100% black women with long hair and people think shes mixed video

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Tyra Banks Show featured bi-racial women who hate their other side.
I posted this in the off topic section but I saw this black women with beautiful hair complaining that ppl think shes mixed because of her beautiful long hair. Fast forward to 17:00 to see her.................Note: in the beginning the black ppl not claiming their race but those commnts are for the offtopic thread

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhu4klb3i378896oQ1

 

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[chavascandy]

That whole video was interesting. The first black lady really didn't look missed but, the last two did. All of their hair is beautiful.

 

[CenteredGirl]

Well their parents may be black, but somewhere in the gene pool they have strong "other genes." I'm not saying they aren't black but genetics are really tricky.

 

[MD_Lady]

I saw this. Just goes to show how much people (including blacks) think we all look alike.

 

[ajacks]

Well their parents may be black, but somewhere in the gene pool they have strong "other genes." I'm not saying they aren't black but genetics are really tricky.

ITA... If they say they are black that is fine, but they have to admit that those other genes do exist somewhere down the line.

 

[BeautifulFlower]

That ***** has lost it....

 

[LongCurlyLocks]

Well their parents may be black, but somewhere in the gene pool they have strong "other genes." I'm not saying they aren't black but genetics are really tricky.

That's what I was going to say....

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Well their parents may be black, but somewhere in the gene pool they have strong "other genes." I'm not saying they aren't black but genetics are really tricky.

How many black people don't have other genes? That's what gets me so annoyed with this mixed/non mixed/you look like this so claim this type of a thing. Most of us are MIXED here in America, and that is how we came to be black Americans. Whereas most Latinos are mixtures of African, Spanish, Indian cultures, etc and they are Latino. Most places are MIXED anyways. So this whole thing just gives me a headache. Most people in my family don't look alike, so I thought all black families were that way. My mom is light skinned with naturally red hair and was called (little white girl) but never once said she was mixed (technically her mom is Native American and her dad is half white and black), my dad is a little darker (black/cuban mix). We have relatives that could pass for white, or look mixed, or look black, or look spanish (and the back ground is varied as my background from both sides is black, native american, white, and cuban) and I can tell you that I look black!BLACK BLACK! It cracks me up to see people ashamed of who they are. But still this whole "other" gene thing is kinda perplexing. We don't all look alike as black americans because we have a varied background starting with rape in slavery, mixing in with Native Americans (some of us), and then the current mixing of other races. Unless you came straight off the boat from Africa...and even there there is some mixing going on, chances are our features are going to be varied. I cracked up when someone called Obama mixed and said he didn't represent black people. I was like his Dad is African, he is more black then you. How many times were your ancestors raped over the past century and a half? How many generations were you "mixed" down. He only has his mom in the mix. You may have your great great great great grandmom and your great great, and your great, before the mixing thing stopped. So this whole mixed thing is just a huge headache because I feel it's a way for people to not claim being black, or a minority in ways.

 

[TaurusAngel]

Even if a person does have something wayyyy down their line, who would even go into that? I know i say that i'm black and not mixed. I know that my great grand mother was a Seminole indian, but why would i tell people that? Lord knows it hasn't attributed to my hair growth. The whole black women can't have long hair thing is tired and played out and i get tired of people still saying it.

 

[Carrie A]

Honestly I think there is something in her features that is recognized by others. All of those identities she named I could see. I think we will begin to separate ancestry from racial identity. The two AA girls next to the long haired one obviously have caucasian ancestry. I'm guessing but would venture that their families might be multi-generational "mulatto". The children of Slave masters and biracial slaves who continuously intermarried through generations. These families have caucasian features but strong black AA identity. There are many families like this in my area. I used to feel strongly that identifying as mixed was somehow anti-black and it still makes me a bit uncomfortable, however who am I to say that for example Victoria Rowell's daughter shouldn't identify as African American and Caucasian. As long as AA is recognized it's all good.

