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Dear DaniLeigh, A Light Skin Anthem Is Not Needed

Dear DaniLeigh, A Light Skin Anthem Is Not Needed Refinery29 23/01/2021 Jasely Molina © Provided by Refinery29 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 26: DaniLeigh attends the 2020 Grammy after party hosted by Universal Music Group on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sarah Morris/Getty Images) Dominican-American singer DaniLeigh faces backlash on social media after previewing her upcoming song “Yellow Bone,” an AAVE (African-American Vernacular English) term that refers to a light-skinned Black person with yellow skin undertones. The song’s questionable lyrics sparked an online conversation on colourism, the fetishtisation of lighter skin, and the normalisation of non-Black Latinas exploiting Black culture.   In the initial Instagram clip, which was posted on January 21 and has since been deleted from DaniLeigh’s account, the singer dances along to the song, repeatedly saying, “Yellow Bone is what he wants.” As the clip cir

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