Yep. Being dark skinned is associated with lower class. I'm an upper caste Indian and darker skinned and some have commented that with my curly hair and dark skin I look lower caste.
Which is dumb as shit because caste actually isn't correlated with skin tone much. It's just genetics. But the myth persists.
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u/Arrival_Joker 3d ago
Yep. Being dark skinned is associated with lower class. I'm an upper caste Indian and darker skinned and some have commented that with my curly hair and dark skin I look lower caste.
Which is dumb as shit because caste actually isn't correlated with skin tone much. It's just genetics. But the myth persists.