I agree with the subcontinental movie part, it is the eternal desi love for “fair” skin 😵 But in the US, the percption for desi skin color is the opposite
They love white skin. The appreciation for Brown skin is either to show that they're woke, or they just find it "exotic".
That’s because most South asians living in the US are darker skinned, so you cannot blame them for that. Most people here don’t even know that we desis come in a spectrum of colors and our skin colors doesn’t make us more or less of a desi.
I can’t tell you how many times I have been mistaken as hispanic, arabic, iranian, etc...just because my skin color apparently is “too light” to be “Indian”.
Oh damn same. Its because of ancestry and genetics tbh. Many Indians with lighter skin can pass off for the ones you mentioned because there's some history and common genes (except for Hispanics) in those belts...I don't like the term Indo-Aryan but that's what they'd call us.
On the other hand you'll even find certain Europeans who could easily be Indian with black hair and eyes and olive skin. I had honestly mistaken a class mate of mine at Uni as Indian but she was Greek!
That’s because most South asians living in the US are darker skinned, so you cannot blame them for that. Most people here don’t even know that we desis come in a spectrum of colors and our skin colors doesn’t make us more or less of a desi.
I can’t tell you how many times I have been mistaken as hispanic, arabic, iranian, etc...just because my skin color apparently is “too light” to be “Indian”.
That’s cos their imagination of Indians is based on movies like Slumdog millionaire
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