Not-so-fair deal: Actors who refused moolah to fight racism

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Posted: 11 years ago

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IAmLuvBolly

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Posted: 11 years ago

Yes good for the ones who said no. And I love Randeep Hooda's response the best.

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TheekThaak

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Posted: 11 years ago

Sushant doesn't endorse any fairness cream.

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Scorpio_Velvet

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: .krackjack.
Sushant doesn't endorse any fairness cream.

He endorses Garnier. Dunno fairness cream or not.

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rogerrocks

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Posted: 11 years ago

"It's a colonial hangover to be fair. India, as a country, has an obsession with fairness, whereas the entire world is lying under the sun and getting a tan. I think men should be tall, dark and handsome and not tall, fair and handsome."

Isn't this some sort of inverse( or rather reverse) racism? 😆 Whats with his statement that ' men should not be tall, fair & handsome'? So what are the fair ones supposed to do? 😆

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Bigg Boss 8 contestant Upen Patel, too, has refused to endorse a fairness cream. Talking to Debasmita Ghosh (Hindustan Times), Upen said, "This fair skin obsession has to be discouraged. It's so regressive to put a value, negative or positive, to skin colour. Things like these are actually seeds of racism and they only promote low self-esteem. I believe in loving yourself just the way you are; dark, dusky or wheatish - you're perfect. "

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oh upen patel ...stop tonting!!!

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WittyFlair

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Posted: 11 years ago

Wait, "superstar" Upen has more common sense than Hrithik? I never thought I'd see the day 😆

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IAmLuvBolly

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: rogerrocks
"It's a colonial hangover to be fair. India, as a country, has an obsession with fairness, whereas the entire world is lying under the sun and getting a tan. I think men should be tall, dark and handsome and not tall, fair and handsome."

Isn't this some sort of inverse( or rather reverse) racism? 😆 Whats with his statement that ' men should not be tall, fair & handsome'? So what are the fair ones supposed to do? 😆

Yes you do make a very good point. Though I suspect that he was using that expression more to make a point that dark men are desirable too, at least I hope so. But I did love his acknowledgment that it's a colonial hangover to be fair, which even within Europe's ancient cultures was a sign of snobbery and bigotayr to say the least. If you were fair it meant you were rich and didn't need to go outside and do any labor work in he sun.

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Originally posted by: Scorpio_Velvet

He endorses Garnier. Dunno fairness cream or not.

His was an anti-pimple face-wash or cream. But lately they show one ad where he's applying fairness face wash. It's a very short ad and probably made from some extra scenes of his previous ad.. but, yeah, technically, he did a fairness face wash ad.