'She is too dark' - Colorism in India
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In this video, colorism in India is the topic addressed.
I interviewed in Paris and Berlin two Indian women and asked about their perspectives and experiences regarding colorism.
In my article, I explain the reasons why skin whitening is an established social practice in India and share the personal experience of Donna who bleached her skin for years :
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My skin is dark , I like it because it will save me from marriage 😂😂😂, I love my bachelor's life
hahahahahha same for me
Add me into this list dude😂
Congratulations for bachelor life.
Koi baat nahi Kallu bhai
Me2
I can feel the pain in her voice😢
This pain resides in every dark skinned woman in India.
@@litlife3113 and they themselves are responsible for that
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 The arduous desperation and this childish propensity to provoke highlights the intensity of damage to the psyche that is in need of deep therapy.
ga, you nuts? she is as happy as can be
Awwwwww
Colorism is deep in lndia, especially when in comes to skin bleaching.
Not just thailand, Phillipines, south korea, china literally everywhere
@Lashawnda Stephens exactly !! everybody is beautiful and people should stop bleaching their skin as it’s so harmful, it’s also especially weird bc girls have to be pale as hell but if a dude is tan there’s no problem?? and in europe and america everybody wants to be tan to look exotic and in asia and the middle east people want to be pale to look foreign. i hate beauty standards.
It's extreme in all the other asian countries too. Not just india.
As a girl myself with dark skin tone, have faced so much of colorism and had given me mental breakdown. I wish this ends asap.
It won't... Start calling white people ugly... I find that as the only solution.
It will never end its people choice you idiot Priya. They like light skin more beautiful who the fuck are you to change that
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 stfu... Who the hell r u to assume that people love light skin?? I know many people who find beauty in dark skin . It's you idiots who can't find the beauty in dark and always has a lame excuse saying its because others say lighter skin is more beautiful. I only wanted to say is that ,No need to work for making the world change. Just be the change and the world will change for you.
@Priya
Dark is beautiful. Heard of Black Beauty ?? Not all fair girls are beautiful. Quite a number of fair girls are very ugly. Color of a skin does not make a person beautiful or handsome.
I love dark black skin girls. I never like fair skin girls.
I'm dark skinned and my family asks me whether I have bathed or not right after I come out showering, they tell I look dirty..
My brother tells me that I should to be put in washing machine. No one speaks for me they think it's normal and guess what it's even funny to them!!
When I speak for myself they be like " It's just a joke stop being so sensitive. You really like creating fights out of nothing huh "
My colour is not a joke, it hurts even more when there is colourism within your family.🙂
😂😂
absolutely right
When your brain will believe that you are good enough the way you are, then no one words will matter anymore, its you and your perspective, trust me.
She's gorgeous 😍
🤣Reverse Rasism
@@danichandra839 feminist fuckers blame their ugliness for pateyarcy🤣. She is bad looking truth is truth
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 she is not , how can you say that ,for me she beautiful and chubby, don't be racist
@Aditya Pratap Mehta you accept you white washed brains 😂
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 if you wanna know is she is beautiful or not just imagine her with a lighter skin complexion..
"Darker the berry the sweeter the juice." 🍇
@ALPHA WOLF really? Not how the women look?
@ALPHA WOLF so why Jay-z cheated on beyonce?
@ALPHA WOLF wow. A cheap stripper. If that how you describe a women, a sister, a mother and a daughter, let’s stop this conversation with you.
@ALPHA WOLF 604 327 7264 what's urs
@@shakesinthehouse everyone has an opinion
She's pretty
just for Sake of Social media Yes she is beauty , Colour dont matter bla bla bla🤣🤣
@GяıṃRєѧƿєя nothing sad bro People like dark skinned actress if they are good looking simple. But ugly looking girls blame colour for their rejection
@GяıṃRєѧƿєя ugly from personal point of view
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534
pretty from Sarah's point of view.
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 ur all around the comment section defending colorism, who broke ur heart bitch boy?
It is not just men who discriminate women on color. Women also discriminate men on color.
Yes it goes both way
True. But the ratio to man and woman is different. Times are changing and people are beginning to think brown/dark skin is attractive on men ONLY because they’ve associated it with masculinity, strength etc. But brown/dark skinned women are not being uplifted the same way. They still have to deal with dark skin being considered masculine on females too vs one with lighter skin which is considered more ‘delicate’, easy-going or clean. More often you will hear dark skinned men saying they’ll never be/don’t find attractive women of their same complexion or darker than them attractive. Despite their mothers being darkskin.
@@Midnight-og3rk you know why ? Because in ancient times, Upper class men would be riding horses and going to war thus they become tanned from battle while Upper Class Women never leave their palaces and thus they remain fair Skinned.
@False Dmitry that doesn’t make sense and nor do I think this applied everywhere in the world. Anyway, this does not apply today. The reasoning and origins are different, with a lot of it stemming from colonialism.
This is pure ignorance.
We need to stop white worshipping!
Exctely i have the same skin colour she has. And im so proud of it. This woman look so beautifull.
You are shaytan brown girl.
You should be! Dark is beautiful!
@Maryam
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Dark black is beautiful. Black Beauty. No such thing as Fair Beauty. I love dark skin girls. They are beautiful.
@@channelfive7883 STFU bitch
@@channelfive7883 bish
I was bullied for being dark in school
Too bad. I'm 💔
Those who bullied you because you are dark are stupid people. Idiots, nincompoops. Dark is beautiful. Don't be downhearted. I bet those people who bullied you if they are fair are not as beautiful as you are . They bullied you out of jealousy.
