Why is Japan the only non-white nation who got their act together?

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[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

Japanese are non-white? What color are they? Given equal amounts of sun, Caucasian are swarthy but Japanese are pearl white.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Japanese are non-white? What color are they?

I never heard anyone refer to Japanese as being White. Historically, it's always been "yellow", although funny enough, they tend be swarthy too.

Especially the indigenous Japanese or Ainu.

https://files.catbox.moe/hts6yu.png

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Japanese can go on a ski weekend and come back with a suntan. It's the melanin of course. The swarthy look comes from sun and weathering. Ainu aren't Japanese. Compare the words Ainu and Inuit then look at a map showing the Aleutian Islands. I won't belabor the point but neither of us knows why they were called yellow. Cheers and I hope no harm done.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

can't just look at skin color, white also means caucasian features, like rounder eyes.

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I did not say Jpn were Caucasian since that is patently untrue. I was simply asking about their skin color that is ultra white (when sun exposure is controlled for) generally and certainly not Yellow.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Looks light brown to me, in any event, it's like how white people aren't actually the color white, more like a tan, pinkish hue. But these colors get used to describe people as shorthand so we know who we're talking about.