The dislike Desis have for dark skin color is sooo true... My little cousins say things like "the girl is dark, but she is good" as if dark = bad or "when I grow up I will be whiter" or they call whiter people "clean skinned" and darker people "dirty skinned"
Yes! Every time we go out, my parents will make me wear a hat or sunscreen so that I don't get "darker". I was born pretty white but the sun ruined me, so even if I put on protection it won't work :/ And when we watch Bollywood movies my mom will be like "Oh she's pretty, too bad she has dark skin though." Idk why Desi people are so against dark skin.
Army Exo-L02 yes that is so true! the reactions you get after you tan in the sun is so depressing, they act as if you look sick or dying. I know desi people tend to look up to the white people, but they don't disregard accents/ heights/ etc as much as they do with skin color
***** After I started living in Bangladesh I realized people who are similar to western people (lighter skin tone, taller height, good english accent. etc) automatically get a lot of attention and are regarded highly. But the light-skin color is prolly the most praised out of all those traits.
Lilly its like my top top top fave youtuber she teaches us so much through her videos like she may not realise that but she is a role model to so many young people including me ! I love how Lilly is her true self in frond of the camera and her energy ,even when i am not having a grate day she makes me laugh and gives me strength You gotta love mama unicorn 🌈🌈🌈 #onelovesuperwoman
Ikr I love Lilly because last year I was going through depression and at the end of the year I started watching her videos and she changed my whole life! Now I am happy and positive and kind as I can be!
+IISuperwomanII#1Fan Omg I'm so happy for you. I think many a times people dont realize in what ways they inspire people to become better and happy and I was one of them that didnt even think about it this way.. But now I know! :')
seeing this video i actually feel better about myself because i am tamil (most tamils are dark and hairy) and when i was in primary school, i used to feel uncomfortable bcoz only 5/30 people in a class are hairy and dark. i am not dark actually, i am quite fair but looking at tamil actresses i wanted to be fairer. now that i saw this video, i am proud to be who i am. thanks superwoman😊😊😊
I'm Bengali and I've been brought up to think "light skin is beauty." I hate my skin tone tbh (that ain't stopping me from playing in the sun) but I think others look so beautiful with dark skin.
Our generation is aware of that foolishness, it's the old concept of ''fair skin is beautiful'' that we can not change in seconds. It takes time. Believe me the change is on the way.
This is just my story............read it only if you want to My parents are cool cats(as Lilly calls them)so there was not much of pressure. In probably all the countries there is one thing that discrimates girls. The thing is when I go to my hometown which is in India, My cousin who is 2 years younger than me can basically do all the work and he is more capable. Now, I was not affected at first as I grew up in a large city but when I turned 12 before my brother came to the town I could do the work. This work was the physical part. Suddenly when he comes, he does all the work and then my aunt says that only strong boys can do this and girls can't. This was told in front of me. My anger was increasing as my little cousin sister says that girls are weak. I mean she is a girl herself so dude she should calm. The next day my cousin was not able to lift a headboard and I went there and í lifted it. I had told everything to my mom so as I went away she said that everyone is strong enough to do things that others can. My aunt apologised to me and it all ended well... I know 90% of you wont read this. Whoever did will have a great life Thanks for reading😊😊😊😊😊
The moment you realize she says our viewers who might not know who you are. Girl what you thinking.Superwoman is more famous than you.You know what I just clicked on your video to see lilly.
You are so right about the light skin lilly. In India according to the adults you only look good if you are fair and that makes girls so conscious about themselves and their colour. They cannot afford to get tanned which is so bad.
I used to be like kinda shy about my darker skin tone but now I just love it. I think learning to embrace what I have happily and being proud of it is definitely one thing everyone should learn. Oh I'm so wise ^__^
+Shalu Mishra It's the exact opposite here in Central Europe! Tanned skin here means that you went on vacation or something. I'm light skinned so my classmates are like: ''why are u so pale eww go tanning''. and it's worse since I have dark hair. Just like Lilly said how fair skinned ppl want to be tan and dark skinned ppl want to be fair skinned. People all skin colours should embrace themselves the way they are because they're beautiful that way
Oh yes I've heard about that concept haha.. Yes I agree ^__^ Its like people always want what they dont have but dont feel thankful for what they do have. Sad.
I could totally relate! I'm Indian and I know how difficult it could be growing up outside of India with an Indian heritage. Love that superwoman represents us so well and that's why I started my channel to have more representation for Indian woman. She inspired me to do this :)
Wow I can relate to this video so much being Asian (Bengali Muslim American) myself. Thank you for this video and keep up the good work superwoman. Much love from America.
i moved to the US at ten and I'm Indian as well... you will have trouble... but that's the thing about life... teenage years are always the most learning years of life... just use this part of life as a lesson and not as a punishment... you will be ok
Go Lilly!! I felt all these things growing up being indian myself. After a while you just learn to accept it and move on. It's so good to be proud of your heritage! Some people are so ashamed. I think it's good to be proud x
The concept of having lighter skin did not originate in India. The Elizabethan idea of beauty was white and blonde, and when India became a British colony, their was extreme racism and discrimination and the Indians were considered to be ridiculous people for their tan skin. The British went, but the idea remained. That's what the world still has to overcome.
