Well, since the worst black history month ever is mercifully over and I’m a little bored, having a clean social slate and a funky snowy morning, so I guess I’ll amuse myself with some ignorance.
From my original #Shades post last year:
“Being a light skinned black male with extraordinary looks, I have always had to fend off questions (mainly from white folks). Questions about the extent of my blackness. Are you mixed (panda)…do you have Indian in your family…etc.? Tons of questions like are you Samoan, Arabic, Mexican, Cuban, American Indian….hell, I’ve even gotten Italian (WTF?!?).
None of this phases me because most of the questions came when it was great to be lightskinneded. Hell, Christopher Williams, El Debarge, Al B. Sure, and the like made shit easy for me….it was great!
Then New Jack City came out, and Wesley Snipes, singlehandedly, fucked that up! Anyway, I digress…my mom is very fair skinned but 100% black…my dad is dark…like Otis Redding dark but not Seal dark, and I came out like this. An average black male with “good hair” and exceptional good looks. Long story short, black folk are just like every other ethnicity…we come in all shapes, sizes, flavors, and………#Shades”
Enjoy….or dont










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