Word meaning Darkskin but in a demeaning way. Africans are affected the most by colorism, and are inflicted with the european standard of beauty. For example when Africans were brought as slaves to the U.S they were forced to get rid of their ethnic
hair hence starting the tradition of straightening
hair. The lightest slave was conisdered too good to be a field nigga and instead were house niggas. The lightest slave women was raped by the plantation owner and created lightskin children which progressively got lighter as generations of this went on thus creating lightskin
black people. Their big noses and
lips were conisdered ugly as well hence the stereotypes of those 1930's cartoons. Today lightskin black women are seen more favorably and so is straight
hair compared to the natural
thick and curly ethnic
hair, even black men prefer lightskins and other races over darkskin black women. Also Lightskin Black men are more liked by society and more respected and considered higher class and more educated than Darkskin Black men. Lot of self hating Darkskin Blacks out there
like Uncle Ruckus, Uncle Tom, Oprahside, and Michael Jackson due to colorism.
Example 1: Darkskin Black Women: Hey Tay, you wanna comeback to my place tonight
Tay: (This nigga is fucking darker than this women) Hell no, don't nobody want you and yo big ass nose and hair looking like a damn lighthouse bitch, if I see one more Coonskin bitch try to holla at me I'm popping the Uzi out on that
hoe.
Niggas: that's right Tay we don't fuck with Coonskins, lightskin bitches for the win my nigga
Lightskin Black Women: (Walks in doesn't even look at the niggas)
Niggas and Tay: Damn she fine as
fuck, Ima get on that with her
Darkskin Black Women: (cries but no one gives a
fuck)
Example 2: Darkskin Black
Man: Hey what's going on here
Po-Lice: Hey this blood crip thug nigga robbed the bank, get on the ground Coonskin, (actually a light skin
man did it)
Darkskin Black
Man: But officer I wasn't affiliated with this at all, I just got here, look there's the robber right there
Po-Lice: No way he's Lightskin, now get on the ground nigga
Darkskin Black
Man: But sir he's holding a
bag full of
money and a gun, he is the robber
Po-Lice: Alright that's it you
stupid gangster Coonskin nigger, (start beating his ass brutally send him to prison for 10 years on a false charge), Lightskin Black
Man becomes a model named [Jeremy Meeks}.