Anti-fascism recognises that all people, regardless of their race or origin, are beautiful and deserve equal respect. In many countries in the world, those with lighter skins are valued more than those with dark skins. For example, fair Indians are promoted as beautiful in India to the exclusion of darker, southern Indians. In Latin countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina and Brazil, the fairer skinned people of European descent are portrayed as beautiful in advertisements and in the media, rather than the darker skinned people of African or indigenous descent. This problem has afflicted us for centuries, and has often been institutionalised in the policies of fascist political parties which have risen to power.

An anti-fascist approach expressly rejects the notion that people from certain groups are somehow "worth" more than others. Fair skinned people are not prettier than dark skinned people and those with European features are no more beautiful than those with non-European features. One group should not be celebrated as supreme to all other groups, and instead people from all groups should be seen as equals. This sounds like a simple principle for us to follow, but sadly our history has shown that the application of this principle has been anything but straightforward.