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Japanese woman value light skin too

Amazing the video construction ❤

Such a good video!! Indians should be proud in all of their black, brown shades.

At least the Indians admit it. Blacks in America keep denying their light skin preference.

Proximity to Whiteness is a helluva drug. 🤧

India is a subcontinent FROM Africa. Africans were always there. They didn’t move in.

White Supremacy never rests…

Cosmetologist here. Its so sad these products that are used or were used are extremely bad for the skin. It's a shame that all tones aren't praised. Some of the most gorgeous make up I've done were on the darker tones. I hope this changes for future genrations and embrace their beauty regardless of skin tone/color.

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If I were to date an Indian lady I’d want the darkest one I could get. Skinny and dark. Hot.

Brilliant, well researched video with a ton of comprehensive arguments. Great job bud!

In Kazakhstan we are different in terms of skin color but nobody literally cares. Our culture is bases on warrior cult so skin does not matter, only your personal capabilities and power of the group you belong to. Skin color is actually stupidest shit I have ever heard. I noticed when travelling south - people treat me better as I am white skinned than when on the way back - when I am all tanned. 😂 in our country getting tanned in south seas is cool because it means you can afford going to resorts. I kind of resent the rest of the world except Kazakhstan for being stupid racists. Only heart and mind matter. And you guys look at surface.

Your skin color isn’t what makes you Indian. That is asinine. I pray you curb that cynicism bro 🙏

Same in Latin America, Im Puerto Rican light skin, my grandma has green eyes, my mom has brown, and my sister has strawberry blonde hair, but we have cousins that are darker since Latin American people are mixed with indigenous African and European.

Great research, writing, and production value!

Non Indian here. Wow, this was a mind-blowing documentary!! Really eye opening. I hope India, eventually, returns to its ancient roots!

"Once you go black you don't go back" isn't that statement sex related? Great video. Thanks.

But for how long will we keep on blaming invaders???

17:02 Rumi about Hindus

Your totally write about Indian trying to be white

My parents always forces me to try out different skin whitening packs to look whiter because I was born with fair skin and I got dark skin because of the weather I don't really mind that my skin is dark but all my relatives and parents always brings this up which make me self aware like this if you feel the same

In defense of Portuguese honour, S. Francis Xavier was what you call today Spaniard, from Navarra. And it also to be definitely proved that the inquisition had such a large impact as you suggest. They did what you say, but not to the extent you make it out to. If you have any source, based on primary, please put it forward, because there's lot of 'extrapolation' of numbers in this particular issue.

As a black person in America i wasnt aware of skin tone until i was going to college in the south. I literally had to ask people, what skin tone am I? I know i have brown skin but not seeing any benefit or demerit because of my coloring. Im not talking black/white racism/descrimination - that absolutely exists. I never related it to it being bad or good, but i assume in some areas there was some merit in being lighter or darker. I did always cut my hair short but as i lived down south the preference was longer hair. I began to keep it longer. Its strange how people who are supposedly educated carry such an emotional attachment to color and appearance - something we have such little control over.

Nice very informative

as a khatri from the Himalayas I have almost olive skin tone plus hazel eyes. I'm as much Indian as a Bihari or tamil. Indians comes in all shades. some of the most beautfiul women i've ever seen in India are brown. brown is majestic

I wonder though, was the word 'fair' 22:04.9 was not so much used as a description of skin colour but a statement about that person's lack of pox marks upon the face?

Very interesting, thank you so much for sharing ! It’s even more interesting to witness how Indians are more open about this issue in their culture compared to other Asians. We all know how insanely obsessed Chinese and Koreans are w maintaining a fair skin tone. But they will never publicly acknowledge it. This just shows how ready Indians are to tackle this issue and move forward, unlike the rest of the subcontinent. I’m watching you from France, again thank you a lot for your great work !

just a question, dont genetic studies show that inter caste gene flow stops after the caste system began just over 2000 years ago, suggesting a racialisation much earlier? I have no agenda, and accept the effect of Muslim and British colonialism, but I do think it is worth mentioning here

Sure, Skin Colour is inherently important in any peoples’ minds, but it’s Indian WOMEN’S stunningly gorgeous hair that I wish we understood. Indian women are not only inherently stunning, their hair is perfect. That’s why most American Black women pay a premium for Indian hair WIGS. The genetics 🧬 of skin colours & imo hair texture says more about a culture’s advancement. Hey! That’s exactly why regardless of your politics, Kamala Harris is definitively INDIAN & not African Black. Her skin colour and hair are decidedly Indian Continent.

GET that awful man off the end of the video?..please?

