This right here is some tea .

I def feel this is the issue sometimes ..maybe not specifically for this girl in the OP but def for others
Some people don't like being called dark skinned in any way . It took me a while to understand why it's such a bad thing to some people or why they shy away from it or cringe about it ..
Dark/brown skin is beautiful. Sexy . It's our gift from Africa .
We have all colors in my family and my grandparents never made me feel any color was better than another . We are just different . But I understand
They may be projecting and not even know it . But I mean we live in a very anti-black world so I can't even blame people for having what appears to be deep rooted issues and sensitivity with this topic .
Especially unambiguously black dark skinned women.