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**vansVoish** · 06-13-2012, 12:06 PM

Is there greater acceptance now? It seemed from the documentary that shadeism is still a huge issue in South Asia

I think fairer skin has a higher value in India, as there is association with being from a well to do family background, especially for women. But I am not a woman, so I do not really know what motivates them to use nasty bleaching creams.
I think Caste system would be difficult to eradicate in India, just because the Government promotes it through a race to the bottom, through affirmative action policies that are caste based rather than need based. So generation after generation of people will identify as being from "low caste" even if they are affluent.
I for example do not believe in the caste system, but I cannot say that for most of my peers.

06-13-2012, 12:06 PM	#11
vansVoish Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	Is there greater acceptance now? It seemed from the documentary that shadeism is still a huge issue in South Asia I think fairer skin has a higher value in India, as there is association with being from a well to do family background, especially for women. But I am not a woman, so I do not really know what motivates them to use nasty bleaching creams. I think Caste system would be difficult to eradicate in India, just because the Government promotes it through a race to the bottom, through affirmative action policies that are caste based rather than need based. So generation after generation of people will identify as being from "low caste" even if they are affluent. I for example do not believe in the caste system, but I cannot say that for most of my peers.
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