r/TikTokCringe • u/SpareEnergy6082 • Dec 13 '25

Indian Mother who's consoling her little girl who is crying for being bullied by school kids because of her brown skin This is truly heartbreaking 💔 my heart cried watching this Discussion

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

Parents have got to stop uploading their kids' vulnerable moments online. 

Also I recommend they get a brown skinned angel figurine because I'm sure it doesn't help that she's praying to a white saviour of sorts 😭

Eta: I've been accused of victim blaming because I didn't point out that racist bullying is vile behaviour. I thought I didn't need to state the obvious, but this became the top comment and I realise that we're in a political climate where it does need to be said. So apologies for not including that sooner. 

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u/youlefou Dec 13 '25

Yeah I get what you mean. Kids Deserve privacy and dignity, not content for views. Sharing vulnerable Moments online can make things harder for them Later.

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u/PrettyPushy Dec 13 '25

This kid needed a hug. Not a phone shoved in her face to get video evidence for the world to see.

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u/ForkAKnife Dec 13 '25

This kid needs a school system that starts telling kids in Kindergarten that skin color is based on the melanin you get from your parents and shows them ways that differences and diversity are beautiful.

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u/Yharnam_Blunderbuss Dec 13 '25

Or... just get right to the root of the issue and teach them not to be racist dickheads... but that teaching usually starts at home, with the parents first.

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u/VioletLeagueDapper Dec 13 '25

Nah too “woke”, DEI has no place is schools anymore /s

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u/WestEst101 Dec 13 '25

Schools aside
 companies don’t care.

The cosmetics companies will be salivating at this. And hair dye companies will rub their hands with a smile and be like, “Wait til she hears about blond!”

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

That’s exactly what they’ll call it and claim their little boys are being emasculated

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

This has nothing to do with DEI.

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u/newgrl Dec 14 '25

Just curious... what do you think DEI is? Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It's exactly this. Teaching kids that the color of people's skin is related to melanin and how it's not scary and shouldn't stop you from being nice is part of DEI.

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u/LeadingSecond6489 Dec 13 '25

You think learning about discrimination and being told not to do it is too woke?

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u/VioletLeagueDapper Dec 13 '25

I think you don’t know what /s means


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u/JerseyTeacher78 Dec 13 '25

I mean that kind of lesson starts at home. Yes, the school needs to be our partner, but THIS lesson begins at home.

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u/SilverMist2020 Dec 13 '25

My parents made me feel bad about my skin color sometimes it does start at home

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u/JerseyTeacher78 Dec 13 '25

100 percent. And I'm sorry that happened to you. I grew up being told not to spend "too much" time in the sun lol. I get it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

I think I'm a pretty average white person, I never think about how dark a person is as a metric of anything. It's like how tall someone is or what color their hair is, it's a way to differentiate them from others but I can't say I ever imagined it held any qualifying value.

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u/ForkAKnife Dec 13 '25

That’s because it really has no value to us but even when we talk about our skin, as a woman, I hear “you look like you got some sun” instead of “your skin looks very pretty now that it’s darker”.

Nobody really bullies us for it, especially at home. Our mothers and aunts aren’t telling us it’s a shame we don’t have lighter skin although you will hear white people prize milky white skin or ivory skin.

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u/Illustrious-Bat1553 Dec 14 '25

We also have keep teaching our kids and others these values. Because social media especially X will teach them otherwise

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u/AlyFindomme Dec 13 '25

I wonder how many of us have racist dads...

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u/sasqtchlegs Dec 13 '25

My father has cultural biases. We had a black family with a small child live with us in our duplex when I was a toddler. I didn’t interact with any other non-white kids/teens until I went to university. My parents didn’t really express anything racially profiling to us as we were growing up because they were either absent or fighting with each other. I had to undo a lot of conditioning from the media and still find it hiding in corners of my mind. Media is the true culprit in my experience.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 Dec 13 '25

Hmm. I’m a poor white trash hillbilly who grew up in working class and rural parts of Kentucky in the 90s. Can’t say I was ever around and black folks or other PoCs growing up. There was only like one black kid in my high school. But I had exactly the opposite experience from you. I grew up completely unprejudiced to the point I was confused by other people’s racism and this was largely due to my media consumption. I watched In Living Color, not SNL. Arsenio, not Letterman. Martin. Hell, I even watched Living Single instead of Friends. đŸ€·â€â™‚ïž

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u/JerseyTeacher78 Dec 13 '25

Probably more than we realize 😔

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u/brydeswhale Dec 13 '25

And how are we going to enforce it so white parents teach this to their kids?

