Meet The Woman Who Learned That Her Mother Passed As White | Megyn Kelly TODAY

The fact the racist dad married a women who was mixed raced and didn’t know but still loved her shows the pointlessness of racism 😂

She wasn't wearing makeup to look good at the hospital, she was wearing makeup so she could get treated at the hospital.

It’s important to remember that this woman’s mother didn’t just pass, she escaped life as a black personality in the Jim Crow South. That’s huge. It’s also heartbreaking and courageous.

the white woman behind her in the purple feels everything this woman is saying. the guilt, the grief, the sadness... all of it.

she just glossed over the fact that she pretended to be her mother to get the birth certificate. savage and worth it

That wearing light makeup to sleep and being treated better at the hospital literally went over their heads.

My great grandmother identified as black and so did her entire family. But she was very fair skinned with a straighter hair texture due to her mixed race heritage. Sometimes she passed for white when she needed to. My great grandfather (a black man) often had her do many business transactions or meetings for his business because people thought she was white and they’d give her an easier time. They even had a landlord that thought she was white and that my grandfather was the “help” 🤦🏽‍♀️.

My mother's family were all "passing" when my mother was born... my mom was too dark skinned to pass so when she was around 7 years old her family abandoned her in Maryland. Just left her in a foreign state. Alone. Before they abandoned her they treated her like a "found child" that they were taking care of... even now whenever I think about this it breaks my heart.

My grandmother once told me that a lot of black people that looked white did pass for white back in those days for a better life due to the segregation era/ Jim Crow!

The saddest part is that she had to pretend to be fully white just to survive and live a normal American life

Made me cry to think that the mother spent her whole life hiding who she is. ❤️

How heartbreaking for her mother. To be so ashamed of herself. "how would I hold my head up around my friends". that made me cry. May she rest in peace.

The blonde woman in the background really wants to be a part of the story.

Imagine the amount nervousness and stress that woman felt while pregnant

HER MOTHER WASN'T THE ONLY 1 THAT DID THAT 🙏🏼🙏🏼

While growing up neither my father or grandmother would talk about family history. When I started doing research I pieced together many of the hints they both had given me but also knew that they wanted to keep hidden. My great-grandmother was born a slave in 1860. She wanted a better life so she passed and moved to PA to find a white husband. She was lucky to find a man whose wife had died leaving him with an infant and had returned from TX to find a mother for his child. They ended up having 12 children. Looking at old photos of grandmother and her siblings you can pick out some faint Black characteristics. For several years after I found out this history I was bitter that part of my heritage had been stolen from me. I now realize that they were reacting to our society at that time and attempting to make a better life for themselves and their children. So after growing up believing that I was Irish/Scottish/English I am now proud to say I am mixed race and appreciate what my ancestors went through.

And she would’ve gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for her meddling kid!

"My mom was this absolutley stunning, beautiful woman." "My dad... He had a good sense of humor." LOL

My Grandmother was Cherokee and you could tell but ppl really thought she was just very tan. Her skin would darken quickly with just a few minutes of sun! She passed as white as well. All her life. She was so beautiful! I miss my beautiful grandmother!

So sad. That that was such a shame.!!! Be proud of who you are!!!