@@indianskb3654 you were raised by a good Dad. I can see how you stand up for everyone in the comments. You made a Dad proud today.
@Nimal girls do talk to me, doesn't matter what skin u are if ur personality is good it doesn't really matter
@@indianskb3654 yeah I mean the guys who bullied me became better ppl so, also I've forgived them. So all is well in the end ig
Being a dark skinned girl I've been teased even by my family members and close friends (worse than being teased by outsiders). I hope that ppl understand that their skin tone is something that they got and not something that they earned out of their own efforts. So there's nothing to be proud neither to be ashamed of one's skin tone.
Girl ppl criticize for everything if not colour it's the hair.if not the hair it's the size of your body.if they dont find any flaws they criticise religion.it goes on and on.women have all this burden on the shoulders and its women that makes it harder for us.fuck everybody .you dont have to prove anything live your life be successful.
Absolutely right
Come to Nigeria and start up ur carrier
Sad to hear about your situation. But believe me,if you come to my country, which is Mauritius, and we are mostly of indian roots,you,ll see we have a complete different mindset. we don't care about skin colours at all.My ex GF, I went out with her, mostly because of her beautiful dark skin.So cheer up...dark skin is beautiful for most of us,maybe not in India.
None more beautiful than dark😍😍😍😍
Though the society is more forward in thinking sometimes, its the media such movies, daily soaps and commercials which promotes colorism. I hope content creators in cinema realise asap
they’ve realized a long time ago
The world shows white skin as beautiful yet everyday as a brown skin black woman I am admired by men of different tribes( such as Caucasian, hispanic and asian), so let's stop.
@@erinshavonne34 sad reality 🥴
India and Philippines have the same struggle with colorism.
Look at her. She is a beauty. A lot of fair girls are not as pretty as she is.
Yeah girl she is so damn gorgeous.
She’s average and overweight
@@politicallyincorrect4126 better than u
@@digbijoysaha3700 lol
@@politicallyincorrect4126 Stop being bitter -_-
It doesn't matter if she's dark or white. She keeps herself groomed and looks beautiful.
In India being fair is the best quality you can have. -.- and it's not just about beauty it's like you're better just better than the darker person, even personality wise too. It's shitty..
True. Its almost everywhere. Dark person is felt as a danger in US
self hate is a hell of a thing
In my school days ,my school teachers alsoo wr showing this racism , being good to white gals or boys ... Making them to stand front in dance group.
In India the few of the primary school teachers are still not good enf to teach morals n ethics for students - my opinion as I went through in my days , and when I recall all tht days I just feel bad and so childish about this things
Kavya m love u friends do not be insecure love from Indonesian:)
@Kavya m
Idiot, nincompoop teacher. The teacher if he or she is fair must be very ugly. Well at least ugly in the heart.
@@indianskb3654 I agree
I feel you
I’ve been through that
In my school, teachers were mostly sexist. They allowed girls to play while boys have to study. Only boys get punishment. Thank god I left that school. In college there is absolutely no discrimination
Is nobody gonna talk about her hair😍.. they look amazing and healthy..
She truly beautiful. Her skin is perfect!
In comment section everyone says this color is beautiful but I don't find anyone in real life to appreciate my type of colour.. Always I feel inferior
The people commenting aren't Indian. It was a bit of a culture shock for me when I first started making friends online with people from America and Europe. They constantly called me beautiful, even using dark-skinned as a compliment. It took me a few seconds to process that when I first heard it.
@@EagleOverTheSea this comment ❤
Taking a minute to say how beautiful she is...wow 🥰😍
I'm brown skin and I'm so proud of everyone who's literally give no knocks on people's thoughts and embrace themselves just like you are. That's authenticity and thats beautiful 😍
What! She's beautiful.
@bye girl that's your opinion not black men's.
@@om2729 Sadly there's truth to this in both cultures. m.th-cam.com/video/ppGGHdfrnlo/w-d-xo.html
When I'm in 9th grade I'm the class 2nd topper and I have a light brown skin tone and that year a transfer student came to our class she look so beautiful and fair. My english teacher always ignore all student and give focus to her while talking . And treat her like a queen and class monitor actually my friend was class monitor that year but teacher always avoid my friend and give attention to that girl.
I feel you girl😔
Ya it's happens..I noticed another thing our.. news reporters only select white skin people for react while reporting news in public.. They don't give Mike to dark skin people
@@farahlaila328 agree with you.. A dark skin guy
All indians are brown, no matter how light an indian is they will always have olive skin
@Bi Won you don’t know what you’re saying. Many Melanesians and aboriginal Australians don’t have a ‘black skin’ complexion but a brown one. Brown and black skin is no different from each other. Indians have brown and black skin complexions and so do indigenous Southeast Asians, Melanesians and aboriginal Australians.
@Bi Won Don’t get rude you idiot! There are literally documentaries here on TH-cam you can see for yourself regarding different Melanesian people. Some are BROWN skinned and some are BLACK skinned. Papuans are an example of some who are black skinned whilst most Solomon Islanders are an example of those with brown skin and looser hair textures. I lived with MANY from the Solomon Islands and I see how they can range from brown-black skin. Yes I know papuans and some other Melanesians can pass for African, but they’re NOT. They are related to Asians- southern Chinese and old south Asians moreso than Africans. They carry carry various M haplogroups found in South Asia and Australia, and East Asian haplogroups like Q, C and O from mixing with the Asians around them etc. Dna does not lie, nor does the blatant eye. You’re way too emotional to even be on this channel aimed and educating and learning. Go and twerk your way out of this comment section.