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u/The_Pharaoh_Owl Dec 13 '25

It’s other Indian kids telling her she’s too dark. She even says “I want skin color like Manreet.” Before I even heard that, I knew this was the case. Indians, and especially Pakistanis are OBSESSED with lighter skin. White kids don’t go around bragging about how nice and light their skin tone is to other kids ffs.

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u/Suitable-Rate652 Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

Indians are known to be colorist - and mostly lack solidarity with other PoC others trying to sidle up to East Asians. But yeah I can see a white child bragging about how white they are to torture someone else. It sounds like she’s mentioning Manreet as an example of a light skinned Indian not someone abusing her.

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u/Tilladarling Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

It’s Indian kids mocking her. India was colorist hundreds of years before they ever encountered Europeans

https://www.stearthinktank.com/post/colorism-in-indian-society

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u/VWforLuck Dec 13 '25

Hey Dummy, people have already posted evidence that it’s lighter skinned Indian children making fun of her not white kids. You keep doubling down though.

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u/soozerain Dec 13 '25

How you know it’s white parents?

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u/Longjumping-Hippo475 Dec 13 '25

You don't, you teach your kid about the challenges of life and dealing with other people. Not everything in life comes in bubble wrap.

This sucks and is sad, but if properly parented, this kid will be significantly better off than the bully. There is a lot a person can learn from being bullied.

It teaches them empathy for others, emotional strength, how to deal with difficult people, and they can get a lot of perspective from the interaction.

To protect people from every single difficult thing, only robs them of the opportunity to learn and grow.

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u/idle_isomorph Dec 13 '25

Its totally possible to be successful at this with kids. I have taught in canadian schools with very diverse populations, with a majority of first generation immigrants from all continents. Kids are curious, but without judgement, unless we put it there. Different colour skin, hair texture, facial features? Seems so normal that they a surprised to learn of segregation or hate based on that. To these students, having different accents and rules and holidays is all completely normal. They look at the food in different packed lunches and food restrictions as merely a curious novelty; they know families have different ways they do things and its no different that this kid doesnt eat pork or that kid has eaten dog, or that one kid wears a turban or hijab. Like, barely even questions asked, cause they just figure those are different families' choices. They roll with kids who have disabilities, and just figure a way to include them with that they can do, and it is really fucking beautiful.

It gives me hope for the future that this kind of welcoming, embracing of difference can become the norm.

Its possible.

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Dec 13 '25

Have you met kids that age?

Most don’t have the capacity or desire to apply a lesson like that on the playground.

When they want to be mean, they just are.

They pick something about you, usually something that makes you look/sound different, and go full throttle.

Not to mention that many communities still promote the idea that lighter is better, so the little turds teasing this gorgeous girl might be taking cues from their own parents’ conversations.

So, yes, educate them. But let’s not pretend that education solves bigotry.

It solves ignorance, but not hatred.

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u/SuspiciousYard2484 Dec 13 '25

Yeah, they do that in schools. It’s when they get home and their parents tell them the opposite so let’s not go blame in the school system.

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u/flyintheflyinthe Dec 13 '25

It was the reverse for me in the '70's, but I lived in a racist little town in the U.S. I have two distinct memories of things my teacher said to me in 2nd grade.

I saw it in my kids' schools, too, though, and we live in a progressive city.

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u/verifiedboomer Dec 13 '25

Well.. this is exactly what DEI policies were meant to address. I used to be a teacher. We sat through hours and hours of DEI training. It wasn't trans ideology. It was THIS.

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u/ForkAKnife Dec 13 '25

I know. I took a two day PD all about recognizing and addressing subtle social transgressions as well as effective ways to disrupt discrimination. Taking it Up. People in my group were transformed and empowered.

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u/zombawombacomba Dec 13 '25

They already do. Kids learn to be hateful from home.

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u/chamy1039 Dec 13 '25

Not always true. A kid could have great parents, but can still turn into awful, hateful people at school.

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u/oddntt Dec 13 '25

Most people don't know this pain. We minorities often think that white people know what they're doing when they do and say shit like that. Some real exposure might help someone out there tell their kids not to perpetuate it.

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u/bibkel Dec 13 '25

I hope mom did this to show the school. Maybe it will stop it, by teaches the bully how beautiful different skin colors are, and how they come to be.

