Genetic Study States That African Skin Pigmentation Is Diverse And More Complex Than Thought.

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

People need to stop this narrative and stop viewing darker skin as inferior.

That is a DIRECT result of the invention of the 'White' race in the 17th Century.

'Race' = 'racism'.​

 

[Ya?]

Who in this thread is even suggesting dark skin is inferior? You seem to be projecting.

There are certain tribes in Nigeria that are mainly light skinned. There’s a Nigerian singer called Lemar with grey/green eyes who has no European ancestry.

All this thread is saying is that dark skin doesn’t correlate with the pecentage of “blackness” and light skin doesn’t automatically mean you have European ancestry. We have the most diverse phenotype and my family is just one example of that.

I am not projecting the tone of these threads act like light skin people are mistreated when they are not. They are well treated, some guy or girl assuming that someone who is lighter skinned because they are less dark.

Isn’t a far fetched assumption anymore than someone think a redhead is more likely to have Irish ancestry. It is not foolproof as we are discovering but it is not far fetched nor is it mistreatment. If anything is these exact features that many people covet and make these people stand out.

 

[Critical Distance]

What I am denying is this attempt to make Africa seem like light skin is the average complexion when it isn’t.

This isnt happening in this thread, though.

 

[Gold]

I am not projecting the tone of these threads act like light skin people are mistreated when they are not. They are well treated, some guy or girl assuming that someone who is lighter skinned because they are less dark.

Isn’t a far fetched assumption anymore than someone think a redhead is more likely to have Irish ancestry. It is not foolproof as we are discovering but it is not far fetched nor is it mistreatment. If anything is these exact features that many people covet and make these people stand out.

But that's not the tone of this thread at all.

That's why its so clear that you are projecting

 

[ThrobbingHood]

I am not projecting the tone of these threads act like light skin people are mistreated when they are not. They are well treated, some guy or girl assuming that someone who is lighter skinned because they are less dark.

Isn’t a far fetched assumption anymore than someone think a redhead is more likely to have Irish ancestry. It is not foolproof as we are discovering but it is not far fetched nor is it mistreatment. If anything is these exact features that many people covet and make these people stand out.

Who in here is saying light skinned people are mistreated? Like where are you pulling this from?

 

[Ya?]

But that's not the tone of this thread at all.

That's why its so clear that you are projecting

Whenever I hear lighter skinned people complain that they get it bad too. The only argument they can give is people thinking they are less black because they are lighter skinned. That’s what many deem as mistreatement.

I agree the term is very strong, but I am using the words that are used in regards to this phenomenon. Perhaps it is just in jest.

But to me African skin variability exist more so in the brown to dark skin category. Many people speak of igbos being light skinned but many are not.

I don’t agree with your assertion at all.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

But to me African skin variability exist more so in the brown to dark skin category.

The purpose of this thread is to show that what YOU think, by your own admission, is absolutely WRONG.

African skin pigmentation covers a very wide spectrum and cannot be categorized in the manner in which you're categorizing it.​

 

[ThrobbingHood]

I’m still waiting to see the evidence of where anyone said in this thread that light skinned people are victims and that dark skin is inferior.

 

[Gold]

Whenever I hear lighter skinned people complain that they get it bad too. The only argument they can give is people thinking they are less black because they are lighter skinned. That’s what many deem as mistreatement.

I agree the term is very strong, but I am using the words that are used in regards to this phenomenon. Perhaps it is just in jest.

But to me African skin variability exist more so in the brown to dark skin category. Many people speak of igbos being light skinned but many are not.

I don’t agree with your assertion at all.

I'm ignoring your first part because that has literally nothign to do with the thread.
If you want, you can create a thread called "Do Light-Skin people actually have it bad?"
Cuz that's clearly what you came in here to talk about

As for your second part, I don't care if you disagree with my assertion, doesn't change facts at all

I'm against posting pics of people other than myself on here, but one of my exes is the same complexion as OP, and she's 100% Abia
My recent gf is my skintone, but her little sister is lighter than OP and they are 100% Imo
My cousin is around OPs tone and he's 100% Anambra like me
Unless you gonna say OP isn't "Light" compared to Americans




You are not some authority on African skintones.

You need to relax cuz you come off sounding crazy in this thread

Just admit that you are wrong, and keep it moving

 

[MaxPain]

Most Africans are not light skinned. Most Africans range between brown and dark skin. And you can’t use populations that came about from post Atlantic slave trade to justify skin pigment diversity.

What is considered light skin in Africa is not consider light skin in islands, USA and etc....

 

[Reece]

I had cacs try to tell me once that the KhoiSan weren’t black or a part of the Black race.

 

[Ya?]

I'm ignoring your first part because that has literally nothign to do with the thread.
If you want, you can create a thread called "Do Light-Skin people actually have it bad?"
Cuz that's clearly what you came in here to talk about

As for your second part, I don't care if you disagree with my assertion, doesn't change facts at all

I'm against posting pics of people other than myself on here, but one of my exes is the same complexion as OP, and she's 100% Abia
My recent gf is my skintone, but her little sister is lighter than OP and they are 100% Imo
My cousin is around OPs tone and he's 100% Anambra like me
Unless you gonna say OP isn't "Light" compared to Americans




You are not some authority on African skintones.

You need to relax cuz you come off sounding crazy in this thread

Just admit that you are wrong, and keep it moving

I didn’t say that I was anymore than you are. But google Igbo if you don’t want to people you know, you are not going to see solely lighter skinned people.

I just find the light skin diatribe that some Africans like to espouse slightly exaggerated. Also there were mixed and are mixed communities throughout Africa as well.

There are definitely differences generally speaking between what an American would call a redbone/yellow bone vs an African version.

I see it far more interesting to speak of variability of physical characteristics outside of skin colour. I just find the obsession with lighter skin annoying.

Skin pigment expression is only a small part of what differentiates a ls mixed person vs a non mixed ls person.


Mistreatment was more a mocking term on my part than me being serious.

 

[Ya?]

I am familiar with san people. And my point still stands. What makes African variability so interesting has less to do with skin colour and more to to do with cultures and physical attributes outside of complexion. This is a purely new world/post Atlantic slave trade obsession.

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

Whenever I hear lighter skinned people complain that they get it bad too. The only argument they can give is people thinking they are less black because they are lighter skinned. That’s what many deem as mistreatement.

I agree the term is very strong, but I am using the words that are used in regards to this phenomenon. Perhaps it is just in jest.

But to me African skin variability exist more so in the brown to dark skin category. Many people speak of igbos being light skinned but many are not.

I don’t agree with your assertion at all.

Did you read the article and study fam?

The whole claim of the study is to say that our previous concept of skin pigmentation in Africa is BS. They thought dark skin evolved quickly but finding out that may not be case.

Africans are way more diverse than what your eyeballs can ever see. That is a great thing.

The thread is not trying to erase the social trauma attached to dark skin.

 

[MaxPain]

I am familiar with san people. And my point still stands. What makes African variability so interesting has less to do with skin colour and more to to do with cultures and physical attributes outside of complexion. This is a purely new world/post Atlantic slave trade obsession.

No.