India's Obsession With Looking Fair | Obsessions | S1E02 | Beyond Documentary

[@lullyoliva8602]

When beauty strikes it doesn’t chose skin color. If you are ugly…no skin color can save you 😂😂😂😂

[@தமிழோன்]

Not in India. Look at the Indian cinema - especially the South. Many good looking dark skinned actresses loose their career to mediocre-looking light skinned actresses. Light skin literally equals to beauty in India.

[@lullyoliva8602]

Sounds like Indians are racists. If you black you are ugly. That is pure brainwashing, very sad.

[@belindaginete2931]

Correct!

[@inuhundchien6041]

Not really. In China for example, the proverb is ' white skin can cover 10 points of ugliness'.

[@lullyoliva8602]

Sorry to hear that but, the views of the brainwashed don’t change the reality for the majority. @@inuhundchien6041

[@sssl9528]

It is not just India almost all of Asian countries have this obsession including East Asian countries like China, Korea, Philippines and Japan

[@supathos3446]

All cultures have secrets how they lighten their skin not just Indians. A lot of countries like Philippines China Korea and Hispanics and blacks all want to have a whiter skin and white people who are brunettes with dark eyes want to have blonde hair and blue eyes or green eyes. That’s just how society is, society looks up to blonde blue-eyed or green eyed people. The whole world has a standard of beauty and everyone looks up to that beauty regardless of where they are in the world.

[@AmyLeeAngelLove]

@@supathos3446 As a Hispanic, I do not want to have fair skin.. at all. I prefer my natural tan... even darker if I could.

[@jacobharris954]

And Africa and the Caribbean

[@keyme52525]

Stop placing blame eles where the topic is India

[@lilzim9559]

@@jacobharris954 im from the caribbean and this is not a thing in my country is the opposite people go to the rivers and beaches to get color and if u look pale people make fun of u cause you look sick lol

[@jfaustin1742]

Humans Are Exhausting

[@fingerprint5511]

Pathetic isn't it and at the foundation is money but they don't know that 😅

[@chriIIe]

u 1ndian?

[@DixonDixon65]

The land of Superficiality...India! Wow

[@starr2870]

very very wellsaid.

[@Thamazgha-tamurth-enegh]

​@jfaustin1742 especially blindia😂

[@mshaik435]

This whole world is messed up!

[@tinageorge8058]

Exactly and it’s sad

[@robert55726]

Whites want to be brown brown want to be white ! Crazy

[@sr2291]

It sure is.

[@ccc4102]

Totally.

[@sr2291]

The world has always been messed up.

[@danielawendland1083]

I could imagine, this has a similar connotation as it once had in Europe. Fair skin meant not having to work as a manual laborer, in the fields, etc. Fine ladies used a parasol to keep their skin fair. It was a sign of social status

[@monsterhunt8624]

The same way the Whites now want a brown tan so that they can show they are well-travelled in the world

[@divineflu34567]

It's not applicable to India we have dark skin kings and queens and gods so it's colonisers

[@ValerieRauha]

Noo,I don't think you're right,it's soo easy blomning everything on "the White colonizors",however,in every country that this occurs there have NEVER BEEN ANY WHITE COLONIZORS!!! It's much harder to look at yourself, your grannies etc,that's harder to accept.

[@cinnamonstar808]

or... or you were colonized by the 🇬🇧 British: who only forward $$$opportunity to lighter skin Indians Once Hinduism came into India; color-ism entered the chat and once the British came ...it added gasoline to that fire. ALL YOUR LEADERS have white skin | Your Miss India is white | your models + actors + newscasters white. 👉🏽 👉🏾 👉🏿 how do you have 1 billion brown skin people and 0% can are any of the above? Aishwarya Rai👸 had an entire career just because her eye were GREEN... she married $$wealth because her eyes were green. not because she work inside. she spent alot of time outside ADDING ON: every single ex-colony of 👸🇬🇧✍ British colony = all have high rate of bleaching. 100 of 100% you cannot name 1 who like their native skin tone. COMMONALITY #2 if you speak English with an accent ; you intelligence is viewed as less. each ex-colony only value those who can speak English like their oppressors w/ the same skin tone.

[@msher33]

The only famous Indians I know in the west are dark skinned. Priyanka Chopra and Indira Nooyi for example. Can you please name some light skinned ones?

[@legadema3717]

Some of the prettiest Indians I’ve seen are brown to dark brown. I don’t know why there is such hatred against dark skin. It is the best for age defying. I just saw coronation of King Charles. He is 73 , pale & full of bags & wrinkles. I have black & brown friends who are that age and older, and he looks old enough to be their father ! I go to school reunions & all of us are in our 50s and beyond, and the black classmates ALWAYS look far younger than the white ones even if they’re bald & fat. MELANIN IS MAGIC & I love it !

[@nasadeen1972]

Absolutely.

[@LollyMadikiza-xw4ok]

@legadem...i stil think white is beautiful,i am black girl and i dnt give a damn abt melanin(south africa)

[@MamaMia-g4e]

telling white people they look bad is same as teling brown people their skin tone sucks

[@kaisong5004]

You don't know why? Think colonization.

[@preetjaswal8742]

Exactly

[@gildayu4390]

Not only in India in the Philippines or other southeast asian countries are obsessed of getting white on their skin, in the Philippines lotions and soap 90% have glutathione ingredients!

[@JuliaGojo2024]

It’s not the skin color, it’s the bone structure that makes you physically beautiful!

[@ThatisnotHair]

Which mostly depend on your race

[@suzz1776]

Exactly

[@TheMaiah13]

Its the totality of your features and how they blend into something pleasing to the eye. A great smile, smooth skin, lustrous hair, luminous eyes, lashes, a great jaw, face shape, a proportional figure...those blend together to create beauty...not one’s skin colour.

[@TheMaiah13]

...me, personally,I can find fair men attractive, but it does not translate to sexual attraction. Neither do black men...sorry, not being racist, its just a preference. Thats probably why I married an Indian. I like men who are dark haired and brown skin, not too tall, not flabby but not too muscular either. For me, looks are secondary though. Whats attractive is intelligence, kindness, a sense of humor, an air of responsibility/dependability, and I must like what I hear (voice, manner of speaking...), and most of all, hygiene. I cant stress that last one enough.

