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My father is black, my mother is Seminole, Cherokee, and European Portuguese (I make the European distinction, only because sometimes people assumes that Portuguese meant she was Brazilian, which is actually spelled Brasil, stop spelling it Brazil; I digress). I look more black, than Native American. Some of my relatives have official recognition in the Seminole Tribe of Florida, though most don't. It's not that we can't gain enrollment, we just choose not to enroll. I've had a few online disputes with individuals regarding Native American enrollment. Let's make it perfectly clear, Federal enrollment records (Dawes Roll), and being officially recognized as a Nation's member, are not necessarily the same. A family or an individuals name may appear on one set of records, but not necessarily others. Having said that, my heritage gets questioned sometimes, in the case of other black people. There seems to be a resentment, when I acknowledge my Native American heritage. They tend to think, I'm trying to evade being black. I'm not evading acknowledging my "blackness", I look black. However, I'm not trying to present myself as being better than other black people, by acknowledging my Native American heritage. The "one dop blood rule'' has been used for generations, to exclude blacks of Native American heritage from rights guaranteed to Native American people. That's a complicated subject to big, for my comment to address. Personally I don't get many questions about my ethnicity. Most people see me, and just perceived me as black (even if they suspect I'm biracial/multiracial). As I expressed earlier in my comment, what I get, are the people who flat out, don't want me acknowledging my Native American heritage.

This video was so eye opening for me I subscribed to your channel. Thank you!

I tried... I do agree with much of it, but this is just annoying.

I've been told I look like a fair skinned Latino, people are shocked when I tell them I'm actually Indigenous, European, and African... As if that wasn't what a Latino is😂(I'm just not Spanish)

The issue I get is being fair skinned yet more than half of my entire recent ancestrys' lived experience has been that of ethnic people.

Its a wild world as a mixed person its an everyday explaining over and over and still not being believed. I dont want to be percieved

Thank you, your explanation really helped!

There's no such thing as a light-skinned "black" person, unless they have Albinism or Vitiligo which is caused by a congenital disorder. So called light-skinned "black" people are technically (Mixed Race) not black.

that meow when you introduced your cat was so on cue, amazing actor

i'm going to likely amend this to be thorough and thoughtful in my response. im bi-racial black and white but have been ethnically ambiguous enough that this video is so important to me in subject matter & thoughtful presentation, i love it. i first paused the video at 23:20 i will always use "the american approach" as my first deflection for this line of questioning. my lineage is very far removed from our immigrant ancestors by many generations now i cant even keep track how many. after being pressed with more invasive questioning i make my own judgments on them and will proceed extra cautious in how im perceived by them. i will just resign and tell them "I'm black and white and have hispanic family through marriage" this is the easiest most honest answer to give. that said I never claim being hispanic because i was raised solely with the english language but was surrounded indirectly with the spanish language thru a step parent. after taking two years in school and befriending many mexican and mexican american people over the years. learning spanish allowed me to connect with my siblings latino family across the language barrier. most people who outright ask me are monoracially hispanic spanish speakers trying to gauge if they clocked me as a carribean or other afro latino diaspora. i've even had gas station attendants take me for middle eastern or indian after i lost my loose afro curled hair due to receding hairline as an adult. it used to be easy because my hair had most people correctly gauge me as mixed black but that is the most bizarre part of this journey through an inherently divided society. i never like the term "chameleon" i hate any term that tries to equate a person to an animal i'm not going to name the most common ones but you all know them cringeworthy fs. but i have been able to ease into many different scenes throughout my life from an academic sphere as a youth to subcultures like skaters and club kids to professional work environments. in the professional scene i have seen colorism, featurism, and texturism run rampant and being honest i have benefited from being lighter, with more european or north african/middle eastern features and less textured hair with a looser curl. that's really what made me leave that type of 9-5 work environment not only to escape being involved in systems that perpetuate white supremacy but mainly to be in a more present way for my daughter with part time work. it is very hard to talk about this stuff and i wish all you find a way to fit into your community in your own way

dark people don`t come in all shades these people light skin people are mixed not black No such thing as a light skin black people because no people called light skin black in Africa.

Unfortunately?

I remember watching this video years ago and trying it out, now in 2024 every time i get inspired to really grind and plan out how to accomplish my goals (art or non) I think about this method! Such an interesting way to divide everything up and have a visual graph rather than just writing- still loving it years later!

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I love charcole!

