Hello my foodies!!
After approximatively a month without posting a video, i come back with a video about interbreeding
Yesterday, i saw in an afro-feminist group (facebook) an article untitled :
"Interbreeding is not the answer to the fight against racism"
I will put the link of this really interesting article article in the info box
I agreed with the opinion of the writer.
Few weeks ago, i went to see the Première of the movie "Les Mariannes Noires" (the Black Mariannes)
I will make a video about that movie later
I remember that, that day we had a debate about interbreeding
and if it will or not benefit to the fight against racism
A lady took the stand to say she favored the "black love"
which is literally supporting love between Blacks.
I partially agreed with her opinion
but i did not intervene in the debate regarding this fact.
When we came back from that event, a friend of us drove me home.
While we were in the car, a friend of mine ask me my opinion regarding the opinion of the lady
who favors black love (and was really against interbreeding)
because some weeks before, i told them about a debate i had with another african facebook group i was in.
They posted a picture which was illustrating the colonial age
in which you could see naked black women laid on table who were abused by whites.
Under the picture was written the words : women who go out with whites are brainwashed
(a kind of : they are foregetting the past and were we suffered from those same whites they love)
I came on the debate to say there was no link between the fact that we were aware (or not) about our history and the person we choose to be with.
I added that mixing all the past and the present this way wasn't a good idea.
My point of view wasn't understood and the debate lasted for a while.
So my friend wanted to know my opinion regarding the lady favoring black love arguments.
I think that day, i wasn't able to express myself as i wanted and i thought it would be good to talk about that in a video.
I have a problem with the idea that "interbreeding will make the racism disappear"
is located at several levels. First :
I am not against mixed couples.
I have no issue with that.
Each person is attracted to someone by the quality or hobbies his/her can have...
Anyway, it's hard to justify the feelings you can have towards someone,
it's hard to think "i will only be with this or that kind of person and anyone else."
I mean, some people can do it and look for that but to my point of view and when i look at my personal experience.
It would be hard for me to think this way.
Ok, so this was the first thing.
Let me insist on it : i have NOTHING against mixed couples (i'd rather say it because i am sure someone would say this)
Nevertheless, the problem I have is
the tendency people have to put mixed couples above others and to advocate for interbreeding.
As if, it was an obligation or the solution to any issue.
So I am going to give you an example to show how it can't be the case.
On a Camerounian facebook group,
i mean, as far as i remember, it might not be the case but whatever, it's not that pertinent.
A lady came to us asking for advice because she had a niece who came to see her one night
to tell her that one of her classmate had been making fun of her she was as black as poop, a lot of stuff like that (i can't remember)
anyway, a lot of insult for her to know she was ugly because she was black
Hearing that story, the aunt rose up "what? i am going to see this little boy and his mum tomorrow, you will see, we will sort this out!"
The little girl looked at her auntie.
She was a little bored but said anything and left.
The day after, the aunt and her niece went to the school. The aunt was thinking in her mind "i am going to talk to
this little boy and his mother and we gonna see that today!"
She then asked her niece to show her the little boy who is bullying her.
As a response, her niece pointed a mixed-raced boy out.
The aunt, a bit surprised just responded "Oh. Well, ok..."
Later, her niece showed her the mother of the little boy : she was black.
The aunt was really chocked and did not know what kind of reaction she should have.
Finally, she did not say anything to the little boy and his mother.
If the little girl got bored the day before, it was because she already told about that issue to another relative of her
and this person had the same exact reaction. She thought to herself : nothing is going to change and no one would do anything.
In the group, we were questioning the situation.
Some of them were saying (and they were right) "if this little boy's mother is black
and if he's mixed-raced, it means his father is white,
what is going on in that couple for that child, who has a black mother, to allow himself to say to a classmate of him who is also black
'she is ugly because she is as black as poop' ? "
We finally questionned the relation of the couple.
But not to much for me because (i wanted to find a solution for the little girl).
I tell you this story for you to understand that it's not because a child is a mixed between two cultures that it solves something.
Regarding interbreeding, 90% of the time,
the child will be more affected by a culture than another.
One culture will precedence over the other.
I have the example of one mixed couple where the mother really likes the fact that her husband is African.
She gave Camerounian names to her children,
she wanted her kids to know the Camerounian culture,
she wanted them to keep and grow their curly hair...
So even if her kids grew in France with the French culture, they were also introduced to the African culture.
But if we talk about a black person (man or woman whatever)
who acknowledge his/her western culture more than the African one,
if that person choose a white partner,
the baby they would give birth to would grow only the Western culture.
