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Colourism is a part of feminism in India?

                                                            Credit: Female , It’s not white vs black, it’s your thinking vs racism In 2019, the Indian Fairness Cream market was reportedly worth nearly Rs 3000 crore according to the Indian Fairness Cream Market Overview (2018-2023). Market revenues were expected to reach Rs 5000 crore by 2023 the study estimated. This is unsurprisingly considering skin lightening products take up about half of India’s skincare market, according to a 2019 study by World Health Organization. Credit: New York Times blacks were treated as slaves. But where did this whole idea of being “fair and beautiful” came from? It most popularly came here with Britishers in India but they haven’t introduced it directly but they did gave poor Indians a overview that white is beautiful, privileged and pure and brown and black represents unprivileged and ugliness always. And here we are living with the same thinking till the date too.  From parlor to society to newspaper