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As a Biracial Woman (Black and White), adopted, racially isolated by racist abusive whites, and was on of 4 ethnic people within a 40 mile radius (I literally grew up in KKK territory, this is not an exaggeration), I have experienced the nightmare of extreme racism, fetishizing of a colored Woman, and being ostracized by the very people who had me trapped in a society of white violence against ethnic with no way out of it or get help for safety. My upbringing was seriously a nightmare. I am Biracial, plain and simple, and I'm proud as hell of this. Physically, I mostly just look like a white person. The racist abusive whites were busy calling me ni*ger, on a regular basis while simultaneously trying to white-wash me, which was obviously psychologically abusive. Due to the extreme isolation I was in, I was shell shocked when I finally escaped from it, and got to experience the real world, and realized there were other people just like me. The sense of belonging, and kinship has been AMAZING. Like she mentions in the video, America is very racist. I inherently, will never give an American white person the benefit of the doubt, because factual history, and repeated patterns of white violence, and white racism has proved that this is not safe. I have been shown this on a daily basis in my 40 years on this earth. The whites that claim that 'they aren't racist, and they had no part in slavery, etc', while simultaneously living off of the benefits in current society that they live by-way of their white ancestors violence are perpetuating, and enabling the white violence pandemic in America. Due to this, I do not associate with my white side. I should note, I have white friends, I have white students. I ONLY associate with healthy whites, who actually step it up, and actively work to make the changes needed to stop the white violence. If a white person blatantly ignores the history of how America is the disaster it is today because of white violence, I want nothing to do with the person, plain and simple. Until all American whites properly acknowledge the white violence, white racism and actually step up to ACTIVELY work to stop it, I will not associate with that kind of mainframe or behavior. It's time to start calling a spade a spade. America needs to have white violence/white racism at the focal point in order to make it stop.

This was absolutely amazing! It’s not my pride to have but as a fellow mixed woman this resonated so much! Also what they call “black fishing” I call “mixed fishing” and I hate it. I’ve never had my mixedness challenged in such a way and been called a “white girl” until this era.

• Ethnicity & Race are different things, though sometimes closely related (it's highly unlikely any modern-day individual stems from only one ethnicity, whereas it's rather obvious that there are still some modern-day folk that are mono-racial as well as some that are multi-racial)* • It's needless - & even disrespectful - to purposely exclude any race or ethnicity of someone, including one's own self, if & when such is already known (not in general conversation, mind you, but in terms of telling one's self or others what one can or cannot do, as in playing this satanic shame game)** • Not one of us would exist without YHWH our God having allowed each & every one of our respective ancestors to come together & multiply ✝️😎👍 * = Note: Those most popular Autosomal DNA Test Results only give an individual a current guesstimate of what their most recent ethnicities could be (based only upon the particular testing company's base test-group for each country or general area, plus all other folk who previously tested & are in that particular testing company's database - & only as "determined" by that particular company's currently-used alogrythm): there's a lot of room for errors & omissions [& since most of these companies don't test every "snip" (SNP) - & they don't all test the same "snips" - some inherited DNA feature could get overlooked by one or more companies that one might test with]; & then add into this mix the fact that an individual only inherited half of a parent's DNA but not necessarily half of each ethnicity that that parent had inherited & then one can see how one might have say some significant Italian heritage & yet might not have inherited any of the Italian ethnicity markers DNA-wise (even a thorough testing of an individual can't detect what wasn't inherited; but by testing multiple relatives, some of what an individual in that family didn't inherit could possibly be established... There are other possibilities & variables, but I've pointed out plenty already for folk to get the general idea of the complexities involved in our respective make-ups & what we're able to get guesstimates for). ** = It used to be that copying others was a way of paying them a compliment (apart from mocking that is, which is meant to be malicious); but, now with the satanic woke-joke outlook that some voiciferous folk have, they get triggered over just about anything. 🙄

I’m trying to unpack myself own ancestry. With the fact my great grandfather knew people who knew his for lack of a better term his black ancestors. But due to plantations his great grandmother was herself mixed. I’m “white” but have clearly not white hair. A throwback of sorts. I cannot erase that part of my family. It grows out of my head. My mother’s very racist family (step relatives and her blood relatives) saw me as “black” because they believed in the one drop policy. The complexity of my grandmother being scared of being seen as black and her grandchild not caring. Myself not knowing/caring being triggering to her.

Being 75 percent white makes u majority white but the problem is white people are a very exclusive race. If you dont look 100percent white they dont seem to accept u as white like a 75 percent black person will be black. If they have to question it u cant claim white. One drop rule. They made it up blacks didn't.

Awesome video. I disgree with the Zendaya M.M. comment. Zendaya seems more open and verbal about her mixed ethnicity and she hasnt shyed away from experimenting with braided black styles. Megan Markle plays is very safe in more white hairstyles always. There were negative comments about Zendayas dreadlocks by Giuliana Rancic which i kind of remember. I think its cause Megan seems to identify more as white.

Learned about this book from Wait Wait Don't Tell Me a couple weeks ago and was immediately interested, can't believe your video only has 6k views! Really well put together, you deserve more <3

we had the book and always wondered if it had been solved. I do remember the hands pointing to letters, but never figured out any of the puzzle. Thanks for the video, what drama!

miss you biana❤

Terrible, hideous, headache inducing music, which reveals that the video producer suffers from a complete lack of sound judgement. That's why I'm not gonna subscribe or like.

