Why India's Fair Skin Business Is Booming
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- India is home to Bollywood, the world's most prolific movie industry. For those who dream of stardom, landing a leading role may depend on the color of your skin. India's preference for fair skin has given rise to a skin-lightening industry worth nearly $500 million dollars.
VICE's Gianna Toboni heads to Mumbai to find out how this cultural bias is fueling the booming business of fairer skin.
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@@BitchuteBetterThanCZcamsvice talks too much lol
brown people want to be white. white people want to be brown. show me the people who actually like, en masse, their color and i'll show you where capitalism doesn't exist;)
They rather pretend those Ukranian women are Indian. Such self hate.
@Tina Seals meaning? What's wrong in working hard?
@@montyi8 Working smart is more efficient.
@@echelon2k8 still I didn't get the context with regards to this video
@๓๏гɭยภ ђยภՇ Well, it's pretty common knowledge that anyone who studies, let alone teaches, gender studies shouldn't procreate.
K 9 It’s going to take generations to dismantle this mess of self-hatred. It’s a shame that they have allowed others to tell them what is beautiful in their culture, and in their country
I was born dark, so everybody accused my mother for eating the wrong things when she was pregnant. Imagine hearing this when youre like just a toddler.
I can relate to this, even now when I'm 18 years-old my mother-side family sometimes still make fun of my skin tone, even though I take after my dad. This shit destroyed my self-confidence man.
I'm so sorry you both had to go through that😢 that is just awful and ignorant, no one NO ONE should ever be made to feel bad or worthless about their skin color. All skin colours are absolutely beautiful ,I feel sorry for anyone who believes otherwise.
tanya g • 38 years ago oh my god you have a good memory
@@checkma8s i constantly used to hear it since i could idk even understand words ig.
@@checkma8s so yea i sure do remember it cuz they keep reminding me about it.
The actress said "Thank you" at 5:40 when the reporter called her "very fair". It verifies how fair skin is considered better or that being fair is something to be proud of. Colorism is prevalent in Indian society and it's gonna take a long time to change people's mindset.
Not only that, be she denies profoundly that actors use skin lighting creams acting super surprised saying that is not true. She wants people to believe they are naturally that fair, but then the guy comments that they get their makeup done to look fairer, totally contradicting what she said. At least he was being honest..
Exactly what I wanted to point out. It's so deep in everyone's minds that it won't go out any time soon from Indians' minds. Thankfully, exposure to western world where Europeans complimented my dark skin made me get rid of skin complexions.
She’s right
Yes! I found her comments and denial very disingenuous.
Imagine what they think of your half-breed African child who has strong afro features. LoooL
12:37 I felt bad for that girl. She was close to tears. I hope someone gave a hug to her after that and told her the truth. She's a beautiful strong woman and deserves everything the world has to offer
She is a cutie. Too bad she isn't in the states
People don't care bro
Being a indian I can say this race is really inferior 😔
I just pray stuffs should end
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@@devonmatthews8197 For facing racial discrimination?
@@srikanthlives
What doo you mean by that "for facing racial discrimination " ? I think she is cute. Very cute. What is wrong with that
The girl explaining that she can’t get a job because of her skin is heartbreaking.
All these are the after effects of racism. This is exactly what's happening in US from the last 400 years.
Razib Shahrier no, in India it’s much worse, there are adds that are literally saying being white is better, like no one thinks pale skin is cute in US so many Indians hate themselves
@@floriva5877 exactly
@@razibshahrier3355 if that were the case black fishing and tanning would never have been popular. While people do tend to act that white skin is prettier dark skin is becoming more well recieved (if we aren't counting nasty racist)
@@floriva5877 for me its not your color that attracts me Instead I have to be honest I like when someone is cute and good at hygiene.. Even if you're white but then bad at hygiene with bad breath then that's a big turn off
The Indian actress received being called “fair” as a compliment and even told the reporter “thank you”. This speaks volumes.
yassss... such an underrated comment
yeah, because being fair en Asia is beautiful, that's why.
she also denied that actors were using those creams, like it's obvious she lied, they all use it and that's so fuckn sad
@@uwu-cp2jk racist kid there is nothing wrong in being dark and asian
@@whatareyouthinking6021 what?
My Vietnamese mother is obsessed about keeping her skin fair. She wears hats and masks and covers her face with an object if she is caught without protection. This bias and business is booming in east and Southeast Asia as well.
This is kind of like the beauty and desirability trend you see in having a golden sun-kissed tan here in America, except the opposite!
To be fair . Exposed to too much sunlight could cause your skin to be wrinkles
Based
Noone looks down upon fair skinned people in USA, they dont have ads telling you that you are less if you are fair, noone says '' thank you '' if you tell them their skin is dark lol
@@hopefliers1507 yeah sure covering face is super smart ahhaha
Except knowing you are really white
I remember nearly getting into a fist fight with my mom and aunts 2 days after giving birth to my daughter. Why? Well, apparently my baby was not fair enough.
I had a difficult pregnancy and had suffered through labor contractions that had lasted 4 days. So I wasn't in the mood for their BS.
Bruh did they ever apologize?
That's hilarious, you must think back and laugh about that now
um no, thats actually pretty messed up@@defcon2544
Good for you! Your daughter is fortunate to be raised by someone that values what's important in life.
4 days. You are a superwoman!
" i think i am brown"
The lady says shes very fair and the actress says
" thank you"
Tht shows her mindset
Uhh
So true. She was going the P.C. route like she's oblivious to fair complexion and the advantages.
EXACTLY. i THOUGHT THE SAME
5:40 she love hearing shes fair skinned
She wanted her to compliment her more about it.
In Asia, tanned skin is associated with labouring, outdoors in the fields.
In the West, tanned skin is associated with exotic holidays and leisure activities
The realest comment
Thanks to colonialism
On point ☀️
@Dean Not at all. Chinese and Japanese have long applied face whiteners, long before the advent of Europeans. In fact it started the fashion in 16th century Europe for chalk face powdering and wigs amongst nobles.
its truth....
