as an indian i am EMBARRASSED for her..

I am an Indian, but my skin is wayyy more fair than the rest of my family. There is nothing wrong with it. But the way people react to my fair skin is wrong. My family praised me for having fair skin and saying that I am a blessing. And people outside my family, asked if I was adopted. Its gone so far that people ask if Im Malaysian or Filipino or Arab. This made me really insecure and I would ask my parents everyday if I was adopted. When i moved to Australia, the heat really effected my skin and got a bit darker, my grandparents were quick to point it out, saying I was becoming less beautiful. Theres always been a hatred for having dark skin in India and people need to understand that having dark skin is completely fine and normal.

im half black, half korean and this is genuinely disgusting, like blackfishing should be illegal

MLK did not die for this yo

I feel like these topics need to be talked about and researched more in this society. I definitely agree with his perspective as someone who is half Indian and half Mexican. Some people have an obsession with cultures and races that aren't theirs that cross the line. Colorism, where you grow up, and stereotypes definitely play a part in situations like this. I didn't even know you were Indian, that so cool btw!

As a dark-skinned black woman, I've witnessed the gentrification of various aspects of the black community, including fashion, music, and even physical features like lips, skin, and hair. This invasion of black spaces is a harsh reality.

As a white person I honestly grew up (mostly because I was pale) I would see black girls and be like woah she's so pretty I want to be like her but now like I'm just accepting that I'm white and I shouldn't want to be different and neither should anyone else.

So I’m Indian and now I feel so like disgusted by this but there is this one Indian kid in my class and he has darker skin but I knew he was Indian because it was still recognizable and he said that he is not Indian because he doesn’t feel like it and claimed he was black and even said the n word

people on tiktok are WILD like faking their races, faking mental problems, what happened to being u being true # self love???

Im half black half white so idk if i have any say in this but i will say that it boils my blood when people do this because what they are doing is getting all of the "perks" of being black without having any knowlage of the culture and the struggles. (sorry i am bad at spelling)

Indian culture is so beautiful. That’s the saddest part. Instead of being proud of her own beautiful culture she steals another. Man

As an Indian man with a lighter skin tone, I have experienced a little bit of whitewashing as well, My tuition teacher in 9th grade would always joke about me being American or "From The North" because I had a lighter skin tone and I would always feel so uncomfortable, because he would also touch my hands, compare it to his, show it to others, and just get everyone's attention on me. I'm also an introvert so it made me more uncomfortable.

If no one’s gonna say it, I will, people who aren’t from African descent want to look like us, but don’t want to experience the racism and things we go through. It’s pathetic.(edit: guys i commented this a yr ago so all the stuff you’re replying under it is irrelevant to me at this point so it’s pointless to waste your time and energy commenting)

so,i'm arab,and my parents moved from tunisia, then to ireland, then to london. i'm very thankful as my area is quite diverse. the majority of my school is either arab and/or muslim so i had no problem fitting in.i'm just very thankful that i'm proud of my culture and i have a lot of oppurtunities

Me being black myself, black fishing has always been something that I’ve HATED. Like, why y’all wanna be tryna steal our styles? Y’all don’t be knowin the things we deal wit as black people. Everything ain’t no rainbows and butterflies. Just stay the way you are, you’re fine just the way you are, you ain’t gotta be changing up your style and SKIN TONE just to look prettier. Just, omlllll.

as a Southeast Asian, i just wanna say that stuff like this is insane. we do not claim her, and are glad she doesnt have a problem with that. trust me when i say, we are not like her and most of us are actually pretty chill…..unless they’re an Americanized Southeast Asian.