For Whiter Skin, Some Are Turning to Injections

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  • Опубліковано 19 вер 2021
  • Lighter skin has long been associated with power and privilege, and the use of lightening creams remains pervasive in some parts of the world. Driven by colorism in society and the media, some consumers are now going even further.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 638

  • @irvantriarts635
    @irvantriarts635 2 роки тому +366

    My sister wants her skin to be lighter like her Caucasian friend, and her Caucasian friend want her skin to be darker like my sister. Humans are weird lol.

    • @Amy-ik4mm
      @Amy-ik4mm 2 роки тому +7

      and i am caucasian and wish i were east asian hahahaha

    • @nah_.
      @nah_. 2 роки тому +9

      @@Amy-ik4mm weeb and/or koreaboo

    • @sadinahrafael9700
      @sadinahrafael9700 2 роки тому +12

      We all want what we dont tend to have

    • @EnclavePatriot
      @EnclavePatriot 2 роки тому +3

      The grass is always greener on the other side i guess

    • @Amy-ik4mm
      @Amy-ik4mm 2 роки тому +2

      @@doandroidsdream1748 hahahaha weeboo

  • @shaunmc013
    @shaunmc013 5 місяців тому +14

    Skin lightening is about wanting to look white, not power. We need to be honest when we talk about this..

  • @TheRozza333
    @TheRozza333 2 роки тому +315

    Its interesting because back in medieval Europe it was a class thing. Lighter skin meant you weren't working the fields so you had money. Wonder how much of it is a similar thing but in other parts of the world and how much is due to old colonial racial ideals lingering around.

    • @twilightknight2333
      @twilightknight2333 2 роки тому +37

      It has always been a class thing in India as well. Most of the upper class in India tend to be of naturally lighter complexions, and this goes back all the way to the Indo-Europeans that used to rule in the region who set up the cast systems.

    • @JohnDelVentomusic
      @JohnDelVentomusic 2 роки тому +3

      @@twilightknight2333 no it does not lol.

    • @twilightknight2333
      @twilightknight2333 2 роки тому +9

      @@JohnDelVentomusic So historians are wrong?

    • @robertobarasa4095
      @robertobarasa4095 2 роки тому +1

      I’d say almost all of it is still linked to this ideology subconsciously

    • @twilightknight2333
      @twilightknight2333 2 роки тому +3

      @@julm7744 And most of the people that rule in those Southern Indian regions are of the higher caste, and therefore of those of lighter complexions, but it doesn't matter much today because modern day Indians have zero blood relation to the proto Indo-Europeans of the past, though their culture is heavily influenced by the footprint left by Proto-Indo-Europeans.

  • @funmilayotijani3119
    @funmilayotijani3119 2 роки тому +299

    Skin bleaching in Nigeria deserves a documentary on its own. Now they call it organic skin lightening

    • @emeraldstar2488
      @emeraldstar2488 2 роки тому +1

      True talk

    • @abdulalhazred4224
      @abdulalhazred4224 2 роки тому +11

      Believe me, in indonesia too although we r not known to have a (very) dark skin.

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 2 роки тому +4

      Blacks 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

    • @mon699
      @mon699 2 роки тому +2

      Sad.

  • @RAYDEEY17
    @RAYDEEY17 2 роки тому +133

    Ad tracking is so infuriating, just saw an ad for a skin whitening cream whilst watching this video. I'm black and I'm proud, the only cream I use is Shea butter.

    • @hillaryrodhamclinton8031
      @hillaryrodhamclinton8031 2 роки тому +2

      Stop advertising Shea butter. Please.

    • @RAYDEEY17
      @RAYDEEY17 2 роки тому +6

      @@hillaryrodhamclinton8031 why?

    • @RAYDEEY17
      @RAYDEEY17 2 роки тому +19

      @@hillaryrodhamclinton8031 I come from Ghana West-Africa. We've been using it for centuries. We've not seen any negative effects of it on our skin.

    • @NycBeauty
      @NycBeauty 2 роки тому +2

      😉✅

    • @notathletic4171
      @notathletic4171 2 роки тому

      Maybe some sunscreen too ya?

  • @khalidsuxx
    @khalidsuxx 2 роки тому +72

    with the booming of kpop this whitening craze will booming more

    • @zitariri3097
      @zitariri3097 2 роки тому +2

      Without kpop it still happen

    • @zizi6538
      @zizi6538 2 роки тому +25

      @@zitariri3097 OK but kpop industry will increase it

    • @notathletic4171
      @notathletic4171 2 роки тому +2

      I said the same thing to my friend. It's already happenings.

    • @0arjun077
      @0arjun077 2 роки тому +9

      My cousin said she is not beautiful and doesn't look like kpop idol they are beautiful becoz they have white skin,she is obsessed with kpop. It took me several hours to made her understand beauty is different for the perception of each individual. Her skin colour is like what many Americans try to achieve now glowing brown. Hope she understands when she grow up.

    • @flyingpossum6958
      @flyingpossum6958 2 роки тому +7

      I wish k pop idols like lalisa kept her true southeast tan skin...

  • @TinaBinaSouthwest
    @TinaBinaSouthwest 2 роки тому +180

    I know my dark skin has prevented me from being more successful in the entertainment world but I wouldn’t change my color. I love my dark skin.

    • @tobiisiba1641
      @tobiisiba1641 2 роки тому +6

      Who are you?

    • @pangkoulee7648
      @pangkoulee7648 2 роки тому +5

      You can do it!

