Pakistani actress Rabya Kulsoom has lately decided to reflect upon certain set of principles observed across the globe with vigor most particularly in Desi cultures revolving around the majority’s obsession with fair complexion.
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Here are the exact statements shared by Rabya Kulsoom: “Kisi ne kia khoob kaha tha ‘Goray rang da zamana kabhi hoga na purana’ They knew we are never going to beat this racist sh*t EVER.”
The lady’s sudden desire to talk about the aforementioned topic has given rise to varying feedback in the comment section:
A social media user feels: “Pakistanis and their obsession with ye kaala wo gora.. it's 2023 n we are still living in this sh*t.”
Another netizen thinks: “Well Shoaib Mansoor also wrote "Saanwli salooni c mehbooba"...Your view point is right but kindly do not relate it to a song.”
While some social media users have conveniently come to the conclusion that Rabya Kulsoom’s sudden desire to talk about racism, and everyone’s obsession with ‘gora rang’ might have been evoked due to the lady’s own insecurity:
“Kia hua kisi ne kala boldia?”
“Bajii chitta complex tu apko b haii.”
“Baji apna skin tone q change kya real rehti na hypocrisy.”
“Is post main makeup kr k khud bhe gori ho k bethe we.”
“These wannabes seriously have issues. Why these so called self proclaimed celebs making childish comments?”
Since the very beginning or as far as one can remember, the obsession with fair complexion has always managed to trigger negativity and while one might think that only the Desi lot abide to these principles even in this day and time, let us provide you with some details extracted from sources available on Google regarding Racism in the United Kingdom:
Thousands of British families were slave owners in the 17th and 18th centuries. By the mid 18th century, London had the largest Black population in Britain, made up of free and enslaved people, as well as many runaways. The total number may have been about 10,000.
Some of these people were forced into beggary due to the lack of jobs and racial discrimination. Owners of African slaves in England would advertise slave-sales and for re-capture runaways.
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Racism against black people grew after 1860, when race-based discrimination was fed by then-popular theories of scientific racism.
Attempts to support these theories cited 'scientific evidence', such as brain size. James Hunt, President of the London Anthropological Society, in 1863 in his paper "On the Negro's place in nature" wrote,"the Negro is inferior intellectually to the European...[and] can only be humanised and civilised by Europeans."
Following disarmament in 1919, surplus of labour and shortage of housing led to dissatisfaction among Britain’s working class, in particular sailors and dock workers.
In ports, such as South Shields, Glasgow, London's East End, Liverpool, Cardiff, Barry and Newport there were fierce race riots targeting ethnic minority populations. During violence in 1919 there were five fatalities, as well as widespread vandalism of property. 120 black workers were sacked in Liverpool after whites refused to work with them.