Would Describing a Black person’s skin as “coffee or chocolate” be offensive?

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I’m writing a book and I reallllly don’t want to offend anyone, if I do I will probably break down crying😅

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Who knows people get offended by anything now days.

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I mean makeup companies name their light shades things like "ivory" or "cream" and medium shades "buff" or "sand" and I've seen many dark shades named "mocha" or "coffee". It's just a description. If someone found offense to it they are simply easily offended.

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Depends. As a Black woman, I often hear remarks like that from white men or people in general; and in that case I’d much rather they keep their mouth shut. 🤐🤭

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Ebony, Mahogany, Tawny, Licorice, Mocha, Hazel, Golden Hue would be more creative

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Depends on the context. I see many posts where people are like "chocolate women are fine." I don't see anything wrong with that. If it's in a rude manner, then I would have a problem.

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coffee is weird but chocolate is ok

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Only if u call white people paper or vanilla

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It depends on whether the person knows them or not.

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I feel like it's not actually offensive, it just tends to sound really.. extra 😂? Kind of when you have cheesy fanfiction with emerald eyes looking like endless meadows and ocean water or some shit like that hahaha. so I feel like you should go for it but try to make the simile relatively original yet not overly descriptive.

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Chocolate is usually kinda sexualized?

Would Describing a Black person’s skin as “coffee or chocolate” be offensive?

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