POC women, do you feel celebrated for your beauty?
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Anonymous
| I am a South Asian immigrant. I am petite and have dark hair and eyes along with olive skin. I often feel invisible in American society. Its like i am not seen. I rarely gets compliments. It truly seems like a white woman's world where I live. |
Anonymous
| I'm so sorry, OP. I'm Indian, and I will say I think it can range. I have been complimented in both the south and DC, but it was when I looked semi-decent unlike now during the pandemic when I always look a mess and am wearing a mask. I have also always been very smiley. Where do you live? |
Anonymous
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No.
I'm Indian/American and have been complimented but it's usually something kinda backhanded like, "exotic" or "you're pretty for an Indian". I look ethnically ambiguous at times and there is always a look of surprise when they ask me where I originate from and it's not a good look of surprise. This comes from all different races, not just white. |
Anonymous
| As a minority, you pretty much have to be model beautiful for people to find you attractive. For a white woman, being not overweight and slightly above average is enough to be beautiful and get advantages for your looks. |
Anonymous
Do you feel attractive to South Asian men where you live? |
Anonymous
| Hmmm. As a thin-ish Korean woman who is fairly tall, I feel like I got a lot of unwanted attention when I was younger. Less so now, of course, but still... |
Anonymous
| I forget that I'm a PoC for the most part. I don't relate to other PoC in terms of their beauty ideals. |
Anonymous
Plenty of American men, especially older ones, are fond on Asian women |
Anonymous
| Not by the media or society in general, but some people are attracted by my multi-ethnic look. They're curious and think it's cute. |
Anonymous
Older ones? Whatever do you mean? Men of all ages are into Asian women. |
Anonymous
| Another Indian American here, but I am the fair, tall variety so have received plenty of attention. I look better than majority white women out there and have been treated very well. So, I guess our experiences are going to be as diverse as our looks. |
Anonymous
| I’m Iranian-American. Yes, I get attention from men of all races and ethnicities. |
Anonymous
| Only by people of my own race. |
Anonymous
| I feel like I am fetishized and exoticized. But any celebration of my true beauty me would have to recognize my humanity and personhood, and that largely has not happened within our racist society. |
Anonymous
| No. Black and middle aged. Double whammy. |