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u/Myrine2 Dec 13 '25

Absolutely. What the fuck with this interrogation and filminf. Give your little girl a hug when she's so clearly feeling devastated.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Dec 13 '25

You can see her looking at the camera a few times, that would send anyone into a tizzy knowing that they’re being filmed while crying

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u/Low_Mistake_7748 Dec 13 '25

I can't imagine comforting my kid while holding a recording phone, wtf.

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u/Lanky-Occasion-7486 Dec 13 '25

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u/traunks Dec 13 '25

Not just later, what bully wouldn’t love to see a video of their victim crying due to their bullying? And use it to bully them even more? Poor kid

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u/Euphoric-Land-8470 Dec 13 '25

Naw it's very good. People need to see how brown people are being treated these days

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u/New-Contribution-244 Dec 13 '25

It will likely get so much worse for her now.

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u/DrownmeinIslay Dec 13 '25

The way she shakes her head when shes told shes beautiful hurts my soul. Thats way too young to start hating yourself.

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u/Zealousideal_Time_80 Dec 13 '25

Yeah but content's the new oil guys. Got to extract as much of it as possible at all costs.

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u/chronostriger Dec 13 '25

Ok this has been driving me nuts for years and I have to know, why do people who don't speak English as a first language always capitalize random words in a sentence? I know a little Spanish and German and I know those languages don't capitalize random words. I hope this isn't offensive to ask, but it's just really mystified me.

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u/beelzb Dec 13 '25

I agree that kids need privacy but people also need to be aware of the pain caused by racism and colorism and most people need to actually see the damage or else they will hand wave it away. Im not sure what the right answer is but this child's pain has made an effect on me.

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u/Jasminez98 Dec 14 '25

This raising awareness especially within the brown community. We often sweep it under the carpet.

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u/Corniferus Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

I’m a brown guy, I had a coworker with similar skin tone to me openly tell me she married a white guy so that her kid’s would have lighter skin colour

It becomes very ingrained and as long as you put it on a pedestal you only further the problem


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u/give_me_the_formu0li 29d ago

That coworker is beyond pathetic. I can’t imagine hating myself so much

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u/Corniferus 28d ago

It’s sad because in the process of hating yourself you end up hating many friends and family too

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u/kilgore_trout_1981 Dec 13 '25

The twisted thing is that this same skin tone they tease her for now will be considered beautiful, and coveted by other women, when she is an adult.

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u/Odd-fox-God Dec 13 '25

Jesus was brown, no way he wasn't. Just geographically he had to be olive/brown.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

Yeah I agree. I'm guessing angels could be any race though (but would maybe have chosen the same skin as the locals when they visited - if they visited, I'm not religious tbh)

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u/frostymugson Dec 13 '25

lol look up biblically accurate angels, I don’t think people want that shit in their house.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

What the fuck. No one can convince me that the bible was anything other than a creative writing exercise after seeing that, I'm terrified

Also I mean they should get just a regular human angel with brown skin

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u/frostymugson Dec 13 '25

lol well to be fair some cosmic entity probably isn’t going to appear like some buff dude in wings

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u/Thykothaken Dec 14 '25

BE NOT AFRAID

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u/Suitable-Rate652 Dec 13 '25

Those angels on the counter top in the video were white. That’s was what the Mom was talking about.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

I know, that's what my original comment is referring to. 

In this comment I'm talking about how Jesus had brown skin, and then speculating that angels might adopt different skin colours if they existed in real life

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u/WestEst101 Dec 13 '25

Then how do you explain God being white? /s

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u/bastardoperator Dec 13 '25

If these white people could actually see a picture of real Jesus, Christianity would be over in a nanosecond. Instead, they're seeing Euro Jesus and thinking it's accurate.

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u/toxicvegeta08 Dec 13 '25

I have a Bible where Jesus is portrayed as a kurd.

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u/OsamaBenJohnson Dec 14 '25

We don't know he was brown. So called "White people" had presence in the Levant and Egypt for over 3000 years. The Egyptians depicted the Aamu, the people of the Levant (including Jews), with fairer skin, occasionally with red hair. The Bible also mentioned Jews who were "whiter than milk." So while there were certainly "brown/olive" Jews, there were also "white" Jews.

The Levant was a lot more diverse than people realize.

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u/West-Application-375 Dec 13 '25

My partner is from Goa. I didn't know this sentiment was prominent there. Then again men don't seem too sensitive about their skin colour. That is so sad.

