Why this obsession with being gora!?!?!?

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@ShellJA

Dazzler

Posted: 12 years ago

#11

Originally posted by: mithilalovesksg
this is seriously very big issue being kali and gori. i just dont understand sometime we behave such modern and civilised people bt something never change colour issue cast issue . and there is believe also if u are black u cant get married easily and same thing goes if u are fat seriously black and fat people can also be beutuful people should just focus on inner beuty more that outher beuty then better . i am liking the show not only because of ksg that is the reasoon for sure bt they are highlighting too many things. colour issue, son and daughter whose father get married again, girls having modern views and wearing jeans doesnt means they are wrong and dont know tehzeeb and all that. hope indian people come out with all this sooner.

The show is great...didn't know ksg before and thought he was another beef cake but an floored by his talent. 😆

What bothers me on the show is that it is acceptable by the family that insulting the girl and her family is okay. No one is thinking that if they are like this now then what happens later after the marriage when the girls is completely under their control?

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@ShellJA

Dazzler

Posted: 12 years ago

#12

Originally posted by: rusha4003
Nice post Shelly ...

The ingrained bias against darker skin tone runs very deep in our society

I cant see any end to this, if anything the stress on fairness is increasing day by day ... what with tens of new fairness products being marketed every year ! And I was thinking that with education and exposure, people will realise how silly this obsession about skin color is !! 😔

Unfortunately ... cant see how this will stop ...

In fact I have a great grouse against stars advertising for fairness creams ... The dark skinned ppl already reeling under color bias end up with a complex. And I cant stand the ads which show ppl achieving something just becos they used a fairness cream ...

Hi Usha. ...wonderful to see you here. Hope you are okay.

The entertainment industry seems to be the worse when it comes to perpetuating this problem. All the people in front of the camera are so anemic that there is no colour on their skin. When they r dark they put too much makeup on them to make them seem lighter. As @desigirl gives an example above.

There is one show currently on TV (something about sisters relationship) one of the girls is slightly darker and the foundation they use is so wrong for her that in this day of HD tv instead of looking fair she looks grey. What a terrible thing to do to a beautiful girl in the name of acceptability.

I guess the only thing we can do is that we don't ourselves buy into this and not use the lightening creams and ensure our children have the self esteem to accept themselves as they are and consider themselves the most beautiful girls in the world.

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brainychild92

@brainychild92

Sparkler

+ 2

Posted: 12 years ago

#13

Originally posted by: Shell16

That is crazy.

i know right! i mean, my aunt still loves me and pampers me even tho i'm not that fair but just the fact that she asked kinda irritates me

and oh trust me, when that happened to my cousin when she was that small, ooo my blood boiled and i was ready to clobber the one who gifted her that but she and her mom stopped me😡

i know society is changing .. i just wish the result was faster! lol

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Riyu

@Devil.Gal

Achiever

+ 4

Posted: 12 years ago

#14

my colour is fair people ask me why i am so fair? i was like if we r fair then prob if not then prob allah mia whats wrong with people 😆saves usgora kaala all are equal😊

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naj7

@naj7

Voyager

Posted: 12 years ago

#15

oh how i hate that line .. a baby wud b born and the first question ppl wud ask is "is the baby fair? Is the baby fat?" .. arrgh i just hate those 2 questions.

and trust me its not only the old ppl but even young ppl as young as 20ys ask this absurd question.

Not Is the baby healthy or is the mother ok.. na na na .. They just need to know fair and fat ...

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-Fizzi-

@-Fizzi-

Dazzler

+ 6

Posted: 12 years ago

#16

I'm dusky skinned but my sister is flawless white. I've been through the whole taunting thing, it still happens with me actually!

But now don't give a flying f**k anymore. I am happy and grateful to God the way I am :)

Btw...nice post! Its nice to see you here <3

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iqbalslover

@iqbalslover

Sparkler

+ 2

Posted: 12 years ago

#17

i sooo damn agree with u, i still dont get why people cant consider darker people as beautiful people..

and i dont think people will ever change.

i personally dont feel attract to fairer boys, i think brown people are damn good looking

Edited by iqbalslover - 12 years ago

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sitamma

@sitamma

Rocker

Posted: 12 years ago

#18

unfortunately this obsession with color is very much there in our Indian society. Even educated people make this discrimination. My sister is an engineer with a well paid job in a very good company.When proposals came for her marriage,we were shocked to find that so many of the boys were hesitant as she is dark.We couldn't believe it.My sister was so depressed.And she for that matter is so good looking with such good features,except for her complexion. What to do? Such a pathetic state of affairs.

It is the inner beauty that counts...when will people realize this?

Edited by sitamma - 12 years ago

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Bhuvana shree

@bhuvana90

Explorer

Posted: 12 years ago

#19

Originally posted by: Desigirl144
😆
So I guess the British left too much of themselves back in India. 😆

Good lord, the auntie really took milk seriously...😆

i agree with you totally...

and the Above phrases, i would say very well written.👏

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hajra

@hajmaz

Navigator

Posted: 12 years ago

#20

my elders tell me soorat na dekho seerat dekhon (dont look at the person features look at wats in side their hearts) my cuzin is dark but she got married i dont understand these people. as of the lady who keeps taunting nikhat is so fat and dark her self i think nikhat has a nice colour.

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