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Though just to be fair, Chinese, especially the older ones, are also known for their anti-black bais. Some of their older ladies even change seats when a black person sits next to them.
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Ok agreed about Pakistanis dislike for dark skin. One thing that doesnt make sense to me is for a nation that does the whole song and dance about religion, why it completely disregards what the religion has to say about preference over skin tone, race?
its just cultural islam....... not its true sense.....reason being lack of proper education.
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reason being lack of proper education.
Not entirely true. Some rather educated folks show this bias too.
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Not entirely true. Some rather educated folks show this bias too.
thats not racist because our own dark skin brothers are treated in same manner......
if you take a white guy with you he will gain same amount of attention and comments....:D
thats result of lots of curiosity i think....
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thats result of lots of curiosity i think....
Only that whites evoke chummy kind of curiosity while blacks get the offensive kind
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^Yup, white people don't get as much gunday looks - unless the aunties think they drink too much and they smell funny
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Only that whites evoke chummy kind of curiosity while blacks get the offensive kind
I live in india and i know how offensive one may be towards white folks.......every year one or two white girls are raped and hundreds are molested in indian streets ...now we cannt call it chummy can we?
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How many African Americans would you see roaming around in Karachi bazars? Shouldn't be surprising if he was 'noticed'.
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I agree BBQ, about the staring part. People would stare at a gora too, just because you don't see many foreigners in Pakistan.
BUT. The fact of the matter still is, that Blacks are seen nothing better than an animal. That is something I have heard from aunties and uncles who don't even live in Pakistan. THIS is something I'm not able to comprehend.
WHAT HAPPENED for desi's to look at Blacks with such a negative perspective? That's why I was asking if there is some historical aspect to this.
If you tell a Pakistani, you're living with a Black person, they FREAK OUT!! As if you're unsafe or something. This type of mentality certainly cannot be good for our people, right?
The most obvious unfortunate historical reason would be slavery. Slaves were usually black and obviously looked down upon. It was Islam that condemned this inequality and it saddens me to see the people of the Islamic Republic conveniently ignoring this lesson from Quran/Sunnah. In more recent history, in the Roman period for example, if you were fair, it meant you came from a privileged background and didn't have to do labour outdoors in the heat so the perception of the blacks was that they're of the lower working class. Currently, that is also the Pakistanis' thought process as you'll find that most labourers are usually dark-skinned. It is not just about their definition of beauty but also of status.
And can I just say, it isn't just the Pakistanis who think this way. A Nigerian friend of mine told me how skin whitening creams were in big demand in her community. Another example from India is how the Bipasha wasn't thought to be beautiful because she is slightly more tanned and Kareena apparently called her "Kaali Billi" once, and people like SRK are promoting skin whitening creams which sell like crazy among all desis! And lastly, let's not forget how blacks have been treated in the US for centuries. This social sitgma exists all across the globe, not only in Pakistan, is what I'm saying. Is it more prevalent in the developing countries that aren't as diverse/educated as the developed world? Yes. The developed world has come a long way. InshaAllah, Pakistan and the rest of the world will too.... at least I hope it will.
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How many African Americans would you see roaming around in Karachi bazars? Shouldn't be surprising if he was 'noticed'.
Are there any Makarani Pakistanis living in Karachi?
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hmm…lets put a black guy in chechnya…and observe the responses 
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Damn right, everybody does it so what’s the big deal if we do it, hain na?
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Damn right, everybody does it so what's the big deal if we do it, hain na?
jeez......stop trying to compare western develeped countries and underdeveloped countries.......you can't have a frame of reference of how things work in the developed countries and then try to compare it with those 3rd world ones.......
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jeez......stop trying to compare western develeped countries and underdeveloped countries.......you can't have a frame of reference of how things work in the developed countries and then try to compare it with those 3rd world ones.......
Jeez, the 3rd world is quite fast at adopting some western traits, why not go for this one as well.
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Jeez, the 3rd world is quite fast at adopting some western traits, why not go for this one as well.
you mean technology n stuff??
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you mean technology n stuff??
Just "stuff", actually.
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I guess we the desi are racist against everybody.
We have names for every ethnicity.
Now do not ask me those names. :@: You all know them.
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Even in KSA some people have probs blacks se & they literally refer to them as 'abeed( slaves).
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How many African Americans would you see roaming around in Karachi bazars? Shouldn't be surprising if he was 'noticed'.
Are there any Makarani Pakistanis living in Karachi?
African Americans would still stand out. Very easy to identify Mararani Pakistanis.
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Jeez, the 3rd world is quite fast at adopting some western traits, why not go for this one as well.
It's sad na? We, the muslims, were supposed to teach these values to the world. No wonder Prophet saw used to cry over the future of His ummah.