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You’re pretty for a dark-skinned girl.

Taesha Detroit, MI I think almost every dark-skinned black girl goes through a phase (that hopefully she grows out of) where she doesn’t believe she...

Where in Africa are you from?

11 years ago11 years ago

Tony Moody Germany I am a retired Military Officer and Civil Service Employee. I live in Germany. A few times people assumed I am African...

She’s pretty for a black woman.

11 years ago3 years ago

Mary Detroit, MI My dad was born in 1906 and would say this about perhaps the first black female anchor on a Detroit TV station;...

Why’s my skin darker than yours?

11 years ago11 years ago

Kristen Green Richmond, VA My five-year-old multiracial daughter said these words while sitting on my lap today while we were both in bathing suits by...

My skin is BROWN not black.

11 years ago11 years ago

Twanna Robinson Thomasville, NC In Sunday school one morning, a new child asked me why my skin was so dark. I told her it was...

You’re Pretty, for a Black Girl.

11 years ago3 years ago

Kem Huntsville, AL I was so shocked when a white co-worker said this to me. He actually thought he was giving me a compliment!

Dark skinned people don’t float well.

11 years ago11 years ago

Ngina wa Kaai Canada While this wasn’t said to me directly, it was said by a white coworker to a child of Indian heritage while...

You’re not as pretty as Asians.

11 years ago3 years ago

Kimberly San Jose, CA Since moving to the San Francisco area, I’ve been told by a few men quite bluntly that I’ll never measure up...

Father/Black Daughter/White Family/Race?

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David T Roth Nashville, TN I was walking through Centennial Park in Nashville, TN. I looked up to see a young Father holding his daughter...

Mom said look black is ugly

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Giselle Henry Torrance, CA The first person who taught me that looking more like my African ancestors than my non-African ancestors made me ugly was...