“Every day, my dignity and self-esteem were reduced to the colour of my skin,” she said. “I felt a worthless piece of flesh.”Colourism, the bias against people of darker skin tones, has vexed India for a long time. But America’s intense discussion of race, in the wake of George Floyd’s death, seems to be having some effect. In some families, daughters-in-law with darker skin are called derogatory names, sometimes branded with the same words used for thieves. She welcomed the moves by Unilever and Shaadi.com, but said India was still slow in confronting such discrimination.

Source: bd News24 June 29, 2020 03:56 UTC