light-skinned
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Clare and Irene, the two main characters in this electric novella, are both black but light-skinned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
“Blood Knot,” the breakthrough play in which he found his voice as a dramatist, is about two brothers from the same mother, one dark-skinned, the other light-skinned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
Morton’s privileged but stifling youth in a wealthy, light-skinned New Orleans family is sketched in a series of numbers that efficiently establish the expectations of the Creole class and his rebellions against it.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
The video shows Mr. Mathurin getting in the face of a shorter, light-skinned man who was standing by the apartment complex’s stairwell.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
A thin, light-skinned African American woman dressed in a beautifully tailored suit, she was soft-spoken and strikingly serene, with a steady brown-eyed gaze and an impressive grasp of how the city functioned.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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