I've been saying it for the longest... The animosity between the light skin boy/girls and the dark skin boys/girls is real. Fueled by everything from the media to your friends, it can work wonder for some and destroy others! I remember when I first got down to Georgia in like '95, but we moved from sandy springs (white part of town) to stone mountain (mixed but more black than white)in like '96 I still had a kind of strong british accent. So being black black and talkin' "white white" the only two places I could logically be from was Africa or Jamaica. I had to learn how to joan real quick. Cause I think african booty scratcher just got invented that year and black jokes then were like I'm rick james bitch! was in 2004! My tormentors were almost always light skinned dudes, thus spawning my distaste for my fairer skinned brothers!
For years it's always been a secret war...
sometimes public
and every so often for both sides a champion would emerge swaying girls hearts and making the opposing side "Out of style"
Champions
Other champions
This came up when me and my only light skinned homeboy J and his homegirl were talkin about that young berg shit...About how girls don't want light skinned dudes cause they're concieted, or want them cause thier baby will have good hair and how girls don't want dark skinned dudes cause they're ugly! How light chicks like dark dudes and dark chicks like light dudes. How everybody wants a yellow over a black chick.
Me: that's what he get for being light skinned in detroit
J: fuck does that mean
Me: y'all out of style and you know how they say pretty boys are weak and shit. so they thought he was a lick and they were right. plus y'all are outta style anyway, jus like kanye said!
J: We ain't went nowhere!
I know hella dudes and girls who say shit like "I couldn't see my self talkin to a dark/light skin person." Me personally, I don't discriminate, I ejaculate. I mean if a chicks pretty she's pretty hands down color non-withstanding.
Do y'all believe in this "in style" stuff?
How do y'all feel about the whole light/dark thing?
Is there even a thing?
Why the fuck did they replace aunt viv? and which viv did you like more?
Andre said...
In the eighties, if you were a man and you didn't look like a girl, have a curl or slang dope. You better be light skinned 'cause you weren't gettin no play.
RealHustla said...
That's so true! I kept it secret that I like the chocolate brothas just so that I could fit in with my friends.
