and misogynists move, I learned and pulled away too. and thank you for the pixie fairy comment!!!
@@mayowasworld you’re so welcome and thank you for your commentary, I love your perspective, it is a light and so are you.
@@aj2thamaxx742 aww thank you!! this means a lot :)
Personally I dropped the rap industry entirely.
@@natasharules770 yea, I don't rly fuck with rappers that aren't bw and/or bq, too many chances to slight me for daring to exist, ya'know
I find it to be making a mockery of 🇯🇲. Many ppl find it funny since “In Living Color, with Hey Mon”. I find none of it comical. My culture is not a joke. Remember, Drake started his career as an actor.
was not good at it. drake just had access because his family has musicians such as his uncle Larry Graham and he is a novelty because he is biracial.
I agree. I’m not even Jamaican and found that offensive smh
Heavy on the actor part I been say this for years his role playing skills are amazing 😆.. even tho he was trash on degrassi 😭!
The video is fake and was made by a TikTok account that make videos of American artist talking like they are Jamaican
Drake is an actor that raps.
The Caucasity in this man is beyond me 😭😭😭😭😭
Also when Rihanna was accused of Hindu cultural appropriation they really went in 😭
@@subconsciousexpress876 wait I dont remember when Rihanna was called out LOL!
😂😂😂
I feel like Drake gets away with a lot because black ppl don't wanna feel like they're telling mixed folks who to be and how to identify. We kinda let mixed ppl define themselves a and just go with what they say.
And that's the problem. Mixed people are mixed, not one race or the other. Everybody is in denial, including the mixed people themselves.
@@orange300-ct8fclol White people did that in the USA in South Africa they did something else
@orange300-ct8fc not all black people, as long as I am black I don't care how someone else identify
Should we let you define us? I’m confused.
@@Thedeso18That's how race works for most people lol. Is based on how you're perceived by others. Most ppl have no say in their racial identity
Also Im glad you addressed this because people usually don’t address the colorism against lighter skin men as well and how problematic it is to associate light skin with femininity and dark skin with masculinity. I date men all of shades. I think it’s ridiculous to refuse to date a man for being lighter than you. I’m dating a light skin black man and it doesn’t matter his complexion. I love him for who he is not his skin color.
yup! plus, I think light skin men are given more forgiveness for being colorist because of their proximity to whiteness so the whole thing is truly sick.
yes I've had discussion online before about this I've checked light skinned women who say the only date dark skinned men. They may not realise but they're reinforcing the idea of dark being more masculine. I am a DSBW usually date lighter skinned men because often I receive (slightly!) less colorism from them!
@@AMMA83 if the LSBW date DSBM and y’all prefer to date LSBM, what’s the issue?
Y’all are doing exact same thing. They can just prefer darker skinned men, it doesn’t mean it’s a masculine or feminine thing. This inferiority complex where you just can’t PREFER something dark without some deep, dark reason is weird
@@themarathoncontinues4211 unequal equivalence, try again
@@seachelle2316 you didn’t answer the question. Explain how it’s different.
Let me guess, it’s the same thing as when BW date out right? everything is always for righteous reasons, and since BM are evil, everything is for nefarious reasons…
It’s a perfect equivalency. some people just prefer dark skin/light skin. that’s fine.
Women like you and the videos you make have made me seriously consider changing my major to AA studies/ black studies. So thank you.
lmao he dipped into pretending to be Arab for a bit too. Had 2 lines of mispronounced Arabic and said "Arabic ting tells me I look like Youssef" ? I think he enjoys to pretending he's every kind of biracial and it's def cultural appropriation-y but Arab guys I know like him cuz he's wealthy/famous and project themselves on him 😐
Yup!! yeah a lot of Arabs I've known liked him a lot and said he looks like them lol he's gonna claim every country he can fit into
I am biracial and you're100% right about our proximity to white privilege. There is a second side to it. My mom died when I was little and her parents raised me. I've had to cut off that relationship because of their racism. I was kept away from my dads family and the amount of covert and overt racism that I faced is truly disgusting. That's something that I don't think a lot of people realize. Even being considered "one of the good ones" is a disgusting feeling.
But otoh Ive met biracial people in similar situations that eat that shit up. its complicated.
P.s. your eye makeup and ear rings are my favorite s. I can't pick one.
I am mixed too and I have had that problem. One of the 1st questions I got asked when I met some family members through DNA test through 23andme was have i been to jail.