[@TheShahkulu]

Exactly. On South Asian TV shows/movies, I can't help but laugh whenever I see a butter face woman show up on screen but we're supposed to believe she's the most beautiful thing to walk this earth because she's fair skinned.

[@elizabethvarghese5511]

I am brown Indian, more towards the darker shade. I never tried to make my skin fairer and I didn't lose anything in my life because of that. Maybe, if I were in the glamour industry, I would have had to make my skin fairer.

[@tknl27yk]

thanks for speaking truth.lot of indians have pointed out in reply section that the fake sociologist is a total liar . this fake socilogist lied about almost everthing,Also there are no white people in india as even fairest indians are not white!! travel to india and verify the truth themselves rather than believing fake american propoganda . also intercaste dating is already popular so this video is lie. India has lot of fake sociologists like this video , which americans use to spread propoganda. indian people and indian govt should take action against such fake misinformation.

[@PHlophe]

Eliza, you are very brave. because its harder to escape colorism in the subcontinent. its a whole act of rebellion

[@elizabethvarghese5511]

@@PHlophe no, I am not very brave, I need not be, because I didn't face any discrimination in academic or professional life (as I have mentioned earlier). And majority of people in my part of the subcontinent are of my skin shade, some people a little darker and some people a little fairer. But it is true that some people used to think that I was not a good looking child because of my skin color. I was not really bothered about that.

[@farheenkhan3406]

​@@elizabethvarghese5511Are you married?

[@elvenkind6072]

I'm guessing the documentary is just sensationalistic, and it's the same as if some Indian person would go to an European shop to make fun out of "bronzer" (I think it's called, whatever Donald Trump smears on himself all the time) and made statistics of the sun-studios, with ultraviolet light, where people go to get a darker skin color, and the owners earn very good money from it. And everyone compliment anyone that have been on vacation to "the south" and when they look so "brown and handsome". It's an absurd world.

[@maccastellon2768]

This is horrible but relatable. Happens in Hispanic society too. Browns are always cast as the thieves, bad guys on TV. Light skinned always the heroes and love interest. How horrible the way the casting director expressed about Hina especially being a dark girl herself. She is beautiful and she should have more confidence. Unfortunately that is something you gain with age but apparently not in India since the older lady too felt insecure about her skin color. I love my brown skin and teach my daughters to love themselves as they are too. My daughters are brown and beautiful Hispanic of Native descent. This is so freakish to me because the most beautiful Indian women and children I have met are of dark skin. They simply are stunning.

[@edydon]

How about the many (whites) in the West who want to be tanned - and risk premature aging and skin Cancer to do it. I'm white and I'd love to be - a little bit - darker.

[@ilvailvandoniherde496]

@@edydon European people do not really want to be brown, but to get that golden look of sun bathing.

[@Veronica-tn2xc]

I'm latin and my skin is white. I love to stay under the sun to have a better color.

[@silentwatcher1455]

You forgot. In the movies, bearded or moustache people are cast as rapist, thieves, drunkards.

[@glitterdragon9197]

As a light skinned latina that has had a couple Indian friends growing up first thing they’d comment on was how beautiful my skin tone was to them. Made me really sad and worried when they’d say that’s the standard/goal

[@elvenkind6072]

Here in Norway people stay outside all day in the summers when it's hot enough to not freeze to death, in order to "get brown". It's like if you have been out a lot, then everyone are telling you how great you look like with the tan. A bit like how Donald Trump is painting his face orange, only here in Norway people feel really great if their skin look like Indians.

[@kumaranvij]

Hmm...sounds good but it's not that simple. Norway has its ingrained prejudices against people with dark skin, too. The popularity of suntans doesn't mean white people actually want to look like Indians.

[@kaytas652]

This is horribly sad on so many levels! My heart breaks for the children. SMH...

[@daisychain3007]

It is sad both mentally and physically. The physical damage is that it can cause cancer. The mental damage is that it teaches self-hatred and inferiority complex. Tragically, we live in a society which is defined by what the beauty industry considers good looking - in this case, light skin. You are born with the skin colour that you inherit from your parents. Nothing can alter this, as it is natural. Nature is beautiful, nothing else is.

[@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life]

A lot more sad things in the world than this..... especially for children.....

[@kaytas652]

@@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life This video is about India's obsession with fair skin. Their light-skin mania is very harmful to the psyche of Indian children and adults with darker complexions. The use of bleaching creams to achieve societal acceptance is harmful to their health. Yes, unfortunately their are plenty of "sad things" going on in the world however; my comment was specifically about the topic of this video.

[@Sammy_Francis]

@@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Lifeit’s sad enough… people abandon children and treat them differently or unfairly because of this

[@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life]

@@Sammy_Francis That's terrible!

[@dorayantz3649]

"Fair & Handsome," he said. As if handsomeness is defined by the colour of the skin. 😮‍💨🤦‍♀

[@buttarain27]

It is in certain countries, India being one of them.

[@kathleenking47]

At one time, fair used to mean PRETTY, not lighter

[@cloudyns]

​@@kathleenking47So the same thing... if you associated fair with being pretty then how is it not the same?

[@530MAIDU]

I find Heena beautiful and I love her dynamic personality. I’m sad and disappointed 😔 that she’s not chosen. JASON I could tell that this bothered you too. Good for you disagreeing with this Absurdity. I’m Indigenous Native American 🇺🇸 and I love the variety of darker skin tones.

[@Aikynbreusov]

Different world, different taste, different standards of beauty

[@Aikynbreusov]

India people are obsessed with fair color just like European people do with sun tans......

[@530MAIDU]

@@Aikynbreusov We don’t have to support the discrimination though. 🙆🏻‍♀️👀 We can’t choose what race or skin color we have. I agree though my family is very diverse so the Whiter Beauty Standards is something I don’t agree with. I have many nieces and nephews who are blonde and I tell them they’re Beautiful and Smart ..I have black ones too and they definitely excel at everything. What’s really funny is my black auntie had a son who is white and his children are pale and blonde 👱‍♀️….no one would ever guess. Diversity is Amazing.