    • @nifapz9596
      @nifapz9596 2 роки тому +5

      It will keep you looking 20 something for longer though.

    • @victorc1421
      @victorc1421 Рік тому +7

      I'm 59 and I have dark brown skin. I have no crows feet, wrinkled skin or age spots, unlike my lighter complexed friends who are my age or younger, and have prematurely aged, starting in their 40s. I can pass for someone in their late 30s, 40s.
      Our Dark and Lovely skin is our protection. Don't change it! The entertainment industry is slowly coming around. The pressure to lighten is not worth it. You'll regret it when you're my age.

    • @musikeradaw
      @musikeradaw Рік тому +5

      It’s actually more brutal in Asia

  • @AkashSingh-uk5ub
    @AkashSingh-uk5ub 2 роки тому +134

    Fair & Lovely is now Glow & Lovely after the outrage of "Black lives matter"

  • @p-n-subrahmanya
    @p-n-subrahmanya 2 роки тому +74

    FYI: All footage from India is shot in Bangalore.

    • @electrikoptik
      @electrikoptik 2 роки тому +19

      And it would have made no difference had they shot all the footage in a city were people have lighter skin. Even the fairest indians are still dark by european standards.

    • @HueghMungus
      @HueghMungus 2 роки тому +11

      @@electrikoptik Ofcouse, you cannot compare a lightened colour to an already light colour. I saw some European with so transparent skin that I saw the veins. What you say is incomparable.

    • @lukasl6755
      @lukasl6755 2 роки тому +2

      Yes thats correct. I shot it.
      I tried showing a mix of different skintones.

    • @rajeshranjan5170
      @rajeshranjan5170 2 роки тому +5

      @@electrikoptik looks like you've never been to north india. I regret for you.

    • @GOATvoldemort
      @GOATvoldemort 2 роки тому +2

      Oh Tq for Telling I m blind I can't See in Video It's Clearly Written Bangalore 😶

  • @FRANCISCARUSOworld
    @FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 роки тому +151

    Unfortunately it is hard to change this mentality when the media keeps bombarding people on a daily basis with the one type of beauty standard.

    • @HueghMungus
      @HueghMungus 2 роки тому +18

      Not anymore, or mostly not. Now there are many different people of many races being promoted. What I don't like is promotion of obesity and unhealthiness

    • @googleuser9383
      @googleuser9383 2 роки тому +7

      Caucasians aren't attracted to lighter skin, but to caucasian features.
      Afro Africans aren't attracted to darkes skin, but to afro african features.
      Deal. With. It.

    • @rgs6236
      @rgs6236 2 роки тому +1

      Very true

    • @haze6647
      @haze6647 2 роки тому

      @@HueghMungus you sure that there's no other disgusting stuff going around?

    • @katherinesavarese6009
      @katherinesavarese6009 2 роки тому

      Amen

  • @Gus-op5ff
    @Gus-op5ff 2 роки тому +68

    I'm Mexican mestizo and proud about my skin color.

  • @REOsama
    @REOsama 2 роки тому +172

    I don’t think that you can just tell yourself that you are enough; we see ourselves through how other people react to us, so if people around me tell me I am handsome I will feel handsome even if I look like an ogre!

    • @Prince7G
      @Prince7G 2 роки тому +11

      You are handsome , them horns sheesh

    • @tzyagamalyezer5983
      @tzyagamalyezer5983 Рік тому +1

      exactly
      whether its right or wrong, colourism exists all around the world

    • @analea6531
      @analea6531 Рік тому +1

      I agree it’s almost impossible to disregard what other think because we are naturally conditioned to be gaslighted by what people think. If you hear something on a daily basis and believe i that becomes your reality

  • @suli__.
    @suli__. 2 роки тому +17

    growing up in india you are subjected to ads showing fair color of skin as mesmerising and desirable by all,people showing you ways to get ligher tv making your skin color secluded from others and preferring lighter skin as as better personality and high class
    being beautiful is the pressure of being accepted
    yall are beautiful no matter what

  • @riawhetstone3725
    @riawhetstone3725 2 роки тому +135

    Meanwhile here in the US, every summer my husband & I have a friendly competition of who can get darker via outdoor activities since I’m basically a hermit 😅

    • @jenmar9428
      @jenmar9428 2 роки тому +6

      I am in Europe. I used to tan, until my doctor scolded me because of frequent first degree sun burns. He preached about skin cancer. So now I always wear sun lotion. I use a bronzer lotion but dark skinned sisters were offended, so I stopped.

    • @haze6647
      @haze6647 2 роки тому +5

      Human is weird.

    • @gothenmosph5151
      @gothenmosph5151 2 роки тому +12

      @@jenmar9428 black people were offended by your tan?!

    • @cookie22100
      @cookie22100 2 роки тому

      @@gothenmosph5151 Black people aren't the only ones with dark colored skin. Black people also don't exclusively have dark skin, some are very pale. Stop projecting.

    • @MsXenyy1
      @MsXenyy1 2 роки тому +2

      @@jenmar9428 I mean it is odd to want to have 2 to 3 shade darker skin just for the looks.

  • @dustinolan1083
    @dustinolan1083 2 роки тому +127

    A handful of young Filipino celebrities in the Philippines has embracing their brown/moreno skin tone, which can play a huge role on "mental grooming" of young generations of Filipinos as we progress away from this horrendous beauty standard what was plaguing perhaps our society for almost decades.

    • @catvalentine7516
      @catvalentine7516 2 роки тому +5

      who? you mean those filipino celebrities who look chinesewith their porcelain skin?? Lightskin will never disappear in South east asia especially that the korean culture is everywhere.

