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Post imported post - 18-08-06, 05:55 PM
I have recognized this for years. In the company I work for, the very few professional African women are either medium toned to light-skinned. However, nearly all the dark-skinned women do custodial work cleaning the bathrooms, sweeping/mopping floors, etc.

Colourism certainly at play.

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