You beautiful❤
Prince never featured any darker-skinned women as his love interests or dancers in his videos or live shows. He featured Nona Gaye in one of his videos but she is famous as the daughter of Marvin Gaye and would be considered brown-skinned. Nick Cannon has a bunch of "babies' mamas," all of whom are light-skinned or racially ambiguous. Tiger Woods had women coming out of the woodwork stating they had an affair with him. All of them were white. Bill Cosby's accusers were either white, light-skinned black women or racially ambiguous women. The list goes on and on. I don't follow Drake but I'm not surprised to learn here that he also does not feature any darker-skinned women in his videos or shows.
I have to go back to work but I’m definitely watching this after I get off work. I have say I never liked Drake and I been warning people about him for years. I thought he was corny and didn’t fall for his “ nice guy persona “.
Yalll that clip of him tryna sound Jamaican I CANT 😭😭 IM CRYINGGGG
NOPE! As a Jamaican that was a big NOPE.
The drake Jamaican accent video is voiceover, it’s not real
When he got Rihanna that non existent inner Caribbean EGO went through the damn roof lmaooooo😂 now he can’t leave us alone
Yeah I forgot about that one LOL Rihanna turned him out.
I've always said to myself 'do you know how much Drake wants to pivot into K pop' the man is a colonising leech of the music, he jumps on every current and lit wave to maintain his presense and popularity like an evil trend forecaster lmaooo. He does shadey things but he's like a cat with nine lives and is never held accountable, his misogyny and recently the Meg the stallion situation, his colourism... I've had enough of him, he's so annoying
Cat with nine lives 😂😂 love it
& He don't write his own raps See thru Puff lmao
Kpop itself is a culture vulture endaevor
This was probably the best discussion I have listened to about this situation. So many points I did not hear about before.
aw thank you!!!!
You are absolutely correct in your assessment of Drake and colorism. I really think you should write a book on colorism. If not you should teach classes on the subject. I feel that if black people could stop the colorism and self hate we could be more unified as a race.
We need to start calling him by his government name😅
always a mixed Aubrey lmaooo
exactly that will start to demystify him! LOL
drake IS his government name. it’s the middle name he was given at birth, what’s on his birth certificate.
His government name is Drake. 💀you clueless out here
Remember drake's uncle is one of the greatest funk bass players of all time. Larry Graham. He has hits for at least 3 decades so the connections he has in the industry are even stronger and deeper than many realize.
Yeah on his dad's side. His father's side is from Memphis Tennessee.
Why do people totally dismiss Drake black side? 💀 they act like drake a random white guy perpetrating.
@@Thedeso18 because he is Jewish and was raised by his mom. People forget he spent summer with his dad in the south. Drake is corny but he has shown love to all the cultures he took inspiration from. Maybe he should just stick to Canadian music instead of mixing different sound idk.
The biracial comments hit different coming off the helms of addressing and having discourse with a biracial friend that posted a story alongside some Kyrie Irving commentary/post saying how "yall" hate mixed people and how mixed people really receive the most discrimination 🥴. I was aghast to say the least, because she was raised by black women and does not have a relationship with her mom who is non black. I asked some hard questions that never got answered and to be honest I'm pretty sure the conversation strained our relationship because not many folks are used to being able to disagree without integrating aspects of anger and umbrage. You hit the nail on the head about alot of the things we discussed and the forgiveness comment has my wheels a turnin 🤔. Great video!!
omg I didnt know Kyrie irving said this! a messss!!! smh im sorry you had to have that kind conversation I know it must have been difficult. thank you for writing this!
Hmm... I wonder if Drakes father was an active presence in his life. He might actually resent the fact that he's mixed. He might actually want to be a dark-skinned black man, not a light-skinned mixed one. I'm sure his complexion and the fact that he's mixed is brought up by his "friends" and the people around him in a negative way. His desire is to be like the men he sees around him. That's why he's always doing and saying weird things.
I think he spoke that he dad wasn't present in his life, and he was mainly raised by him mom. I'm not sure if I believe he wanted to be a dark skin man because he reads like the kind of person who didnt grow up with black people around lol. but I think he has resentment for black people because of the fact that he is half black without having the upbringing of that blackness.
He wasn’t raised by his father and his father still doesn’t claim him even after he got famous. He is chasing his blackness because he wasn’t validated by his father and the culture of his father.