    • @philipmolina1114
      @philipmolina1114 2 роки тому +13

      @@catvalentine7516 Yeah and that’s why he said a handful of celebrities embrace it. Ofc light skin preference won’t disappear in SEA what matters is acceptance and normalization of Moreno skin types in the industry. Stop being so pessimistic not everything happens overnight.

  • @s.maj.3747
    @s.maj.3747 2 роки тому +48

    You can't blame colourism on the British. The caste system is to blame

    • @nah_.
      @nah_. 2 роки тому +35

      You can blame both

    • @NycBeauty
      @NycBeauty 2 роки тому +1

    • @flyingpossum6958
      @flyingpossum6958 2 роки тому +6

      The caste system was created by Aryans that came to ancient India to separate peoples specializing in things example farmers, landowners, lords, warrior chiefs, priests etc but The British took advantage of this fact and used it as a hierarchy type via skin colour, British people were soo surprised that there were dark, medium and fair skin in India and created this practice of power..

    • @saumyagairola7332
      @saumyagairola7332 2 роки тому +1

      Most people of all castes are dark in colour. Only a few of each caste are light. Only people of Himachal, Kashmir, Punjab are lighter generally.

    • @geethasanthosh6084
      @geethasanthosh6084 Місяць тому

      The caste system was based on a job . Colourism was made popular in India by Europeans . British officials preferred to talk with light skin Indians. They preferred light skin Indians more. Some towns in India are named by the British based on skin tone, like the grey , black, white town in Kolkata and pondicherry as well. They treated Indians so badly that they have very low self esteem in everything related to them. There are really dark skin people in higher castes in India.

  • @D-FIANT415
    @D-FIANT415 2 роки тому +157

    It all starts at home. Teach a child to love and respect themselves 💯

  • @whatisequality3753
    @whatisequality3753 2 роки тому +38

    Should do a video on white skinned people using fake tan or doing sunbeds and destroying themselves to look darker. So sad that modern concepts of beauty force them to do that

    • @JuliusUnique
      @JuliusUnique 2 роки тому

      noone forces them to do that, they are adults. If they don't have the ability to think critically, at least they are blessed with tranquil ignorance

    • @JohnDelVentomusic
      @JohnDelVentomusic 2 роки тому +3

      @@JuliusUnique he Just wants people to cover the opposite issue, because the specific one clearly offended him. It is what it is

    • @alexanderphilip1809
      @alexanderphilip1809 2 роки тому +1

      @@JohnDelVentomusic he is not wrong. Why mess with something your parents gave you, unless it has.clear health benefits why bother.

    • @katherinesavarese6009
      @katherinesavarese6009 2 роки тому

      I hate white supremacy too, man 🙏🏾 amen

  • @TheM0joDoj0
    @TheM0joDoj0 2 роки тому +22

    I've never known anyone who used Whitening cream then 2 hours later have their skin bubble up and seared red like they were cooked in an oven. Yet ever weekend all summer, the highways near me fill up with white folks rushing to the beach to have that done to their body.

    • @libertas-goddessofliberty5664
      @libertas-goddessofliberty5664 2 роки тому +7

      Whites wanna be tan and others wanna be whiter. Very odd how that works. 😂

    • @haze6647
      @haze6647 2 роки тому +1

      Human is weird

    • @naninuna7440
      @naninuna7440 2 роки тому +1

      @@libertas-goddessofliberty5664 let's be real, everyone wants whatever Ariana Grande's skin tone is.

    • @naninuna7440
      @naninuna7440 2 роки тому

      on another note, people do use dangerous chemicals in whitening creams in countries like India, light skin is even listed as a requirement for some jobs, meanwhile in America models are forbidden from tanning. I don't think its a fair comparison.

    • @ashiukoreph
      @ashiukoreph 2 роки тому

      Whitening creams are NOT harmless. Many whitening creams in Asia are illegally sold and contain copious amounts of Mercury, Hydroquinone, and steroids. The Mercury is carcinogenic, the steroids destroy your skin barrier and give you horrible stretch marks, and the Hydroquinone (used over a long time and at the high concentrations found in these illegal creams) makes you super sensitive to the sun so that the symptoms resemble a bad sunburn. While not all whitening creams are dangerous, many are -- and these dangerous ones work way faster and are more effective than the safe ones. Their low cost, combined with the societal pressure to be white, makes them often more appealing to Asian women than their safer alternatives.

  • @anonaccount156
    @anonaccount156 2 роки тому +46

    This was also the case in Europe back in the day.
    Darker skin = farmer/peasant who worked outside

    • @truth5761
      @truth5761 2 роки тому +5

      Thank you. Finally someone said it.

    • @twilightknight2333
      @twilightknight2333 2 роки тому +9

      Yeah, but now thanks to leftist political activist in the West, being White is seen as inherently evil and now you see many White people either harshly tanning or attempting to identify themselves with another ethnic group.

    • @dannnsss8034
      @dannnsss8034 2 роки тому

      @@truth5761 why does he need to be "thanked"? Nothing wrong with saying that...

    • @truth5761
      @truth5761 2 роки тому

      @@dannnsss8034 because the video didn't say it 🙃

    • @brycenmccrary4193
      @brycenmccrary4193 2 роки тому

      @@truth5761 Because the video was about a specific group of people. A group of people who were colonized by the west... y'all just don't care about facts. Go ahead and All lives matter this too.

