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Some would say that comparing people of different races in terms of attractiveness is like comparing apples and oranges in terms of taste.
The thing is, you can compare apples and oranges. And we have objective data from places like OkCupid (while it was cool) and just general subjective observations of vibes.
Indian men, while not at the absolute bottom of the totem pole, are disadvantaged. Our ideals of beauty align well with the West, barring the matter of tans, but we're further from that ideal. Not to mention the casual negativity around Indian men dating there. I say this with chagrin, but it's true.
There's definitely an averseness towards the median Indian. I mean the demeanor of the average Indian immigrant: Kumail Nanjiani in Silicon Valley, but additionally unkempt, ponchy and flaunting a chicken neck. In my experience, Indians immigrants are the least fit and worst dressed of any ethnic group. OKCupid was primarily rating this subset. No wonder they were rated terribly.
How Indian do you look ? Often, Indians can blend into other ethnicities with demeanor, accent & fashion changes. Gets you past a person's initial mental block.
As long as Indians have their basics out of wack, it's pointless to discuss their attractiveness. Kumail's transformation is a good example, if slightly exaggerated. I can give other examples. Women are obsessed with Dev Patel and Sendhil Ramamurthy[hot]/[not]. Both look like average Indian dudes in their less-handsome roles. Many Indians are blessed with thick hair, beards and eye brows. Play to those advantages and you'll get +2 boost.
The woke are right about one thing : representation. Women want to date the man of their dreams, but the dreams are manufactured via media. With Indian men getting fresh representation in sexy-man roles, there now are Indian men who women pine for. It's on you to fit into those molds. Additionally, it helps that Brown has become a generic identity. If you don't want to be Indian, you can be brown.
4chan/twitter hate for Indians can be safely ignored. A woman who goes swimming in those sewers is probably too nuclear for a simple man any way. There are exceptions ofc, but as football fans like saying, "[too much ball knowledge means too much ball knowledge].
Very. The closest I can get to passing myself off as anything else would that clip from Harold and Kumar where they try to hail a police officer as a fellow Indian, and he tells them he's actually Hispanic.
I don't, however, sound Indian at all.
I suppose if I got light work done, worked out for a while, I could look passably close to the "hot" version of Ramamurthy. If I lost 7-8 kilos and just was a tad bit more fit, I'd probably manage the "not" without issue. I'm not becoming a twink like Dev Patel without a time machine and different spermatozoa.
I can attest that being sufficiently handsome can make up for any ethnicity, my handsome best friend didn't have any issues at all in the UK or the States.
Can't say I particularly care what 4chan thinks. Don't recall every shitting on a street myself. This isn't a big concern for me, though I'm sure more insecure and neurotic Indians might suffer. I've never been treated in an uncivil manner in reality by virtue of my race
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