Each got it's typical population; Africa: Black people, Europe: White people, America, Mestizos and Americans, Australia, British descendants, Asia is known for been the native land of Asian people, a typical Asian is defined with, a yellow skin and slanted eyes...Until now everything seems balanced, until you discover the existence of this huge population of Hindus, or Indians, and they happened to exist in Asia, a continent with a predominance of a huge yellow looking population, it's like, vue the proportion of the Asian continent with the largest demographic composition in the world with 2 of the 2 most populous countries, China and India, both with more of 36%of the world population and Asia as a whole represent more than 60% of the world population, with these statistics, if Asia is considered a world apart, Indian would be considered the Niggers of it.
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Dark is Beautiful' movement takes on India's obsession with whiter skin
MUMBAI - Looking to find a husband, make friends, and get ahead at work? Then you need to have lighter skin.That's the all-pervasive message in India, and it's something that one actress is fighting to overturn.
The new poster girl of the "Dark is Beautiful" campaign, Nandita Das, has called out India's obsession with fair skin -- a prejudice she says has driven some young women to the brink of suicide.
"Magazines, TV, cinema -- everywhere being fair is synonymous with being beautiful," Das told AFP.
Described as having "dusky" skin as opposed to a fair complexion, the 43-year-old is well used to Indian preoccupations with color, and not just in the film industry, where she has refused requests to lighten her skin for roles.
"How can you be so confident despite being so dark?" is a question regularly asked of Das, who has preferred to star in unconventional, issue-based films but says she would struggle to get ahead in mainstream Bollywood movies.
'Beauty beyond color'
In May, Das became the face of the Dark is Beautiful campaign, launched in 2009 by activist group Women of Worth to celebrate "beauty beyond color".
Her backing has helped to generate increasing debate in the media, but the response has underlined just how ingrained the preference is for fairer skin, which has long been associated with higher social classes and castes.
"I started getting tonnes of emails from young women pouring their heart out about how they were discriminated against. Some wanted to commit suicide because they couldn't be fair," she said.
Das found her own photograph had been lightened by a newspaper even for a feature on the campaign. When looking for a nanny, she was told one candidate was "good, but quite dark".
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