I exactly remember when I was subjected to racism, because I am dusky. It happened between class seven to nine.
There wasn’t exactly a fuzz about it I was definitely not treated the same till class 10. I was being termed as “Kali maa” and “Aboriginals’” by most of the whitish skin boys and girls in my class. Well, I practically don’t have any issues with the whitish colored people but I feel somewhere or the other the superiority complex works in them. Not all to be very specific but few do carry that attitude which says “you-are-dusky-i-am- whitish-you-stay-away”. They are always like differentiating, calling themselves superior. I didn’t speak up because I was afraid that they will insult me back more, so it is better I keep my mouth shut.
There was a time when I was bullied in my class and I didn’t take it in a good way and it actually had a great effect on me. Which led to a very low self-esteem and I decided to change my school after boards.
This is where everything changed. I don’t know how it happened but it was like a magic wand went through my life.
I took admission in St.thomas’ and it practically changed me from within because that is where more people used to respect me and made me feel I am not ugly because I am dusky. I had a kind off makeover on my own with a little help of my sister and mom. I grew my hair, I started taking care of myself, I plucked my eyes brows in other words after taking admission in this school I was totally a different person. All the insecurities in me disappeared. The self-esteem started growing up from within again and I felt good about myself.
22nd December 2011 I went back to my school for the annual function and to my surprise most of them who used to make me feel small came and spoke to me and from that day itself my facebook account used to receive messages from most of them saying “wao you have changed so much, you really look good now”.
Fine thank you, I understand I look good. Thank you for complementing me and very big thank you for making me feel small otherwise I wouldn’t have known that I can look this good.
So, it is like very much clear when you look good everything else doesn’t matter. Like when I had a make over most of them started talking to me but they didn’t like it the way I used to be. I mean like why? Do you have criteria in your life? That a person needs to look good to talk to you.
If you have it then you have nothing in the top floor of your head. Just because somebody is dusky you actually don’t have any rights to make them feel bad. You are born with whitish skin, all the very best with your life, please go and sweep out everybody from their feet. But don’t waste your energy bulling somebody because they are dusky. When the dusky people are in the womb they can’t change genes to be a part of the whitish league. So please before you speak anything think twice may be in future you will fall for a dusky girl truly and your friends texts you and tell you “ oh my god, why are you dating that coal”. Yeah that feels bad. Isn’t it?
So, stop being a racist.
