Aug 26, 2023 · The lightskin jokes came in as a response and defense mechanism from dark skin jokes. The jokes we get aren't a comparison to the violence and blatant discrimination dark skin people get. Apr 18, 2020 · Lightskin: having lightskin Mixed: racially half black half white For example someone is "mixed' and their mom is black and dad is white, they are born mixed, if they get their moms skin.
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I’m 18, from Texas but with parents from the Deep South and lightskin always meant a black or biracial person with a lighter skin tone. 285 votes, 10 comments. 213K subscribers in the Lightskin community. We are currently closed in solidarity with many other communities on Reddit as a.
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Apr 10, 2022 · When I was growing up "lightskin" specifically referred to a black person, with two black parents, who happened to be light. "High yellow" was for a black person, with two black parents who. Nov 16, 2022 · Do you mean lightskin? Lightskin is usually the term to use when describing light black people with two black parents. Reply reply More replies Some1fromReddit • What I grew up with was: "lightskin" = a black (NOT MIXED) person with two black parents who happens to have lighter skin.
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See: Tayshaun Prince of the Detroit Pistons. You can see in the picture of his.
