Actually Mixed W/ Black - Tumblr Posts

as some1 who's mixed [british and african] i hav my own opinions on this, i don't think the ppl who do this r trying 2 look black is the thing i think they r trying 2 look mixed, or rather what *they* think a mixed person looks like, they r trying 2 look "ambiguous" they r trying 2 get this "mixed look" that they will partake in eugenics and go hav sex w/ a black man in hopes their kid will hav 2, idk tbh i feel like a lot of ppl 4get that mixed specific racism is a thing and so try 2 act like racism that's more directed against ppl who r mixed w/ black is racism only against monoracial black ppl and don't mention mixed ppl at all, even in the poc community sometimes this is a problem, like if i hav 2 c 1 more youtube vid of a monoracial person in america talking abt how "mixed ppl aren't allies" and "mixed ppl r just the same as white ppl" 1] not even acknowledging that not every person is mixed w/ white and 2] demonising those of us who r like we're watered down and not "rly poc" im gonna lose my shit, [not abt the vid linked in the thread, haven't watched bc i already know what blackfishing is just talking abt how every1 is treating this so far like its only racist against monoracial black ppl] idk u guys just seem 2 only acknowledge that mixed ppl can experience racism when it's ppl talking abt the mixed baby fetish and even then most ppl only talk abt it thru the lense of it being bad 4 monoracial black ppl and not 4 yk the mixed baby, u guys just seem 2 stop caring we exist and go from almost acknowledging what we go thru 2 demonising us as soon as we hit puberty, bc that's when u start saying "we're just as bad as white ppl" when we hav 2 deal w/ the fetishisation of our very existence and girls doing fukin mixed face 2 try 2 look like a cut and paste version of us that was fed 2 them by media and then don't believe us when we say we're mixed bc we don't hav that mythical "mixed look" that never exists outside of a white woman trying 2 look like us and then any of us who r 2 "white passing" get called racist by the same white ppl who do this shit just bc we're saying that we're mixed bc we fuking r if u wanna talk abt the racism against monoracial black ppl, great, amazing, pls do that but don't fucking come on here and act like the racism that we as mixed ppl face is only against monoracial ppl, not only is it pushing us 2 the side it just boosts this idea that we don't experience any form of racism when we do and it makes things legit harder 4 us, also i c u guys dragging Arianna [which don't get me wrong i agree] but its also worth mentioning the Kardashians who imo r even worse when it comes 2 this and popularising and normalising this shit, not 2 mention all the ppl on tiktok glueing their eyelids 2 look asian or mixed w/ asian

people wanna be black so bad..

but ppl still think it's "white passing privilege" and not "white passing erasure" huh* im so sick of seeing this shit constantly every time ppl like me r brought up i don't consider myself white passing bc i hate the term 4 a bunch of reasons but a big 1 is that it seems 2 just b used against light skin mixed ppl [especially those of us mixed w/ white] 2 try 2 shove us out of the poc community ppl don't want 2 acknowledge that we exist or experience racism but we do, ur problem is that u only c colourism and not other forms of racism like featurism not 2 mention how being mixed w/ white especially can mean dealing w/ racism from within ur own family and then u try 2 go 2 the poc community, ur community that white ppl hav told u countless times 2 stay away from and after finally realising that u do belong and working up the courage 2 go 2 that community u get told that "no, ur 2 white 4 us" and then on top of that when u finally get some form of rep in media it's all "this doesn't add diversity" and "this isn't real poc rep" and once again pitting us against our own community, so sick of this bs *it's not a privilege 2 hav 2 deal w/ a lifetime of being poc enough 2 experience racism but 2 white 2 hav those experiences acknowledged and it's not a privilege 2 b looked down upon by ur own community in the same way and having every1 tell u ur "basically white" while also getting shit 4 having different hair or a different body type which u hav bc ur mixed or getting called mixed specific racial slurs, lowkey "white passing privilege" imo is just the same as "straight passing privilege" it's just used 2 b shitty 2 ppl within our own communities and it's not as much of a privilege as ppl like 2 make it out 2 b

fuck this im having a bad day bc of ppl being weird abt me being mixed w/ black and mixed w/ white so im just making this a masterpost of all the kinda bs i deal w/ bc so many ppl don't seem 2 believe me when i say me and others like me go thru this shit, gonna reblog this w/ any new shit i find

apparently they r comparing us 2 coffee now

weird race fetish bs

weird eugenics bs

in case u thought it was only 4 coffee cups

[4 context]

pitting mixed w/ white ppl against their own community

and here we hav a special case of acting like some1 being mixed w/ white and mixed w/ black is "black erasure"

[watched the video and it's not as bad as i was afraid of from the title btw just that the comments r trash and tbh the title is trash] then there's this vid once again video not bad, haven't watched this 1 but it looks like it's trying 2 do good title in here 4 context

the comments on the other hand

think this 1 is trying 2 say that us mixed ppl r racist just 4 saying we experience racism which unfortunately is not uncommon

