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Op this is everything

Made this in like a minute out of frustration over a couple memories. Is this anything

Ironically often, the people talking about not judging others based on the colour of their skin are the same people saying that mixed race people can’t be/don’t look mixed race because they’re too pale or too dark

Having to hide your whiteness with Asians and having to hide your Asian-ness with white people is exhausting.

I come across less Asians and look more white so most of the time I’m having to censor what I say just so white people don’t start asking loads of racist questions and talking about how I ‘don’t look mixed’.

Although it is funny when they’re being asianphobic in front of me and I look them in the eye and say “I’m part Asian”.

sometimes being wasian is like hey how would you like to be ostracized by asian people and treated like shit by white people and maybe half your extended family will call you an abomination sometimes to add a little flavor how does that sound

I don’t know who needs to hear this but indirect racism is still racism.

Just because you aren’t yelling slurs at someone doesn’t mean you aren’t committing microaggressions or doing overt generalised racist things.

DnD character. they are called Sokka.

Can’t sleep at all, why must my mind run a thousand miles per hour?!

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I'm blackish (mixed) and I grew up in a place where there were almost ZERO people of color. Any color. So I didn't enjoy my childhood to say the least. And I grew up hating my hair so much because it was the one thing that made me stand out among my white classmates, and later on, when I moved away, it was the thing that made me stand out among all the black folks in my neighborhood. Suddenly, I had the "good hair," but it was just another way to make us all hate ourselves. If you want to know if representation matters, I can tell you that it does. I'm from the boonies and the first time I ever saw a commercial for black hair care products (I was 16), I burst into tears, because I didn't even know they existed. I didn't know anyone had made anything for me. It changed how I viewed myself. It took me so many years to learn to love myself and my hair. To stop trying to "tame" my frizz and "control" my curls. To stop smoothing myself over until I was more European and palatable for the world at large. Fuck all the noise. Fuck the good hair bullshit. Fuck the nonsense of people who play stupid about what appropriation is. My hair is a wayward, wild creature that doesn't look the same twice. It follows no rules and cannot be grounded. It must be free and loved just as it is and when it is loved, it thrives. Just like the rest of me.

There is NO. GOOD. HAIR. There is only hair (or lack there of) and it's ALL GOOD.

The Magic In Our Hair Is Its Versatility.

Black Hair Things:

Wigs were not invented by white people. Whenever a discussion about cultural appropriation arises the first thing said is that wigs on black women are also appropriation. Unlearn that. Wigs have long existed in Africa, and some have been found in tombs alongside our black queens in Ancient Egipt. Look it up.

Black hair grows at the same rate and speed as any other race. But our hair is sensitive and needs care, so you need to enforce a haircare routine so it won't break. If they tell you black hair does not grow, don't believe them.

"Good hair" is an invention. You decide what is good or bad simply by changing your mind on what good looks like. If it is hard to see the beauty in your hair simply change the content you consume. Follow black people on social media who wear their natural hair, see more black movies, and read about black hair history and hairstyle meanings.

Most self-hate issues can be helped (not fixed) by positive representation. You will first see, second love and third copy.

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..

this comic sums up my feelings as a white passing mixed person

like sure ppl look at me and think im white but i think ppl don't realise that that doesn't mean im treated as a white person, i get treated differently as soon as they find out im mixed and not white and i still get comments abt my hair and my body proportions which r different bc im mixed not 2 mention deit culture,

[warning disordered eating, ppl being shitty abt bodies race fetish and mixed baby fetish talk and gatekeeping mention]

i had a problem w/ eating where i wouldn't eat any more than 2 small meals a day and sometimes only 1 small meal a day and sometimes not even that and yet bc of how my fat distribution naturally is i still had my big thighs and ppl called me fat bc of it, not 2 mention the fact that most of the "positivity posts" abt my body type [im kinda a pear shape] is white ppl fetishising it and acting like that somehow makes them better

not 2 mention finding out that 1 of the reasons i exist is bc my dad had a race fetish but whenever monoracial ppl talk abt stuff like that most of the 1s ive seen on youtube still do a 180 2 then talk abt how "mixed ppl aren't our allies" and say we're the same as white ppl, it rly does feel that as soon as we hit puberty they demonise us especially when we start talking abt our own experiences

then there's the fact that the "mixed look" is defined atm by white ppl trying 2 look like us but then that gets labelled as oppression that's only against monoracial ppl

tbh this is y after years of putting up w/ this shit im starting think that the term white passing should b retired bc it's just the same as the term straight passing being used against bisexual ppl, dealing w/ bigotry and then on top of that dealing w/ erasure from ur own community and being told u don't belong there only 4 them 2 then turn around and call u stuck up 4 not interacting w/ them is not a privilege

