"I don't hate my complexion. I hate how society treats me for it. And sometimes it's easier to hate myself than society. "
@littlewallflower56222 жыл бұрын
Such a truthful comment.
@MrTobi0132 жыл бұрын
But yourself is beautiful!!
@rubyaddison54462 жыл бұрын
Facts💯
@kdjoshi7262 жыл бұрын
I'd still end up hating society tho it would be the same people (again) saying they're "made to think like that" or they'll blame it into media which shows a perticular complexion of skin as beautiful
@zainabmejja99362 жыл бұрын
😩😩😩
@antonellagattuso83192 жыл бұрын
I remember being rejected as an angel (at a play in elementary school) because according to the teachers "angels have light skin, and I was too dark for that". That fucked me up for a week, I was really sad about that :(
@pangkoulee76482 жыл бұрын
WTF. Shame on the teachers. They should not be doing that type of shit to you and other kids.
@somerandomchic2 жыл бұрын
Omg that happened to me. Our teacher used to let us act out the book we brought to read and I brought snow white and didn't get to be the princess in the book I brought 🙄 the teacher didn't say anything but ik that's wat it was. (I recommend not reply to me by putting my @ first cuz I might delete this some time later) also I didn't know we were gonna act the book
@ianntmy2 жыл бұрын
wow that's terrible
@Bella-wp7wz2 жыл бұрын
That’s honestly kinda disgusting to be saying that
@cmartin59032 жыл бұрын
That's because they have not read the bible and doesn't know how to identify true beauty (character).
@TangerineSprout2 жыл бұрын
I'm a tan Indian girl who's born in a family of fair skinned people. My grandma used to buy me 'Fair&lovely'(a popular Indian skin whitening cream) whenever we visited her and always scolded me for being outside and she will say 'get inside or else you'll get even darker and It'll be hard for us to find you a groom'. This affected my confidence so badly and developed insecurity in me even at a young age
@yanjungrass7152 жыл бұрын
Those fair and lovely ads are 🐂💩
@BELIEVER789892 жыл бұрын
Girl don't even listen to them, you are beautiful just the way you are💜💜
@vinylcreeks2 жыл бұрын
They changed their name to glow and lovely now. Because apparently that .... Changes the function??? No
@yanjungrass7152 жыл бұрын
@@vinylcreeks but they show the model as fair skinned and not tan or dark so they just cover uped the name but didn't change the mind set
@ZestyFlawa2 жыл бұрын
💙
@chrisgreek428511 ай бұрын
“In the end, humans are a bunch of weirdos.” Truer words were never spoken.
@MadhuranjaniMathangiSairam3 ай бұрын
Lmao so true
@praveennaik2018Ай бұрын
@@MadhuranjaniMathangiSairam❤
@daphne3631 Жыл бұрын
Anyone who is thinking that this video is exaggerated; it isn't. As an Indian I can attest that everything in this video is true. Not only employers, even parents differentiate between children on the basis of their skin tone
@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong Жыл бұрын
and that's legal?
@rina22fm Жыл бұрын
@@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong when that's the norm, people may not notice. And there's always ways to get away if it's not explicit. And laws differs from countries to countries/regions/places
@androgynouscloud8726 Жыл бұрын
@@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlongWhere I live (small country in Southeast Asia) the law doesn't even care if parents physically ab*use their children. Let alone discriminating over skin color
@dirremoire Жыл бұрын
I think the worst problem in India is the ghastly caste system. It seems very much alive and well. I even see it among Indians who live in the US.
@ThinkPraise Жыл бұрын
That is so sad that parents do this.
@meenucdev2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that you didn't limit the topic just to Korea, Japan and China like most of the people, but included India. It was reaaaaally needed!! Somebody had to say it!
@yanjungrass7152 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm sick of colorist comments in our country India....i am not a victim but I can't tolerate people discriminating my cousins or my bestie for that
@yanjungrass715 Жыл бұрын
@Reeshi Tas yeah they are afraid of people rejecting tan skin during marriage
@yanjungrass715 Жыл бұрын
@Reeshi Tas yeah ikr Indians are like that sadly....btw don't u ever take those words to heart coz u are precious
@oindrilaroychoudhuri273 Жыл бұрын
@@yanjungrass715 no bro racist people are going to be racist it's not a cultural problem but a colonial problem. The british people really did a number on us.
@fightfannerd2078 Жыл бұрын
You just need something to complain about
@daniellathompson31734 ай бұрын
As an African American that bear video shocked me, never in my life have I seen something so……heart wrenching.
@Duke_L000003 ай бұрын
Fr
@antoniarushingwaters8252 жыл бұрын
This is so crazy! Colorism exists everywhere in the world , so sad. Also the Spanish she spoke sounds like she said, "There is poop in your ass"
@isabellaguerrero97702 жыл бұрын
yeah, I also couldn't understand what she said in the beginning. "Ana" or something like that(?)
@VenusianLissette2 жыл бұрын
that’s exactly what she said.☠️
@Purrl17752 жыл бұрын
I work as an English teacher in china, the mom of one of the kids I teach told her to drink a lot of water so that “her skin will be brighter” 🤡
@jeppyjep2 жыл бұрын
@@Purrl1775 thats actually a classic "advice" from moms here in Malaysia as well. I dont know why people believe it tho.
@yin25862 жыл бұрын
@@isabellaguerrero9770 I feel she may have tried to say "una caca en el culo". But mispronounced una. So in english is roughly "one poop in the ass". Maybe better as "A shit in the ass" "There's poop in your ass" would be "tienes caca en el culo" so it's close enough. We may never know.
@eeshasiram77612 жыл бұрын
Sometimes in India having dark skin can lead to a lot of social backlashes too. I remember hearing a story about how a girl wouldn't go into a rickshaw with her friend's sister because her friend's sister was "too black". Also, I knew that fair skin was the standard in India but I didn't know that they literally used people from different countries to model for Indian women.
@dubblebubbletoilandtrouble66462 жыл бұрын
That part with the Ukranian models absolutely blew my mind.
@lia.isjusbetter2 жыл бұрын
i saw that too
@Unknown-mi9xd2 жыл бұрын
wait what? i mean i know there is this fair beauty standard here since when did people use people from different countries to model for indian women?
@vikkipink12882 жыл бұрын
@@Unknown-mi9xd it was in the video. The model said she was from Ukraine. I think that clip came from a Vice video
@pravashi_3822 жыл бұрын
Yeah ...i am i didn't meet someone like that till now in my life and i am happy i pretty much am ok with my skin colour..
@horrorbagels2 жыл бұрын
I am an African American woman and I knew that there was colorism issues in Asia. But I didn't realize how bad it was. Great video on this topic aswell.
@Theohybrid2 жыл бұрын
Pretty interesting how similar it is to colorism here with classism.
@espeon8712 жыл бұрын
@@Theohybrid its usually tied to classism too and with white supremacy in colonised countries, its really sad, we should stop upholding these stuanch standards and just sell makeup as a way to express oneself like u know just an item like clothes for eg
@yin_xing2 жыл бұрын
I guess colorism is too specific word to be used only in the US
@marlan54702 жыл бұрын
Colorism - that's about colors of the rainbow. What they have in Asia is deeply rooted Caste mentality. This isn't new. This has been going on for millennia.
@KrazeDiamond2 жыл бұрын
Lighter skin tone was considered a part of beauty standard since Tang Dynasty, nothing to do with Whites at all. And in Chinese society, their light skin tone differs from White people's skin. In China pale skin tone is considered unhealthy, what they sought after is 白裡透紅, sorta translucent, pinkish & clear complexation. Northerners usually have lighter, clearer skin complexations due to geological and climate factors; whereas the Southerners tend to have darker complexations because most of them used to work in the rice fields.
@rosenseti661810 ай бұрын
I'm African, with a dark and beautiful skin tone. Just mind my business every day; enjoying the same air, sunrise, and sunset like the rest of the world. Life is simple. There is no need to make a big deal out of skin tones. Peace to all humanity 🙏🏻.
@essedistracted55189 ай бұрын
Mi piace ciò che hai detto,ti amo per questo. Ma purtroppo la verità è un'altra con il resto delle persone. Dio ti dia fortuna salute e Amore
@Virus-xm7qc9 ай бұрын
. And may he give you the COURAGE to LOVE the skin you're IN!❤❤❤
@LG-gj9mz8 ай бұрын
I think the darkest skin is often the most beautiful.
@brittany80027 ай бұрын
I'm Latina, Greek, and white fun my mom, tan olive time skin and I like the tan look. But it can be hard when you get messages saying you should look different from a young age. I've heard in a lot of Asian countries tourists who are darker experience lies of racism
@jdmccoy19997 ай бұрын
What a beautiful soul you have. 🌺💐🌷🪻🌼
@dgds242 жыл бұрын
As a filipina when I was a kid I was always adored for having a bright skin and didn't know why was it such a thing but now that I'm adult I realized i'm not white and I have tan skin. I love how my skin looks but people here always makes me feel bad about myself and complexion. It's so sad I can't even embrace my true color. And the fact that skin with lighter complexion is much prefer especially in jobs and how they treat you as a human being in general🙄
@sakareeh2 жыл бұрын
Very true. I’m Filipina and light skinned. But I’ve always heard my family and relative say “don’t play outside you’ll get dark” and they compliment light skinned people more Like -_-
@dgds242 жыл бұрын
@@sakareeh Was very light skin before. san2 na ko pumupunta ngaun eh yun lumabas totong kulay ko as a filipina. I really love my skin but my folks and some of friends say they prefer my skin before or say "luh... umitim ka? Sayang ganda naman ng balat mo dati..." i'm like so ngayon di na? I don't want to white washed my skin cause I'm scared of chemicals entering and attacking my organs🥴 they should know better that the ingredients in the products they use has lots of mercury kaya nag iiba skin color nila. Anyways. Kung light skin ka sis be proud and out and enjoy your life!!!! ❤️
@Kamotea_kyutie2 жыл бұрын
I'm also a Filipina, who uses a lot of Whitening Soaps and Lotion but no matter the amount of effort or products, my skin color always stay the same color and tone, and everytime we go to the beach I will never dip or swim into the ocean and always stay at the cottage/bungalow and I have always hated myself for the skin color that I was born to and still have, I always have the mentality that "I dont have any of those European feautures, the least thing that I can do to be beautiful is at least to have a fairer and lighter skin." And with all the Filipino actors and actresses on TV media, it even made me feel worse about myself, I have remebered a time that I asked my mom to buy any whitening soap but my mom buy some safeguard instead of being grateful, I in return throw a huge tantrum at her. And I was only just 12 years old at that time. Looking back I feel bad and guilty for throwing a fit infront of my mom and sad to my younger self who wanted to change her skin color so bad just solely at a very young and tender age even before I was 12. One of my best friend was scrolling through tiktok on her phone and I was watching along beside her, I have noticed most of the videos are Girls who already have white and fair skin (such as caucasian) and the skin color I have always desired and wanted. I see the girls on these videos feeling much more beautiful and confident after getting a tan, showing their results after tanning, showing tips of a perfect tan, how to tan etc² , and I was appalled and shock on what I have just saw, At first I was baffled (in some sort of way) why on earth they would want the skin tone that I have when I even want theirs. I went to youtube and was so very suprised that theres a lot of tanning tutorials (especially the ones without using a tanning bed) and there was a video reccomended to me on how the beauty standards of the west contradicts on most of in Asia side, and seeing these people who wants my skin tone and feautures even when I am here wanting theirs, I become a lil confident knowing that the people that I desired to what I want to have and look like wants what I have, though I'm not gonna lie that I still have the desire to at least have a lighter skin, since Im still living here in the Philippines, where Having fairer, lighter and pale skin is still privillent and is the top beauty standard(s) that somehow became the norm, and it can led you of having advantages and privileges in life. Which I think that its not really justified and fair because you are treating the person just solely on their skin color. And growing up to be ashamed of our Natural and beautiful skin color.
@dgds242 жыл бұрын
@@Kamotea_kyutie whaaaat? That's so sad😭 you were only 12 when you felt insecure about your skin? I on the other hand never felt to do so I had fair skin up to 13 yrs old like and when we moved I had different friends and they were more outgoing so we go where the sun was 🤣 and yes! the melatonin in us no matter what product you use will stay the same because our skin colors are already projected in our dna's we may be fair for a while but it won't last and when you stop using this products your skin will be even worse. That's true. In tiktok those filipina women became famous because they have eurocentric features and more white than regular filipinos like us. It is so toxic especially for younger viewers audience to feel bad about themselves. If I was back in my younger self I would say be proud of what you have and be happy. If we were on western countries like america? Everyone will be envious of our golden complexion. Tbh, beauty standards are the opposite of what a race have and it's so weird. I hope you stop using those bleaching soaps etc. and accept what skin color you have. That's very harmful for you body and can cause delayed menstruation or worse you can't bare a child anymore (though if you prefer to have any in the future your choice) because this skin bleaching attacks our cells and our organs. Even if they say it's 💯 non chemicals and it's from nature don't believe that. They put harmful substances in it🥴 I on the other hand only use moisturizers. Might as well sunscreen just to protect the barrier of my skin and not change it.