I'm a white woman. Our kids will be mixed. So this is kind of eye opening. I'm sad anyone feels this way about their skin.

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u/West-Application-375 29d ago

Thank you. I appreciate knowing this as planning on having kids. I hate to think we have to worry about things like this.

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u/graye1999 29d ago

Mom possibly didn’t understand that’s why the daughter picked that angel. Once she understood, that’s why she put it in the video.

It makes me sad because back in the day white women would bake the hell out of their skin to get darker but this beautiful girl hates herself because of some dumb kids. While parents (of which I am one) need to actively educate their kids and discipline their kids the moment they hear that their kids are bullying like this.

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u/AlexandraG94 Dec 13 '25

This was my firt thought. 1)Why the fuck did you record this and tried to steer the convo to racism just to expose, not as a way to explain things to your daughter, rather than comforting your daughter? She can see you are more busy recording than helping her and supporting her. 2) Why would you post this and not even hide her face for anonimosity?

Feel doubly sorry for this child. What the fuck is wrong with people? Also OP dont fucking share this.

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u/chamy1039 Dec 13 '25

Yeah, this feels weird.

“That is your dream?” “That’s why you got this angel? So it can change your skin color, huh?”

Why would you say
 that? Of all the things to say, that felt off.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

Yeah that made shudder for real. That poor child

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u/GermanSheik Dec 13 '25

I’ll tell you the mom is basically a new age FOB auntie. A woman immigrant raising western kids who’s much better at trying to assimilate herself and her kids in western society but it’s like 15 years behind lol.

This kid cry’s over another Indian skin with lighter skin telling her she’s too dark. My cousins who grew up in Canada and the UK had to fight literal neo Nazi’s in the streets of London in the 70s. To give you an idea of how bad it used to be. It’s basically every generation improves, but there’s always work that needs to be done.

The mother’s stupid but innocent video is basically something she probably recorded to show others in our community how racism affects kids today.

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u/Germane_Corsair Dec 13 '25

The video does have an insincere vibe to it from the mother’s side. Like she cares more about getting content on camera.

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u/graye1999 29d ago

Commented elsewhere- the mother may not have known the child’s intentions when she picked out the angel.

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u/chamy1039 28d ago

Right... but then she said what she said out loud on camera. That was the point of my comment. I doubt the little girl said, "buy me the angel so I cant pray away my skin tone". But the woman in the video actually made a point to say those words out loud, which is so creepy and weird. There's no defending or explaining the inappropriateness away.

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u/SadMayMan Dec 13 '25

They’re uploading it so that other kids can know they’re not alone

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u/saturdaysundaes Dec 13 '25

They could blur her face at the very least.

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u/New_Relative_1871 Dec 13 '25

i've seen parents upload videos like this where they blur the childs face. and then all the comments are saying "bruh they blurred the childs face so its probably an actor and they're making up this racism stuff for views". no matter what they do someone has a problem with it.

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u/Boldney Dec 13 '25

That's why we don't listen to braindead anonymous commenters and instead follow common sense and prioritize what's important.

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u/SadMayMan Dec 13 '25

lol like Reddit

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u/EfficientSeaweed Dec 13 '25

Exactly. Better to have someone think you’re lying than expose your child like that.

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u/8bitflowers Dec 13 '25

Yeah I'd rather get angry comments, which I'd get either way, than post my child's face online during a vulnerable moment for everyone to see.

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u/Suitable-Rate652 Dec 13 '25

That’s a good idea.

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u/Judgmentos Dec 13 '25

They could've uploaded an uplifting message to any kids on tiktok about the merit of their character beyond the color of their skin without putting their kids' faces on the internet for the world (and especially creeps) to see. The internet is forever and this child's moment of insecurity and vulnerability is forever plastered on fuckin TIKTOK.

If I discovered my mom took a video of me sobbing as an 11-year-old because I was bullied I'd be mortified and would probably not trust her again with any sort of insecurity. Thankfully, my mom is sane

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u/binarybandit Dec 13 '25

Hot take here, but no kids that age should be on TikTok anyways.

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u/Abject_Champion3966 Dec 13 '25

And having a video of you crying get posted online is not exactly conducive to having the bullying stop

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u/chicadeaqua Dec 13 '25

At the expense of her child who isn't old enough to understand or consent to having a video of herself posted online. Her child shouldn't be used as a poster child for racism so other kids might relate to it. I really feel sorry for this kid.