@Bi Won and Africans themselves can range in complexion. Nilo-Saharan’s such as those living in Sudan are some of the most blackest people on the face of the earth. Whilst, those in the horn are a mix of Nilo-Saharan, white berbers, southern Arabians and some have Khoisan admixture which is where they get their lighter skin and looser hair textures from. Educate yourself, dummy.
@Bi Won Europeans are all pale, pink/white or yellowish. Southern Europeans/Mediterranean populations like Italians/Armenians etc mixed with brown and back Arabs in ancient times, that’s why some of these populations have SOME melanin. It’s also proven in their haplogroups they carry such as J12-3 etc, which is found in the Middle East. Also, populations in Eastern Europe mixed with Turkic/Mongolic people due to their invasions/expansions, so that’s why some Europeans have small eyes and yellowish skin. These NorthEast Asian groups still exist in parts of the caucus, Russian, Finland etc. Search it up!! See this is why you need to search up DNA because you don’t know sh*t. You also need a history lesson. You literally know nothing😂 and I’m giving you your answers by telling you to google the DNA haplogroups/genetic composition of these populations. They have a HISTORY of either invasion, intercontinental migration, voyaging/trading which led to their admixture. This is the same in Africa, excluding the west Africa, Asia, India, the Pacific and Europe. Google is free, use it!!
@Bi Won I just wrote a long ass paragraph and my comments are getting deleted.
This is very sad. This woman is beautiful.
India never heard the word melanin before.
@Tiger Glory is product by cells that are called melanocytes and provides protection skin damage from the sun.
The melanocytes increased their production of melanin response to the sun.
@Tiger Glory just google *IT!*
@Tiger Glory i said those things cuz I'm a half nerd!
@Tiger Glory people with dark skin,tan or brown had 100 percent melanin on their skin,if the sun (mostly sunset)hits the skin,mostly the face, it'll endup having a glowy effects,
It's not because education, it's because of India history, if you don't know that you have to learn Indian history.
I'm African American and Muslim. Dark skinned myself. I have South Asian step family. This is quite common in those families. I've had these issues many of times in trying to find a wife in both the Muslim and South Asian community. I've seen it in other communities of colour, including Africans. Sooo it often feels being born dark in a curse, you have to work 3x as hard..
I am guy. From India I have observed that most fair girls don't like talking to me. I understood because I am brown , super slim , considered poor.
Good you are sore loser
I also get angry when aunties of 40s to 70s talking about dark color skin when they had diabetes thyroid bp...is it just for the sake of satisfying his son. What a great indian aunties are they running brothel houses or regular houses.thats what comes from my mouth if am angry.
India is still recovering from colonial trauma. Colorism still runs deep in our society. I had one friend who was not much fair (saanvala colour) but hated a girl who was darker than her and not wanted to be her friend because of darker colour.😑
Still? When it takes this long it's no longer a recovery but part of their culture.
@Arjun Arun you are a big idiot if you think Rasism came because of colonial people. Its been there for a long time and will be there no matter how much you pretend.
And white colour is attractive no matter what you say it is indeed. Remain under false dilema this will never end
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 But in our mythological stories both dark and fair skin were glorified.
@@RRC879 if you are indian Know that first of all Our mithology is unfair.
Castism , dividing people into categories based on profession has been all the time.
Even gods you pray supported this
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 You don't know any stories of our culture and Gods.......first go and know about them....Gita will help.
I love being a brown girl because our culture is so rich. However, the brown society not so much
You are beautiful honestly😍 sorry for being such a simp, I just got lost in your beauty
Oh you’re so absolutely gorgeous Beautiful 😻 and don’t let no 1 tell you any different, l know Darkskided India 🇮🇳 women are Beautiful, if the SUN ☀️ kisses you means you are Beautiful 😻, 😘.
@@dark_bull67 that's a filter mate
@@No-Stack-Developer 😂😂
I’m a dark skinned girl- usually the dudes ‘round here ignore me cause i ain’t fair (anywaysssss I don’t even wanna get noticed by em) but u guys.... when I went to visit my friend in the us, there were so many guys behind me and I swear I got abt ten compliments a day or something.... why can’t the people in India grow up lol
how eloquent! we need more indians like her, who can articulate their thoughts and ideas so well, to respresent our country.
The lady who was talking has the wisdom and strength to say the truth which some people find hard to talk about. I have this respect for her.
I feel a pain in her voice how her sis felt of rejection, yeah same colourism is following in india, when they are going to stop it! Every skin type going to aged over a year, why can't they just undestand it!!!
She is very pretty
I understand the culture thier and how its look down upon but she is pretty with a natural look nice skin. And I imagine how good she would look dressed up shoot i would date her
@Telive Qwenton not at all i think she is pretty and like I said before if she does herself up she would look even better
@Money-printers what do you mean by middle East looking women???
@bye girl I'm Indian man 21, I like her personality. All are not same
Yes
I have been in India and they are all beautiful!
Thanks 😊☺️
Your style of conversation is damn beautiful😍✨❤ loved a lot.. Sista colour is just an over tone of our skin.. The most important is the mind and the soul within as.. So be happy that you have already got it..
