Definitions by QueenAfrica

yellowbone 

a racist term for light skin blacks or light skin biracials.

I'm a light skin black and the term yellowbone is a racist term.

yellowbone by QueenAfrica May 11, 2011

mulatto 

a half black person or light skin black or brown skin black. Mulatto is now considered a racist tem.

Light skin blacks and brown skin blacks were also considered mulattoes. Dark skin blacks were considered negroes. Negro is now considered offensive.

mulatto by QueenAfrica June 25, 2009

negro 

a dark skin black. Later a black person of any skin color was considered negro. Negro is now considered offensive and is now not used to describe a dark skin black or a black person of any skin color.

Dark skin blacks were considered negroes. Light skin blacks and brown skin blacks were also considered mulatto. Mulatto is considered a racist term.

negro by QueenAfrica June 25, 2009

reverse colorism 

reverse colorism -a hatred of light skin blacks

Some blacks in Washington,D.C.(black majority) did not want Sharon Pratt Dixon as a mayor because she is a light skin black and mayoral candidate Marion Berry tried to have his light skin wife darken her skin.These are incidents of reverse colorism.

reverse colorism by QueenAfrica May 19, 2009