Cardi B Addresses Critics Over Using “Light Skin” Term To Describe Her Complexion

Cardi B, who identifies and Trinidadian and Dominican, found herself debating with critics on how she should “properly” describe her skin tone.

The discussion came about when the 31-year-old was accused of bleaching her skin, which she denied. Following the rumor, someone on X debated that the term “light skin” is unique to Black people and that people such as Cardi, should not use the term.

“Who tf told Cardi B she’s light skin?” someone asked on X. “That term is used for lighter complexion black folks but y’all got everybody claiming it now.” In response, Cardi said, “Dominicans are so diverse when it comes to skin color Dark ,brown ,tan,light ,white ….sooo what am I supposed to say when I’m describing my complexion…Im Dominican skin?”

Another person chimed in by saying, “idk maybe y’all need to come up with yall own terms.. ‘light skinned’ is used to describe BLACK people. Not whites, Dominicans, Mexicans, Asians… BLACKS!! You can’t just use the word to mean whatever you want it to mean chica.”

The soon-to-be mother of three clapped back, “what you saying is automatically invalid. The fact that you use whites … WHITES IS A COLOR AND A RACE ..DOMINICANS ARE A NATIONALITY WITH PEOPLE that are different COLORS AND SHADES ..NOT A RACE … Get your glitter hole out of here wit this fake rule you just came up wit.”

In another post, the “Up” rapper provided a definition of the term “light skin” to which she asserted that it isn’t “exclusive” to a single race.

“The term light skin is adjective to describe skin complexion … It is not exclusive to a single race,” she wrote. “…I guess Jamaicans and Haitians and West Indians can’t say they got brown skin ,light skin or dark skin because just Dominicans they are also a nationality..now move JAWS.”

To Cardi’s defense, being Dominican is considered a nationality and not an ethnicity. According to Minority Rights Group, people of Dominican descent have a “mixed ethnicity of Taíno indigenous descent, European descent (especially Hispanic) and/or African descent.”

Cardi’s ancestral makeup has been a discussion for some time now, as some has debated if she’s actually Black or Hispanic. Her appearance became a topic of discussion again last month, when she was accused of lightening her skin.

“Bleaching while pregnant?” Cardi sounded off, appalled. “Why must yall be so dumb? Actually NO! I’m pregnant I’m slightly anemic, this baby suckin all the energy off my body to the point I’m pale, eyes sunken, veins green ASF, can’t tan under the sun cause I get hot super fast and dizzy …. PLEASE STOP THINKIN WITH YOUR A**HOLE!”

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