  • @rgs6236
    @rgs6236 2 роки тому +80

    I feel sick to my stomach that there are people out there in 2021 believing that lighter skin is the standard of beauty....
    beauty comes in all skin colours and races.

    • @ArturoVilchez92
      @ArturoVilchez92 2 роки тому +6

      In those countries it is the truth.

    • @avpthegreat
      @avpthegreat 2 роки тому +21

      @@infinityxtanishq8712 This has been a standard in many of these countries for centuries before colonial rule.

    • @maya-cc2sx
      @maya-cc2sx 2 роки тому +1

      @@avpthegreat not in south Asia though, light skin became a beauty standard here after colonialism.

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 2 роки тому

      @@avpthegreat exactly!

    • @diabeticvodka9312
      @diabeticvodka9312 2 роки тому +1

      @@infinityxtanishq8712 lighter skin has been the standard in many asian countries even in India since they had their caste system that influenced beauty standards before foreign powers took place

  • @schlurpie
    @schlurpie 2 роки тому +20

    for east and southeast asians, it's not about only about emulating the westerners' skin color. being pale has been a sign of being the elite even before the westerners came to that part of the globe. being pale means not doing menial jobs under the sun. also, being pale is one trait of having a western ancestry, who were also the elite members of the society. having pale skin is really more of a social class problem rather than wanting to look like a westerner

  • @rohandigvijay7150
    @rohandigvijay7150 2 роки тому +9

    The grass is just always greener on the other side isn't it?......Being at peace with yourself, accepting who you are AND working on yourself, for example, changing a bad attitude (IF NEEDED)..is so much more worth it than desperately trying to change the color of your skin....

  • @gidd
    @gidd 2 роки тому +53

    never understood why extremely white & dark people feel the need to alter their skin color
    Someone in my city got skin cancer after injecting chemicals to look "less pale" it's really sad

    • @jon-unicorn-doxxer
      @jon-unicorn-doxxer 2 роки тому +12

      People always seek that they don't have, Its human nature.

    • @ReyZar666
      @ReyZar666 2 роки тому +8

      human been human, its always this way, "ooh i want that x thing i dont have!!"

  • @QueenetBowie
    @QueenetBowie 2 роки тому +14

    Let’s not forget the Queen of skin lightening, Queen Elizabeth I. Constantly caked in lead dust for decades as was the style at the time

  • @brittneyharmon6647
    @brittneyharmon6647 2 роки тому +24

    That melanin is what makes you age better than your white counterparts. Don’t Change it. It’s not a deficiency. It’s your power and your protection.

    • @serenadurden
      @serenadurden 2 роки тому +4

      Amen

    • @sihyna5438
      @sihyna5438 6 місяців тому

      White skin ages better than dark skin

    • @pixelander
      @pixelander 6 місяців тому

      @@sihyna5438source? Like what that’s not true? Dark skin protects against UV rays from the sun

  • @maya-cc2sx
    @maya-cc2sx 2 роки тому +30

    Ironically, ancient India praised dark skin. Most of the light skin bias came during the ages around british colonialism

    • @tobiisiba1641
      @tobiisiba1641 2 роки тому +4

      Lol have you ever heard about the caste system in India.

    • @SPZ909
      @SPZ909 2 роки тому +2

      Ironically, your comment is entirely false. India has always been obsessed with light skin. Only low caste hindus had dark skin, why would they praise that?

    • @mahathivenkatraman4892
      @mahathivenkatraman4892 24 дні тому

      @@tobiisiba1641it’s got nothing to do with skin colour. Talk about being stupidly ignorant.

  • @brian12321
    @brian12321 2 роки тому +14

    Why som Caucasian ppl risk their live becoming tanned

  • @crazydrifter13
    @crazydrifter13 2 роки тому +48

    Thankyou for making this video. It's very rampant in my country. Love from India.

  • @arkaghose675
    @arkaghose675 2 роки тому +48

    They do have a mens version called Fair and Handsome

    • @johnl.7754
      @johnl.7754 2 роки тому +4

      Probably because many women puts wealth of men as most important.

    • @aaoooaaa
      @aaoooaaa 2 роки тому +4

      Does it work?

    • @arkaghose675
      @arkaghose675 2 роки тому +2

      @@aaoooaaa Not sure, I should try next time I see it :)

    • @idunnomanseemskindagaytome1493
      @idunnomanseemskindagaytome1493 2 роки тому +1

      @@aaoooaaa obviously not

    • @Shubham_Bahirat
      @Shubham_Bahirat 2 роки тому +1

      @@aaoooaaa idk many people buy it 🤷 I think it works lil bit because it has Bleach or something in it. But I don't thik it'll make you white.

  • @williamsmith9248
    @williamsmith9248 2 роки тому +4

    Black women weren't using this b.s. during Jim Crow. This is some new B.S.!

    • @sihyna5438
      @sihyna5438 6 місяців тому

      Now we are because no man loves us and all men love white skin

  • @Ha-ue9kg
    @Ha-ue9kg 2 роки тому +39

    It's kinda sad to see how many people are truly insecure about their skin color.

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 2 роки тому +3

      but you'd be the first to want a shrimatee that's fair skinned.

    • @Ha-ue9kg
      @Ha-ue9kg 2 роки тому

      @@PHlophe why would I want that? I’ve had a black girlfriend in the past

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 2 роки тому +1

      @@Ha-ue9kg Black women come in different skin colors too. what you are saying is vague. Now most Desi men are dowry-ed up , its highly unusual to date anyone at all.

    • @Ha-ue9kg
      @Ha-ue9kg 2 роки тому +1

      @@PHlophe the situation in India is probably different to mine in the US.

