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I Do See Color

Jan 31, 2020

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‘Stop acting light-skinned’ and other stupid colorism comments

Why black folks need to knock it off with skin color jokes

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“Stop acting light-skinned.”
“She acts like that ’cause she’s light-skinned.”
“He has dark-skinned tendencies.”

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