‘Stop acting light-skinned’ and other stupid colorism comments
Why black folks need to knock it off with skin color jokes

“Stop acting light-skinned.”
“She acts like that ’cause she’s light-skinned.”
“He has dark-skinned tendencies.”
“Stop acting light-skinned.”
“She acts like that ’cause she’s light-skinned.”
“He has dark-skinned tendencies.”
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We are not ashamed of our melanin, and we know you “see” it. Just don’t discriminate and disrespect us because of it.
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