Dear West Indians, Hello: YOU ARE BLACK! |
05 Mar 2015 17:56 - 06 Mar 2015 00:29 #244616
by pattycake
In fact,
Many Eastern Indians are very black in complexion too.
[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]Growing Up Dark-Skinned in a Color-Conscious India[/color]
everydayfeminism.com/2014/06/dark-skinned-in-india/
On the outside, India might be a country of homogeneously brown people, but on the inside, people fall within a broad color range – from dark brown to almost white. Unfortunately, this diversity in skin color has created a hierarchy of beauty – a hierarchy that tells you that the light-skinned people are the epitome of beauty, while the dark-skinned people fall at the bottom.
I was unaware of this until I was in the sixth grade when I found out that my dark skin could put me in a tough spot and stunt my self-esteem.
My light-skinned classmates ridiculed the color of my skin. One of them called me “black paint.†I pretended I didn’t hear him and walked away.
In the ninth grade, when I was at a friend’s house along with some other friends, one of them refused to drink coffee when offered and instead pointed at me and said, “I don’t want to drink coffee because I don’t want to look like her.â€
I didn’t understand what it meant until another friend replied to him, “You don’t get dark by drinking coffee.â€
All of these people are called Indian by ethnicity, but are clearly black people.
Many Eastern Indians are very black in complexion too.
[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]Growing Up Dark-Skinned in a Color-Conscious India[/color]
everydayfeminism.com/2014/06/dark-skinned-in-india/
On the outside, India might be a country of homogeneously brown people, but on the inside, people fall within a broad color range – from dark brown to almost white. Unfortunately, this diversity in skin color has created a hierarchy of beauty – a hierarchy that tells you that the light-skinned people are the epitome of beauty, while the dark-skinned people fall at the bottom.
I was unaware of this until I was in the sixth grade when I found out that my dark skin could put me in a tough spot and stunt my self-esteem.
My light-skinned classmates ridiculed the color of my skin. One of them called me “black paint.†I pretended I didn’t hear him and walked away.
In the ninth grade, when I was at a friend’s house along with some other friends, one of them refused to drink coffee when offered and instead pointed at me and said, “I don’t want to drink coffee because I don’t want to look like her.â€
I didn’t understand what it meant until another friend replied to him, “You don’t get dark by drinking coffee.â€
All of these people are called Indian by ethnicity, but are clearly black people.
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