As a fellow Punjabi. There is no reason to ever DO THIS! Fight against the messed up system. We are all beautiful no matter the shade of our skin.
You punjabis are the sole reason for colorism pandemic in india. Ever heared punjabi music.
Bus Bolne mai achha lagta hai ye sub 😂😂
punjab ch eh sab ght hi hunda
@@Sudhir2309Uhaha....sach bol Diya bhai tumne😂
There is no system. People ( even darker) like white skin.
I'm not Indian but I'm from the Caribbean where in most places having fair or white skin is highly praised and if you're too dark you're made fun of and told to bleach your skin which a lot of people do there. I was born light skin and was always praised and complimented by family members even my parents which made me and always makes me uncomfortable. My aunt even said to me one time that she wished she had my skin color. Every time they do that it just made me feel like I wouldn't be as loved if I wasn't light skin.
Estive na República Dominicana e fiquei chocada com o racismo contra os haitianos. Os dominicanos também são negros, mas de pele mais clara. Como mulher negra de pele clara, nunca havia percebido que as pessoas mais escuras sofrem muito mais 😢.
Your fair skin make you look very pretty. sorry lol
@@intermilan9731 back to the basement you go
Thats one way to think about it no, how abt be more positive? Like im so grateful and happy everytime my family/friends said im handsome 🤷🏻♂️
This piss me off on how they don’t use the actual Indian models when there’s plenty of gorgeous Indian women out there. All because of skin color?! It’s Stupid!
Yeah!!!!
In Japan too
Supply and demand. You supply what the public likes otherwise your business flops. Basic economics
@Harkeen15 interesting, but did we ask if you are light skinned or not?
@@user-fl3qb4eo2l she has the privilege to comment whatever she wants
When the actress said "thank you so much" on being called a 'fair' girl. It spoke everything. Thats the mentality right there.
Periodt.
Exactly, i was taken aback by that
Is Math related to science?
It’s not like we’re blaming her, but the system. She was growing up hearing that fair = beautiful, so she automatically says thank you like if she was called pretty. People still have to realise the amount of privilege they have, people in power can bring the most of change.
@@margaritam.9118 Yes! I don't understand how some can be so blind to what's so very evident.
Dark curry wants to be light curry. Add coconut milk into your curry and you'll get the effect
When I was born my mom told me that my relatives came to see me and they said: "How this dark skinned woman gave birth to a light skin baby" they were shocked! relatives are wolves in sheep's clothing!
True. I've experienced this in another way. My mom is very fair skinned despite being brown, like she's almost pale.. and I also inherited that, but not as pale.
People would always tell me I look like my mom, that I was beautiful, pretty, etc. Personally, I don't look like her at all, I look more like my father if anything.
But when my sister was born (different father), she was born dark skinned.. I was around 8 or 9, so I remember how people kept talking about how dark skinned she was.
Whenever we were at relatives or gatherings, people would always make that comparison, they would say I looked like my mom and then for my sister they would talk about her skin.
Nobody has ever said that my sister looked like anyone in our family. But my mom legitimately looked exactly like her when she was young. So.. why?
And I realized because were being prejudiced and discriminatory, just because of her skin color despite being family/relatives. It's messed up and sad.
I'm by default is a bit fairer than my cousins and they talk about my skin in such an admiring way that I cringe some times, in reality they look far better than me just somehow society has programmed us to think if you are fair you are more beautiful which is ridiculous
unfortunately it’s mostly rooted in colonialism while in countries like china it’s about old beliefs. people working in the fields get tanned and dark skin while the priviliged are whiter but it’s teally toxic
Only for women. White men are absolutely demonized in America. White is only beautiful when talking about women. Get the men and the world has contempt.
@@goldenhourss This is a typical misconceptiont. Go read about the "beauty standards" of every civilization for the last thousands of years... You will find out that many, many, many of them have "fairer skin" as a very desirable trait - before any european colonialism. Do a 30 min research and -mostly likelyl - you will change your mind about that statement.
It is just a fact of life, but it can be very toxic though.
Nobody's gonna talk about how trash those actors were in that audition.
lonewolf soul 😂😂😂👌🏾
They were all horrible omg.
HOST SARCASTICALLY CLAPPING !!
You guys are just jealous of their creative acting. Call me biased but even Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro would cry ab..... Okay, I can't go more further with the sarcasm. lol
Have you ever seen a Bollywood film?
As being an Indian, I am ashamed to live in a society where people are judged by their :-
1. Skin.
2. Caste.
3. Income.
4.Height
5.Religion
6.Occupation
7.Your boards percentage
8.Your clothes (if you're a girl)
And many more the list never ends
@@racistindian5316 For the record, I work on myself all around ok that point 3 won't ever be an issue for me. Also, I think you have no clue about that how can it feel to be disregarded simply by your skin tone.
even in usa its the same , just get over it
@@AkshayKumar-vg2pi stupid excuse, what's your point of mentioning USA? Lol Are you trying to imply people of USA are superior to Indians? Offcourse if you're an NRI that's what you think
@@AkshayKumar-vg2pi yes but in other country it's way more, for example the point with the income.
I am a white girl who spent 3 months travelling all around India and it was extremely noticeable. So many times kids would touch my arms and feel my skin. All the lotions, soaps, and sun creams had lightening products in them. In fact, in India and Indonesia it was very difficult to find them without, It was sad to see as to me, dark skin is beautiful and absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. My Indian friend (who is from a wealthy family) said that when she was born, her mother was disappointed in how dark her baby's (my friends) skin was, and that was coming from a high caste still.
Legacies of colonialism.
@@anonanon7235 and casteism too!! caste plays a huge factor
You said it maybe because you're white.. Me and my wife are white (about 5% in town) and the people obsessed with fair skin is the brown people, while white friends never talks about skin color. Something similar happens with short people, some of them use to think a lot about height, while the tall people rarely have that in mind.