Credit: @pet_foolery

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

mixed people don't have a look stop spreading this narrative

If we could stop policing mixed-race identities, that would be great. 

yeh as some1 who is ""white passing"" [don't like the term 4 in it's current use 4 so many reasons] ppl just always assume im white and then when i tell them i'm not they try 2 tell me that me being mixed w/ black "doesn't count" or w/e bc it wasn't 1 of my parents who's black it's my grandma but like,,,

1] it still makes me not 100% white

2] fuk u if there was a literal racial slur made 4 ppl who r "a quarter black" like me then i don't think u then get 2 turn around and call me white and say that my black side doesn't count [not putting the slur here bc i don't trust like that but if u know u know]

3] my mother despite being technically born in the uk was raised entirely in zimbabwe and doesn't rly consider herself english

4] i've experienced racism on multiple occasions despite what so many ppl like 2 think, if im black enough 2 experience racism u don't get 2 tell me im not black enough 2 call myself mixed

5] im not even fully white passable [which i would still b able 2 call myself mixed if i was i just find it weird how ppl act like i am fully white passable] like,,, my hair and body r different bc im mixed pale skin isn't the same thing as being able 2 pass as white and it's not like ppl don't notice those things abt me

sry if i got angry in the reblog im just glad some1 else is talking abt this bc it rly sucks bc it's not just white ppl who do this [which is bad enough already] but u even get monoracial poc doing this as a way of trying 2 pit the wider poc community against mixed ppl and it sucks

This isn’t like, specifically a fandom or media thing, but I’m kind of tired of the way people discuss (or often don’t discuss) multi-racial or multi-ethnic identities. Mixed people are literally so diverse and no two of us are going to have the exact same experiences. I remember once during class (I don’t remember what the exact topic or whatever was, but I think it was a writing class) we were discussing an article written about a mixed-race woman (I believe white/black) and everyone was just repeatedly referring to her as a black woman. And I didn’t say anything at the time because I was uncomfortable and I’m bad at speaking up for things that make me uncomfortable. But now I wish I had. Because maybe she thought of herself as a black woman, but none of us knew whether or not she did.

And like. I’m half-black, half-white, and I would be extremely uncomfortable if someone referred to me as a black woman. Because 1) I don’t look black. Straight-up, if you just looked at my face you would never assume I was black or part-black. I know because many people have guessed or assumed my race and they have never gotten it right. I am Ambiguously Brown. 2) I was raised by my mom, who’s white, and there are a lot of gaps in my knowledge of African-American history and culture (part of this is also a failure on the part of the American education system but what else is new). One of my friends and I (also a multi-racial woman, though not the same as me) used to joke that we were basic half-white bitches. No I would not be comfortable if someone who wasn’t a close friend, or if someone who wasn’t mixed, tried to do this with me. 3) Even if the first two weren’t true, I’m not black. I’m part black, and all aspects of my race are important to me, not just the ones that are most “obvious” to other people.

And that’s part of my biggest problem like this - people making assumptions about other mixed people’s experience with their identity. The first one that comes to mind is Keanu Reeves. I’ve definitely seen people make jokes about him being a popular unproblematic internet white guy - but he’s not white. He’s part white, part Chinese, part Hawaiian (his name is literally Hawaiian). And I can feel people rolling their eyes that it doesn’t matter or he still has privilege, so it doesn’t “count”. And I won’t deny that he may have privilege because of his appearance, but it is not your place to say that other people’s identity doesn’t count. You don’t live in other people’s brains, and you don’t know how he relates to his identity. You don’t know his experience. You don’t know how it’s affected him - or how assumptions like that affect him. This also goes for people on the opposite end of the spectrum, like my high school friend “Dimitri”, who was part black, part Native, and people typically assumed he was black. I wish now that we’d talked about this together - I don’t know how it affected him, but I do know how other people’s assumptions can affect you.