@shenadarling502 жыл бұрын
I think my society is better. One point only lighter skinned people where preferred to work in banks in my country but now darker skin tones are being accepted. It just shows society is changing little by little.
@fuko37752 жыл бұрын
i'm indian and colourism is very deep rooted here. i developed social anxiety because of my skin color, the jokes and constant picking on your skin colour gets too much. for a long time i gave up even participating in anything because i believed i don't "look" smart enough. i myself had colourist beliefs as a child, i grew up with the idea that fair skin = beauty and always resented my looks. everyone around you pointing that out makes it even worse.
@PHlophe2 жыл бұрын
the indian dictionary of colorism has words such as Dusky, wheatish . its crazy
@mari61212 жыл бұрын
How unfair! I hope you are doing okay and prove to people that you are pretty and smart no matter your skin colour
@Lulu-in1pg2 жыл бұрын
Im so sorry that you have to go through that just know that you are beautiful and that there is something seriously wrong with them. Stay Strong!
@eeshasiram77612 жыл бұрын
Even though i was born and raised in America I've found that I have actually fallen into the colorism trap. I don't like going out in fear that I will tan and feel ugly. Weirdly enough I'm not entirely sure why I feel this way but i suspect it may be because of bollywood heroines and ig kpop.
@MrTobi0132 жыл бұрын
How on earth could there be colorism in a nation of people who have naturally sun kissed skin?!!! IT'S CRAZY!!
@kier2621 Жыл бұрын
seeing kpop idols with completely normal pores, acne scars, and texture makes me feel so much better 😭 like as an ex-dancer and someone who still does really intense workouts i was always so confused how they never had acne from sweating under makeup so often
@우-g7v Жыл бұрын
Okay but they are idol if they have normal pores, ance scars they cannot have many fans.
@afunkylittleguy Жыл бұрын
@@우-g7v but why? We all have them, it's normal to have them. And for many it's not like it changes their appearance that much. It's dumb imo
@ivetterodriguez9628 Жыл бұрын
My motto is that if you're not willing to have the same words repeated back to you then maybe should stay silent and humble yourself. And I understand idols especially will be held to higher expectations but even then people can be heartless when they don't get the visual they think they are owed. Would you say it to your mother or your sister? Or someone you actually know and care about? The repercussions for not visually appealing to people who idolize you but don't care about your well being is just a selfish one. It's how people react to things they're not owed that shows character. Treat others how you wish to be treated. And I can understand small criticisms but some people can be very nasty as if a person owes them everything they ever wished they could ever look like. Fans can the most demanding arrogant people. Being nice doesn't only apply to pretty people.
@kleverjapanese Жыл бұрын
My mom asks me why I have such a bad skin, with acne. :( I don’t know why..
@l3r4ch4n6 Жыл бұрын
@@afunkylittleguy bc of toxic perfection
@wisteria815511 ай бұрын
I have very tanned skin and curly black hair. This caused me a lot of issues being a korean, but I've learned to love the way I look and personally, i think the tan and curly hair suit me! 😊
@GameOnShanny7 ай бұрын
I hate this colorism thing going on. All skin is beautiful even darker skin
@LadyCherryDraws4 ай бұрын
Much love from another curly haired girly!
@aniltachand26943 ай бұрын
strange, never seen a Korean with curly hair or having dark skin, unless you are a biracial person
@vigilauntie83812 ай бұрын
Why everyone wants to look the same I’ll never know. Enjoy your unique beauty, I’ve always wanted curly hair.
@p_rochelle2 жыл бұрын
I'm very pale and people around me always are telling me I look see-through and I need to see the sun. I get bullied for my skintone, but at the same time, I see lots of girls getting bullied for their darker complexions. no one can win apparently.. we need to start letting people exist in their own bodies without judging it and we need to appreciate them. all skintones and bodies are beautiful, no exceptions !! edited for clarification
@sianais2 жыл бұрын
Easier said than done, and I don't think it's even possble without a reset. It's not as bad in my country as other places, but hearing you're dark as a kid in a tone that makes it sound like a bad thing sucks. But ironically, being as pale as you isn't the ideal here either. Light, but not too light; dark, but not to dark. Humans are weird. Our ability to make non-factors matter is amazing. Imagine if cats acted like this.
@p_rochelle2 жыл бұрын
@@sianais I entirely agree with you, which is where my "nobody can win" thing came from. I think just existing now is difficult because no matter what, people only want to be angry and point out things about each other. the way people have managed to demonize extremities in skin tone (both pale and dark, but especially dark) is wild. It's not easily attainable, but it would be nice if we could just exist without those non-factors being stressors. everyone is beautiful in their own skin and beauty standards refuse to let so many beautiful people actually *feel* beautiful, even tho they are. its so strange bc every time i see people with unique skin I tend to be in awe. tbh society would be better if we were all cats
@ultron55562 жыл бұрын
I'm european but in high school my name was corpse because I was pale and introvert and the teachers always asked me I am sick because I look so pale lmao my mom say I need tanning because too light skin not beautiful but I really don't care lol beauty standards really different everywhere
@whizz_07112 жыл бұрын
Fr I see people counterattacking the colourism against dark skin with colourism against light skin smh… like bro just let people’s skin be
@literaturtraumerei11102 жыл бұрын
Yes same. People always ask me, if I'm sick... I hate it, it's my skintone wtf. Why people think they can randomly interpret skintones from other people.
@squishymochi36152 жыл бұрын
This is also common in East Africa. My mom and aunties always buy skin bleaching creams and glamourize lighter skins and despise dark skin. My older sister is darker than me and my mum says she is not really attractive compared with lighter girls. It honestly exists everywhere, not just Asia.
@mmc12272 жыл бұрын
But Dark skin is what makes East Africans attractive
@eggybread76522 жыл бұрын
@@mmc1227 that’s not the point tho..
@Ruby-dc3wp2 жыл бұрын
What country in East Africa
@mmc12272 жыл бұрын
@@eggybread7652 Yeah, I just thought I'd just tell someone they're beautiful.
@anenafernanda71572 жыл бұрын
@@Ruby-dc3wp Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, south sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, google is free you know
@karath79612 жыл бұрын
As a tan Filipina, my family has always encouraged me to use brightening soap. I also used to use powder to make myself look lighter. I stopped using brightening soap and powder in recent years. I’m still learning to accept and love myself as I am.
@luluowq98272 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that meanwhile in Sweden i see some people try to get tanned but just end up becoming orange lol
@hearthacker19822 жыл бұрын
@@luluowq9827 😂
@kofimii2 жыл бұрын
ey fellow filipina lagi ko itong sinasabi sa kanila I'm proud morena
@karini-xf6zl2 жыл бұрын
Does it actually bleach your skin somehow or it just covers it with some lighter layer? Are there any side effects from using the brightening soap?
@liaselleaeri2 жыл бұрын
brightening and whitening soap are two different things btw. there's nothing wrong with wanting to get a brighter skin. it's usually for people who have dull skins (ppl like me)
@Lili-p1b5t Жыл бұрын
I remember travelling to SK 5 years ago. I am a black girl. I was used to not finding my shades in beauty stores. I still went into one, out of curiosity to see what they had. Let's just say, it was one of the most traumatic experience of my life. The sales rep made fun of me (thinking I couldn't understand), and tried to apply some whitening product on my skin without my consent. More racist pos I've met. Luckily right after, this wonderful lady in a lingery store treated me like a princess and restored my faith into SK people.
@starlessfae10 ай бұрын
as an indian im literally teriified of going to east asia for this reason. also im not exactly a size zero and ive heard even stick thin people get bodyshamed there
@Cindy997659 ай бұрын
@@starlessfaeThey do. Koreans view South Asians very badly and think they are poor.
@yttelbruinsma95037 ай бұрын
Wat vinden ze nou mooi aan die kleur?? Het is geeneens een kleur 🤡
@frog60546 ай бұрын
@@starlessfae Here in Malaysia, Indians are part of the major population and people still make fun of you for having dark skin.
@joshuabuchanan11416 ай бұрын
Eww, shame on that sales rep, sorry for that happened
@palesasefurutshe68322 жыл бұрын
i swear this vid came at the right time, as Black South African I've always been insecured about my complexion am literally 3toned. Arms, face lighter than other areas. Skin bleaching was an option for me to lighten darker areas. But i am afraid of side effects. I think am good being three toned! Its not only an Asian thing but global phenomenon! Africa too, even white Africans, Indians or colored mixed race people turn to skin lightening to feel confident
@lia.isjusbetter2 жыл бұрын
yes you shouldn't bleach any of those parts...only go to the dermatologist to fix hyperpigmentation because they're safe dont go to alternative products
@interneeeet2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, ed just meant that it's a really common in Asia, not only in Asia. Btw, Indians are Asians too
@angel_qu3en2 жыл бұрын
I relate i hated being black i hated my race because of all the hardships and unfairness i got with it. But as i got older i realised that i am beautiful and we're all gonna die as one, despite the colours of our skin ☺
@MsMrReason2 жыл бұрын
@@angel_qu3en As a dark skinned black female I hated being black as child and growing up in the UK surrounded by white kids and people, black people were almost pressured to self hate. There is a lot of insecurity in the white people and pale people. They want someone else to be worst of than themselves So if they wake up an feel bad you exist and they are not so bad, The amoundt of hate some white people wanted me to get when I went to SOuth Korea was ludicrous, But it back fired as ultimately people are not blind . Koreans, Japanese and Chinese tourists pre oandemic would not leave me alone. Because while you can say someone is UGLY for being dark and using a pale person instead does not make darke people ugly. It just means you HIDE them
@corry92 жыл бұрын
Omw! This is so true. As a multi-racial nation,you'd think it would otherwise. We're literally known as the Rainbow nation, yet its so ironic to see the preference of light skin. All races should be embraced, as well as all skin tones💓
@Mysty19192 жыл бұрын
As an Indian, this white obsession shown by other Indians has always been embarrassing for me ... 💀💀💀
@pixiexlife55032 жыл бұрын
it's embarrasing cus we put ourselves down . like ew
@ray_shork21242 жыл бұрын
Az a filipino I remember accidentally bleaching myself w/ bleach and after that IVE BEEN GETTING COMPLIMENTZ HERE AND THERE
@stellar35812 жыл бұрын
The word krishna is a Sanskrit word for black or dark but also interpreted as attractive. So white being beautiful is dumb for Indians to believe
@smuglumine93792 жыл бұрын
Bengali here and oml same😭 the slightest tan and my mum will say I look dirty
@devashrijoshi90792 жыл бұрын
Ikr??
@auryylmao2 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the early 2000s in Italy, EVERYONE wanted the "tanning bed" look (while simoultaneously being racist to anyone who wasn't white or Italian lol you had to be tan but god forbid you were from another ethnicity), and not only it was galaxies away from their actual skintone - it was also orange af 😵I have always been white as a ghost and I was teased for that. Beauty standards are stupid and everyone always want what they don't have
@xth67382 жыл бұрын
Yes, I read somewhere some years ago that a white person with a tan is seen as just that - a white person with a tan. But there's always heavier prejudices when it comes to dark-skinned POC. Which is why I personally think the whole "dark skins want to lighten and light skins want to darken" observation tends to oversimplify the issue. Don't get me wrong, I'm not invalidating light-skinned people's experience of being told they look sick and should get some sun, but they're just not the same, and definitely not as simple as it's laid out to be.
@auryylmao2 жыл бұрын
@@xth6738 Absolutely! I agree on everything and while being teased about paleness is simply annoying, being discriminated for being of another ethnicity besides white is on a whole another level and it's a huge social issue. I would never compare my experience to POC's experience, I hope my comment doesn't sound like I'm trying to imply that 😵
@kdjoshi7262 жыл бұрын
Ikr? It again as you said, anyone from other ethnicities would be ridiculed which makes no sense! You want a tan skin but also from the white race? Damn that's kinda sad (a similar beauty standard is there in east asia)
@sergpie2 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Italy here, as well (provincia di Olbia-Tempio e poi in provincia di Latina), and never have my Ivorian and Ghanaian friends been ridiculed for their skin color. This was in the 1980s and 1990s and up until 2002. The tanning obsession in Italy goes back to the 1950s. Italy has racism, but who doesn’t? As a white European, I’ve been discriminated in places where whites represent a majority; it happens to everyone everywhere, and folks of color deserve no special place, unless you think melanin is more important than merit. Everyone’s experiences are equally as valid; black, white, or brown.
@isateasane2 жыл бұрын
@@auryylmao no i totally agree with you. Receiving comments here and there is one thing but it is not comparable to the actual social discrimination in some countries.
@RakiOsrez Жыл бұрын
I lived in Mexico for 3 years and I would often hear how beautiful my fair skinned cousin was. While no one ever said that darker skin was ugly, no one ever said it was beautiful either, so as a kid I could only come to the conclusion that light skin is prettier than darker skin tones. I don't know if it's different now, Mexico definitely had an issue with colorism back then.