But back to topic. I must confess, because I grew up around a lot of African American "mixed race" families and a few biracial kids that I had skewed views. Hair was always the thing that separated these groups. In my narrow minded pre-adolescent view, biracial kids had curly untamed free often light colored hair. Anybody with Naturally unrelaxed bone straight hair black or blond was "100%" Black.

 

[SouthernTease]

Even if a person does have something wayyyy down their line, who would even go into that? I know i say that i'm black and not mixed. I know that my great grand mother was a Seminole indian, but why would i tell people that? Lord knows it hasn't attributed to my hair growth. The whole black women can't have long hair thing is tired and played out and i get tired of people still saying it.

Ditto on that. I know my great grandmother is Filipino and my grandparents were "Creole" and this and that, but why somebody gotta know your whole genealogy... my parents were Black... so I'm Black... people can be so narrow-minded... they need to embrace that Black is beautiful and exotic with or without being mixed with other races.

 

[naijamerican]

Sorry... I know we're about the hair but is anyone else trippin over Jenna?

 

[Ms Lala]

No offense but what is 100% black, race is not biologically based, race is a social construct. This is why it really bothers me when people say blacks can't grow hair, what does it really mean to be black. I don't know any black americans who aren't mixed except those whose parents more immigrated from Africa.

 

[asummertyme]

How many black people don't have other genes? That's what gets me so annoyed with this mixed/non mixed/you look like this so claim this type of a thing. Most of us are MIXED here in America, and that is how we came to be black Americans. Whereas most Latinos are mixtures of African, Spanish, Indian cultures, etc and they are Latino. Most places are MIXED anyways. So this whole thing just gives me a headache. Most people in my family don't look alike, so I thought all black families were that way. My mom is light skinned with naturally red hair and was called (little white girl) but never once said she was mixed (technically her mom is Native American and her dad is half white and black), my dad is a little darker (black/cuban mix). We have relatives that could pass for white, or look mixed, or look black, or look spanish (and the back ground is varied as my background from both sides is black, native american, white, and cuban) and I can tell you that I look black!BLACK BLACK! It cracks me up to see people ashamed of who they are. But still this whole "other" gene thing is kinda perplexing. We don't all look alike as black americans because we have a varied background starting with rape in slavery, mixing in with Native Americans (some of us), and then the current mixing of other races. Unless you came straight off the boat from Africa...and even there there is some mixing going on, chances are our features are going to be varied. I cracked up when someone called Obama mixed and said he didn't represent black people. I was like his Dad is African, he is more black then you. How many times were your ancestors raped over the past century and a half? How many generations were you "mixed" down. He only has his mom in the mix. You may have your great great great great grandmom and your great great, and your great, before the mixing thing stopped. So this whole mixed thing is just a huge headache because I feel it's a way for people to not claim being black, or a minority in ways.

never mind......,

 

[Keshieshimmer]

Sorry... I know we're about the hair but is anyone else trippin over Jenna?

Umm yeah can we have a forum to talk about her?

 

[Brees_hair]

interesting..but nothing new. I don't assume peoples race. My cousins who I grew up with are mixed, me being the "darkest" (saying that loosely), but also getting questioned what I am.

Alot of people miss the big picture that this melting pot called our world wouldn't be as rich with culture if not for the beautiful blend of people.

 

[BostonMaria]

OP, thank you for posting this. I thought it was very interesting. I know that some biracial kids pick one side more than another. At least the one's I know. My kid's are half white and my older 2 say they're 100% Dominican. They flat out refuse to acknowledge the white side. My youngest daughter has Middle Eastern in her, but she'll probably never embrace it because her father is irish-canadian-middle eastern (white boy) and is not in touch with his roots. I can only teach her the Dominican American side because I don't know enough of the other cultures to show how to embrace them.

Its always tricky. Especially when a child wants to pick the white side over the other side. Somehow its more embraced when the child picks the "minority" side. If you know what I mean.

I'm not mixed so its hard for me to grasp why these women think this way. I think its an interesting topic nonetheless.

