Why do not Indians stand up against racist fairness products and ban them?

July 6, 2016 5:53am CST
In India, fairness cream and fairness products to get fair skin are very popular. It is a multi-billion dollar industry in India. That has created a feeling of inferiority complex among Indians if they have brown or darker skin. But this is very racist. I think Indians should stand up and ban all these racist fairness products. We must be proud of our color of the skin.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69373)
• Germany
6 Jul 16
I don't understand this. What you've written sounds as if light-skinned foreigners impose these products on Indians. I don't think that this is the case but that Indians themselves want to have them.
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Bon Sharaon
@boneysharaon (177)
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6 Jul 16
It is Indians imposing these products on fellow Indians. Indians have a craze for light skin, which is self hating. It has got nothing to do with light skinned foreigners. It is the money hungry Indian businessmen who make money out of such products.
Sky
@skysnap (20153)
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6 Jul 16
I don't think fairness products are racist. I don't know why feminist are coming up with such camapigns. There is nothing wrong with being fair and using products that make one look fair.
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Sky
@skysnap (20153)
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6 Jul 16
@nomus24g exactly. I'd be happy if feminists bash fat wedding. I'd be happy if feminist make women stand up on their own feet instead of making alimony friendly mentality of women. But that's not going to happen. Damage is already being done.
Sky
@skysnap (20153)
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6 Jul 16
@nomus24g Yes priyanka chopra said she doesn't need men other than for having kids. She was praised for being empowered woman. Kangana ranaut defamed hrithik, still she gets the praise despite being wrong proven by police. Women's commission lead maneka gandhi said "all violence is women generated". she was never questioned. Each day feminists are doing such stunt and making it harder for normal women to have respect. At this speed male bashing will lead to any accomplishment by women in india being ignored. Thanks to NCW and "Feminism in India" NGO run by Japleen Pasricha.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
6 Jul 16
I don't agree that this is racist by any of the normal definitions of that term. It's a prejudice that favours fairer skin but that's not so different from prejudice that favours a particular eye colour, body shape or height that can be independent of a person's race. Unless the creams are actually damaging to the skin, I think you need to work to change attitudes, not withdraw products. A skin cream cannot be racist any more than a hair dye can.
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@acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
6 Jul 16
The same situation in our country where Filipinos have a mindset that being white is beautiful; so they use whitening products not wary of its chemical contents.
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vijay
@vijay_2016 (900)
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7 Jul 16
The brand ambassadors are also responsible for this. Movie heroines , heroes and cricketers should not just think about the money while promoting such products. Youth try to follow what their icons do.
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