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As those light-skinned Christian Europeans became interested in conquering other places, they took with them the assumptions that they were inherently superior to many of the peoples they encountered. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
I focused in on a light-skinned boy with a long head and small eyes. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Mommy was, by her own definition, “light-skinned,” a statement which I had initially accepted as fact but at some point later decided was not true. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Inside the town, he slowed down as he passed a tall woman, but she was too light-skinned to be Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Mariam turned around and found a light-skinned, plump woman wearing a hijab, like her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
My first day on the job, the mechanic at the station, a young light-skinned black guy, told me, “Don’t cross Herman. He put two men down already.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
They lived on Pleasant Avenue off 116th Street, and if you were caught around there at night you’d better have been a light-skinned Latino so you could pass yourself off as Italian. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
He’s light-skinned too, so he knows where I’m coming from. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t walk with my mother, either; a light-skinned child with a black woman would raise too many questions. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
But because Raymond was light-skinned, and I wouldn’t name the father, they all assumed the father was white. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
Ophie had been anxious before, the kind of feeling she sometimes got when Miss Anders—the nice, light-skinned teacher from up north—gave them a timed test. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
The cover showed a light-skinned girl in a bathing suit. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
The word spread: “There’s a light-skinned guy who plays music on a computer. You’ve never seen anything like it.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
A light-skinned kid with braces and a rock face. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
At the back of the truck sits a light-skinned man with a rifle between his knees. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
While watching a baseball game in a park, Claudette was joined by a light-skinned black man. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
The tall, lanky, light-skinned boy he had asked to buy two Cokes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
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. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
He was either light-skinned black or darker Latino, I couldn’t tell which. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
She was small-boned, petite, and Olanna felt gawkily overgrown just looking at her; there was something childlike about her light-skinned, almost translucent complexion and tiny hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
She was a light-skinned girl no older than fourteen or fifteen. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
Even if Mother hadn’t been such a pretty woman, light-skinned with straight hair, he was lucky to get her, and he knew it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Store clerks in downtown Durham waited on all white customers before helping any blacks—and then served light-skinned blacks first. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Chinwe s light-skinned face was at the center of the group, as usual. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, he wasn’t. The boy was poor. With skin as bright as a light bulb. Look, I had to marry someone light-skinned. But you didn’t need to.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Her face was light-skinned, but her complexion was from bleaching creams—her hands were the dark brown color of Boumvita with no milk added. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
The boys were light-skinned, lighter than me, sandy-hued with unnervingly blue eyes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
He was so light-skinned that people often assumed he was mixed, and he acted younger than he was—hyphy, as they say in Oakland. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
It would produce skin cancer preferentially in light-skinned people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
We looked up as a light-skinned man with a pencil-thin mustache and tired eyes stuck his head in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
But when I opened my mouth, what came out was, “Have you ever heard of a light-skinned Negro pretending to be white?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
The manager, Rocky, was a heavy, well-dressed, light-skinned man with a deep voice. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her aunt had said brown; the beauticians said black but Violet had never seen a light-skinned person with coal-black eyes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
“See, light-skinned colored people almost always marry light-skinned colored people on purpose. So they’ll have light-skinned kids.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Johnny walked in first—he was light-skinned and looked a lot like his brother Little Wayne. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dewey two was light-skinned with freckles everywhere and a head of tight red hair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
She has sores and scabs on her arms and legs, and since she’s real light-skinned they show up even more. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
One of them was a white man and another was also light-skinned, maybe Lebanese. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
Us and the light-skinned big man, the one who got into it with Tariq. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Some Mexicans were dark skinned, Indian from the way they dressed, but some light-skinned Mexicans got on too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tyler looks over at us, and he’s so light-skinned, I can see the blush covering his face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
"Tariq was the one defending himself, man. That light-skinned brother ran up on him. He was minding his own business. We was chatting." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
I narrow my eyes at his little light-skinned Hobbit-looking behind—he’s got the curly hair and the big ears. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
There was a young light-skinned Hazara woman sewing a shawl in a corner of the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
I planned on calling Pa before getting the food, but the booth was already occupied by a light-skinned guy with a big, floppy Afro. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
“If perfection were possible, which type would reign? Moral perfection? Mental perfection? Would the smarter man win, or the stronger? The dark-skinned or light-skinned? Would the winner be the most beautiful?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
She showed Moss a pic of a light-skinned guy with a dust of a mustache and a flattop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
When we moved from 140th Street to a bigger place on Lenox, it was the light-skinned renters who tried to keep us out. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
He watched as Carmela passed a note to one of her friends, a light-skinned girl whose name Moss didn’t know. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
They came from the north and were light-skinned like the Portuguese. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Light-skinned people deliberately married other light-skinned people so they’d have light-skinned children. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
One day, after her husband had died, she was traveling on a train to visit her daughter, and she met and took an interest in a light-skinned man in the same railway car. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
When I asked her if she was white, she’d say, “No. I’m light-skinned,” and change the subject again. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was light-skinned and skinny with white hair and she was breathing funny. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
The light-skinned Dominican maids feared her, for Haiti was synonymous with voodoo. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
We were all clearly black, of various shades of brown, some light brown, some medium brown, some very light-skinned, and all of us had curly hair. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Socially, I had three strikes against me: I was an unmarried teenager with a light-skinned baby. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, I called,” a pretty, light-skinned woman in glasses said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
News of the event not only outraged Durham blacks but bound them together—rich and poor, light-skinned and dark. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Suddenly, we knew who Johnny was—the little light-skinned boy that used to follow Little Wayne around. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
They’re both so beautiful—black, the light-skinned and curly-haired type like Pop Pop and Mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
He looked at the other boy, who was tall, lanky, and light-skinned. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
He was tall and light-skinned and lived with his moms right next door to us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
He pushed through chattering families, past cool Ivy-League types and their light-skinned girl friends. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
And she had a birthmark that covered half her light-skinned face in dark brown, like a comic-book bad guy or something. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
He was a light-skinned black man with a shaved head, and he was always trying to make eye contact with me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was as light-skinned as my mute guide—a handsome middle-aged woman, tall and heavy-set. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
But I’m not like my mom, so light-skinned that a conk does the trick and you can go incognito. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You see? I told you they were old. She doesn’t care much for white people, but she prefers light-skinned blacks. Figure that out. Anyway, she ‘forgives’ me for you. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
Because of the influence of the church in Europe, Christianity came to be identified with being European, being light-skinned. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
Two men, one short and dark, and the other slender and light-skinned, emerge. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Next morning one light-skinned central boss lines us up and looks us over. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was light-skinned or brownskinned, and girls thought I was cute despite my shyness. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was returning from a gathering at St. Edwards Secondary School that: evening when I saw this light-skinned, skinny boy with bony cheeks sitting on the stoop by himself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
Its hero is not a light-skinned black man. Philip Roth Versus the Movies 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z
Critics claimed the actor was not only too light-skinned to take on the role but also too attractive, a point Saldana is keen to address. Zoe Saldana on Nina Simone backlash: 'There is no one way to be black' 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z
He then states to the light-skinned Johnson, “First of all, I wouldn’t even know you were black if you didn’t tell me.” Maher’s been here before: Watch him defend using the n-word in 2001 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z
Bride, now a successful cosmetics czarina, was shunned by her cruel light-skinned mother, who was embarrassed by the blue-black color of her daughter’s skin. Review: In Toni Morrison’s ‘God Help the Child,’ Adults Are Hobbled by the Pain of the Past 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z
Nor, for that matter, have men here suddenly abandoned their decades-long pursuit of light-skinned women. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z
As she recounts in the documentary “Coded Bias,” Buolamwini soon discovered that most such artificial-intelligence programs are trained to identify patterns based on data sets that skew light-skinned and male. ‘Coded Bias’ Review: When the Bots Are Racist 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z
In need of branding and posters, they enlisted the services of Marion Parham, a light-skinned girl as tall as my dad whom he had crushed on since childhood, nicknamed Stretch. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z
Irene and Clare are both light-skinned Black women who have made different choices about how to live their lives, but when they reconnect, they are both prompted to reckon with who, exactly, they are. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z
Yes, Ms. Hanks has serious business in mind: Thalia, protective of her light-skinned privilege, resists marrying Streeter, who is darker. Review: In ‘Wilder Gone,’ the Pull of Soil, Soul and Preacher Sex 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z
The figure features a light-skinned rendition of the “Black Adam” star wearing blue slacks, a black belt, sneakers and a blue golf shirt — an ensemble that Johnson has never worn in actuality. The Rock whitewashing? Actor wants Paris wax figure updated "starting with my skin color" 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z
“They hoped she would stay in the county and marry a light-skinned, blue-eyed man to found one of those conversation-piece dynasties.” ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z