Thank you for bringing this up. I am not a Drake fan, but I am familiar with the line. It seems like he has some identity issues that he needs to deal with. I do feel like it is a discussion that needs to be brought to the table because bi-racial people feel like they have to choose one race or culture over the other. How about just being you. I don't think we should give him a pass because we would not give a white person blackfishing a pass.
This reminds me of the doja cat situation. Raised by her white mom and absentee african father. Has said many texturist things about her hair and makes weirdly racist jokes about black people... there must be some psychological study on the biracial struggle
@@kidawesomeness123 Black ppl make colorist jokes all da time. All in all uts jus human nature
The black community in Canada does have massive connections to the Caribbean, as does the black community in the U.K.
True…does his dad come from there?
I have been a drake fan over the years and this was definitely a check for me , you have some valid points. I love your videos
Also I will say that the audio used on the concert film is a voice over made by a Hispanic creator. But the voice over was highlighting the fact that he profits off of black culture in a way that he doesn’t respect the same people who’s culture he is using for status.
thanks for pointing this out, I didnt know when I uploaded it but after finding this out I find it so funny that it was so fitting LOL.
Growing up, is realizing how embarrassing it is being a Drake fan.
Trust me he's not worried about you. fake hair💩🤡🙊
Great video and insights. You are preaching the truth and folks need to open their eyes to Drake's and the rest of the biracial privilege and colorism that we continue to ignore.
Your not fully black yourself
Unfortunately, I think he would be celebrated in Jamaica. I usually see a divide between many Jamaicans on the island and many abroad in how they receive others appropriating or "appreciating" the culture and giving nothing but stereotypes back.
***From what I've seen online in the past
YES! You are right. I'm British and half Jamaican. Appropriation of commodified aspects of Jamaican culture are STRONG here. I have had wyte working class people kiss their teeth at me or young wyte kids thinking that you're THEIR slang because certain patois phrases have become a part of British youth culture. I personally find this disgusting and unbelievable. I digress.
You are spot on about actual born Jamaicans. Culturally, they see imitation as a form of flattery so when it comes to appropriation, they mostly see it as a compliment and that the person is bigging up and must love Jamaica (which it isn't!) An ex explained this to me. I can never get over that Justin Bieber video for Sorry when they had those rythmless Australian girls struggle whining. Appreciation would've been giving some actual Jamaican women the shine and putting a Jamaican flag in there for gratitude and basic respect and signposting the culture he took the concept from. Even Cardi B of all people did that for her track with Ozuna. I feel like since Drake has no West Indian ties, he's definitely appropriating but not as badly as Beiber did since he has given props. I do on a whole believe that his whole rap career/persona is an act and that he is this middle-class mummy's boy who is culturally wyte/J*wish.
@@user-dv3kq3rm4h The Gentleman Doth Protest Too Much.
The drake Jamaican accent video is voiceover, it’s not real
The video is fake
In terms of cultural appropriation, drake is the Bruno Mars of hip-hop.
Girlll!!! But can you elaborate tho, not Bruno Mars culture appropriating!! When did he do that?👀
The way I just howl-laughed at my computer screen x-D.
LOL YOURE ON TO SOMETHING!
@@littyykittyy4417 Damn near his whole career, listen to his music, look at his videos....
@@IagainstI. i swear!
You need to chime in on this K-Dot // Drake Beef! You did it first!
It’s his whiteness that makes him do that. White people tend to feel the need to mirror whatever culture they’re interacting with. Like the only way to enjoy that culture is to mimic what they see. Not learn the actual culture or language, but mimic sounds and behaviors they see. Especially because his audiences are mostly white, they see nothing wrong with it because they do it too. Like you said, if he were in a black crowd he would NEVER say ANYTHING like that.
He is a white man, who lives a white male life, with mostly while family and friends. His only connection to blackness is rap culture. That should tell you everything you need to know about him 😅
But he looks black to tho? I’m confused. His features and hair. He may be “white” culturally. But he definitely looks part black-racially. Just saying. Racially he can’t pass as a white man. That’s fs. White people see him as black, not their own. Black people don’t see him as black apparently. Therefore , he is biracial. We can’t say he is not black but he is is a white man? 🤣 just sounds like this comment is denying his racially black side imo. Can’t pick and choose js🙃
@@eeelizabethh95 “white people see him as black and not their own. Black people see him as mixed so I guess he’s biracial”. It’s not “I guess he’s biracial”, he is. He literally has a white parent and a black parent. He definitely looks like a mixed man but no one has EVER mistaken him for a fully black man. That’s one of the things he literally writes about. It’s weird how y’all don’t require white people to claim all biracials but black people have to because what? Blackness is not determined by what white people think. Where you would’ve been placed as property on an American plantation is not a marker for blackness. Just like whiteness is not determined by black opinions apparently. The one drop rule is racist and was only used to classify you as property. It’s 2023, it’s okay that y’all start letting biracial people be a mix of whatever they are and stop lumping them with black people. Especially since y’all don’t require them to be white even though culturally most of them are.
