Mahogany, Chocolate, Mocha.
Caramel, Vanilla, Butterscotch.
Cinnamon, Fudge, Cocoa Brown
It is so many flavors and distinctions and variations in the color of African American women. From Tyra Banks to Oprah Winfrey to Lena Horne to India Arie to Michelle Obama--why is it so pertinent to distinguish certain characteristics or qualities of the light-skinned Black woman from the dark-skinned Black women?
Why it is that a certain skin tone defines what kind of woman a Black person may be? Everyone Black woman has their own style and aura about them. No one woman is ever the same. Having attitudes is universal. Being beautiful is universal. It is no rule in society that says that if a Black woman, dark-skinned or light-skinned, must possess a checklist of "must-have" qualities.
The variations in color consists of what makes the culture of African Americans so rich, so appealing and so diverse.
Caramel, Vanilla, Butterscotch.
Cinnamon, Fudge, Cocoa Brown
It is so many flavors and distinctions and variations in the color of African American women. From Tyra Banks to Oprah Winfrey to Lena Horne to India Arie to Michelle Obama--why is it so pertinent to distinguish certain characteristics or qualities of the light-skinned Black woman from the dark-skinned Black women?
Why it is that a certain skin tone defines what kind of woman a Black person may be? Everyone Black woman has their own style and aura about them. No one woman is ever the same. Having attitudes is universal. Being beautiful is universal. It is no rule in society that says that if a Black woman, dark-skinned or light-skinned, must possess a checklist of "must-have" qualities.
The variations in color consists of what makes the culture of African Americans so rich, so appealing and so diverse.
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