 

[Evolving78]

How many black people don't have other genes? That's what gets me so annoyed with this mixed/non mixed/you look like this so claim this type of a thing. Most of us are MIXED here in America, and that is how we came to be black Americans. Whereas most Latinos are mixtures of African, Spanish, Indian cultures, etc and they are Latino. Most places are MIXED anyways. So this whole thing just gives me a headache. Most people in my family don't look alike, so I thought all black families were that way. My mom is light skinned with naturally red hair and was called (little white girl) but never once said she was mixed (technically her mom is Native American and her dad is half white and black), my dad is a little darker (black/cuban mix). We have relatives that could pass for white, or look mixed, or look black, or look spanish (and the back ground is varied as my background from both sides is black, native american, white, and cuban) and I can tell you that I look black!BLACK BLACK! It cracks me up to see people ashamed of who they are. But still this whole "other" gene thing is kinda perplexing. We don't all look alike as black americans because we have a varied background starting with rape in slavery, mixing in with Native Americans (some of us), and then the current mixing of other races. Unless you came straight off the boat from Africa...and even there there is some mixing going on, chances are our features are going to be varied. I cracked up when someone called Obama mixed and said he didn't represent black people. I was like his Dad is African, he is more black then you. How many times were your ancestors raped over the past century and a half? How many generations were you "mixed" down. He only has his mom in the mix. You may have your great great great great grandmom and your great great, and your great, before the mixing thing stopped. So this whole mixed thing is just a huge headache because I feel it's a way for people to not claim being black, or a minority in ways.

i feel you. my mother is dark skinned and her sister is light skinned. they have the same parents. my kids are lighter than me. we all have something in us, especially if you are AA, or Latino.

 

[Evolving78]

we all just have to get over this color thing.
but you know what? that first girl looked exotic to me and the other two looked average light skinned black chicks.

 

[ycj]

That ***** has lost it....

ITA I think that girl as dark as she is has some real identity problems. Also from listening to her mother who herself kept commenting on being Indian and black could have rubbed off on her daughter's way of thinking as well. Joking or not she would'nt make it with a Klansman! They like everyone eles sees her as a black person plain and simple.

One day she will wake up and embrace who she is, but now it seems to be peer pressure as well! Saying the company she's kept and still keeps!

 

[Prose Princess]

"More Higher"? Ugh...

 

[hairsothick]

Did that white chick at the end have a doobie? lawd

 

[hairsothick]

Oh and I think that first black girl has lost her ever loving mind.

I can understand the black and Puerto Rican girl because she technically doesn't know her other side, but she is wrong to put all Puerto Ricans/Latinos into one box.

I too would wonder whether or not the black lady with the long curly hair was mixed or not. I would never ask her out loud, but I would wonder. The middle girl definitely looked black and the woman on the end did too. I think her straight hair throws people off.

This show was interesting. Lmao at the Korean and Chinese chicks.

 

[Paradox]

I know that there we all are "mixed" but there are some differences in how direct.

 

[MissMarie]

How many black people don't have other genes? That's what gets me so annoyed with this mixed/non mixed/you look like this so claim this type of a thing. Most of us are MIXED here in America, and that is how we came to be black Americans. Whereas most Latinos are mixtures of African, Spanish, Indian cultures, etc and they are Latino. Most places are MIXED anyways. So this whole thing just gives me a headache. Most people in my family don't look alike, so I thought all black families were that way.

Yeah, people don't get that it is a heritage, culture and identity thing. Its okay for certain other groups to be diverse but any black/AA that doesn't fit some narrow stereotype must be somehow denying their 'mixedness' (apparently no matter how distant for some) when there is really no such thing as racial purity anyway. When people ask if I or certain family members are really mixed I ask if they are pure. An older cousin used to tease me growing up because I'm not as dark as he is. He'd call me a 'mulatto' and other cousins names like 'mello yello' and launch into tired b.s. about mixed vs black, light/dark, verbal vomit about how 'African' and pure he was. He took an admixture test and because of the results hid it for years; found out the test came back with Euro admixture of over 50%.
Arguing degrees of 'mixedness' in people who identify themselves as black is pointless. You can never really tell and our heritage isn't based on degree of African ancestry but simply being of African descent and identifying as such and with a community that is such.