They talked of sugar cane fields and light-skinned cousins who would stay once a year in fancy white hotels without getting caught. Patter and Patois 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z
“Colorism,” the idea that light-skinned minorities are given more privilege than their darker-skinned peers, is a centuries-old concept that many insiders say remains pervasive in the entertainment industry. Colorism reveals many shades of prejudice in Hollywood 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z
If a light-skinned man messaged me, I felt affirmed. Shades of Black: how readers responded to our series on the colorism taboo 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z
Toomer was the grandson of the first black governor in America, of Louisiana, and grew up in the world of the light-skinned black elite in Washington. A Century Later, a Novel by an Enigma of the Harlem Renaissance Is Still Relevant 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z
In a photographic narrative by Rachelle Mozman, one Latin American actor — the artist’s mother — plays the roles of aristocratic twin sisters, one light-skinned, one dark, as well as a family maid. Art Review: Artists Whose Vitality Flows From the Streets 2011-06-16T21:52:56Z
If you listen closely, folks talk about the way that dark-skinned women, or dark-skinned girls are seen as less beautiful than light-skinned girls, and that's about politics. "Feminist AF" author on hip-hop & feminism today: "We're not playing nice anymore" 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z
On this afternoon, Negga was fresh from wrapping filming on “Passing,” in which she plays Clare Kendry, a light-skinned biracial woman who passes for white, even to the point of marrying a white racist husband. In Hamlet and in Life, Ruth Negga Does Not Hold Back 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z
She was 5 feet 8 inches, slender and light-skinned. Stokes County native made history as black model 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z
Reading “The Human Stain,” one accepts that Coleman Silk is a black man light-skinned enough to pass as Jewish. Philip Roth Versus the Movies 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z
I am a different light-skinned brother late night host.” This is Larry Wilmore’s brilliant moment: It’s not all about Trevor Noah on Comedy Central 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z
And in his eyes, I was a nerdy, light-skinned girl who spoke English with the proper resonance and idioms for seamless assimilation into white-dominated spaces. When a Summer Hookup Lasts 12 Years, It’s Time to Reassess 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z
I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, as the daughter of Indian immigrants – my father was dark-skinned and my mother was light-skinned. ‘Do you sometimes wish you were black?’: how my child and I talk about race 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z
They’ve made psychologically persuasive Chéri’s own family legend: the story of her light-skinned ancestors, who, in the Texas of 1893, find in passing for white a conveyance for a lucrative life of crime. Review | Get a load of the exuberant new sister act: Mary and Martha Clarke, singing outlaw heroes of ‘Gun & Powder’ 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z
Racial intermixing is common, but white and light-skinned Brazilians hold almost all the economic and political power. A passion for soccer helps unite one of the world’s most diverse countries 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z
When the conversations do arise, they often get stuck on personal experiences – the proverbial light-skinned girl who claims all the girls hated her in junior high, or the dark-skinned girl who says the same. Why black people discriminate among ourselves: the toxic legacy of colorism 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z
He ended up marrying a different light-skinned woman, and says that his sons, one dark and one light, both prefer light-skinned women. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z
June and Emma, who are both white with blonde hair, both took a fancy to the blonde and light-skinned curvy Barbie. 'She looks like me': what kids really think of the new Barbie 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z
I don’t consider myself light-skinned; still, I couldn’t quiet my concern. My hairstyle was 'ethnic', my skin dark: would my white husband's family accept me? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z
It’s hardly surprising that an extremely light-skinned black man might decide he is, as he puts it, “stepping out” of the “flawed and cruel game” of race. Does Race Matter? Who Gets to Ask That Question? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z
When Saldana was brought on, many objected to the petite, light-skinned actress playing the darker-skinned icon. See Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone in Long-Awaited 'Nina' Trailer 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z
Her light-skinned mother didn’t want to touch her or be seen with her, and her father deserted her. “Southerners were white,” and “Negroes were Negroes”: How a people’s past shapes the present 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z
But she also knew that as a “very privileged, light-skinned Punjabi” it couldn’t just be about her experience, but a platform and magazine for all voices and shades. 'I never thought I was beautiful': Neelam Gill and the fight against the pressure to be pale 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z
Frida’s lawyer says the judge might let her off easy because she’s light-skinned; later, her classmates make assumptions based on the fact that she is Chinese. What Happens When the State Controls Moms? 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z
Mills was light-skinned and his racial identity not always obvious, something he alluded to in the title of the blog he wrote in recent years, Undercover Black Man. David Mills obituary 2010-04-06T18:19:00Z
Two side-by-side billboards on Oxford Street for a casino show African men surrounded by and having fun with white and light-skinned women. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z
Lee Anderson, the novel’s hero, is a light-skinned black man who leaves home after his brother is lynched for being seen with a white woman. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z
One executive wanted to change her character to an “awkward Indian boy,” and another wanted to cast a light-skinned, straight-haired actress. Telling a Different Story About Africa 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z
But just like in the UK, on billboards and other advertisements, even in this predominantly black neighbourhood, I saw nothing but light-skinned women as the embodiment of beauty and class. My toxic love affair with skin lightening creams 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
Now, in their mind, a light-skinned woman is a trophy. Q&A: 'Dark Girls' to 'Light Girls,' Bill Duke talks colorism in new film 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z
In the late 1960s, the black bourgeoisie was synonymous with Uncle Tom . . . depicted as light-skinned, clubbish, collaborationist, materialistic; and yes, there was too much of that. Darryl Pinckney’s Intimate Study of Black History 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z
He was a very light-skinned guy; his mom was black and his father was Jewish. ‘We Changed Harvard’: The Story of 18 Black Students 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z
Benjamin is a light-skinned African American whom Portia assumes is white. The election is on everyone's mind as SCR presents 'All the Way' and 'District Merchants' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z
The Vigne sisters are identical twins in the 1950s, light-skinned girls with different temperaments. Review | Brit Bennett’s ‘The Vanishing Half’ is a fierce examination of passing and the price people pay for a new identity 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z
One, I’m a light-skinned person and colorism is a real thing. Kiley Reid’s Novel Is About Race and Class and Other People’s Children 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z
Adding a black face, one black face, one very light-skinned, pretty black face is not going to change the institution.” Symbolic or meaningless? What do black Britons think of Meghan's... 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z
So I wasn’t interested in the trope of one light-skinned and one dark-skinned friend. ‘Insecure’ Broke Ground by Embracing Imperfection 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z
It’s about moving past the light-skinned straight-haired blackness of the past, to embrace the dark skin and natural hair of our future. It’s lit! How film finally learned how to light black skin 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z
The term "person of colour" goes all the way back to 1796 and was "originally used in reference to light-skinned people of mixed African and European heritage as distinct from fullblooded Africans." I'm a Black woman, not a "woman of color." Here's why I make that distinction 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z
His advice, in her view, was rubbish for the simple reason that “all of his girlfriends are light-skinned.” What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z
“Have you ever noticed, the women of color writers who are championed as ingenues or geniuses are almost always light-skinned?” Why black people discriminate among ourselves: the toxic legacy of colorism 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z
Over time, many white colonialists had married into the tribe, and their light-skinned descendants often ascended to positions of power. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z
Blackface is still blackface even when portraying a light-skinned African American. Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson shows race problems before Oscars row 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z
Darker-skinned women are given longer prison sentences than their light-skinned counterparts. Why black people discriminate among ourselves: the toxic legacy of colorism 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z
She pointed to postwar films like “Gentleman’s Agreement,” which broached anti-Semitism, and “Pinky,” about a light-skinned black woman who passes as white. From ‘Compton’ to ‘The Black Panthers’ to ‘Peace Officer,’ a Raw and Resonant Conversation 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z
Even more bizarrely, it's reported that the instruction that hobbits be "light-skinned" was confined to female hobbits, which, as well as being genetically implausible, is nakedly sexist. The hobbit race row raises a big question: can a one-legged man play Tarzan? 2010-12-05T22:30:00Z
But her father was Irish, and her sister light-skinned and blond. South Africa, from rhinos to Robben Island 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z
In 1929, the Harlem Renaissance writer Nella Larsen explored it in her novel “Passing”; her light-skinned female central characters come to no good end, done in by racism and good old-fashioned patriarchy. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z
Opioid users are predominantly light-skinned, and are victims of an 'epidemic.' Don’t Call Her a Victim: After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z
She briefly explains to Dev that “redbone” is a word to describe a light-skinned black woman, but then has to explain that it’s not the same as “caramel.” 5 Black women who profoundly changed TV in 2015 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z
Peola – immature, light-skinned, and disillusioned – rejects her mother so she can pass for white. 'Passing for white': how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z
Mr. Alagbé’s surrogate in the book is Sam, a light-skinned struggling illustrator living in Paris, who narrates his encounters with an assortment of damaged souls. A Comic Book Artist Who Makes the Invisible Visible 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z
Philip Roth’s “The Human Stain” is about a light-skinned black man passing as a Jewish professor at a Massachusetts college. Reading About Racial Boundaries 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z
A woman assumed to be white was revealed after months to be a light-skinned black, turning the story, and the audience, sharply to questions of racial prejudice. Agnes Nixon, Who Infused Her Soap Operas With Social Relevance, Dies at 93 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z
This time, one look-alike is “white” and the other “black” — quotation marks required because the near-doubles are light-skinned males born on the same day in 1830, in the same Missouri town. Perspective | Never mind the Brits, here are five American novels perfect for ‘Masterpiece’ treatment 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z
Not only did the figure not resemble the chart-topping pop star, critics said, but it also appeared to be too light-skinned. Beyoncé’s Wax Figure, Criticized as Too Light, Is Now Absent From Madame Tussauds 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z
Hamer continued working with King to organize across the south, and he consulted her to help organize the bus boycotts, which made a name for Rosa Parks, a light-skinned activist. 'Cops only tackled me and my friend': why a dark skin tone makes activism dangerous 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z
“You had the black élite, the schoolteachers, the light-skinned people, the dentists, the doctors,” Thomas has said. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z
This at times was even more perplexing to my white peers when they would encounter my mother, who although much darker than I, was still relatively light-skinned. Passing for white and straight: How my looks hide my identity 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z
Furthermore, if it's discriminatory to ask potential hobbits to be light-skinned, is it likewise unfair to insist they be, as the casting call stipulated, under a certain height? "Hobbit" controversy: When is casting racism? 2010-11-30T21:31:00Z