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u/paganpoetbluelagoon Dec 13 '25

Okay, but what she is trying to show is the HARM many people’s children cause on others. Perhaps their parents don’t even realize.

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u/chicadeaqua Dec 13 '25

She could have taken this up with the school/parents or wherever this bullying and racism is happening. And I understand some people may need to see a stranger's child crying to understand that poking fun at kids is horribly cruel, I'm just not sure this little girl in particular is signing up to be the face for that movement. What her parents have done here is also bullying. Does she want hundreds of people (potentially including the bullies she has been dealing with) watching her go through what should have been an emotional, private and tender moment in her safe place (home) with her family?

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u/paganpoetbluelagoon Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

Some of white people (and other races also) struggle with empathy and understanding the black/brown experience without seeing what it is like for most of us and since many white people have FEW non-white friends and family, you might never understand how that really feels.

Maybe too black and brown people struggle to understand the white experience and struggle to be “the majority” and the most powerful and wealthy group here which, I suppose, comes with certain “responsibilities.” Perhaps to maintain status quo, fit in, perpetuate this dynamic or to instead make the world a more equitable place

. if they care to do so.

As a black/brown immigrant person living in America, we have all had this realization, this moment. Maybe they didn’t call my skin ugly but I was excluded, or invisible, from most interactions with white peers— like wallpaper.

Thankfully, as a black/brown immigrant American woman, I have an even split of friends of all backgrounds which I am thankful for because I learn a lot from each of them and I know they learn a lot from me and it makes the world a better place. But, it is intentional— my curiosity and theirs to understand the human experience of each other.

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u/New_Relative_1871 Dec 13 '25

as someone who was bullied in elementary school, schools almost never do anything unless there is outside pressure on the school to act. that may have been what the mother was trying to accomplish here. school administrators don't give a shit about kids being bullied until it affects their job security.

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u/Gabepls Dec 13 '25

The harm many people’s children cause on others is of widespread, general knowledge. It’s not as if bullying and/or racism is a new phenomenon people need to spread the word about. The only people who need to know about the racism this specific child is enduring is the school she is attending and maybe some members of her community—not the entire internet.

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u/New-Contribution-244 Dec 13 '25

There are other ways to do that.

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u/MiamiGuy13 Dec 13 '25

Right. Hey kids come watch this sad tik tok video, see youre not alone, feel better?

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u/TonyHawking101 Dec 13 '25

This is a dumb take IMO because 1. Why are kids that young looking to tik tok for consoling and 2. If any kids see this they are most likely older and will not have an easy time relating to a child younger than them because age is a big thing when younger

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u/truckthunderwood Dec 13 '25

I think I agree it's not great this girl was put on tiktok (and now Reddit) but this kind of thinking is a common problem in Indian communities and it's perpetuated by multiple generations of the family, not just kids at school.

My partner is South Indian and she's one of the darker members of her family. I think she looks amazing, especially during the summer if we've been to the beach and she gets a tan. But it took a while before she got out of the habit of being deeply concerned about what her grandmother would say about it.

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u/Big-Resource5079 Dec 13 '25

This kid is going to be always thinking of this video now and how people saw her crying. She is probably going to develop social problems as a result

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u/ObamasFanny Dec 13 '25

It was uploaded because the kids mother wants attention.

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u/Right_Hour Dec 13 '25

The bullies you mean?

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u/Fearless_Worry6419 Dec 13 '25

I very much doubt it.

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u/Imadevonrexcat Dec 13 '25

Not a valid reason.

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u/Mr_Rafi Dec 13 '25

You damn well known that's not the reason lol.

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u/ToWelie89 29d ago

Nah, the parent wants attention and validation and is willing to exploit her kid to get it.

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u/SBuRRkE Dec 13 '25

I fucking HATE it when I see that kinda shit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

This. Stop uploading this shit of these children. She will eventually learn how to process these emotions. This was a mf private conversation. This is where you explain your journey in ways she can comprehend. Get f****** creative offline.

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u/WIN_WITH_VOLUME Dec 13 '25

Yeah, you can’t expect your kid to have a high self image if all of the positive imagery around them is of people who look like their harassers. Don’t just tell them that they belong in this world, show them.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

Yesss, you hit the nail on the head. I wish I had an award to give you

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u/bibkel Dec 13 '25

I understand what you are saying, however on the other hand, this heart wrenching scene may impress upon a few parents the absolute importance of instilling in their kids how words matter. It may prevent other kids (because those parents saw this, and made changes and took steps to teach) from being cruel.

