light-skinned
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A female voice replies, “Allegedly, I like light-skinned, I guess.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
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
She showed Moss a pic of a light-skinned guy with a dust of a mustache and a flattop.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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