These reasons no longer apply today, but identity or group membership is more than biological ancestry Lightskin is usually the term to use when describing light black people with two black parents I’m biracial and don’t feel uncomfortable if someone wants to identify.
The Ripped Lightskin (@RippedLightskin) / Twitter
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.
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 theyre just mixed, if they get lighter skin like their dad theyre mixed and lightskin. 213k subscribers in the lightskin community We are currently closed in solidarity with many other communities on reddit as a… 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.
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 also happened to be lighter. 50k subscribers in the twerkersinternational community This is a subreddit dedicated to twerking and other forms…
182k subscribers in the tiktokfeet community
A place to share tiktok videos and female models with pretty feet Lightskin black people the younger generation doesn’t realize they have white ancestry it’s generations of biracial marrying other biracial but going by the one drop rule.