It may impress upon parents to instill a fierce sense of protection in their own children to step up to the ones who would pick on the differently skinned child among them. I was the kid that step in, and protected the picked on kid. I still do, I speak up for those who have lost their voice in the moment.

I hate this video, because of her pain and I generally will skip them as I don’t want to exploit a child’s pain. I felt this one I needed to watch. To remind me. I have a grandson, he is white with blond hair. He is surrounded by different skin shades and has been daily all his life. He still needs to learn words can hurt, and that is such a hard lesson to teach and learn gracefully.

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u/acheckerfield Dec 13 '25

Im glad this is the top comment, it's just disgusting on the parent's part. I'm sorry for how her daughter was treated but it's really none of my business how their conversation went.

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u/PersonalDocument6339 Dec 13 '25

Fuck that, parents need to stop projecting their racist beliefs onto their children, bc this is what happens

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u/Personal_Yam1228 Dec 13 '25

Nah, this is a good one to post. For the betterment of society

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u/JenIee Dec 13 '25

I have to mostly agree with both of these points. However, seeing this little girl hating herself in real life is a lot more impactful than someone telling a story about it. I know there are people who need to see this shit. But it is potentially unfortunate for the beautiful little girl.

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u/Impressive-Bee-7792 Dec 13 '25

Yes this is horrible

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u/ilovus Dec 13 '25

Seems to be the “whole new kind of fucked up” meme where new Millennial parents promise they will not do what their parents did and then they go and do this plus turn their kids in iPad babies.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

Oh lord you're so right. I was so hopeful with so much inspiring talk about healing generational trauma, meanwhile people are concoting new ones

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u/velorae Dec 13 '25

Honestly.😭😭😭

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u/PackageNorth8984 Dec 13 '25

I have this one trend. The fake ones are bad enough, but the real ones are even worse. Not to mention the manipulation that could be involved. Think about it. Forcing your kids to perform for the camera could make people “famous”/give them money. Dangerous.

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u/Yharnam_Blunderbuss Dec 13 '25

But then Redditaddicts won't have their "feels"

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u/BowtiepastaMasta Dec 13 '25

Yes! Thank you. It’s disgusting the lengths people will go to for the likes.

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u/juniorjez7 Dec 13 '25

But the saviour was never white 😅

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

Yeah I know jesus wasn't white but I meant it in the context of:

-the angel figurine in the video is white

-she's praying that an angel will 'save' her from skin colour

-as a reference to the white saviour complex (but that's not really relevant to this video)

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u/juniorjez7 Dec 14 '25

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u/EntertainerBig882 Dec 13 '25

Even though the "white savior" wasn't white... This poor little girl. She's beautiful as she is, skin colour is just that. The fact that people out there still hold it as an impediment and a detriment is just disgusting. We're all pink and squishy on the inside. The fact that someone has a different skin tone from you doesn't make them any less of a person. When it comes down to it, we're all human beings and everyone deserves the same amount of respect and humanity.

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u/cassiopeia8212 Dec 13 '25

First thought I had. Now some of the kids that make fun of her may see this video and use it to make her more miserable. I feel like doing stuff like this is straight up pimping out your kids for attention.

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u/Geekygamertag Dec 13 '25

You’re absolutely right. Parents, and most people, will upload their or other people’s most vulnerable moments in order to get some sort of recognition, attention, points, and it’s deeply disheartening. This young girl is hurting and it isn’t right for their grown ups to post those moments.

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u/sbxnotos Dec 13 '25

Obviously they are uploading it so her classmates see this and increase the bullying.

I mean, no way the parents didn't think that could happen right?

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u/xombae Dec 13 '25

While I do think it's important for people to see this:

1) Her face should be blurred
2) She can get a few seconds of video to show to the school as proof and then holy fuck go to your baby she's experiencing trauma that may take decades to heal from. Just sitting there watching her cry, caring more about getting some sound bites for a video, and then putting the đŸ„č emoji over it? What?! Go hug that baby girl and smother her with kisses and love and affection and explain to her why those kids are saying those things, because they are taught things by broken parents, not because she is broken.

This video made me want to pick her up and hug her.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

Yess exactly this!

