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Top Comments of this video!! :3
can't believe mitski invented america just for this song omg
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"your mother wouldn't approve of the way my mother raised me" that line alone brought out so many feels, this song is a masterpiece.
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When I was little I had an entire plan to become white. Bleach my skin, straighten my hair, dye my hair blonde, get plastic surgery on my eyes so they were blue. I was 7.
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This song brings me comfort in knowing I'm not crazy when I pose the question "why am I good enough for you to lust after, to comfort you, to love you but when the lights come on you dissapear because who would approve?"
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āyouāre the one, youāre all i ever wanted, i think ill regret thisā is my favorite part
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This song makes me think of my mom. She's a brown woman from Cuba married to a white American man. They're rrly in love, but their cultures and personalities clash. She almost cried the other night because we don't have any family traditions, because my dad's family really doesn't, and she grew up with a lot of family traditions that she treasures.
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being a 1st gen woc with strict and toxic parents this song just hits me in the heart, i just want to experience fun relationships with guys or girls like most my age are, i feel so left out, all i do is stress over online school, clean the house 24/7, cry, sleep, eat and that's it? i wish i could be normal and pretty enough for people to want me, i grew out of my white validation phase thankfully, but part of me is still holding on, i just want someone to make me feel loved without me having to change myself to fit the damn beauty standard
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as a poc, this song literally hits me in the heart. i've never related to a song so much...
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I feel like this song is perfect for first generation women of color. I connected with it so much. It freaking brought me to tears.
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to all of my immigrant daughters & woc reading this- i know how hard it is and how much you might be hurting as you listen to this song but please know i love you so so much <3
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I'm actually glad this didn't come out in the 90s. I wouldn't have handled it.
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I'm a half-asian guy. As a kid growing up I used to be embarrassed by my Chinese mother's ways and second-language English. I've since 180'd and kinda wish I was more Chinese, super proud to be half. This song is great; love to all the women out there and people in general with whom this song resonates. You don't need "fixing."
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This song needs to be played so loud your speakers are distorting to truly understand the beauty of it.
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A song that defines a generation
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i know a lot of people interpret this song to be about being in love with/in a relationship with someone and feeling alienated because of your culture/upbringing, but to me this song makes me think of growing up and thinking this exact way about everyone, especially friends. i always felt embarrassed and ashamed of how i was raised and tried to hide it around my american friends. i wish i was actually strong enough to get to the point where i can say "you mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me but i do i finally do." it's so hard to actually accept and love who you are when everyone around you makes you feel so different
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If I could, I'd be your little spoon
And kiss your fingers forevermore
But, big spoon, you have so much to do
And I have nothing ahead of me
You're the sun, you've never seen the night
But you hear its song from the morning birds
Well, I'm not the moon, I'm not even a star
But awake at night I'll be singing to the birds
Don't wait for me, I can't come
Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
But I do, I think I do
And you're an all-American boy
I guess I couldn't help trying to be your best American girl
You're the one
You're all I ever wanted
I think I'll regret this
Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
But I do, I finally do
And you're an all-American boy
I guess I couldn't help trying to be the best American girl
Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
But I do, I think I do
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a half japanese half white woman who is from america made this song. (ik she was born in japan, but she wasnāt raised there, and iām pretty sure sheās in america now which is a struggle being poc) itās amazing. the feeling of being a poc but feeling distant from both sides, and not fitting into the standards of america.
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I feel so guilty when i listen to this song, iām a 2nd generation Mexican American but i feel so whitewashed like i donāt feel Hispanic enough for my own culture, but at the same time iām not white enough for the US
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Words cannot describe how much I love this song. It encapsulates my experience as a WOC perfectly. The line "But big spoon, you have so much to do-and I have nothing ahead of me" hits so hard. It is so hard growing up as a WOC and not seeing anybody who looks like you in movies and pop culture in general. The standard is white, American individuals. In movies, the heroes are always white. The villains are always foreign and darker-skinned. Nobody looked like me. As a Southeast Asian, it was hard growing up. Whenever there was Asian representation, most of it were East Asian people. And most of the time, those East Asian individuals would be the villain or painted out to be "mystical" and "oriental" with an exaggerated thick accent. If there was another WOC, many times they were sexualized or mocked. It was damaging and led me to believe that I could never be important; I could never be a hero. When I was a young child, I used to beg my mother to bleach my skin so I could fit in because I was bullied so badly in school for being different. For years, I refused to eat my grandma's cooking and begged for American food because that's what everyone else who was normal ate. I was always the only nonwhite kid in school. There was one Arabic kid but he would make fun of me with everybody else and he would allow himself to be made fun of, called "terrorist," and mocked his own family so he could fit in. I feel like so many POC feel like they are only worthy if they have white validation.
Regardless, I grew up with the biggest inferiority complex. Growing up in a predominately white midwest area was extremely traumatic. I'm still here and still feeling like I don't belong. But songs like these and reading the comments section of this video makes me feel like I'm not alone. I've grown to love myself and, now, I want to do nothing but embrace my culture and surround myself with it. To my fellow WOC, you are 1000% valid and I love you so much. I wish you all happiness and I hope you all learn to accept and love yourself.
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3 years ago
"I'm not even a star" darlin you're the whole fucking universe
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