Our obsession with fair skin has been prevalent much before the Brits ever set foot here. Perhaps even before the fair-skinned Greeks, Persians / Central Asians conquered the subcontinent. There's a Krishna bhajan which goes like "Yashomati maiya se bole nandlala radha kyun gori main kyun kala". The Sanskrit term Asuryasparsh (pure & untouched by the sun) is used for describing fair people. Ancient texts glorifying our caste system also make references to the beauty of fair skin. It is convenient to blame the Brits for everything that's wrong, but in reality the fault lies within.
@Mihir Shetty I don't agree with you. I think this obsession with fair skin is a colonial hangover. In the epic Mahabharat, Shri Krishna, Draupadi and Satyabati are described as most beautiful and attractive of all and all three of them are dark skinned. 'Tilottama', described as one of the most beautiful 'apsaras' in the stories, is also dark skinned. There are other examples too. The color prejudice existed in ancient India, as was found in all agricultural communities. Complexion was an indication of a person's class. The presumption is that rich people don't step out of the house to work in the fields, are not exposed to sun and don't get tanned. It had nothing to do with beauty.
@Mihir, last I checked Krishna and Shiva both are dark skin gods, revered by all in India, so this color prejudice from ancient times in BS, in fact Krishna had all the women. in his village swooning over him for his skin tone. you conveniently quoted a song in which little Krishna with his inquisitive mind asks his mom why the difference in skin tone between him and his friend Radha and attributed that to color obsession in India. I've never heard the word that you used can you give the reference to it. And where is caste system glorified, in which text, reference please. Fair skin is a by product of colonization, it is not just in India when you go to other British colonies you see the same in India it is exacerbated bcoz of 1.27 billion population which is a market for these fairness creams and so this perception is created. Tamilians are also Indians they are not so insecure with their skin tone and actually don't care of person's skin tone, we should learn from them.
+Rajon M in western countries there are ads for tanning , so white people want to get darker and indians and other asians want to get lighter which is wrong you should happy with your skin colour.
Lol the dark skinned comment on this video is so real. Growing up in America (and being pretty oblivious), I never really cared about my skin color. My parents never pestered me either. I was in high school when my sister and I went to India (both of us tanning significantly due to traveling in India). We went to a random relative's house, and the older woman there turns and whispers to her friend "these girls are so dark, how are they going to get married". It shocked both me and my sister that 1) only marriage was important/sole purpose for girls and 2) and skin color somehow played a role in finding our significant other. Rather sad that some people in India still think this way (but not everyone - my parents and most of the extended family are neither sexist nor judge based on looks).
Lilly is one of the most mentally beautiful people ever. I am so proud of her for coming so far since her first video and I think she's a great role model. 💁🏽💜💛💜
I love you Lily!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and I agree with you on the hairy stuff which I feel really insecure about and the skin tone. I mean I am one the most darkest people in my family and I still try and get darker. I think my skin color is something that I have really grown to love as a person. :)
+Pia Begum And if your skin is indeed dark, embrace it! It's nothing you can help, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it!! It will empower you, and someone else who looks like you.
Oh please don't listen to them! Love your skin and love who you are cuz if you love and accept who you are, people will see that and know that what they think or say does not matter to you and that what counts. just love yourself girl
+Pia Begum being indian i am really fair , many indians are fair but the stereotypical indian or what people think a indian should look , i am quiet the opposite i am fair, i have a rectangular figure and what people think indian should look is tan skin hourglass figure. So many people say is one of your parents white or is my ancestors white, which ridiculous .
I'm half Mexican so I totally get the hairy part. But I'm also part white (several different nationalities) so I get the wanting to be tanner part. I love Lilly, she's so inspiring and full of life. I love that she vlogs no matter how she looks or what time it is. Seeing her embrace herself has helped me embrace myself.
+Kali Hensley I thinks its not about being hairy, its just are hair is black or brown so its very visible.But for white people with blonde or light hair, they have hair on their arms or legs but its so light it matches their skin. You have to like really stair.
+Kimaya Kane my hair is black and thick. It's on my arms, my stomach, my upper lip, and my lower back. I shave my legs and underarms, but I get that 5 o'clock shadow on my underarms about 2 hours after shaving. Trust me I know about being hairy.
+Kali Hensley And when lily says she hairy its because usually Sikh women ( from Punjab it's a state in India) are usually hairy but beautiful like they have amazing features.
+Kimaya Kane and I said I'm hairy because I'm half Mexican. It's that ethnicity that gave me my thick hair, big butt, and temper. The other half is white and Native that half gave me pale, but easily tanning, skin, blue eyes, darn near straight teeth, and height. Just because I'm paled skinned doesn't mean I only have white traits. And if you gave me the same eye color my siblings have I'd be much more identifiable as mainly Mexican. I understand her hairy comment more than you know.
Kali Hensley good for you and i said she is hairy its not because she is indian and all indian women are its because the part her parents are from usually the women are hairy.