@AntharieAzarenna7 ай бұрын
Y sigue siendo asi, yo soy mexicana e incluso entre mexicanos desprecian a los de tonalidades más oscuras, yo tengo familiares de tonalidad moreno claro y discriminan a los de color oscuro a los N siendo que ellos no son blancos y de ojos azules y así son muchos que no son blancos pero discriminan de igual manera, no te lo dirán a la cara pero te van a ignorar y no te van a voltear a ver y después van a criticarte fuerte cuando no estés presente te lo digo porque yo lo vivo a diario y también con lo del tema del peso igual critican a los que tienen sobrepeso y ellos están igual o te dicen "a tu edad yo estaba delgado/a" y muchas cosas así, es feo pero uno sencillamente tiene que ignorar todo eso para poder ser feliz
@monkpool4 ай бұрын
Yo same here
@lolarodriguez4263 ай бұрын
My husband is Mexican and I am black, we have the same skin tone and as someone who goes to Mexico every six months, there's people over there 2 times darker than me, they're beautiful❤
@ishak.s8701 Жыл бұрын
As a Indian , the tv commercials for "fair and lovely" was very hilarious . At a very young age we've being brainwashed to think that being fair and light skinned meant everything. At that time I didn't know how toxic it was for the younger me . The commercials played a huge impact on the Indian society, as a result people would praise if a person is white and insult if the another one is darker . People don't realise how beauty standards are killing us slowly .
@AnimeGirl-fx2ky Жыл бұрын
Yeah you're right, society never feel contended nor let others feel contended. These beauty standards are too much, I have seen so many people using ' fair and lovely ', it's fine if you are using it yourselves but they recommend it to other people as well. I got 2 packets of fair and lovely as birthday gift when I was around 9-10 years old and that lady told me that it's time I start using that, like seriously? this is what you're telling a child? But my mom and my family never let me use any of that type of products, they told me that I don't need it as my skin tone is perfect. We need to stop putting pressure on people to fit certain beauty standard, it's doing them only harm with almost no benefits.
@flsbryy Жыл бұрын
and the fair(er) friends ALWAYS compare skintones with the darker ones...
@silentwatcher1455 Жыл бұрын
Indians want to insult themselves? There are more dark skinned Indians than lighter ones.
@RojaJaneman Жыл бұрын
Easy. All conscious people like u need to marry really dark people that u can find. At least three shades darker. Make darker babies. Once it becomes common practice, society will bend to ur will
@greenscenery197411 ай бұрын
But fair skin is beautiful
@paszerine Жыл бұрын
Being Filipino, growing up I've always heard people say: "she's pretty but her skin is too dark." That always made me feel so insecure. I have darker skin and it took me years to embrace my natural skin color.
@Pughhead Жыл бұрын
That's fucking awful. Flat out racism lmao
@sleepingpanda467 Жыл бұрын
As a fellow Filipina I needed to see this comment. Thx for sharing! ❤
@raquelgraham Жыл бұрын
That’s extremely sad
@DagothChad11 ай бұрын
Alot of us who come to the Philippines love dark skin. The darker the better for me.
@andreamata-19411 ай бұрын
Here in Mexico you can heard the same thing, people even said them about newborned babies
@carlyg.92892 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy, because here in my town, I’m teased for being pale. Insults and comments like, ‘pale as a ghost’, ‘white like paper’, and whatnot have always been tossed my way. But if I go to a country where being pale is good, then I’d be praised. It doesn’t make sense and it isn’t fair. Beauty standards are different everywhere, that’s why everyone is beautiful, it’s not just an empty saying,
@あわ-k4f2 жыл бұрын
In my town, people will call you lazy if you don't have dark skin
@pepperdayjackpac45212 жыл бұрын
unless you're actually ugly based on every culture's standards L0L
@carlyg.92892 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that’s the struggle. If you’re born with fair skin, too bad, you’ll be hated. If you’re born with tan or just dark skin, you’ll be hated. There is no winning.
@BeautieNDeath192 жыл бұрын
Dido for me. When I was in school there were white walls and there jokes that I'm so white I could blend in with them.
@sweetbutterfly58992 жыл бұрын
Fair skin always been the beauty standard the new trand of getting tanned isn't this common
@jademondia653711 ай бұрын
Thank you for including the Philippines 🇵🇭 in your video! Finally, someone who acknowledges that other Asian countries also exist, lolll
@rinedee62479 ай бұрын
I mean, he included only about 5 countries and only from south and east Asia.... I guess it's a start, but I thought he would actually go more into depth
@Rizekim262 жыл бұрын
Body: produces melanin to protect the skin Human: uses skin whitening creams that causes skin cancer Body: 👁️👄👁️
@1CE.2 жыл бұрын
Wrong Melanin isn’t that good at protecting the skin. Black people need to take protective measures too. I get what you’re trying to do but perpetuating this idea of melanin being magic is even more dangerous and WILL lead to skin cancer Everyone is exposed to the sun, not everyone lives in a society that wants them to be whiter let alone have access to bs skin “whitening” products
@rRandom352 жыл бұрын
Random humans: more *whitening* for less cancer.
@Rizekim262 жыл бұрын
@@1CE. Huh? Did I say that melanin is magic? First, black people aren't the only people whom skin produce melanin. Second, melanin protect from UV rays and makes the skin less prone to sun burn and damage, yes ofc you need to take measures to protect your skin even if your are brown or black, but its still in no way near the protection you must have if you have light skin.
@1CE.2 жыл бұрын
@@Rizekim26 No, it’s about the same Melanin even in the darkest of people only has like an SPF of 15 Again you think it’s magic and only perpetuating a dangerous myth. Stop
@Rizekim262 жыл бұрын
@@1CE. its not a matter of opinion, kid. go open a biology book instead of posting BS comments on youtube.
@illsaywhatifoundright2 жыл бұрын
In my family, my grandfather was on a darker shade like my father... When I was a child, I refused to even give him a hug, because I was afraid that the colour will spread on to me. I got the idea from school because some of the kids told me that if you hug someone for a long time, we'll get the colour, so she hugs her mother all time to get her colour, I WAS SIX AND I STILL HAVE THAT MEMORY. My grandfather used to pick me up from school and this girl told others when we were in a group, that I'll be black soon.and that was the reason.when I refused to hug him, he asked me why and I told him that this is the reason. He laughed. I don't really remember how his face was back in then.i lost him when I was seven. I still regret for not hugging him.
@danielvictor74552 жыл бұрын
That's the saddest things I've read today so far... where are you from btw?
@illsaywhatifoundright2 жыл бұрын
@@danielvictor7455 India, and colourism here , is so dangerous..
@BittuKumar-uf7er2 жыл бұрын
@@illsaywhatifoundright i feel sorry 😔 for you I'm boy with dark skin colour people made fun for me call me kaalu and said i never get girlfriend becuz I'm dark hence ugly
@illsaywhatifoundright2 жыл бұрын
@@BittuKumar-uf7er I know a lot of women who find dark colour attractive. Doesn't matter...our generation is becoming different , even if some of them are still rotten. Tbh , our dressing sense plays a huge role in how others see us . I feel having a great sense of fashion is now the greatest way of expressing ourselves, and has a huge impact in first impressions.
@audreywright11012 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry, honey😥😢! What a "traumatic experience!" Children are "truly innocent!" In "some households" they get their "demeanor" from the parents and down the line! However, "the cycle must be broken"! Erase the "toxic ignorant hate"! Btw, because of my Bible-based belief( John 5:28,29), you will see your grandfather again. Not to Offend but to Comfort! Shine🐾🦊
@yunabean2 жыл бұрын
i’m native from canada and for natives i feel like growing up, kids get made fun of for being pale “looking white” but then the darker kids will also get made fun of for looking “burnt” or “black”. i’ve seen native adults share colourist memes online before as well. it’s very fucked. colourism is in so many poc communities and it starts so early, it’s so sad.
@yunabean2 жыл бұрын
but if ur a pale native in canada, you have closer proximity to whiteness.. so then u get treated better by the predominant white society, you’re more likely to be “accepted” but also you have to have it or at least put on ur “white voice” or they stare at u in a different way 😁👍🏻
@victoriasb55602 жыл бұрын
omggg!!!! i’m first nation as well and i agree. the pale natives definitely get teased but they also get treated a lot better. i remember seeing this post specifically being shared talking abt how “dark natives aren’t as lucky bc they look burnt during the summer” n it made me so uncomfortable how our people are perpetrating the same hate we complain abt
@vivalarance18402 жыл бұрын
I always get ppl to act chocked to see my white legs, then telling me to gonin the sun because i reflect sunlight.. lately I have been starting to feel a bit more annoyed that people want to tell me to go lay in the sun. It will make me burn within 10 minutes if I don't use sunprotector and aside from that skincancer and wrinkly skin when you get older isn't something I wish to achieve in my life.
@LaAbuelaShilena2 жыл бұрын
I’m a rlly pale Latina and EVERYONE ALWAYS BOTHERS ME TELLING ME TO TAN and then they see a tan/black person and look at them badly (I know bcs family lol)
@gaesimp__2 жыл бұрын
ayyyee a fellow native
@viyorel2 жыл бұрын
I naturally have rather fair skin (I'm Chinese) and I'm definitely lighter than everyone else in my family. I was born and raised in Canada and whenever I visit extended family in Hong Kong, they treat me like some kind of princess because I'm "Western" but also conform to their beauty standards of having super light skin, but then turn around and criticize my cousins about how they should be "as light as me" and it's SUPER uncomfortable.
@hhh1234h2 жыл бұрын
It’s really infuriating to be in that sort of situation. But I’m glad that I’m able to get mad because it means I’m aware and can make sure I don’t spread that toxic bs to others. Imagine being the type of person holds the fact that their skin is light over others and makes it a point and center focus of their life yikes
@viyorel2 жыл бұрын
@@hhh1234h Yeah.. It's really sad to see. I do make it a point to try to tell them that skin colour doesn't really matter, but I can't really tell if what I say gets through. Change takes time.
@milanoxiel78532 жыл бұрын
It’s just culture difference, in China we admire whiteness , for some even worship it, we see white people as superior due to century of humiliation
@ginihall12342 жыл бұрын
Just make sure you tell your cousin you don’t feel the way they do.
@anonnnymousthegreat2 жыл бұрын
That’s great and all, but when you’re so pale that you can see every vessel in your body, you’re running into looking like a corpse territory.
@najgarcia410 Жыл бұрын
The glutathione drip shown in the video is becoming more and more ubiquitous in the Philippines offered by many beauty clinics. I mean, like anywhere in Asia, whitening products are ALWAYS popular and there are even additional like that one.
@sugarfree976 ай бұрын
There are many races in asia. The proportion of whitening cosmetics in the korean cosmetics market is 5%. This is the same for the japanese cosmetics market. Far East Asians are not very interested in whitening.
@augustuslunasol10thapostle6 ай бұрын
@@sugarfree97 you mean ethnic groups?
@sugarfree976 ай бұрын
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle ㅇㅇ
@minahilmustafa_ Жыл бұрын
As an Asian with medium skin tone I can say that the amount of times I've been told use skin whitening products to look prettier just makes my heart shatter! I have always been confident about my skin tone and love it but the people around me to them it's always not enough
@Aamnakhan9098 Жыл бұрын
Same..
@sofycolt27 Жыл бұрын
Don't listen to them. God made you beautiful
@valentinvas6454 Жыл бұрын
I've experienced the opposite bullshit as a relatively pale skinned white dude in Europe a few years ago. I've never understood this. Also many people around me were obsessed with getting a tan back in high school. Especially girls. I also remember reading an article where they rated Hugh Jackman's body a 9/10 because he was too pale to be a 10/10. Imagine telling a black or brown person that they would look better if they weren't that dark. Nonsense.
@minahilmustafa_ Жыл бұрын
@@valentinvas6454 world doesn't lets us live in peace! They always have a problem
@atyourservicedog Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy, I’m sorry you’ve dealt with that. I’m very pale, and my ex husband used to insist I tan, buying me tanning and constantly reminding me to not “look sick”. It’s crazy to me how skin tone is always wrong to some people. God made everyone unique and beautiful, how can we not marvel at it? We are in a living museum of art, I’m just amazed at every different face I see, amazing!
@PinayNoona2 жыл бұрын
I have a friend she brought along with her her daughter to her office. Her daughter has a darker complexion. One of my friend’s colleague said upon seeing her daughter “sinong bata ito? bakit maitim?” (who is this kid? why is she dark-skinned?). My friend heard it and got so angry. And I think then child developed an “inferiority complex”. She said that when she grows up she wants to have a lighter complexion. But then I as her “tita” I make sure that she’s beautiful regardless of her skin color.
@PHlophe2 жыл бұрын
the child heard everything ?
@Silvia.Araujo2 жыл бұрын
I also have an inferiority complex. I've always wanted a lighter, skin, eye, and hair color, but I instead have darker colors. Definitely does mess with your life. You don't feel like yourself. You want to be someone else so bad.
@cherilynsarts88452 жыл бұрын
I have so many friends who the same way of thinking! They looks handsome and beautiful with their skin too. One of my friends dreamt about going to Manila so their skin will get lighter and it just made me cringe and told them that they looked fine.
