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- Glorifying Racial Ambiguity
The Glorification of Racial Ambiguity
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Disclaimers:
*Note: Ariana Grande photo is photoshopped - a mistake on my part.
In regards to Zendaya as the thumbnail. Yes, she is mixed. She was not placed in the thumbnail because as an example of racial ambiguity, but rather on her discussions regarding race. Also, the video is short so I could not touch upon certain discussions like fetishization of mixed race 'features' which bleeds into the topic of glorifying racial ambiguity as a whole.
#racialambiguity #race #racism #blackfishing #asianfishing #beauty #bbl #glorifying #glorification #beautystandards #mixedrace
Sources:
Why celebrating ‘mixed-race beauty' has its problematic side by Natalie Morris.
The Instagram face and its implications by Zoe Zhang.
The New Beauty Is From Everywhere and Nowhere by Joanna Fuertes.
I was born in 1987. I’m mixed Cambodian + Black + Spanish and other stuff. Everyone around me told my entire life that my “look” is the look of the future and not to be insecure about it. I have ambiguous features. Nobody can figure out my ethnicity. Ever. I guess everyone was right 😂 I wouldn’t change me for the world
Happy for you, Shannon! If that is you in your profile picture, they are definitely right; you are gorgeous! ❤️🔥
Being mixed myself (mexican-spanish-filipino) I find the trend of looking "racially ambiguous" funny when I was young, kids called me "mestizang sunog" 😪 (burnt mixed girl) because of my tan skin lol
Btw love your channel!
Thank you, Thaz! 💖☺️ Sorry about people making fun of you for your identity. 💜 Hope you’re doing well now! 🙏🏻
A fellow pinoy. Have strong Chinese heritage and although i didn't have the same looks prejudice they were talking about if i have stake at a family business. Chinese mixed families are stereotyped to have family businesses lol. I don't!
Also wanna say your skin is beautiful, I can just imagine it. It's too bad colorism and mixed races are scrutinized and biased at.
A fellow pinoy. Have strong Chinese heritage and although i didn't have the same looks prejudice they were talking about if i have stake at a family business. Chinese mixed families are stereotyped to have family businesses lol. I don't!
Also wanna say your skin is beautiful, I can just imagine it. It's too bad colorism and mixed races are scrutinized and biased at.
It's disgusting because it's still very much based on ANTI BLACKNESS
It’s not “ANTI-BLACKNESS” because you or anyone can be PRO-BLACK and step up for black issues without other races having to shun loving & appreciating their heritage. Everyone should appreciate their heritage and race, if you don’t and you hate yourself that is some trauma you need to resolve within yourself. Other non-black races appreciating their race or races is not anti-black this is such a projection. Non one of a moral compass wants to be anti something so stop pushing this narrative on to others
I used to be made fun of and bullied for being mixed and nowadays people like what I look like
Sorry to hear that, Sarah! 💖 Hope you’re doing well now. ☺️💞
@@yilyau yes I am but it’s so different now it’s a 360 degree change
Same….I some thought I was cute I. High school and now I get so much attention as a 29 year old. I get told I’m so beautiful I’m intimidating and yeah I lost weight and acne cleared but it was also because mixed race/racially ambiguous looks are now the standard because I literally get chosen or applauded over blonde and blue eyes Ashley’s and that was the standard when I was in high school.
The tables have turned completely
I'm a mixed race gay man and I love being racially ambiguous.i have light tan skin,green eyes,curly hair.i was made fun of for having round nose as a kid for curly hair and full lips but now im trending lmao the world is mad
Yes, it is strange indeed! 😅 Shame on the people that made fun of your features as a child. Happy to hear you love your features! 💖
I’m mixed too, half white quarter black quarter Korean I was also made fun of for my nose and freckles and having light hair but dark eyebrows/lashes so they always accused me of dying it. What I don’t like is how people pick and choose I.e. I’ve witnessed girls getting lip injections and then claiming to be black after… then people questioning if I really am cuz my lips don’t look like it. Men fetishizing me all my life obsessing over giving them “pretty babies” and women harassing/lashing out at me cuz I need to stick to my “own kind”
Nothing wrong for having pride in who you are, and I love that different groups of people are finally getting recognition. But it’s quite obvious that u being made fun of was centered around anti blackness. It was your black features that got you made fun of ( big nose and lips) but not your other ones.
Good for you? I guess
I’m not half anything but some think I am. I guess I am techno “mixed” 🙄 tho. The meaning of that term fluctuates so much that it’s ridiculous. Eh… you can be ambiguous whether you’re mixed or not. I love seeing racial ambiguity in people. It’s beautiful.
