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Topic subjectcolorism is a real thing...
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12401135, colorism is a real thing...
Posted by morpheme, Thu Apr-03-14 11:50 AM
has always been
yet now trumped exclusively by money.

i don't consider myself to be light/lighter skinned at all
but i've had dark dudes refer to me as such and that bell goes off

it's just bananas when i hear folk *still* ascribe certain behaviours to ppl based on their skin tone.