I remember coming across the iconic photo and seeing your content as a whole, I figured there was a deeper meaning behind it mixed with humor. This is was a great read and thank you for the context! You are the only you, so everyone else can go kick rocks.
I can confirm first hand that the response you got was every bit of what you said and more, slurs, death threats trying to figure out where you live, signal virtue the whole circus. I was there in the replies, calling them all sorts of names because they deserved it. As for the rest of the article, it's a nice glimpse into the struggles and identity tug of war you went through growing up. I can't truly relate to it seeing how I grew up in my tribe accepted but I liked to believe I get it, even if it's just a little. But personally, I don't really give a shit what they say you are on paper you're a white girl a cool one at that. To end this wall of text off, the only thing I got to say is, great read it gets the point across that you've matured, carved your own path in life unbound by the chains of identity. And that is admirable , and the goal every man should strive for.
First off you the realest NIGGA I know for pulling that blacker face, first thought was I had an idea of the 1000 IQ approach you were going for when I saw that viral post but didn’t know fully the actual meaning . However, this doesn’t mean I advocate for that viral post but now I can understand why it was posted with this article.
The black community and some others sent you death threats or made jokes about your parents which was uncalled for. Personally I don’t think they were really offended when they saw your blacker face thing go viral but saw it as an opportunity to be “intellectual on the internet” aka validation feins. Your blackface wasn’t as bad as the others I saw that day but you got the most hate which is crazy.
Here’s the funny thing about black advocates and the black community . We want to lash out on a biracial girl for doing black face but won’t have this same type of energy for black on black crime, black woman having the highest abortion rate, young black kids not being able to read properly but rather be on the streets, Black men in prisons more than any race, single mother households. I can go on but the social media intellectuals would rather take away someone’s black card because she’s not black enough and did blacker face ( it was a charcoal mask 😂).
I’m not gonna say you’re right or wrong for doing blackface but I’m more upset people really got so offended for you doing this to a point they wanted to threaten your life over this. I guess you can say that’s chimping out for ya !
The reactions to your posts are the reasons you posted blackface but they don’t seem to get it. The identity policing part is the interesting piece though. Biracial people constantly get told they’re either “not Black enough” or the “wrong kind” of Black depending on politics or culture and doing what you did and provoking that reaction exposed it. In short they only care about issues if attention and validation is consumed from it.
Thanks for sharing that. I'm sorry that you've had to deal with that. Nobody should deal with that based solely on the color of their skin.
At one point in time I could be described as not having a racist bone in my body. I still still strive to not have hatred towards anybody on that basis since that's what the Bible calls me to do, but it's getting harder. The world keeps saying I should. The media portrays abhorrent behavior in people. Even at my church, I feel very uneasy around some of the black people there since I'm more right-leaning and not "anti-racist" enough in their eyes.
I think this is all a result of us spending too much time online and not interacting with each other. I got off of Instagram entirely and unsubscribed from a bunch of people on YouTube because it was causing me to become highly bitter and resentful and drawing me away from meaningful human interaction. I would encourage anyone to do the same. And don't just interact with other people, go to church as well and read the Bible.
I also think we need to realize that every people group has their problems that are unique to them that need to be eliminated, and strengths that should be emulated and even celebrated. But also we should focus on how we can grow personally and help others in our lives do the same.
I'm huuuwhite and mixed people are pretty much always above average in attractiveness at the bare minimum.
I think people hate it because they perceive them getting the best of both worlds, but the mixed person tends to have identity issues and face challenges. Lack of access to products for your skin colour, undertone or hair type, making for an awkward-looking teen.
Too black for the whites. And too white for the blacks.
Blackivists spend all day tearing down black people or excusing the most heinous of crimes, the trauma from slavery is the reason they robbed that store and beat the Indian clerk to death.
They don't do anything to help elevate the black community. Don't encourage accountability or responsibility.
Stable homes? No.
Marriages? No.
Give me multiple baby daddies, all with felonies.
White mothers/black fathers have higher divorce rates.
Black mothers/white fathers have lower divorce rates.
I wonder if the spite comes from there.
The true black experience is your black dad running out on your black mother.
