[higgmeister]

There was an American black couple on a tour there and the Kenyans treated THEM as white Americans. The couple was OBVIOUSLY in shock at the color of the Kenyans...and didn't realize how "white" they looked in comparison.

Lol. A moment to treasure. I was as surprised as they were!

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Spike Lee movies often have this shade or color prejudice as a running understory.

When people think of racism it is usually against people outside of their ethnicity. Colorism is discrimination against people because they have a darker complexion. The idea of racism and colorism are similar. Someone with a lighter complexion is considered to be more beautiful or valuable than someone with dark skin.[2]

It was a revelation to me, many years ago, when I realized that my Grandfather, born in 1907, thought the most acceptable Black Man in his eyes had the darkest skin color because that meant he could never "pass."   What a really sick way of thinking.

Yet nowadays it's often been the lighter shade of shin that is admired, accepted and desired even among Black people themselves as Spike Lee has exposed and admonished against.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_based_on_skin_color

Not to be confused with Racism.

[cloudmountain]

India feels the same way.
The "Untouchables" caste was the lowest caste.
Officially India did away with the caste system but it had been part of India for 2000+ years so it isn't going away soon.

The Untouchables aren't poor or uneducated, just dark. There were always examples of WORTHLESS Brahmans. Some of the wealthiest people in India are from that caste.

There is, like China, still a whopping deficit in their respect for women. It's a totally different culture than China but their views of women are both the S***s.