I appreciate how many colors you have painted on your eyes and reflected in your glasses for a video on color. It's subtle compared to the colored nails and lipstick but it's a great touch.

If I recall correctly, Newton's "blue" was really cyan, so it's not actually that close to indigo.

I found this as I’m moving out of my dorm as I’m transferring to MassArt. Thank you I needed this as someone who had a late start at this

thank you for pulling me back from the edge today.

I love this video

I was more into this than the DaVinci code Why isn't there a movie about this???

Why does this all interest us? You have to love what you do, especially when it comes to artwork, otherwise it's just another job and boring work and when that happens you have to think about changing.

Three years of study to do this? Oh god!

Great video. Deserves a lot more comments and views!

I understand what you are saying but I would simply inquire about your ethnicity because I would want to know what made you so beautiful. ❤

African Americans were once more religious the Christian identity was most of who they were race was more of what society imposed. Now Blackness is a form of religion I think this is counterproductive I loved the video. You are beautiful I am a dad of bi racial black children you are the face of the future when race will hopefully be less important I am not offended by black fishing unless it cost blacknpeople money

I defend one drop race is Less and less important in 2024 compared with 1971 when I was born

Really good video. Inability to pronounce English towns makes it even more fun.

True. I don't mind charcoal. Its very simplistic

Great work thank you. Got a lot to react to

13:23 - Sniffing out the Negro 😂🤣 dang, I need to make that a skit someday ✌

You are saving my life here, thank you!

Will say I dont consider myself as mixed maybe some admixture in the past but I'm mostly black whenever people see my facial features or 4a hair people deadass will say I cant be full black or must be east African like how are you going to tell me what I am both of my parents are black like bruh. 🥴 I've had people run their hands through my hair and tell me I want to have babies that look like you like the shit isn't fucking weird

White people from what i have seen have treated lightskin and darkskin the same my opinion

I would like to see you in locks that would suit u true true beautiful

U are not white u are a beautiful byracial lady I have 2 daughters like u and 5 boys just like u okay jah.love

Your delivery was extremely well done. Speaking about the tools, then showing the process was informative making it quite easy to take notes. Thank you Biana! One question: Do you suggest a fixative spray to set the final art piece for display?

I meant to say I found out about the “multi generationally mixed” term from Creole Lady Marmalade’s channel. I didn’t know there was a word for that growing up. Growing up, I was told certain things about my “mixed down the line” lineage. I still thought I was “full Black” 70% or more. To my surprise, I’m 38%. 😂😂😂 I also didn’t know anything about this Celtic dna. Surely not the small amount of Anglo dna. I was like Scottish??? Irish??? English??? Wtf??? I’m part White??? Why am I White??? 🤣🤣🤣 I never considered Latin European to be White. Bc it’s really not. I thought I was 98% Black, Spanish, French, and Native American. With a lil German from my maternal great great grandfather who I was told was full blooded German. Period. I knew nothing about the Scottish, Irish, or Anglo. So … yeah! I still identify as Black and I claim all that I am. Simultaneously. We’ll all except the Anglo. Nobody’s gonna make me accept that mess. Idc. 🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️

