I thought being light skinned meant you was black but had a light complexion

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no such thing as what as what?

Mixed "race". Being mixed is the relationship between multiple races, not a race in itself. Mixed people don't have a unified history, culture or breed amongst themselves to ever be classified as a "race." Plus, it's a highly ambiguous term since it isn't specific to what races are mixed.
 

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Mixed "race". Being mixed is the relationship between multiple races, not a race in itself. Mixed people don't have a unified history, culture or breed amongst themselves to ever be classified as a "race." Plus, it's a highly ambiguous term since it isn't specific to what races are mixed.
true but since all the varieties of mixed raced people don't have their own classifications this is all we have to work with at the moment.
 

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true but since all the varieties of mixed raced people don't have their own classifications this is all we have to work with at the moment.

Or maybe we can be more specific. A person who is a mulatto is both Black AND White. If they say they are Black, they aren't lying. Telling half the story is just that but it isn't a farce.
 
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