@RandoPassingBy2 жыл бұрын
@@Silvia.Araujo Just so you know, you’re definitely perfect already! Other people’s opinions and hurtful comments definitely messes with you, and I’m so sorry for you to go through those things and met those shitty people, but they definitely aren’t right!
@akanksha92692 жыл бұрын
My mom has very light skin compared to me since my dad is quite dark skinned. Bruh I see people treating me and my mom differently so many times. It hurts but I just have to deal with it.
@puffskein89 Жыл бұрын
I’m half Filipino and half Norwegian. The entire time I grew up I always got compliments from Norwegians for being naturally “tan”, and still to this day I get told that I’ve got the perfect colour, but mostly from non-white people. It was a huge culture shock when I went to the Philippines and they were all like “ah you’re so pale, how nice.”
@phoenixchi9725 Жыл бұрын
When I was still in the Philippines I am ashamed of my color because in the Philippines they call my color "maitim" when in fact it's brown not black. Now that I am here in Europe I am very proud of my skin colour. They call it sunkissed skin and very expensive skin colour😉
@khanom3033 Жыл бұрын
I'm an Half Asian too (German/Thai) and I also experienced the clashing of two contrary beauty standards. White ppl complimented when I was tanned and Thai ppl admired when I was fair... And yeah, I was obsessed with pale skin when I was younger as I tanned so easily and wanted to be like the other kids in Germany.
@applefarm6126 Жыл бұрын
@@phoenixchi9725 God loves you. Romans 8:38-39.
@花_花火 Жыл бұрын
@@phoenixchi9725 O think I should go to Europe 😂
@anushree8984 Жыл бұрын
Getting that skin is really hard you know
@take.action2023 Жыл бұрын
As a Filipina so glad to be living in Australia, they love tan skin here❤ But I wish they would love their fair skin too.
@sophial31512 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why Kpop changed so drastically from even just 2010 to now they use to be very naturally dark and have changed to super “white” and most the time the filters they use on the cameras make them look gray instead. I have tried “brighteners” and liked the look a lot but I could not go outside at all without burning, even with sunscreen I would burn so badly that I stopped using the products because it’s not worth cancer.
@lorenzosawal97932 жыл бұрын
Honestly ? Good for you 😁 Glad you can see your true beauty
@SongDaYeong2 жыл бұрын
when I was in preschool, first-generation kpop idols started to debut. and I remember those music videos are using a strong light setting, It was so bright I almost can't see their noses lol I think the pale skin thing is always in the culture but each era has different ways.
@fup7232 жыл бұрын
U should not use it during daytime only night i think.
@shruthakeerthi45592 жыл бұрын
@@SongDaYeong the thing with 1st gen idols is, the camera lighting made their noses literally disappear, but when they were on music shows or TV, you saw them real. For example, Lee Hyo-ri and Ock Joo-hyun (from Fin.K.L.) were tanned and more musculous/heavily buikt than average respectively, and yet, both were accepted and respected. Yoon Mirae, heck, the entirety of Uptown, as well as Tashannie, enjoyed tremendous success despite being "미국풍", either korean-american or mixed-race Korean. Heck, it was even fashionable to look "foreign", which is why Chakra even got to debut (the whole "Indian concept" is a mess though... but it brought us Hwangbo so yeah one good thing) The 2000s had an entire generation of women rock their natural skin tone out on TV. You had shades from Yoon Mirae, Chae Yeon, Lexy, Big Mama, to Lee Sooyoung, Byul, Yoon Eunhye and many more.
@SongDaYeong2 жыл бұрын
@@shruthakeerthi4559 I think you misunderstood my comment. I'm kinda agreeing with you but the point is each era has a different kind of pale skin thing. I know those people are very popular but did they become the new standard or the majority? No. just each generation has a different trend. these 'fashion styles' always come and go circle around. plus I think current advanced technology made this brightened skin thing to a more advanced level. In the old days they didn't have many choices, you know lolol
@agnesug3836 Жыл бұрын
As a black woman i don't hate my skin ,I hate how society treat me and judge me for it , I always thank God for blessing me with this melanin 🙏🏿 we need to stop bleaching our skin
@Amaranthus-i2l Жыл бұрын
My OWN family holds a higher regard for people with fairer skin and I have quite a "tan" skin tone with the country I'm from and honestly I'm so embarrassed to even talk abt skin tones around them. I just don't understand how someone can treat someone different and act superior just because of a chemical or pigment in their skin?? IDK WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO?? Like we were born like this. Do we crawl back into our mother's wombs?? It is so irritating. I have resorted to not caring if anyone says anything abt my skin tone and providing common sense to people who don't have it, including my family whenever they are prejudice against people who literally aren't all the same skin colour. I find it beautiful that we are born with different skin colours and have even heard people's stories of the discrimination that they have encountered in their lives and tbh it is so heartbreaking.
@bobafrost7366 Жыл бұрын
The problem really goes both ways depending on who it is you're around and where you live which way you'll experience. I got picked on for the opposite where I lived in America, made to feel like I looked like a dead person/ghost/etc and it made me very self-conscious especially in middle school, but you just gotta learn on your own to love yourself however the way you are, not care about other's perceptions. That's the best advice anyone can take to heart!
@anikimonfrere1749 Жыл бұрын
why are blacks people so racist towards indians, asians, whites? Feeling of inferiority?
@idontreadorreply Жыл бұрын
You know that a god didn’t give you skin color or anything, it was genetics lol
@Amaranthus-i2l Жыл бұрын
@@idontreadorreply God made u lol so yes he did if u dont think so just respect her beliefs
@sriv21672 жыл бұрын
So I’m Indian (Southern), and seeing all these comments from fellow Indians about how colorism is a problem and has such a negative impact actually gives me hope that maybe, even if it takes a few generations, there will be a cultural reset. It seems the youth are more open-minded and logical and just generally aware that whitening creams won’t change the concentration of melanin in your body. “Beauty standard” is a useless social construct since it changes wherever you go, which just ultimately means there are different ideas of beauty and therefore we’re all considered beautiful *somewhere.* Everyone is beautiful to *someone,* not *everyone* just by nature of people having different conceptions of beauty. No one will ever agree universally on what physical traits are considered beautiful.
@thehawkseye34122 жыл бұрын
Unilever plc is a British multinational. Hindustan Unilever which sells Fair and lovely (now glow and lovely) is a subsidiary of Unilever. It markets fairness products using indian subsidiary in many countries even as far as Africa. This company started here in 1933 and soon after independence started selling fair and lovely with ads that told women they should use it to get light skin or they won't be married. Then in recent decades they moved on to saying they need it to get job... Only India could be so clueless that they kept being told their skin was not good enough and bought stuff from a British subsidiary after throwing the British out... 1000 years of foreign rule has killed the sensitivity to such BS to a great extent. People want to look like whom they perceive as winners.. While they use Indian subsidiary to feed the same skin colour racism to rest of the world too. If they sold it directly from British brand it would make people notice it sooner.
@shinchannohara56212 жыл бұрын
@@thehawkseye3412 not only British bet the turkic/islamic invasion was too the same frowned upon having a black skin before that time lot of texts are available calling black skin to be beautiful.
@somethingcreativeprobably51602 жыл бұрын
It took my friend with dark complexion a long time to see that all the compliments I gave her for her gorgeous features were genuine and not taunts :(
@yanjungrass7152 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's gonna take atleast 3 generations to get that 💩 thought that tan is bad and fair is good out of our indian heads
@Richa_cute2 жыл бұрын
@@somethingcreativeprobably5160 It’s wrong to say so but talent does shine. My friends from south, some of whom are quite dark compared to average skin tone, are actually doing quite well career wise. Not that they are models or actors. But they work in top companies like google, walmart, etc in India. So yeah, if you got talent it will not affect your chances in anyway, even in India. P.S and when when you work in an mnc you’ll have many suitors too.
@perrrkele Жыл бұрын
His voice is so calm and gentle!
@herroyalawkwardness954 Жыл бұрын
As a Filipino, I can attest that skin whitening soaps are everywhere in the Philippines. It's easy to say ' love/embrace your skin' but when you get made fun of and looked down for your brown complexion, it's easier to see why people are obsessed with lightening their skin including me before I embraced my brown skin.
@CiceroSapiens8 ай бұрын
I've seen a lot of Filipina with white faces and beatiful tan skin and it's always a bit disturbing, especially because some of these are people i would consider very self confident
@ynf115 ай бұрын
In Indonesia too. In here whitening soap are everywhere
@shostysboo2 жыл бұрын
My jaw DROPPED when Ms. Thang was doing blackface in the family photo. I’m black so I’m used to hearing some nasty things about my skin tone, but the thing that upsets me is that it’s other black people saying it. Someone can be a shade lighter than you and they can hit you with a “darkie” or the classic “field slave” to make themselves seem better than you because they’re lighter. And don’t get me started on the “team lightskin vs. team darkskin” debate.
@crazysmall.artist2 жыл бұрын
you're not the only race that has that has a skin tone, plz say 'brown' as it is the more appropriate term than 'black'. I as a native American (who's also brown) am saying this with the utmost respect and fact that there are poc everywhere, every race, every continent. And alot of ppl with lighter skin can tan under the sun. Plz keep that in mind also too, thank you.
@Sarawarawara-2 жыл бұрын
@@crazysmall.artist They were doing *blackface* though, specifically about black people this time. However the concept affects all brown-skinned people
@Call-me-Al2 жыл бұрын
I think it is pretty safe to discount black people who call you "field slave" for being darker, because that is an insane amount of internalized racism. Heavy emphasis on insane. It's like they aren't even consciously registering what they are saying. Like they don't understand that house slaves were the result of rape, and that no matter if you worked in the field or house you still both came from the people who didn't die on the long travel on the slave ships from any of the many horrors that were done to the slaves during nor after. To call you a "field slave" is directly to call themselves "house slaves" as if the whole slavery wasn't about surviving the cruelty of the vile slave masters. They might as well be kissing the feet of slave master descendants and calling them their "Superiors" when they actively invoke the slavery system to put their peers down. I'm sorry for ranting so much but this is incredibly upsetting and aggravating.
@magicalfangirlgirl2 жыл бұрын
Yeah... the blackface was horrifying. It's so sad that POC have to deal with colorism within their own communities. ;-;
@bored34042 жыл бұрын
@@crazysmall.artist she is talking about black people what the he'l are you talking about
@masayoyanagisawa35372 жыл бұрын
My father is extremely dark and Asian. I always felt bad his whole life he was always judged negatively from asians or white people mostly... he said only place he ever felt accepted was Hawaii 😔
@KingAkseer7 ай бұрын
I think it was the best ever video that I watched on KZbin in 2024 it taught me how to be respectful. Thank you
@dianedee7919 Жыл бұрын
Dark people trying to get lighter skin, light people trying to get darker skin. Love who you are. Be true to yourself.
@ellice452010 ай бұрын
People want what they don’t have or need sadly
@juliemesser205310 ай бұрын
@@ellice4520This is true.
@florenciayee10 ай бұрын
@@ellice4520yh but that's how the world work sadly
@maycheung350610 ай бұрын
Straight hair people want curling hair etc
@Каналдляучебы-ы9ф9 ай бұрын
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@ChuanClaw2 жыл бұрын
I really don’t understand why people hate darker skin tones… we need to love ourselves and our neighbors, who cares what race or ethnicity they are. This is just crazy.
@devashrijoshi90792 жыл бұрын
Colonialism
@YS-iv3bd2 жыл бұрын
I don’t know man, it’s been around much longer. But stop complaining and just love yourself.
@BitchChill2 жыл бұрын
@@devashrijoshi9079 It's far deeper than that
@qieenalubya2 жыл бұрын
for me, having a dark skin tone is an advantage, means that blemishes and dark spots will not be so noticable, white skin is more sensitive than darker skin and it takes a lot of effort to maintain fairness when you live in tropical country like india
@onyx0812 жыл бұрын
@@qieenalubya Not to mention that people with fairer skin tend to show signs of aging a lot faster than those with darker skin
@jlittlejohn972 жыл бұрын
Black people have to deal with similar colorism. In the US, lighter skinned Black people are generally viewed more positively than darker skinned people and it really can impact all aspects of life. Even though I see more and more Black folk appreciating darker skin, the lighter is better standard is very much still applied to Black people from greater society, ESPECIALLY Black women.
@caramelfemale80222 жыл бұрын
Facts
@mariamtheloml2 жыл бұрын
The fact most of this was caused because of European colonization
@1CE.2 жыл бұрын
Really? Tbh no one really cares, I been among other cultures in America too and I’ll just tell you man, everyone sees you as black and don’t really care what shade If anything I seen it’s other black people who are obsessed with light skinned blacks and whites. Some whites even fall victim to this Mf’s talking about caramel babies and hoping somehow they get the white partners eyes. It’s seriously creepy af how genetically obsessed people still are in 2022
@alecgurney93052 жыл бұрын
Mayne because they look better
@afroclouds2 жыл бұрын
@@alecgurney9305 both looks good but one's closer to white so people think it's better, slavery mentality
@VeronicaHenderson-i8q9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your video, it was quite an eye opener ! I didn't know discrimination was so rampant in Asia because of skin color.