[@Thamazgha-tamurth-enegh]

​@@AikynbreusovSelf h**red and colourism are NOT different beauty standards! Especially not when you're non-european in apperance yet push eurocentric standards!

[@vickyoli]

I always find interesting that my classmates who were indian and some of them deep dark skinned, to draw themselves or make emojis with a very light skin. Like, I always tried to put it close to my skin tone (which is medium during summer), and they used to pick a very fair tone. I didnt care that time but now I understand why they did this :(

[@juniorr2646]

Omg that's funny and i always choose the darkest emoji

[@NashBenzotv]

Dang that’s weird even changing the skin tone emojis can make a difference

[@priyanarain5705]

O my god! I have been doing it too... but it's true here. I've been looked down upon in front of my fair skinned friend as a teenager. So in order to look attractive I keep trying new ways to look a shade or two lighter despite the fact that I'm not dark complexioned but typical wheatish Indian. It's deep rooted.

[@divineflu34567]

Girl you hella pale

[@annanajduch5201]

So true. Even in Pokemon Games. I think lighter skinned people and characters are prettier. I know it sounds bad and racist, but we are drawn to light and not darkness. That said, if I were darker skinned, I would like to think I would be OK enough with myself not to try to lighten my skin.

[@glennmorris8787]

Society's influence can be detrimental to the extreme..

[@kaiserchief9319]

to the extremely insane,😂

[@gsantana4087]

Sad form of self hate.

[@kathleenking47]

Caste system was before the British, and it had color However, the Brits could've made it worse

[@the-eternal--dragon-shenron]

I agree

[@FreeSpirit47]

The obsession of having lighter skin is not limited to just East Indian culture, unfortunately. Having seen it in so many different races & cultures, it's more like a disorder such as bulimia, anorexia, phobias. I had a room mate when I lived in Hawai'i, who was African American. She was lighter skinned, actually worked to keep her skin light in color. She would only eat certain foods, stayed indoors when the sun was up. She constantly rubbed lemon cream into her skin. I felt so sad for her that she felt she had to do this to feel acceptable. I loved her like a sister.

[@kaisong5004]

true，look at how Japanese Geisha, they have their face painted white, men in power love it.

[@vivien2088]

you dumb dumb....lol! white is right, all these countries have been dominated or colonized by Europe. internalized hatred.

[@msher33]

Sunlight ages the skin. Everyone should avoid it regardless of skin tone

[@daisychain3007]

​@@msher33I hate sunbathing.

[@BronzeSista]

True, many Black Americans will use skin lightning cream, but we are not obssessed at the level Indians are with having fair skin. Its sad because the Indian culture promotes fair skin. India is hot, no wonder so many people are dark.

[@TheMaiah13]

😂 funny that experiment on Heena. I actually preferred the darker skinned Heena...she looks more naturally feminine on that pic... not the artificial one that made her look androgynous.

[@RenaQueenLion]

I am of East Indian descent living in California where it is not an issue. On my island in Caribbean where I originally am from, both the Indians and Africans are color conscious. For many jobs, they prefer lighter skin. This is just all over the world. I see it here with the Mexicans in California.

[@cloudyns]

I'm Mexican and can you elaborate? Like do you mean Mexicans prefer lighter Mexicans? Or do they look down on darker ones? Just wondering since i'm not in California

[@RenaQueenLion]

@@cloudyns totally here in California. My Mexican friends talk about it happening here and in Mexico where they from. See this in many cultures.

[@RenaQueenLion]

@@sarahi1149 I see it all the time!

[@waltercole5024]

@cloudyns My family members are Mexican of native decent they have always talked about how in the media, movies, and soap operas in Mexico, you never see native decent or dark skinned people

[@StormGod-X]

A lot of the girls who were considered dark, have some of the loveliest, vibrant, brown skin I've ever seen..

[@zackbrown5201]

Says no one ever 😂😂😂

[@StormGod-X]

@@zackbrown5201 I did.

[@ihavetospeakwhatsonmymind792]

@@zackbrown5201 I don’t understand why people are obsessed to look like pigskin…

[@aquarius8861]

Dark skin pigs also exist if you didn't knew.

[@scarletlady3727]

I’m a pale fair skinned Punjabi woman…and I struggle to find dark skin Punjabi men who I kind so handsome!!! I LOVE dark skinned men !! I think it’s just crazy that desi men want to loook sick and pale

[@kamranhashmi1575]

I am a dark skinned punjabi from Pakistan 😊

[@renatoreyes6583]

I’m normal brown skinned Mexican is there a chance I as a foreigner would ever have a chance of marrying a Punjabi woman?

[@kamranhashmi1575]

@renatoreyes6583 yes the Pakistani punjabi women are very pretty

[@YourMom_._.]

Lmao punjabis are the most racist ones

[@CW-rx2js]

Desi men want women who are fair....not themselves as much. I kept getting rejected for marriage proposals

[@MrsMathews]

I think there is beauty in all skin colors. When I worked in Asia, I was saddened by the pretty girls who thought they were straight up ugly just because they had tan skin.

[@ramaraksha01]

Funny no one is surprised when whites get a tan - trying to look golden brown But darker skinned people trying to look fairer - now that's a crime! The horror! We must stop it right now! There is so much bigotry and racism in this video

[@PHlophe]

if people think India is bad with colourism. Malaysia and Indonesia are saying " Hold my Beer" . over there , there is zero tolerance for darker hue .

[@HelyBel]

This so sad they are been discriminated in their own country, usually people are discriminated because they look different and are not in their own country.

[@nikiyoussef55]

that is very common in the colonized world

[@HelyBel]

@@nikiyoussef55 I hope this changes because personally Indians are so beautiful specially the diversity of colours makes them stand out and beautiful 🤩

[@nikiyoussef55]

@@HelyBel you right

[@MegTelevised]

I’m thrilled that at 40 years old, I haven’t done any anti aging at all! Just west right, wear sunscreen and keep stress at a minimum. Wear a hat!

