{"id":219,"date":"2021-08-10T13:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T17:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/files\/2021\/08\/Project-Colorism-Aniruddh-Naidu-2.jpg"},"modified":"2021-08-10T14:02:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:02:36","slug":"project-colorism-aniruddh-naidu-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/projectcolorism\/stories-of-pc\/project-colorism-aniruddh-naidu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aniruddh"},"author":19727,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-219","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry","entry"],"description":{"rendered":"

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For some this phrase is very familiar – \u201cdon\u2019t play out in the sun too much.\u201d Often this would be said in the context of asking someone to avoid the sun so they wouldn\u2019t get dark. When anyone said something along these lines to Aniruddh, his parents would respond along the lines of: \u201cwe’d rather he be physically active than sit at home.\u201d Aniruddh says, \u201cI was fortunate that I came from a home that didn’t give too much importance to the traditional metrics [of success].\u201d His insecurities however were more around his weight than his skin color. Growing up, Aniruddh felt like kids would pick on him more for his weight than his skin color. \u201cI knew that my skin tone was not something that I could change, so I was more at peace with the skin tone, but the weight\u2026I knew that [was] something that I could do something about, but [didn\u2019t],\u201d he says. Aniruddh worked on improving his relationship with his weight, and embraced a \u201cproud-to-be-a-South-Indian\u201d attitude to appreciate his skin color. He started noticing that he would often defend his friends who experienced colorism, and credits these indirect experiences to have shaped his activism. He believes colorist views are \u201cbred from ignorance and old school notions\u201d and recommends surrounding oneself with supportive individuals who can help tear these discriminatory beliefs down.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

For some this phrase is very familiar – \u201cdon\u2019t play out in the sun too much.\u201d Often this would be said in the context of…<\/p>\n

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