@012-g1b Жыл бұрын
I am Chinese, and I have darker skin than other Chinese, while my grandparents have very fair skin (like paper white). When I was a kid, my grandma would laugh and say that I was like a little black briquette, but it didn't matter because dark skin means healthier than others. So I never feel inferior. I think it really depends on family support.
@lolaartemis Жыл бұрын
Love to grandma :) I have freckles, and so many people tried to put down my freckles, but I'd been taught by my grandma that every spot on my skin was a kiss from the sun. Grandmas can be everything.
@dondieseliman654 Жыл бұрын
Darker skin ages better too. So we win
@jordan82514 Жыл бұрын
@@dondieseliman654 all colors are beautiful, it is not a matter of winning
@sim5247 Жыл бұрын
Promise u chinese people ALL will turn dark exposed to the sun, its natural procedure. Even blond people from north europe do, and they are nordic folks. No exception but albinos..
@peterkroupa4124 Жыл бұрын
Whose family support did you have? It doesn't sound like your grandmother was very supportive, or helpful!!! Glad that you found some people who are far more understanding----b/c certain words, even "jokes", esp. from family and peeers, , can completely destroy one's self-esteem!
@missbabybunny2 жыл бұрын
Love this video 😂 - skin lightening in Asia isn’t getting any better, only more excessive. And the amount of East Asian influencers who white wash them selves with filters is so unnecessary. When their real skin tone/complexion is tan and looks so much healthier and beautiful! - It usually spreads the message of having darker complexion isn’t beautiful/desired.
@ChekhovBla2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be helpful if more was done technology wise to make darker skin tones as vivid on video as they are in real. It would take decades but I think there are women out there already who are loud and proud of their natural healthy skin, it is just very hard to show it as well. I think we all see advice on how to look overall better in pics and vids, but it is intended towards perfect light of a white person- so unhelpful toward wast majority of Earth population.
@MrTobi0132 жыл бұрын
I always thought that for East Asians, the darker the skin tone, the more wealthier you looked or assumed to be. It looked like you traveled a lot and have been out in the sun often.
@notgian_2 жыл бұрын
@@MrTobi013 no, its the opposite here peasants are the ones working 24/7 getting dark while nobles stay inside
@notgian_2 жыл бұрын
@@MrTobi013 and, atleast for me and my classmates, we try to avoid the sun cause it gets us tan so yeah, the richer you are, the more you stay inside
@1CE.2 жыл бұрын
Thankfully some idols are posting more and more pics in their natural skin tone If not all the time at least a comfortable amount. BTS are the best example but I noticed idols like Seulgi will sometimes just throw out a non white washed pic. Actually I noticed she if anything is more likely to post all natural than washed lately and I’ll tell you.....that’s hot 👀
@margaesperanza2 жыл бұрын
I was light-skinned as a child and I remember being praised as a "beauty". When I started getting into sports, my skin got much much darker and that's when people started treating me so badly. People told me it's a "waste" that I got darker and it messed me up for a long time. It wasn't until I vacationed in California where I got called pretty for just being my dark-skinned self that I felt so weird, I never got called pretty for years until I visited. I still think about that and how much I missed out on, that I'm acutally not that bad looking elsewhere.
@keepsmiling76712 жыл бұрын
My skin is a little fair I am not so tanned but still my family members call me sometime black girl they are so much white it's so sad from early teen age I am going through this now I am not so much confident person this change my mindset That much at that time I thought only fair person are good and beautiful and very lucky rest tan or dark skin person are most unlucky person and they have not to be born in this society 😢😔
@bobafrost7366 Жыл бұрын
It really depends on where you live what you'll experience will be. I got picked on for the opposite where I lived in America, made to feel like I looked like a dead person/ghost/etc and it made me very self-conscious especially in middle school, but you just gotta learn on your own to love yourself however the way you are, not care about other's perceptions. That's the best advice anyone can take to heart!
@aoibiersack1873 Жыл бұрын
California people enjoy darker skin.
@gingeralice3858 Жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in California and darker skin is more common here. I am very light skinned and never had complaints over it but have encountered people who fetishize it or stare at me. It seems like when someone with darker skin wears shorts or crop top, it's normal and not considered inappropriate here, but when I do it, it becomes sexualized immediately.
@SphinxCrusader11 ай бұрын
Thanks for being a content creator. I really enjoy your humour
@mysticandy2 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in Centro America, "white = beauty" is literally engraved into people's minds, having a different skin tone is associated with poverty or other racist stereotypes. Latin America is sadly like this and it's so normalized where tiktok shows people with similar skin tones as mine (more tan) using whitening products and the comments encouraging it. Many comments include stuff like "they went from mexican to mexican premium" ☹️ Honestly sometimes it makes me insecure, even a friend of mine says she wishes she was white and wants a rhinoplasty to change her nose and i know its to fit the Eurocentric beauty standard 😒 many also make fun of people with indigenous people even using it as an insult to relate it to being dumb/poor. Others having internalized racism making them feel bad about something they can't control is so devastating
@Mygurlist2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I come from a Latin American country where is normal to have all skin shades and tones and now live in a country where racist people say that we , “gente con piel de color cartón” should leave -.- you can never win with these people
@mysticandy2 жыл бұрын
@@Mygurlist "color llanta, color mole" yep I've seen shit like that as well 😭 and they defend the colorism with their lives
@gibbgabba912 жыл бұрын
Colorism in latin america is everywhere. I’ve had whiter latinos told me I was way too dark or called me la india maria
@mafermorales71602 жыл бұрын
I’m from Peru so u can imagine the amount of racist “jokes” that are said, but i find saddening the fact that most countries in Latin America often see peruvians as ugly bc of the skin color and use peruvians as the standard of ugly in their countries when literally all of us have similar skin shades and colors, i hope it can be changed bc it’s really damaging for all of us :(
@lilyryeo26762 жыл бұрын
My family is from several Central American countries and it's crazy - to the point where even some of the indigenous ppl think they are white....like my tias from El Salvador and Guatemala - they are indigenous but my dad's family is Afro-Panameno and even they consider my Mexican mom who is mostly indigenous and my tias white - to them anyone with "clear" skin is white. It's the same in Brasil - soooooo crazeeeee
@ruum92 жыл бұрын
In anime characters are light on purpose, there's lots of stereotypes when a character is introduced with slightly darker skin tone, it's sad
@hhh1234h2 жыл бұрын
It’s sad that darker skin is short hand for crazy, wild and sexual.
@ginihall12342 жыл бұрын
This!
@Call-me-Al2 жыл бұрын
@@hhh1234h I was pretty happy about Bleach having a darker skinned character who wasn't as brash as several of the really pale characters, when it started airing an eternity ago.
@littlewallflower56222 жыл бұрын
VERY true and this is talked about so little. darker anime characters are almost _always_ racially coded.
@marciacole86472 жыл бұрын
@@Call-me-Al yes I was thinking about Bleach as well! The Black character (I forgot her name) was really cool and important too. She was no villain or stereotypical Black person. And not to forgot all of the Black people in Naruto Shippuuden. That gave me a little hope when it came to anime
@spicytuna32162 жыл бұрын
ugh thank you for speaking on this, i feel like colorism is such a big thing in our community and it's just so ingrained... i noticed that when i went back to vietnam to visit and the korean wave hit, almost every woman/femme i saw tried to adopt the "lighter skin, red lip" look and it was so unnatural to me. as a young person, i was so impressionable and bc i loved kpop too and wanted to be pretty like the idols i saw on media, i even tried to buy skin lightening soap... 😬 i'm just glad i'm in a better place mentally now and am accepting my medium skin tone. lol
@MrTobi0132 жыл бұрын
You go girl!
@Sou_va7 Жыл бұрын
That "fair amd lovely" packet gave me goosebumps 💀
@TheaSodermark2 жыл бұрын
What I’ve noticed in kpop is how common colorism is, and in addition to that, how fans love to say that it’s not that serious. That fair skin is “just a beauty standard”. And that “they just don’t want to get skin cancer from tanning too much” But it is so much more than that. Artificially lightening your skin can/will also lead to skin cancer. They just love defending colorism. Colorism should be taken more seriously bc it is extremely toxic and harmful. And while I can’t put all of the blame on the idols themselves, people need to understand that the platform these idols have is massive, and they have a LOT of influence. Making colorist comments is very irresponsible. Even if the ideology is ingrained.
@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA2 жыл бұрын
I think the fans don't speak it because the majority of those fans are not Asian or Korean. The who crowd say don't speak over others so in this situation they don't be hypocrites and they stay quiet because this isn't for them to talk about. The idols themselves are very hard to blame because of how ingrained these beauty standards are in society and culture, that it's second nature, it's like telling someone breathing is wrong, you do it every second without a thought, so suddenly being told to stop will seem alien to them. People need to consider other people's perspective and see the world through their shoes, quite often people live an entirely different life than you do
@ElshiBumcfksz2 жыл бұрын
@@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA we cannot reduce everything to cultural relativism though. Just because something is a part of someone else's culture doesn't mean its not to be subjected to criticism and is not problematic. The fact is in East Asia colorism is so prevalent and normalised it is ingrained in them by years of conditioning so it it will be extremely hard and it will take probably years for cultural norms to change.
@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA2 жыл бұрын
@@ElshiBumcfksz waay longer than that maybe a century or two our cultures in Asia are very very stubborn and resistant to change
@buttercupvanillababe74832 жыл бұрын
@@ElshiBumcfksz 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 EXACTLY my point. I'm from India(Asian country as well) and we have so much bs traditions in name of culture that are straight up misogynistic and insensitive to a large group of the society. Thankfully many of these are changing now. You cannot justify a bad influence and action by saying "it's culture" like these kpop Stans will defend their idols to no extent. I'm sorry but they are the ones with huge influence and maybe they can throw some shade on this colourist behaviour of mass as well?
@malakadel62432 жыл бұрын
Something I've noticed too is fanbases literally going in and editing their favs' skin tone to make it whiter and it's crazy when you look at a picture like that and then look at a non edited picture! I'm an army (BTS fan) and i used to see this alott especially with V and Rm even though they're not dark they just have more of a honey skin complexion, I've seen people even edit suga that way who's extremely fair with no editing 💀 Although whitewashing has declined allot in the last 4 to 5 years and the fandom actually praises their natural complexions now some people still do it and it's more prominent in other groups and the message that sends to fans really upsets me ngl
@LuDivineTube Жыл бұрын
I grew up in France with very pale skin and was bullied constantly about it, being called a vampire, goth, morticia... Over here, being tanned means being rich and healthy... At one point I used multiple tanning cream to get warmer. When Asian celebrities got trendy, people gave me a break. My bullies' skin is so damaged right now, it's ridiculous... And sad really.
@Luke-oz1jg Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry that happened to you. In my country people are obsessed with witeness but at the same time pale skin can be considered "unhealthy " sometimes
@Kamisuitendo Жыл бұрын
Being pale is an Asian standard. Asians want to look white, not European
@happyteer1314 Жыл бұрын
Here too, I used to have a tanned skin colour but recently I started to get a pale skin (idk why), so everyone is telling me I look bad or sick
@BambiLena666 Жыл бұрын
I think for those of us born in many changing beauty standards kind of learned early how silly and constantly changing they are. When I was a kid I got bullied for my darker complexion, because I grew up in a town where people were just very pale. By the time I got to my teens being tanned was super popular and everyone would ask to compare with me to keep track of their tanning progress lol Currently the beauty standard is a bit mixed so Im glad, I wish we see a lot of diversity in it in the future. btw I experienced the same when it comes to body type, when I was younger I got a lot of crap and nasty comments for being skinny, because the beauty standard back then was Britney, shakira etc, a bit thicked on the hips and thighs. Then I had a period when I got shitty comments for not being skinny enough because we had that whole "how skinny can you get" era in the late 2000s. Now were back to some weird version of "slim thick".
@BambiLena666 Жыл бұрын
@@happyteer1314 Sry for spam, my skin and hair got lighter with age too. No idea why, it happens. But sometimes it can be a bit due to a lack of sunlight. I know I still look different when I get some sun vs. when I dont, where I do end up looking kinda sickly pale. I can still be paler than I used to be as a kid, but for some reason it does look different. Looking back I looked really sickly during quarantine times due to lack of sun exposure.
@mungo...2 жыл бұрын
Skin bleaching is so normalized in Thailand that it's difficult to buy sunscreen and facial washes that don't contain whitening chemicals. And drinks and candy that contain gluta (glutathione) are available at every convenience store.
@fuzzydays56992 жыл бұрын
This so much. In Malaysia, Anytime I wanna get any sunscreen or deodorant, it's difficult to find one that doesn't also advertise themselves as "whitening".
@the_julia_fair2 жыл бұрын
oh my gosh yeah! when i lived there for a bit it was easier to ship non-bleaching products to me from overseas than find anything without bleaching no matter what store i went to. i also remember you could get these small packs of gluta cream at all the 7-11s for like 50 baht too! Even products that aren’t explicitly advertising it still have bleaching agents in their ingredients, which makes it really difficult for people to truly know what they are getting, especially if they don’t know Thai
@epifanny2 жыл бұрын
You can 100% buy sunscreen and facial washes without whitening chemicals without problems...I did it.