Thank you so much Lilly for inspiring me! That's why I open my own RU-vid channel a year ago, and yes! Little by little, Im improving and Im escaping depression! Love you so much 😘
She is much like me when people talked about her arms. I hide my arms with a sweatshirt at school all the time. When i forget it I start feeling awkward. I've been a Subscriber of Lily for going on a year and i can relate more and more, im so happy i met her
I wish I didn't care so much about upper lip hair as much as I do. but I've always wondered if other people noticed as much as I do or if it's just an insecurity
she did a great job depicting the inner beauty and lack of appreciation for our self. my sister is fair skin and I have had guys tell me she is prettier than me because she is much lighter than me. but i think i am beautiful and those men are not worthy of my sister let alone me...
"when did you learn to fully accept yourself?" im 13, last year was my first year of high school and honestly, it wasnt until about half way through the year that i fully loved and accepted who i was as a person. i know im not perfect, but thats okay, i know im not always going to be good at everything and thats okay. but what isnt okay, is self hatred. learn to love yourself before you love others. self love is something amazing, and once you learn it, you'll feel better as a person ☺😊💕💖
Yes! I love what she said. After moving to a sunny state and going back to my old home, it stuck in the back of my mind when people would say "wow you got darker"... there's nothing I can do about it and I shouldn't want to! Boast your chocolate-ness ladies and gents!
I totally relate to Lilly when she said having hair on her arms as an insecurity. I had hair on my arms and it didn't bother me when I on kid told me "u have hairy arms" in grade 2. I wore sweaters and long sleeve tshirts. It's one of my biggest insecurities today but I embrace it like we are all different in our unique way. 💁🏽
Good video... I went through a hard time because of my freckles... Usually Indians do not have freckles... I am fifth generation Portuguese Indian (Portuguese from maternal side) and I have inherited freckles from my Portuguese ancestors... I hated the way I looked... I was very fair with freckled face and pink (bright) lips... People (esp., relatives including my brother) used to make fun of me... I tried to get rid of freckles through different treatments... I got my skin burnt... I couldn't get rid of my freckles... Then I met a colleague who is an Irish (he is now my friend) who told me that, freckles are considered sexy in some of the countries... That was the day I learnt to accept the way I looked.... :-) I love my freckles now :-)
Okay I'm a huge fan of Lilly and I'm Indian. When she said Indian parents want you to have lighter skin and they ask you not to go out in the sun because you'll get dark is not because they're racist and think white is the accepted colour. My mom asks me not to go out in the sun because ill get dark but that's because she thinks it's not healthy and it's oddly different to have patches of dark in white skin. I'm brown with a dark forehead because that part of me tans the fastest and my mom thinks it looks unnatural and bad to have that and not because she thinks black is inferior to white.
Lily, I feel you, my mom always told me and my brother PUT SUNSCREEN WHEN YOU SWIM, and so many people in 6th grade said you have hair on your arms and legs, I just said, "Thanks for noticing, guess I'm big foot now have long hair and a womens 10.5 sized foot." I feel YOUU.
I'm Arabic and I'm not hairy but I have a dark skin and that was a problem for me because one of the jordanian beauty standers is to have a white skin which I don't, so I never felt 100% accepted until I start to love my my self. I accepted myself and I like it. and I no longer care if others didn't. I believe every woman is beautiful in her own special way. don't let anyone makes u feel the opposite.
This one is better than the shay mitchell video because she talks about her indian heritage and not just "culture" in general. :) You go girl! You're pretty!
I feel like it would have been more appropriate to have a South Asian woman interview Lilly. I don't think this interviewer actually gets or can really empathize with the stuff Lilly is talking about.
I love Lily so much and she's practically inspired me to start my own youtube channel because as a child my story was just like hers. Although, I'm still a kid. 😁 Love you Lily!
Lilly is great and I love her.. Sinse her first video I've watched I haven't even cared she had darker skin. Who even looks at that omg She is not even that dark, she is just pure beauty
i'm sure you look beauitful, pls don't worry about skin color. i love my skin color, and sometimes wish it was darker. i have two tones too, which is super noticeable, bc i wore a wrist brace for a year, but i learned to accept it. you can also use make up to cover that. but i'm sure you look beautiful the way you are (i mean, we indian girls are naturally very pretty)
I'm not Indian, actually I'm Japanese from Japan, but oh god I can relate so much especially about having to have a fair skin! Luckily I overcame insecurities about my skin colour being naturally darker that the 'preferred tone' when I lived in Sydney, Australia where the tanned skin is considered healthy and beautiful, although it was surprising to see/know how my Caucasian Aussie friends (who are beautiful no matter what) were trying to tan their skins for aesthetic reasons/purposes..
im exactly like lilly. and a nother thing is that she is also my fave youtuber/person in the world. i wish i could meet her in person even if she is cray cray
Yea also as a Pakistani. I’m an Austrakistani (Pakistani Australian) lol. My parents both have pale skin and so did I when I was little but as I grew up I got darker cuz I loved playing in the sun, now I probably have the the same skin tone as Lilly just a little lighter. And I don’t wear singlets and tank tops and stuff so I still have my real skin colour if I roll my sleeves all the way up
