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I listen to a variety of music, and I recently noticed a lot of people are offended by this song/video and saying it's RACIST... :doh .... The song and lyrics has caused some interesting conversations about skin tone and beauty, and even culture.
The song is from India. The singer is really attracted to a woman, but it's different for him because she is a dark/dusky Indian girl. He sings that he usually likes white girls, but she is so beautiful he doesn't like them anymore. Dark skinned women in India really like the song. They say the love the song, it makes them proud, and it is well known that Indian women feel pressure to lighten their skin tone.
But the song is also upsetting people by the fact that he says, "white chicks, I don't like them anymore." They say the entire song is "racially divisive," a white man could never sing that he doesn't like dark women, etc. etc.
Personally, I don't see where all the anger is coming from, and I think this relates to the Lil Kim, skin whitening story.
What are your thoughts and opinions? Is the video racist? Does anybody have any cultural insight as to white skin in India?
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The song is from India. The singer is really attracted to a woman, but it's different for him because she is a dark/dusky Indian girl. He sings that he usually likes white girls, but she is so beautiful he doesn't like them anymore. Dark skinned women in India really like the song. They say the love the song, it makes them proud, and it is well known that Indian women feel pressure to lighten their skin tone.
But the song is also upsetting people by the fact that he says, "white chicks, I don't like them anymore." They say the entire song is "racially divisive," a white man could never sing that he doesn't like dark women, etc. etc.
Personally, I don't see where all the anger is coming from, and I think this relates to the Lil Kim, skin whitening story.
What are your thoughts and opinions? Is the video racist? Does anybody have any cultural insight as to white skin in India?
(video has translation)