I have some "High Yella" cousins who have two black parents. The Melanin spectrum in Black People is acually a scale. Black Men with a White Parent don't overide the powerful gene's Black's produce. This is why more times than not the mixed child black features are strong and very noticeable. Colin actually is a lot darker than many lightskin brothas. Look, I've never been poisioned by the "Lightskin/Darkskin" colorism that comes from Slavery anyway. I've had best friends dark as me or have a white parent and be as light as Colin but they still identified as Black. Being Black is about our color always but Colin didn't invent the "One Drop Rule". In this society he can't pass as white because his skintone is too brown. Also the darkness of his melanin means nothing if he's going against Black people.
We have plenty of darkskin "Stephens" running around here huring the cause. I claim Colin over Sheriff Clarke anyday of the week and he's blacker than Colin. Rodney Harrison is pathetic and lame. He's actually just as light or lighter than Colin so he needs to stop. Also why do people think Colin had this perfect life with no racism because he was raised by a well off White Family?. The fact he was as dark as he was around nothing but whites obviously he had dealt with things. Add to the fact he probably longing for a relationship with his Black Father he never had. I'm sure Colin identifies as Black even more now than ever as an adult and has educated himself on Black History. Playing football was also a way for him to be around his Black Brothers. He was even in a Black Frat as well.