-Melissa I grew up in the heart of Miami (you know the...305) and I've developed this complex from my Dominican Grandma. This complex of I couldn't walk in the sun. I literally used to walk in the shade, use umbrellas and run under trees adjacent to sidewalks to avoid getting darker from the sun. My Grandmother literally would tell me "Don't walk in the sun, you'll get darker and you'll be ugly." My family would treat my light-skin cousins differently than me and I felt it. I