Dark beauty with talent ❤️
She is gorgeous 🥰
I am an Indian man and I despise how dark-skinned people in India, especially the girls and women get made fun of and looked down upon for their dark skin. All skin colors are equally beautiful. Dark skin is beautiful. I encourage everyone to throw away all the skin-lightening creams if they have some. I also hate how India, in general, has very colorist beauty standards, considering light skin as the standard of beauty, and dark skin as dirty. Some people in India also think that if someone has dark skin, that person must be poor. We really need to get it together and love and respect each other regardless of skin color, and appreciate the beautiful diversity of shades and hues of skin color.
She is so beautiful !! As a pale person I always thought people with more tanned skin looked better. Everyone should embrace how they are ! All skin colours are beautiful.
Thanks for sharing. What you have spoken is the unfortunate truth. Growing up as a dark skinned Indian I was always look down upon also. But it is definitely worse for females who are dark skinned than us males. My heart goes out to all our Indian sisters who have been looked down upon simply because the shade of their skin.
Having a good dressing style, good grooming and healthy body weight, good manners and finally good confidence is what all needed.
Such people are damnn attractive
I’m black American and was named after my grandmothers best friend who was an Indian woman (Vinita). It’s sad to know that even though we come from 2 very different cultures, colorism still has a strong hold on both of them
Cultures may be different but its all in the wash originating from slavery.!! When those slave ships made stops...
I'm very pale, but that wouldn't stop me from dating some pretty lady like her.
I love dark skin, it beyond beautiful. I would marry any dark skin single woman from India
She has amazing voice and appearance as well.
Toppo===}Hakai😂
That’s why I feel comfortable in America than India. I’m not even dark, but I’m darker than girls in the family. I’ve been through a lot of comments like this color won’t suit your skin tone or this won’t look good on you blah blah. It hurted me when I was in my teens and even in my childhood, teachers used to select the “cute kids” for Annual function. During parents teacher meeting, my teacher used to complain to my mother that don’t you give your daughter food to eat, she is so skinny. Things like these affected my confidence. People are very insensitive in India
Till today I am facing this situation because I am dark, I am well educated and earning good but here socity only give value for fair skin. We cont change others but we can definitely change our self. Don't listen others just accept yourself and be happy
Sister all my cousins have very pretty faces. I am the ugliest. Nobody ever appreciated me😢
@@skylarkshelley8265 hi I uploaded full body whitening drink today in my channel, which helped me increase my skin tone. Check my channel #jaylifestyleandvlogs
Girl no u don't need to lighten your skin tone. The self hate jeez-
i am fair skinned but ugly and still get rejected in the dating scene so its more your looks than the skin colour. dark skin can look good too but you need to have proper grooming
sorry but this reads like a rant and i cannot understand your reply
@@adityamodi2361 🤣🤣 confusing as hell.
@@lovelyc251 you dumb idiot
Have been a victim of my dark skin from childhood, and till date my office colleagues mock my colour at my back.
Life sucks and let me tell you I have been a topper all my life and now I have a high paying government job, m a mother of 4year old son . Still nothing has changed in my life
She is really beautiful, I would marry her immediately! Come to Germany❤️
So what about me? Are you going to leave me?
@@halkianto8813 elaborate on your comment...?
@@minam.658 Just kidding
ok
As 2nd or 3rd?
Colorism and racism India does not go back to the British. But even further to the Aryans(Iranic and Eastern European mix) bringing the Caste system into India(mostly the North-western region) over the original brown and black skinned Dravidian speaking Indians. The British only divided and already-divided society. That is why they say India was the easiest to conquer and pillage since it’s people retained the caste system. And it still exists from today.
@N l2 in America its spelt the way I wrote it.
@bye girl Idgaf, I wrote that comment so I will write it how I want. You read it how you want. And that’s what I wrote^ “they FURTHER divided”. Learn to read properly.
@bye girl 😂😂 the only troll here is you LOL fussing over a damn word. Grow up. I can smell you from the screen. Get off under my comment greaseball.
@DOJA FOX literally on the other comment you said you were part black and white. Then on another you said you weren’t African. Now you’re saying you’re Melanesian?😂😂 you’re obviously a liar and there is no need for me to continue having a conversation with someone who keeps changing everything they’re saying and clearly has identity issues lol. Go get some help.
@DOJA FOX stop replying to me. I know it’s you from another comment but you’re on another account because you can’t spell properly, you write dumb sh*t and you’re confused. I don’t need any advice from someone who doesn’t even know who they are LOL. Get lost.
What a beautiful woman.
what a very articulate person. india doesn't deserve her.
She's beautiful 😍 our family has never felt this way. Indian/black
Damn! She's a beautiful Black woman, if she came to the U.S., Black men will treat her like royalty!
She's not a "black woman" she's a dark skinned Indian woman
She is pretty I thought she was black lol but we are cousins we share that melanin
She is black. Do you mean you thought she was American black? Or British?
They are our sisters.....Jamaicans....Haitians....Indians....Are our distant relatives....More malalin...And Puerto Rican's....
Her skin color is dark brown not black
@@priyankakrishna9588 no one has black skin
@@mauricecruise5383 which idiot told you that. more than 30% indians have yellow skin
Really want to say this......
We indians refuse ourselves to be called as a racists but we are.......
She has a heart of gold and that is all that matters
Any female who feels embarrassed OR humiliated because of colours, then please talk to me. I will teach you to be PROUD of yourself and your charming colour. YOU DON'T know how many men out there who adore and admire people of colour. Especially women of dark colour.
