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Hi, It's me, Cyan again. Um, last year in May I made a video about how I felt about
being Blaxican. And there was a little bit of a discussion in the comments and I'm going
to read one of them to you. "Girl, just be self-concious and just stick to be a human
being. You seem to be a sophisticated young woman, so skip the race-thing, because it's
really not important, where your roots are from nowadays... A friend does not pay attention
to skin colour, just being a good and loyal friend, you know..." Um, I think it's important
to talk about this comment in particular because it is so important to talk about race. It's
just, it's-- you cannot get around it a lot of people... and I'm going to point out that
this person spells their--spells color with a U so I don't think they're an American.
Uh, I don't know how it is in, uh, their country but here it is so important and here in the
United States we like to skip over, uh, race we like to pass it on like "oh it's no big
deal" even though like there were concentration camps against Japanese people and some Chinese
people that they didn't believe were actually Chinese. Um, uh, SLAVERY. Is nobody gonna
(chuckles) Everyone talks about forget, forget. No, let's remember. And it's not good to pretend
to be colorblind or whatever 'cause it's so important to talk about it. You can't just
pretend like it's not there anymore. Uh, the colorblind thing that doesn't work. When someone
says, "When I see you I don't see [whatever your race is]" Well, why'd you say it then?
I mean, it's just so important to talk about and I'm just not even going to get into it
'cause it's just really important and that's why I feel like I have to make these videos
because I feel like I can't talk about it with some of my since you know...I...I wouldn't
say that they don't understand. I'd say that they wouldn't take the time to understand.
Um, "Blaxican is not a term" yes it's a made up term that uh, a lot of people use like
Blasian: Black and Asian. Um, some people say Mexi-negra if they are um Mexican but
their parents--like they were born in Mexico and their parents are Black or something along
those lines. Um, a lot o'... Blackanese: Black and Chinese. Um, let's see, uh, "I feel so
sad watching you explain yourself. [pause] I hope you don't feel that way today. My question
is why do you think you have to 'choose' a side (black/mexican)? Why don't you just hang
out with people who will love and accept you for who you are, a human being first and foremost?
Those mixed people at your school may not have chosen sides but instead just opted to
befriend those they accepted by or they can relate to more." Um, in answer to your question
[pause] uh, I don't feel that way today but I still feel like a lot of my friends feel
that way, uh, my mixed friends. We're still going through this. We have to prove that
we're one thing or another. We--'cause today people can't accept--can't accept that they're--that
you can be two different races and you can still, um, be friends with with different
people with different races and not have to act a certain way to prove something to somebody
else. But that's something that we're all struggling with. Um, "why don't you just hang
out with people that you love and accept you for who you are." Y'see, it's not that easy
for, uh, mixed people like us. We-- [sigh]. There's this whole idea that-- [sigh]. People
are always asking you "what are you what are you can I touch your hair what are you?" Um,
and it's just that they, they want to find your box and put you inside of it. Like a...
I know a lot of Black people go through this like, uh, they say "oh you don't act Black
you must not be Black" [how Black should respond] "No. It's just I'm choosing to act I want
to act. I'm choosing to not use Ebonics not because I'm better than you but because it's
what I'm used to, it's how I feel, it's how I want to express myself." It's not whether
or not whether or not you're better than someone else it's just about how everyone else perceives
you to be. It's not that easy. Um, People that are born one race, they don't see this
going on. And I'm trying to show everyone what's happening and why this is so important
to talk about. Um, "those mixed people at your school may not have chosen sides" I don't
know about the other mixed people at my school and other Blaxicans because...I don't hang
out with them because they've chosen sides. And.... alright let's see. Uh, let's see,
uh, there was someone else that I saw that it was really, um, crazy. Okay, "Its unfortunate
that now we live in an environment in which the races are encouraged to destruct themselves
by mixing. What part of that creates is biracial children who often experience problems fitting
in and finding their identity. Further, they can have problems with certain types of transplantation."
Okay, I'm not gonna get to the science part of that yet but yes it's true that biracial
children have problems with fitting in and finding their identity. What kids don't go
through that? It's just added on more stress--like there's the regular finding-your-identity
that everybody goes through and then there's this extra thing that "What am I, am I this?
Or am I that? Am I both or am I neither?" And [ugh] BUT it's not unfortunate that we
live in a place that races are encouraged to mix. And it's not destructing yourself.
White people back then and some today, actually a lot today, more than you think, are afraid
of a Mongrol race. And not just White people, other people too. Um, they're afraid of mixing.
They're afraid that there's--you won't be able to tell who's who anymore, people won't
be able to just say "Oh, I'm Irish" or "I'm Black." They'll be able to say "I'm Italian-Mexican-Jewish-Blah-Blah-Blah."
