Whats this whole thing i he..

Whats this whole thing i hear in alot of american TV shows etc... referring to certain people as "Light-skinned Blacks".

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A light-skinned Black person is a mixed race person basically. You don't really get Black people who randomly happen to be Light-skinned, just like you dont get random white people who happen to be brown-skinned. Look at Afrcian people. They are all pretty much Black and Black as the ace of spades whereas a lot of African-americans are lighter-skinned. this is not because they are randomly lighter-skinned its because they have white blood in them and are mixed race. Obviously a person is 1/2 white, 1/2 Black are gonna be in the middle of both in terms of colour.

Peple like Halle Berry, Alicia Keys, Leila Arcieri, Karyn parsons are all mixed race. they are not light-skinned Blacks. how has this tag come about??

You pretty much cleard that whole thing up. Now, why won't you tackle the mullato thing.

You are correct. 100% (Some people just dont understand, or they are simply afraid to speak the truth for whatever reason.)

What about Vanessa Williams both her parents are black.

you are right about everything. but there are caramel coulored black africans, but the majority are dark. there are even mulattos in africa. vanessa williams has two mulatto parents.