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How Many Light Skinned Women Creates a Colorist?

Someone accuses a comedian of only liking light skinned women — he has a response to that

If I Ain't Readin'
4 min readJul 10, 2024

Recently, a comedian I watch on IG, asked the public what things he should change about himself. A commenter said he should change his preferences because he dates too many light skinned women. He responded that he likes a variety of women, and that her response was wrong.

This comedian is often seen with light-skinned women. In fact, many Black men on social media and in real life prefer, date, marry, and have children with lighter-skinned Black women. My mother is light-skinned, while my father was deep brown. My sister is fair-skinned, and I have a medium brown complexion. We’ve never been divided on our hues, however.

In this post, the comedian seems to appreciate a variety of women. It’s likely that the person who wished he would “change his preference” is someone with a darker complexion. This issue deserves deeper discussion because people in the comments section argue that he dates a variety of women, and that light-skinned women deserve to be desired too.

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If I Ain't Readin'
If I Ain't Readin'

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Erica is an essayist and poet who enjoys reading, creating content, and helping others find their purpose too. Above all, she loves to read🖤

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