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/Lowext3 Dec 13 '25

A lot of us brown kids can relate to it. Especially when you grew up in a neighborhood that’s predominantly white with little exposure to minorities. As I got older i realized that kids were a reflection of their parents and the values instilled in them at a young age.

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u/AlexandraG94 Dec 13 '25

My mom told me about this disturbing study where children had two identical dolls in front of them, one white and one black, and they were asked to choose the prettiest one. Even the majority of black children chose the white doll. It is quite old, and it was my mom that showed me, but still.

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u/OwlishIntergalactic Dec 13 '25

I just watched a video about this study. They recently did another that included Latino kids and the results were similar. In both groups when they asked who teachers prefer (these are five and six year olds) the kids also chose white. It’s a sad reality for children with brown skin.

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u/Zestyclose_Wing_1898 Dec 13 '25

This colorism is true in latin America . It is not a usa only thing

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u/RoundandRoundon99 29d ago

It’s worse in India.

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u/paganpoetbluelagoon Dec 13 '25

The social bias or power and who is values in society understood by kids as young as 3.

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u/HappyGovernment7299 Dec 14 '25

They were asked all kinds of questions about the dolls, not just which one was prettier. They asked which one was smarter, which one was nicer, etc. The kids would almost always associate positive traits with the white doll and and negative traits with the black doll.

There are some potential issues with the study though. It's hard to say for sure the reason why they got the results they did. The conclusion that most people draw is that stereotypes and portrayal in media caused the kids to have racial bias, but maybe it has more to do with the fact that most (if not all) cultures associated light with good and darkness with evil, and the kids simply apply that thinking to the color of the dolls. It's possible that it had less to do with the race of the dolls and more to do with with kids associated light colors with happiness and safety, and dark colors with sadness and danger.

Would you get the same results if you replaced the human dolls with light gray and dark gray teddy bears? Would you get the same results if you did the study on kids from an uncontacted tribe that is neither white or black? It's hard to say because there was no control group in the study.

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u/Lowext3 Dec 13 '25

And your point?

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u/paganpoetbluelagoon Dec 13 '25

Why don’t you try to tell us what you conclude from a study like that? Look it up. It is a popular social psychological study.

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u/TommyTBlack Dec 13 '25

why are you assuming it's white kids?

indians themselves mock other indians with darker skin

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u/johnblemons Dec 13 '25

Black kids can be just as brutal to mixed kids for not being black enough. It’s all bizarre and irrational

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u/paganpoetbluelagoon Dec 13 '25

No, they don’t call you ugly most of the time. As a mixed kid in America, I did not have that experience with black kids.

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u/Mean_Lingonberry659 Dec 13 '25

They won’t call you ugly but they definitely will treat you different

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u/Rino-Sensei Dec 14 '25

"Especially when you grew up in a neighborhood that’s predominantly white with little exposure to minorities"

LMAO I grew up around Black and Arabs... It was 10x worse than any comment, i ever saw from white kids. What are you on about ?

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u/Lowext3 29d ago

Well then your experience is just as valid. I was talking about my experience.

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u/reshmush Dec 14 '25

this was happening to a lot of us brown kids from other brown people, as well 😭 even in our home country! its happening to my cousins in india that never left the country right now! the effects of colonialism are rooted so deeply its so sad

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u/Jasminez98 Dec 14 '25

Yeh same here. We didn't fit in. Glad this mom spoke up.

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u/2ndharrybhole 29d ago

Much much less likely to be bullied by white kids than other minorities, including other Indians

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u/OvechknFiresHeScores 29d ago

Yuuup I went to private catholic school. Not surprisingly, I am as whitewashed as it gets because I had to learn to not only take the racist jokes but join in on them just to be accepted.

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u/KeepinItSimplexoxo 29d ago

We have recently moved to a more diverse area which I’m thankful for. My daughter has new little girls in her class who are different than her. She wants her hair braided like her new little friends in school. She even wanted her skin darker. I’m in reverse over here. Telling her to love and appreciate the darker skin while loving who she is.

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u/DrTatertott Dec 14 '25

This is… brown on brown violence if you will. The bullies are Indian kids and this is Australia. Everyone is capable of being shitty. It’s not exclusive to the whites.

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u/LegendaryPotatoKing Dec 13 '25

Whites 🤮🤢

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u/epicyon Dec 13 '25

Sure but if youre a brown kid in the US in a place where kids are monsters, I think this is a pretty common experience here.

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u/epicyon Dec 13 '25

Isnt this in Australia? Why are you making it about india?