Some people say that this is not racism, but there are various undertones that imply that dark skinned people are inferior. Just the skin tone is enough in many

Some people say that this is not racism, but there are various undertones that imply that dark skinned people are inferior. Just the skin tone is enough in many instances to help people use stereotypes (leading to both positive and negative conclusions, and both imagined) and depend on prejudice to guide their actions. It results in a huge trust deficit and also an internalization over a long time where dark skinned people consider themselves as inferior or unworthy. The movie industry aptly needs to take a big portion of the blame here by continuing to reinforce these stereotypes since a lot of Indians are attached to movies and tend to adapt what’s shown in movies into their own lives. But the governments over successive decades haven’t done anything on this, even though there are others laws against discrimination (against similar prejudices against certain sections of people who tend to have darker skin tones).