Keke Wyatt, an R&B singer, shares her thoughts on how biracial people are oppressed as well.
With black history month being here now, the conversation about race, specially light skin and biracial people, is sure to be on the table. Just this past month celebrities such as Bhad Bhabie and DaniLeigh made headlines for their race. The discourse is ongoing, and Keke Wyatt is sharing her thoughts about it as well.
Just a few days ago, Keke Wyatt shared her thoughts on an online video forum. She explains to another user that biracial people have been oppressed by both black and white people. In clips from the chaotic discussion, Wyatt made her feelings known, loud and clear.
Shared by @theneighborhoodtalk, the clip began when one user was seemingly talking about how Black people. The user expands on how black people have been “segregated, persecuted, hunted down, killed, stolen from, and humiliated.” Wyatt didn’t seem to be taking the man’s words seriously. She goes on to interrupt him, letting him know that those experiences aren’t exclusive to the black community. “– And so have Mexican, and so have other people honey” the singer interjected. “Black people are not the only ones that have gone through that.”
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Escalating further in another part of the clip, Wyatt is heard yelling at the screen,
“You have to understand Black people are not the only people that have been oppressed. They are not the only ones, my n*gga. Jewish people have been oppressed, okay. I can keep going. I’m biracial d*ammit! We f*ckin oppressed. Black people done made us feel like sh*t, white people done made us feel like sh*t,” she continued. “You don’t know that life. You don’t know that. So if you want me to be a ignorant a*s n*gga, I will tonight. I don’t want to go there. I think you need to understand sugar, there’s more to life than just being Black, baby.”
She goes on to add, “I’m a very nice person but when you bring the n*gga out of me honey it comes out. But I come out as Shaquita, okay.”
From what’s seen in the first part of the conversation, the speaker didn’t say biracial people, or that anyone else, had not been ill-treated. While it’s confusing why Wyatt felt she needed to go in-depth, she didn’t have to take away from the experiences mentioned that Black people have faced.
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This seems to be a continuous problem with biracial people. Though they have negative experiences, they still seem to fall short in understanding the right time and place. The way it came across, it feels like she’s downplaying the burdensome things black people have and continue to go through; Just because other marginalized groups have experienced them as well.
It’s obvious that Wyatt felt really passionate about the points she made. However, the way she’s putting it out definitely isn’t helping them go over well. How do you guys feel about what Keke Wyatt said? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
