"lightie" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From light + -ie.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "[…] hood-famous Black men and members of their entourages, surrounded by a uniform of attractive young white women and the occasional ambiguous 'lightie.'",
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        "A black person with relatively light-coloured skin."
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        "(informal) A black person with relatively light-coloured skin."
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