
How do I respond to racism from fellow Sri Lankans who have fairer skin?
I have gotten these insults
- "brown like a beggar"
- "u look black like a N word"
- "face only a mother could love, dark bich"
Photo above is the colour of my skin (take it with a pinch of salt it's under lighting)
I have been depressed for various reasons and this being one of them, I tried revealing about this in therapy and the response i got was "that's how classmates are" this is from a licensed counsellor btw
Recently, a close friend of mine posted a bad photo of me in status because I was leaving for Canada and he thought it was funny in his head and I confronted him about it and I said I go to therapy for shit like this - he refused to take it down until his girlfriend saw it and she sent a laughing emoji to that status and he sends me the screenshot and then he takes down the story... When I blocked him he has gone and insulted me about how dark skinned I am and how much I look like a beggar - made fun of me going to therapy (this guy's family sees caste btw) which my best friend like a best friend shared to me (I still can't trust anyone)
I just don't have a response against fair-skin prejudice in Sri Lanka - I'm so sick and tired - it's now bad to be brown in Sri Lanka and especially if you're a Muslim
I have gotten sneaky mico-aggressions like "are you Hindu?" (Eluding to the fact that Tamil people have darker skin tones)
I can't say anything to people with fairer-skin, I should just take the insult and go - you think success is a answer to these fair-skin people? They probably don't care - because they see me as a brown guy at the end of the day...
End of rant - I think I just gotta take it in the chin