YOU SPEAK FACTS 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@@tylachad6102Obama was not the first black president then, that’s a shame lol
Love your channel As a darskin women I didn’t know much about colorism until I was in school and someone boy literally called me a monkey a didn’t want to sit next to me when the teacher changed the seats and I was so confused. Since I learned about colorism I became more confident because now I know the problem is people are ignorant and I call people out on it now.
That's awful, I'm sorry that happened to you.
Great video Mayowa, I love your break down. The reality of the 'black community' is that it's sick and broken. Colourism is accepted because black (especially dark skinned) black women are the main victims of this. I will never forget the Little Wayne lyric (I forget what song) when he said 'beautiful black woman I bet that bitch look better red'. A mess. Drake feels his popularity declining and desperately reaching down in the the grubby barrels of mysoginoir and colourism to get 'cool points'. What makes Drake very dangerous is like you said, many other non-black cultures latch on to him because he looks like the could be one of them. I think the wider question is when will black people seperete their identity from rap music which is full of toxicity. I have stopped listening and as a darkskin black woman I feel lighter, freer and don't miss it.
Ive never been a fan of drake. Maybe because im a hip hop purist, who prefers underground mcs. But the colorism in his music is despicable. ANd colorism is itself disgusting and despicable.. Anyways, i wanted to speak on colorism in general. Im a black woman, light-skinned, and i come from 2 black parents, and all 4 of my grandparents are black. Im in my 30s and i grew up in the 90s... I was teased and bullied my entire childhood by dark skinned girls at school AND in my neighborhood. This was in 1990s chicago. EVERY light skinned woman i know, says they were teased and bullied by dark skinned GIRLS growing up. AND as adults we experience rudeness/hostility from dark skinned women in the workplace. I find it interesting how dark skinned women completely IGNORE the role they play in perpetuating colorism.. For the record: light skinned blacks were NOT the architects of colorism nor do they have the power to dismantle it, as it is an extension of the larger white supremacist power structure.... Where im from, light skinned girls did NOT tease dark skinned girls. BUT dark skinned girls absolutely teased and bullied light skinned girls.. We became their punching bag-- (literal and figurative), because they were angry with SOCIETY's treatment of them AND Black males' devaluation of them. But no one wants to talk about that. Dark skinned womens' disdain for light skinned women causes dark skinned women to be blinded by bigotry. Therefore they are totally oblivious and apathetic to the abuse they inflict on light skinned black women. ** The tension between light skinned and dark skinned women is largely due to dark skinned women/girls! Dark skinned women and girls antagonize light skinned women/girls. BUt youll never admit that YOU cause this tension
I grew up seeing drake Go from degrassi to self proclaimed icon status. I noticed early on Drake’s key to success is being a Chameleon. I can’t think of an artist in my lifetime who does this to the level he does. I think when it comes to colorism I don’t hear too many people talk about the chameleon type access bi-racial, latinx or “racially ambiguous” individuals have. I think it’s something that people might aware of but are afraid to admit exists. Fave part of the lewk is earrings for sure. I swear Drake don’t even know who he gunna be tomorrow. I think he’ll start speaking Spanish and be in his Latinx bag next 🤔
Good point. Drake is always adapting. Chameleon is a good term for him
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When Michael B Jordan tried to sell Jouvert liquor the Caribbean community was quick to call him out for profitting off their culture but clearly not the same energy with Drake
What drake did ? Who in the caribbean cares about that ? Nobody!! Did he try to sell a jamaican accent to make money ?
This aged Well!
Literally about to say this...Kendrick LOUDLY summarized everyone's points from the past frigging decade. Wow
I was about to comment the same thing.
11:15 Giiiirl, SPEAK ON IT. I have a biracial “friend” who just started claiming her blackness recently. I was simply trying to explain why she receives backlash when she solely identifies as black and not only did she start crying but she got extremely defensive and felt I attacking her. Me, a black woman.