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 2 роки тому +1

      @@Ha-ue9kg I am in Kerala right now but i was in a US for a minute ( hostile place). there are differences but enough cities in India are as affluent as the US but even then in the US. most Desi are raised quite traditional.

  • @GCT1990
    @GCT1990 2 роки тому +20

    This is the saddest concept I've ever heard... I don't even have words. Anyone who says white folks aren't privileged, clearly the rest of the world disagrees.

  • @amaliara6914
    @amaliara6914 2 роки тому +10

    Isn't glu-something-thione is called iu injection in korea? Iu used it to detox her body while giving that fair kinda pale skin

  • @abduljabbarmohammed4188
    @abduljabbarmohammed4188 2 роки тому +5

    Darker Indians are more beautiful than their fairer counterparts on an average scale.I have seen so many darker Indians who are exceptionally beautiful with their tanned skins.

    • @Brancaalice
      @Brancaalice Рік тому +1

      It not only about skin, people are always wanting what they dont have. I dont want be different of what i was born. IF i was black is ok, there is no way to spend energy wanting something that is almost impossible to happen. Of course i want be better person in my mind and spirit, it i can achieve with lot work.

  • @duallylicensed145
    @duallylicensed145 2 роки тому +19

    5:53 to 6:41, she spoke the sad truth 💯💯😞

  • @beyourself2444
    @beyourself2444 2 роки тому +5

    Literally in black families everyone has a different shade.

    • @d1p70
      @d1p70 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly the same in Indian (brown?) families. eg. ppl doubt we are siblings/first cousins or even son/daughter of!

  • @gmfitzg
    @gmfitzg 2 роки тому +9

    Every online media outlet comes out with this same story every year. lol

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 2 роки тому

      its reheated stories it brings clicks. i had it as background noise but we all know the media enjoys the stories

  • @GD-mw1kd
    @GD-mw1kd 2 роки тому +16

    Despite knowing that beauty product industries are making profits of people's insecurities... this documentary looks like big advertisement for skin lightening products. There was no need to put focus on these available treatments and definitely no need to mention the costs of treatments.

    • @sundaypie2088
      @sundaypie2088 2 роки тому +2

      It's an ad for companies selling lightning cream products while stigmatizing glutathione. Different but same.

  • @user-ue7gt6cr1v
    @user-ue7gt6cr1v 2 роки тому +21

    White people:gets taned to look darker
    Black,brown: uses creams to look whiter
    Someone: -.-

    • @beast6081
      @beast6081 Рік тому

      Lol

    • @sihyna5438
      @sihyna5438 6 місяців тому

      White people never tan or use anything to get dark skin

  • @roush26
    @roush26 2 роки тому +11

    This happens in Mexico too, nobody wants to be dark and indigenous looking.

    • @FRANCISCARUSOworld
      @FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 роки тому +4

      In Brazil too. It’s because of colonialism.. :-(
      But at least in our countries Skin whitening products are not normal like it is in Asia and Africa!

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 2 роки тому

      @@FRANCISCARUSOworld in the carribean too. Cake soaps

  • @truth5761
    @truth5761 2 роки тому +33

    Propaganda.
    This was also the case in Europe, Asia and many other places.
    Darker skin = farmer/peasant who worked outside.

  • @sejucreampie9246
    @sejucreampie9246 2 роки тому +10

    Seeing people goes so far as to starve themselves to fit in is very saddening. and I don't blame them for it honestly...

    • @sihyna5438
      @sihyna5438 6 місяців тому

      It's not sad, every woman has to fit the beauty standards which is white skin and skinny or they can end up being forever alone and hated

  • @gamergirlmars
    @gamergirlmars 2 роки тому +1

    I'm Albino. I started dying my hair black in the 4th grade. Fake tanning all of that. It happens to everyone. I understand being undesirably pale can help hide fine lines and looks more youthful and everything. But when is enough going to be enough? I feel that....

  • @wickandde
    @wickandde 2 роки тому +38

    I'm Sri Lankan but grew up in New Zealand, fitzpatrick 5 skin type for reference. Colourism is deeply rooted in SL as well but for some reason, probably growing up in NZ away from all that toxicity of it in SL, it has never bothered me and I'm pretty happy with my skin colour, it never occurred to me that colourism was a problem for other people till I was a teenager watching documentaries like these and visiting SL over holidays when people would be obsessed with skin tone.

  • @katherinesavarese6009
    @katherinesavarese6009 2 роки тому

    Really staggering and fascinating video. Great production too

  • @garysmith1477
    @garysmith1477 2 роки тому +33

    I’m black and bald, love the skin you’re in…

  • @James-gf8es
    @James-gf8es 2 роки тому +4

    The caste system existed way before British colonialism.

    • @teresita1320
      @teresita1320 22 дні тому

      The British abused the Indian caste system. They too have treated people from the lowest caste as less than cattle.

  • @yasminbarry7941
    @yasminbarry7941 2 роки тому +5

    To me, this sound like taking chances with your health.

  • @nivruttipatil9325
    @nivruttipatil9325 2 роки тому +3

    K-pop is new culprit of this dirty business

  • @GrimmEnt.
    @GrimmEnt. 5 місяців тому +2

    It's their body at the end of the day. If they want to lighten it then let them.

    • @natdivaz5348
      @natdivaz5348 20 днів тому

      It's destructive mindset. If a group of ppl wanna look anorexic-skinny bcoz it's their preference, "my body my choice"... How is that okay?

