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Originally posted by Shakira Stan
Gurl... there's a tribe in DR Congo who are known for having fair skin for no particular reason. My grandfather on my dad's side is part Congolese and I have a lot of Congolese cousins and I've also visited some countries in Africa including Congo. Some Africans aren't even that dark, you'll find the darkest Africans in countries such as Sudan, Senegal and so on and they are known for being darker than other Africans. My "aunt", she's not really a close aunt as in my mom/dad's sibling but we're still related and we call her aunt, is fully Congolese. Born and raised in Congo and moved in Canada in her 20s and she has fair skin even though she's not mixed at all. She's paler than Alicia Keys who's actually mixed. As you said, the average African is darker than Bow Wow, but you'll find Africans who have the same skin tone as him or even lighter than. Being a light skin black person doesn't mean that you're mixed.
I know you were presuming that I was just talking for the sake of talking but I know what I'm talking about.
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That's one tribe, and the reasoning could be a genetic mutation. That's a cool story, your family heritage, but that isn't mine. I don't have any family in Africa, so I can't talk about having actual ties there. The people I encountered all knew I was mixed and American, and I could tell they had a different "look" to them. Someone with Bow's appearance points to obvious mixed lineage, whether it be one grandparent, or great-grandparent, that resulted in him. And I say that also because, he's American. We all know how the slave masters would rape and have affairs with black woman, and white woman would take use black men. And some had actual love and made lives together.
And I know what I'm talking about as well. We just happen to know about, and have, different experiences.
That his great grand mammy was white? 
