reverse colorism

reverse colorism -a hatred of light skin blacks

Some blacks in Washington,D.C.(black majority) did not want Sharon Pratt Dixon as a mayor because she is a light skin black and mayoral candidate Marion Berry tried to have his light skin wife darken her skin.These are incidents of reverse colorism.

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yellowbone

a racist term for light skin blacks or light skin biracials.

I'm a light skin black and the term yellowbone is a racist term.

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negro

a dark skin black. Later a black person of any skin color was considered negro. Negro is now considered offensive and is now not used to describe a dark skin black or a black person of any skin color.

Dark skin blacks were considered negroes. Light skin blacks and brown skin blacks were also considered mulatto. Mulatto is considered a racist term.

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mulatto

a half black person or light skin black or brown skin black. Mulatto is now considered a racist tem.

Light skin blacks and brown skin blacks were also considered mulattoes. Dark skin blacks were considered negroes. Negro is now considered offensive.

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