I'm a light skinned south Indian and often get mistaken for North Indian or even American ( it's really annoying)
Why do dark Indians get so much hate when their native to india?
@@danichandra839 its just that many imdians are naturally fair or light (in north and north east ) . People prefer to look lighter in india but a fair indian women is always preferred over a fair american women..
@@danichandra839 no it's because indian history.
I can really appreciate the angst and detrimental attitudes in India regarding skin color. Colorism is an irrational social construct, a byproduct of immature and infantile fascination with skin coloration when humans were in the earliest stages of human evolution. We lacked as a species to understand that skin color was a biological adaptation to environmental necessities for human survival in different UV-intensive Climate zones we settled in as different groups migrated across the face of the Earth beginning millions of years ago.
As an Afro-American man born and raised in the Deep South of the USA, as soon as I entered 1st grade in a racially-segregated school I instinctively realized that there was this same irrational attachment to skin color, and social policies were devised to maintain a strict social order based on a color code in Jackson, Miss. in the 50's and 60's. It was strictly enforced and determined what privileges you had, and which privileges were denied, you according to your skin color. Black people I knew were so negatively impacted by the slur of having dark skin that many---men and women---felt a strong urge to try to lighten their skin. Those who tried the skin whiteners wound up with mottled complexions of uneven skin tones, and fortunately I felt no desire to do such.
Humans have always been obsessed with how another group of humans looked, and the obvious sign of difference to a heavily visually-oriented creation judges 'friend or foe' first by the appearance of the 'Other' group. Since the time of the lighter-skinned , Aryans moving into a sub-tropical zone of India and encountering the indigenous dark-skinned Dravidians decided to create a social hierarchy with skin color and one's ancestry as markers as to your position in society and what opportunities would be afforded you. It corrupted the Message of Krishna---Being a Messenger of God to humanity in that part of the world, He certainly would not have approved of the man-made social arrangements of His tome nor of the colorism that would subsume all of India.
Fortunately, Religion was renewed again most recently in 1844 and again in 1863 with the twin-Revelations of one called "The Bab", and again by one whose title is 'Baha'u'llah'. Both of the twin Manifestations have come to refute theologically and in practice the fallacies such as Caste, Colorism, Racialism---and all other negative irrational, ungodly "ism's ".
Baha'u'llah enjoins on all humans in this Day and Age to abandon the ancient and fallacious doctrines fabricated by the minds of immature humans in past epochs of an ever-evolving Human Evolution trajectory towards the awareness and implementation of the long-hidden reality of "The Oneness of Humanity".
Skin color has no correlation whatsoever with the spiritual qualities of a human being. Qualities which God gifted to ALL humans in equal measure, and also gifted to us the same intellectual potential and wiring of the brain. the soul is the essence of all humans, and skin color is only an inessential element of what it means to be humans, a biological response to the intensity of UV radiation depending on what climate zone a group of humans settled in and had their skin biology modified to protect against(or allow more absorption of) certain certain frequencies of that UV radiation. Sub-Saharan Africans required dark skin to both protect against skin cancer in high UV climate regimes and serve as protection against damage to sperm cells and to women's reproductive processes to allow for reproduction. Those Africans who migrated out of the original homeland in southeast Africa into the higher latitudes had to have their skin color lighten to allow for more UV penetration of 'friendly' UV frequencies needed for Vitamin D production in climate zones of weaker UV occurrence, since protection against skin cancer and damage to reproductive organs was not an issue.
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---Aaron, a Baha'i in Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA
Colorism is a world wide problem in just about every culture on earth.. Having dark skin is not a curse if anything with global warming literally causing extreme hot weather conditions all over the planet you should feel lucky if you naturally have some form of (protective) melanin in your skin because its gonna keep you from immediately burning up from the sun because whether we like it or not the planet is heating up FAST, and those who are extremely fair skinned are gonna have to be even more careful moving forward because fair skinned people can't withstand the sun for too long without sunscreen now as it is. If the planet keeps going at the rate its going one day some years from now your gonna see Fair skinned people lined up to get melanin shots to help protect them from the rays because the shots make your body produce the melanin that it would normally produce if it was a naturally dark skinned person, and sunscreen can only do so much hence is why you need to keep reapplying it constantly if your Fair skin out in the sun , something alot of Dark Skin people have zero experience with because they don't have to worry about immediately burning after 10 - 15 mins of direct sun light so they typically don't need to or ever slather themselves with sunscreen. Being fair skinned in the middle of climate change is more of a curse than benefit to fair skinned people, just like if the earth was getting cooler instead fair skin people would have an advantage over dark skin people because they're genetics are litterally built for colder weather where dark skinned people genetically are built for hot harsher climates. Thats why we all have different hair textures too its all for adaptation to our (natural) environments. I think its cool were all diverse I can't imagine the world where we were all the same color and had the same hair textures, like thats my biggest nightmare why wouldn't you want to embrace others so different from you? Thats the fun of life having variety in people, places and things. 😉
During me school days, in my friend circle girls were giving actress name to each other like you looks like this actress and u luk like this according to their face shape but then a girl said to me that you look like black bear😒 and she started laughing with other girls seriously i felt bad that time and first thought came in my mind that am i look like a animal 😂😂 . And after some times a boy called me a blue berry 😂 and this time they called me a fruit. Although it doesn't affect me because i know i can't do anything with my skin colour it's all related to melanin pigment.
But when it comes to realationship now this time it really effect my my ex cheated on me for a girl who is very fair although my ex was also dusky 🙄.