The problem with that argument is that King, who like Lowery, is light-skinned and biracial but identifies as black, doesn’t read so much as a “black man yelling to the crowds.” Critic at Large Rebecca Carroll on Wesley Lowery's 'They Can't Kill Us All' 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z
Both are very light-skinned, and one, the beautiful Clare, chooses to pass, marrying a violently bigoted man who is unaware of her identity. Two Classic American Novels About the Madness and Beauty of Race 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z
“There is a light-skinned privilege that I never really wanted to admit I felt or experienced. I sort of grew up ‘Oh, we’re all black. Colorism reveals many shades of prejudice in Hollywood 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z
Could he even be a light-skinned African American trying to pass? Review | A new look at Gatsby — as an Oxford man 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z
His entrenched opponent, Sen. Maxim Bayard, also light-skinned and a former exile, seems to be an easy target, appearing to represent the moral bankruptcy infecting the core of Haitian politics. ‘Peacekeeping’ review: Haiti endures despite outsiders’ good (and bad) intentions 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z
The ensuing investigation catalyzes social tensions between Diana, a light-skinned Mexican American, and her darker-skinned husband that are almost more fascinating than the mystery itself. ‘Madres’ and ‘The Manor’ Review: Maligned Women Uncover the Truth 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z
She did not worry much about the sun, even though she is very light-skinned. Former surgeon general faces his wife’s cancer — and the ‘Trump Effect’ 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z
“My younger sisters were light-skinned and I was dark,” said Comfort Arthur, 31, an animated filmmaker. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z
Each happens to be Black, and these strangers are giving Neve the willies, even though she is a light-skinned Black woman herself. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
Accra — Lome, Monrovia and Lagos as well — are teeming with ads that depict beauty as light-skinned. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z
My girlfriend and I talk about “pretty privilege” and the Californian obsession with racial ambiguity and the peculiar way light-skinned people are exoticized by white people. I am not your exotic unicorn: going on Tinder as a queer, dark-skinned black woman 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z
I’m light-skinned and burn easily, but I started to train myself into getting tan, gradually lowering the SPF number as the season progressed. The day I put my bikini away 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z
A light-skinned man with a bald crop, Hardiman is a born showman with an almost musical gift for talking, but he is also a serious student of black history. Meet Chicago's Interrupters? 2011-08-06T22:48:57Z
“I only date light-skinned women…” reads his bio, even though his skin tone matches mine. Dark-skinned black girls don't get married 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
Surprise!!! travel "south of the border" and you will see that light-skinned models are almost always used to advertise/rally citizens.....look on the television, look on the walls and billboards of the cities. A Latina Disney Movie Princess? The Wait Isn’t Over 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z
“It resolves a tension where being perceived as too middle class was seen as acting white or ‘sidity’, and often associated with being light-skinned. Bad and boujee: the lifestyle that took over TV 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z
One early riff: “I would always get asked, ‘Are you mixed with something?’ because I’m light-skinned. Why Larry Wilmore is the perfect comic fit for this year’s correspondents’ dinner 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z
As a light-skinned black man, his narrator feels like a minority tucked inside a minority. The Pleasures of a Writer Who Was ‘Richard Pryor on Paper’ 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z
This hashtag crops up whenever a light-skinned actor’s ethnicity departs from the heritage of his character. #AuthenticityInCasting: Six cases where social media spread the conversation 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z
The narrator of this propulsive novel is a light-skinned Black researcher of race and colorism in Brazil. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z
In another, called “The Civil Rights Triangle,” four of five men depicted have dark skin, but a light-skinned fifth man towers over them. Faith Ringgold’s Path of Maximum Resistance 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z
“The slave masters separated light-skinned blacks from dark-skinned blacks, and some of that social DNA still exists today among many black people.” 'Blackface' criticism of Nina Simone biopic branded relic of slavery 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z
Mr Key is from Detroit, but light-skinned; Mr Peele grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Beyond black and white 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z
Does his white skin indicate that he’s a spirit too or, given his attire and pose, a light-skinned foreigner? Art Review: ?Through African Eyes? at the Detroit Institute of Arts 2010-04-15T22:09:00Z
The video shows Mr. Mathurin getting in the face of a shorter, light-skinned man who was standing by the apartment complex’s stairwell. Manhunt for Brooklyn gunman ends with suspect shot by police during knife charge 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z
"Also, my skin tone. I'm fully Jamaican Black-British but many people have things to say about me being light-skinned, like they are trying to diminish my blackness." Designer launched business at 13 to boost black representation 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z
Solomon remembered the light-skinned girl with curly hair from freshman year when she was a manager for the football team, but Taysia insists she doesn’t recall Solomon introducing himself before she transferred to another school. 'He's just very much on a mission': Family fuels Solomon Byrd's USC breakthrough 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z
Risk factors include a lot of sun exposure, a weakened immune system, a history of other cancers, and being light-skinned and over 50. Jimmy Buffett died after a four-year fight with a rare form of skin cancer, his website says 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z
Visitors to the Italian museum where his mummified remains are housed can also meet his reconstruction, a light-skinned man sporting luscious brown locks. 5000-year-old ‘Iceman’ had dark skin and a receding hairline 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z
The light-skinned, bearded foreigners were a source of gossip. A baby was found in the rubble of a US raid in Afghanistan. But who exactly was killed and why? 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z
I am an extremely light-skinned person, and all mixed up in me are all the sides of Black and white America. Seattle author Gin Hammond based her play turned novel on the life of her aunt Bebe 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z
Although Calderón is revered by reggaeton fans, his career has not been as widely visible as that of Bad Bunny or other light-skinned Latinos in Latin hip-hop. Analysis | Tego Calderón stages a comeback with ‘La Receta’ 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z
“If Nani were light-skinned and conventionally attractive from a White or European perspective, she would not have had as hard of a time keeping the job at the luau,” he said. ‘Lilo & Stitch’ live action draws controversy over ‘colorist’ castings 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z
Hours after Abou-Najm’s stabbing, police released a description of a man who’d been seen leaving the scene: a younger light-skinned male, between 5 feet 7 and 5 feet 8, with long, loose curly black hair. Northern California town on edge after second fatal stabbing in week 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z
“Cleopatra was Greek, meaning that she was light-skinned, not Black,” he said, pushing back against Black Americans who have claimed that the Egyptian civilization is of Black origin. Director of Netflix series starring a Black Cleopatra fires back at Egyptian backlash 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
A top archaeologist insisted Cleopatra was "light-skinned, not black". Egyptians complain over Netflix depiction of Cleopatra as black 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z
Plus, “Jordan is light-skinned — my complexion,” he says, while a character named Maury “has dark skin. I wanted to have many different types of African Americans to show that there’s no one way to be.” Jerry Craft drew a positive Black story. Then the calls for a ban began. 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z
Not for the first time during a traffic stop, I found myself feeling more than a little guilty and grateful that I had been born a light-skinned Black woman and not a dark-skinned Black man. Column: How California could become the model for getting cops out of traffic stops 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z
In his new book, “Orgullo Prieto,” or “Brown Pride,” the actor recalls altering how he dressed, walked and spoke to succeed in Mexico, where light-skinned people are overrepresented in positions of power. In ‘Wakanda Forever,’ Black filmmakers did right by Indigenous peoples 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z
If a light-skinned, mixed-race duchess and a Grammy Award-winning Black woman artist are not safe from White women or Black men, what about the rest of us? Opinion | What Meghan and Megan tell us about the abuse of Black women 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z
Some users with dark skin said they saw more glitches and distortions in their avatars than their light-skinned friends did, reinforcing concerns about equity in artificial intelligence imaging. AI selfies — and their critics — are taking the internet by storm 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z
Moore said he had earlier described to police a light-skinned Black man as the shooter because Prince George’s County is “a predominantly Black area.” Man acquitted of murder in killing of Largo High graduate 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z
The lieutenant described meeting an older, light-skinned officer and then being driven to a home in an upper-class neighborhood. The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended the Drug War in Mexico 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z
When Pasquel and his chauffeur once stepped into a diner in Texas, the manager showed the light-skinned Pasquel to a table but insisted the driver, who was much darker, wait outside. Before Jackie Robinson, Jorge Pasquel broke baseball’s color barrier — in Mexico 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z
Emdee, a light-skinned Mexican American, says that because many people believe she is white, they say things to her they otherwise wouldn’t. Crude emails reveal nasty side of a California beach city’s crusade to halt growth 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z
Using Twitter and TikTok, they’ve called out companies and celebrities for discrimination and have popularized a new term — whitexican, a mix of the words white and Mexican — to refer to the nation’s wealthy, light-skinned elite. Mexico’s new racial reckoning: A movement protests colorism and white privilege 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z
In his books, some elves are described as light-skinned and having long hair. The Lord of the Rings cast denounces threats to nonwhite actors in Middle-earth 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z
In 2017, a group in New York protested what they described as Black strippers increasingly losing out on cash to light-skinned “bottle girls.” Strippers have a new tactic in a North Hollywood labor fight. Organizing with an actors union 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z
“You’re light-skinned for an Okinawan,” people would say and point out how her name doesn’t sound like a typical Japanese name. In Okinawa, a push to revive a lost tattoo art for women, by women 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z
When he discovers a light-skinned man hiding in a checkout aisle, the gunman spares him, saying, “Sorry.” Only 22 saw the Buffalo shooting live. Millions have seen it since. 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z
An actress who has led the movement to integrate the film industry, Maya Zapata, described her frustration at getting light-skinned colleagues to acknowledge that the country is stratified by skin tone. Mexico’s new racial reckoning: A movement protests colorism and white privilege 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z
But Oberon's secret weighed on her - even though her light-skinned complexion made it easier for her to pass off as white on screen. Merle Oberon: India's forgotten Hollywood star 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z
Sierra had emerged with chocolate-colored skin, a contrast with her light-skinned siblings. Seeing Sierra one last time 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z
He said there was one light-skinned Kurd detained in the garage with them whom the soldier didn’t touch. Two refugees, both on Poland’s border. But worlds apart 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z
“Yellow” was a term used to describe a light-skinned Black person. Georgetown house with an exaggerated history seeks a buyer 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z
Cohen has found a new gravity to accompany his omnipresent levity as he resolves the dissonance between serious conversations on colorism and the delight of a cast member calling a co-star an “old light-skinned Frankenstein.” Hosts were just supposed to guide us from one commercial break to the next. Now we want them to help us make sense of the world.