[@GreeshmaPradeep-cy2mc]

❤❤

[@androidgames1927]

And when you're not fair, tall or slim.. You are doomed😔

[@SitchCorp]

AMEN!

[@AntoinetteGenesis]

Doomed? Only if you feel you NEED to fit into & play that game w/ those low vibrationed people or industries. I'm rather dark, only 5'4", slim & carry myself well. At 65 I still book lots of print model & commercial jobs.

[@msher33]

I don’t think looks even matter or help in any way!! Idk why people are obsessed with them.

[@ocean3057]

And on top of that introvert 😢

[@ahhh6328]

Sini is so pretty it's such a shame that colorism is prevalent world wide. Sure people use tanning creams but it's not on par with literally bleaching your skin. People get cancer from sun tanning too much and from bleaching alike , it's such a shame.

[@talon9639]

she isnt that good looking, im not saying this due to the skin complexion but due to the facial structures.

[@imeldiffici3091]

She’s fit for a ramp model :) good face structure, very defined eyes and slim. Don’t get discouraged, try another field that will fit you

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

@@imeldiffici3091 ....exactly...i was wondering how tall she was the minute i saw her because she is very striking looking...a bit vampish sure but in runway that is a great look particularly for haute couture....

[@govpill2464]

@@talon9639 on the contrary I find her to be very attractive!

[@androidgames1927]

The og comment and the first reply were talking about Sini and then after that all the others started talking about Hina lol

[@ihurricane7]

Bro what?? Heena was so pretty though!

[@tonywong8134]

It's a worldwide obsession, not just in india. Especially if you're in a non white country it's simply the culture.

[@originalgoldengoddess]

That's so sad that our society is like this. I think all skin colours are beautiful! I would never ever change my skin colour for anything I love what I'm born with. I wish everyone could embrace their beauty ❤

[@munish259272]

I like white european women with big breasts

[@user-ur9wy1lt8z]

Don't believe this Western documentaries. They always want to stereotype the rest of the world to keep making them feel superior.

[@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life]

Exactly.

[@nickb839]

We need more videos that acknowledge white peoples tanning obssesion and with dark skin. Darker than their multiracial kids, I get surprised nowadays when i'm out and about with how their looking.

[@e.l.4860]

Said the golden goddess🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Wait a minute, aren't you light skinned? Why would you want anything else?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sakurachristineito6428]

It's not just in India though..here in Asia, people in Korea & Japan are crazy with white skin!!! Even Koreans with like porcelain looking white skin. White skin's considered upper class & elegant looking beauty.

[@eo9501]

Hey. As Korean, let me correct this. No. We are not obsessed with white skin. Maybe there might be some. But not generally. We are more interested in making a healthy skin tone , which means removal of dark spots and constant skin tone whethet you are bit fairer or darker. Shiny, moisturuzing, wringkless, spotless and lifted skin matters much more than white to Koreans. Even to the guys, they considet this much more than white when they meet girls. In Korean, white skin is just a personal preferece to a limited number of people. Generally when we say 'skin care, we refer to those 'healthy skin'.

[@fetB]

@@eo9501 you dint really correct anything. you just said its whitening on top of other things

[@hillarysudeikis2264]

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[@BronzeSista]

I work with some Chinese with differnt complexions, some have skin complexions like people from the Philippines. All 3 are men. They don't look like typical Chinese people you see always shown by the Chinese. They had color.

[@someonefromsomewhere6650]

@@eo9501no koreans are absolutely obsessed with being pale and skinny.

[@lizchesney25]

Im light skinned and when I was younger we did everything we could to get a tan. Laid in sun for hours days on end. Now im much older and truly regret it. Would love to have my fair skin back. Its a much younger look . Just my thoughts personally on what looks good for me

[@charitaking720]

The Indians have beautiful faces regardless of their skin tones.

[@Ytube928]

What the heck you saying skin tones are beautiful as well. Just accept yourself

[@forward_ever_ever2595]

Only if they really thought so😂..these ppl self hate is crazy

[@grizzlybexar8177]

I would love one as pale as the Punjab deset or dark as Mandala hash.

[@starshot5172]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[@keyme52525]

Your apart of the problem your statement is ridiculous 🙄

[@abhisekroy6430]

Lighter skin helps even in western country.. being a almost white skinned indian in Australia makes things easier from getting front jobs like cabin crews in major airlines .. in relationships.. in social circle friendships things are superficially easier I know it's unfair but at the end of the day it personality outshines

[@aliciamomat7963]

If that was true, no black African or American would ever work anywhere.

[@androidgames1927]

🤔

[@diaryofanafricanladyutanyo9656]

They are many dark skin people winning in all areas of life ,stop yhis gibberish mentality

[@msher33]

The only powerful rich and famous Indians I know of in the west are darker skinned. Priyanka Chopra and Indira Nooyi for example. Can you please name some light skinned ones?

[@abhisekroy6430]

@@msher33 Amar Bose head Bose Sound Systems.. you probably wouldn't understand the discrimination that darker skinned indians gets even in Western Countries especially if they don't come from previlidged backgrounds as you mentioned my heart feels for them as local people often don't mingle or invite them in social circle I have seen it before hand it's so bad... Sometimes I wish we all humans had same skin colour and features be it light or dark world will be a much more equal place

[@milenakunzle6955]

The reporter is very handsome!

[@the-eternal--dragon-shenron]

I know I am thank you

[@ninawestlake5005]

Yes. Tall and walks like a man.

[@divyanshd3969]

Finally someone

[@Prettygirl23556-]

Ya

[@thomasrogers9146]

SELF ACCEPTANCE IS THE FIRST STEP TO SUCCESS.

[@dove6087]

This is so sad. Shes a such a beautiful girl! Her skin is perfect the way it is. She looks healthy and natural

[@AmyLeeAngelLove]

You usually want the opposite of what you have. Straight hair wants curly, curly hair wants straight, short women want to be taller, fat wants to be skinny, skinny wants to be curvy, white wants a beachy tan, black wants to bleach, etc.

[@royaldiadem8660]

And tall women?