  • @hope-bymonika5822
    @hope-bymonika5822 2 роки тому +5

    Your confidence comes within u not from ur color...if u luv ourself how u r ppl will also luv how u r

  • @aneshalove226
    @aneshalove226 2 роки тому +3

    I get it and I know if I was lighter I'd have more opportunities but I can't cuz gosh 😭 I LOVE my skin too much and how I look 🤣🤣

  • @anshagrawal6289
    @anshagrawal6289 2 роки тому +11

    And people in the west still argue how tall, "dark" and handsome is the beauty standard

  • @keenasmith2545
    @keenasmith2545 Рік тому +12

    *White or Black skin it depends to what you like similar blonde or dark hair change. Personally i get milky white skin by using {whiteonskinwhitening cream} it made my skin snow white permanently and i am happy for it ❤️❤️❤️🙏*

    • @user-to2mx7vy6q
      @user-to2mx7vy6q Рік тому

      you're black?

    • @keenasmith2545
      @keenasmith2545 Рік тому

      @@user-to2mx7vy6q My skin was tanned before using Whiteoncream

    • @sabikunshifa3940
      @sabikunshifa3940 25 днів тому

      Are you mad...you know the fact that no whitening cream cant permanently change the skin color?? Its melanin,,you cant stopped it permanently stop,just by using antioxidants & some superficial products you can Decrease it but not fully & after stopping these things skin color will be same..why you tell a lie in publicly,, may be you sell this whitening cream & racist also??

  • @kalomboC
    @kalomboC 6 днів тому

    Interestingly pre-colonial attitudes to skin tone were very different from modern ones.
    The Luba Empire genesis myth tells of Mbidi Kiluwe, the very dark skinned, cultured, gentle prince and contrasts him to the cruel, brutish red-skinned Nkongolo Mwamba. Being dark skinned was associated with Royalty and being Cultured. Sadly this has been lost in the sea of the inferiority complex

  • @Jtzist
    @Jtzist 11 місяців тому +1

    It's confusing Lil Kim lighten her skin and she is getting quite the opposite.

  • @danielclemence3689
    @danielclemence3689 Рік тому +5

    There's nothing wrong with aspiring to have white skin. Most people think it looks better - simple as that.

    • @danielclemence3689
      @danielclemence3689 Рік тому +1

      @cats Why would people think coffee tastes nice? It's personal taste. No need to demonise people for simply preferring a skin shade.
      If it's Ok for people to like dyeing their hair blonde, I see no reason why skin should be any different.

  • @jamuojisan
    @jamuojisan 2 роки тому +5

    If it is wrong to making money based on people insecurities then we should shut down insurance companies

    • @RK-bj8ho
      @RK-bj8ho 2 роки тому +7

      Insecurity & Uncertainty are two different concepts .... Insurance is for the later

  • @dodifeher3318
    @dodifeher3318 2 роки тому

    I think most people in the West wants to be tanned meanwhile in the East the whiter is the better. I'm saying it based on my own experiences and Obviously not everyone wants to have a different skin colour! But I think mainly during summer is when we into tanning (also I mean sun bathing and not fake tanning or solarium) because it suits to the summer.

  • @Rjb123
    @Rjb123 2 роки тому +3

    Fair & Lovely
    To
    Glow & Lovely
    Nothing Changed..................................

  • @gidd
    @gidd 2 роки тому +18

    This is a huge problem in asia and west africa

    • @Pretty_Boy_Proud_Fil-Am
      @Pretty_Boy_Proud_Fil-Am 2 роки тому +2

      Nope, huge for Africa not huge for Asians.

    • @gidd
      @gidd 2 роки тому +7

      @@Pretty_Boy_Proud_Fil-Am You have no idea what you are talking about
      extremely pale asians
      and darker ones chemically alter their skin color

    • @Pretty_Boy_Proud_Fil-Am
      @Pretty_Boy_Proud_Fil-Am 2 роки тому +2

      @@gidd stupidity kills. Chinese, Koreans, Malaysians, Japanese are fair white skinned people and lighter to fair filipinos Indonesian and Thailanders, know your facts. Indians are literally dark skinned and people in Pakistan .

    • @gidd
      @gidd 2 роки тому +5

      @@Pretty_Boy_Proud_Fil-Am you literally just proved my point dvmbass

    • @zizi6538
      @zizi6538 2 роки тому +1

      @@Pretty_Boy_Proud_Fil-Am not every Single eastern Asian is pale alot of them have to use bleaching creams or go through some type of beauty treatment to maintain their pale skin and some are just naturally tan

  • @bhuvaneshs.k638
    @bhuvaneshs.k638 2 роки тому +17

    Indians historically didn't care about skin colour.. then British and other colonial empires came and ruined everything and projected their Racist concepts and theories
    Edit:- Shri Krishna literally means black skinned.. even Kali ma had dark skin
    Edit:- some people are referring to caste system. But the fact is it was not based on Skin colour. It was flexible and was interchangeable. It was originated as Work system. In western country they have Smith, cooper, wright etc. It's a similar analogy

    • @edwartvonfectonia4362
      @edwartvonfectonia4362 2 роки тому +1

      It is on these people. If they view "white" as being more beautiful, so be it, lighten your skin.

    • @godwin4935
      @godwin4935 2 роки тому +5

      ...that certainly has compounded the problem, but, India had caste & class distinctions within which, skin-color discrimination was deep-rooted...
      It's time we self-interospect & take responsibility, & leave the Brits & their shenanigans to themselves...