@@anonanon7235Wrong. Colorism existed way before the British arrived. Ancient Greeks and Romans documented Indian traders always asking for fair skinned women as bar tenders or maids.
@@cletozubTrue. I have seen this. Brown people are literally slaves to white skin, constantly asskissing and praising white folks. Sooooo cringe. Where is the self-respect?
Its quite a shame that we still blame colonialism for this. India has always been obsessed with fair skin. And even if this hate for brown skin is due to colonialism, it's been years, and everyone involved in it is dead; we cannot and should not blame them anymore. If a simple concept like "No skin colour is better than the other" is beyond our grasp, only we are to blame.
You're right. It's an bad excuse and doesn't make sense. Indian society gotta do the self-work and do better so the issue can resolve. Blaming everything on white people won't get you nowhere, just look at Africa.
Not always... Draupadi had a very dark skin, even Men back then were found attractive and manly only if they were dark for eg- Nakul in Mahabharat and even Shri Ram. Even the mighty kings like Maurya and Ashok and Pallavas were dark skinned.
@Khushi_R9 sorry but mahabharat is a book, and not plain facts of history. Some say she was dark, some say she wasnt; I know Indians today and from at least a century ago only cared for white skin.
@@himanshubaweja5243says the Sikh lol, you aren't even Indian but Pakistani by genes and blood, even IQ. Krishna, Vishnu, Kali, Draupadi wouldn't have been worshipped if we hated black color so much. You have absolutely got no right to spew your biased hatred on Hinduism coming from an extreme-st faith like Sikhism and backwardness like wearing hijabs and pagdis. Our religion is older than 20 times of your religion.
Your own gurus were Khatri, why not address the caste bias there?
That lead female actress was trying to hide that she uses the skin bleaching products by playing stupid. She isn’t fooling anyone though.
It seemed like she was being sarcastic.
wiidiwii ....she wasn’t
YES she was acting so dumb, no one buys it
Time stamp?
Yea the dark circles around her eyes are very defined... Maybe it was makeup
Interviewer to the girl: "I think you're very fair"
girl: "THANK YOU SO MUCH"
that answer literally proved the whole point of the research/documentary.
RIGHT?
Definitely, I feel bad for those girls . Because here in America I never worried or cared but you turn on tv here and their are all kinds of shades , and my friend is korean and lives in Korea and I asked her about this and she was like oh no lol 😂 let me explain and it’s crazy that they don’t have different kinds of people of all shades in their shows or music. It’s sad because I believe in diversity and love it . Nobody should have to bleach their skin to become beautiful or feel like they have to or have it be the norm . I don’t get offended because I don’t live how they live and have never worried about something like this but it makes me sad 😞 for them .
that girl clearly was one of the most uneducated girl
@@mykiea5156 there's definitely a favourable approach to lighter skin in the US and it's the same in the UK.
I came to comment this XD
Trying to blame this on the British is ridiculous. The Mughals were Persians, the royal court ladies you see in paintings are very fair. It's sadly a global thing. Genghis Khan took the fairest women from the whole empire back to Mongolia.
India was called Golden bird"
Capital of spirituality and trade
Birthplace of major Eastern rlgns
Look what b.r.i.t.s did
@@drg598 islam too
As a fully the blackest guy on the planet (as seen on my profile pic), i feel like people lack information about these differences in skin tone, dark skin is gifted to people mainly rich in Vitamin D which protects us from most dangerous sun's rays, it's a gift. I have done many trips around our continent and I've seen who different in dark skin tones we are. In cantral Africa and India, the more you approach the so-called Equator line, the more people are darker. It shows exactly why we have such a gift, but I always hate or sometime wonder why do people not embrace these differences as a matter of fact a kinda force of self-defense towards place, adaptation rooted from evolution of humankind. It's obviously easy to change dark to light but never possible the contrary. Love yourself like you're, know why is the biggest advice I can offer to anyone suffering with self hate, or low confidence due to his skin tone.
“You think I’m fair? Thank you very much” lol- that says it all. That chick was a walking embodiment of the culture
@@heavyhitter9186 she wasn't alive 200 years ago , she's basing it on her own opinions
@@heavyhitter9186 Indian people's obsession for fair skin isnt because of British. It existed even before then. British white and Indian 'fair' skinned are very different categories.
Our Indian society is just openly racist (to their own people) and full of self hate.
@@AdityaDeo-cg6eu I've lived in both east and west.
If we werent obssessed with being fair so much, stupid products like fair and lovely wouldnt have been successful. If you are comfortable with your skin, its really amazing but I've been mocked about being a brown person a lot of times. There are literally phrases in India which keep fair as a beauty standard.
Our culture is unfortunately systemically racist. Many people have just accepted it.
@Hanna Raj sana khan is Indian wtf is wrong with you 😂
Both of those leads seemed so unpleasant. The guy was so cocky
Imagine destroying melanin; the very thing that helps Indians survive the heat and have healthy skin.
Well there's many bodily functions we don't anymore for most people in modern developed life... Toenails, body hair etc. a digestive system that tries to absorb everything u eat even tho we throw some much excessive carbs and additives in our junk food crappy diets.
It's like having a brand top of the line computer that works amazingly what's its built for at the time. Then fast forward 30 years that computer is obselete. It can still run basic things... Like Manual labor albeit runs slow or in a different roll as before. making children, sleeping etc. But the whole the entire society and environment has changed, different outlets,different software games applications, different ways to connect with one another Lan, wireless gsm etc.
Stuff we do today technology TV internet etc. And then over worked. Sleep deprivation, psychatric medicine etc. All unheard of before. Twinkies filled with delicious cream and sugar available by the truck load when sweet ripe fruit would considered a luxury in the past and even further in neolithic times Sweet fruit would be a lucky find.
