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.
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.
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.
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.
That you’ve noticed.
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.
I have in mind the people I’ve worked with - I would have known where they were from even if they were lighter-skinned.
That still fits with what I was saying. I wasn’t assigning a negative meaning to it.
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.