lightie

plural lighties

1. South AfricaalternativeslangAlternative form of lighty (“young man; boy”).
2. informalA black person with relatively light-coloured skin.

   […] hood-famous Black men and members of their entourages, surrounded by a uniform of attractive young white women and the occasional ambiguous 'lightie.'

   2019, Derek Owusu, Safe: 20 Ways to be a Black Man in Britain Today

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   I looked up into that giant's eyes and while I saw curiosity there, I didn't see the anger and hatred I had seen in so many eyes of the black people as they looked down on a lightie.

   2016, Rick Johnson, Heirloom Plantation, page 52