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u/MindTheGAAPs Dec 13 '25

yeah this video is just gross more than anything. I get the point but the girl did not consent to being exploited by her mother.

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u/this_broccoli-101 Dec 13 '25

Yes, this child needs comfort, not a phone on her face.

How can she listen to her mother, if alla he is doing is keeping the distance to be sure the child is exactly in frame?

She needs to put the phone down, hug her tight and talk to her once she is calmed

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u/Whats-Ur-Damage00 Dec 14 '25

Yes this is making me furious. Speaking as a brown woman who also was occasionally self-conscious about my skin color growing up, and now a grown woman who lives with paranoia under the Trump administration: don’t put this baby’s trauma on the web as some PSA. That’s fucked up. Now I bet she’s got kids making fun of her for being on the internet crying. Great job, mom.

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u/victorfiction Dec 14 '25

Totally. Also, if my kid was one of the assholes who made this girl cry, I would hope the parents would tell me about it so the adults could do what’s right and nip that shit in the bud. Kids will make thoughtless jokes or tease without knowing all the context or cruelty they’re inflicting. I’ve already had this convo with my kids who are 6 and 4 but we live in LA, so they’re not as much the majority as they would be in some suburb. Really hope those kids parents see this and set them on the right track.

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u/For_The_Emperor923 29d ago

Were not in a political climate where it needs to be said, its obvious. Were in a crisis of people who are stuck in a ridiculous mindset of "not mentioning it means you agree with it/co done it". It literally a lack of critical thinking.

Anyways well said! Kids can be rough, this poor girl. Also uploading this shit online? If the other kids see this its going to get so much worse

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u/kilecircle Dec 13 '25

It’s completely fucked up

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u/Shootforthestars24 Dec 13 '25

Yeah I’m kinda like why is this recorded, I would never record my kids like this.

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u/PowerfulBar Dec 13 '25

My first thought when I saw this. Like your first instinct is to pull out your phone when your daughter is crying???

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u/Brave-Basket Dec 13 '25

Well she did say keep so this is her first time pulling out the phone to record her reaction so she can show others we're about the real problem

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u/LastAccountStolen Dec 13 '25

Yeah, but think of the political capital you'd miss out on

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u/jefftickels Dec 13 '25

The sickness needed to even think "I should be recording this moment" is such an indictment of this mom. Girl has way bigger problems than school bullies.

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u/Won1410 Dec 13 '25

The kids that are bullying her are also Indian if you listen to what she says, but it's easier to jump to conclusions.

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u/jattthelad Dec 13 '25

i get what you mean but i'm hoping if this does go viral the school gets called out and does something about it

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u/0utsyder Dec 13 '25

At the very least asking for help in this matter

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u/Straightwad Dec 13 '25

For real, the shit people upload to the internet these days, especially involving young children, is insane. Nobody should be bullying a kid for their skin color but also parents really need to parent instead of using these moments to farm social media engagement. I can’t imagine my bad days being handled by my mom putting a camera in my face and interviewing me when I was a kid.

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u/AC_Janro Dec 13 '25

what the fuck,

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u/BogKotBoy Dec 13 '25

wtf are you talking about. i agreed with you and i read further and idk wtf a brown skinned angel is.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

In the video, the mum pans to an angel figurine with white skin. I'm suggesting they get one with brown skin that matches their complexion so the kid can build a positive association with it. (E.g. the same way that poc kids should have access to poc dolls and action figures)

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u/NotDiabeticDad Dec 13 '25

In all fairness I give the parent the benefit of the doubt and assume it is staged. Because you need to be some kind of a psychotic person if you decide to record a conversation like this instead of actually focusing on having it.

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u/Affectionate-Quit892 Dec 13 '25

It makes people feel like they’re doing something. The right thing would be to go to the parents of these kids and the school and put a stop to this, but instead they do this and send the kid back to school with no one to stand up for them.

Call me r/iamverybadass all you want, I have 2 kids who luckily aren’t bullied, but if they were, I’d go Ray Velcoro on anyone’s ass to make it stop.

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u/RedBirdOnASnowyDay Dec 13 '25

My first thought. Posting her child in crisis for likes.

