A nasty debate has broken out online about how someone’s mixed-race identity is impacted by which of their parents is white. In a post that has now been seen almost seven million times, one anonymous X user compared “mixed-race guys with black mums vs mixed-race guys with white mums”, with pictures of footballer Jude Bellingham looking sharp in a suit (the former) and YouTuber Troopz holding up bags of a substance that looks like marijuana on his sofa (the latter).
Is this post saying that mixed-black men with black mums turn out to be more successful? It seems to be that, and that mixed-black men with white mums aren’t taught how to be “properly black”, and overcompensate by playing up to stereotypes and tropes? That’s my understanding.
