Was watching tv, and there was an infomercial for this thing called “Fair Look”. It’s an herbal concoction that one can put on their skin to make it more fair (obviously not for people like me, who are still glow-in-the-dark after tanning for a couple of weeks…). One of the dramatizations they used, showed a dark indian man coming into an office building, only to be stopped by the guard, who wouldn’t let the man in because he was too dark skinned. Instead of protesting, the man bowed his head as though he truly had something to be ashamed of. Someone else, who was pale, put an arm around the man, and led him into the building, while he kept his head down, and did not look at anyone. It showed the man putting this Fair Look stuff on his face, and as time passed, his skin became much more pale.
Then it showed him walking into the office again. The doorman, who didn’t want to let him in originally, saluted him, and let him in. He walked inside, and everyone in the waiting room stood up to greet him, and a lady who seemed to be in charge came to shake his hand and welcome him.
I’m all about people bettering themselves, and their lives, but this really bugged me. Discrimination because of skin colour is just a fact of life here. The darker your skin, the less worth you have.
It’s funny, I’ve never really understood racism, or colourism, or whatever you want to call it. Judging someone because of their skin colour. Heck, I hardly even notice when someone is a different colour. I’m not bragging that I’m not racist, I’m just saying I honestly get so used to it that I don’t think about it. In fact, I get so used to being surrounded by people with skin darker than mine that I kind of notice white people more now. I don’t get why it bothers some people so much that someone else has a different skin shade. And it’s mental. People who are pale want to tan so they’re darker. People who are dark want to use products that whiten their skin. Go figure…
If we could see the beauty that exists no matter what skin colour a person has, we would do so much better. Some of the more beautiful Indians I have seen have quite dark skin, and I do not think the dark skin detracts. It’s much better than falsely whitening their skin
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. True, but the heart is what determines the beauty the eye sees. Beauty can be found, no matter the skin colour, no matter the hair, the jewelry, the make-up…Beauty can be found if you are looking at others in a way that lets you see their beauty. It seems that most of the time, when people judge others by their skin colour, it is because they have been taught wrongly. They have been taught they are better because of their skin colour, and they have pride in that. They do not want to let go of the thing that makes them better. Pride stands in the way of love. Pride stands in the way of beauty. Pride stands in the way of everything good in life. It makes us want to be above others, even if it means changing who we really are. Whether it is changing our personalities, or even changing our skin colour. Never will we be content so long as we are full of pride.
Then it showed him walking into the office again. The doorman, who didn’t want to let him in originally, saluted him, and let him in. He walked inside, and everyone in the waiting room stood up to greet him, and a lady who seemed to be in charge came to shake his hand and welcome him.
I’m all about people bettering themselves, and their lives, but this really bugged me. Discrimination because of skin colour is just a fact of life here. The darker your skin, the less worth you have.
It’s funny, I’ve never really understood racism, or colourism, or whatever you want to call it. Judging someone because of their skin colour. Heck, I hardly even notice when someone is a different colour. I’m not bragging that I’m not racist, I’m just saying I honestly get so used to it that I don’t think about it. In fact, I get so used to being surrounded by people with skin darker than mine that I kind of notice white people more now. I don’t get why it bothers some people so much that someone else has a different skin shade. And it’s mental. People who are pale want to tan so they’re darker. People who are dark want to use products that whiten their skin. Go figure…
If we could see the beauty that exists no matter what skin colour a person has, we would do so much better. Some of the more beautiful Indians I have seen have quite dark skin, and I do not think the dark skin detracts. It’s much better than falsely whitening their skin
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. True, but the heart is what determines the beauty the eye sees. Beauty can be found, no matter the skin colour, no matter the hair, the jewelry, the make-up…Beauty can be found if you are looking at others in a way that lets you see their beauty. It seems that most of the time, when people judge others by their skin colour, it is because they have been taught wrongly. They have been taught they are better because of their skin colour, and they have pride in that. They do not want to let go of the thing that makes them better. Pride stands in the way of love. Pride stands in the way of beauty. Pride stands in the way of everything good in life. It makes us want to be above others, even if it means changing who we really are. Whether it is changing our personalities, or even changing our skin colour. Never will we be content so long as we are full of pride.
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