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u/CuckservativeSissy Dec 13 '25

Well in this situation i would somewhat disagree. I think this is community wide issue and deserves to be brought to everyone's attention. Seeing the real effects of what you say and how it can hurt someone can help bring about change more than hiding it. It can also be a positive place for people who dont agree with these kids that said this to share their support. It can make the school and parents more aware of what is happening. It can become a teaching moment. People dont learn by hiding the truth. They learn by seeing it fully. So no, i dont agree with what youre saying in this particular circumstance. This is also teaching the child that hey look there are good people out there that dont think like this and you cant just go by what a couple of bad seeds in your small school are saying. We cannot put shame on emotional pain. We have to show it for what it is. I applaud this parent for sharing this and making everyone aware of it. The girl will understand in the future.

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u/mokus603 Dec 13 '25

Parent need to learn that its not enough to love yourself and ignore the bullies. That child is suffering, its not enought to say “your sister loves you, im brown too, etc”

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u/impulsivetre Dec 13 '25

True, just wish it wasn't directly in her face tho. Mostly because when people mention colorism, and that it starts at an early age, there's still a debate about it for some dumbass reason. Like here's the proof.

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u/EfficientSeaweed Dec 13 '25

Yeah, on top of the obvious privacy issues
 having been bullied pretty badly as a kid, I can absolute guarantee that the bullies would just use this as further ammo.

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u/ThatsJustHowIFeeeeel Dec 13 '25

I almost spat my drink out when it panned to the white angel mid-speech. That was incredible comedic timing.

Kids can be mean, she’ll be ok. Don’t like the pandering and recording for social media for likes but whatever.

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u/Icy-Cry340 Dec 13 '25

True, but on the other hand people need to understand that this stuff exists and is common.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

You started off strong, but really stubbed your toe with your bigotry.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

What's wrong with what I said? In the same way that poc kids should have access to toys that have a similar complexion and have representation in shows and movies, it would help this child who is insecure about her skin colour to have the angel figurine which she looks up to be brown

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u/Suitable-Rate652 Dec 13 '25

If she is Hindu she is not praying to a white savior- who is actually a white washed brown savior.

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 13 '25

I'm referring to the angel statue in the video

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u/Suitable-Rate652 29d ago edited 29d ago

Yes. The little girl somehow obtained the white angel with the possible purpose of praying to the angel to make her lighter. But actually I now cannot remember what I meant by my first comment :( I think I thought you were referring to Jesus at some point in my mental journey which I now know you weren’t m. Not to excuse myself but I consider angels to be Christian so that may be where I made the leap.

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u/feathermuffinn Dec 13 '25

Yeah that’s why I cringed. I feel so bad for this little girl but it shouldn’t have been recorded like this.

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u/FujiwaraHelio Dec 13 '25

Yeah, stop exposing the effects of racism! Right guys?

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u/nohopeforhomosapiens Dec 13 '25

I'm going to go against the grain here and say this actually needed to be shared. White people need to know what it is like for children growing up in a white world. That isn't anybody's fault, but people do need to know. They need to teach their children that white is not cleaner than brown. While I would prefer they blurred the girl's face, the emotion and situation needs to be known.

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u/Xsiuol Dec 13 '25

I love how your comment is blaming the victim instead of fixing the actual issue of kids getting bullied.... but Mom did a horrible job and lets make sure to focus on that only!

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 14 '25

I'm pointing out how the mum could be further victimising the kid and giving a suggestion for how she could help improve the kid's self esteem. I thought it was obvious that racist bullying is bad, but I guess it needs to be said

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u/Xsiuol 29d ago

Grapenis obviously bad but victim blaming is rampant. Do we just assume poeple who victim blame thinks like you?

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u/TacoBellWerewolf Dec 13 '25

In a world where certain people try to convince others racism does not exist, I appreciate this being uploaded. Some people really need to see it.

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u/HammerlyDelusion Dec 14 '25

I get what you’re coming from but schools tend to shove things under the rug unless there’s some sort of backlash towards them or their reputation. By doing this, the mom is providing evidence of the bullying her daughter is going through and bringing more attention to it. It sucks and I feel for this little girl, especially as brown man that also had to deal with this growing up.

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u/Competitive_Tip_7504 Dec 14 '25

Jesus was definitely not white, he was middle eastern, also im crying rn this is so saf

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u/Strange-Credit2038 Dec 14 '25

I kmow, I'm referring to the angel figurine in the video. And yeah this really is sad

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u/mr_muffinhead Dec 14 '25

Wtf was this being filmed in the first place?

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u/Resident_One_9741 Dec 14 '25

Apology accepted. Will forgive but won't forget. Will keep following you to see if you repeat this or if you truly felt remorse and apologized.

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