Sure but many people do like white people a lot for their skin and as India has history of being colonized by the British, it's just strange to put them on a pedestal like that.Originally posted by: HearMeRoar
Love of white skin in the subcontinent predates the Brits. Ancient texts may have dark-skinned heroes, but they're usually shown as exception rather than rule. Rig Veda actually has a section where Indra gloats about defeating dark-skinned Krishna and driving away the dark hordes of Asuras.
It's convenient to blame everything on the evil colonizer (and they WERE evil) but not so comfortable to look your own prejudices in the eye.
On topic, how does that make the Khans in any way, shape, or form foreigners? If Kangana is claiming their Afghan ancestry does that, she might perhaps want to take a look at maps of ancient kingdoms. Afghanistan area was considered very much a part of the subcontinent. If some of them migrated southeast and made current India their home, they're very much Indian.
I can understand her peeve against acceptance of Amy Jackson/Katrina types since they are clearly here for the work and justifiably consider themselves Brit. Each has a valid visa, I presume. Kangana's peeve is therefore with the public as far as the ladies are concerned.
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