    • @esgee3829
      @esgee3829 2 роки тому

      white and clean are used so interchangably now in many indian languages

    • @TheSpiritof76
      @TheSpiritof76 2 роки тому +1

      Ah yes, women today are buying creams and other beauty products cause the Britsh walked around their town some 100 years ago, hmm yes....

    • @esgee3829
      @esgee3829 2 роки тому

      @Victor Joseph didn't happen in my lifetime so it's not a problem. amirite

  • @blookolla
    @blookolla 2 роки тому +7

    Nourish yourself from the inside and your outer glow will radiate, whatever shade it is.

  • @robbingabrielsen6515
    @robbingabrielsen6515 2 роки тому +3

    Its not because of colonizers Its because if you work at the fields you are darker and those who work in the fields are the poor people. Hence Lighter means richer.

    • @NycBeauty
      @NycBeauty 2 роки тому

      You still don’t get IT ❗️

    • @zizi6538
      @zizi6538 2 роки тому +1

      They said this in the video already I swear half of the ppl commenting haven't haven't watched he'd the video fully

  • @visiphutoi7002
    @visiphutoi7002 2 роки тому +8

    Please make a video about limb-lengthening surgery too!!

  • @Mashburn007
    @Mashburn007 2 роки тому +3

    I swear , humanity may become less racist in the future ,but skin lightening stigma isn't going away any time soon,
    It like imagining day without night, bread without butter....

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 2 роки тому +1

      I have cousins who are twins.
      One dark, the other very light and could pass as white.
      Their mother is english and German.
      If you look at twins like that, it's where they come from and a rule.
      U.K., anx Germany

    • @Mashburn007
      @Mashburn007 2 роки тому

      @@kathleenking47 intresting , yea it becomes a prejudice while we compare race 😔

  • @karunakerketta5780
    @karunakerketta5780 2 роки тому

    Yup , so true.

  • @ikantsee4293
    @ikantsee4293 2 роки тому +2

    One radio ad here in PH says "say goodbye to dark skin forever"

  • @sarves_boreddy
    @sarves_boreddy 2 роки тому +13

    Every Indian want there skin to be bright 🌞

    • @tybscitchaitanyagorule4954
      @tybscitchaitanyagorule4954 2 роки тому +17

      Nah bro. I don't even use skin powder. I may feel insecure about my dark skin because of society but i will never try to run from my original skin colour.

    • @randomfighter2249
      @randomfighter2249 2 роки тому +2

      Max people do

    • @wamnicho
      @wamnicho 2 роки тому +1

      Only women

    • @pietr1036
      @pietr1036 2 роки тому +5

      Everybody knows indians are brown-black, why you people don't accept that ?

    • @sushanthkumar800
      @sushanthkumar800 2 роки тому +1

      @@pietr1036
      It’s not same as white and black people.
      In my class there are people who are as white as anne hathaway even with blue eyes and as black as Idris Elba even for American no kidding remaining all are brown to orange tone.
      It also differs from region to region like southern tip of the region more black, northern and western and northern tip more white and eastern tip more Mongoloid.
      All want to look more white than themselves. Just a little whiteness also makes difference.

  • @techrisemedia
    @techrisemedia 2 роки тому

    Very interesting

  • @Bumblo
    @Bumblo Рік тому +2

    We don't deserve life

  • @Randomlyme
    @Randomlyme 2 роки тому +3

    Born as too white person i cant relate to any of this but still u do understand their conundrum

  • @Sumaya_iran
    @Sumaya_iran 6 місяців тому +1

    If you in Europ and you want this treatment contact me

  • @varunt30
    @varunt30 2 роки тому +2

    India is the only country which worship gods which are black in colour. If you look at gods in hinduism most of them are invariably depicted in BLACK colour.racism is when you think that being black is inferior like you cannot become a scientist cuz you are black. India does not have that issue. Issue with india is when it comes to beauty it is accepted that white is better.This issue is Created by British imperialism and by liberal elite after independence. Since 2014 a nationalist government is in power which has made indians more confident in who we are so this issue is getting solved slowly.

  • @Got_Issues
    @Got_Issues 7 місяців тому +1

    This is overly political. The trend started before colonization because poor people would work in the sun and tan.

  • @kennyinliverpool
    @kennyinliverpool 2 роки тому

    I get sunburnt in England, having fair skin can be annoying.
    Being happy with who/what you are is the goal?

  • @cc5562
    @cc5562 2 роки тому +9

    Am I the only one who feel like this video is a endorsing Glutathione?

  • @jamestl9301
    @jamestl9301 2 роки тому

    I heard of a story that someone sued that 7 day fair and lovely product and won when it didnt work 🤣🤣

  • @twilightknight2333
    @twilightknight2333 2 роки тому +9

    You won't be able to socially combat this. All ethnic groups that have a bio-diversity in skin tone shades always naturally prefer lighter/fairer skin tones, this preference goes much farther back, before European colonialism.

    • @kenim
      @kenim 2 роки тому +2

      @@Freja_Solstheim objectively, a very white skin is not desireable anyways. Do you know how hard it is to combat dark spots and dark circles in the eyes? LOL. Its way better to have a bit darker but smooth skin tone.

    • @maya-cc2sx
      @maya-cc2sx 2 роки тому +2

      Incorrect. I think you should read some pre medieval texts.

  • @fandomjuice5275
    @fandomjuice5275 Рік тому

    Hey - I loved the video.

