Question for everyone, will y'all date/friends a "dark" skinned girl?

Basically the title. I have seen many boys going for "fair" skinned girls. I had a classmate who always claimed to have a crush on every girl he meets and was friends with all the girls in the class. One day, we were playing truth and dare and someone asked him "will you date X (a darker skinned girl)?" and he went, "hell no, woh toh kali hai" and everyone from that group started laughing since X wasn't there. But they'd hang out with her since she has a good personality.I personally felt disgusted by this group.This isn't the only instance I witnessed something of this kind. I know this mentality is mainly because of fair and lovely ads and the Indian film industry. I asked for girls because men don't seem to face the same issue (atleast a vast majority doesn't seem to)

Edit: y'all, I realise that this is a fundamentally flawed question. Thank you for answering tho!