[@AmyLeeAngelLove]

@@royaldiadem8660 I have two female friends.. one 6'1 and the other is 5'10 without shoes (both extremely beautiful). They both want to be shorter due to the stares and rude comments from men everywhere they go. From what I've witnessed.. shorter. That doesn't go for every single person in the world, obviously. Some people are happy with what they were born with or end up to be.. but many are not.

[@gloriaf6971]

White people do not want to be black!

[@costealucia5357]

I don't want tan...

[@AmyLeeAngelLove]

@@costealucia5357 This isn't for every single person in the world. Some love the way they were born.

[@seana8376]

This is so true. Indians love to look like the white man. It is not just them but all non-white people have this in their societies. As a non-white person, I would never want to look white or red or orange as white people look. I know many Hispanic people that think they are white. This is in all kinds. The fear-skinned person is idealized. But this is rooted in the home. If you raise your child to embrace their color they will love who they are.

[@realsabrina9362]

CHANGING YOUR SKIN COLOR IS LIKE SPITTING IN GOD'S FACE! 😔🙏ALL COLORS ARE BEAUTIFUL.❤

[@SitchCorp]

If society can force people to accept a person changing their gender, why is changing one's skin color such a problem?

[@MegTelevised]

It really is.

[@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life]

Exactly.

[@politicallyincorrect4126]

How come you don’t say the same thing when white people tan? If someone wants to change something about themselves that’s their business lol

[@alvarogoenaga3965]

Which god? There are thousands to choose from.

[@lolam.9291]

India is not the only country that’s obsessed with being fair skinned…

[@kathleenking47]

Some in Philippines

[@sobeliever1638]

Obviously

[@debbieanne7962]

The grass is always greener on the other side. Fair skinned people want to get darker and dark skinned people want to be fairer. This is worldwide. I'm white from Australia and plenty here use tanning lotion or spray on tan to achieve a darker complexion.

[@SchlichteToven]

I'm fine with my super white skin, but that didn't stop people from telling me I needed to get a tan. I ignored the advice, because a) I can't tan from the sun and wouldn't try bc I'm not keen on skin cancer, which runs in my family, and b) why should I? Just deal with it.

[@bevs9995]

you know that none of the white women want to be "darker". They are trying to replicate the sunkiss look, like the go on vacation all year around. While also bleaching their hair, so that they look like the beach blonde.

[@wowso4]

Exactly we want to be dark and tan. Why can't believe just be happy with their skin colour?

[@patrickhuang6893]

Its different shade. Getting a golden sunkist look is different then what you see south Asian look.

[@bevs9995]

@@patrickhuang6893 and the whole point of using fake tan, is to make it look "natural.." They are not trying to change their "skin color"

[@AbhishekYadav-dx1ji]

I'm a black Indian Proudly, I NEVER used any fairness skin and will never use..

[@Mr.Eminem]

It won't work anyway bruh

[@terranowa2080]

I admire people with style i don't care about colour. I'm from India.

[@lyndawilliams4570]

Indians are so beautiful. Why in the world can they not see it????

[@Moonlight77162]

here comes the white saviour. gtfo

[@tracieholland8298]

WE ALL WANT TO BE DIFFERENT........BE HAPPY IN YOUR OWN SKIN

[@elvintorres3599]

it is not unusual as far as psychology goes, for the abused person or race, to want to look like the abuser/aggressor. This is a phenomenon that exists all over the world.

[@edydon]

There's a historical bias towards light skin since it's always been associated with class - poor people worked outside and got dark; rich people stayed indoors and remained more fair. Today, many (whites) in the West want to be tanned - and risk premature aging and skin Cancer to do it.

[@sarahfranco6802]

do you know the name about that phenomenon? im curious and i want to research more about it

[@nijasi7517]

As my pale self lays here in front of the fan waiting for for my sunless tanner to dry. None of this makes any sense!

[@usefulrandom1855]

Did you watch the video? The caste system goes back thousands of years long before the British came. India is inherently obsessed with skin colour and demonises its own people for it and has done for thousands of years. England has a class system but upper class people/middle/working still interact with each other and respect each other.

[@lemoncholyme]

🎯

[@beachboy922]

Fairer people definitely have better life in India and in Gulf . Higher chances for jobs and marriage proposal. Not much difference in western countries, though.

[@sayanmandal1289]

Meanwhile China, South Korea and all South East Asia have left the chat 😂.

[@lopsangchampion]

This is Not True,Ajay Devgun and Kajol are darker movie stars,But very Successful and popular And it is because of their Talent and Charisma!..👍🎥

[@chandanapathak1602]

Fair means you don't have to work in the field, Fair means that you are a part of the conquering rates,Aryan , Muslim, Europeans Love of Fair skin is endemic in South East Asia and Korea Japan too

[@mohayaseen4445]

Muslims are considerd race,😂😂 there are alot of africans are muslims 🤭🤭🤭

[@rahulbhaskar6790]

Aryan conquering theory is a relatively new concept. So don’t read your communist ideas. People were always obsessed with lighter skin. Everyone wants to be more fair than what they are. Southern Europeans look up to blonde paler Northern Europeans. The middle east often looks down upon India as dark people and pride themselves. Why do you think the southern soviet nations Russianised themselves? To be a part of the white Russian culture. Turkey likes to associate itself more to Europe than Asia.

[@SitchCorp]

Similar to America and the Carribean, where the Black slaves who worked indoors were usually mixed with White European and lighter than those who worked in the fields. They had more advantages and benefits beause of that.

[@mari_000]

Muslim is a religion and not a race or ethnic 😅

[@rahulbhaskar6790]

@@mari_000 But who said it was a race?

[@kennethwilliams7697]

I've been to India 5 times for missionary work. The Indian people are some of the most beautiful people in the world. It's sad that they want to lighten their skin because they've been sold a bill of goods that being light skinned is best. Many of those who are naturally light-skinned are such because of colonialism, when India was under Brittish rule. Many Brits married Indian women or took advantage of Indian women and therefore produced offspring of a lighter complexion.

[@bette7125]

I’ve always been made fun of (by white people) for being “too pale”. I’ve been told I look anemic, that I’m “like a ghost”, and the classic “pale is disgusting”. Now that I’m an adult I’ve learned to love my skin tone. I definitely feel for these people feeling like the color they are just isn’t good enough for other people.