Bonus trauma points for getting beat up by your step daddy whilst your mother stands by and does nothing, because getting dick is more important than protecting your child from abuse - a reality that transcends race.
Two black parents who raised you right and made sure you got educated and secured a respectable job?
Nah. You ain't black.
The problem was thinking that skin is a culture. Instead of Nigerian and Zimbabwean like you have Italian and German, you just have "black" culture.
I remember and it’s real funny how when druski did white face black people said “ it’s not that serious white people just wanna be offended” but send a black girl death threats for a face mask
Both of your parents are attractive people. And you inherited their looks.
I will confidently tell you that the true reason behind their various forms of criticism and hatred and jealousy is because you’re attractive, and particularly because you have attractive “white features“; thin lips, light skin, narrow eyes, attractive features that are more European than African.
People that live life looking through a racial lens get sucked into this BS because they live for envy and jealousy. They are used to talking about racial privilege, and suffer all sorts of envy, wealth envy, privilege, geolocation, etc.
but yeah, they’re jealous of your looks. Screw the naysayers, as they say. 😁Jealousy is an ugly thing. Pay them no mind.
To quote what you wrote in paragraph two: "You may not agree with how I executed my message but sometimes to really get a message across you have to make people uncomfortable." That resonated with me and I can't help but once again think back to the Pokemon video when you talked about "leaning into failure". Risk seems to play a bigger theme than I have considered. You don't want to end up ostracized but you also don't want to have to compromise on expressing your values to satiate other people's egos.
Also, as I was reading this article, I was thinking "I should ask Brittany if she has seen Boondocks" so you can only imagine how pleasantly surprised I was to learn that you did! Did you have a favorite character from the show? For me, it would be Huey. It seemed like the more he tried to fix things or do what he thought was right, the more shunned and isolated he ended up.
I still don't understand why people care wether you are white nor black, at the end of the day you are still a human being color is irrelevant to that fact, people just need to go touch grass
Omg your mom was so pretty 💕💕💕
I remember coming across the iconic photo and seeing your content as a whole, I figured there was a deeper meaning behind it mixed with humor. This is was a great read and thank you for the context! You are the only you, so everyone else can go kick rocks.
Thank you for sharing those photos with us. Not to get parasocial here, but it is nice to get a glimpse into your life like that.
Get em Brittany 😸💚💚💚🐈⬛
Watch it be "cool" to have a black mom we ahead of time lmaoo
I can confirm first hand that the response you got was every bit of what you said and more, slurs, death threats trying to figure out where you live, signal virtue the whole circus. I was there in the replies, calling them all sorts of names because they deserved it. As for the rest of the article, it's a nice glimpse into the struggles and identity tug of war you went through growing up. I can't truly relate to it seeing how I grew up in my tribe accepted but I liked to believe I get it, even if it's just a little. But personally, I don't really give a shit what they say you are on paper you're a white girl a cool one at that. To end this wall of text off, the only thing I got to say is, great read it gets the point across that you've matured, carved your own path in life unbound by the chains of identity. And that is admirable , and the goal every man should strive for.
First off you the realest NIGGA I know for pulling that blacker face, first thought was I had an idea of the 1000 IQ approach you were going for when I saw that viral post but didn’t know fully the actual meaning . However, this doesn’t mean I advocate for that viral post but now I can understand why it was posted with this article.
The black community and some others sent you death threats or made jokes about your parents which was uncalled for. Personally I don’t think they were really offended when they saw your blacker face thing go viral but saw it as an opportunity to be “intellectual on the internet” aka validation feins. Your blackface wasn’t as bad as the others I saw that day but you got the most hate which is crazy.
Here’s the funny thing about black advocates and the black community . We want to lash out on a biracial girl for doing black face but won’t have this same type of energy for black on black crime, black woman having the highest abortion rate, young black kids not being able to read properly but rather be on the streets, Black men in prisons more than any race, single mother households. I can go on but the social media intellectuals would rather take away someone’s black card because she’s not black enough and did blacker face ( it was a charcoal mask 😂).
I’m not gonna say you’re right or wrong for doing blackface but I’m more upset people really got so offended for you doing this to a point they wanted to threaten your life over this. I guess you can say that’s chimping out for ya !
