• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    Is the portrayal in non-Indian films bias or just a consequence of immigration patterns? The Indian immigrants that I’ve met in the USA have usually been relatively dark-skinned.

      • TheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.club
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        3 hours ago

        Right? My cousin is as Indian as I am (her parents are my parents’ siblings), but she frequently has to convince people she’s Indian British and not white British. Whereas I’m very obviously south Asian.

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          9 hours ago

          That still fits with what I was saying. I wasn’t assigning a negative meaning to it.

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      12 hours ago

      Whether conscious or not is up for debate but race is often used in movies around the world to show the contrast between good/attractive/wealthy (white) vs bad/ugly/poor (dark skinned) characters. Even within the same country, main characters are white and tall while servants and background characters are darker and shorter.

      I know it’s not even about local populations in the US because a lot of immigrants in LA specifically are light-skinned but those actors usually end up playing white characters more often.