Drake — As a half black, half white person, I think we all need a break from biracials
Summary
Drake makes the list of "evil" biracials alongside "Drone Papa Obama" in this provocative take from a half-black, half-white passenger who thinks we all need a break from mixed-race people. The guest argues that biracials have two main problems: whining about acceptance and failing to acknowledge how they present to the world. He introduces his "race war theory" as a mental exercise for understanding identity. If war broke out tomorrow, what team would you be on? The answer should ground you. He admits he's "black dad, white mom," which apparently carries a certain reputation in the biracial community compared to the "pretty cool" reverse. Not all mixed people are bad though. Zendaya, Halle Berry, and Blake Griffin get their flowers. Kareem confesses he wasn't aware of all this discourse.
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So, what's your take? As a half black, half white person, I think we all need a break from biracials.
100% disagree. All of our top biracials right now, top down, are evil. Drake remains a capital P problem. Barack drone Papa Obama.
Drone Papa Obama.
Come on now. The numbers are there. He took the hope of a generation and used it to spirit bomb the Middle East. I have questions for you, Obama.
And we're only talking about one kind of biracial. Half black, half white. We're talking colonial classic original recipe. We've got two things I think we need to work on. One, we whine about not being accepted enough by the black community. In my experience, this is not really a problem if you don't make it weird.
Well, you just look Mexican. Ex. I'm ethically this is a great point, though. I have solved my racial insecurity with a mental exercise that grounds me. I call it the race war theory.
Okay.
All right. Say you are a mixed person, black, white. All right. Race war breaks out tomorrow. And I'm talking one seed, two seed, black v white. All right. What team do you think you're going to be on?
Me? I'm joining the black team. You're you're going to be on the black team, right? The whites aren't taking you.
The default. I'm talking about getting drafted in the race war. You're going to be on the black team. Find solace in that. This is honestly my second point. As biracial people, we have to be aware of how we look and how we present. And that's got to form how we participate in any discourse, right? Because look, like, do I experience racism? Have I experienced racism? Of course. But it would be disingenuous of me to posture like I have the same day-to-day experiences as a dark-skinned black person. It's just not the case. That doesn't mean that I'm not invited to the cookout. I'm at the cookout, but I need to be focusing on the side dishes.
You're just bringing potatoes. I'm bringing mac and cheese.
You're bringing collard greens.
Wait, so which one of your parents is black and which one's white? And does it matter? It does matter. I'm black dad, white mom. Sorry, y'all.
Why is that a sorry. Black dad, white mom has a certain reputation in the biracial community. Black mom, white dad.
Pretty cool.
Pretty cool.
And look, it's not all bad. We got a lot of good biracials out there.
You want to give them their flowers? We got Zendaya. We got Halle Berry, Reggie Jean Page, Blake Griffin. There's a lot of good biracials out there in a world full of Tamaras. Be a Tia. Okay.
I wasn't aware of all of this discourse, but I'm I'm glad I'm now tuned in.