How Bad is Skin Tone Discrimination in India? #shorts

In India, people's skin tone is often linked to social status and beauty standards. We wanted to shed light on this issue, so we asked Indians if they have ever faced discrimination because of their skin tone. Subscribe for more authentic insights from Asia!

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[Jeyserhatesyou]

Adults bullying children is beyond disgusting

[sewgeekdesigns]

Dudes like we’re supposed to be dark lol he was speaking facts

[Themedico]

Let's be real colourism is more harsh for women in India

[caratheblife]

this is not just India's problem... it's in 80% Asian countries...

[shinyki]

There is no reason for an adult to bully a child, especially about their appearance. I hope that teacher is no longer teaching kids

[alissadoley]

When I was young, I heard the phrase "you are so cute. If you were fairer you would have been perfect.". Whether it be complete strangers or relatives. I heard it frequently. But as I grew older and actually took care of my skin ( sunscreen was the biggest change as well as less direct exposure to the sun), my skintone got a little lighter (never bleached) and everyone complemented me and asked me if I bleached my skin. And then they focused on my weight because they couldn't critisize my skin any longer.
Moral- People are going to find any reason to dish out back handed compliments and critisize you. Jealous people will always focus on making you feel negative.

[seaglass]

Imagine a teacher bullying a child for her skin tone! 😤 Just appalling!

[smrutidash]

Being brown in a brown family was considered ugly.. it still is

[amyosullivan]

As an Irish person (who are notorious for being extremely pale) it's interesting to me that for us, we are always pressured to tan to have a deeper skin tone, and Indian people often want paler skin and sometimes bleach their skin.. i think people just often want what they don't have and maybe just embracing yourself is the better option:( and tbh coming from experience having pale skin really isn't all its made out to be. in reality we usually burn VERY easily in the sun and walk around looking like a tomato after even 30 minutes outside lol

[krsnasakhi]

When I was little like 5 year old, I had told my dad that I wanted to be a performer who appears on television. He said, I still remember the words clearly, "One Bipasha Basu is enough. You don't have to become the next dark skinned girl who makes movies. Who will watch your dark skin and body on TV?" My dad has a thing for fair complexion. He always expresses that when I was born, I was fair but with time, I got tan. He also prefers company of fair skinned people.
My dad is dark himself. I don't know how he developed this mindset that his own children are not beautiful. When my brother was obese, Dad would never take him anywhere with himself. But today, my brother has become one of the best looking men of my family. Now, Dad wants him to join him for public functions. But my introvert brother just refuses to let go of his self time.
Coming back to me, Dad still criticizes my looks. I am 23 and have a baby face. When I had bangs, he said "you look ugly, ugly as a monkey. Never get bangs again." When I had a french bob, he said "you look funny. But ugly." I have lost some weight due to work stress. He always points that out. One time when he tried to call me ugly, I said- " You are right, do you know why am I ugly? Because I have got your face. I am your carbon copy. Had I gotten mum's face, I, too, would have been good looking as my brother." That made him shut up.
Love my mum for always calling me her most beautiful girl. She says that I am the prettiest girl she has ever seen. I should not be ashamed or unconfident.
I have also given up on fair skin. I know nothing is gonna change my complexion and this is the color I would take to grave. So why not love it. Let me tell you, good skincare would make your dusky skin glow. My mum says when dusky skin glows it looks like gold.

[Yt-lemu]

It's Indian girls who face the brunt of being dark in India. No matter a boy is black or brown or fair he always wants a fair girl to show off.

[ella.canna]

Colorism is so ridiculous, it's literally a shade of skin, why would it say anything about the person. It's literally skin.

[Lovely-dlcw]

This fair skin syndrome should stop in India. Its high time.

[rahul-]

Bodyshaming is a joke in India. They'll make you feel bad and then they'll say it's a joke. Teachers, Family members, etc they will call you owl or glasses, they'll call you old man and worst thing is that you can't talk back.

[rejoicemultimediaimages]

This is sad to watch, but it's true. As a Korean when I was little, I witnessed that my sister was treated better to my father since she had lighter skin, which considered prettier. It broke my heart that I was not loved by my skin tone even though mine wasn't considered dark among Korean girls back then. So I guess that my dad had sort of racism. 😢

[gwapooooko]

As a Southeast Asian, I agree with the 2nd girl. I often observed that mostly women with fairer skin were treated differently.

[dumbness]

As a naturally fair skin toned person who gets sun tanner extremely easily, the difference in how people treat you when you are fairer and darker is

[princessbluelight]

Indians just have the nicest accents man. Its so cute😁

[Star]

When I was in Class Six, one day i sat on first bench, I usually used to sit on 2 nd or 3rd, so when my teacher took notice of that she made me sit the 5th row, at the start I didn't know why she did this, but one day I said no ma'am, I will not sit at the back because my eye sight is quite weak and I can't see properly what's written on the board, then she replied back and said prettier people should be sitting in the first row and on that moment, I started crying, I told my parents, they complained to the head, and they suspended her✨

[Taeyangsmissingjacket]

I was a college student when I volunteered at a govt school along with my classmates. These were middle-high schoolers. One of the darker skinned girls was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said looked at my fair skinned classmate and said “I want to be as fair as her”. Others started laughing like it’s a joke but that statement just broke my heart.