Colour discrimination

There is nothing I hate more in the world than people being discriminated because of their natural skin colours. In the sick minds of some, white is pure while black; tainted. How someone is flawed just because he has a brown or black complexion. Its particularly sinful for a girl to have a dark skin, as if it makes her a less of an individual. Its a dilemma most, if not all, desis suffer from and they don't even have any qualms about admitting it. Its like human beings have come down as items to be showcased in every society of the world.

I realize that Arooj is different from me, and its not just because of skin colour. She's a separate individual alltogether. I want her to have the freedom to think as she wants and to have the space she requires to be herself. Unfortunately, my family has this theory of saying harsh things to her so that she's prepared for the real world. Maybe they can't see it but she's 6 and does not need to be prepared for anything. If anything, at this stage their attitude will instill in her a feeling of lesser being. At times I feel that I just might explode becuase nothing I say affects them. Perhaps they fear our retarded relatives. What they don't realize is that I will, in all probability beat the living shit out of anyone who dare says a dim word to arooj.

Why doesn't anyone else see it? I feel like I'm breaking my head against a wall. Black is Beautiful.