  • @shivanichhabra1166
    @shivanichhabra1166 Рік тому

    Love the beauty of Joseon Their sunscreen and niacinimide Glow serum is also brilliant.. i love planet ayurveda

  • @ramelep
    @ramelep Рік тому +1

    Sooooo according to this Brown skin is unacceptable. But the question 🙋🏾‍♂️ would be- WHOs acceptance are we Trying to acquire?
    BLACK- BROWN- Tan or WHITE
    we ALL the same. grass isn’t greener on the other side.

    • @sihyna5438
      @sihyna5438 6 місяців тому

      No man likes dark skin because they think it's masculine and repulsive

    • @pixelander
      @pixelander 6 місяців тому

      @@sihyna5438what that’s just dumb and not true. What’s wrong with melanin?

  • @Feynman981
    @Feynman981 2 роки тому +4

    It's how our brain is wired. We crave for things which are lighter, brighter, shinier.
    However, we should learn to discriminate between things and humans. And not apply our crave for features of a thing to features of humans.

    • @deadinside8719
      @deadinside8719 2 роки тому

      Nah
      Most of people favourite is colour is blue
      Black diamond is more expensive
      Lighter & shiner is two different things

  • @mikkibarker8671
    @mikkibarker8671 Рік тому +1

    In ALL parts of the World!

  • @mercedesbenzdelos90s
    @mercedesbenzdelos90s 2 роки тому +4

    Lets get to the facts, yes white people with either blonde or orange hair and green or blue eyes are considered the most beautiful in the world, for example russian and Icelandic people but of course, everyone has their own standards of beauty

    • @sihyna5438
      @sihyna5438 6 місяців тому

      Nope, the beauty standard is white women

  • @krazeekalvin
    @krazeekalvin 2 роки тому +7

    Living in Asia for over ten year's I have seen so many crazy and dangerous things people do trying to have lighter skin

    • @deadinside8719
      @deadinside8719 2 роки тому

      Even mercury
      One of friend told me to used a fair cream to remove my acne
      I didn't want to become fair
      I used for acne
      It did clear for months
      But did a permanent damage
      It's been 3 years still I am recovering from it
      Who knows that product have mercury or not
      I am just waiting for cancer 🤦
      For me worst thing is cancer
      I told lots of friends stop using it
      That cream might have mercury
      But they ain't listening

  • @micah9988
    @micah9988 7 місяців тому +1

    I wish my skin was lighter I wonder if this works

  • @YT-mp7ei
    @YT-mp7ei 2 роки тому +22

    Ancient Chinese scriptures references beautifully white all the way back to hundreds if not thousands of years. Blaming the pursuit of white skin to colonialism/slavery is just another example of irresponsibility and blame culture.

    • @kenim
      @kenim 2 роки тому +3

      I already dislike that narrative but hate it even more when they miss the point entirely by trying to shove it in every hole. The rest of the world is NOT the USA and we have different reasons for things.

    • @itsdonuttime7729
      @itsdonuttime7729 2 роки тому +4

      Except it can be both? You realize all this happened over a long period of time and many events can occur within a timeframe?

    • @Maverickgouda
      @Maverickgouda 2 роки тому +1

      @@itsdonuttime7729 yep I’d say so. Colorism is broad. In the regions affected by colonialism there’s popular treatments & plastic surgeries to get other eurocentric features along with the skin lightening. So imo it’s not only because of classism or laborers being tan.

    • @itsdonuttime7729
      @itsdonuttime7729 2 роки тому +2

      @@Maverickgouda Exactly! It started with classism and then racism got added through what you described. It evolved over time. For anyone reading/watching tons of other comments already explain everything.

  • @SanaRehan-lr4wt
    @SanaRehan-lr4wt 8 місяців тому +1

    This is fact i have a darker skin when i was a child everyone bullying me

  • @communicate.anshul
    @communicate.anshul 29 днів тому

    14:11 India's Got Color campaign starring fairest of them all in the center

  • @olenakruchok8301
    @olenakruchok8301 2 роки тому

    In Ukraine where the population is 99% white, darker or tanned skinned is considered to be more beautiful and sexy. Espesially for women. Irony. I buy special sprays to darken my skin coz tanning places can cause cancer if the skin is too light. And that's really annoying that skin cleansing and anti age products whiten my skin. I want the opposite effect! I want that maybe because my father hated me since I was born and tried to humiliate me every way posible, He liked telling me that my skin was too white and I should spend more time at the beach

  • @martinaaveshe9521
    @martinaaveshe9521 2 місяці тому

    How much is the enjection

  • @bene.2348
    @bene.2348 2 роки тому +1

    We need now Ganguro more than ever.

  • @ave_rie
    @ave_rie 2 роки тому +2

    What about fake tanning? Anything bad about that?

    • @Adohleas
      @Adohleas 2 роки тому +1

      Fake tanning basically uses a color additive which is dihydroxyacetone and colors your dead cells on the surface. I would suspect its far healthier than a real tan. Tanning alone exposes your skin to radiation which can cause a whole host of issues. From your skin aging faster to the more dangerous issues of cancer.

  • @junkfood1991
    @junkfood1991 2 роки тому

    Why is she injecting through the side of the Iv fluid bottle?

  • @karankaran-us9vm
    @karankaran-us9vm 2 роки тому +6

    Better go for a fairer temperament

  • @pepperspray9036
    @pepperspray9036 2 роки тому +1

    I heard my teacher died because of using skin whitening products.

  • @tmunchies2970
    @tmunchies2970 2 роки тому

    I want to get one of thos when I grow up 🥰

  • @Mashburn007
    @Mashburn007 2 роки тому +6

    We should embrace 'it is what it is'