Its a weird metaphor but hopefully my idea can come across
Oh babu, our skin is way better than anyone naturally
@@CriticalThinker0890 Well dark skin hides imperfection so it might look better from far away
Ibrahim Usman I know; stupid
Yes! And she had gorgeous skin to begin with. Usually lasers in dermatology are reserved for wrinkles, scarring, etc.
Indian parents, boys and girls should watch this documentary, it will be an eye-opener to those suffering from the disease of fairness.
"My mom gave me this skin, and I love it." Made me tear up a little. It just put into focus with a single sentence how unnatural and wrong the narrative of "fair = beauty" is. If your ancestors were beautiful as they were, why you shouldn't be deemed as beautiful?
Melanin as also very protective and reduces the damage to skin and even DNA deeper in your body from radiation. You can compare how much more youthful very dark skinned people appear to very fair people when they reach middle age and older, and in the US where people live in the same area the difference is very apparent. *No skin color is better than another*, but if people developed a preference it would be more logical for it to be darker skin since we would look youthful for longer. There is of course the benefit of fair skin absorbing vitamin D better, but this can be supplemented in the diet. I just wish people everywhere were allowed to feel comfortable in their own skin instead of having fairness arbitrarily held as ideal in so many places around the world
And we're just going to pretend that we didn't see Priyanka Chopra endorsing skin bleaching cream...?
Can't believe nobody mentioned that. Also isn't she buddies with Meghan Markle....like what?! Strange world we live in....
I hate her
Yes, that should have been mentioned
@@Me-wk9eo what does that have to do with meghan
Sad you know who that is by name
Damn. When she said Indian models are getting booked everywhere but India... wtf does that tell you 😢
Reality is white models in India are still a minority. Other parts of the video are true btw.
That they fetishize white people
You're not accepted by your own people due to history, racism, self hate, insecurity, and low self esteem.
@Viji We have models resembling european ones even for advertisements selling basic Indian daily wears like kurtis
@@sunnyflower9011 Hmm that's bad, hope to see only Indian models in Indian ads. These white models should be kicked out.
unfortunately, this bias will never go completely
As a Filipino it always reminds me of colorism back when i was a kid, majority used to say that people who've had a dark skin described as dirty and poor so whenever they applied for job they often treated unfairly and rejected.
the actress was trying to avoid the question while simultaneously ironically being proud about being called fair 😐 at least the guy didn’t BS at the end...
Ikr..the girl was being dumb not to call herself as fair given that most of their time is spent looking in a mirror.
She was totally fishing for recognition of being fair skinned from the reporter, it's pretty obvious.
SHE EVEN TOLD REPORTER "THANKS"..........WTF??????????
She was probably thinking that the the reporter was complementing her.
She is not fair. I am completely understand.
That type of skin color is normal.
The female lead actress acting like she doesn't realize the industry is colourist. Talking about oh i didn't think I'm fair. Is she serious???
Anna Thomas she knew.... she just dosnt care cause it’s an advantage to her.
Seriously though. She was acting all clueless.😒😒
Well since she’s fair she might actually be blind to it
She said that's a lie but then thanked the interviewer when the interviewer said her skin was fair.
@SpONgEboB sQUarEpaNTs but everyone can CHOOSE to get super white teeth. and everyone is born with them. While not everyone is born white.. Hell no this is not a beauty standard.. Is a form of dividing people..
I am like that last girl, everytime I talk or think about things that I have gone through because of my dark skin colour I start to cry. It's like the pain never heals 😢
It's not the eye or skin color, but a rock solid confidence that makes a person attractive and beautiful.
Not always... if you find somebody physically unattractive, even the best personality wont change much.. Speaking from my own experience.
🤣🤣🤣
The interviewer tells the girl that she's fair and the girl says "noooooooo, but thank you so much." So it's a compliment in the girl's perspective but in reality it wasn't a compliment....it was a statement.
In Western leftist feminist anti-white reality, it was a statement.
But, in Asian reality, it was a compliment. As fair basically means a beauty Goddess who is more likely to get dicks and attention.
MArk Grimes what
Alexis Bentley I wish I was fair
Absolutely , its sad that she liked being called fair and said thanks, Poor girl
KHABIB TIME!!! What
The fact the "Indian" models are from Ukraine. Lol
A people that hate their own self
@@mutawadada6311 self hate is present almost everywhere. If you're talking about the fair skin aspect even black people try to be fairer. Take Beyonce for example.
@@alsage9992
That and her nose jobs.
@@alsage9992 Beyonce is naturally light skinned and black people embrace their natural skin tones more than any other race on the planet, we're the reason videos like this were even made coz Asians and white people have no idea how much damage they do to themselves. We knew it back in the early 1900's.
@@mutalix are we really gonna lie on Beyonce like this. The girl is all natural. Skin, nose and even her hair. She's creole. Her ancestors were white.
These women are beautiful in all their shades. Colorism is so criminal.
Self loathing is a horrible thing.
I love my brown skin 🤎🌺
True
Every body can find partner with same skin tone and personality.
In case of friends with other colour only smile and talk is required.
Insane they don’t use Indian women for Indian shoots. When most Indians are naturally darker.
CALLME FAYFAY that was the point
Andrew Smith dummy US did not colonize
Andrew Smith
what can south indians do?? nothing
some north indians are naturally fair
Andrew Smith
and all those countries come to US for education and work
Andrew Smith 🍔🍟💖
the 'actress' denied lightening creams but then thanks the host when she calls her fair LMAO
There are all types of skin colors in india. Indian people range from the darkest dark to brown which is the majority and to the extremities some look as white Caucasian types. So there's no need to say they are using any product for it, which btw is a scam.
@@heavyhitter9186 well What i found is the North peole are Lighter than South
@@inspirex1831 they definitely are. During the colonization period thats where most white ppl were and i guess the racism/colorism is still prevalent today despite Whites no longer ruling there.
why is your pfp the weird scene from midsommar
I caught that as well. Very telling.