@kechiotta53492 жыл бұрын
Wait there are drinks and candy that contain glutathione? 😲 Is it safe to ingest such things
@sweetenlemons86592 жыл бұрын
@@fuzzydays5699 why would you even want armpits whiter than the rest of your body..? 💀
@AustinJSchaeffer3 ай бұрын
Great video! I'm somewhat familiar with colourism in the USA and knew it existed in Asia but never had this kind of insight into it before. Cool to see places other than just Japan/China/Korea mentioned as well.
@GeorgiaAndrea2 жыл бұрын
My country Malaysia is also a victim of this ‘white is beautiful, dark skin is ugly’. I am more to light medium, so I am more of in between. If anyone talks to me about trying on treatments to get fairer skin, I just shut them down immediately. Sometimes I get beautician that talks about how bad dark skin is so if I do this or that treatment, I’d get milk skin. I just give them a raised eyebrow or sometimes I’d tell them there is absolutely nothing wrong with skin tone of any shades.Stop telling people to go lighter!
@fairymairah2 жыл бұрын
I hope they find beauty in darker skin.
@ewagierlak7842 Жыл бұрын
I'm from poland . Everyone, especially the boys, made fun of me because I'm too white. In Europe, white is ugly. Everyone wants to be dark
@juliee593 Жыл бұрын
@@ewagierlak7842 but not too dark either, because they are racist against black people too! It's sad that you can't be different. I think people who make fun of you for being too dark or too light are insecure about their appearance.
@fayhay8011 Жыл бұрын
That is sad to hear,having dark skin is better for living in a hot country like Malaysia yet they hate dark skin tone
@adrenalineactivate Жыл бұрын
FOR REAL. You'd think being in a country with diverse skin colour from Indian, Chinese and malay would make them less hypocritical of people skin color but NOPE. Malay, Chinese, Indian all have the same "white skin = beautiful" beauty standard. Kinda f me up as a child because I got my father "tan malay skin" meanwhile my brother go the "white Chinese skin" from my mother. My mother was half Chinese and half malay so she got really upset when I didn't got her "Chinese white skin" (especially for being the only girl)
@Abigail.4442 жыл бұрын
This was also an issue in Africa. But at least now we are learning to love our beautiful melanin skin! :)
@live......................26832 жыл бұрын
True African are becoming better I'm proud to b an african
@brooklynknite2 жыл бұрын
@@live......................2683 We African Americans are proud for you.
@devashrijoshi90792 жыл бұрын
*sigh* wonder when us indians will start to realize that
@kdooley412 жыл бұрын
Well good.. Because on a continent full of melanated people, bleaching should be a crime.. Set your own beauty standards.. And shout out to Nigeria for using their own people to promote their own beauty standards..
@mbabazipeninah12402 жыл бұрын
Not my tribe though, dark skinned is considered beautiful, that's why I grew up with confidence and loving myself.
@haurinori2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was 12, I was in my school's choir group. A teacher, who was very fond of me, approached us asking if anyone was interested to be casted as a fairy in a school drama. I was soooo excited to get that role, I raised my hand, but then she cringed and looked away and chose a fair girl over me :''). I am dark skinned, and it was from that day onwards I started to feel more insecure about my complexion, to the point that I once cut my finger so that I will bleed out and become fair :'') (Because I heard from my mother that people became paler if they dont have enough blood cells something. yes I was dumb.) 20 and I still hear from my mother how no one would ever agree to marry me because of my skin XD. Ironically, my skin is appreciated by my peers, saying that its so soft, shiny and clear, they ask what my skin routine is etc. Which only ends up me self deprecating saying that yall making fun of me.. I remember crying seeing my "ugly dark skin", that my crush would reject me cuz of it (maybe he did). And a senior of mine said that I would be beautiful if I was fairer??? That was more triggering. I used to apply tomato juice, papaya juice, rice water, milk, and ofc Turmeric to make my skin fair, just like how they showed on tv. I would look for actresses who were dark skinned, but alas, those brown actresses that I would relate myself to, would go through skin procedures to get fair skin. AND OFC- THOSE FAIR AND LOVELY ADS. UGGGGGHHHH I love my skin now. But I do believe that tall and skinny people are beautiful (all of the things that i dont have.). I guess thats some residue that was left. Would prolly be cleansed as a grow up :) Edit: I found myself a great partner, who boostes up my confidence. :) He likes me for what I am, never makes me feel insecure. :3 None of the other things matter. He makes me love myself, shows me how great I am. :3 I'm glad :3
@user-rn4mv3yp7w2 жыл бұрын
Oh, I feel so sad for the kid (your younger self) who cut off her finger thinking it would lighten her skin tone. How someone can hurt a kid like that,this is brutal. I bet there are many kids who are insecure about things like this. These social standards are stupid and harsh. They don't even spare a kid.
@palakgill91782 жыл бұрын
i hope you grow to love urself 💜💜
@sophien54162 жыл бұрын
I've been there, love. Remember that you are a queen. Spiritually speaking our skin displays so much wisdom and compassion because we've endured things that others dismiss. But when you love your skin, for your own self, you are spiritually stronger than your mother and break the vicious cycle of cultural conditioning. God don't make trash, only humans do.
@asserm.80472 жыл бұрын
you're really strong for being able to fight for your self confidence! those are awful experiences and im sorry you ever had to go through them even if you are smart and strong enough, having people around you who dont think before they speak plainly sucks. i need to work on my self confidence n it was inspiring to read your comment, so thank you:)))) i wish you the best
@that_dam_baka2 жыл бұрын
If the only issue with skin tone is marriage, make a shit ton of money and get a fair househusband. Literally advertise it that way. /s I recall this really hot girl (from NLU) telling my short, fat self that I was "fair" (Nope. She was just dusky). Did I mention she also had great hair and skin? She was pretty. I hope she wasn't just being nice to me out of her complex. There's more to you than looks. Being fair would certainly "help" in jobs where they hire you solely to look good, but don't let this video get to you. He's talking about modelling industry, which is not exactly the kind of job people look for (for themselves or a potential spouse). Your skin IS good. Your mom just gave you a complex. If people actually refuse to marry you cz of skin tone: Good riddance. Bullet successfully dodged. Marriage is not the most important thing in a woman's life anymore. Money is 😜. As are govt. jobs. I know a man who makes more than his disabled wife but used to do all housework including supervising maids. She was in police. 😁 SSC website. The reason I say this is to express that Indian people look for things other than skin tone. Like money. So if you really WANT a good partner, find someone who has similar priorities. Those are hard to find, but you can just avoid purely look based marriages. (I assumed you're a fellow Indian. Do correct me if I'm wrong about that.)
@bee-vk3lr6 ай бұрын
thanks for bringing up the philippine obsession with skin whitening. every time i look for skincare products almost everything is for whitening or brightening the complexion when i just want some damn moisturizer and deodorant
@MewWolf52 жыл бұрын
When I was in university I met a girl from Hong Kong. She wanted me to help her with a text she was writing in English to a guy she met on campus (I didn't know him). She showed me the text. Before signing her name at the end of it she had written "Stay white." I told her she probably shouldn't write that. She said she was referring to his skin. I told her again she shouldn't write that and tried to explain that that would not considered a nice thing to say in Canada.
@whatsonhermindblog1232 жыл бұрын
Lol
@florencembah26262 жыл бұрын
Omg did she remove it??
@MewWolf52 жыл бұрын
@@florencembah2626 I think so, but I'm not sure she fully understood why.
@catrocastre82152 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, idk why but this made me laugh so much.
@alecgurney93052 жыл бұрын
Lmao cry
@pontsuleinchen2 жыл бұрын
As a rather pale person, who gets sunburned quite easily, I really do not want to imagine how bad chemically lightened skin must react to sunlight 😭 it’s such a risk for your health, it breaks my heart that so so many people are pressured in changing to fit the general opinion of a society.
@suicidalalien62982 жыл бұрын
+ eczema...
@Lily-ge4tm2 жыл бұрын
Same. I usually burn before I tan 😂
@KlarenceMS2 жыл бұрын
being dark is ugly we bleach to be good model citizen !
@UntamedPixie2 жыл бұрын
I’m Indian and luckily my parents never bothered about our skin tone. I mean they never stopped me and my sister from playing under the Sun. Now even 10 years old kids are avoiding Sun so that they don’t get tanned, missing out on the greatest joy of playing out and being free.
@anunknownperson40182 жыл бұрын
Whats crazy is tan doesn’t last for lifetime, meaning it fades by time!!!
@helpmegetto1k4channelnotab782 жыл бұрын
Sad.
@user-jt3dw6vv4x2 жыл бұрын
You look pretty fair skinned
@nikkib29858 ай бұрын
As a dark skin black american person, I am mortified and this self hatred is pathetic. Love yourself and skin tone. Reject white supremacy ideals.
@soffie-chan2 жыл бұрын
I am South Indian, and was always bullied for my skin color. I was always the odd one out from the lighter skinned people and my own family constantly pushed me to use whitening creams and that being brown means being “unclean”. I have never seen a dark skinned woman in advertisements or movies here, except one, or one where the dark skinned girl is portrayed as a good person or beautiful. It surprised me that our skin is considered exotic in the west. It took me a while to grow up and see that brown is beautiful. I am so sorry for my fellow dark skinned people who have had to go through traumatising things just because you were a different shade of beautiful. Let the crooked society say what they want about us. God made us all beautiful. If rainbows can be beautiful with all the shades then a beauty can come in different shades too. Don’t change your looks for anyone. If I could go back in time, I’d give my younger self a hug and call her beautiful. You were always beautiful. Thank you Ed, for this video ^^
@ay4sh12 жыл бұрын
I'm very sorry that you guys have to go through that yaar...people are really mean. Sending love
@soffie-chan2 жыл бұрын
@Melting Life I’m so sorry :( please know that you’re not alone. We’ve got a very beautiful skin tone, surely. God only makes beautiful, and He made you!
@soffie-chan2 жыл бұрын
@@ay4sh1 thank you, right back at you
@someone-re7sq2 жыл бұрын
are you talking about Sai Pallavi?
@pixiexlife55032 жыл бұрын
i am sad cus we are still under colonized mentality . if we don't accept oursleves then who will?
@Chachixo2 жыл бұрын
Skin lightening in Africa is even wilder to see because people look so strange a lot of the time because of how extreme the lightening is. Some lightening or darkening can even out your tone but to take it super far is just sad.
@neffyg352 жыл бұрын
They look Grey at times. Like the bleaching strips their undertone and they look dead
@wendiweramundi29232 жыл бұрын
Where I'm from, you're able to tell someone who's bleached their skin due to the differences between their face and other parts of the body, especially the hands. The face tends to be unnaturally light while the hands retain the darker tone.
@rebekah46792 жыл бұрын
Where I'm from, they look red and somewhat burned. It's not a good look.
@do_haegh61782 жыл бұрын
It's so terrible to see country with darker Skins try to fight for achieving lighter skin. I'm a brown girl. I think my skin is pretty the way it is. Gold vibes tbh. But the way I've been insulted by my own teacher for my skin colour is scary. Said that I look like "negro people". 1) what's wrong If my skin is similar to the skins of African people? 2) I'm not like super dark. I have a golden brownish skin 3) my teacher is like 10 shades darker than me. How tf does he think he can make fun of my skin
@rebekah46792 жыл бұрын
@@do_haegh6178 I think your teacher is projecting. He doesn't like his own skin tone, so, he might resent people who don't appear to mind their respective tones🤷♀️ Something that he views as undesirable is something that another person may appreciate. On a different note, I don't understand why people are obsessed with skin tone. It's not like association with people of different skintones will somehow affect/change your tone. It is not as though skin color determines how intelligent or interesting a person can be. Even bearing a preference for a particular tone shouldn't make you a colorist. I'm a vegetarian but I'm not advocating for the death of meat eaters. The point I'm attempting to make is... extremism is unnecessary. Acknowledging and accepting differences is a step in the right direction.
@anon02682 жыл бұрын
6:54 This entire commercial is incredibly problematic. Wow. No words.
@megameows6005 Жыл бұрын
This was super informative, thank you!! ❤
@aestheticcat89762 жыл бұрын
It always jarring when I see idol pictures and they're literally GLOWING in it, that's how heavily lightened the picture is. Just unblemished or smooth and eerily pale. I also feel upset, I think about those who don't fit the standard along with the harmful effects it can have on them mentally even how they view themselves. I'm sure plenty would feel pressured to fit the standard and are crumbling under the pressure, especially considering b*llying from strangers along with their own family members in some cases on top of the already difficult to achieve beauty standards. 😕
@soojikim182 жыл бұрын
I think the scariest thing I saw growing up in korea was 백옥주사 which is an injection with a side effect of stopping melanin production for skin whitening. It's rumored to be popular with idols :(
@crazysmall.artist2 жыл бұрын
.... it's sadly true....