[@LollyMadikiza-xw4ok]

@bette...oh how i wish u could give me dat pale skin,it sucks 2 be a dark skin girl(south africa)

[@pinkrose8845]

@@LollyMadikiza-xw4okdark skin people are gorgeous. I’m northern Italian and find the black race the most beautiful one. So don’t worry about people say. Take advantage of your beautiful features. I bet you’re gorgeous 😊

[@LeeoGoneWild]

Because white people are the only race that wants to be tan. All other races want to be as pale or as light as possible, for example: black, Asian, and middle eastern.

[@LollyMadikiza-xw4ok]

@@pinkrose8845 🤍

[@carolinerowles5951]

Same here. I'm white British with black hair so it makes my pale skin look even paler. All my family tan easily, look dark all year round & even they take the p*ss out of my anaemic look. I use to use sunbeds way too much in my 20s but now I embrace my contrasting colouring. Grass is always greener on the other side aye. I always wanted a boob job since about 12 but you couldn't pay me to have bigger boobs now. It's unfortunate that once you're comfortable in your own skin you didn't realise what you had when much younger.

[@karavera]

It’s crazy, I’m very fair skinned and I don’t think any of these women look more beautiful with lighter skin. They’re all attractive, especially the actress. It’s sad they want to lighten their skin tone… I think it’s beautiful and adds to their beauty.

[@monicanath4859]

I remember when a few of our models as well as actors and actresses were dusky and they looked gorgeous. Does anyone remember how Shah Rukh Khan, Bipasha, Rani, Priyanka and Kajol, used to look before they bleached their skin? By the by, there is nothing wrong with Hina and Sini Thomas is really beautiful ❤!

[@elinaGadama]

The day i realised my dark skin was beautiful,i became free.I thank God for that.

[@pricklypear1111]

“Dr didn’t give me a whitening treatment because I don’t need it” this dude is humble bragging and has a smug look about him the whole time

[@FlowerGirlMy]

Or he meant he does not want it. You might be judging through your own attitude. But your name fits you

[@pricklypear1111]

@@FlowerGirlMy I call ‘‘em like ‘‘em I see ‘em

[@NashBenzotv]

That means he got that natural fair tone effortlessly lol

[@cloudyns]

Nah. He seemed humble and just doing his job of trying to get to understand why it's so popular and what they use. You're probably just jealous of him and your mind made up that scenarios.

[@Fawn123]

I lowkey got that vibe from him too when he said that lol. Maybe he felt better about himself because he’s part of a documentary where he possesses the desired trait. But I understand the other comments here too.

[@Shazzyhtown]

😔😔 just disappointing. As someone who is not Indian, I actually find darker Indians much more attractive!! They look exotic and gorgeous! 🥰 Shame they are not made to love their beautiful skin as well. And those commercials need to be banned! 😡😡

[@serious_nigga]

We black people have this problem and it's sad. Indians love to refuse they are black/dark... Most Asians as a matter of fact. Here in Africa bleaching has done a lot of harm.

[@Shazzyhtown]

@@serious_nigga yes I know. My mom is Jamaican and bleaching is ruining the island. Most of Jamaica is black, but there are white and Asians. They tend to be upper class. Its horrific because they are destroying the very thing that keeps them looking young: melanin. Darker skin almost always ages better. This is undisputed. Im glad my mom made me love my skin. I in turn remind my daughter how beautiful she is everyday.

[@serious_nigga]

@@Shazzyhtown this is sad but I'm glad she made you love your skin. I agree with you. Blacker folks really do age better.

[@alicesytchannl]

yeah the media is toxic

[@aaniaax8018]

@@serious_nigga most of the indians have medium skin tone not black

[@robertd3564]

OMG!!! This is so sad! When I was in school 2 of my best friends were dark (really dark!) skinned Indians. They were over at my apartment, they partied at my parents 4th of July picknick with us 'white peeps', they were just one of us and nobody thought differently! Ugh! .

[@sevenstarsofthedipper1047]

I am sorry, I don’t believe that “nobody thought any different” White people in America have been conditioned to believe that their melanemic skin confers beauty, intelligence, and privilege. I don’t believe that they just shut 500 years of conditioning off just because someone is trying to assimilate with them. I am not saying all White people are MAGA Neo Nazis. They are not. But 75% of White people live in White enclaves and have no personal interaction with nonWhite peoples and the majority of White people (62%) believe this country has done enough to bring about equality for no White people especially Black people. Unsurprisingly, the majority of all nonWhite people (Black, Brown, Asian) know systemic discrimination against people of color is rampant. Given the foregoing, I find it hard to believe that none of the White people in your community who encounter dark skinned Indian people did not harbor racist sentiments. They might even express them but the Indians, trying to assimilate, grin and bear it.l

[@g.m.5395]

Alot of east Indians hate/fear blacks

[@kumaranvij]

Are you sure they really never felt "different" and awkward? Or are you just assuming that?

[@lyndawilliams4570]

Sini is STUNNING!!!!

[@moniquew327]

I am white person, I remember when I met an indian student for the first time and my thoughts were, she is so beautiful. I want to have black hair and dark skin, dark eyes. But now I understand, we are all beautiful.

[@superuchic3153]

And here i am using self tanner every day to look dark bc absolutely hate my pale olive skin that looks ghostly and corpse- like without colour or a tan, and i tan constantly to get / stay a bronze color… u always want what you don’t have…

[@roxysponge3447]

Stop this nonsense. Embrace your skin.

[@Rayis4444]

In India, you’d be a goddess.

[@8-ballvlogs800]

Me I love my blackness, never ever wanted a different color but black and brown and white all looks good. 😅❤

[@CalopsitaVanderbilt1911]

❤

[@johnbro2818]

I'm Indian yellow 😂 skin fairness cream s everywhere that's true ... hahaha 😂😂😂

[@camh1149]

In 2022, this is utterly absurd. The paradox in this is that most white Europeans scratch their head in disbelief when they see this as they go to tanning studios to get a darker complexion.

