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Jasmine Guy Says She Embraces All Of Her Heritage
Yet Black folks are mad — they shouldn’t be
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In a recent YouTube short, Jasmine Guy reveals that she is finally “learning to embrace all parts” of herself: her black side and white side. Jasmine is a well-known actress, singer, and dancer, but is famously known for her role as Whitley on A Different World.
Many of us growing up during that time were proud of shows like The Cosby Show, A Different World, and even shows like Living Single in the 90s. They were staple shows in many Black homes.
Unfortunately, Black folks (particularly Black women), were upset Jasmine Guy would announce that she is biracial and not just…Black?
I am not mad, dear reader. I am, however, very observant and intuitive.
Jasmine Guy, just like Sage Steel, Alicia Keys, Halle Berry, and many others are what we call biracial. This means they have two parents of a different race. Why would someone uplift their Black parent/family, while denying that they also have a white parent?
