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We hate them. They hate themselves. And the whole world knows it. (media.scored.co)
posted 1 month ago by SNES_X on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +45Score on mirror )
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HerrBBQ on scored.co
1 month ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 2 children
This is pretty interesting. Southeast Asia still has the same view of skin tone that the West used to have: Pale is beautiful (because pale means you don't work outside like a peasant). Obviously East Asians have a different base skin tone than Whites, but the idea of lightening skin to appear more attractive is the same. So that explains three of the countries on this list.

For India, obviously this is about caste. Lighter skin means higher caste. So if they can make themselves appear like less of a mongrel, that's more attractive.

For Nigeria, I don't fucking get it. No matter how much skin lightening products a sheboon uses, she's still going to have black skin. Retarded.
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ImBillCurtis on scored.co
1 month ago 5 points (+0 / -0 / +5Score on mirror )
It’s more racial than that in SEA. There’s a few dozen different racial groups in Thailand/myanmar/viet and the darker skin tones are lowest on the pecking order, especially among women.

Thats why I love Asia. They’re one of the few places that actively promotes and encourages white beauty standards.
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SNES_X on scored.co
1 month ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror )
> For Nigeria, I don't fucking get it. No matter how much skin lightening products a sheboon uses, she's still going to have black skin. Retarded.

The psychology of cosmetics is not actual results, but the hopeful promise of those results. Why do you think all those disclaimers say "results after six, eight, twelve weeks." They want to keep those women hooked at $20, $40, $60 a bottle for all that time.
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