I lived in Alabama. I know what you're talking about.
Still, Reid didn't say "high yellow", did he? He said "light skinned". Which is not a pejorative. And which Obama certainly is.
Only a liberal could find fault with this.
“High Yellow” and “Light-skinned”
The two terms are synonomyous. One is socially acceptable (at least by some, including the MSM and Democrats). BOTH terms mean the same thing. Both are blatently racist.
That’s my opinion.