Hannah Elias, a light-skinned Black girl born in 1865, is forced to grow up quickly and sets her mind on her heart’s desire: wealth. 10 noteworthy books for February 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z
At the time, Rogan seemingly stated that he found it "very strange" that light-skinned people called themselves "Black." Joe Rogan, Spotify controversy continues with Graham Nash, Indie Arie pulling from platform 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z
Ms. Ewing’s family history recently inspired her daughter Rebecca to write, direct and produce “Passing,” a movie drama about two light-skinned African American women, one of whom allows people to assume she is White. Maria Ewing, multifaceted opera singer, dies at 71 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z
“Already, a cultural script that said to be American is to be light-skinned had somehow seeped into my preschooler’s consciousness,” Miller-Mutia said in an interview. New approach to teaching race in school divides New Mexico 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z
Her family’s experience and lineage serves as the inspiration for Hall’s 2021 Netflix film, “Passing,” which centers on the stories of two light-skinned Black women, one of whom passes for white. The "uncompromising" and versatile opera singer Maria Ewing dies at 71 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z
Ewing's family history recently inspired her daughter's debut as a film director, Passing, which tells the story of two light-skinned African-American women, one of who allows people to assume she is white. Opera singer Maria Ewing dies at 71 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z
Police described the younger Acosta as a light-skinned Hispanic boy with dark hair and brown eyes. Police: Teen charged in triple killing is loose, dangerous 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z
He apologized to President Barack Obama for calling him “light-skinned” and having “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” Harry Reid remembered as a fighter, skilled Senate dealmaker 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z
When she was in sixth grade, Rangel-Samponaro read “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” at home because it wasn’t taught in school, and was struck by the racism he faced as a light-skinned Black man. The woman defending Black lives on the border, including her own 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z
One tense moment erupted when a contestant circulated a rumor that Young was spotted before the show having dinner with “a light-skinned baller.” The 'Bachelor' franchise made strides on diversity. Until an 'infuriating' setback 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z
He said Haitians were tired of the privileged light-skinned elite who ran the country, like Mr. Martelly, and felt that Mr. Moïse, with his dark skin and rural origins, better represented them. Haiti’s Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assassins Came for It. 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z
He was light-skinned enough to pass for White, creating the sort of confusion that suited the committee’s Northern lawyer, Albion Tourgée. Opinion | Homer Plessy’s pardon will provide both opportunity and atonement 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z
Ellen Craft, a light-skinned enslaved woman, disguised herself as a frail White man who was traveling with his servant, portrayed by Craft’s dark-skinned enslaved husband, William. Smithsonian African American museum launches online interactive access 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z
The result was that in photos with dark- and light-skinned people together, the darker-skinned person’s features were often erased, lacking the fine detailing afforded to the fair-skinned people. Medical photography is failing patients with darker skin 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
Authorities described the suspects as two dark-skinned males and a light-skinned female. NYC dad fights off armed robbers posing as trick-or-treaters who force entry with 8-year-old inside 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z
Ellen was very light-skinned, which allowed her to pass as white during the escape, posing as a disabled Southern gentleman planter who was travelling north for medical treatment. Ellen and William Craft: Blue plaque for abolitionists who fled slavery 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z
“Yellowman” A light-skinned Black man and a dark-skinned Black woman find their fledgling romantic relationship complicated by issues of class, race and colorism, as well as familial and community expectations. A big weekend for L.A. dance, plus 7 other best bets for music, museums and more 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z
Police are searching for a light-skinned man with a slender build, a dark green camouflage jacket and a black cap. Peter R de Vries: Dutch crime journalist wounded in Amsterdam shooting 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z
The “Hamilton” creator tweeted an apology Monday after some critics complained he used mostly light-skinned Latino actors in the film’s leading roles. ‘Truly sorry’: Lin-Manuel Miranda apologizes for lack of Afro-Latinos in new movie ‘In the Heights’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z
The interview on León's online show The Root saw her address the fact that most of the actors in the film are "light-skinned or white-passing". In The Heights: Lin-Manuel Miranda sorry for lack of Afro-Latinos 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z
An African American passing her on the street could be forgiven for thinking Vivian was a light-skinned Black woman, with her full lips and darkish skin. White supremacists attacked Johnny Cash for marrying a ‘Negro’ woman. But was his first wife Black? 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z
Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half follows the lives of two identical light-skinned black sisters. Women's Prize for Fiction: Two twin stories up for £30,000 book award 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z
They were beautiful, light-skinned, polite and pious Christians — just the sort of formerly enslaved they liked to showcase in anti-slavery events. Desperate for freedom, 77 enslaved people tried to escape aboard the Pearl. They almost made it. 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z
“Is he light-skinned? Really skinny? I said, no, no, I couldn’t believe it.” Column: No matter the verdict in the Chauvin trial, 'reforming' policing won't be enough 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z
In court, prosecutors said he told investigators that he hated light-skinned women for rejecting him. Attacker Stalked Women in Brooklyn for Weeks as Police Stayed Silent 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z
Her maternal grandfather, a light-skinned Black man who married a Dutch woman and raised his kids white, was also white-passing. 'Passing' explores the complications of biracial identity. For Rebecca Hall, it's personal. 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z
A light-skinned officer with a shadow of a beard started yelling: “Where drugs? Where drugs?” Arrested, Tortured, Imprisoned: The U.S. Contractors Abandoned in Kuwait 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z
But there was another reason: The White House servants were light-skinned; Johnson was dark-skinned. Suffering from smallpox after Gettysburg, Lincoln may have infected his valet 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z
His offense, by all appearances, was being the brown-skinned grandfather of a light-skinned child. A 911 caller said a Latino man was kidnapping a white child. The toddler was his grandson 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z
In fact, he takes a fairly conventional path in telling this largely unknown story primarily through the eyes of a light-skinned Black man named William Boston, loosely based on a historical figure, Cpl. Review: A 1917 uprising sadly resonates more than 100 years later in 'The 24th' 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z
Naked Athena — whose friend describes her as a light-skinned person of color and outspoken feminist — said nada during her demonstration and hasn’t been interviewed, so I can’t know her intentions. Opinion | Who Gets to Be a ‘Naked Athena’? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z
Sudan has always been dominated by a light-skinned, Arabic-speaking elite, while black Africans in the south and west of the country have faced discrimination and marginalisation. The country where black people are called slaves 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z
Moreover, the algorithms used by the technology are frequently racially biased, often mischaracterizing people of color while exhibiting higher accuracy in identifying light-skinned people. Homeland Security fears widespread mask-wearing will break facial recognition software 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z
Beyond being described as light-skinned and having lost the use of one hand in a shooting accident, little was written of his physical appearance - not his height or build or speaking voice. Remembering the slave who joined Jefferson in Philadelphia 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z
Beyond being described as light-skinned and having lost the use of one hand in a shooting accident, little was written of his physical appearance — not his height or build or speaking voice. Remembering the slave who joined Jefferson in Philadelphia 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z
Some historians say it was greatly intensified by colonialism and a practice by the British rulers of favoring light-skinned Indians for government jobs. India Debates Skin-Tone Bias as Beauty Companies Alter Ads 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z
A light-skinned African American with an even lighter-skinned father, Hawks describes what her skin color means in a number of social and cultural contexts. Mental health on your mind? These 8 films explore lives spinning out of control 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z
Its commanders were all light-skinned Arabs, but their recruits included a growing number of dark-skinned Malians, Nigeriens, Senegalese and Nigerians who began resenting the leadership. French Military Says It Killed Top Qaeda Leader in Africa 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z
In recent years, there have been growing calls for more cultural representation of indigenous and darker-skinned people in Mexican film and television, which tend to highlight light-skinned actors. U.S. protests prompt reflections on class, race and police violence in Mexico 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z
A new novel explores the construct of race in the diverging lives of light-skinned black twins, one of whom transitions into a life as a white woman. Review: New novel explores race, identity, belonging 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z
Still, across India, there is great social pressure for people to seek light-skinned spouses. India Debates Skin-Tone Bias as Beauty Companies Alter Ads 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z
The boys would say they liked light-skinned girls and would only want to be seen with them. Dark-skinned girls, 'love yourself for who you are' 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z
Respected in New England, a light-skinned nurse returns to her grandmother and racism in the South. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 1: 'Seven Days in May' on TCM and more 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z
In summer, they lived as white children, the light-skinned daughters of a father born of French lineage in Olga, North Dakota. SUNDAYS AFTER: Sisters bonded, and broken, in wake of abuse 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z
Blake, the son of an African American father and an Irish American mother, is light-skinned; the African American heritage is easily missed. Review: Nayland Blake turns bunnies and shoes into meditations on sex, power and prejudice 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z
Morales upended politics on Jan. 22, 2006 when he took power in a nation long ruled by light-skinned descendants of Europeans even though 65% of the population identify themselves as members of an ethnic group. Bolivia’s crisis exposes old racial, geographic divides 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z
Morales upended politics in this nation long ruled by light-skinned descendants of Europeans by reversing deep-rooted inequality. Power struggle in Bolivia: Añez at home vs Morales in exile 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z
Surveillance video shows a light-skinned man with short dark hair wearing an orange hooded jacket or sweatshirt. Police seek man who started fire at northern Colorado church 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z
Tall and light-skinned, with wavy hair, Gerald Erebon, now 30, looks nothing like the dark-skinned Kenyan man who he was told was his father, or like his black mother and siblings. She was 16, he was a priest — and a man says he’s their son 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z
A black man resists romance with a light-skinned woman he wrongly thinks is white. Movies on TV for Oct. 6-12: 'Throne of Blood' and more 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z
An Amber Alert later identified a thin-framed man, light-skinned man wearing orange sneakers, red pants and a black shirt as a person of interest in Dulce’s disappearance. She Disappeared From a Playground. Fears of Kidnapping and ICE Followed. 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z
Authorities say that's when a stranger, described as a light-skinned, possibly Hispanic male wearing orange shoes, lured her into the back of his red van and drove off. Dulce Maria Alavez's family pleads for help finding 5-year-old New Jersey girl 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z