The history of black America shapes our concept of race, blackness and who is part of 'us'.
When people ask I say I'm 100% AA too (I use the term as ethnicity), or all black. Race and ethnicity are socially defined, not biologically, they are relative, they vary across cultures. None of those women were incorrect for saying they are only black when one navigates our society from the perspective of black women, bolstered by heritage and sense of community rooted in black American identities, histories and experiences.

But back to topic. I must confess, because I grew up around a lot of African American "mixed race" families and a few biracial kids that I had skewed views. Hair was always the thing that separated these groups. In my narrow minded pre-adolescent view, biracial kids had curly untamed free often light colored hair. Anybody with Naturally unrelaxed bone straight hair black or blond was "100%" Black.

LOL
I thought this growing up too actually
I was confused later when it became apparent there wasn't a strict line between bi/multiracial and black(AA).
weirdest thing, lol

 

[Ebony]

How many black people don't have other genes? That's what gets me so annoyed with this mixed/non mixed/you look like this so claim this type of a thing. Most of us are MIXED here in America, and that is how we came to be black Americans. Whereas most Latinos are mixtures of African, Spanish, Indian cultures, etc and they are Latino. Most places are MIXED anyways. So this whole thing just gives me a headache. Most people in my family don't look alike, so I thought all black families were that way. My mom is light skinned with naturally red hair and was called (little white girl) but never once said she was mixed (technically her mom is Native American and her dad is half white and black), my dad is a little darker (black/cuban mix). We have relatives that could pass for white, or look mixed, or look black, or look spanish (and the back ground is varied as my background from both sides is black, native american, white, and cuban) and I can tell you that I look black!BLACK BLACK! It cracks me up to see people ashamed of who they are. But still this whole "other" gene thing is kinda perplexing. We don't all look alike as black americans because we have a varied background starting with rape in slavery, mixing in with Native Americans (some of us), and then the current mixing of other races. Unless you came straight off the boat from Africa...and even there there is some mixing going on, chances are our features are going to be varied. I cracked up when someone called Obama mixed and said he didn't represent black people. I was like his Dad is African, he is more black then you. How many times were your ancestors raped over the past century and a half? How many generations were you "mixed" down. He only has his mom in the mix. You may have your great great great great grandmom and your great great, and your great, before the mixing thing stopped. So this whole mixed thing is just a huge headache because I feel it's a way for people to not claim being black, or a minority in ways.

Double ditto!!! What ever happened to ppl just claiming "i'm black"! Why is it always a list of 10 ethnicities? It is def a way to not claim it & I'm so sick of it. My children will be biracial & I swear, we're not raising them to feed into any of that crap. None of the biracials in my family do. We know who we are.

 

[Ebony]

Even if a person does have something wayyyy down their line, who would even go into that? I know i say that i'm black and not mixed. I know that my great grand mother was a Seminole indian, but why would i tell people that? Lord knows it hasn't attributed to my hair growth. The whole black women can't have long hair thing is tired and played out and i get tired of people still saying it.

Amen & Amen! Well said. It is sooo played outerplexed.

And why was it that the darker skinned chick was going off on the lighter skinned chicks on stage because they were light & she assumed life was easier for them?? What was up with that! She had real problems.

 

[Encore]

Oh and I think that first black girl has lost her ever loving mind.

I can understand the black and Puerto Rican girl because she technically doesn't know her other side, but she is wrong to put all Puerto Ricans/Latinos into one box.

I too would wonder whether or not the black lady with the long curly hair was mixed or not. I would never ask her out loud, but I would wonder. The middle girl definitely looked black and the woman on the end did too. I think her straight hair throws people off.

This show was interesting. Lmao at the Korean and Chinese chicks.

ITA ^^^

 

[Encore]

i need to see some damn proof that some of them people 100% black and the 1st

confused chile who thinks she frikkin wonder bread need to be in an institution.