And in my second relation he cheated for the girl who also fair🤦🏽♀️. Some people said me to use fairness cream but i never appiled because i was aware with worst effect of this types of cream.
But now i know Boys choose fair girls because of their repotation in front of their friends and family members. So they don't feel ashame.
I feel bad for you as ur ex cheated on you. I know how it feels.
But honey, don't relate cheating with skin colour.
People also cheat even their partner is looki good& fair. That's depends upon people's mentality &. character
She's so beautiful oh my
The world is so messed up that we still have colorism.
Great video! Thank you for posting.
She isnt dark skin. She is light brown.
What a shame! I think dark skinned Indian women are the most beatuful people on the planet! 💞
Not only india this happens in sri lanka too.it happens to me most times too.our people looks like this😕🙁☹at dark skinned females
She damm beautiful ❤️
Ghanta
Yep she is beautiful.
More beautiful than a lot of fair girls.
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 can you stop being racist?
@@user-tw3zp5ls8k you are rasist who blams people for their opinion
She's a beautiful Black Queen
*brown Indian* NOT black
@adlinkujur2382
She has more afAfrican blood in than you can imagine
@@-pt-hv-1307 no
What's so sad about the people in India is that most relatives who look light brown and dark brown and the relatives think it's okay to criticize them of having brown skin that's not but what they don't realize is that they were genetically mixed with Africans but then when Europe came to India they colonized it and telling them to lighten or whiten their skin to make them look like the white woman if somebody just rather do that watching the other relatives of having chocolate skin it is and sad
My skin is dark, I have never wished to have any other color on me.
people realized melanin is powerful, if she knew what she had she will stay in the sun more and POWER UP!
May God take her to the highest life form she can experience for being humbled! THE BLACK GENE OF HER PARENTS EXIST!
No way you think this girl with her long silky straight hair and pretty facial features is anywhere related to " Blacks" 😂😂 stop being delusional, not everyone who's slightly darker is automatically black 😂
She's just a dark skinned Indian woman
1st of all I can feel her to the extent that i am crying . Second of all , she is so so pretty with such beautiful features . 3rd of all i dont think it wud be wrong to slap those who promote colourism , endorse white skin and everything ! Slap them and storm offf coz thats what is needed the most. Lets just convimce ourselves to keep our morals snd ethics aside and set these goons right!
@Kevin Jackson you need to educate yourself. You are a threat to humanity. U are no dffrnt than those people who are spreading these things and get one thing clear haha who the hell wants it? Who is jealous? The fault is with you , u people hurt someone and then put the blame on the person for being hurt..i mean we hurt you..will deprive u of all opportunities..make ur life as miserable as possible..give you all sorts of bullshits to bear..and its your problem if you get hurt ..its ur problem if thats causing u pain.
@@prateeksha5387 whats wrong if people want lighter tone. You are jelious because you are dark skinned lol.
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 i want god to bless you with some maturity and sincerity which you dont even know what is. Who is jealous and envious is clearly shown in your comment..besides you also showed who you are . Having a desire of a fair skin is a personal choice..but kids like you are tooo puny tk realise that no one in the world wants to change themselves for the sake of others..its only because they have been fed so much shit about their skin tone..looks. who the hell are you even to endorse and perpetuate fhe idea of being fair ..who the hell gave you this right to even call fair skin tone better than the dark one. Also..who the hell told you skin colour dodo😂 . Grow up bitch..come out of your fantasy world. Stop accusing me of being jealous..somethung u have no proof of.
@@underratedbollywoodactors6534 to make it clear for you just for the sake of your choti tatti soch ..one isnt necessarily needs to be dark skinned if he wants to be fightinh against goons like you. My skin is 10 times fairer than you 😂 and i have no pride in it..i dont fuck around like dickheads like you to get fairrr skin i consider it not a blessing but a creatiom of nature..jusg like everyone other creation. Bitch.
@@prateeksha5387 prateeksha chutya
I have been compared to my elder sister so many times by neighbours, relatives and friends just because of my skin tone. My skin tone is darker than her. Whenever they used to see us together they are like, How come your elder sister is so beautiful and fair but you are not! Are you real sisters??
So bad ...this should not be done at all , by the way u know my mother's name is also anindita but we r not bengalis we r odiyas , nd i think u r bengali ..😊😊
@@nivedita6337 yes, you are right. I am bengali.
your skin is dark? No way!!! You are beauty and nicely tanned. I am darker than you. Never lose confidence ☺️
I am fully black of Jamaican descent. And my hair is Absolutely gorgeous .Everywhere I go people of all races admire my hair, both male and female, even Indians both male and female admire my hair, which is unusual because they are known for their beautiful hair. This is because my hair is extremely strong, extremely thick, coarse, curly, glossy and shiny to the point that most people think that I am wearing a wig. I have never worn a weave in my life. I inherited my hair from my father who was very dark and handsome. I am extremely proud of my unique hair texture and wouldn’t change it for anything in the world. ❤️😃
There is a dark model Indian lady who starred in the Crown series or Bridgerton...but she is dark and gorgeous. so...
She was in Bridgerton, not The Crown. She was also in the live action adaptation of Disney's Little Mermaid. She played one of Ariel's sisters. In the film, all of the sisters were of different ethnicities. The actress/ ethnicity was based on the sea/ ocean which they "guarded"/ were in charge of.
But yeah, the actress (Simone Ashley) is gorgeous.