Last night Trump held a rally in New Mexico, a state he lost in 2016, where he implied that one of his supporters was too light-skinned to be Hispanic, the Guardian’s David Smith reports: Ex-Trump aide Corey Lewandowski to testify before House committee – live 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z
At a rally in New Mexico, Donald Trump implied that one of his supporters was too light-skinned to be Hispanic. Trump says Hispanic adviser 'looks more like a Wasp than I do' 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z
The shooter in the Martin case, George Zimmerman, is a light-skinned Hispanic. Florida man guilty of manslaughter in test of 'stand your ground'... 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z
Because she is light-skinned, when she married a man with an English last name, it became common for people to assume she was white. Their U.S. roots date back centuries, but these Latinos still wonder if it's enough to belong 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z
Like De Marco, Lao Ra also acknowledges her own light-skinned privilege. Why do light-skinned women dominate the pop charts? 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z
Near the height of his fame, in 1902, Taylor married a light-skinned beauty named Daisy Morris. Review | Breaking cycling’s color barrier, and world records, in the early 20th century 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z
While this may be true for light-skinned people, such as those of European descent, this is not the case for darker skinned people, or those of African descent. Perspective | In rare occasions, dark-skinned people can get skin cancer. But sunscreens won’t help. 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z
“He didn’t specifically say her name, but he said she was short, light-skinned, nice looking lady, but she always carried a Bible and I was like, ‘That’s Daisy.’” Convicted serial killer Samuel Little may be connected to cold case murders in Louisiana, official says 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z
"It used to be, 'Is she light-skinned?' Now it's like, 'Is she female?'" Pakistani Christian girls targeted by Chinese as brides 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z
Last year, an AfD poster for elections in Bavaria showed light-skinned teenagers running down a corridor with the slogan: “Islam-free schools”. Rees-Mogg defends promotion of German far-right AfD video 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z
It found that although the error rates for determining the gender of light-skinned men never surpassed 1 percent, the same programs failed to identify darker-skinned women up to one-third of the time. The Landlord Wants Facial Recognition in Its Rent-Stabilized Buildings. Why? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z
But I was lucky: I’m a light-skinned Latina in addition to being black, and in school was rarely read as the latter. The school-to-prison pipeline is getting worse for black and brown girls | Jaquira Díaz 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z
The Speltzes never discussed race with the social workers, and it helped that the baby was light-skinned. A white couple, a mixed-race baby and a forbidden adoption 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z
“When I met him, he was a mild-mannered, leisure-suit-wearing, very light-skinned black man, who spoke very softly,” Amani told Fox News. Former Nation of Yahweh follower recalls escaping ruthless cult in new doc: ‘I ran as fast as I could’ 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z
"It's two things, firstly light-skinned people have always been seen as more palatable to the mainstream," says writer and Dazed's TV columnist, Bolu Babalola. Is Will Smith too light for this role? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z
Many Brazilians saw the images, taken in the predominantly black state of Bahia, as a throwback to Brazil’s colonial era, when light-skinned elites enslaved millions of people of African descent. Vogue Brazil Fashion Director Resigns Over Photos That Evoke Slavery Era 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z
Her light-skinned parents wanted to integrate, and rejected a black identity. Obituary: Andrea Levy 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z
Venezuela’s opposition has long been led by wealthy light-skinned professionals who dominated politics and business before the rise of leftist Hugo Chávez in the late 1990s. The accidental leader: How Juan Guaidó became the face of Venezuela’s uprising 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z
As a more modern example, some facial recognition programs are worse at identifying the faces of dark-skinned people than those of light-skinned people. Even Kids Can Understand That Algorithms Can Be Biased 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z
The Greatest Showman actress Zendaya has often spoken out about the "privilege" she has as a light-skinned black woman, admitting that she's the industry's "acceptable version of a black girl". Is Will Smith too light for this role? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z
In Asia, fair complexion is considered superior - most Indian models and Bollywood stars are light-skinned, and some even appear in adverts backing skin-lightening products. Sri Lankan model calls out colourism 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z
Normally light-skinned, his complexion had turned livid: he’d almost certainly been strangled, then covered in a duvet. Rwanda’s Khashoggi: who killed the exiled spy chief? 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z
A police sketch of a light-skinned suspect initially led Barnes’ family and some community leaders to describe the shooting as a white-on-black hate crime, but investigators shifted their focus as new leads were developed. Second man charged with murder in seven-year-old girl's shooting in... 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z
Probably without realizing it, programmers had trained the algorithms using mostly light-skinned people’s faces. Even Kids Can Understand That Algorithms Can Be Biased 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z
But for the last 20 years, she has been portrayed as a light-skinned woman in every live-action film. Is Will Smith too light for this role? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z
But the pastor turned away to greet a very old white woman hobbling on a walker, assisted by a young light-skinned black woman with a kind and intrepid face. “Acceptance Journey” 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z
Well, so anecdotally, when Kaitlyn and I had first talked about this episode, I thought what we were going to find was that there were more light-skinned people using darker emoji. The five emoji skin tone options don’t accommodate a diverse world 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z
Gender Shades, a project she directed at M.I.T., showed that dark-skinned females are far more likely than light-skinned males to be misidentified by commercial facial-analysis systems. Should We Be Worried About Computerized Facial Recognition? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z
If you’re going to be using it to classify pictures of people, it’s no good if it only works on light-skinned people. Even Kids Can Understand That Algorithms Can Be Biased 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z
"As a light-skinned black woman it's important that I'm using my privilege, my platform, to show you how much beauty there is in the African-American community," she added. Is Will Smith too light for this role? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z
The few black students who did succeed, she noticed, were star athletes and light-skinned. A College Degree, More than Fifteen Years in the Making 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z
In Mexico, a bouncer at a nightclub looked down at her and asked if the others in her group looked like her — far from the blond, light-skinned women often featured in the country’s popular telenovelas. In the Trump era, a lighter shade of Latino can make life easier 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
This year’s poster bore the words “Islam-free schools!” under an image of five beaming, light-skinned children. German public schools are teaching Islam to students who are not sure if they belong 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z
But there are also parallels in the drama’s fascinating dissection of the Rhodes Must Fall movement: divisions between men and women, cis and trans, light-skinned and dark-skinned, suburban and township, westernised and African. The Fall: what the hit South African play can teach us about the US 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z
If you look over to India's Bollywood industry, most if not all of the leading roles go to light-skinned actors and actresses, whereas dark-skinned people are often portrayed as villains and degenerates. Is Will Smith too light for this role? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z
Prosecutors said Damache, from Ireland, sought to recruit light-skinned women and others who did not fit the traditional terrorist profile to wage jihad. Algerian tied to cartoonist death plot sentenced to 15 years 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z
In addition to praise within families, being a light-skinned minority also translates to material benefits, including a higher income and greater educational attainment, data show. In the Trump era, a lighter shade of Latino can make life easier 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
Two years ago, a laundry detergent company in China ran a television commercial in which the detergent’s effectiveness was demonstrated by transforming a black man into a light-skinned Asian man. Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z
“In the researchers’ experiments,” MIT News reported, “the three programs’ error rates in determining the gender of light-skinned men were never worse than 0.8 percent. Amazon’s sexist A.I. reveals broader weaknesses of technology 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z
Kinky S Dolls offers nine dolls for sale on its website, all young-looking, light-skinned females. 'Keep robot brothels out of Houston': sex doll company faces pushback 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z
But resorting to that type of xenophobic nonsense is ironic in light of the fact that Cruz is a light-skinned Latino of Cuban descent. Five most cringeworthy moments of Ted Cruz’s maybe-doomed Senate campaign 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z
For many Latinos, the Trump era has hammered home the privilege, or lack thereof, that comes from being the light-skinned güero or dark-skinned prieto of the family. In the Trump era, a lighter shade of Latino can make life easier 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
He’s light-skinned in the book — there's this dynamic of colorism that we went away from because Stephan James was the best actor who came through the door. Barry Jenkins respects James Baldwin's legacy with 'If Beale Street Could Talk' 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z
Knight’s portrayal of Osaka as blond and light-skinned also drew criticism for being racist. Australia paper defends Serena Williams cartoon despite outrage 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z
What are their privileges as a light-skinned person? The mixed-race experience: 'There are times I feel like the odd one out' 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z
Prosecutors said Damache sought to recruit light-skinned women and others who did not fit the traditional terrorist profile to wage jihad. Algerian tied to cartoonist death plot guilty of terrorism 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z
Powell was detained at gunpoint, but he was black — not the white or light-skinned Hispanic person the caller had described — and he was holding car keys, not a revolver. Lawsuit: Police urged paramedics to sedate Minnesota man 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
It’s often the other way, where the character is written dark-skinned and we cast them lighter, often for the same reason where a light-skinned actor comes in and just crushes it. Barry Jenkins respects James Baldwin's legacy with 'If Beale Street Could Talk' 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z
On her paternal side, she is the product of a long line of whites and extremely light-skinned, straight-haired black property owners and, on her mother Olive’s side, mixed-race, planter-class Jamaican immigrants. Adrian Piper’s Show at MoMA is the Largest Ever for a Living Artist. Why Hasn’t She Seen It? 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z
Because I was so light-skinned I would embrace being English rather than being Colombian. The mixed-race experience: 'There are times I feel like the odd one out' 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z
KSNV-TV reports police say the suspect is a light-skinned black male, 25-30 years of age, with a tattoo just below the neckline. Police seek suspect in double homicide at Las Vegas hotel 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z
KSNV-TV reports police say the suspect is a light-skinned black male, 25-30 years of age, with a tattoo just below the neckline. Police seek suspect in double homicide at Las Vegas hotel 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z
Friends sometimes argue with her: Ms. Markle is so light-skinned she could pass as white, they say, and, anyway, what relevance does the royal family have in your everyday life? What Meghan Markle Means to Black Britons 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z
One criticism of season 1 was its treatment of Joelle, who fell into the trope of a dark-skinned woman rarely rising above sidekick status among her light-skinned best friends. In season 2, Dear White People takes on trauma and the internet 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z
The former Disney star told Cosmopolitan in 2016 it was important for her to understand her "privilege" as a light-skinned black woman. 'I'm Hollywood's acceptable black girl' 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z