I say don’t let other people define you. You are a person of color. It’s in your dna. You may be 75% European, but not all European was always categorized as “White” in America. Southern European is really Latin European. Hence, the darker eyes and skin. Those Latin Europeans that have more White phenotypes are mixed with more White European in them. Take Spain for example, in the South you have those with more North African admixtures plus higher percentages of their originating dna. Iberian peninsula. Then, you also have the Romani people who may be mixed with South Asian Indian and Spaniard. Possibly some Arab and or North African. South Spain has more of a Mediterranean look. Those in Northern Spain look more White. Well, that’s due to climate and also due to the fact that many Northern Spaniards have Celtic (White Scottish and or Irish) dna mixed in them. Your race and ethnicity is determined by your dna. Not solely by some social construct of race. 25% Non European most definitely makes you a person of color. No matter what some morons on the internet are telling you. I’m 38% sub Saharan African descent. I knew I have Spanish and French and Native American in me. I also knew I had German down the line. As a Louisiana Creole, I knew that I was “mixed down the line”. Meaning third or more generation removed or down the line. I thought I was more Black than I actually am. After doing my dna, I still identify as Black American. Specifically my race as Black and my nationality as American. Bc we have many Black immigrants in America from African countries, Haiti, Dominican Republic, wherever. Black American culture is a culture of its own. The culture I was raised with the most. I grew up in predominantly white neighborhoods most of my life, but my mother was pro black. A few other family members as well. I grew up knowing black history, black culture, etc. I was taken aback by the fact that foreign Black immigrants to America have this stupid ass notion that Black Americans do not have culture. We DO have our own culture. Our own history. That’s when I stopped identifying as just Black. I’d specifically place my nationality with that. I’m Black American. I read up and learned so much more about my Creole heritage. As a Louisiana Creole of Color, I knew a little about my mixtures down the line. I knew a little about Creole culture. I really only identified as Black, and I didn’t know as much as I should have about what it means to be Creole. I read up and did my research. I learned a lot. Creole Ladi is my Pseudonym. I’m a writer. Mainly Poetry. Mainly Romance. I’m going to also publish some books on History and Culture as these topics are passions of mine as well. Genetics has become a passion of mine too. As of late. Since about a year ago when I did my dna. So, I identify my race as Black. My nationality as American and my ethnicity as Louisiana Creole of Color. And I don’t give a rat’s ass who has a problem with how I identify myself. Since I am 38% Sub Saharan African, 22% Latin European (Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian), 2% indigenous American by way of Mexico bc I found out that the Native tribe I’m a part of originated in Mexico and migrated to Southeast Louisiana. I’m also 30% Irish. The rest is Anglo shit that I don’t claim. 😂😂😂 Idc. I don’t claim that shit. 👏👏👏✅✅✅ Idc who has what to say about how I identify. I found out from this other chic’s UA-cam channel that also is Louisiana Creole and also calls herself Creole Lady … But Creole Lady Marmalade. I spell mine Creole Ladi to highlight my African lineage. In Nigerian Igbo tribal language, the i makes the long e sound. So, I spell mine with an i. I used to spell it Creole Lady. Then, I changed it. Really, my Pseudonym used to be Aphrodite. Before that, it was Ms Pretty Bossy. Lol! I stuck with Creole Ladi. This is the name I actually performed the most as well as self published with. So I stuck with this name. I thought it would also answer the “What are you?” question. Without having to explain. It doesn’t though. Bc my phenotype looks more Hispanic than Black, people most often think I’m Hispanic. I am partially Spanish on both sides of my family. I’m also partially indigenous Mexican. Apparently. Just found out that the tribe originated in Mexico and is actually Mexican indigenous. So … anyhow … I am Afro - Latina. I am also what is referred to as “Multi Generationally Mixed”. I learned that term from Creole Lady Marmalade. I never knew there was a word for it. I just used to say I was fully Black. Thoroughbred Creole. Both of my parents are Creole. And all four of my grandparents except my mom’s bio dad was half white and half Creole. So anyhow … That’s how I grew up. I always identified as Black. Recently, I shared a picture of one of my cousins and his family by showing it to someone on my phone. They looked at him and then looked at me. Then said … Your cousin is Black! 🤦🏽‍♀️ I’m like yes. Guess what? So am I! I’m also Black. So, yeah. My cousin is Black. 😂 He’s darker than me and his phenotype is more Black than mine. I will continue to identify as Black while also identifying my ethnicity as Creole and being proud to be Black American Louisiana Creole of Color. Proud to be Afro - Latin. Proud to be part indigenous. Proud to be part Irish. Well, Scottish and Irish. But Whatevs. It’s Celtic. Border and Nationality doesn’t change their ethnicity. Lol! Latin European and Celtic weren’t considered “White” in America until I believe the 1920’s or 30’s. Initially, it was not considered to be White. I also know that Latin European languages are part of my cultural background. In 1921, the Anglos outlawed all languages besides English in Louisiana. So no Spanish. No French. No Creole. They got into trouble for speaking it in schools, in public, or wherever. Anglos made it against the law. One reason I do not claim Anglo bloodlines. Anyhow, identify however Tf you want to. 75% European doesn’t make you “White” though. Especially with your phenotype. That’s just what I think. I think you have very Afro Centric features. If I were the same ethnic makeup, I’d probably identify as a person of color and just explain my mixture. I think if I were only that little bit Black, I wouldn’t identify as such. I would definitely identify as mixed and as a person of color though. Non White. I’d probably check off two or more races on forms. I am of more significant African lineage than you. I also grew up identifying as Black my whole life. Just now starting to acknowledge my multi generationally mixed lineage more. Since I found out that I’m more mixed than I previously thought I was. 😊 If I were in your shoes, I’d just identify with all three races. White, Black, and middle eastern. I’d identify as mixed and a person of color. I wouldn’t give two shits what anyone has to say about it either. There’s a consensus in Louisiana Creole communities. That you can’t be Black and … You have to pick identifying as Black or identifying as Creole. I know that genetically, African genes are dominant as well. So, I know that my 38% African lineage is still significant enough for me to identify my race as Black. Bc it’s dominant. Period. I can also be proud to be a multi ethnic person. And proud to be Creole. That tends to confuse folks, and I frankly don’t give a rat’s ass. 😂👏♥️