I didn't notice my mom was SIGNIFICANTLY lighter skinned (lighter than Rihanna) than the rest of my family until another black person brought it up.
Things like that happen all the time once you start going to school. As a little kid other kids point things out to you. Clearly that black child was from a household where skin shade had been discussed regularly and mine hadn't.
Things like that happen all the time once you start going to school. As a little kid other kids point things out to you. Clearly that black child was from a household where skin shade had been discussed regularly and mine hadn't.