Being an Indian boy..
I have faced this from everywhere..
My family..
My parents..
Everywhere...
And You are supposed to act like you are laughing it off
But man it hurts a lot
I'm sorry, you don't deserve to feel that way. Just know that your skin is beautiful. That is ridiculous the way that they make fun of dark skinned people, when the majority of indians is dark skinned! Your skin is dark and lovely ❤
@@RabbitsFromSpace thx a lot..
These words mean a lot for me....
I am still not over it but i think I will be
Thx a lot again
Must be certain parts of the world aren't as progressive or modern in their views of beauty. Hopefully they will move out of the stone age soon.
where does your sense of worth come from? thats a good question to ask yourself, so that you can learn to love yourself.
When you learn how precious you are, not only in regards to appearance but your character, no one can be you... even someone who has the same parents with the same upbringing can never be the same. You are alone and God made you that way, well knowing what He was doing. he didn't make you and go like "oops!" he knew you before you were born and loved you.
"Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you"
It's not easy to ignore the beauty standard. not just that even intelligence or prestigious jobs and money and class. But the knowledge that I am known and loved by someone so great lifts my head high. There is a reason He made you, in your family, no matter what it looks like, in your nation, no matter where, and with your face and skin and height and voice and hair.
It's never to early to find out what that purpose is.
"Come to me all who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am humble and gentle, and you shall find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Jesus
I’m Mexican and even though I’m pretty pale my siblings (when we were younger) used to call me dark and black bc I’m a little darker than them. I knew they were jokes and i never took offense to them, but I always wondered why this was a joke in the first place. In middle school when there were more people of my race and background I remembered during gym a group of us aligned our arms to compare. I was the lightest. I remember feeling pleased bc it was like I had proof to my siblings that I wasn’t dark like what they thought. I guess I just didn’t like feeling different from them after all. But I had my many struggles with this. I’ve always been told I didn’t look like my four other siblings. I had darker hair, curly hair, taller, (but not actually. They’re just really short) and heavier. But we’ve grown from childish ways.
1. fair skin
2. Tall
Then quality of acting 😂😂😂
lmao world make no sence anymore
That's when you know why educated Indians like to get out
Haha 🙈🙉
ya ikr, it's so stupid
@H S True, it's in our subconscious.
My grandmother was an extremely fair skinned Indian woman and I considered my family to be a pretty progressive family. She went on to marry my grandpa who was a tall, dark and a handsome man.
So when she happened to tell me (a dark skinned woman) that she likes my sister better because she was fair, i was taken aback. And this happened just about a year ago.
I then started connecting the dots and saw a pattern - when I was younger and given lesser candy than my fairer American cousins, i was looked down upon. When I was given lesser affection than my fairer skinned sister, I was also looked down upon. I realized that it doesn't matter whether you come from the richest or the poorest household, you're still discriminated against in your own family in minute ways which mentally torment you, silently.
Luckily enough, my mum wouldn't pay heed to this 'fair skin obsession' and abolished the same within our home. For that, I am so grateful.
Dang...thats terrible. I am so sorry you experienced that. As an African American woman I can honestly and truly say that I love both of our complexions. Brown skin is sooooo beautiful. Your grandma was just brainwashed
You're so pretty with your brown skin the younger generation should change the mentality
@@sexyblackjag exactly! That's what I say too. I'm so proud to flaunt my skin any chance I can now haha
@@footballtv5376 thank you. Yes I hope we're the change the world needs honestly.
I hope.
sorry you went through that you are so beautiful just know that
As a fairer Indian, I’ve noticed that the Miss India’s tend to be fairer also. This is not a true representation of the majority of India.
Black colour is everyone's favourite untill it comes to their skin.
True 😭
Meh
No wonder you USED filter in your dp. 😂😂😂
@@aren2naga92 exactly
Wow.
Those dark-skinned girls at the end were sooo pretty and they're not even wearing a lick of make-up. Pure natural beauty.
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@Mrs. IslandBeauty no, skin is beautiful.
@Mrs. IslandBeauty my dude, im blacker then black.
Im from northern mountains in India so fair skinned. I sense different treatment all the time. Not only locally but even abroad, particularly in dating scenes. i myself don’t judge people on skin color, because for me overall personality matters more.
I met two very light Indians the other day - so light that they were one step away from whyte! The lighter ones are almost always cool, while the darker ones always have the problems with other blaks. I take it, it is because they are trying to run away from their blakness - not back TO it. It's the same with hispanics and so-called arabs too.
😂 as Indian this insight was new as well funny. Agreed. ❤
Meanwhile in the Netherlands: 'Your legs are too white, you should get a tan.'. People always want what they don't have.
Nobody tells them that they won't get a job or spouse because of it. That's the point. Plus tv ads in Europe don't suggest that you won't find a spouse if your skin isn't the "right" color. Try to think before you comment.
In Paris and Holland girls snatch me off the street just because I'm brown and exotic, also in Brazil and Venezuela. In India they give you the stink eye. Im talking from experience
grass is always greener on the other side
Ummm....no, tanning and bleaching are not the same. Bleaching can exclude you employment/relationships/opportunities as stated in the video. Tanning can just hurt your feelings without having a financial impact on your life. At this point, colorless people choose to be obtuse
Its not about wanting to be fair you dumbo, its about how you are ill treated because of something you can't control. No brown person wants to get lasered simply because they don't like brown but because people continously tell them that they are not beautiful like that
In Mexico is the exact same story: ads feature only Caucasian or fair looking people in a country with a predominantly indigenous admixture. Dark is beautiful, eff racist practices.
@Telive Qwenton what?
Have heard of that, it's also common in South Korea, Thailand, north Africa and the the rest of Asia and Latin America as well.
Brazil too, but it is getting better.
It's common across latinamerica, honestly. Despite having a huuge amount of dark skinned people, most of the time television celebrities, models and tv hosts tend to be fair skinned.