I love how you talk about relevant and important topics. Plus the way you speak and present them is so calming to listen to. I love your work. :)
Thank you, Sakshi! 💖
Like people need to get out of social media. Like every other week it seems that there is a new trend. Am thankfully am not on social media or following any of this beauty influencers so am thankfully behind and all these "trends" but it's ridiculous everytime i catch a glimpse of this junk. Am truly concerned for the health of young adults who are being exposed to this.
Yes, I think globalisation and internet dependency can have certain consequences for the younger adults and children today (even adults). Good for you from abstaining from social media usage! :)
Note: it’s been pointed out to me that the photo of Ariana Grande after has been photoshopped - a mistake on my part. Ignore that photo; I think the overarching point still stands, however. 💖 Apologies to anyone offended or upset by that.
Edit: some people are also upset and offended that I used Zendaya for the thumbnail, she is not featured in the video as an example of racial ambiguity I believe (but as an example of mixed-race features which are ‘desired’), because she is not racially ambiguous, but mixed race. I did not specify that Zendaya was racially ambiguous, which is not why I used her as the thumbnail. Rather, her discussions on colourism, what is an acceptable POC/POC features, the taking of certain features to be palatable to certain audiences and the fetishization of mixed race 'features'. To quote Zendaya herself, ‘I Am Hollywood’s Acceptable Version Of A Black Girl’ - this video was not long enough to circle around the entire discussion of colourism, mixed race identity and racial ambiguity, so I may have missed a few things on this discussion. I understand how that could've caused some confusion, however; by putting Zendaya next to the words of 'racial ambiguity' in the thumbnail.
No Im not flattered. My thick eyebrows and huge eyes are what used to make me different. White girls used to make fun of my thick dark eyebrows and east Asian features in school….and now look at everyone just drawing and tattooing them on. A white guy made fun of my hair and said it looked like a wig bc it was so thick and dark. Now everyone all of a sudden has thick dark hair.
I hear what you’re saying! ❤️ I can see why people would be irked by being made fun or or bullied for a physical feature which everyone now embraces. I think ultimately people should find a look they are comfortable with and suits them. Who knows? Tomorrow, the beauty standards may change. 💖
There’s white girls that have thick eyebrows lmao. XD sit down
your videos are so well made, and your so eloquent and well spoken and you accent makes it even better! 💗
Thank you so much, Gina. 🥳💖
I too find the romanticising of racial ambiguity to be problematic, but for totally different reasons.
Are people following AI models? This is pure dystopia. How people start to accept it?
I do believe that people follow AI for other reasons, but I see your point. :)
Acceptance began when we started using photoshop back in the 90s.
I don’t consider my self mixed but I found out that I am 60% European 20% indigenous 10% Asian and 9% Native American, I am Mexican American and that’s how I am about. I get confused sometimes with what i am after finding out my ancestry. sometimes I don’t want to think about it, I am not too fair but also not too dark, I am in between. People sometimes mistake me for Asian or other.
I wish you well with your journey of self-identity, Jesse. 💖☺️ Much love. ⭐️
Hey, will you make a video on how Bollywood, Telugu and Tamil romances really made an impact on not only Hollywood, but also on Shōnen manga and vice versa!
Zendaya is beautiful
Yes, Zendaya is gorgeous!
2:37 iggy looks so cringe😭😭
Come to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 we are all racially ambiguous here…
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Literally just came back from pr and I loved it! It felt like I was around people who look like me and didn’t have to worry about racism and all those other things.
Hello, May l ask you how long it takes you to edit your videos? Do you have a website or way to reach you please? Thank you so much
It depends; I attend school and work, so it can vary (sometimes procrastination). I currently don't have a website or proper email to reach me. Sometimes, I am busy so I may not be able to reply to your comments. Thank you very much for watching, Kintsugi. I hope you are doing well.
@@yilyau Thanks for your message. I am asking as I love your vid editing style and interested to suggest you for a commercial project. May I ask if you can post an email in your bio to reach out? Thank you so much
Thanks WabiSabi. I’m a small channel, so not quite at that point. Thanks for watching though!
kinda disappointed that you used the photoshopped ariana picture. we all know it's fake by now
My apologies didn’t realise it was photoshopped! 💖 Thanks for pointing it out, Yousie!
still applies to her tbh
@@yilyau no problem! Sorry if I was harsh.