I'm fair but I don't wanna marry a guy who will choose me based on my skin color
My gosh, she is beautiful❤️😍
Man Indian from India are big on skin color. Had a friend who was male getting an arrange marriage from Indian. He had many different suiter. One was a very beautiful dark skin girl. He turn her down because she was dark. I told him you guys are the same complexion. Turn her down and away. Got married to a lightly lighter girl than she is. In the end the girl used him for her paper and cheated on him.
I like what happened to him
my mother watches indian series and it shockes me that almost all of the main characters have fair skin. by that i mean 10 shades lighter than an averege indian person. meanwhile the walk-on characters on the background/street have really dark skin color as representing the" lower class" such as street dealer or a beggar . even us not knowing anything about colorism in india can spot this right away. who is responsible for this? indian public? i don't think so. people leading the media and setting unjustifiable beauty standards in indian society to fit in the western world...
Majority of Indian actors, models etc are from Northwestern Indians(Punjabi, Haryanvi, Kashmiri, Dogri, Himachali, Uttrakhandi, Sindhi) . Northwestern Indians are most good looking in whole India
don't watch Indian series. They are garbage anyway compared to American/western stuff. Coming from a south Asian woman ;)
Dark is beautiful!
.-I just want to say that whether you're a male or female
-You should love your skin tone no matter what
-You don't need to be Pale for being beautiful
-Change your thinking!
-Change the world!
-Start from yourself don't wait for world to change!
-In UK and US people hate their -pale skin they wan TAN dark skin
That we Indians usually have
-Love your dark or dusky skin tone
-Am not saying being pale is not pretty
-Am just saying that being PALE only
Doesn't means being beautiful ❤️
-Every Skin colour is beautiful and unique in its own way
-Stop wasting your money on skin whitening or tanning rather than that spend it on helping someone!
-There are many around us we just need to take 1 step!
And
Please
-Love Yourself
-Because if you won't no one else can love you either
-Be confident in Your beautiful skin colour that God and Your parents have given you
-IGNORE dumbshit of illiterate psychotic haters
They'll bark forever don't waste your time to satisfy them
-Don't be A FOOL!
Love yourself Unconditionally
Love XO😊❤️💛❤️💛❤️
I am a Malayalee but not from India. I just verified with my cousin living in Kerala who stated that the Muslims in the northernmost portion of Kerala (Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikode) have a distinct white skin color complexion. Their skin complexion is obviously whiter than the average Hindu of the region. The Muslims in Malappuram have a darker skin tone. He said the reason for this is the attack by Tipu Sultan who wiped out the Brahmin and Kshtriya men of Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikode and took all their wives and married them. One soldier can marry four women. But the Malappuram Muslim became Muslims because of the 1921 Mappila Riots where Hindus of all castes were forcibly converted to Muslim, therefore their skin tone is much darker on average.
Caste system is a labor division and there was originally no upper or lower. All had totally equal rights but different professions. They are like an orchestra playing beautiful music. They can interact with each other and be very friendly with each other. But the drum player cannot suddenly state he wants to play the flute which he did not practice all his life. I was sitting in a Bhajan one day when a Malayalee Kshatriya kid sitting next to me was making a ruckus. I hit his legs. He simply replied, “no pain.” I hit him harder and he again replied, “no pain.” Then I hit his leg as hard as I could, he again replied, “no pain.” I have three kids and know that the kid's pain tolerance is far higher than my three children. So, it will be alright if such people end up in the military or the police.
The discrimination of the Kshatriyas and Brahmins towards the Vaishyas and Shudras started 2500 years ago which led to the starting of Buddhism and Jainism. I get my information from Sai Baba whom I have been following for 43 years. Color of skin of Vaishyas and Shudras were obviously darker since for millions of years they were toiling in the sun. Comparatively Brahmins were in dark jungles or doing their meditation under sheds for millions of years. Similarly, the Kshatriyas were in their sheds more than Shudras and Vaishyas. I do not believe the Western idea that humans were only around for thousands of years. The skin color of the Kshatriyas and Brahmins has nothing to do with the coming in by Europeans in NW India to become Brahmins and Kshatriyas. Latest genetic studies have proven that Indians are more closely related to each other than to any people outside India. It was Indians who moved out to become Europeans and Chinese and all races except Africans whom Indians originated from. This is why Sanskrit is the base language of most languages on earth. In Malaysia we speak Malay and 80% of Malay is Sanskrit. A statue of Ganesa which has been dated to more than 1200 years is in the local museum in my city. It was found near the Santubong mountain near my home city.
There was a previous instance when the ego of the Kshatriyas caused them to discriminate against the Vaishyas and Shudras and God had to come down as Parashurama to wipe out 21 generations of Kshatriyas. Similarly, about 21 generations of Kshatriyas and Brahmins were wiped out by the Muslim hordes during their invasion of India. I am sure the N. Indian Brahmins are from other castes who just occupied the empty spots in the temples and armies because the Kshatriyas and Brahmins were killed off. It is a bit more clear in Telangana and Andra history where the Reddy, Naidu etc are actually Shudras and they acknowledge it because the original Kshatriyas were wiped out by the Muslims. Therefore, I believe India is a holy land and God let the Muslim and later Christian hordes attack India to solve the caste discrimination problem. So, we cannot be angry at the Muslims, they were just doing God’s work like Parashurama even though they did not know it.
