Let’s talk about skin colour today.
Growing up, have you heard relatives comparing siblings’ skin colour, and the fair-skinned girl might be labelled ‘beautiful’ and the darker one ‘ugly’?
A perfect life from perfect skin
- but only for those of the ‘fairer shade’?
Judging the worth of a person based on how fair his/her skin is would be no difference to holding a belief of a social hierarchy based on skin colour.
This may be nothing more than an extension of deep-rooted internalised racism.
In more extreme cases, this could go far beyond merely a preference or bias but verge towards racism.
After all, treating people differently solely based on their skin colour IS the very definition of racism.
Not sure about whether something is culturally insensitive?
Google.
Read up about it.
Ask questions.
Ask why and try to understand.
Ignorance is NOT bliss.
It is tragedy, insensitivity, and conscientious stupidity.
Disclaimer:
this post is not directed towards anyone. Just trying to educate my followers about what really matters after receiving many DMs from you to comment about this matter.
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