I hate when they start crying lol.
@@mayowasworld Biracial Women's Tears.
Not the cryracial 😂
Her Karen came out. Smh. She needs therapy.
As a Black Canadian, we do not claim this man. Having been born in Jamaica, every time he uses fake patios my soul leaves my body.
😂😂😂
He's actually goofy.... he's an American Jewish biracial but is constantly putting up this Jamaican island front??? Be yourself
T-dot is loaded with Caribbeans so dunno what you're chatting about when you say he on some fake "patois" it apart of the slang....
@@soulsessionsradio4234 Okay... Sauga has a ton of Indian immigrants, but I wouldn't expect Bianca Andreescu to pull out a random Desi accent.
I get that it's part of the Toronto culture to some extent, but Drake's family was well off, he went to a prominently affluent Jewish highschool. So him pulling that out is about as authentic as Shawn Mendes doing it.
Keep preaching truth queen. Black 🖤 gonna make a comeback we too strong and beautiful. Stay blessed kings and queens 🙏
Oh gosh that jamacian interpretation has to be a joke. I can't 😅😅😅
It’s not real actually (thank goodness 😅). It’s a TikTok creator’s voice dubbed over a video of Drake hosting the Maxim Awards. The fact that the creator could make such a convincing joke is already pretty telling tho lol
I've always said that the black culture give Drake way too many passes. It's crazy.
This aged incredibly well
Drake wouldn’t be that big if he wasn’t light skin. He check every box.
Oh.. guess that’s why Kdot not the biggest rapper out right now. 🤡
I see Aubrey Graham as an actor first. Everything he’s done after his acting career is still in direct correlation to his acting career. This world is his stage and we’re watching him minstrel dance all over it.
I love what you did with your makeup today, it's really playful and bright 💕
thank you! I was feeling playful
sis ...ofc gold looks good on you! black skin and gold is a vibrant combo
Thank you so much for making this video. Another creator spoke on this and the commenters ate me up because I said that so many biracial people are allowed to move through the diaspora so freely in a way we'd never let monoracial black people. I think we have ourselves to check too. White people are going to engage because he's palatable but in our spaces he is a great example of why saying biracial and categorizing biracial people as such could easily save us the trouble of feeling seen one second and stolen from the next. Black Biracials are apart of the black community but just not in the same way a full black person is. And it's not inherently bad.
I think whats difficult about doing what you suggest here is that a biracial person's family are not biracial themselves. Coming together as a community for us would basically take an apartheid to accomplish. I wish people would stop using race as anything more than cultural because in the end, it really just affirms the white supremacists who created the category of "race" in the first place.
I could follow you except with your last statements. American history and the civil rights movement details that if it weren’t for biracials, mixed and lightskin Blacks all our brown skin and darker brothers and sisters would never had been able to achieve anything, enter anywhere, or climb higher than! It was the Lena Horne, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Charles Drew, Cab Calloway, Mary Church Terrell, Rosa Park, Angela Davis, Huey Newton, and many more who struggled against ws with its dividing lines.
Another thing, as Black people in the United States we are a mixed race people and have always been. Trying to follow African ideology is wrong because our history and our families showcase the diversity within our American grouping. It is an African based mindset because they are a tribal people. In America, 400 years of intermixing slaves from different tribes as well as with Europeans, the biracial and mixed black person was created and remains today. We see this sameness on many Caribbean islands and in many European countries.
There’s at least 2-3 generations of mixed poc in Germany, Sweden, Italy, France, and England. Did you know that?
@@MayMay-el4wg the fact that it took those considered more palatable to white society in order for the voices of monoracial black people to be heard is not giving what u think it's giving
It's the disclaimer for me 🤣😂🤣🤣
lol! I dont want no smoke.
I'm here after the Drake/KDot beef and this video was spot on. Drake is a mediocre actor switching roles and unfortunately got so confident in the black rapper role, he got checked in the most popular diss song ever. Lil Wayne warned him to keep it Canadian, colonizer.
THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS!!! You took the words out of my mouth!
I personally believe there is no issue in engaging with other Black cultures that aren’t your own ie doing the Harlem shake even if you’re not from Harlem. I’m Zimbabwean (born there) grew up in the US and Canada and have been exposed to various Black cultures that add to my Black experience and expression.
IMO the issue is when you insert yourself and take ownership. Which is my issue with Drake and that clip of him speaking about his claim on patois and Jamaica is the best example of this.