Really insightful video. I’m really happy to hear that Indians are starting to embrace their beautiful dark skin, as it’s always been seen as shameful in Indian/Asian culture. I’m half Bengali and can go very dark when I can actually get sunshine on my skin (I live in England). I’m very interested in India’s history as sadly I don’t know enough about it. I’ve also noticed that when I bring up India’s ancient history with other Asians they actually do not know much about it, which I find very sad and unfortunate as it’s very interesting and quite amazing. I feel like people of Indian descent need to start embracing and finding out what actually happened in their ancient India. Very off topic but I’ve recently found out that cannabis was a plant that was widely used in India for all kinds of things and that it was fully part of the culture for thousands of years. I would absolutely love if there was a video on this, as I fully believed it would have had a huge impact on the their society etc - whether that was positive or negative??

Which perfectly explain why Indians worship the whites and support Israel.

Accept it Indians are one of the most racist people on earth + they think as normal

They should be less worried about their complexions and more worried about that smell they all omit 😷

Time relevant, timeless documentary❤. Thank you very much

I will believe in new Indian hope and nationalism and pride of self when i see REGULAR black indian leads in Bollywood and Indian media.

Delhi Sultanate tarnished Razia Sultana rule because she was their first Queen and fell in love with an Abyssinian/ African slave whom she made into a nobleman.

Why do you lump people together despite knowing that each movement has its own politics and history? Please cite your sources when you make these bold claims. You could be talking about how the central govt literally dropped bombs on its own citizens in Aizawl and committed numerous acts of ethnically targeted violence and marginalized many people. But instead you just push this BS narrative that NE hill tribes are just colorist and ethnic supremacists. Go read Sunderlal committee reports and then ask yourself why maybe some people take issue with GOI. You are the one ignoring people's suffering and instead pushing some false narrative. Please fix this and stop spreading misinfo. Federalism is a serious issue and everyone needs to have their background respected. We cannot have a country based on "Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan".

People liked fair skin since ancient times. Even Roman people liked fair complexioned women, same for indians and other asian countries. Even south indians preferred white European women as bodyguard. Kali's dark complexion symbolises as darl energy or anger form than beauty.

Same thing still happens in Bangladesh. I'm the least favorite one in my own family just because I'm black and my younger brother is white. Every time I go to family gatherings people ask me what don't I use skin whitening creams or they suggest me to do so. I don't get it I don't want to be white I'm fine put the color of my skin and I wouldn't want it to be any other way. But I do feel sad for all the dark-skinned people in my country who had such difficulty is growing up. I feel their pain.

As an African, who is black, this was very interesting to watch. In Africa, we do have a couple of people who are concerned with their skin tone, but most people don't even process skin colour. Like I became aware of my blackness when I watched this video, it's not something that's constantly on our minds. A good portion of Africans enjoy being the colour they are and embrace everyone, and I hope Indians can do the same. Also it was good to know that you guys partially descended from us! Amazing. We really are all family.

Sad humans judge by something like skin color rather than ones personality and attitude. Such ignorance ran me away from all of the religions and gods this planet has to offer. I don’t want to be possessed by such a monster!

Very well researched content and I was completely engrossed in the narrative. Thank you for uploading this

If I’m an agnostic, white person in a colonised land, where are my holy sites

I think, whatever is most rare usually becomes the epitome of beauty standards. In the Middle Ages of Europe, to the 1800’s being fat was considered a great plus in considering desirability. In those times with no central heat, with travel being arduous, being without labor-saving devices, with minimal amounts of food, adding fat was only prevalent for the rich. Being fat meant you had extra resources, you were healthy, you did minimal manual labor. When food became more accessible to the masses, fat was considered a detriment to desirability. It was something common.

I can imagine, that during a time of minimal sunblock, perhaps mud, that light skin was a burden. Severe sunburns, cancer, severe weathering of the skin, would be an extreme disadvantage.

It’s like Kali Maa is said to have deeply black skin, but in modern times she is often depicted with blue skin

Thank you such a concise historical overview. Saw Asian colorism as an educator, esp in parent conferences, at an elite governer's school. (14% minority students - all minorities). Not sure some Indian parent's recognized their own bias towards their brown skinned child; that this desire to "be close" to whiteness; their child's acceptence to this school. That white students were the "standard" for their kids (esp brown-skinned daughters 😒). In contrast my Persian student parent's superiority attitude was palpable. I'm brown-skinned Black woman; Asian parent's surprised to see me - a global literature professor. The faces were priceless!😂😂 It wasn't UNTIL I started talking -- my education & status "revealed" - that the respect kicked in. Education, international experienence trumped color. BUT, a back-handed complement. One of only 2 Black professors in the ENTIRE school. So, I was "one of the good ones." Qualified, acceptable to be in an academic white spaces. smh

As a Turkish person who love Indian customs and interested about Indo European studies i found this video is very interesting