The reactions to your posts are the reasons you posted blackface but they don’t seem to get it. The identity policing part is the interesting piece though. Biracial people constantly get told they’re either “not Black enough” or the “wrong kind” of Black depending on politics or culture and doing what you did and provoking that reaction exposed it. In short they only care about issues if attention and validation is consumed from it.
Thanks for sharing that. I'm sorry that you've had to deal with that. Nobody should deal with that based solely on the color of their skin.
At one point in time I could be described as not having a racist bone in my body. I still still strive to not have hatred towards anybody on that basis since that's what the Bible calls me to do, but it's getting harder. The world keeps saying I should. The media portrays abhorrent behavior in people. Even at my church, I feel very uneasy around some of the black people there since I'm more right-leaning and not "anti-racist" enough in their eyes.
I think this is all a result of us spending too much time online and not interacting with each other. I got off of Instagram entirely and unsubscribed from a bunch of people on YouTube because it was causing me to become highly bitter and resentful and drawing me away from meaningful human interaction. I would encourage anyone to do the same. And don't just interact with other people, go to church as well and read the Bible.
I also think we need to realize that every people group has their problems that are unique to them that need to be eliminated, and strengths that should be emulated and even celebrated. But also we should focus on how we can grow personally and help others in our lives do the same.
Interesting perspective ✍️📖
I'm huuuwhite and mixed people are pretty much always above average in attractiveness at the bare minimum.
I think people hate it because they perceive them getting the best of both worlds, but the mixed person tends to have identity issues and face challenges. Lack of access to products for your skin colour, undertone or hair type, making for an awkward-looking teen.
Too black for the whites. And too white for the blacks.
Blackivists spend all day tearing down black people or excusing the most heinous of crimes, the trauma from slavery is the reason they robbed that store and beat the Indian clerk to death.
They don't do anything to help elevate the black community. Don't encourage accountability or responsibility.
Stable homes? No.
Marriages? No.
Give me multiple baby daddies, all with felonies.
White mothers/black fathers have higher divorce rates.
Black mothers/white fathers have lower divorce rates.
I wonder if the spite comes from there.
The true black experience is your black dad running out on your black mother.
Bonus trauma points for getting beat up by your step daddy whilst your mother stands by and does nothing, because getting dick is more important than protecting your child from abuse - a reality that transcends race.
Two black parents who raised you right and made sure you got educated and secured a respectable job?
Nah. You ain't black.
The problem was thinking that skin is a culture. Instead of Nigerian and Zimbabwean like you have Italian and German, you just have "black" culture.
That's a hot momma
isn’t it crazy how she was like 40 in that photo?
I remember and it’s real funny how when druski did white face black people said “ it’s not that serious white people just wanna be offended” but send a black girl death threats for a face mask
Both of your parents are attractive people. And you inherited their looks.
I will confidently tell you that the true reason behind their various forms of criticism and hatred and jealousy is because you’re attractive, and particularly because you have attractive “white features“; thin lips, light skin, narrow eyes, attractive features that are more European than African.
People that live life looking through a racial lens get sucked into this BS because they live for envy and jealousy. They are used to talking about racial privilege, and suffer all sorts of envy, wealth envy, privilege, geolocation, etc.
but yeah, they’re jealous of your looks. Screw the naysayers, as they say. 😁Jealousy is an ugly thing. Pay them no mind.
To quote what you wrote in paragraph two: "You may not agree with how I executed my message but sometimes to really get a message across you have to make people uncomfortable." That resonated with me and I can't help but once again think back to the Pokemon video when you talked about "leaning into failure". Risk seems to play a bigger theme than I have considered. You don't want to end up ostracized but you also don't want to have to compromise on expressing your values to satiate other people's egos.
Also, as I was reading this article, I was thinking "I should ask Brittany if she has seen Boondocks" so you can only imagine how pleasantly surprised I was to learn that you did! Did you have a favorite character from the show? For me, it would be Huey. It seemed like the more he tried to fix things or do what he thought was right, the more shunned and isolated he ended up.
I still don't understand why people care wether you are white nor black, at the end of the day you are still a human being color is irrelevant to that fact, people just need to go touch grass
That photo of you and your mum is so so so so precious. She is gorgeous - your face now is so like hers then. I am so sorry you lost her.