Before their advising messes up your career, for real….Being light skin, biracial, Afro-Latina, culturally ambiguous or however you want to categorize it is not easy. Depending on the context of the situation, anything said regarding sensitive subjects such as race, skin color, hair texture and more, could offend either side of the spectrum. Normally, the best tactic is either to support the most oppressed or, for lack of a better phrase, STFU.
In a way, it’s horribly oppressive that people cannot loudly express their pride without offending another group of people. There’s a reason for that and it lies in the painful historical roots of a racially divisive past. It’s the very reason why semantics is everything when it comes to issues dealing with the Black community — and why the powerful words Black Lives Matter stirred controversy among those who don’t understand context.
Could you imagine White people saying “White Girl Magic” as a derivative of “Black Girl Magic” or Latinas singing “Yellow Skin Girl” as an evolution of Beyonce’s “Brown Skin Girl,” as if the struggles are similar? Well, you don’t have to imagine because rising 26-year-old singer DaniLeigh did just that.
The Def Jam artist released a tease of her new song in which she sings “Yellow Bone, that’s what he want…” with sounds similar to a Playboi Carti vibe. Needless to say, Twitter erupted with fans and haters disappointed by the song where she proudly gloats about her skin color being the preference of some man.
Here we go:
DaniLeigh allegedly responded in a sense deleted post.
“why I can’t make a song for my light skin baddies ?? Why y’all think I’m hating on other colors when there are millions of songs speaking on all types.. why y’all so sensitive & take it personal .. gahhhh damn”
Some of her fans tried to come to her defense, pointing out that the song was similar to Beyonce’s “Brown Skin Girl,” but upon comparing the lyrical content, DaniLeigh’s “Yellow Bone” song was definitely more of a flex than an ode to people of color.
There are some who just don’t get what time it is — in other words, there’s been a social breakdown and the old reservation of thoughts that promoted ideologies that were hateful toward Black Americans, especially ideas about darker skin tones who historically have appeared to received the harshest brunt of discriminative treatment in society, are forever canceled.
When adding a beautiful, talented star like DaniLeigh into the picture, who is accustomed to dating dark skin men and enjoying the cultural offerings of Black people, it’s rather disenchanting that she doesn’t make an effort to read the room, and tread carefully.
Check out some of Beyonce’s lyrics below:
Brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
I’d never trade you for anybody else, singin’
Brown skin girl
Your skin just like pearls
The best thing in the world
I’d never trade you for anybody else, singin’
Pose like a trophy when Naomi’s walkin’
She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin
Pretty like Lupita when the cameras close in
Drip broke the levee when my Kellys roll in
I think tonight, she might braid her braids
Melanin too dark to throw her shade (Shade)
She minds her business and wines her waist
Gold like 24K, okay
Oh, have you looked in the mirror lately? (Lately)
Wish you could trade eyes with me ’cause (Oh)
There’s complexities in complexion
But your skin, it glow like diamonds
Pigment like the earth, you be giving birth
To everything alive, baby, know your worth
I love everything about you, from your nappy curls
To every single curve, your body natural
Same skin that was broken
Be the same skin takin’ over
Most things out of focus view
But when you’re in the room, they notice you (Notice you)
‘Cause you’re beautiful
Yeah, you’re beautiful
