What hit me most is how complicated lived experiences can be for people who have two or more identities. I have had the privilege of not having to struggle against perceptions of my race, being a white woman.
It also made me think a lot about when I travel and go to different place. Not really how I'm perceived, but how I interact with cultures not my own on their soil.
I consider my race to be multiracial (Black, Native, and White). The video which discussed blood quantum spoke to my experience directly. My Black heritage makes me Black in EVERYONE's eyes. Yet, my Native grandfather's heritage is dismissed because my blood quantum is not 50%. I am a card carrying Native, but most people don't even understand what that means. Why do I have to carry a card to prove that I belong? The most disturbing video for me was the LatinX video. It was a reminder that it is the biggest sin and insult to be considered Black. Many of the people in the video admitted to striving to be White or understanding that there is a benefit from light skin privilege. The mother who had two daughters of different complexions heard one daughter telling the other daughter she was Black. How she uttered the word "Black" makes my skin crawl. Then she said that she cried. It was offensive to me. Replace the word "Black" with "Lesbian". The daughter tells the other daughter, "You're Lesbian." The same tone is used. Then, the mother's response is to cry that one child was called a Lesbian. I wasn't expecting to feel targeted by a video on race.