Why are Indians so obsessed with skin color?
489807
I'm Indian and I I'm considered pretty by black, white, chinese, latin people.  but when it comes to indians...particularly women they can't seem to look past my skin color.  just because i might be a couple of shades darker than them i'm considered unattracive.  it's a horrible feeling to know that my own people have a problem with the way i look.  thanks for this question, hopefully some change will come with the indian mentality! :(
836323
of course, the person concerned doesn't require to be a european to have colored eyes. i'm an indian' and several of the people here i know have blue/green eyes.
445011
You made a very good point. We are all varying degrees of the same color, but for the sake of colonization, they had to make distinctions to clarify that "we are better than them, because..." Go do some research on how the whole classification of the races came about. You'll be enlightened by what you find.\n\nRace is just a handy way of justifying/maintaining the power of one group over another, of knowing who to hate. Take what's going on in this country right now, for instance. Attacks on muslims have been primarily, if not totally, on the proverbial "Arab-looking" guys, dark skin, etc. But there are muslims in europe who are regular ol' white guys. Did anyone randomly attack regular looking ol' white guys in the aftermath of 9-11? Nope.\n\nI believe that human beings have an innate need to feel superior to someone else. Some of us are able to surpress that feeling and even understand that we have it. Others have it coursing through their veins. If a radioactive meteor were to smash into the earth tomorrow and turn everyone blue, people with big ears would start trying to dominate people with small ears.
693698
the same reason that some white, asian, chinese, jewish, mexican, puertorican, russian, ect. people act like porch monkeys, make a spectacle of themselves and irritate other people.  they either want attention, are "special", or are just immature.  a person will act a "jackass" regardless of their race, color or ethnicity.  think!!!!
1101391
How does someone's skin colour determine whether we like that person or not?\nIndia girls like guys who can sweep us of our feet and not 'dark or 'fair' as u've put it.
623036
in order to satisfy one' ego one feels that he is superior to others and starts looking others as inferior to him.it will not stop there.another reason is we are conditioned to know that white is superior to black and begin hating the black people and love white skinned people. one more reason is if one group of people  is in possession of wealth, and power, it treats others as inferior to them.
896409
dont do anything to change your skin color. do you know how many people wish they had darker skin. look how many people go to the tanning bed. whoever is making fun of you are just jealous of your pretty skin color. i have indian in me and always get compliments on my skin and how pretty it is. so stay like you are.
648839
they are hard wrking,do not consider colour as a factor to judge a person, the unique heritage which has everythin-rangin from science to spirituality and the best part...they were da first to understand the value of zero or infinity and dat man an woman together make god....
182278
chinky?  that is very nice.  Their eyes are shaped as they are because of conditions at the origin of their existence.. just as black people developed dark skin as a protection against the intense sun where they originated many many millenia ago.
1135688
I am not sure in general if white women find most Indian men attractive. My brother has a friend that is from India, and he is gorgeous. I also have an online friend that is half Indian and Italian and he is also totally hot. But most of the time I have not seen what I consider good looking Indian men. Most of the ones that I have seen around here in my state have an out-dated hair style. The clothes that they wear are often strange to me, wearing sandals with jeans. And the sandals are those rubber things. Also, some Indian men seem a little too dark for my taste.\n  The ones I find rather exotic are the ones that are not spending lots of time in the sun. The Indian men who pay attention to their hair, clothes and music are the good looking ones.\n  I am not sure, maybe because most of the Indian's around here probably have not lived long in the country and are not aware of fashion or hairstyles. Personally, its the hairstyles that bother me, but that is with any guy.\n  I am open to all cultures really. There are a lot of people in several cultures who refuse to pay attention to the times. I know that the dark skin and hair are very exotic features to me, but not too dark where it looks like you were baking in the sun.\n  I don't know, I am sure that this sounds foolish. In our state we honestly do not have a high Indian population.\n  Thanks for the question!
761438
Since we are all brown and are skin complexion depends on how much pigment lies with the genetic makeup it shouldn't. But just as people use religion to justify hatred, or nationality, then race is also used. It matter's only to the ignorant and the weak. It's good to be proud of your race or ethnic background, but in the end, we are all under the umbrella of humanity.
764127
people think they are better than I am because of my skin color.
956110
Unfortunately, some do make about skin color.....
745994
it's simply ignorance and a feeling of supremancy towards another race.i rarely bother about ppl like this.they are trapped in their own illusions where everything about their race is great and other races are beneath them.i feel sad for them coz they'll never get to experience the wonders of another culture
981079
Yes....and white includes too many cultures...but we are all lumped into one...because we have a lighter skin tone than other races.
807141
because indians went over back in the days as slaves, but not stolen slaves like africans but workers enticed by brits by promises of this and that. indians have been in the carribean for a long time, 300 years at least. am sure there was some humping along the way, coz african genes are so dominant you prob cant tell if they were mixed race.
565952
why are Indians so racist people of colour,caste,creed...And what good is it to leave ur own country and flee to some rich country and then blame ur own country as bad... Abroad first try doing something for your own nation where u were born. And then think of migrating to other country.