[@Shazzyhtown]

I never understood this either. I mean, its known their complexions cant tolerate so much sun. It leads to wrinkles and skin cancer. I had a high school friend who went tanning a lot because she didnt like her "pasty skin". She is a beautiful redhead. 🥰Most of us look fine with own complexions. When we change it, it causes issues. Whether excessive tanning or skin bleaching.🤷

[@camh1149]

@@Shazzyhtown I agree with you. Wouldn't that world be bland if we all look the same ? Same complexion, same hair texture, same height... same everything... Boring !!!

[@SchlichteToven]

@@Shazzyhtown If she was a redhead, how did she tan? Or did you mean she got a spray tan?

[@Shazzyhtown]

@@SchlichteToven tanning bed. Ruined her skin 😕

[@SchlichteToven]

@@Shazzyhtown That's what I don't get. Typically redheads (I'm one of them) don't tan. They just freckle and burn. There would be no point in using a tanning bed because you wouldn't tan.

[@SchlichteToven]

It's making me nervous at 11:20 that he'll just slather it on. It's probably got mercury!

[@Woolife100]

Damn that's messed up they don't like their skin tone 😔

[@Thorfinn47.]

India is too much diverse, they are people of all different skintones .

[@sushantambhore3631]

In South Indian movie also all actress are Fair

[@waltercole5024]

Same with Mexican or Latin American TV or Movies

[@kay-fg8zy]

They picked the white doll because that’s all they see in the shops and advertisements! DUH!

[@marigoldbeam5475]

Basic psychological manipulation, but he isn't intelligent enough to understand that despite being a grown man.

[@politicallyincorrect4126]

No they’re more beautiful

[@Isbatooraha]

​@@politicallyincorrect4126no

[@Professor4555]

​@@politicallyincorrect4126actually the first time some people in the Pacific Islands encountered white people, they thought that they were ghosts, and the native Americans were surprised with how the Europeans smelled so bad 😔

[@ME-pb2gf]

Not at 3 years old. And similar experiments have been done with children as young as 6 months old.

[@historyloveriii2949]

It is the same phenomenon in Japan, China and Korea.

[@quenchtv5436]

All over asia

[@marysearch6155]

Government should entertain a matrimonial website under its ownership to provide a secure platform with the protection of the state so that people could inquire , find and choose bride grooms without racial distinctions.

[@executivewoman678]

I am an Israelite (Black American from the tribe of Yahudah) and I love my dark, cocoa skin and had no problems within myself because my God knew me before I was in the womb. He knew EXACTLY what He was going. I beautiful and wonderfully made! HalleluYah 😊!

[@ChefbyMistake]

Blacks are not Israelites. Ethiopians are from the 12 Tribes.

[@YourSweetPotato]

Funny thing is that in the west a lot of light or pale skin people prefer having tan or darker skins while in the east tan or dark skin people prefer the opposite.

[@Thorfinn47.]

In india fair cream color olive skin tone is most preferred and desired . too much pale white skintone like Europeans are not considered attractive in india they are called as ghosts , albinos etc .

[@fheuexve]

all due to one word --> *classism*

[@MONKLJ]

Living in Thailand, I see the same thing going on.

[@franklinmills1756]

This is such an unhealthy, irrational obsession.

[@marlonelias]

He’s good looking!.!.

[@SepangGuy]

I am a Malaysian male and still having the obsession being lighted skin. But thank god it is gradually diminishing. Now my skin care routine is all about eating healthy, intermittent fasting and getting enough sleep. Yes sometimes I buy lightening shower gel but that's about it.

[@missk7001]

We are a strange lot. I‘ve seen many a black woman and admired their natural beauty and dark toned skin. I‘m so fair I only burn and look sickly.

[@hillarysudeikis2264]

The problem of colourism is found mainly in Asia and the US for some strange reason, Africans don't really have that problem on a large scale. Lord Jesus Christ is coming back everyone, please don’t worship celebrities and entertainment, focus on Him alone. I promise there’s more to life than money, partying, homosexuality and music. Hell is real, repent from sinning confess your sins and ask God to forgive you, I know He will if you’re sincere. Hell is very hot, people please repent! In the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏💪✝️💜❤️✝️! Idolatry such as, Islam, Catholicism, Sangomaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Racism, Santa Clausism, Confucianism, New Age, Science, Evolution, halloweenism, Harry Potterism, Politics, Donald Trumpism, Easter Bunnyism and other religions/faiths that are outside Biblical Christianity lead to hell! Don’t believe them, believe the Almighty God the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who begot Him. Our Creator, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is mighty, He doesn’t need a woman to beget a son, He is God. I choose to put my faith in a God who can do anything and everything, a God who has unlimited and infinite power to beget! So, it’s time to confess that Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord and to believe that He died and rose from the grave after three days and you shall be saved if you only obey Him by praying, worshipping, praising, reading the Bible and living holy and righteously according to the Bible. You have to endure until the end, carry your cross daily and build your relationship with God by following Lord Jesus daily until the end. You must never renounce your faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, there’s hell awaiting those who reject/deny Lord Jesus Christ and those who continue living sinfully, even the Christians who don’t want to repent will face the same fate, so please repent beloved people, in Lord Jesus Christ’s mighty and precious Name, Amen.

[@nikkil764]

Sad that you can’t love your own shade but have been convinced it is somehow inferior. Being fair is not sickly. It is lovely too.

[@jsolorzano2688]

All because humanity is always following celebrities as if they're all in their life. SO SAD

[@cieltheeditor7922]

Genuinely…

[@NashBenzotv]

Thats why many people think they celebrity once they hit a couple thousand view and subs on their page… This modern age we living now its all about fames superficial things racial or skin complexion preference puff ! Can’t barely trust noone now have to be careful who you let into your life fellas

[@beekaydee7334]

I am happy with me. I am me and no amount of skin lightening cream or procedures can change me. I am always going to be me and that is good enough for me.

[@izzydeadyet7336]

I cant believe this is going on in India meanwhile in the us/canada i could never imagine an ad like that, It would be considered racist and people would boycott it out of buisness .. its too bad people feel the need to change themselves that way

[@rahulbhaskar6790]

Everyone is obsessed with looking fair. Every coloured person. It shows more in India because there are more skin tones in India.

