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I know white authors have a habit of describing dark skin tones with food or beverages and I don't want to do that.

Cocoa, caramel, coffee, etc. I'm not much of a fiction writer but I am running a dnd campaign with POC and don't want to be a stereotype lol

Edit: various soil types is a promising contender added by my partner

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[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"He resembled one of the absolute gigachads who booted the French out of Haiti"

"He looks like he floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee"

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lowkey fire and might get used

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 1 week ago

I was thinking of sable, mink, etc, but I'm not sure that would be appreciated.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 1 week ago
[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dunno, maybe I'm overthinking it, but I worry if this sort of comparison to historical figures might put expectations on Black people to live up to the greatness of their similes instead of just being themselves. I guess it depends on the specifics of how the similes are used, since it's pretty different to similize a fictional hero from a fantasy roleplay than a real person.