>i don't think 2 light-skinned people together is as unusual >as we think in our heads. and 2 dark-skinned people together >is typical and unremarkable. > >i know a couple who could both pass for white (seriously -- i >met them out one time and overlooked them in the restaurant a >few times cuz i thought they were white people), i know a real >light-skinned sister married to a white dude, a real >light-skinned dude married to a white woman -- and in all 3 >cases their kids look straight-up white -- and i know more >than a few high yellow couples and high yellow-caramel >pairings.
Well the whole thing goes out the window when marrying white. That just doesn't register as anything peculiar. I am just talking within black folks. I do notice that bi-racials tend to seek each other out which to me is the most common non-south light brite on light brite couples.
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