This internal racism in the south Asian community will only change if social media influencers of the south Asian community stop making videos glamorising the notion of having fair skin There has been a recent video is based on a theme call “ethnicity tag” Some influencers of Asian community may be mistaken from a European country as they have light skin, and then make a video naming the countries and then end the end, they will reveal their actual ethnicity How ever you will never see a south Asian influencers making a video, if they were told they were from a country where people are mainly dark skinned 🤔 If these influencers just the think and reflect their post and videos they make, this will have a massive impact
How is this racism, ?, which race are Indians racist towards, Black women want straight hair, I don't see another Black women attack them for being racist.
Definitely! Dark skinned British Asian women I date often talk about the issues regarding colourism within South Asian communities here in the UK, and the pressures from family and friends to use skin whitening creams, or wear light coloured contact lenses.
@@tudormiller8898 But how is this racism ?????, if Indian prefer light skin its colourism not racism, how come white women/men are not accused of Racism when they use tanning lotions, ???????????
Hahaha, what a simplified way of looking at things- fair skin...🙄 One of the biggest issues the South Asian community in the UK faces is "self racism". The obsession among so many to disconnect from their ancestral culture, racial inferiority complex and the need for white acceptance and approval.
Iv always wondered if it ever got any better, when I was at uni I dated a Indian girl hindu, and we faced racism all the time of groups of indians all the time, when her family found out all hell broke loose, I was put in hospital, 9 stitches in my head fractured jaw, police refuse to investigate any future due to racial sensitivity
Very well articulated and thank you for speaking. I know a girl called who spoke about racism she experienced as a Pakistani Scottish person on the social around the time of the 2021 Euros but if I’m honest her video came across as if she was making it more about her than the actual problem with racism. Your video is much better articulated so thank you.
@@bbcthesocial Most welcome! It's very much a important and relevant topic that needs to be spoken loudly about! I've got my own stories, we have to all be voices x
As a young British black guy from London who dates Desi women, I regularly experience racism and colourism from within South Asian communities. It’s something the South Asian community has to discuss openly and deal with rather than brushing it under the carpet.
Indians marriages form bond with other families, even within Indian culture "classism" is a big thing, even Indians have a hard time dating other Indians. Outsiders have much less of a chance. Jews exhibit the same types of norms. I don't believe it "racism" per se, as In India dating is only a recent phenomenon.
@@tudormiller8898 Indian culture is conservative, girls are marry off at an early age, most times without knowing their mate. Only recently Indians start dating like in the West. That is their culture, their way of life. Who I am to judge. Why do foreigners judge others in their light ????
It's funny and sad how Indian men get upset because Indian women date white men--meanwhile, Indian men have "preferences" for light skinned women.🤦🏽♀️ You don't like the taste of your own medicine!
Ummm! Because south Asian communities still adhere to the old influences of the caste system back in South Asia. Even second, third generation south Asian families born here continue to follow this dreadful historical bullshit in 2021.
@@moose5996 nah I don’t think it will change in this generation. It will probably start to change 3,4 generations down the line. It’s so badly injected into us. it’s gonna take time
I really liked this, you make great points and bring up the struggle that we have all experienced or witnessed in the brown culture. This is excellent and I hope that this shines the light on the internal racism that is so upsetting in South Asia and helps us all understand. Love from 🇺🇸
It makes more sense to say that those who were born with dark skin were automatically seen as lower class, so were consigned to outdoor labor, not that dark skin from the sun, per se, is the reason they were held to a lower class
I am 24year old man I already decided to marry a brown girl in the future if ever got one.😂😂 Never dated never proposed anyone. I don't know why brown girls attract me.
Appreciate the video - internalized racism is a serious problem. I go deep into it + self-hatred in general in the last video on my channel as well. I hope videos like ours get people to think deeper & more productive. Just subscribed to your channel also - Keep up the meaningful content
This is BBC's social agenda. I'm South Indian and very dark but have not had any issues with other Indians who are lighter with regard to colour of my skin but have been discriminated by whites many times although things are getting better with time. Indians form a tiny minority in the UK and I've not seen anyone coming to harm by whatever prejudices they have. The issue facing blacks and other minorities in UK is not prejudiced Indians. Indian women yearning for lighter skin is not racism, white women who want to be tanned are not liberal.
@vidyadhar , there is surely internalised racism in India more than any other country,If you have ever experienced castism you can clearly understand how worst it is compared to racism
Correct, you don't see Black woman attack other Black women for wanting straight hair. She claim Indians are racists, show me which race they racist towards ?????????. More Indian face racism from Blacks, yet I don't see Blacks discussing their "internal racism".
Well you must be in the minority. I’m non British Asian, I date British Asian women, all dark skinned, and they’ve all experienced colourism from light skinned South Asian women and men, family, friends, work colleagues and strangers. Hardly any racism or colourism from white, British or Irish people.
South Asia is made of at least 6 different countries. In the UK, all of these fall under the South Asian umbrella, as their identities and cultures are recognised (and celebrated). India is one of them. Unless this issue is exclusive to British Indians, then the convention is to use the wider geographic term - South Asia.
@@whatevsss7502 Actually its you who never went to school, because what school teaches you is that you can't speak for other people. Caste system, persecution of dalits, color based self loathing, rape culture, gendercide, fetuscide, female infanticide and that psychological disorder known as hindu nationalism, are all indian ills, not "south asian" ills. Don't pawn your negative attributes onto others.
