Light skin, dark skin, my Asian persuasion/ I got them all…

“He puts his arm around me, the lights dancing on his dark skin constantly skipping across to mine, planting a myriad of emotions into…

— Poppet

When I moved out here and people saw my name... I had a shaved head, dark skin, and a tattoo...You would be shocked at…

— Freddie Prinze Jr

Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African features.

— Samantha Power

Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then…

— P. Chidambaram

I am an African-American woman of dark skin tone, and there are very specific roles that are usually given to African-American women of a…

— LaChanze

We shouldn't be discriminating against each other. The whole 'light skin versus dark skin' is an idea we need to break down.

— Dee Rees

For black people who are really dark - and a lot of black people were averse to be dark skinned - it was believed…

— Kerry James Marshall

The laughter in his deep-set black eyes, the feverish heat of his big hand around mine, the flash of his white teeth against his…

— Stephenie Meyer

“Being that the *historical* Jesus was of pure Hebraic descent- lineage of Eber- He was not an Arab or of Arabic descent, therefore He…

— R. Alan Woods

I’m a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned. I’m quirky. I’m shy. I’m strong. I’m guarded. I’m weak…

— Viola Davis

“He looked up and I realised how close we were, both of us leaning in together. I blinked a few times, suddenly light-headed, but…

— Heather Anastasiu

“I wonder how anyone could think I’m too dark, when my skin is a declaration of how much the sun is in love with…

— I.S. Jones

“He looked back at the stairs. The man he had stabbed wasn’t moving. His dark skin had taken on the gray pallor of death,…

— Andrew Warren

“Our arithmetic textbooks, which contained problems about speeding trains and leaky cisterns, should rightfully have included the following: how many tins of Cuticura talcum…

— C.K. Meena

“On any woman, the shine was brilliant. But, in contrast to their dark skin, it truly was the Milky Way of watches.”

— Holliday Vann