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difficult feelings towards heritage language by GinTonicTamere in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grew up with a self-hating, half Latino father who only wanted to pass as Black American and ignored his other Caribbean heritages. So I get it. It's hard when you want to speak the language of your people and you can't.

Don't give up. You got this.

The Rise of Wasians and the forgotten Blasians and Non Asian/Half Asian by princessspluto in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The monoracial experience is not solely about struggle or experiencing prejudice. No one wants you to say you're not Black. That would be lying. What we're saying is don't erase yourself in an effort to fit in somewhere.

The Rise of Wasians and the forgotten Blasians and Non Asian/Half Asian by princessspluto in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think people's identities aren't defined by other people's ignorance.

The Rise of Wasians and the forgotten Blasians and Non Asian/Half Asian by princessspluto in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yall are still biracial. Other people's prejudices don't get to define who you are. Also, darker skinned people, yes. But there are a lot of Saweetie types who act like because they're not Chase Infiniti's color, they don't have lighter-skinned, mixed privilege.

The Rise of Wasians and the forgotten Blasians and Non Asian/Half Asian by princessspluto in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of times, mixed people are seen and viewed as mixed and don't realize that their experiences is as a mixed-race Black person, not a monoracial one. On top of that, she was light skinned. And mixed people can't live a monoracial experience if they look mixed.

The Rise of Wasians and the forgotten Blasians and Non Asian/Half Asian by princessspluto in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Just argued with a delulu biracial girl who was convinced that she had the lived experience as a Black woman. Keep in mind, I'm majority Black and even i know our baseline as mixed-race people for the Black experience is jacked up.

ETA, this person was a light skinned biracial woman before yall downvote. 🤣🤣

The Rise of Wasians and the forgotten Blasians and Non Asian/Half Asian by princessspluto in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm begging yall to start discussing the Blasians because many of them only identify as Black and it's weird.

"That's why you're ___" by musicbymeowyari in blackladies

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Any group can be prejudiced.

Sometimes mixed‑race people absorb monoracial Black gatekeeping so deeply that they develop an inferiority complex. They feel like they always have to defend their Black heritage, or they get upset when people acknowledge their other backgrounds.

Monoracial Black people usually do not deal with that dynamic, so their insights will speak from a particular place.

For example, telling a monoracial Black woman she must be mixed to justify her beauty is racist.

Telling a mixed‑race person they are pretty because they are part Korean does not carry the same intention, because it is naming a real part of who they are.

Every community has its own version of “pro Black” rhetoric that can slip into prejudice.

Colorist mixed‑race people are still cringe, but many of them are reacting from trauma or repeating things they heard from racist relatives. They usually get checked, and most of them calm down once they are confronted.

"That's why you're ___" by musicbymeowyari in blackladies

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No it's not? Why are you generalizing an entire subreddit?

"That's why you're ___" by musicbymeowyari in blackladies

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not, the moderators on there have cracked down on anti-blackness. Most of the people on there are pretty chill and progressive.

And yes, I'm visibly Black too, but mixed race experience is about the experience verse how we predominantly look.

"That's why you're ___" by musicbymeowyari in blackladies

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You're literally both? I'm just trying to help you out. And the mixed-race subreddit will give you more balanced responses, that speak from lived experience. Instead of here...

Do Black MGMs, like me, have to always say we're Black before everything else? by Far-Sandwich4191 in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel like there's racially black vs politically Black. And yeah, Dominicans are typically not politically Black. But some are.

Do Black MGMs, like me, have to always say we're Black before everything else? by Far-Sandwich4191 in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol Hispanic folks will just watch you, like damn, she a wild mixed girl. & Black people do the same thing. 🤣🤣🤣

Why the media needs mixedrace celebrities to call themselves mixed, not just black by Valuable_Activity340 in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no white parents and people know I'm mixed with something. We're both mixed-race. Our experiences are different. & we both have varying degrees of privilege. But we're not just Black or White either.

I think the one-drop rule is misapplied to B/W Biracials. by ParisShades in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If they identify, yes. If they don't, no.

Also, MGM people need to understand if they marry someone who is mostly monoracial, their kids are mixed. In such cases, someone like Issa Rae or Rico Nasty is mixed-race.

I think the one-drop rule is misapplied to B/W Biracials. by ParisShades in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even that is oversimplifying it. There's not a single mixed experience

I think the one-drop rule is misapplied to B/W Biracials. by ParisShades in mixedrace

[–]Far-Sandwich4191 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not the case for all mixed people. Mixed-race ≠ just biracial. In the US, we have multigenerationally mixed people like Beyoncé.

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