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[–]newguy 18 insightful - 7 fun18 insightful - 6 fun19 insightful - 7 fun -  (2 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"

[–]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.