@cmela-v2 жыл бұрын
That is so creepy! and sounds very unhealthy
@peekarosieposie2 жыл бұрын
Lisa definetly takes them
@maenad41472 жыл бұрын
it can literally cause cancer!
@kellykade2 жыл бұрын
So they want to be albino… because even the palest ppl have melanin just very little. If they want to stop melanin they want to look like the actually have a diseases. I saw a show where a Korean albino didn’t have any friends because ppl were afraid of them cause they “looked scary” gosh you really can’t win.
@harnet_awuor2 жыл бұрын
I am from Kenya and a light skin woman has alot of opportunities than the average dark woman.They are treated better ,get jobs easier and most of the dark women end up bleaching their skins to feel more seen.As a dark woman struggling with BDD,I can't say I haven't tried bleaching my skin.The moment you bleach you're shunned "you looked better dark" when in reality they'd pick the light you over the dark you anyday
@tonyswe94632 жыл бұрын
Fact
@pepehimovic31352 жыл бұрын
Africa is a whole other story. In addition to your comment, if you have a foreign accent better (if American, British or Australian you’re set), foreign friends? Huge win. If you’re a whole a** non-African then it doesn’t get any better. The less “African” you are the greater your value. Sooner or later someone is gonna have to address this
@harnet_awuor2 жыл бұрын
@@pepehimovic3135 absolutely!
@augustuslunasol10thapostle2 жыл бұрын
@@harnet_awuor rough even the continent with black majority can’t escape the clutches of colorism
@helpmegetto1k4channelnotab782 жыл бұрын
My mom's a us immigrant from Nigeria like light skin white passing level now living in the US, her who's off the charts. I'm lighter skinned and she'd compare our complexion to other black kids whenever she got the chance, it feels good until you get older and realize it's incorrect, then you get offended. She's totally narcissistic too. sorry ik they're pretty sexist over there as well there's also the sexualization issue in school over there. ❤️
@WhyDoWeExist-k9q8 ай бұрын
This episode is sooooo relevant 🤷🏽♀️💀🤧
@haechanfulday2 жыл бұрын
As a filipino, colorism is deep rooted within us. Relatives often comment on how much darker you look as an insult. Children tease other children with darker skin. Even I struggle and use whitening products as well because I want to look beautiful and up to the beauty standards whenever I post on social media or go out. To the point where I hate myself everytime I get tanned naturally by the sun whenever I leave my house. I think having darker complexion on myself is ugly even though I know it’s not. It’s just really hard to outgrow the principles that were stuck to us growing up.
@f.rbahadesu52402 жыл бұрын
i hate your environment ter, dito sa amin wala namang ganyan.
@deleted726362 жыл бұрын
Don't worry white skin wrinkles easier and faster. the darker the skin the more resistant the skin is to the sun. Tan is beautiful.
@sophien54162 жыл бұрын
Though I love watching pageants, it frustrates me that all the Miss Philippines are so white. Same with my culture as Miss Cambodia is super white too. Of course they are beautiful but most of the women in the country are dark skinned and there are soooooo many stunning dark skinned Filipina and Cambodian women. So I get irritated to see they aren't represented.
@voldemortthenoselessfreak21262 жыл бұрын
@@sophien5416 Not really though. what we had Venus Raj, Shamcey Supsup, Janine Tugonon, and Pia Wurtzbach. all these ladies have tan and brown skin.
@tinag75062 жыл бұрын
Don't hate yourself just because others don't find you attractive. If we're lucky enough to live long we'll all end up looking wrinkly and ugly so there's no point in being worried about nonsense like this. I may be darker than you are but atleast my family and my close friends don't deprecate me for my skin. I have been bullied and harrassed for it by people but I healed because you are worth a lot to your Creator and that's all that matters.
@JWalt-gt4jt Жыл бұрын
Colorism in east Asia has a different origin than that of the Philippines though. China Korea and Japan idolize pale skin and have for centuries, but the colorism in the Phillipines is almost a direct result of Spanish colonialism, where being white passing or being mixed race is seen as "better." Its important to learn WHY they idolize lighter skin and be critical of the racism going on in east and south asian countries
@OohnPiagetianNoch523 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@米和光芒 Жыл бұрын
nobody in the philippines r white supremacist bc racism isn’t really a thing there. this includes all homogenous countries. nobody cares abt spanish colony either. hong kong was colonized which is why u see chinese people with white last names but they still took back their culture bc they have a culture already. hong kong is literally smaller than the philippines. i don’t like u filipino americans bc u guys lie about ur racism & colorism experiences that WE chinese-ea did something to y’all when we don’t know u or care about u. explains a lot that u guys don’t actually struggle in america.
@Nemesis_T_Type Жыл бұрын
Wrong. Ever heard of the term "binukot" which is basically sheltering a Visayan princess indoors so she'd get fairer skin. Yep it was an ancient culture even before the Spaniards set foot in the Philippines.
@Ehrhtjybehegeggrhy11 ай бұрын
@@Nemesis_T_Typewow, good info
@Otakugatothequeen2 жыл бұрын
Ironically enough, I'm an albino and I've been bullied/harassed literally everywhere I've lived for my skin. So, on one hand? I'm kinda relieved to see fairer skin isn't being looked at with disgust, but I'm also very worried... That's _not_ good for their skin. Overtanning and bleaching harm the body. I give myself some complexion by wearing the palest shade or even the second palest if I'm feeling adventurous but going so far out of your to permanently do something so drastic...? I'm very sad.
@idi0tsanswich3792 жыл бұрын
there could definitely some good aspects of either skin glorification but it absolutely can't be healthy with lighter people darkening it and vise versa. Interesting to get the experience of someone with albinism though!
@Otakugatothequeen2 жыл бұрын
@@idi0tsanswich379 I don't see any good coming from this, it seems like fetishism to me.
@Otakugatothequeen2 жыл бұрын
@Иосиф Медведев Exactly. That's why I wear the foundation.
@josiesdiy24122 жыл бұрын
Yeah had the same
@idi0tsanswich3792 жыл бұрын
@Иосиф Медведев I wasn't implying albinism and colorism were the same? Maybe I didn't clarify but I was saying how being albino attracts aspects of colorism and that it's interesting to hear from someone about the topic? how someone who is albino would be affected by something like colorism
@MOR72956 ай бұрын
Seriously your videos are killing me😂😂 I can’t believe I didn’t know you before. I’m binging your videos so fast I don’t know what I’ll do when I finish catching up
@hydromind5438 Жыл бұрын
Historically, Europe used to do this as well, though only the higher class did it. Their whitening products were just straight up lead.
@Dee-q8q4 ай бұрын
Tanned mean lower class, tan means nowaday you don´t have mony for sunny vacation it´s just sick .
@payelsaha96142 жыл бұрын
I literally saw this documentary and was shocked for months replaying some of the scenes from India and Phillipines... I'm brown Indian but most comfortable and proud of my tone...skin tone discrimination undeniably still exists and hope someday people feel confident of what they are born with✌️
@Brendaglam242 жыл бұрын
Facts
@kikij35042 жыл бұрын
im mexico as well, the colorism is pretty bad, i remember watching old black and white movies with my grandma and the palest people are cast as the rich and the more tan are the poor servants. when i was younger too i remember wanting to be whiter so badly, it makes me sad now thinking about how small i was and wanting to change things about myself i thought were “bad”
@ceressdemeter2 жыл бұрын
Well I'm also from Mexico, the thing here is that literally everyone has Spanish blood as well as Aztec blood at the same time. Only 6.1% of the total population in Mexico is still 100% indigenous. The rest of the people (94.9%) are mestizos. In Mexico since the arrival of Spaniards there was a lot of racism and classism. Especially at the time of the PORFIRIATO. during those years people were FORCED to whiten their blood natives were married to Europeans to clarify the blood and thus "look better" more """civilized""". Hence the fact that in a single family there can be 5 different skin tones. Let me explain, I am white, "güera" as they say in my country. My brother, mother and father are white too (all being 100% Mexican) that is because we have the last names Melgar (Spanish). In fact my maternal grandfather was Spanish, however my maternal grandmother, my paternal grandfather and my paternal grandmother ARE 100% MEXICAN We have some dark uncles, some whiter ones, there are even red cousins. All thanks to RECESSIVE GENES. The thing with Mexico is that there is so much blood, so much diversity in terms of color that it is practically stupid to praise European people. however, that remained in our subconscious, "The indigenous complex" (That's what it's called). We all ingrained from a young age the idea that being a White Mexican is better, because it means that you are richer than the rest, and that dark-haired Mexicans are poor people. I'm from low income, and I'm white, haha, just like my father and mother. and I've met brown school friends who are richer than me, and yet people still believe that "white equals rich." It's stupid, but hey, that's how they raise us all. it is a combination of racism and CLASSISM, especially classism. our racism is not the same as that of the USA, ours is more classist, since you will rarely see very black or very blonde people in Mexico, they exist, yes, but more than anything we are white with light brown hair or brunettes with brown hair. It's sad because that ended in 1840, centuries ago. Nowadays it is very very common to see white Mexicans, as well as dark Mexicans. It's a 50/50 being white in Mexico is NOT special, and yet we continue to insist that it is a thing for the rich xd as if it were prehistory.
@angellmariaaxoxo242 жыл бұрын
Yep , the Latin community is horrible with colorism I’m Puerto Rican & Peruvian and I was the darkest in my family next to my grandma and my mom would get questions like if she adopted me and would would tell her don’t let me out in the sun too much so i wouldn’t get darker 😐😐 now I’m not as dark as I used to be when I was a kid and I miss it 😭
@esmep93872 жыл бұрын
Atleast in latin america skin bleaching is not a thing. We are more mixed than these asian countries so we arent AS obssed with skin color. Aka we don't really do extra things to keep our skin light (sunscreen/staying out of the sun and whitning products of course)
@DanyTheThief2 жыл бұрын
@@ceressdemeter Yes but no, white and dark people arent 50/50 in Mexico. At least 80% of Mexican population is brown, a small percentage is white and an even smaller is black (as in african race). And still around 90% of the richest families in here are white or in the whiter side, and remember that the majority of the Mexicans are low class (not even middle class), middle class is mostly composed of 50/50 white and light brown people So even if you are white and "not rich" (cause I don't know your income) you are still in the privileged minority cause we live in a mexican classist society that sees gueritos as beautiful and morenos as regular looking that should be improved (to not say directly ugly)
@ceressdemeter2 жыл бұрын
@@DanyTheThief Hahaha, sure! 80% Girl im from Mexico, ik the specific % of every race for memory U want to know? 6.4% are indigenous (100% indigenous) 1.2% black 60% brown 18% blonde 15 % White (i separate this bc mostly this are white with brown hair [like Spaniards] but in total white people are 33%) Ik it looks a silly number the 33% but this is a graphic with black and indigenous people, they count minories But in general, belive me is very normal being white, we are not special for being white. Or do u want to see me the face of idiot? Ik a lot of my country, in very patriotic, and i love history, i study a lot of my country since i have 10 years Belive me, ik more of Mexico than u. And of course ik about the racist classim here! Belive me, ik the statistics about the privilege But seriously, until being white give u privilege Is not a minority being white and poor In the actuality there not exist middle class, cause poor people have a lot of what middle class have, but middle class have less and less of rich people So in the actuality there's not a BIG difference of being poor or Middle class, all the country is poor Here yeah, a 80% of mexicans are poor But not brown for that. The minority is being rich Not being white I have a lot of friends that are white and they go with public colleges with me They live with their grandparents, cousins and fathers in the same house. Belive me. The thing with the racist classim is that, yeah, being white give u a privilege in beauty and work But that don't determine ur economy, bc the country is very poor, so all of white people are poor. Just a little little % is really rich. The famous whitexicans This ideologies of white = rich are from Centuries ago Is something so us, that is stuck in our subconscious Girl, I'been the movies of the 60s portrait this ideology White = rich Brown = Poor But nono, the reality, specially this years (2010-2022) the population are mostly poor. But it's there, we still believing that white are a minority and rich XD Being white is not special, literally i never feel special of being white (with brown eyes and brown hair) I literally feel so normal. Im from the cdmx I live in a not very great colony, is near of Mixcoac. So u can image the caos were i live But no, certainly, in the citys is very common see white people and brown people The special people are black and blonde, they're minoritys And no, don't say me that there is only one city in Mexico Hahah In the North they have better cities than cdmx Belive me And in the south two, specially un Yucatán and Guadalajara. So yeeah, i say all what i want to say. And please, if u are latina, we can talk in Spanish? Talk about racism, politic, and classim is very difficult in other language.
@HumanBeing1974 Жыл бұрын
My mom asked us kids if we wanted to erase our freckles. My older brother said yes. I said no. My mom used Buttermilk on my brother's face and erased his freckles. I pray to God that she never did it to me as a baby. I love being me freckles and a great tan in the summer. My mom said women on her mom's side bleached their skin with buttermilk to Hide the Native American admixtures during the great Genocide of the Native American People. I love being culturally mixed. Native American, Melungeon, European, Scandinavian and Middle Eastern from the Colonial Era America. I will Never Apologize for being Against Genocide. My cheeks bones and beautiful summer tan means that they couldn't kill my Ancestors.