@Jose Moran So is any type of skin. You deal with it.
It is happening everywhere, even in the US & Canada although the people bleaching their skin will not admit it even though it is obvious.
@Kaleina lifestyle.What does that mean? Lol These stories are coming from people within thier own cultures..I just said it is happening everywhere even in North America meaning within the culture of the people doing it. It is not Canada promoting or encouraging anyone to do this. If anything, Canada encourages people to be free to be themselves.
No it’s not
I love them brown skin girls 🤷♂️
One group bleaches their skin, the other enters light coffins to darken their skin
Its real sad honestly
There is a difference between tanning and actually having brown skin. White people will still be white when tanned. Brown skinned individuals have social stereotypes, implicit bias, and racism to deal with. Artificial tanning is appropriating minority culture without experiencing it.
@@Chellie4561 Exactly. I'm black and i hate when people think tanning is wanting to be black .
Its okay as long as you feel beautiful by doing so. Its YOUR body
@@user-vu8zy1pu3v I know people that want to feel blaker because it's trendy or because they're fed up of white beuty stereotypes, but they're good friends of mind. I'm black and I don't care about people wanting to feel more brown as long as they're kind to actual brown people
SpainConnection yes true
The word the comment section is looking for is..... COLOURISM.
And featurism I guess...
Facts
s٤d M١ح yes! Because they’re the same race, it’s just the color that’s different.
or what people call racism...
Colourism= racism
I think that the people of India with the dark skin beautiful black hair are the most beautiful people I ever saw. They have the better of both worlds when it comes to hair and skin color.👍👍
girl: you think i'm fair? well, thank you so much!
I feel so sad that having lighter skin is a compliment.
But white people also get complimented when they come back darker from vacation "wow you got a nice tan!"
Nazatul NA she was so happy to hear that. Just WOW!
Same problem in my country the Philippines
@@sushitraxh6736 My family is from the Philippines and my parents get annoyed whenever I get a fake tan (I was born and raised in Australia and HEAPS of my friends, Caucasian and Asian, get fake tans for prom and just whenever).
@@BonnieVanguardia that's sad to hear. Anyway, Australia is so damn hot.
My eyes damn near rolled out of my head with that lead female actress, “oh I’m fair?! I didn’t know that!” Like girl.....really? Literally whiter than fresh fallen snow and just as dense
Loooooool 🤣🤣
I'm sorry you feel that way, she is not an india woman, she is a latina and she spoke a little spanish, anyways we have olive colored skin and when someone says that too us yes it's a big deal because we don't see ourselves as fair skinned
Amalia Coria she wasn’t Latina
@@amaliacoria3063 she is Indian and not latina
@@amaliacoria3063 no
@9:46 she is beautiful and 90% of American's spend 1ks a year tanning how is she not presentable? This is crazy.
I'm a spanish girl that i always hang out with Indian people, see Bollywood series and films and try to learn everyday from this precious culture they have, i must say that we always say they are SO BEAUTIFUL and attractive, I love them and the darker skin the cutter they are!!
The fact that the girl thought it was compliment to be called "fair" is indicative of the entire problem
TheZchristina97 i scrolled so far looking for a comment pointing that out
But she looked hot though
Well I'm Northern European and where I'm from , telling someone you have a tan is a compliment! People want what they don't have
Mirror Mirror, on the wall, who's the sanctimonious'est of them all?
What is the problem? Some tan to be brown and others bleach. Everyone wants to be different.
It's not just in India, here in Pakistan, people obsession with fair skin is endless. If your skin is white, u are consider beautiful, but if ur skin is brown, u are consider ugly. People needs to understand that white skin does not mean to be beautiful, beauty comes from the heart, from the soul, and not from the face
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♡I know right ❤
Bro the difference is that according to our beauty standards skin tone is a factor contributing to beauty...whereas in the west if skin tone is considered it's racist....like we consider it and they don't....
Also in Bangladesh
no.... here nobody cares if ur brown, black or white. yea idk why they put make up tho. but e
Ladies and Gentlemen of India... your beautiful skin tone is so perfect. Don't hide your natural beauty, start a campaign to see more natural skin tones in movies. You are perfect As Is!
Honestly every time i go back to India for the holidays my relatives make comments about the complexion of my skin and how i should stop going out into the sun as much. Literally my mum always says to this day about the time when her marriage was being arranged my grandfather and grandaunts and uncles would say how they would have to dip her in milk before the prospective groom comes to meet her just because my mother was darker skin. Another thing was that when my relatives met me for the first time when i was a baby my mum always says that they would be like "aww, she's such a fair child, make sure you tell her not to go get darker" and every time even to this day they tell me about how getting darker is only going to lead me down a path of failure.
A path to failure🫤....damn.
*_Light skin guy:acted terrible_*
*_Casting director:This is perfect!_*
Obv, they don't have the budgets of Holywood movies so they have to make do with as little takes as possible. Holywood movies shoot the same scene for days until they get it exactly how they want it. Most Bolywood movies can't afford to prolong the shoot that long, because they will lose money.
Живко Яннкулоски he was still an awful actor
@@EdhellenCuar no he was great
how bollywood is born
It's good to be white 😎
In India even the character of Krishna is played by a fair skin actor ! All know that Krishna is black skinned.
This shows our obsession with fair skin
True
Krishna is blue coloured cuz he was poisoned that's what i heard so defo not a black lol
Krishna is thief who married 16000 wives includin' infants
@@devanshudhapwal nah, never heard of it. Shiva drank poison, hence the blue color of his neck. But Krishna was born dark. Krishna itself means black.
@@fatimatouseef6548 if you dont know anything dont blabber. Are you taught to hate other religions. People like you are big threat to world peace.
ain't no fuckin way l'oreal paris has a "white perfect" skin whitening product and they aren't cancelled in america lmao
If they sold it in America they would get cancelled that's why they don't sell it in Western countries.
