I'm Very Black

As a light-skinned woman who is actually NOT biracial, and does NOT have any white family members, I am still expected to "claim" my (non-extisent) "white side" rather than identify as BLACK and BLACK only. People poke me about it and don't believe me when I say I'm not mixed...It's weird how that works. You'd think people would be proud of how we wear our blackness proudly, how we identify with it although we COULD identify with another race instead, you'd think it'd be seen as admirable. But in reality it's all about categorizing, labeling, and ultimately- separation. As many people in these comments have said, it seems as if we are going backwards.

It's interesting that you get to see what people say when they don't think a black person is around

She reminds me of “young” Mariah Carey...back in her “vision of love” days in the early 90s

She looks like she's 75% white and 25% black

I hate that people say you're neither black nor white, when you ARE black and ARE white. You're BOTH.

Grief does trickle down. What many people don't understand is that Black in America is not simply a biological heritage of certain skin colors and hair textures. It's also a psychological inheritance, events and treatment not only our ancestors endured, but the mistreatment our immediate families suffered simply for being black. What our ancestors, parents and grandparents witnessed and went through as black men and women in America and the culture of joy and pain, life and loss, self-love and self-hatred, the fight for pride that developed from those struggles are passed down. And many of us in this generation still witness large remnants of the attitudes and actions that caused the suffering of our parents and other forebears. It's a legacy and mentality in America all progressive, fair-minded people are fighting to overcome with knowledge and respect. Biracial is a term indicating a person has two parents of separate racial classifications. Biracial itself is not a cultural classification. Biracial and black are not mutually exclusive terms. If a person is bi-ethnic, Italian and Irish for example, they may relate more to the Italian or the Irish side, depending on experience, but that does not mean they are in denial of one or the other. There's no contradiction in someone describing themselves as a biracial black person. In this case, Alexis was raised by a black family in a black neighborhood as the child of a black man. I would be surprised if she didn't identify as black. This need that so many people have to force their definitions of how someone should identify themselves is very sad and unnecessary. No one should need to justify where they come from to those who have not lived what they have lived. I appreciate this insightful video.

You're not black. You're biracial. I'm black.

You are not black. Go to bed

Sorry, but ur not black. Ur mixed

At least you embrace both sides

My mother is black. And my father is Puerto Rican he is very very black and he tells me that all the time. We are black. Your mother and I are black.

I find it offensive as a black woman that this woman gets to call herself black when she is clearly mixed. There's nothing wrong with being mixed. Black people are the most inclusive people and I find it quite sad. No other race just claims every damn thing. This woman benefits from white privilege everyday and has the audacity to claim black. These are the same people who claim white when it benefits them, regardless of what she says in the video. And having an opinion does not make me a hater. You are not black. You are a mixed woman.

Your hair is aammaazzingggg

any black person on here willing to argue that she isn't dark enough to be a black person or because she is also half white she can't identify with being black should really reevaluate your way of thinking! we come in such a variety y'all should be welcoming our sister not shutting her out get it together!❤💙💛💜💚

Whatever you feel comfortable with, that's how I see it.

Did you guys even watch the video? You guys are complaining about how she will never face the same discrimination as we do (which is true and she never denied that). Because she doesn’t look black. I know many black people who are black, both have black parents and look white. Or are biracal look black (darkskinned) or just plain white. It’s just DNA it doesn’t always work as expected. Up untill the DNA test she always thought she was half black or half white. If she didn’t show the DNA test and just showed her parents I would just say she was black. You guys are always complaining how black people or biracial people like to pass for white so that they can benefit from the white privilege, but now that there is a black person who is white passing is actually proud to be black you guys get mad?!?! We need people like her to claim black and be proud of being black to show that being black is not, was never and never will be a negative thing! We as black people (not all) want to disassociate ourselves from blackness because we want to show that we are “not like the rest of them” and need white acceptance. Just remember that if we were still at the time of slavery she would still be a slave and considered as black even if she “looks white”. Edit: please watch this before commenting. This girl explains the difference between race and ethnicity: https://youtu.be/Y8k6vnDBgkE and what it means to be white passing.

Mariah Carey is mixed and no one says anything to her and she claims she's black all day very day

If you're 'black' and 'white', why is your video titled 'I'm very black'?

You're not Black, you are mixed race. There's nothing wrong with not being black. End of debate

"She's confused" 🙄🙄🙄 The same black people saying this would be giving her grief if she was calling herself mixed and/or frolicking around amongst just white people, telling her that she's "ignoring her heritage" and/or that "she thinks she's better than us." Likewise, the white people that are also pissed off at this would be the same ones that would be quick to remind her of her family and relatives with darker complexions. Other races and ethnicities giving you shit now would also be giving you shit if you identified otherwise. Point being: keep doing what you're doing, because angry, bitter people will continue to say something, regardless of how happy they claim to be with themselves.