Discussion - Color Discrimination - Page 3

Originally posted by: joeheranwala

This is the one thing about us Indians that I detest. Not only do we have to overcome the so-called racial prejudices from non-Indians, whether it be direct or indirect, we also have to overcome it from within our own communities. This isn't a new issue though is it? We talk about about the richness of our culture and how proud we are to be Indian or of Indian origin (directed at us pardesi lok). Yet our so called culture was founded on the basis that light skin is better than dark skin. How ironic is it then when we face racism from non-Indians, whether it be from white europeans, blacks, etc. (Face it, we've all been there) and pull the race card out and cry racist, when it is inherent within our own people.
Anyone care to comment?

It isn't just the indian community that experiences the above. You would probably be amazed to know that in the black community this is a major problem.

We all know the end results of slavery, where the masters mated with the female slaves to reproduce children who would be added to his property of slaves or sold to other plantations. The result of this mix produced mullatoes (blacks with very fair complexion and long hair as compared to the native Africans). These slaves of fairer complexion were used as houseslaves and received better treatment than their darker countertparts. Although all were slaves, the house slaves belittled the field slaves and even when slavery was abolished, the attitudes and prejudices continued to this day. Blacks of fairer complexion look down on those of darker complexions expecially if the fairer ones are more well off economically..

In Jamaica today, the problem is not as bad as it used to be, because it is not strange to find in a nuclear family a complexion mix among the siblings. You will find the mother - varying shades of dark and the father very fair or vice versa and the children come with a combination of the mix or either dark or fair. So I think to a great extent we have moved past this problem at home, but it stares us in the face when we go abroad.

What i find most strange is that whenever this colour issue is brought across, it is most of the time directed to the girls. I mean why are ads soo biased in the sense they show how Girls lag behind if they dun hv fairer skin? and wht abt the guys? are they just exceptional?

Everyone says that there shudnt be any discrimination coz what matters is inner beauty. WHich is true. But at times, why do we bring in examples of female personalities like Rani or Kajol?
I mean in India this colour discrimination issue has become rather interelated with gender discrimination. Are girls only meant to be fair and sweet little things? In India, the idea of a perfect woman is soooo narrow? That's really shameful.

Originally posted by: glamourous

What i find most strange is that whenever this colour issue is brought across, it is most of the time directed to the girls. I mean why are ads soo biased in the sense they show how Girls lag behind if they dun hv fairer skin? and wht abt the guys? are they just exceptional?

Everyone says that there shudnt be any discrimination coz what matters is inner beauty. WHich is true. But at times, why do we bring in examples of female personalities like Rani or Kajol?
I mean in India this colour discrimination issue has become rather interelated with gender discrimination. Are girls only meant to be fair and sweet little things? In India, the idea of a perfect woman is soooo narrow? That's really shameful.

you're so right!!! i've seen it in real life too. it doesnt matter if indian guys are dark but matters when indian girls are dark! I HATE THIS PART OF OUR CULTURE! i've seen fair/beautiful women marry dark indian men so many times but never a fair indian man marry a dark indian woman. SUCH DOUBLE STANDARDS! besides even if a girl is dark she may have more beautiful features than a girl who's fair skinned (saloni and shubra)

all kinds of descriminations make up humans....skin is not the only factor here...if u r fat, ppl will ask u why u r fat...if u r skinny, ppl will ask u why u r skinny...if u r short ppl will ask u why u r short...the list goes on...if u r pretty, u have a bad character...if u r ugly, u r good for nothing....society is a weird place...n we r its complex characters.

Originally posted by: Kadwiphool

you're so right!!! i've seen it in real life too. it doesnt matter if indian guys are dark but matters when indian girls are dark! I HATE THIS PART OF OUR CULTURE! i've seen fair/beautiful women marry dark indian men so many times but never a fair indian man marry a dark indian woman. SUCH DOUBLE STANDARDS! besides even if a girl is dark she may have more beautiful features than a girl who's fair skinned (saloni and shubra)

Hey thanks for agreeing with me 😊 !

Doesn matter
4 my its in your soul
and not your body

Originally posted by: Miss.Netherland

Doesn matter
4 my its in your soul
and not your body

if only some guys were able to see that IN REAL LIFE! 😡😭

i agree completely with both of you

Kadwiphool wrote:
glamourous wrote:
What i find most strange is that whenever this colour issue is brought across, it is most of the time directed to the girls. I mean why are ads soo biased in the sense they show how Girls lag behind if they dun hv fairer skin? and wht abt the guys? are they just exceptional?

Everyone says that there shudnt be any discrimination coz what matters is inner beauty. WHich is true. But at times, why do we bring in examples of female personalities like Rani or Kajol?
I mean in India this colour discrimination issue has become rather interelated with gender discrimination. Are girls only meant to be fair and sweet little things? In India, the idea of a perfect woman is soooo narrow? That's really shameful.




you're so right!!! i've seen it in real life too. it doesnt matter if indian guys are dark but matters when indian girls are dark! I HATE THIS PART OF OUR CULTURE! i've seen fair/beautiful women marry dark indian men so many times but never a fair indian man marry a dark indian woman. SUCH DOUBLE STANDARDS! besides even if a girl is dark she may have more beautiful features than a girl who's fair skinned (saloni and shubra)

i fail to understand why this color discrimination and gender bias. and i have seen it everywhere..from india to here in USA..from educated people to illiterate ones..and its even more disheartening to see that not only men, but even women will aggrieve another dark skinned woman for her color

In my opinion no one is happy with their color except for Africans because despite trying their color is way too dark to change. I m saying this because even white people with fair skin are not happy they actually go out in the sun to get tanned and in America there are many tanning lotions and salons just as there are fairness creams in india. So i dont think there is a real discrimination against color it's just that ppl are not happy with what they have got.

In my opinion no one is happy with their color except for Africans because despite trying their color is way too dark to change. I m saying this because even white people with fair skin are not happy they actually go out in the sun to get tanned and in America there are many tanning lotions and salons just as there are fairness creams in india. So i dont think there is a real discrimination against color it's just that ppl are not happy with what they have got. 😕