And then they go, "No really what are you?" Like, that that question is still being asked.
But, um, what I'm getting at is that [laughs] you should be able to date and procreate with
whoever you want like no matter-- you shouldn't be like, "Oh, he's he's Asian I can' be with
him. What if, what will our children go through?" I mean, I'm lucky enough to have the tools
to be able to deal with, um, being of a mixed race so I could pass it on to my children.
And tell them how they should feel. 'Cause I remember I was crying in my room and my
sister, she helped me because she told me "Hey, you shouldn't have to worry about anybody
else. You be you. You know? You don't have to choose or do anything. You should embrace
both parts of you, your heritage. Um, don't listen to what everybody says." And I'm glad
that I had her in my life. Because my parents, they don't know-- they don't understand what
I'm going through. They're trying to 'cause they're like "We... our relationship was forbidden.
You know," my mom said that her dad and her grandpa told her that Black people steal and
all sorts of stereotypes. I haven't heard too much about my dad going through that.
But they think that it translates the same but it doesn't because-- I'm not saying this
is true but this is what society sees. They see "Oh she made a choice to be mixed--to
be in a mixed relationship. She made a choice to be in an interracial relationship." But
they don't, they see me and they go, "she is a product of their mistake." It's not,
um, a mistake. It's just the way that humans naturally are. They're naturally going to,
um, mix together. America-- the United States is the biggest mixing salad bowl ever. Like,
no other has, has so many different races just flood in like the United States. And
hold on one second I'm going to turn on the light [click]. It's just the first time in
history and I know in parts of Europe, there are different categories of Whiteness and
who's better. There's always going to be a hierarchy. But-- not always. We can get rid
of it. But there's always been a hierarchy of this is the perfect race, this is the less
perfect they're better than these other people but they're less than us. We gotta get rid
of that. 'Cause that is destructive to the environment not not mixing races. Um, and
back on this, "Further, they can have problems with certain types of transplantation." That's
not true. It's really not. I don't know where they're getting this science from but, uh,
the fact that they think this shows how backwards (the) education system is today. And um, it's
just crazy. [Chuckles] I, just, give me a second. Okay, so getting a transplant usually
has to do with your blood type and how big you are. As in, how big your organs need to
be. Um, like how if I were, if I were to, uh, die and donate my organ, I would have
to give it to an adult or an older teen. But I wouldn't be able to give it to a child because
it's too big. Or if I have, um, a kidney. I have to have the same blood type. I think
my blood type is O-, yeah, it's O- and I could give it to anyone. But if someone, if my mom
tried to give me her kidney she wouldn't be able to. Because she has B+ I'm not sure but
let's go with that. My-- It doesn't matter what your race is because you could be Native
American, Asian, Chinese I mean, literally anything, and as long as you have O- you can
give me a kidney. It's alright. And you're about the same size as me that's okay. Just
where this, where this, wherever this person gets their information from is so wrong and
the fact that it's being spread by the idiot and a lot of people actually believe it is
so scary to me. Um, just, I can't believe that it's the 21st century and people still
spewing this racist science. Which I'm going to make a video about racist science but not
right now. I just need a little time to research more of this "science." Um, there was also,
I saw that there was this huge [pause] there was a huge argument but it seems to be gone
now. Since I can't find it [pause] uh, so I guess it's not on right now but from what I remember, it was about, um,
what constitutes as being a Mexican. Like what you consider who considers themself a
Mexican. So, a lot of people just a lot of people say, "Oh, I'm Mexican" because it's
way easier to say than Mexican-American which I know almost no one who uses that in everyday
conversations; however they use it sometimes in like in politics, advertizing, politics,
things like that. Um, so if you say that you're Mexican people will usually ask where (you
were) born. And you'll either say here and here means United States or usually the state
like I live in Texas so they mean Texas or Houston or whatever. Um, or they say, "I was
born in Monterrey, um, [pause] or wherever. I can't think of any other places right now.
Um, but that, that's not how-- so you shouldn't really, um, say that if someone says that
they're Mexican that, that's not, that's not true. OH, also don't use Afro- or African-American
because some people get offended by that because um, most people see African-American meaning
that you, your parents or your grandparents are from Africa, they came here, and you were
born. And you have continued their African or whatever kind of traditions and so that
is what makes you "African-American" but if you were a descendant of slaves you're considered
Black or Black-American as some people say because, um, you have the culture of-- you
have the slave culture and-- like jumping over the broom or saying Big Mama for grandparent--Big
Mama, Big Papa. Sister, Brother, using those for people in your community-- those are just
examples. Yeah, and from what else I see, people are just. If you called me beautiful
thank you so much. To the person who called me a filthy ***, *** you. And, that's
it. Thank you very much.