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IronLionZion

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6. Yup, and dark skinned Indians like me are called black, as if that's an insult

Reply to kwassa (Original post)

Sun Sep 15, 2019, 09:56 PM

Sep 2019

Also many other types of Asians also think I'm black. It was pretty bad when I visited China about 10 years ago where people were fairly sure dark skinned people were dangerous criminals with contagious diseases. The strongest sunscreens are from Asia and people use umbrellas when it's sunny out to avoid a tan.

It's surreal how racist it is over there in India and neighboring countries. People buy dangerous chemicals to lighten their skin in order to attract a marriage partner. If they can't afford full body, they'll just do their face and hands leaving them with strange tan lines.

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Race and color in India. [View all] kwassa Mar 2017 OP

India is the only place I've been that's as racist as the US Recursion Mar 2017 #1

i agree and it seems to be getting worse JI7 Mar 2017 #2

A few years ago, I would even have listened to the argument that BJP was going to fix it Recursion Mar 2017 #4

bollywood also "borrows" a lot from black american hip hop culture JI7 Mar 2017 #3

Racism in India goes back 4000-5000 years back at140 Sep 2019 #5

Yup, and dark skinned Indians like me are called black, as if that's an insult IronLionZion Sep 2019 #6