12752449, Some locales have different distributions of complexions Posted by 8-bit, Mon Mar-16-15 08:51 AM
If she's from somewhere where the average individual is really dark, then being in a place with a lot of light-skinned folks would be notable to her.
Certain parts of North Philly were black-as-night growing up, for example. Light-skinned (non-hispanic) folks just weren't around that much for whatever reason. Also, I never really saw biracial women until college.
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