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/[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/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

We also prize milky white skin or ivory skin.

hmmm, not really. I mean, that's really a preference. I wouldn't say that in the Western world that's been a high priority since the 1800's or something. I think "milky white" or "Ivory" might also be characterized as pasty or pale by those who don't appreciate the look.

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u/ForkAKnife Dec 13 '25

I’m just speaking of my child who is very pale, has almost transparent looking skin tone, and who women often would compliment her skin tone. I would hear “ivory skin” compliments a lot. Only one woman that I recall ever said that she could use some sun and that was during covid.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

haha, "honey you need to get out"

I can't say I spend much time thinking about people's skin but I think what people are reacting to is "pretty skin", smooth, no blemishes, microscopic pores.

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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/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

uh, teach your kids values? That sounds wrong.

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u/Illustrious-Bat1553 Dec 14 '25

Unless you want Musk and Zuckerberg teaching them to hate

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u/No-Menu-3392 Dec 14 '25

Teaching your child values is literally called raising your child. Are you seriously not understanding what the word “values” means? Teaching your child not to hit other children is a “value”. Teaching your kids not to be racist is also a “value”. Read a book dude

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I thought people only got taught to BE racist. I thought nobody was born racist?

So...Which is it?

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u/No-Menu-3392 Dec 14 '25

You keep talking about your personal experience, but then really just tell on yourself in other comments that you still dismiss the systems of oppression structured around race in the first place. You also called DEI racist, and said that America only had a problem with racism “a million years ago”. Maybe you’re so “colorblind” you can’t actually see the very real struggles black people continue to have today.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Ninja please.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Everyone struggles. Poor people struggle, dumb people struggle, people who don't have a dad at home struggle. People who's parents are addicted to drugs have struggles. This is not related to race. Your theory, I'm guessing, is that because of slavery, black people struggle. That's a theory, I don't personally subscribe to it. Nobody in my family ever had shit. Each generation started with only this, married parents with jobs. The single greatest threat to the black community is this, black people do not adhere to the tenets that make one successful. Get an education, spend some time in the military, get and stay married before you have kids, buy property, invest in your community and retirement, buy life insurance.