The video commercial, with the tagline “Sometimes, Lighter is Better” showed a bartender sliding a bottle of Heineken Light past a number of people of color, before it reaches a light-skinned woman. Heineken pulls beer ad after Chance the Rapper complains of racism 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z
"Be on the lookout for a tall, light-skinned brother with dimples wearing a black Kangol, sweatsuit, gold chain and sneakers." Brent Barry, one of three L.A.-based players to win slam dunk contest, revisits 1996 triumph 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z
The sources included three African nations with predominantly dark-skinned populations, and three Nordic countries with mainly light-skinned residents. Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You’re a White Guy 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z
The earliest millionaires were light-skinned, enabling them to operate for a period at least without debilitating social conventions. Review | Fighting extreme discrimination, they became America’s first black millionaires 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z
"As a light-skinned black woman it's important that I'm using my privilege, my platform, to show you how much beauty there is in the African-American community," she said. 'I'm Hollywood's acceptable black girl' 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z
They felt alienated by the images: supermodels like Beverly Johnson were light-skinned and wore hair extensions, and the consumers in the groups felt they were “white-looking”. Talk is cheap: the myth of the focus group 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z
It’s true that there’s a resemblance – they are the same age, 36, and of roughly similar build, both light-skinned women of colour with fine, delicate features, both with a mass of coppery-brown curls. Leïla Slimani and Afua Hirsch: ‘People have a cliched way of looking at race’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z
The man is described as being of light-skinned black or Asian origin. Bid to find collapsed man's family 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z
Nickens said that when her father, whom she described as light-skinned, traveled for road games in the 1920s, he often would have racial insults thrown at him. Her dad was the Rose Bowl’s first black QB in 1922. This year, he’ll join the Hall of Fame. 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z
She was a respectable, relatively light-skinned black woman who gets arrested after refusing to get out of her seat. Director Nancy Buirski on the lessons of 'The Rape of Recy Taylor' and the courage it takes to speak out 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z
Many of the light-skinned blacks of my generation and in generations before are descendants of Southern rural plantations. Opinion | For black women, #MeToo came centuries too late 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z
“There was my mom, caramel in complexion with her light-skinned baby in tow, being asked where my mother was since they assumed she was the nanny,” Markle wrote last year. Red carpets, refugee camps and royalty: the life of Meghan Markle 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z
His mother, Lilly, blond and light-skinned and Jewish, had somehow talked her way out of a “pop-up concentration camp” in Vienna after the Anschluss, aged 15. Jaron Lanier: ‘The solution is to double down on being human’ 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z
In Laos, we have this ideal of light-skinned beauty. Not Shying Away From Horror 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z
Last year, the makers of Qiaobi laundry detergent were criticized for an advertisement that depicted a black man being washed with the product, only to turn into a light-skinned Chinese man. Chinese Museum Pulls Exhibit Comparing Animals to Black People 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z
It’s possible that some populations of Neanderthals, too, were light-skinned, and others dark-skinned. Genes for Skin Color Rebut Dated Notions of Race, Researchers Say 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z
Pomegranates are in season from early fall through the beginning of winter, with a number of varieties including flavorful Angel Red, large Wonderful and light-skinned Spanish Sweet pomegranates. Pomegranates are in season. We have recipes 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z
Go Butler provided the police with a photo of a light-skinned man with thick eyebrows and pearly white teeth and said it was the main suspect. At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z
At the same time, she said she’s seen “a lot of girls who are light-skinned in America who say, ‘I am too pale, I’m not pretty’.” AP Interview: Priyanka Chopra urges more Syria refugee help 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z
And when you look at the most popular stock photos for terms such as beauty or fashion, the imagery is predominately light-skinned. Stock photo stereotypes are shifting, but the typical woman is still young, skinny and white 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z
Some populations may have been dark-skinned and others light-skinned; or maybe they were all the same color, produced by a blend of variants. Genes for Skin Color Rebut Dated Notions of Race, Researchers Say 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z
In the book, Thandi muses: “I’ve often thought that being a light-skinned black woman is like being a well-dressed person who is also homeless.” Zinzi Clemmons on her first novel: 'I’m proud of it, because I didn’t hold anything back' 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z
It defines the ultimate Sudanese woman - full-bodied and light-skinned - epitomising beauty and coveted as a wife. Yousra Elbagir: Sudan's 'big and beautiful' pills for women - BBC News 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z
Last year a Chinese firm apologised over an advert for detergent in which a black man was stuffed head-first into a washing machine before emerging as a light-skinned Asian. Audi advert criticised in China for being sexist - BBC News 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z
This might mean facial recognition software that doesn’t recognize light-skinned users, or a language processing program which assume that doctors are always male and nurses are always female. Google wants to make sure AI advances don’t leave anyone behind 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z
He is Mexican on his mother’s side, but light-skinned, so people don’t assume he is Hispanic. Some Mexican residents in Texas feel unwelcome, return home 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z
The suspect was described as a light-skinned black man with a narrow nose and about 6 feet tall. Perspective | Wrongfully convicted and imprisoned, Jimmie Gardner is seeking more justice 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z
“He was light-skinned, always been short,” said Brown, 43. In a Champion’s Corner, a Real Coach Who Inspired One on ‘The Wire’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z
From other migrants, Blessing picked up the vocabulary of her surroundings: the boss was a “connection man”; the light-skinned Tuaregs were known as Arabos; the darker-skinned Toubous were referred to as Black Libyans. The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z
She and her blood relatives were light-skinned, and her parents and siblings listed themselves as white in the census. New Orleans woman could become first African-American saint 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z
And the media hasn't helped, often favouring light-skinned actors with so-called "pan-Asian looks". Viewpoint: Life in the land of 'candle princesses' - BBC News 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z
She says she knows she may not experience these instances as much as darker-skinned friends because she’s fairly light-skinned and speaks flawless English. Waiter's alleged comments to Latino patrons touches a nerve for people of color 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z
Brenda describes herself and her sister as “light-skinned Latinas” and knows they don’t encounter as much racism as others in their community. Huntington Beach waiter fired after asking patrons for "proof of residency" 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z
In a statement, police said a 41-year-old woman who was attacked shortly after midnight described the man as about 35-45 years old, light-skinned and wearing a baseball cap. Berlin police hunt cyclist who squirted acid at women 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z
The overrepresentation of white or light-skinned women in Carnival advertisements and imagery. ‘Leave Me Alone’: Trinidad’s women find a rallying cry for this year’s Carnival 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z
If they identified me as a light-skinned black woman or a mixed-race woman, which they frequently did, I didn’t mind. Rachel Dolezal: ‘I’m not going to stoop and apologise and grovel’ 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z
Finally, Mitchell figured out what he meant: “ ‘White Folks’ was actually a black guy who was very, very light-skinned — that was his nickname,” he said. Historic black cemeteries seeking the same support Virginia gives Confederates 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z
His parents, both light-skinned immigrants of mixed race, dodged landlords and immigration officials by changing the spelling of the family name, and avoided housing covenants by claiming to be Hispanic. Harry Belafonte Knows a Thing or Two About New York 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z
She cites a 2006 University of Georgia study that found that employers of any race “prefer light-skinned Black men to dark-skinned Black men regardless of their qualifications.” Opinion | When one sibling has darker skin than the other 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z
He referred to himself as a “light-skinned stallion,” and had altered his name on the back of his practice jersey so that it read “CRIME.” Can Technology Make Football Safer? 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z
A light-skinned, high-caste and religious woman, she ran a secular party championing lower-caste Tamils, whose mustachioed cadres fell to the floor in devotion when she passed. The death of Jayaram Jayalalithaa leaves a vacuum in Tamil politics 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z
“And there was my mom, caramel in complexion with her light-skinned baby in tow, being asked where my mother was since they assumed she was the nanny,” Markle wrote. Meet Prince Harry’s (apparent) new girlfriend. She’s American, and she seems awesome. 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z
Look for heirloom varieties, such as light-skinned Spanish Sweet pomegranates, or newer varieties, such as flavorful Angel Red fruits.  Farmers market report: Pomegranates are in season 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z
A 2006 University of Georgia study found that employers of any race prefer light-skinned black men to dark skinned men regardless of their qualifications. The Difference Between Racism and Colorism 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z
“It’s the influence of the media and cinema which is constantly projecting light-skinned women, so the normal population thinks that’s what it takes to look beautiful.” Skin tone jibes against actor spark Indian debate over prejudice 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z
The unidentified suspect, believed to be in his mid-to-late 20s, is described as a light-skinned black, with a slender build standing between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 9, according to police. Search for suspect in attempted carjacking, robbery in Redmond continues 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z
Reid got in trouble for praising Obama as a “light-skinned” African American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” Harry Reid’s bountiful bile 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z
It was something of an audition for the tall, light-skinned South Central producer, whose career was on the rise thanks to his hit track for Los Angeles rapper Paperboy, Ditty. Backstabbing, Moogs and the funky worm: how gangsta rap was born 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z
In 2013, researchers Lance Hannon, Robert DeFina and Sarah Bruch found that black female students with dark skin were three times more likely to be suspended at school than their light-skinned African-American counterparts. The Difference Between Racism and Colorism 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z
He didn’t know how to respond to questions about the historic accomplishment because he’s light-skinned and chooses to celebrate his multiracial heritage. I’m black and I can’t swim. Simone Manuel showed America why it must change. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z
State police say the suspect is described as a light-skinned white or Hispanic male. State police searching for Bridgeport home intruder 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z
As a light-skinned African American, he tells his passenger that he understood “how hard y’all got it.” Before attack, Baton Rouge shooter shared his spiritual beliefs on the road 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z
Elders believe he was seized because his wife was light-skinned. ‘Trapped by all the sides’ in Yemen’s largely ignored war 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z
The problems faced by Africans are not so different from those borne by light-skinned Indian nationals from the north-east. They don’t love us 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z
In it, a black man is stuffed head-first into a washing machine before emerging as a light-skinned Asian. Chinese firm apologises over Qiaobi race-row advert - BBC News 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z