@@Ilikefrogs.. yeah ik but i feel like news would've gotten around by now that they have these products in other countries
@@an6350oh dear open your eyes really wide.👀👀
Lead actress knows she isn’t considered “brown” because she auditioned for the part of a fair actor and was selected. Be real, we know you used it too lol 😂
WHY is priyanka chompra not being held accountable for being in skin bleaching ads ???and why is no one talking about it
Yeah i feel a little off about that. Priyanka should know better!
Because she's a useless figurehead who only discusses issues that don't affect her bottom line.
Why single her out? The top Bollywood actor, shakrukh khan also does these ads.
@@NH-ly7zc Because Chopra is a Goodwill ambassador for the U.N. someone who is supposed to speak about issues such as racism and other societal issues. The fact that she appears in ads for these companies while supposedly representing the good of humanity is disingenuous and a conflict of interest.
Syed fair enough I did not know this
I am proud that our Indian youth is fighting against racism, sexiesm, classism, the goal is to have a beautiful heart and kind words
Linda P. They want to exterminate whites
@@richpirhana9521 No we don't. If we wanted to get rid of whites why would we try to look more like them, with our suits and denims, dresses and bikinis? We like western fashion and to a certain extent, the beauty standards. Who has been brainwashing you? We don't care for your skin colour and definitely don't plan to kill any people lol.
Really?
@Soham Mehta just cause most people aren't, doesn't mean nobody is
@@richpirhana9521 don't jump to absurd conclusions and just cause we want a change doesn't mean we're discriminating anybody. i've been facing racism since i was a kid and when we get a chance to make a change then why can't we? I don't see anything problematic in this action except your illogical sentence. go educate yourself and don't speak for the whole group when it's just your immature self speaking
My sister and i are of different complexion and whole childhood i was asked for "fun" if I'm actually my parents daughter. And all those fun questions lead me to have hatered towards myself and my sister whole childhood. It took a lot of learning and unlearning to make myself understand everything but still my relatives are The SAME!
Meanwhile in America, every light skinned person getting fake tans. Can we stick to our natural skin color already.
esaesa07 that’s because blackface is a mixture of envy, fascination, desire and fear. afraid of black groups rising up and taking the power, so whites mocked their appearance
Tanning is not really the same because people don't tan to get jobs. The American version is Black people lightening their skin / straightening their hair to look more white
Sleyah Don’t know those types of black women but you have plenty of white women getting tanned, lip injections, blackfishing, and coping our culture. It's cute but disappointing seeing them copy us so much. I've never worn hair extensions or gotten my hair straighten and I don't care too. 😉
Celestunia when you say light skinned you mean white people?
esaesa07 Funny you say that because the principal at my nephews school got butt injections and lip injections 😂😂😂😂
I love how those girls at the end, who are supposed to be "lower down and dark" are more articulate and intelligent than any of the actors that were interviewed
Tbh, they were not even 'intelligent'. Like that actress where she says 'Thanks' for being fair. Wth
And they're SO pretty too! Compared to actual models over here I'd absolutely love to see these dark skinned girls around in ads. As soon as I see a fair person in my ads *outside not on the internet* I immediately lose interest.
Yes tell me about it!!
@@sbee278 Another pretty Indian woman.
But... The other women had to learn a new language. Don't shit on people who are immigrants
2:57
"How do you think he did?"
"Not good"
lmao🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wish I could hug every single one of these girls and that the world would show them that they're beautiful the way they are.
Virtue signal much?
Would not help them finding jobs and a high quality husband
@@joeshon1 expressing empathy and love isn't virtue signaling.🙄
It's probably more about the real consequences of not getting certain opportunities
Lemme hug u
I wonder how this would have changed if the interviewer had dark skin
They would've been more scared and lie about what they think in order not to look racist or hurt the host
I don’t think they would have given her the chance to interview them 😂😂
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Now I’m super curios!
Interesting...?
Dudes in india going to be buying make-up remover off the shelf now, and telling girls to use it before they ask them to marry
The first important concern is: odor body removal.. dark skin is great! But the odor is quite a "red flag"
LMAO THE CASTING GUY IS LIKE AN INDIAN SIMON COWELL
"The look was not going, the acting was not going, nothing was going.”
I noticed that too lol
I've been looking for this comment. I belted out laughing when I first heard it😂😂😂
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My Indian girlfriend does not have fair skin, and she is the most beautiful girl in the world.
dont have to flex on us lol
Exactly!
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Марк Денмарк She is not
your are such a sweet boyfriend. You got yourself a gem
this type of annoying music in every foreign media documentary
Talking about fair skin obsession, I've faced the discrimination because of my tan skin. Also, the thing about being tan is people will not call me beautiful, they'll always say that I'm sweet-looking.
I'm from India and since my childhood I've heard people calling people names just because of their dark skin colour and believe me they are so derogatory that it might kill the person's confidence in their own skin forever. It's surprising to see Indians being racist towards their own people even when most of the Indians are either brown or dark in colour. What a joke.
Same here in the Philippines
Most Indians are dark brown. Yet they Worship the lighter vast minority of their people b
A lot of Blacks are the same way, self hating and hate dark skin. Alot of them throw colorist insults like "you burned toast," and "you burned," "black ass" etc..
Vivek Babbar
Same could be said about Black people. It really is sad
@@youngsavag666 exactly ! even our gods were dark as clouds , yet people are busy worshipping white
Shame on every single celebrity who is still promoting fairness creams and other fairness products
Shame on every celebrity that fake tans
Literally the opposite is happening
Im a fair skinned person (I can tan kinda) and I prefer tanned women
But tbh no person should make themselves fairer or darker
@aloe mist yeah I guess so but self hate is cringe
sorry, but you will do the same if your are paid 1million dollar per ad
@@kazsmaz The symmetry isn't quite right.
A new term is in circulation called "Tan removal" to avoid dark colour controversy
The original meaning of "fair" is to describe someone as beautiful or handsome, it had nothing to do with skin color.