[@anjaliverma4815]

This documentary is way too old ... I. Mean it's may be documented around 2010... but still very true for our society

[@tigernature7020]

It's unbelievable mentality most Indians have! I'm Arab and light olive tone, and I spend an hour a day in the hottest time at midday, at 43 degree C in the scorching sun with my salted bottle of water of course. Even here in the Arabic countries most look down upon dark skin, but not near the 'color concious' south asians and in particular Indians. When I go to the nearby convenient store while I'm dark tanned, the Indian workers there start ignoring me and treating me like they never knew me ! And when I get light again especially in the winter... they start smiling and giving me some hand even when I'm not asking for help!! It's absolutely a pathetic mentality. But I'm not going to avoid an absolutely crucial part of the day(the sun) and it's huge benefits, for satisfying some brainwashed people.

[@hamaniecheenibass5729]

I am glad my forefathers decided to leave India...i dont think i would have survived...the idea that one has to be fair to be sucessful...OMG

[@twilightincosmos]

clearly u havent seen the ground reality...this is an exageration.....many women who are dark skinned in my social circle are independent women earning decently and are married happily....nowadays awareness and acceptance have to accept all skin tones....even protest were made to remove the name of a brand from fair and lovely to glow and lovely...

[@teresayeates3437]

I am surprised there would not be a a desire for representation in marketing, with so many people living in India and so few with truly light skin. Would people not want to see people like them, buy products from people who look like them? Seeing movies with representation like Black Panther and Shang Chi and the amazing impact surely cannot go unnoticed?.

[@IHL343]

In old times, the saying was dark and handsome if I am not mistaken...tall, dark and handsome😂

[@ninawestlake5005]

Dark, back then, referred to the color of the man's hair and eyes.I believe it still does.

[@IHL343]

@@ninawestlake5005 oh i always knew it was dark like dark in colour. Anyways I like them dark and handsome😉

[@waltercole5024]

British colonialism , Eurocentrism

[@g.m.5395]

Indeed

[@e.b.4379]

Blame the caste system, which has existed for thousands of years and is an integral part of Indian culture. Perpetually blaming everything on white people is getting tiresome and quite frankly ridiculous...

[@waltercole5024]

@e.b.4379 They may have had it a thousand years. But the last 500 of so years it has been heavily promoted by the NATO , western colonial powers. Eurocentrism colonialism white supremacy across the globe.

[@waltercole5024]

@e.b.4379 European colonial powers especially the Anglo-American Empire, took a very oppressive ideology and took it to every corner of the globe. White supremacy, Eurocentrism down to this very day

[@socarandy]

Well boy I definitely can't go there!

[@M3lCHOR]

Why?

[@dinaschirripa95]

A NICE PERSONALITY FAR OUTWEIGHS SKIN COLOR !!!

[@zackbrown5201]

Lol 😆 if that's the case Oprah Winfrey would be the most sexiest woman alive

[@evelineyy]

@@zackbrown5201 Skin color has nothing to do with it. Oprah doesn't have a "nice" personality. Weight and figure play a bigger role in someone's attractiveness than their skin tone. Also, regardless of your skin color, what matters is an even-toned complexion whether you are white, brown, yellow or black.

[@bevs9995]

Olay and Garnier advertise in india as a skin lightening cream! that would be illegal in the west

[@GOGOSLIFE]

I loved men who had dark hair, eyes, and olive skinned. My husband has blue eyes and light hair, and is very good looking. He also has me laughing every day, all day, and that's what attracted me. We'll celebrate our 37th anniversary in a couple of months. So it really has nothing to do with the color of anything! I love that man to death!

[@pamperqueen1238]

What is olive skin?

[@jailahej]

caste system and skin colour are not related...so many upper caste persons are dark skinned and so many lower caste persons are fair skinned

[@samkrooo8017]

This is just extremely sad 😔 😔

[@Durga695]

I find the Indian people are some of the most beautiful people I've ever seen, it is so sad that they aspire to apply toxic substances to change their appearance and maintaining the cast system, while fair people from the UK and Europe no less, spend hours tanning in the sun, also to make themselves supposedly more appealing. I really also feel for both groups of people whose identity, self worth hinges on their looks alone, beauty is but skin deep.

[@pipipupu5104]

Which country are you from by the way?

[@gildayu4390]

You must also do a documentary in the Philippines for people wanting to get whiter skin

[@AngelaSImmons-o5p]

The Philippines are worst.

[@Morgenmuffel88]

Ones use self tan to get darker, another ones use whitening creams to get whiter. Curly wanna get straight, straight-curly. Tall wanna get smaller, small-taller. People always look for something to change

[@NashBenzotv]

Well i think its part of self-improvement A little bit of change for yourself is worth it sometimes Even when you’re not growing economically yet but at least you can build body fitness enhance skin tone enrich knowledge better social skills

[@SabrinaBelladonna]

I must be a real weirdo then because looking healthy is more than good enough for me. Take care of your body and mind and if that is not good enough for some people...then stuff them!!!!! Also me when hearing that Neena can only play a vamp: "Oh, you say that as if it was a bad thing... Vamps kick ass, vamps are cool, vamps will put hair on your chest!!! Only pussies are scared of vamps!!!! Vamps rule!!!!!!!!!!" 😁😁💪😁😁😁😁

[@GrantsPassTVRepair]

I've often admired the dark skin of people from India. This is insane.

[@marquezmarvie1320]

I been used fair and lovely before when i was in kuwait nothing happen hehe and indisns obsessed in their hair care too a lot 😂😂

[@Apetitegirly]

She looks beautiful stunning they are blind i understand that you might prefer paler skin but some people look and feel better dark skinned so saying every dark skinned person is unattractive sounds just ridiculous it is clearly insecurity

[@GreenIvy3834]

Sadness. Not natural. The chemicals that the skin absorbes from highlighting should be looked into. Natural beauty comes in all shades of skin color. Be proud of your skin color.

[@IHL343]

Marvellous what you said. This craze is not everywhere.