I read online the letter Tipu Sultan sent to his generals which states that all Brahmins have to be killed after being badly tortured and all Kshatriyas men who did not die must go through a ceremony where they have to be converted to Islam and there is a beef eating ceremony after that. In Malaysia I can see that the N. Indian Brahmins are far weaker in their academic achievements compared to Tamil Brahmins. Also, many of our Gods like Krishna, Rama and Shiva had totally black skin. I had a vision of Krishna, he was about twice my height and was totally black in skin color.
Top gurus state that if you study the background of the 1000 greatest sages of Hinduism, most were Shudras. It is simple, the rich tend to not put in sufficient effort to achieve greatness. Examples are Valmiki who wrote the Ramayana, Vyasa who wrote the Mahabharata, Narada and many others. Even the Pandavas originated in the Shudra caste if you go far back in their history. I am a Professor in electrical engineering but spend most of my life in industry. I discovered the very top student I had in my life after marking the exam papers of a class of about 110 students. I contacted him to send his photo so I can forward it to the rest of the class and ask them to follow this person. But he said he needed to go to a photo studio etc. I thought it would take seconds to send his photo. I later found out he was so poor he did not have any furniture in his home. I also later found out that was his last semester and he got straight A’s for all his four years of electrical engineering degree.
The caste discrimination was brought to the fore just before the last elections. The two major parties running to win were the BJP and the Congress. The congress did not have much to prove they ever did so they brought up the division in India and using this they successfully took a lot of votes from the BJP. But the BJP still won overall. Kerala, where my parents came from, is the best in solving this caste discrimination issue. The British favored the Brahmins since they are small in number and can be used as an extension of themselves. So, when the British left in 1947, the Brahmins were occupying almost all official positions and owned most of the land. It was a Brahmin named Namboodiripad who was disgusted by the way Brahmins were simply given everything and thus making his family and relatives lazy. He simply took over all the landlords’ (feudal leaders) land and gave it to the farmers, stating that is the Communist way (he was from the Communist party). Thereby immediately relieving the feudal leaders’ of all their wealth. Today Kerala has the most egalitarian society among states in India. It already has among the highest GDP per capita. But Communism’s other illogical ways have stopped industries and factories from setting up in Kerala but they did not stop IT so I believe Kerala will be among the top in IT in the near future. I believe the Communist did their job and it is time for them to leave Kerala.
About the discrimination against black skin, I am sure it was brought into Indian culture from the Muslim and Christian conquerors of India. Marco Polo’s description of the India he saw in 1288 in a region which was not conquered by Muslims was that females tried to make their skin darker by putting beauty products on themselves. And no male or female covered their chest. All had a small piece of fabric covering their genitals.
Beauty lies in the eye of beloved...
I love all people..The actual beauty is from the inside and not from the outside. You are confident and good luck with the future. Have good health and be blessed.
This girl is so well spoken. Respect to her!
And she disassociated casteism with this colorism correctly.
Vyshya is upper caste and most of them have darker complexions.
Some people just keep playing victim in all possible ways.
This girl knows what she says. Cheers girl👍
South Indians are mostly dark but beautiful and quite attractive. We must stop complaining about these issues, & give a solution. This is going on for so so long. If you are dark skinned then try to look sexy. Dress sexy. I guarantee you the white girl standing next to you will not get any attention. An oily shinning looking dark skin looks very sexy. Its all about making yourself look attractive irrespective of skin colour. Presentation is everything. Humans or gift wraps.
Its not about dressing sexy, its about being confident in your skin. If someone is confident about how they look then anyone can look beautiful.
South Indians are dark and beautiful my friend . Not dark but beautiful..
Dark skin women need to work to make dark skin look great like it once did. Dark skin can be flawless, even toned, smooth, shiney, beautiful chocolate shade to milk chocolate shade. There is no reason why dark skin can't look great. I've seen African women with the darkest skin that look so beautiful. They take care of their skin. All dark skin women need self confidence to believe their dark skin look beautiful. If there is a of lack self confidence then this affects the personality. A confident personality is about seventy five percent beauty and the rest is astethic. Dark skin women need specific entertainment and fashion magazines dedicated to the dark skin women's beauty because this has been missing for many years and all people have to content with is light skin women's nonsense being shove into their subconscious. It's not a mind boggling thing why dark skinned women with dark hair always gets the sidekick roles. That needs to change. How many light skin women with blonde hair gets the sidekick roles. Next to none. Even when light skin blonde hair women gets the sidekick roles, it's not as intense or unpleasant as the ones the dark skin dark haired women gets. The light skin blonde haired women sidekick roles are produced in such a way to not make the light skin blonde haired women's image look on par with and neither below the dark skin women's subordinate image which is how they are presented in nearly all entertainments across the world. Dark skin women have a lot of work ahead of them. May God bless and help them. Let's hope this problem dark skin women face brings them all closer in dark skin sisterly love and humility amongst themselves. And also they can once and for all stop being catty towards each other and celebrate their fellow dark skin sistas beauty, and when things are looking up for their fellow dark skin sistas.
They ruled for millions of years! 🤴🏽 🤴🏾 🤴🏿 👸🏽 👸🏾 they will be alright.
We really have to do better in how we think about everyday normal things...its so deep rooted
It's hard even when you know your skin is a part of you and you are beautiful and people constantly tell you you will never be beautiful if you aren't fair. It's hard.
I'm dark skin but... it's ok i don't have problem but...... i don't know why society care ?????
If you know your history: you wont.
She is beautiful ❤️😊
She's so pretty!!!!!!
Yep, very pretty, beautiful. More beautiful than many fair girls.
@@indianskb3654 lawdye ka beautiful🤣