Dating Show Debate: Skin Tone Preferences and Colorism

All right, what made you pop your balloon?

I don't typically date people that are like

my similar skin complexion.

I feel like I am more attracted to either like

dark skinned niggas or dark skinned men, sorry.

Definitely.

Or people that are lighter than me.

But everything you were saying,

and you were very handsome.

I appreciate it.

Now what made you have your balloon unpopped so long?

I don't know, he just articulates himself really well.

And his skin complexion.

Like I like dark, I don't really like light skin.

Okay, and what do you typically look for in a guy?

Dark skin, for the most part.

Now, if you saw Josiah out,

is he somebody that you would approach?

I mean, I've dealt with light skins before.

I prefer dark skins, but I've dealt with light skins before.

Very attractive.

I see what this episode's gonna be about.

Now, if you saw him out,

is he somebody that you would approach?

I like dark skin, so like,

I fall more into the darker shade.

But yeah, he's attractive.

What made you pop your balloon?

I can't be a hypocrite.

Like, the person I popped before,

the light skin, like I don't really like

light skins like that.

But you're very handsome.

Now what is it about light skins that you don't like?

The light skins I've dealt with in the past,

they just feel like the world just revolve around them.

I don't know, like even some of like,

thinking back of the stuff that he was saying,

just gave me like, you just, it's your way or no way.

I could be wrong, but yeah, that's the initial, right.

Is he right in his thoughts?

Absolutely not.

You gotta go to therapy.

All of them need therapy, period.

Y'all need to go to therapy.

Y'all need to heal.

You go to therapy?

Yes.

And I don't want to sound cliche to my own pop,

but it's like, once I hear black people

mention another skin tone, it's like,

yo, white people don't be like,

oh, cause you're tan or you're pale.

White people don't ever say that,

but it's always black people.

It's like light skin, dark skin, this,

and I just, that like, grinds my gears.

Right, yeah.

And I just want to piggyback off of that,

because like, one thing about it,

like I'm not a colorist by far.

My grandmother's like, his complexion,

like, I mean, I've dated people his complexion,

but it's just like my initial preference

is someone of darker complexion.

Now, if we was to get together

and we have a communication and,

cause everything else he said was fine.

Like, I didn't mind the kid thing.

I didn't mind anything he had going on.

But like, my initial preference

is someone of a darker complexion.

But if it was, you know, to get vibe or whatever,

I'd date somebody light.

I ain't tripping about that, but I don't want,

before this get out on the internet,

I'm not no colorist.

Cause it will, it will.

No.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Just remove color from like, your back.

Like, I think that should just be removed.

Cause if you're going to go with somebody anyway,