@anakarina10116 ай бұрын
How does that work?
@Dead_Kerbal6 ай бұрын
Nice self-promotion scrip you got there lady. the question is: Who really cares?
@astroman05002 жыл бұрын
04:41 I'm Mexican, so I'm a certified Spanish speaker and the girl said "I have shit inside my ass". Literally, hahaha.
@yukzaa Жыл бұрын
she's park bom from a kpop group called 2ne1!!
@astroman0500 Жыл бұрын
@@yukzaa really? Why did she say that?
@superquantumunitintelproce77995 ай бұрын
no she did not, "anecacaneculo" doesn't translate to anything, the only comprehensible words there are caca and culo but it doesn't even make sense
@inium15452 жыл бұрын
When I was younger, I use to buy skincare and make up from Korea and Japan. My father and grandmother found out and took those products away from me because they wanted to check the ingredient list. When I asked why they did that, my grandma told me she didn't want me to ruin my skin with skin bleaching chemicals and all the products I got including the make up had all of that in it.
@luluowq98272 жыл бұрын
Damn- what if you didn't want light skin but instead tan and always wonder " why is my skin getting lighter?!" ;-;
@bmona75502 жыл бұрын
@@luluowq9827 Oh gosh that happened to be..Good thing I found products with less of that cancerous sh*t. I only wanted no acne, not to lighten my already fabulous beige skin (not really tan but when it does get tan I look so nice)
@vanesaanzures53382 жыл бұрын
This is common in mexico too. My mom and her family in mexico call me "blancita" even though I'm not white at all. And my mom used to have whitening products as well. "Mexican" actors in tv shows usually aren't even mexican. They're from latin america countries where the people are whiter. It's really sad that colorism is so prevalent around the world :(
@nyarlathotep96222 жыл бұрын
That's right! Calling "güera" or "güero" to people with higher economical status is very normalized here. They even call me that and I feel weird cause my skin stone isn't really that fair.
@WE-WUZZING-KANGS-N-SHEEOYT2 жыл бұрын
@Michelle or Britain
@tragicallyhoney2 жыл бұрын
Lol never seen whitenting products in Mexico you're lying
@allieanderson85 Жыл бұрын
Your voice is very soothing to me for some reason.
@0928AyuDev2 жыл бұрын
When I was renewing my visa in Japan, I went to a photo booth and it literally whitened my skin in the photo automatically, it was crazy you couldn't see my nose
@whatsonhermindblog1232 жыл бұрын
Wow
@GFUncovered2 жыл бұрын
That's insane lol
@_.-._.-._.-._.-. Жыл бұрын
My great grandma (from Mexico) used to get mad at my mom and tell her not to let us (her kids obviously) go out in the sun because we'd get too dark🙄 I remember being so confused about this as a kid because I couldn't understand what difference it would make and how boring life would be if I couldn't play outside lol thankfully my mom ignored her completely, but everytime we visited, my great grandma would bring it up
@paulall221 Жыл бұрын
my grammy is the same way, to this day she insists that I wear long sleeved shirts at the beach
@arraychee5 ай бұрын
Same. Every time we spent too much time outdoors, my mother and grandmother had no problem telling us that dark-skinned (Mexican) girls were immediately judged as unattractive and inferior.
@mikeyrose41835 ай бұрын
@@arraychee I wonder if they would say that if they were to see Enrique Iglesias .lol
@hafizhasarah5 ай бұрын
@@arraychee oh dear....it's horrible
@milkbread50362 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile me-- a redhead who is incapable of tanning-- has been made fun of in the USA and Europe for being too pale and I should "get in the sun". My body cannot -- i'm either Edward Cullen or sunburned--- and since I have the higher chance of skin cancer because of my lack of melanin I'd rather look like a vampire than cancer lol
@birgit83102 жыл бұрын
I'm blond but its the exact same thing for me. I was even asked by teachers in school in front of the whole class if I'm sick or have cancer otherwise it wouldn't make sense to be as pale as me, and I'm a german in Germany 🙄. You cannot imagine what happened when i moved to a small town in Northern Spain. Cars were slowing down just to take a look because they weren't used to a tall blond and very pale person
@rockin_roscogaming14542 жыл бұрын
Girl same here, although I’m brunette, People seem to think I’m so sickly pale
@chimichanga26982 жыл бұрын
@Иосиф Медведев no, they do. Don't matter what your hair color is, it's just not the wanted standard in the west
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..2 жыл бұрын
If had dakr skin itd be the same. Man. Ppl suck
@yoonmandu2 жыл бұрын
@Иосиф Медведев They do. I'm a brunette and I've always been really pale and burn easily in the sun, and my nickname throughout school was "ghost" or "zombie" and every family gathering I had people tell me to just "get some more sunlight" or that I looked like I was sick.
@jazzyjones63757 ай бұрын
I am black and I love the commercial with the black bear. “ are you ok my daughter”😂😂😂😂 crazy
@paulasuniverse50292 жыл бұрын
Correction: Asian skin tones go darker than ‘Jacob Black’ played by actor Taylor Lautner; especially in the Philippines. Nevertheless, I appreciate you presenting this subject as I actually wrote an academic paper, annotated bibliography, on the topic of international skin bleaching.
@sai6118 Жыл бұрын
In South Asia we go all the way to black in some regions, not exactly racially, though there are black people here too, but more colour-wise.
@Jman511x Жыл бұрын
@@sai6118 It’s interesting to me that you say you guys aren’t racially black but your skin can be black. Even though race is a social construct we really need to define what being black means. Are you only black if you look like the stereotypical African with kinky hair. Can a dark skinned person with straight hair and stereotypical Asian features be black? At the end of the day all our ancestors come from Africa so at one point everyone had some type of dark skin, climate and evolution just changed that.
@jimams_jamz5518 Жыл бұрын
@Jman511x If there was a dark skinned person with Asian features and straight hair, they'd still be considered a different race. Race is a social construct based on what we look like. Even though we're all human if there's enough people that look different than the rest but the same as eachother, they'll be considered a different race.
@vanessareddy6235 Жыл бұрын
@@Jman511xit’s interesting to me how pink people call themselves “ white” and every other skin colour “ black”… that there is the sole reason for colorism and racism … indoctrination of “white supremacy “ and the notion of black = evil , white= purity! Hogwash and brainwashing of the simple- minded. With global warming, melanin production is the favoured gene and a lack thereof will soon be eliminated from the human population due to the increased effects of UV radiation mutation causing melanoma cancer… successive European generations will have to incorporate melanin into the gene pool in order to survive… interracial breeding = survival of our species folks START CHANGING UR MINDSET 😉OR FACE OUR DEMISE 😱
@keshi5541 Жыл бұрын
@@sai6118 Yeah I don't like the way you said this... No offense Like I for an example. I have curly hair and my family has straight hair/wavy hair (some have kinky hair too). Does this mean we aren't black? Both my parents are from Africa and we are not mixed European or Asian so we didn't get these traits from anyone else (I did a 23andme dna test and we got it from my grandmother. I saw which parts of my dna were curly and which were straight hair it was almost 50% each). Our skull shape is also a bit more different and I getting confused for being Indian by both fellow Africans and some Indians I meet. Despite not being Indian. I have brown reddish skin tone with a thin nose and tall lanky stature. No such thing as a black people racially. Black people can look very different from each other. African Americans don't look like East Africans and East Africans look different from Sahel Africans & North-East Africans. Haitans don't look like Dominicans. North Africans are so different that they aren't even considered black. Its like saying white people are racially are somehow similar. The Greeks don't look like Nordics for an example. I'm a Habesha person for an example and I don't look racially the same as a Nigerian or Ghanian despite us being from the same continent. We both have darker skin but there is many differences that we can have. There is great diversity between black people which shouldn't be ignored and have us lumped together in one stereotypical look.
@Elizabeth_Paz2 жыл бұрын
4:40 Sh*t in the a*s - Ms. ParkBom
@saschaspeaks80432 жыл бұрын
It's deep! I remember writing a paper about this happening in South Korea back in 2014 (I took Asian studies in college because I love Korea and wanted to become a teacher there). The standard of Korean beauty and the amount of bleaching products in their stores. I also mentioned that this is happening all over the world such as India and Jamaica. I explained the influence behind it and my professor got so pissed! He was so mad I was surprised how in denial he was in. I ended up just calmly telling him, look at the data and facts. These things are not an assumption, the perception of beauty is lighter skin. There is a deep internal,emotional and psychological root as to why people hate their own skin tone. Please accept how you were created, you are made in the image of God. Stay blessed!
@audreywright11012 жыл бұрын
Ooh, you touched a "nerve!" You said it and on point as well!🦊🐾Don't forget Haiti as well. They use bleaching creme! I know, I asked!
@dadao85642 жыл бұрын
@@audreywright1101 haitians are not to fond of bleaching creams..people who bleach their skin are often made fun of..
@schleepycat Жыл бұрын
All of Asia is a huge generalization, each country has their own history and roots of colorism. For much of East asia (China, Korea, Japan) "fair/white skin" is just sooooo deep rooted in history. You'll read poems outlining how pale like the moon a beautiful woman's skin is written from over thousands of years ago, thus, people can get insulted because in a way you're using "western colorism social theory" to dictate how they should think. Ideally people will learn to accept their normal skin tone, but the same could be said with almost any beauty standard.
@SteveAyanami Жыл бұрын
@@dadao8564 sure Jan. All these pie faced Haitian women I see on a daily basis in south Florida. 😂
@anvitas1527 Жыл бұрын
India is in Asia too
@shevwheels11 ай бұрын
Here in Northern Canada, everybody is trying to be tanned (not race bait orange, just natural tan) its a flex that you have time off in summer to spend outside
@hoolagurl33152 жыл бұрын
As a black American woman, I am saddened and not surprised. Thank you so much for sharing.
@IN-tm8mw2 жыл бұрын
i traveled the world 20 years ago and when i came back to the states, i tried to tell others about this but they though i was insane. the internet was still new, social media was still a dream. no one had any idea what the world outside the states were like.
@IN-tm8mw2 жыл бұрын
@@GoldenTouch_AmuroStyle I'm a dark skinned black man who had light skinned black friends. I know all too well.
@mushmush49802 жыл бұрын
unfortunately i'm starting to feel that black Americans appreciate their dark skin more than other people appreciate theirs. Black pride did a lot of good things for us, but it's depressing seeing Koreans want lighter skin despite being very fair themselves.
@IN-tm8mw2 жыл бұрын
@@mushmush4980 Very true, were not perfect but compared to the rest of the world, we've made alot of progress. The Black Power/Pride movement created a mindset and media that i grew up with. i wasn't scared to be who i am, i never wanted to be anyone else but me.
@linibellini2 жыл бұрын
@@mushmush4980 I don’t think you can compare it like that. In the US black people are now more accepting of being black and stop trying to fit in with the looks and beauty standards of a very different looking ethnicity. In Asian countries like India or Korea, there’s usually no motivation to look less Asian behind bleaching the skin. They’re not trying to fit in better with white people. Both countries are made up mostly of their native population. Discrimination in the US is often about race. But in the rest of the world, especially in countries that are all “native” population, it can be about anything really. It’s not that people in all white countries live peacefully and not discriminate against some white people sub group. Same in African countries with all black population. So much discrimination between them too! My friends dad was sent to France by his parents because he was randomly a little lighter in skin tone, making him look mixed and the whole village bullied him and the family, saying they were cursed because he didn’t look like the others. To me the trend of fair skin in Asian cultures is more similar to that of fair skin in medieval Europe. When people had tan skin from working in the fields all day and it was only the royal people that could maintain a fair complexion because they stayed indoors all day. And in those times it meant that you were from a higher class socially if you remained lighter skinned. So it became the ideal.
@shiwashere2 жыл бұрын
A lot of western nations had a similar beauty standard but it was a long ass time ago. Similar reasons too. Pale skin meant able to stay inside all day being a rich bish while a tan meant labour worker or farmer which was considered a peasant thing. Wild how the standard changed.
@mistress.villaina75912 жыл бұрын
it's still about looking "rich". tanning became popular among europeans and westerners to be able to show off their privilege of traveling to warmer climates.
@littlewallflower56222 жыл бұрын
@@mistress.villaina7591 yes; wealth is the most desirable physical aesthetic of society.
@silverghostcat19242 жыл бұрын
It's like you said no one is happy with who they are. I was born with natural curly hair and my cousin was born with straight hair. We wanted each other's hair 🤣 Let's face it if everyone learned to love who they are as they are several industries would go bankrupt. There's nothing wrong with wanting to look your best, but look your best not someone else's best 💖
@nyanzarojas87762 жыл бұрын
When it gets to the point that ppl are treating you differently bc you are dark. Or not being able to get a job bc you are dark it has passed the point of simply wanting something you don’t have.
@silverghostcat19242 жыл бұрын
@@nyanzarojas8776 agreed. And it's truly horrible and regrettable that such stupidity happens 🤬
@blehbleh12603 ай бұрын
I appreciate your videos because sometimes I need something to bring me back to reality and say it's okay to be you.