He emerges moments later, not as a black man, but as a light-skinned Chinese man. This Chinese laundry ad is racist, but it's hardly the first 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z
The suspect was described by the FBI as a light-skinned Navajo male in his late 30s with short dark hair and a tear-drop tattoo under his left eye, according to the Navajo Nation. Girl kidnapped on New Mexico Navajo Reservation found dead 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z
Authorities described the kidnapper as a light-skinned Native American in his 20s or 30s with a teardrop tattoo under his left eye who drove a maroon van with a luggage rack but no hubcaps. When the stranger approached Ian and Ashlynne Mike at the school bus stop, the boy was wary 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z
What was up with the retinue of light-skinned, long-legged women, who were visually identical to one another and to him? The Impenetrable Genius of Prince 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z
"Rosacea is a common facial skin disorder affecting up to 10 percent of light-skinned individuals, women in particular," he said. Rosacea Might Boost Parkinson's Risk: Study 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z
There, as with many jobs in hospitality and tourism in Cuba, waiters, waitresses and bartenders are overwhelmingly white or light-skinned, mixed-race Cubans. For black Cubans, Obama visit a source of pride, inspiration 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z
“They was telling me ‘is the guy light-skinned? Man shot by Baltimore police acquitted as jury rejects officers' testimony 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z
The man is described as white or light-skinned, Hispanic and in his late 20s. Man who was shot to death in Southeast is identified 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z
Or consider Sunny Leone and Amy Jackson, also light-skinned and of Canadian/British heritage? Beyonce as a Bollywood Star Is Not Cultural Appropriation 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z
Nevertheless, it happened, and Kobe’s words reinforced a very potent notion in basketball circles – dark guys play the game harder and light-skinned guys are soft. Kobe Bryant's 'light-skinned' remark hints at NBA's peculiar racial politics 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
All I remember was Kobe telling me that I’ve been going to the hole like a light-skinned dude. The Phoenix Suns have gone from bad to worse. Time to blame the millennials 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
“All I remember was Kobe telling me that I’ve been going to the hole like a light-skinned dude,” said Clarkson, who is light-skinned. Comments by Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson on monster dunk bring up stereotypes 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z
Witnesses said the man who shot Ball was a light-skinned African-American. Former Missouri inmate on path to becoming Kansas pastor 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z
A few rows back, she clambers over several audience members to get to a light-skinned black woman wearing blue contact lenses. Leslie Jones: Always Funny, Finally Famous 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z
After all, here’s a light-skinned dude who doesn’t dunk, who wears polo shirts in photo shoots and has popularized a shot that many find to be anathema to the traditions of the sport. Kobe Bryant's 'light-skinned' remark hints at NBA's peculiar racial politics 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
The most sought-after bride is one who is demure, traditional, light-skinned and respectful, as well as educated and working. India makes it very, very easy to find a bride online. Maybe too easy. 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z
Police are searching for a light-skinned black man in his 30s after a Las Vegas police officer was shot Thursday while responding to an unrelated domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex. The Latest: Sheriff: Man held is Vegas officer’s assailant 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z
I didn’t expect that at all because blackface, you don’t look like a light-skinned black woman, you look like a clown. Rachel Dolezal: ‘I wasn't identifying as black to upset people. I was being me' 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z
While most people here are poor farmhands, the descendants of native Venezuelans and African slaves, Ms. Martinez is a lawyer and light-skinned. Support for Venezuela’s Ruling Party Fades in Vital Rural Stronghold 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z
Witnesses described one attacker as dark-skinned and another light-skinned - usually the case with those linked to the Sahara-based jihadi groups. Mali hotel attack: The unanswered questions - BBC News 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z
Officers are searching for a suspect described as black, light-skinned and dressed in dark pants and a white T-shirt. Police investigate fatal stabbing on Las Vegas street 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z
“The first thing they always say to me is, ‘You don’t look like a scientist,'” relayed Richardson, a light-skinned African-American woman with a halo of curls cropped close to her face. Women Still Underrepresented in STEM Fields 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z
I have experienced being treated as a light-skinned black woman or biracial. Rachel Dolezal: ‘I wasn't identifying as black to upset people. I was being me' 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z
The median result was that dark-skinned players were 1.3 times more likely than light-skinned players to receive red cards. Crowdsourced research: Many hands make tight work 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z
Do dark-skinned footballers get given red cards more often than light-skinned ones? On the other hands 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z
As a light-skinned, biracial Latina in one of the most diverse and Mexican-centric cities in the nation, I have never been asked the type of questions I’m now fielding from white people. I've experienced a new level of racism since Donald Trump went after Latinos | Tina Vasquez 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z
The school described the suspect as a light-skinned black male wearing dirty white shirt and shorts. Kansas university on lockdown amid search for possible armed person 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z
Even in romantic relationships, being exoticised by a white man or seen as the light-skinned black girl by a black man,” she says. Rachel Dolezal: ‘I wasn't identifying as black to upset people. I was being me' 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z
What’s even more pleasant is that these black women are not all light-skinned: they are of different brown hues and hair textures. The 7 black women on magazine covers in September showcase our greatness | Morgan Jerkins 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z
The consensus was that dark-skinned players were about 1.3 times more likely to be sent off than were their light-skinned confrères. On the other hands 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z
When he asked if she was white, her answer was, “I’m light-skinned.” Rachel Dolezal’s ‘Passing’ Isn’t So Unusual 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z
"Are you of pure European descent?" he was asked, in an interrogation intended to unmask officer candidates whose ethnicity was not obvious and who were perhaps light-skinned enough to pass for white. The officer who refused to lie about being black 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z
There the light-skinned Carrie met and married James Nathaniel Hughes, a handsome, hardworking man of color, with African, Native American, French, and Jewish blood. The Elusive Langston Hughes 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z
When casting her, Key said, “it was very important to me not to have a light-skinned woman.” Brother from Another Mother 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z
Police say the suspect is described as light-skinned with a medium build and he was wearing all dark clothing. 1 dead, 1 wounded in Las Cruces shooting 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z
American history is a history of dark-skinned white people and light-skinned black people. Rachel Dolezal’s ‘Passing’ Isn’t So Unusual 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z
It was clear the military had decided if it was going to have black officers, they would be as light-skinned as possible. The officer who refused to lie about being black 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z
The San Francisco medical examiner’s office later confirmed the body parts belonged to an “unidentified light-skinned male.” Man held in S.F. dismembered body case dies days after release 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z
Initially, police said they were unsure whether the remains belonged to a human or an animal. The body parts belonged to an “unidentified light-skinned male,” according to the San Francisco medical examiner’s office. Suspect in San Francisco body-parts case is innocent, roommate says 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z
The body parts found stuffed in a suitcase in downtown San Francisco this week were those of an “unidentified light-skinned male,” the San Francisco office of the chief medical examiner said Friday. Dismembered body parts in San Francisco belonged to male, officials say 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z
People used to say Richard and Tyronta were twins, because they were both handsome, light-skinned boys with a goofy sense of humor and a penchant for practical jokes. The Fire on the 57 Bus in Oakland 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z
This dubious inheritance allowed the Clemetsons to emerge at emancipation rich and powerful, and part of a light-skinned black elite in Jamaica which dominated the British colony. The officer who refused to lie about being black 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z
Many of them also tended to prefer being seen in the company of light-skinned girlfriends and wives, women whose complexions "flashed". Letter from Africa: Black beauty 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z
Dark-skinned black people are treated more harshly than light-skinned black people. Platitudes about equality hinder progress 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z
The man is described as light-skinned black or Hispanic, between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet tall with a smaller build. FBI seeks help ID'ing 'Skinny Jeans Bandit' in 5 bank robberies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z
And researchers say that within minority groups, darker-skinned girls are disciplined more harshly than light-skinned ones. Schools’ Discipline for Girls Differs by Race and Hue 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z
Jelani, the police said, matched an eyewitness description of an individual fleeing the scene: a tall, light-skinned black male. How the NYPD is using social media to put Harlem teens behind bars 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z
Just as the fur of our mammalian domesticates, freed from the constraint of needing to fade into the landscape, became a riot of diverse colors, human pigmentation started to change and many populations became light-skinned. Our Cats, Ourselves 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z
Gaines started over on “Catherine Carmier,” the love story of a dark-skinned black man and a light-skinned Creole woman in a Louisiana countryside where blacks, whites, Cajuns and Creoles coexist in a complex way.. Journey into the home and mind of Ernest Gaines 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z
After five years of timid media dissidence, Duvalier made a serious and eventually fatal political error in 1980 by marrying into the light-skinned upper-class whose members his father had killed, arrested or otherwise subdued. Jean-Claude Duvalier obituary 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z
Some people — assimilated, light-skinned Latinos and Native Americans and some Asians — could be part of a new “white” group. Fighting a quiet, nearly invisible brand of systematic racism 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z
Her piece is titled “A Gift in a Curse,” and it’s about growing up as a light-skinned black girl. Michigan women share life lessons in anthology 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z
The second suspect was described as either a white-male or light-skinned Latino, approximately 5 feet 10 inches, 180 pounds, in his mid-20s, clean shaven with black hair. Fullerton police searching for two suspects in assault case 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z
"B girls" were to be "light-skinned," whereas "D girls" were "African-American... Poor, not in good shape. Medium to dark skin tone." Universal distances itself from 'Compton' casting 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z
A light-skinned Lebanese person might choose to identify as white, while a dark-skinned Dominican person might identify as black. Census Bureau Considers How to Measure a More Diverse America 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z
Another found that, on eBay, iPods pictured being held by a dark-skinned hand sold for less than those being held by light-skinned hands. If Affirmative Action Is Doomed, What’s Next? 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z
“Being a light-skinned black girl, you’re the pretty girl. When I went outside the home I was praised for it, but in the home I was punished for it,” she said. Michigan women share life lessons in anthology 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z
Many men in Kenya do indeed prefer light-skinned women, he says - referring to them affectionately as "yellow, yellow". Who is Kenya's 'Bleached Beauty'? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z
