Knicksman20
Superstar
I used to think nikkas was exaggerating but I'm starting to believe it now
Actress Yara Shahidi: I'm NOT Lite Skinned . . . And I Want Black People To STOP Calling Me THAT!
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I used to think nikkas was exaggerating but I'm starting to believe it now
murksiderock
Superstar
Just for clarification, you guys didn't consider biracially white/black people over there black? But yall do now? When dud the shift in perception occur, and why?
Pure/full/all black never existed in the Western Hemisphere, so from the outset of the transatlantic slave trade that introduced Africans to Europeans and Natives, biracial white/blacks have always been viewed as black over here...
Most Americans of one black parentage identify as black, regardless of what the other parent is. Take this website with a grain of salt, it's a small sample size of how a minority of black people in America view life. Almost nobody with two black parents is "fully black", so this is a relative new thing to excommunicate biracial blacks from our community. There are biracial who choose not to identify as black, but trust me on this, they are in the extreme minority over here...
Amen to that...
It has nothing to do with the slave masters and everything to do with how people view themselves. Yara identifies as black, why does that bother people?
Girl, I have always felt like I sat somewhere in the middle but some people swear up and down I'm a light bright. I be so confused.I say the same thing. I don't consider myself light skinned. I have debated the topic many times. lol
Clickbait for black people who obsess over colorism.Why is this article worthy?
I consider myself in the middle but I can see why someone would say it. Never had a BP even mention my skin tone until I came to the East Coast
Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha
Superstar
Lol j coles complexion wit two black parents? Ur h0e either cheated, or her parents aint as black as you think. Dont bother reply to me
murksiderock
Superstar
Where are you originally from, I thought you were from DMV?
I second this though, I mentioned several times on here that race wasn't a topic of discussion in my youth, the way it became when I starting hitting the East Coast (mostly NY and the Carolinas)...
Does not exist in America, you brothers and sisters are smarter than that...
Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha
Superstar
What does her identifying as black have to do with anything? I domt even know if she does identify as black.
This isnt about what she identifies as, its to do with her complexion
spliz
SplizThaDon
U a dumb muthafukka. That’s all there is to it. Do u have ur own kids? I bet u dont. Only hoe is ya moms. And she birthed a hoe ass nikka. U dont know shyt about black americans. Stick to crumpets u British faggit.
I've noticed alot of people have no concept of complexion
To them, if you're not dark, you're lightskin
Down here with us, you're only considered light if you're black but look damn near white (yella/yellabone)
To them, if you're not dark, you're lightskin
Down here with us, you're only considered light if you're black but look damn near white (yella/yellabone)
Nah I'm from the southwest.
BP in the East & South have major skin color issues. I have been out here for awhile and I still don't understand why it is so harped upon. It is so obviously pointless and divisive.
She’s brown.
She’s closer in complexion to her dad than her mom on the show.
Majority of black people in America are pretty close to her skin tone.
She’s closer in complexion to her dad than her mom on the show.
Majority of black people in America are pretty close to her skin tone.