By now, everyone has seen the UCLA girl rant about how Asians are taking over the library. When I saw that video, I honestly did not know that people that ignorant still existed. The things she said were so hurtful and misinformed, and her sheer disregard for the victims of the tsunami and various Asian cultures was astonishing.
I then began to think about all the times I remember someone saying something hurtful, in that same context, to me just because I'm mixed--oh the stories I could tell.
I know I’m pretty young, and that I have my whole life ahead of me, but I never thought that I would encounter some of the sheer inconsideration that I have experienced so far in life.
WHITE GIRL: I have a few friends that like to call me white girl occasionally—one in particular that disregards my African-American heritage altogether but all in good fun…right?
WRONG
To say that I am “white washed” or that I am not black enough is not up for you to decide. My culture and ethnicity are up to me to define. And when I get a solid definition, I’ll let you know so that you can describe me correctly.
NAZI/NIGGER: The double “N” words. Yes, I’ve been called both—sometimes by people I did not know very well and sometimes by people closer to me. I just don’t understand how some people come to the conclusion that they are entitled to say these kinds of words to anyone.
What blows my mind, though, is the fact that I receive this kind of teasing from all different people: young, old, Caucasian, African American, Asian, Hispanic, male, female. No one is excluded.
And like Murs raps (see audio clip below: Dark Skinned White Girl), people like me are at times “rejected by the black and not accepted by the white world,” depending on their situation.
So obviously, after thinking about this for a while, I went immediately to Youtube.com. I found this channel that has to do with race by JAYLOVE 47. I honestly could not finish some of the videos because they were so hurtful.
Saying that biracials are hated or all have a superiority complex or explaining why black people hate biracials are not the type of discussions we, as human beings, should be having. We should be having informed discussions on race and acceptance that propel society into a movement to stop internalized and institutionalized racism and discrimination so that “one day…[our children] will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
JAYLOVE 47