Minutes later, video from outside the club shows Hernandez and a light-skinned Hispanic man entering the club. Hernandez charged in 2012 killings
But we have not even figured out in black communities how to have an honest conversation about the seeming preference for light-skinned women in much of our media and cultural production. “SNL’s” cringe-worthy truth: Leslie Jones’ slavery sketch was shoddy — but important 2014-05-06T11:43:00Z
An agronomist by training, Dominique was born into Haiti's light-skinned mulatto elite, but broke ranks to become a champion of the country's poor. Nine charged in 2000 murder of Haitian journalist Jean Dominique 2014-01-18T17:41:35Z
An agronomist by training, Dominique was born into Haiti's light-skinned mulatto elite, but broke ranks to become a champion of the country's poor peasants. Nine charged in 2000 murder of Haitian journalist Jean Dominique 2014-01-18T05:52:18Z
He described the SUV driver as a light-skinned Hispanic man with short dark hair. Warrant links Aaron Hernandez to Boston shooting 2014-01-08T20:34:22Z
She looked at me strangely, not getting that this light-skinned, brown-eyed child in this very American school on Lemon Avenue in California was a Mexican-American. 'Almost White': Your Unofficial Guide To Hispanic Heritage Month 2013-09-16T21:43:00Z
Kidal is the only town in Mali where the light-skinned Tuaregs form a majority. Deadly race riots in Mali town 2013-07-19T14:29:30Z
The case drew international media attention and nationwide protests after police initially let Zimmerman, a light-skinned Hispanic, walk free based on his claim of self-defense. Jury selection moves to second phase in Trayvon Martin murder case 2013-06-18T21:28:39Z
Police initially declined to arrest Zimmerman, a 29-year-old light-skinned Hispanic who said he killed Martin, 17, in self-defense, igniting widespread criticism, as well as nationwide protests. Jury selection in Trayvon Martin case enters 2nd week, security tight 2013-06-17T05:51:20Z
At the time of the Martin killing, Zimmerman, a light-skinned Hispanic, was the self-appointed neighborhood watch captain in the Retreat at Twin Lakes community. Jury selection begins as Trayvon Martin murder case goes to trial 2013-06-10T16:31:50Z
"They're fearing both the return of the extremists and also they fear reprisals," he said, referring to worries that Malian troops will carry out ethnic reprisals against light-skinned Tuaregs and Arabs associated with the Islamists. Traumatized Malians desperately in need of aid, says U.N. 2013-02-26T21:46:17Z
I was directed to the office of Ruth Salinas, ECSA’s garrulous light-skinned communications officer. “To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us” 2013-02-10T12:00:00Z
Paris believes that deploying U.N. peacekeepers to Mali could eliminate problems over funding the African mission and fears of ethnic reprisals by Malian troops against light-skinned Tuaregs and Arabs associated with the Islamists. Mali Tuaregs seize two fleeing Islamist leaders 2013-02-05T00:40:14Z
But there is a particular people in Mali, they say, who have no cousins - the light-skinned nomads of the north, the Tuareg. Why Mali's nomads are lying low 2013-02-03T02:48:42Z
They said the troops targeted light-skinned Arab and Tuareg ethnic groups associated with the rebels. Rights allegations in Mali cloud visit by France's Hollande 2013-02-01T13:37:06Z
Some were light-skinned Arabs and Tuaregs, a nomadic people, while others were dark-skinned people who spoke the languages of Niger, Nigeria and Mali. French Troops in Mali Push On to Timbuktu 2013-01-27T14:48:24Z
I was explicitly asked to adapt my look to appear more 'white' and 'glossy'... which I simply couldn't pull off no matter how light-skinned I was. 'I changed my name to get a job' 2012-12-07T05:06:19Z
My dad was very light-skinned, so he was able to filter in with the Italians; our name is Martinez so he called himself Martini.” | East Harlem: East Harlem/Living In — More Small Dogs and Big Home Prices 2012-11-18T03:50:02Z
The woman escaped and described her attacker as a light-skinned Caucasian male between 18 and 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build and brown hair. Police probing murder of Colorado girl look for ties to prior abduction bid 2012-10-19T01:48:28Z
He is described as a light-skinned Hispanic man, 20 to 25 years old, with slicked-back black hair pulled back in a bun, standing about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds. City Room: Sketch Released in Sexual Abuse of 10-Year-Old Inside Queens Library 2012-10-16T20:48:33Z
"She was so light-skinned, just like her mother," he said proudly. A Woman's 'Untreatable' TB Echoes Globally 2012-09-08T03:01:48Z
The billboard depicts mostly light-skinned women wearing business clothes and strolling past a mall, an image far from the current reality there. Poor but Proud Istanbul Neighborhood Faces Gentrification 2012-07-04T20:14:13Z
To make money in drugs, you need a crew, and White started his own, which included Trel and White’s light-skinned cousin, Whiteboy, and some others. Alex White, Professional Snitch 2012-06-30T03:17:16Z
A light-skinned, nomadic people never fully subjugated by French colonizers, they have always lived a life apart from the darker-skinned southerners who govern them in Mali and Niger. Memo From Africa: Mali Rebels Declare Independence, but Face an Uphill Task 2012-04-06T23:28:13Z
She detested you as a light-skinned Puerto Rican, wondered about the purse, went back home, and you never heard a word from her again. Emile Griffith, Benny Paret and the Fatal Fight 2012-03-31T18:07:41Z
One of the women said, “ ‘I didn’t know you light-skinned girls like to let yourself get that dark,’ or something like that,” Lynch said. Sports of The Times: Filmmaker Shola Lynch Learned Lessons From Track 2012-02-13T01:42:35Z
Among them is Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez, 40, a New York lawyer who says she considers herself white because “I am light-skinned” and that is how she is viewed in her native Dominican Republic. Race Remixed: For Many Latinos, Race Is More Culture Than Color 2012-01-14T02:57:33Z
The carjacking suspect is described as a light-skinned African-American man who is not clean-shaven. Detroit police looking for missing 2-year-old girl last seen in vehicle that was carjacked 2011-12-02T19:07:49Z
Frazier was blue-collar and rough around the edges, and, looking back on it, “there was something searing and non-evolved about this tall, light-skinned black man calling another black man a gorilla,” Cobb says. In trilogy with Muhammad Ali, the words hurt Joe Frazier most 2011-11-09T03:33:45Z
In another, he questioned whether a light-skinned black student was really black. Firing at Ethical Culture Fieldston School Prompts Outcry 2011-10-19T19:19:04Z
A few dropped upon the pavement and began to fire, but the main body ran straight for the gun, and he noticed with a thrill that they were led by a light-skinned man. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z
As she wrote in a 1992 essay, light-skinned actors of her time were still routinely dismissed as too white for black parts. Jane White, Actress and Singer, Dies at 88; Found Racial Attitudes to Be an Obstacle 2011-08-08T03:04:08Z
He was a light-skinned black man, likely in his fifties. Justin Torres: “Reverting to a Wild State.” 2011-07-25T04:00:00Z
But Halligan advised caution in close cuts for light-skinned cats as they can get cancer from exposure to the sun, even if they live indoors and lie in front of a window. Vet says a hairball a week is normal for most cats 2011-06-30T17:19:43Z
She thought the light-skinned girl she bore the branco would be made free. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z
While all these tribes are plainly Indians, there are many persons among them who are light-skinned and brown-haired. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z
Miss Colombia, the better-known event, features two dozen strutting candidates, many of them light-skinned daughters of prominent families. Cartagena Journal: Dueling Beauty Pageants Put Income Gap on View 2010-12-01T12:55:00Z
Melanoma remains much rarer among blacks and Hispanics than among whites, which helps explain why public health efforts to prevent melanoma chiefly target the light-skinned among us. Darker skin doesn't mean melanoma immunity 2010-07-20T21:15:00Z
There was a tall, light-skinned man waiting at the end of the docks. Dinaw Mengestu: “An Honest Exit.” 2010-07-05T04:00:00Z
So while there were light-skinned black communities – particularly in places such as Louisiana – these would never have been considered "dark-skinned white communities". Gary Younge on the real legacy of Tiger Woods 2010-05-28T23:04:00Z
I’m probably not going to be pulled over because I’m light-skinned.” First Legal Challenges to New Arizona Law 2010-04-30T00:52:00Z
He sat on a sofa opposite them, smiling benignly, light-skinned, with a relaxed haircut and sporting a set of white pyjamas with a teddy bear print. Mr Gadget 2010-04-24T11:22:00Z
The attacker, described as a light-skinned black man, 18 to 21 years old, 6 feet 1 and 250 pounds with a muscular build. Washington freshman defensive end Andru Pulu charged with second-degree assault 2010-03-18T23:17:00Z
He is described as a light-skinned black male, 18 to 21 years old, 6 feet 1 and 250 pounds with a muscular build. Washington football player Andru Pulu booked on investigation of assault 2010-03-16T20:08:00Z
And while stories linger in Kenya's Lamu archipelago of a light-skinned community descended from shipwrecked Chinese sailors, the population there retains no trace of Chinese customs or language. Voyages of Mariner Zheng He: Symbolism for Modern China 2010-03-08T23:05:00Z
Spanish-speaking and relatively light-skinned, Dominicans simultaneously looked down at and feared their Creole-speaking, predominantly black neighbors. Dominican Aid Boosts Relations With Haiti 2010-02-18T03:00:00Z
The other depicted similar scenes with a white dad and a light-skinned black dad. 2010-01-24T05:00:00Z
He is quoted in a new book as saying Mr Obama could win since he was a "light-skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect", unless he wanted one. 2010-01-10T00:54:00Z
The Tecuhltli outnumbered the invaders almost two to one, and they were heartened by that fact and by the entrance into the mêlée of their light-skinned allies. Red Nails
The light-skinned Shawnees were known as the fiercest, most stubborn fighters among all the Algonquins between the Alleghanies and the Mississippi River. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women
In some of these, women stood near the doorways, staring with unwinking absorption at the light-skinned, athletic men outside who were so much better to look upon than their own mates. The Pathless Trail
They were clearly men of the type of his own tribe, light-skinned and well shaped; and the leader, who carried a long club, was a man of stature equal to his own. In the Morning of Time
Francis Lewis, contractor and builder, sat in his comfortable office in West Forty-seventh street, New York city, when the door was pushed open and a light-skinned colored man entered. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre.
The tone of Scipio’s laugh showed that he was more than satisfied—proud, in fact—of being the father of so light-skinned and pretty a little creature as Chloe! The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West
The Melanesians are quite distinct from the Australians, and still more so from the lank-haired, light-skinned Polynesians of the eastern islands. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific
“You don’t know how happy I was to find that these planets were peopled by a light-skinned race.” Hunters Out of Space
As she approached nearer, the traders and the missionary could see that the crew were light-skinned Polynesians, dressed in blue cotton jumpers, white duck pants, and straw hats. The Tapu Of Banderah 1901
In Southern legislative halls white minorities in old Reconstruction days ruled Republican majorities by appealing to the vanity of light-skinned Negro representatives. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre.
His crew was active though slightly less robust, a fair-haired, light-skinned chap, blue-eyed, and somewhat better clad than his companion. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive
Probably a mixture of Polynesians and Melanesians are the Micronesians, who are light-skinned but curly-haired, and of whom we find representatives in the New Hebrides. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific
On pulling in to the beach about a dozen light-skinned natives met them. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896
These were rather light-skinned, and some quite good-looking, and all wore girdles of dracaena leaves. The Call Of The South 1908
She seems quite different from others of the tribe, and is thought to be a descendant from one of the light-skinned Peruvian Incas, whom the Spaniards had almost entirely extinguished. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
And where are the fathers of the light-skinned breeds of the rivers? The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
There were some very light-skinned Arabs at Dis, with long dark hair, which they dress with grease, wearing round their neck a cocoanut containing a supply of this toilet-requisite for the purpose. Southern Arabia
Nalboon placed his guests, the light-skinned slaves standing at attention behind them, and numerous servants, carrying great trays, appeared. The Skylark of Space
In Uganda and Nigeria a large proportion of the population is Arab and relatively light-skinned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
Beckoning to a young, light-skinned woman, who stood near him, he bade her bring him three of his best pearl-shell bonito hooks. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories
People generally described him as being unusually light-skinned for a Negro with perhaps an Oriental cast. The Black Experience in America
"You can tell the difference between them because the sweet potato is light-skinned, while the yam has a bronze- colored or reddish skin." The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
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