Shahrukh Khan aka King Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan on Tuesday took to social media to raise her voice against racism or colourism.
Posting a picture on Instagram, Suhana wrote, “There’s a lot going on right now and this is one of the issues we need to fix!! This isn’t just about me, it’s about every young girl/boy who has grown up feeling inferior for absolutely no reason. Here are just a few of the comments made about my appearance. I’ve been told I’m ugly because of my skin tone, by full grown men and women, since I was 12 years old. Other than the fact that these are actual adults, what’s sad is that we are all Indians, which automatically makes us brown — yes we come in different shades but no matter how much you try to distance yourself from the melanin, you just can’t.”
Suhana, revealed in her post that she has been disparaged for the way she looks ever since she was 12. As the screenshots show, the distasteful comments dismiss her as too dark to be considered beautiful. “She’s really ugly as well as dark,” reads one; in another, Suhana is called a “kaali chudail” or black witch, and “kaali billi” or black cat in a third.
The most-talked topic raised yet again by SRK’s daughter, netizens on the microblogging site, Twitter has shown their supports to Suhana. However, some people spoke about the hypocrisy in Bollywood and asked SRK to stop promoting fairness cream and products.
Have a look at tweets:
Dear your father is in Bollywood.tell me do they give roles to dark skin https://t.co/mAekslgr8A you know any dark superstar in Bollywood who acts onscreen without makeup with his true colour.Hollywood has tons of great dark skin actors but Bollywood has none.#Suhanakhan pic.twitter.com/RH2MIuQ01B
— justice for SSR (@rathod_ssr) September 30, 2020
Heights of HYPOCRISY in Bollywood.
Baap fairness cream bech rha h
Beti Colourism pe post kr rhi h? #Suhanakhan apne pappa ko bolo phle fairness cream bechna bnd kre #302ForSSR pic.twitter.com/7xdCJD9GID pic.twitter.com/HhjpIY5Kcf— #justiceforsushant (@suggst_usr_name) September 30, 2020
I agree with #SuhanaKhan
But phle India ke logo ke soch badalne se phle apne pitashree (Father) ki soch badalne ki jrurt hai jine lakho youth follow krte
& He is shamelessly Promoting fairness cream #SRK #EndOfColourism pic.twitter.com/O6Oh74KATm— ishu (@ishu35169176) September 30, 2020
Waked Up With news that #Suhanakhan is talking about #endingcolourism and I support her bcz it’s need of hour But
-Why #ShahRukhKhan is Promoting Fairness cream Fair and Handsome?
-On what basis She got Blue tick on IG?I Think Nepotism topic is on Roll so it’s just a Trick! pic.twitter.com/HZEcy7PowU
— Piyush (@BadasssPiyush) September 30, 2020
Sister , Don’t preach on insta cause your father endorses Fairness cream . Level of hypocrisy ? #Suhanakhan pic.twitter.com/D97oa0rf42
— TàNåYā || ??Justice For SSR❤️?|| (@Its_TanayaR) September 30, 2020
#SuhanaKhan
SRK promotes Fair& Handsome and There family giving lecture on Natural tones or Inner beauty. pic.twitter.com/nkczyZhgss— Aman™❌ (@Rana_Rajput8) September 30, 2020
#Suhanakhan is talking about #endingcolourism but for that you need to embrace your own skin tone first, and from what I see she is just another celebrity who is trying really hard to be fair n babe let’s not forget about your dad endorsing fairness creams his whole ass life pic.twitter.com/X2ioB99QaA
— afshan (@dark_shade00) September 30, 2020
#SuhanaKhan you should be penning a note to your own father Shah rukh Khan to #EndOfColourism ! He is the one promoting skin whiteners for money! Colour prejudiced was created by the likes of your father in the industry! pic.twitter.com/vO8xygzoC5
— JIX5A જીક્સા (@JIX5A) September 29, 2020
Alas #Suhanakhan is known today only as star kid of a man who sold Fairness creams.If he had not sold Fairness cream she would not be entitled to part of the luxurious life she has led do far and become famous .Also no one would have noticed her posts. pic.twitter.com/3JnnwDWYCz
— ps (@ps57531203) September 30, 2020
What goes round comes around #SuhanaKhan @SuhanaKhanClub pic.twitter.com/pTPZF2TBI3
— PlayMemer (@Uzumaki67980670) September 30, 2020
Why not try this???? pic.twitter.com/mA9X2PLU85
— Mamta (@MamtaCh10551477) September 30, 2020
Heights of HYPOCRISY in Bollywood.
Baap fairness cream bech rha h
Beti Colourism pe post kr rhi h? #Suhanakhan apne pappa ko bolo phle fairness cream bechna bnd kre #302ForSSR pic.twitter.com/YYhyrX48U4— Akanksha Mishra (@Akanksha_M24) September 29, 2020