So to think that just because s/he has "black blood" in his/her genes, s/he would grow aware about his/her African culture
well, no, S/he would not. Thinking that this baby to come's birth will defeat racism is a mistake.
We found a lot of case of women, i saw it on internet, (the link is down below and it's in english) i don't know if i will be able to find it,
who struggle in mixed relationships. I have this example of that woman who was complaining because
her husband was using really bad words to talk about her while they were in the marital bed.
The terms he used were really violent (like "n*gger bitch"), i don't really remember all of them, luckily for me...
But yeah, the idea is : it's not because they are in a mixed relationship that
the white person who choose a black or a person of color generally speaking,
is necessarily aware of (or interested in) the questions and problematics of non white people as a whole.
There is also another aspect that i want to talk about :
The interbreeding seeing as exotic.
It is seen like a kind of aesthetics to achieve.
This person is not black nor white, s/he is lightly tanned, with a complexion a little bit more weathered
S/he sometimes has colored eyes, so s/he is more attractive.
She has nice curls ect ect..
It's really seems to be only based on aesthetics.
I often see people's reaction when they see a mixed-race baby and it looks like :
"oh look at this beautiful mixed-race baby!!"
So we have that feeling that : if the baby is beautiful, people can't...i mean, this is what i see as commentaries
It looks like :
"What a beautiful mixed-race baby!! The union between black and white is so beautiful! look how beautiful this baby is! How can we be racist after seeing this!!"
what is the...
So here we are moving the issue,
because the baby is beautiful, it will necessarily imply that there can't be racism or colorism and so on...
People are mixing a lot of things together and at the end, the result makes no sense.
The person who wrote the article made a comparison between Blue Ivy Carter and North West
You all know that Blue Ivy is Beyonce's daughter (and North West Kim Kardashian's)
From her birth and before being 3 years old, she was moked by the American Press Media,
I don't think they were the only one though.
A petition who has more than 6;000 signatures was even created to ask Queen B
to take care of her daughter's horrible kinky hair.
Just for you to see that people already have an opinion about what a "typical mixed-race person" should look like.
If this mixed-race kid doesn't fit the profil, people will allow themselves to judge him/her.
But if you look at North West, she's got curly , not kinky hair.
So she is the image of the mixed-race girl people are wanted for cause contrary to Blue Ivy,
who took the negroid features of her father,
North West is the "mixed-race with whom everyone agrees"
As a consequence, in the article, the writer explains that
USA made a study in which it was said that in 2050,
more than half of the US population would be mixed.
They were advocating for the interbreeding in the article.
As a consequence, you would have classification of complexion's colors.
If you look at the media, they are more mixed race people.
When we were watching movies like "Les Mariannes Noires" and "Ouvre la Voix"
The filmmakers told us that as actors, they couldn't fit the profile for the screen because they were to dark for it.
Or, that when they could get a role play, it was eventually to play the ghetto girl from the suburb and that it was really hard for them.
There is already a classification regarding your skin complexion. The lightest you are, the easiest you will be able to access some social environnement,
some jobs... The darkest you are, the hardest it will be.
With that way of thinking, with this tendency to delimit the interbreeding more to a physical than a cultural aspect,
it won't work.
This is the reason why i think interbreeding is not the solution to the fight against racism.
The real issue is the acceptance of others' culture.
As long as we will not be able to accept that uniformisation doesn't exist,
that we are not all the same, that we don't all think the same,
that we don't share the same history,
it will be hard for us to understand each other.
Indeed, this will create misunderstandings, discriminations...
That was the message I wanted to share with you guys.
If they are mixed race people watching,
who were born from parents coming from different cultures,
don't hesitate to say it in the comment section and give your opinion about the subject
You can also talk about your experience if you want to
For those who are coming from a different culture (western or not)
what do you think about interbreeding?
Do you think it would end racism?
what was your opinion before and what is your opinion after watching the video?
Is it still the same? Did you only acknowledged the aesthetics part of it?
what do you think about this mixed-culture aspect?
Do you think that you can choose these kind of relationship and be with someone from another culture?
So, do not hesitate to give your opinion!!
That's all for today, i think i talked to much! It talked for more than 15min
I thought it would last less than 5min but it's seems like i made a huuuge mistake!!
So, that's all for today!
I hope you liked the video
I want to say : "let's meet up next week", but i know myself, it's possible that it won't be the case!
So, let's say : See you next time!
Waiting for that : eat a lot of vegetables, drink a lot of water,
but first and foremost : keep smiling :)
deuces!! =)
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