"I actually think i am brown in color but thank you so much" thats how you know she aint proud of being brown
She totally set herself to be complemented ..
That was sad to watch 🥺
once you associate pale with beauty, its easy to understand she's just tying to be modest by saying "I dont think im pretty but thanks for complimenting me"
When Priyanka Chopra is the west she speaks like she's this super progressive person, yet she's perpetuating this dangerous beauty standard in her own country.
True, she is considered a beautiful exotic beauty here in the west.
To all those overreacting - Whites lie in the sun not to get black, neither are Indians trying to be white
The Golden Color - that is what we are all aspiring to be - maybe that is why the Japanese think they are superior to everyone else
@@edmondt848Excuse me but Africans, do not want kids who are half white. Most Africans marry people of their race or ethnic background so do not assume such nonsense. As of Indians and Chinese, I do not know since I am not Asian but I'm African and I am telling you that we don't want that and we love ourselves. Thank you.
@@nancy.5890 FACTS! He's just talking about something he does not know about
she literally stars in skin lightening ads...
I understand hiring a lighter skinned Indian woman whose skin shade may be rarer but still realistic....but to hire non-indians solely because their skin color is unrealistically white is quite odd.
They can get by. Because many Czech and Slavic women have Indian like facial features but white skin.
@@intermilan9731 they can get by but it's weird because it's not them. Their cultural industries are supposed to represent them and give priority to their own people even if they have to be lighter skinned, not the Czech or the Slavs.
I am French living in Paris 🗼🇫🇷 but I am mixed bc my mom is Moroccan.
I often go to a beauty salon I love for my nails or henna hold by an Indian family. Women take care of beauty stuff and men have a tech shop next to the salon.
Anyway, once I went there it was my third time and I started to chat with the lady who was doing my nail and the one welcoming clients whose the only fluent in French. They always thought I was Indian 🇮🇳 but I didn’t know that. I told the lady
Me : “I wish I was more tan after the summer but I didn’t go out a lot unfortunately”
The two looked at me weirdly and one said : “ What are you saying? Your skin is fair it’s so beautiful, look at us being so dark ugh, you should be proud all Indian women dream to be that light btw how did you do ?”
Me : 😬😬😬😬😅😅😅 “I am half French half Moroccan …. and my parents aren’t that tanned”
I was embarrassed bc I am not Indian however what shocked me the most is their mindset “the fairer you are the more beautiful and worthy you are”.
I can’t change the whole Indian society nevertheless I ended saying
Me : “ That’s pretty ironic bc I wish I had your skin color, look at us, women will never embrace and be satisfied by what they have”
To all women here, we all have like complex but they don’t define us, as a human being. We are enough, valuable and beautiful in diverse ways.
The last line is true for men too
@@hehe5853 of course ! It’s just in the context I was speaking about women but all human beings are important
@@just_nwa the thing is 70% of india is brown and the rest 20% are of light complex and the rest caucasian looking
@@just_nwa North are white
@@subhayanmukherjee5862 I know that’s why they thought I was Indian at first although I am fairer than them.
I just say that’s a pity that they don’t appreciate their skin tone because it’s beautiful, as much as a lighter or a darker one.
When I was 10 years old, a girl of my age denied to talk with me just because I have dark skin tone. My grandmother was present with me when all these took place but she didn't say a word. My little heart felt stabbed back then. I thought I was not beautiful enough to be able someone's friend.
I just wanna say a few words to the people out there who have coloured skin, you are beautiful and don't let anyone judge you by your skin tone, do raise your voice, don't be the suppressed, love yourself. You are precious. ❤️
Wow…that’s sad
Im glad to hear you know that you‘re beautiful as you are
Yo girl you're beautiful! I admire your awesome photography and modelling skills 😩 that's some great talent right there
@@daphsbrokenbones It means a lot ❤️ Thank you 🥺💞
I’m so sorry :( ur a beautiful person
@@heycowboy1534 thanks 🥺🌼
Nothing worse than people who hate their own skin
Most modern day white people
Surprised Pikachu face
But when White people say they are proud to be white they get shit on. Such a shitty situation
@@swishersweetprofessional8286 I think skin color is not something to be proud of, whether its black or white or any other. It is given to us naturally, it is not something we have worked hard for.
But we should be satisfied with it.
Organic I disagree, I have my ancestors to thank for building the western world into what it is today. They worked hard to make my existence possible
@@swishersweetprofessional8286 well, that was just my opinion.
If being proud of your skin makes you happy then that's great.
Melanin for the win.
Love the skin you're in.
The whole world worships European beauty, makes me think it’s in their nature maybe rather than colonialism
Why are those two actors fronting as if they weren't given parts because they are lighter? We, the viewers, aren't stupid.
Hillary right 😑 at least the male actor fessed up eventually
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Facts, atleast the male actor admitted to it.
That was true but their acting was quite okay!
They probably don’t want to admit they’re contributing to the problem. They keep their gig and keep it moving. “Doesn’t affect me then why should I care.” Sad truth.
I'm grateful for the amount of work Nigerian and African artists and entertainers have done in uplifting and glorifying dark skin and melanin. It's easy to forget but Nigeria used to have this issue with bleaching. Some people still bleach but I think now it's more of a personal choice and not from social pressure.
@I am not an Ape where are your sources?
@you mad ? I disagree. It's there but not on any significant scale. Maybe in other parts. In Nigeria, this isn't the case anymore. I'd like to see some stats
@I am not an Ape Have you ever been to Africa? There are 54 countries there. I have been to three. I spent two weeks and did not see a single woman with bleached skin and very few with fake hair. Bet you wouldn't even know the difference between African Americans and Africans smh.
@I am not an Ape Racist
@I am not an Ape hey ccp bug drone #3433554 go grind for your social credit elsewhere...
That's terrible why people think they need to be lighter, why they think the lighter the beautiful. People need to accept what God gave you. Not some fake personna...😢