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fuck this im having a bad day bc of ppl being weird abt me being mixed w/ black and mixed w/ white so im just making this a masterpost of all the kinda bs i deal w/ bc so many ppl don't seem 2 believe me when i say me and others like me go thru this shit, gonna reblog this w/ any new shit i find

apparently they r comparing us 2 coffee now

weird race fetish bs

weird eugenics bs

in case u thought it was only 4 coffee cups

as some1 who is "white passing" this is bs erasure is not a privilege, being mistaken 4 ur oppressors and being pitted against ur own community is not a privilege not 2 mention racism is not only colourism there's also featurism ect [sry if bad spelling i haven't seen that word written down b4] p much none of us that r considered "white passing" even look fully white bc most of us still look different bc of being mixed even if it's not our skin colour that looks different and those of us who do still belong in our community [speaking as some1 considered white passing but my hair and body shape r different bc im mixed]

some1 acting like us saying we're mixed is asking 4 special treatment

just 2 b clear the problem isn't ppl not guessing our race right it's ppl insisting that they know what race we r better than we do even when we tell them that we're mixed and then being racist even when they do acknowledge it

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fuck this im having a bad day bc of ppl being weird abt me being mixed w/ black and mixed w/ white so im just making this a masterpost of all the kinda bs i deal w/ bc so many ppl don't seem 2 believe me when i say me and others like me go thru this shit, gonna reblog this w/ any new shit i find

apparently they r comparing us 2 coffee now

weird race fetish bs

weird eugenics bs

in case u thought it was only 4 coffee cups

i mean some ppl do get violent when they find out ur not white but go off ig :/

acting like we're privileged once again

erasure

as some1 who's from the UK i can confirm that mixed ppl exist outside the US

do i even need 2 fucking say anything on this 1???

unironically using the term "exotic" 2 describe how we look b*tch im not a pet

apparently some1 thinks that american = white

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fuck this im having a bad day bc of ppl being weird abt me being mixed w/ black and mixed w/ white so im just making this a masterpost of all the kinda bs i deal w/ bc so many ppl don't seem 2 believe me when i say me and others like me go thru this shit, gonna reblog this w/ any new shit i find

apparently they r comparing us 2 coffee now

weird race fetish bs

weird eugenics bs

in case u thought it was only 4 coffee cups

"embrace ur differences, stop saying ur different in the way that u r and embracing it" also legit unironically saying that ppl should stop talking abt skin colour??

once again mixed ppl exist outside of the US

[there were more comments but it's a vid that got a lot of attention and i cba 2 go thru all the comments on it rn]

[title 4 context but yeh im not watching this vid it's obvs what it is]

[mainly put this video title in here 4 another video title i was going 2 put in 4 context but found these comments]

4 context all the woman w/ the braids did was point out in her own words that "white passing privilege" is just as much bs as "straight passing privilege" is at least in what i watched of this video b4 having 2 stop watching, there were also a bunch more comments trash talking her for speaking up abt it, didn't put those in bc i reached the image limit

we're not white either tho and none of us r "pretending 2 b black" we're just trying 2 acknowledge and embrace that part of ourselves instead of just allowing ourselves 2 b constantly pushed into the same box as our oppressors

fuck this im having a bad day bc of ppl being weird abt me being mixed w/ black and mixed w/ white so im just making this a masterpost of all the kinda bs i deal w/ bc so many ppl don't seem 2 believe me when i say me and others like me go thru this shit, gonna reblog this w/ any new shit i find

apparently they r comparing us 2 coffee now

weird race fetish bs

weird eugenics bs

in case u thought it was only 4 coffee cups

just this whole fucking video's existence reeks of eugenics and i refuse 2 watch it, luckily most of the comments i can c seem 2 b calling this video out

this is 1 of the top blogs in the "mixed race" tag on tumblr

again w/ the weird eugenics youtube vids [edit bc i realised something wasn't super clear; from what i remember w/ the "reacting 2 'mixed race wh!te passing women are not our allies'" vid it was a i think monoracial black woman [again my memory could b fuzzy but i am *not* subjecting myself 2 that video again] and she got her 2 mixed women friends 2 react 2 this video w/ her that was talking ab how they aren't allies 2 the wider poc community and don't belong in it "the girl w/ the braids" that every1 keeps referencing in the comments was literally just pointing out the problems in the video and the woman making the video and the ppl in the comments got mad at her 4 not agreeing w/ this video that was talking abt how she doesn't belong]

idk much abt what what context this was supposed 2 b in when this person who originally said this said it but this is all the context i got 4 this tumblr post so it's going on here, let's make this clear; colourism is a problem and should b talked abt and we should try 2 get rid of colourism and some light-skinned and ""white passing"" members of the community can experience erasure and oppression both from outside and within the community r 2 ideas that can and should exist 2gether, just like how it's not ok 2 talk over or try 2 silence the voices of ppl w/ darker skin when they talk abt colourism it's also not ok 2 talk over or silence the voices of light-skinned and ""white passing"" ppl when we tell u abt our struggles like the constant erasure that we face from all sides [will add more when i find more]

[mixed ppl feel free 2 add ur own experiences/things u've seen no matter what ur mixed w/ as long as ur not trying 2 act like ppl mixed w/ white r the same as white ppl]

[monoracial ppl don't clown this post this is a post 2 raise awareness of the racism that mixed ppl experience]

fuck this im having a bad day bc of ppl being weird abt me being mixed w/ black and mixed w/ white so im just making this a masterpost of all the kinda bs i deal w/ bc so many ppl don't seem 2 believe me when i say me and others like me go thru this shit, gonna reblog this w/ any new shit i find

apparently they r comparing us 2 coffee now

weird race fetish bs

weird eugenics bs

in case u thought it was only 4 coffee cups