Conclusive evidence that White is better than Black:

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[–]newguy 18 insightful - 7 fun18 insightful - 6 fun19 insightful - 7 fun -  (8 children)

I used to teach at an English K-5 school in Taiwan and one day the directors told all the teachers that our phrase to teach for the day was "White is good". I said to myself "That is some bullshit" and didn't teach it. Haha

A lot of Taiwanese women try to whiten their skin too, because if you're darker skinned it implies you're out in the fields all day and too poor to have a good job. Which is the opposite of America where everyone is trying to always look "tan"

[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

But white IS good..

[–]bug-in-recovery 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Literally every culture agrees with this.

[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Asian women are the biggest White supremacists in history

[–]Shockwave 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You say that, but they LOVE black dick. :)))

[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

As long as their family doesn't find out :(

[–]BobQuixote 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

India is having a major controversy along these lines right now. The term is "colourism".

Thank you for calling bullshit.

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

It's an aesthetic. It's not that deep.

[–]Trajan 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The same mentality used to apply in the West. Rich people could afford to be indoors and under shelter even outside. Having the palest skin was a status thing. Having a tan became a sign of status because people with wealth could afford holidays, even if were a couple of weeks in some Spanish resort. A similar change occurred with obesity.

Having a bit of extra weight has at various times been seen as a sign of wealth, as poorer people were less likely to be fat due to a lack of food combined with the need to work in physical jobs and walk everywhere. In modern times obesity is more the preserve of the poor due to an abundance of cheap high-calorie food, lacking time to exercise, and less education on taking care of ones physical condition. These two points suggest that racism isn't necessarily a nice and easy answer to why some non-white cultures value lighter skin. It's far more complex than that and plays out in many different ways, such as the north-south divides in Italy and Spain.

Edit: elaborated on the race aspect and added obesity.