Edit: found out the above mentioned clip of Drake is a deepfake and this is the original video
ruclips.net/video/m8hLdZEX3Ko/видео.html
I think all Mixed people have a weird relationship to Blackness. You are not wrong for the way that you have expressed your thoughts. I'm Creole with Geechee ancestry. Everybody for 3 or 4 generations on both sides my family lineage has been lightskinned. My mom, her mom and my youngest brother are white presenting. Just recently my mom said that my blue-eyed, blonde haired grandmother was the Blackest person she ever met. I thought it was a tone deaf comment that only a white presenting person could make. Lots of people in my family have that "I'm light, but still a dark n----attitude". It just doesn't sit right with me. I can't gatekeep Blackness, but I know I am not an authentic Black woman. I call myself a Black woman of Mixed Heritage or just Creole. Many of us Mixed folks are a lot of different things, but I think it's important for us to just identify as Mixed.
I also wanted to comment on what you said about lightskinned women who say they don't want a LS man. I was like that when I was younger. All the men in my family except my step-Grandfathers were lightskinned and white presenting. I wanted an authentic, tall Black man that looked like Kobe Bryant. I had no interest in dating men that looked like they could be family. My dad even took notice and made mention that I needed to think about "what my kids would look like". Basically, he implied that I'd have ugly Black babies with Nappy hair if I got with a Dark skinned man. Bringing home a dark skinned person in my family is looked upon more negatively than being with a white person. And yeah, I did see DS people as having more masculine energy. I never in my life would've imagined I'd be married to a LS man and have a LS son that looks like Drake.
Anyway, I think it's important for Mixed people to acknowledge being fully Mixed and not take up the whole armor of Blackness. We're only Black to the people who want to see us that way. Both of my parents are mixed and they raised me & my brothers to be Black even though there's a lot about us that's not Black at all and that confuses people---including us. When I was younger, I used to just say I was Black. Then people started asking me questions 🙄, I even had questions. Some people flat out told me that I was not Black, but biracial or triracial. Now that I'm nearing 40 my degree of Blackness doesn't matter much. I'm a little bit of everything. Drake's a little bit of everything and he's so used to being invited, embraced and celebrated by others that nobody thinks to call him out on it. Sometimes we do too much and it's wrong & it looks bad.
Seems like some black people only claim mixed people as black when it’s convenient. And some mixed people claim blackness when it’s convenient. As a mixed man I’ve been more indulged on my black side my whole life. Kindve frustrating somebody telling me I’m not black enough when I’ve had all the experiences a full black man would. Is what it is tho. That’s just the work we’re in. Everybody dealt they own set of problems. 🤷🏽♂️
And I’m not ever around white People to have lightkskin privilege… I’m a barber and 80% of the demographic of people I cut are black…
Color doesn’t make you look like family smh features can tho that was crazy to say
I am a Trini from Toronto and everyone in my city talks with Jamaican/Caribbean slang the influence is heavy over here from the lingo to the music and food. punjabis, whites and Arabs out here even use JA slang it aint just Drake lol
before i watch the video i just wanna comment on the EYE MAKEUP😍😍THE FIT??🤩💗💗
I know a sister that is biracial (mixed with Black and Filipino) who does not date Black women. She only dates White Women. She also has a fishing pole called Black Beauty and she makes a point to mention the name of the fishing pole when I am around and I laugh to myself, but I am really offended. She's part of my extended family, so I am forced to put up with her when she comes around. I figure she doesn't like me mostly because of the color of my skin. She does not communicate with the Black side of her family at all and it's quite sad. I pray for her.
She cant, because then yall would see how filipinos eat her up every time 😂😂
3:26 "Give me your plate... In fact, get TFO." That is the best line ever in the history of lines. My nona used to do that when she got offended, "Gimme your plate and go to your room."
The good news for me is that I can't quote one of drake song.
thats a powerful skill, I wish I could scrub his songs from my memory
That clip of Drake on the stage just made me throw up in my mouth. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
That was Jamaican lingo from the 80's 🤣🤣🤣. CORNBALL 🤯🙄
Love the jewelry lots but I feel like the turtle neck really made the outfit so it’s a tie lol
I totally agree with your thoughts and it’s weird and tiring to see black folks not check this behavior because so many of us ( not me) want to graft blackness onto racial
ambiguity and light skin
I also think it should be noted that when he released a dance house inspired album so many ppl questioned his sexuality and masculinity in a different way than “ 21 can you do something for me” 😂😂 I wonder if him releasing the Meg lyric was a way to reverse this perception and reify his “dark nigga” caricature 🤔
oooooo!!! this is a good observation!!!!
