Social privilege connected to skin color in the United States is a legacy of the social construct of race and its derived racial hierarchy. The social meaning of White skin color, the meaning of White identity beyond skin color, and the internalization of societal and familial messages about skin color provides context for understanding lived experiences along the skin color spectrum. This research study is an exploration of the social psychological impact of skin color privilege on African-American familial relationships, particularly between mothers and adult daughters. Utilizing a phenomenological methodology, the study expands the social psychological research on Black women in general with specific focus on middle class, professional African-American women, and draws upon their racial experiences and racial identity development as descendants of Africans in the United States of America. The framework for the study's research and analysis is the cultural lenses of family, gender, and race. Through narrative, participants reflect on experiences within society and family related to racial group identity, skin color, and the meaning of both on societal and personal levels. This study was an analysis of the impact of skin color privilege, family culture, and family socialization messages related to skin color on the relational dynamics between African-American mothers and daughters. The impetus of the study was to see how skin color privilege influenced the relationships of the participants and whether the participants themselves recognized skin color as a significant factor in their lives. The literature review revealed the historical and contemporary social psychological effect of racial prejudice, racism, and skin color privilege within the larger racialized societal context and among racial groups. Reflective of the larger society, skin color symbolizes multiple meanings and matters in diverse ways among African Americans. The research findings confirm that family culture is a determinant in the development of attitudes and perceptions related to racial identity, racial preferences, skin color, and privilege. Findings suggest that African-American women have positive self-perceptions across the skin color spectrum and that generational perceptual differences exist related to race, racial group membership, and skin color.