r/biracials

i've been wishing that i were mixed for a while now. i am not joking when i say this. i've been wishing so badly that it's not even funny. mixed people are fawned over a lot (especially in my country) and i understand the appeal as i personally think mixed people are very beautiful. i'd stop being a sub 5 if i look less like a black. i think other black women are beautiful, though. it just doesn't look good on me.

and by mixed, you know the kind i'm referring to.

We don't look ambiguous or like latin/asiatic populations either. Everyone on the globe, maybe excluding some indigenous tribes, knows what black people look like and they certainly know what white people look like. Even if we are lighter or darker, straighter haired or more tightly curled hair, bolder features or more narrow features, we still look clearly between black and white. Yet I notice people keep pushing the idea that we look like other random groups that share no ethnic similarities or claiming they don't know what our ethnicity could be, even though we are one of the most highly visible groups in the world. We are also often able to identify each other as fellow mixed people, even when others may quickly label some of us more towards one side or the other as monoracial. Its clear most people can correctly identify other broad ethnic groupings, but mysteriously people can't seem to figure out that we are 'mixed'. Why do people do this?

wallahi i done had enough with guys try tell me my own race bro im 1/3 black and that and i don’t look black and because im brown and me having darker skin and curly hair people automatically assume im indian it’s jarring and when i say no im mixed they still try tell me no ur not ur indian like bro syau

I am writing this out of frustration because I feel like my brother is more family with my own family than me because he looks more like that side of the family. I am only a quarter black I know that doesn’t count , but it gave my brother skin 4 shades darker than me and curls , I am pasty with straight hair , I am the lightest amongst my cousins I think and sometimes I envy my brother because he has brotherhood with black boys and I can never have girlhood with black girls even though I have friends , they don’t and won’t ever see me as black and I really get it , but it’s something I just wish deep down I guess. I also am very big on BLM and I feel like an outsider to that too. Idk if anyone can relate.
I am sorry if I offend , it’s not at all my intention and I know I have privilege.
I just wanted to vent , I hope I don’t offend anyone.

For people who are biracial (Black and White), do you think there are noticeable differences in appearance depending on whether they have a Black father and White mother versus a White father and Black mother?
I’m wondering whether people actually notice any consistent differences, or if it mostly comes down to individual genetics and there isn’t really a pattern. What have you observed?

Hi, reaching out today as a father to biracial (white/black) children. I’m white my wife is black, and we live in the USA. Both my girls are young 1 and 4.

Biracial people raised by two parents from different backgrounds what is one thing you wish your parents did differently during your childhood to better prepare you for life? Obviously coming at this from the lens of identity and challenges around your mixed status and things your parents didn’t do well or explain well.

Hi I’ve lived in London my whole life and I never really fit into any group. I was too weird for the black kids and they’d bully me about my long hair and say I’m coolie make sure to single me out at every chance, I was too Darkskin/blick for the mixed kids and too black and woke for the white kids. This has been my reality in every stage and every school/college I’ve been in. I’m now 27 with no male friends and it sucks. I see groups of black and mixed guys together daily and they look like close brothers hanging out. I wish I could experience this.

Yall i've a question, i was born in africa, but my mom is white & my dad is black, but i only took my mom's skin color, so my skin color is white, not light brown but 100% white, but idk if this makes me white or mix, bcuz i thought that mix means that u've a light brown skin but some ppl are saying if u've black roots u're mix even if ur skin is 100% white?