The Dork Lord
Whipping Boy
In her 1942 Glossary of Harlem Slang, Zora Neale Hurston placed "high yaller" at the beginning of the entry for her African American colorscale, which ran:
“ high yaller, yaller, high brown, vaseline brown, seal brown, low brown, dark brown ”
“ high yaller, yaller, high brown, vaseline brown, seal brown, low brown, dark brown ”