Drake thinks just because he's racially ambiguous, he can freely borrow and discard any culture he wants smh
I absolutely LOVED the gold necklace and makeup for the video. Beautiful, gorgeous, STUNNING🥺❤️
I’ve been saying that Drake is trash for years! I’m glad people are seeing his true personality!
It’s the fact that Drake has Ben cosplaying as a Black rapper for over a decade and we really let him omg lmao
I love your confidence. Slay gurl! Also, you’re right Drake is weird and I’m glad more and more people are calling him out on it.
5:41 LMAOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣- and it's all fkn true! not Mayowa reading us all to the door - honest
ps: my favourite parts of the look are the eye makeup dots, the earrings and that hairdo ❤
thank you boo!!!
I feel really called out, when you said that one black person dancing that thinks there the stuff, just because their the only black person.😂
LMAO!!
To me, drake is a racial caterpillar. He went from little old Toronto Aubrey to cash-money drake. From embracing his white side and having bat mitzvah skits on SNL, to now wearing braids and putting on a Caribbean accent. As a Caribbean it honestly makes me cringe seeing him do this. It's so embarrassing as well. The same women who pushed his career and made him this rapper heartthrob are the same women he disrespects in his music. SMH 🤦🏾♀️
Thank you for existing Mayowa🙏🏾
Of all RUclipsrs I watch yours is the only intro I don’t skip I just like it.
purr!!! im happy about that!
Thank you for sharing your perspective! Your honesty and authenticity are just gold, and I feel so seen through your videos. It's interesting that you just posted this video, as recently I was having a conversation with one of my friends (a fellow dark-skinned black woman) and we were talking about how biracial people (mixed with black & white) can be so unaware of their privilege. In this case, a biracial person who believes that racial injustices, opportunities and even social treatment are the same because of their black heritage, yet they fail to realize the privileges that come with their white heritage.
We also discussed how some biracial women who are your friends use you, the black dark-skinned friend, as some sort of 'mammy' or 'healing pod' for their racial identity issues, instead of fostering an authentic connection and being the one to offer support. And either keep you around to feel better about themselves or discard you once they do.
It sucks that it feels 'wrong' discussing this, and I could relate to what you mentioned regarding the hesitancy to call this out. I noticed when someone tries to bring it up the dark-skinned person is villanized and labelled as one who is trying to erase a biracial person's identity.
its very true, I dont think there's any harm in acknowledging that both sides are what makes them.
I sincerely enjoy your channel. You are a breath of fresh air. I’ve been subbed for about a month . I found one of your 4c hair videos and was hooked. And colorism is the child of white supremacy. I won’t even make it about black self hate. Considering the roots we can point it right back to WS. Colonized nations around the world (not just the African diaspora) are examples of this. Just being real. That’s why it makes people uncomfortable to address. IMO. Focusing on colorism alone leaves too many gaps for people to focus on the fruit and not the root. It becomes about preference, dating, beauty, stereotypes about behavior and while all those things are valid points. It consistently fails to get to the real problem. IMO and most people aren’t ready for that. IMO
Drake does what biracials have typically done historically. Blends in to both cultures with extreme effort because neither blend is truly seamless. His patois is awkward. And his mother is a white Canadian.
I wouldn’t expect him to date anyone much different than his mother. They appear to have a good relationship and his baby mama is a reflection of that. A white Woman older than him.
I agree with your assessment that he is a cultural amalgamation. American culture is another one of those things. He is Canadian.
another great video, the gold is givingg.
I’m glad people are talking about this now.
Forgive me if I’m wrong though, but I think the video where Drake was saying he’s allowed to speak Jamaican Patois was dubbed as a joke but I wouldn’t put it pass him at all; it had me screaming nonetheless😭
I wish he would just be himself and leave our cultures alone, but maybe he doesn’t really like-
thanks for writing this, I researched and saw it was a dubbed and im hollering. the fact that it sounded so realistic to what he would say LOL.
Watching some past videos, and let me tell you, the joy I get hearing your opening song 🥰
The drake Jamaican accent video is a voiceover I think but I still agree with everything you said about him 😂
lol! I found out just now it wasn't real, but thank you!
it's a voice over, however, he has tried the patois thing and it was cringe.....
