Why do we pretend Black girls/ Women didn’t have a thing for the light skin brothas?

[Wild self]

All the women in my family are fair skin and only date dark skin men.

They equate darkskin with being masculine/virile and lightskin with being feminine/sterile.

That superthug era still on their minds.

 

[Guile]

I’ve seen women fawn over the “ginuwine” type of dudes with the “good hair” why do we pretend it’s only black men who fawn over lighter skin black folks? I’ve seen some of my own classmates fawn ver some Jon b looking cat at school once. He got that lineup and the girls were literally fighting over him. Who are Chris browns biggest supporters!? Don’t just be one sided on this issue

that al b sure performance was awful

 

[Vilify]

Its one of the best kept secrets, but if you know, you know.

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Guess which one all the girls liked at my school and church.

 

[Blessings]

nikkas thought they was winning because white supremacist talking points and beauty ideologies were prevalent in our community

This is embarrassing…our people know better, and now chose better

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

I thought the common knowledge was that lightskin dudes were in at one point, but the beauty standard for black men in black popular culture changed to darkskin dudes.

Yep 100%.

Feel like light skinned brehs ruled for years until maybe the late 60s and 70s. Then dark brehs took over.

Light skinned came back hella strong in the 80s but Wesley "Sit yo five dolla azz down before I make change" Snipes, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Michael Jordan, Tupac, Bobby Brown etc., helped bring the dark breh swag back.

Plus....pawgs were chasing the dark skinned brehs so sistas had to re-evaluate their situation. Can't knock dark brehs for smashing Becky and Nikki if you're chasing El DeBarge.

Nowadays, light and dark brehs seem to eat off all races so we good.

Dark and light brehs never had the same level of beef as the sistas.

 

[Dynamite James]

Yep 100%.

Feel like light skinned brehs ruled for years until maybe the late 60s and 70s. Then dark brehs took over.

Light skinned came back hella strong in the 80s but Wesley "Sit yo five dolla azz down before I make change" Snipes, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Michael Jordan, Tupac, Bobby Brown etc., helped bring the dark breh swag back.

Plus....pawgs were chasing the dark skinned brehs so sistas had to re-evaluate their situation. Can't knock dark brehs for smashing Becky and Nikki if you're chasing El DeBarge.

Nowadays, light and dark brehs seem to eat off all races so we good.

Dark and light brehs never had the same level of beef as the sistas.

these Brehs weren’t sex symbols in the 90s to young women y’all are delusional. Jon b was more of a heartthrob to young black women compared to the bolded. Yes they liked dark black men but also went crazy over light skin Brehs. You just repeating some bullshyt. Martin Lawrence? You should have mentioned Denzel

 

[UpAndComing]

OP really made a Lightskin dude appreciation thread

 

[Premeditated]

these are ados and uk carribean problems

having said that, the most sought after nikka in my senior year of HS was my nigerian homie who was chocolate completion like me. That nikka had all the girls lightskin girls wanting him. even the one I wanted to smash. smh. I was tight too because I never saw it coming. he was a herb, freshman year.

 

[CrimsonTider]

All the women in my family are fair skin and only date dark skin men.

They equate darkskin with being masculine/virile and lightskin with being feminine/sterile.

Did you poll them?

 

[Dynamite James]

OP really made a Lightskin dude appreciation thread

Examples of light skin nikkas black women fawn over . Stop being a simp and deflecting

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

I wasn't aware that people pretended this wasn't a thing. shyt, to this day it's still the case. It's sad but I mean colorism is definitely a thing. I'd say it goes both ways too. Men gravitate towards LS chicks. There was a couple girls I came across in my life that were against dating LS guys and it's only because they had a bad experience with one or they got cheated on so they were on some PTSD shyt.

 

[Wild self]

these Brehs weren’t sex symbols in the 90s to young women y’all are delusional. Jon b was more of a heartthrob to young black women compared to the bolded. Yes they liked dark black men but also went crazy over light skin Brehs. You just repeating some bullshyt. Martin Lawrence? You should have mentioned Denzel

And Tupac. And DMX. And Method Man.

 

[AAKing23]

Definitely not in the time I grew up in (2000-2010)


I was more popular with white girls and latinas

 

[Cadillac]

remember Jeremy Meeks

Jeremy Meeks Speaks Out as Bail Donations Pour in; Admirers Still Captivated by Convicted Felon's Mugshot (VIDEO)

lets just say this, only people being fooled by BW that they dont like light skin nikkas, is Black women who want to believer that

and even they know its some Bullshyt, thats only something they tell nikkas or try to portray as a way to take shots at nikkas who like lightskin women.

these women will contradict, talk out of both sides, lie etc anything