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joemoorcarz t1_it7sa0b wrote

Reply to comment by Nonamenoonenowhere in Why are black people inexistant in the fantasy/sci-fi genre by hater_first

Not always. In fact talk dark and handsome normally indicates that the person is not white.

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Nonamenoonenowhere t1_it8rmj5 wrote

It really does mean a man with fair skin and dark hair. It was a term coined during the romantic period to describe men with fair skin and dark hair. During this era men with this combination started to be considered swoon worthy. All male leads in Jan Austin fit this description. The specific term was first used in writing at some point in the 1830s.

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