I love your video, preach, also i can’t stand his constant promotion of toxic and struggle “love” too smh that video of him being a culture vulture was WILD smh ew. Your look is so pretty 💜
I agree with a lot of what you said. But the light skin line is one of my favorites artistically. The meme was that light skins are feminine and dark skin men are manly. And it’s a play on words dark in like a Scorpionic type of way and then also relating to the memes. He made a song about Bria Myles. Me nor any Drake fans who know his dating history feel like he thinks dark women are masculine. In a sense it’s kind of like he’s braking the narrative that light skin means feminine.
Kendrick vs. Drake and like 20 videos lead me here. The circle keeps expanding finding new RUclips essayists
I love your style! My fave from this video were the earrings 😍
thank you boo!
Mayowa, you don’t miss!!!
thank u boo!
My favorite part of your outfit is the earrings! I have these cute white puff holiday earrings yours reminds me of! Love the whole fit!
thank you boo!
Watching this video after Kendrick called him out for being a colonizer. YOU HAD IT FIRST MAYOWA!!! CLOCKED IT!!!!
@@mountainwood1674 😂
Because dark skin men generally idolize LS women on a higher level Than LS men because they have LS themselves so it’s not AS special in my opinion
This woman is stunning 🤯😍 subbing bc you and your locs are 🔥
Your insecurities are holding you guys back even more. Some of ya'll are really traumatized from this topic but also missing some other issues that might be holding some of yall back such as weight, behavior, inability to speak effectively, conduct, and appearance other than skin color. Now making lightskin or mixed people the enemy is evil is the in thing amongst darkskin women. Yes colorism exists and the conversation needs to occur however demonizing mix and lightskin folks is salty AF.
Girl thank you for standing up for Blk women! Drake was out of pocket for that!!
Other Lightskin ppl are not my brothers & sisters so why act like we all know each other when we don’t? I’ve dated every skin color & a lot of different races so we don’t all think like this. Some of us have brothers & sisters that are different skin colors therefore I could never judge anyone by how they look. I understand what you’re saying but don’t put us all in the same box. I definitely don’t think you’re masculine just because I admire dark skinned men I actually think dark skinned women are some of most beautiful beings on this planet 🌎 All of us aren’t colorists but yeah Drake definitely is 🎯
I love the white earrings and purple turtleneck combo👌🏽🔥
I like you Mayowa, but I have a different take on this one. I have an eclectic taste in music. I like K-Pop, Samba, EDM and some Italian pop, but that doesn’t mean I’m trying to date anyone from these cultures. People are allowed to appreciate aspects of a culture and take inspiration from it while staying true with their identity. Drake is a biracial man who prefers biracial and white women, but happens to like some Dancehall and Afrobeats because he grew up in Toronto and it’s really good music. Part of reclaiming our power as beautiful dark skinned women is not needing every type of person to validate us.
You did an AMAZING job with this video!! Never liked this dude, we call him Drake cupcake in our house. He has a few bops, I can give credit where credit is due. Great job!
Lmaooooo the Jamaican accent video can’t be real…. Omg 😭😭😭
lol! I just now found out it was dubbed but im hollering cause it really seem like something he'd truly say.
@@mayowasworld but he didn't you didn't do your research. That's what you want drake to say so you can hate on him.
Yes he got a white mother and baby mother. But forget he dated SZA and Bria miles who are chocolate beautiful black queen.
On so far gone drake was not even drake yet and was not sighed. And he made a song called "Bria interlude" a love song about a dark skinned black woman.
@@Annalay she clearly followed up and said she found it was dubbed. And none of these things negate the other shit he’s done 😒
@@toastEDmrshmello09 really she darkskin and triggered
@@Annalay Exactly! He also dated serena williams. It's narcissistic and hypocrisy. Da same sayings dey use wen darkskin men don't prefer darkskin women is "U hate ur mother, ur mother is darkskin". Drakes mother is white and he had a kid with a white women. So by dat same logic wouldn't he hate his mother if he didn't have a kid by a person by a white women and had a kid wit a darkskin women?? O of course not lol. Cuz all men need to worship darkskin women, if not he is colorist
I really wish us black female would stop making videos like this because we already know what it is and we can’t stop it. The only way this will stop is if a “dark n!gga” check him or put him on the spot about it. This ain’t our fight!
4:43 return to sender 😂
I also think when he said dark nWord meant evil.
Thank you for this great explanation.