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Is color demolished


LightSkin is that a color? Or the name that was given by "others"

LightSkin the kind that are self-preserved the kind that are cold-hearted.

LightSkin "only lightskin girls are pretty" the ones with the big foreheads the long nice weave with the bad attitudes

 

Shooo, "lightskins the ones that are considered halfwhite" the main question always asked, "are you mixed?"  "well why you so light if your parents are black?"

 

LightSkins the color that seperated that "Field Niggers from the House Niggers"

Til' this day you can still see the divison of lights and darks.

 

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