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**letmelogin** · 06-16-2012, 04:19 AM

Id say the cut off point for light skinned in the Afram community is this.

Light skinned with still visibly West African influenced facial features.

Looking "mixed" starts when the phenotype is less SSA influenced. This is when most Aframs think this person would be mixed.

I don't think it's that perfectly simple, but I generally agree. Sometimes, you might be considered mixed if you have very diluted SSA features as you point out, an apparent mish-mosh of facial features from different groups, have an obviously looser natural hair texture, or are viewed as acting somehow "non-black." This second "must be mixed" category could include people who are genetically mostly SSA but phenotypically display with very clear signs of consistent admixture, making them appear FGM or highly mixed MGM. I'm 50% African, remember?

06-16-2012, 04:19 AM	#28
letmelogin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 452 Senior Member	Id say the cut off point for light skinned in the Afram community is this. Light skinned with still visibly West African influenced facial features. Looking "mixed" starts when the phenotype is less SSA influenced. This is when most Aframs think this person would be mixed. I don't think it's that perfectly simple, but I generally agree. Sometimes, you might be considered mixed if you have very diluted SSA features as you point out, an apparent mish-mosh of facial features from different groups, have an obviously looser natural hair texture, or are viewed as acting somehow "non-black." This second "must be mixed" category could include people who are genetically mostly SSA but phenotypically display with very clear signs of consistent admixture, making them appear FGM or highly mixed MGM. I'm 50% African, remember?
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