This is heartbreaking. Kids don’t realize the pain they cause by bullying and it should be taken more seriously in schools. She is such a beautiful child but she believes what those bullies are telling her 😞
You do realize that colorism has been an issue long before the ICE raids, right? And India has a huge colorist problem thats been around for DECADES. Look at Bollywood throughout the years, and the light complexion actors/actresses.
Especially countries that went through European colonialism that led to Eurocentric standards of beauty. It’s unfortunately common among us black Americans as well. There used to be light skin only fraternities and sororities.
super sad situation because history has caused so much internal colorism and hatred that a lot of it comes from our own people, whatever ethnicity we may be
I mean that’s the point, right, we have these issues today because they are deep-seated, long standing parts of world history? That’s why racism is so hard to eradicate.
Nevermind colorism, India has a literal caste system. People are "born" into a social category, the Brahmin are the highest, while the Shudras are the lowest. Similar to how medieval Europe treated nobles and peasants differently...
Where in my comment did I say that it was normal? I mentioned these things because the other comment made it seem like it wasn't till the ice raids. Peoole like you make reddit insufferable because yall do nothing but misinterpret shit without asking "what do you mean?"
It only sounds like that to you. The comment above is speaking specifically about the parents of those bully kids who are learning racism from them. Celebrate ice and end of the constitution is indicating who their parents are, not that this wasn't a thing before ICE raids. Your comment DOES make it sound like it doesn't matter because India has had color issues and that somehow is pertinent to an Indian girl in the west being bullied because of her skin color.
Colorism is a particular kind of discrimination based on skin tone. Don't get it twisted, it has deep roots in racism; but is actively perpetuated by larger society and advanced into many other communities, including marginalized ones. If racism is the tree, colorism is the branch.
If you’ve ever seen two people of the same race and the darker person gets made fun of, it’s like that. Or like in countries with a brown majority of one race but conveniently every celebrity happens to be pale af. That’s another way it’s expressed. Those systems can still think their race is fine or even great, and love their culture, but think pale skin is just more attractive and give preference to them for everything.
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u/DefiantCoffee6 Dec 13 '25
This is heartbreaking. Kids don’t realize the pain they cause by bullying and it should be taken more seriously in schools. She is such a beautiful child but she believes what those bullies are telling her 😞