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light-skinned

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adj.1.having skin of a light colored hue.
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Adj.1.light-skinned - having little skin pigmentation
white - of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
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light-skinned [ˌlaitˈskɪnd] ADJde piel blanca


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Back in those days, complexion was a subject few people had talked about, much less written about--and "in front of white folks" The prejudice between light-skinned and dark-skinned blacks was an open secret, and D.
Lee Cotton is born to a light-skinned African American woman, courtesy of a one-night fling in New Orleans with an Icelandic fisherman never heard from again.
Oh, and light-skinned Booker spoke like a Kennedy while James shouted nonsensical slogans and lost his temper whenever anyone who even resembled a journalist wandered within the wide radius of his personal space.
 
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