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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you Asian? Would be difficult socially as a white or other ethnic group person.[/quote]
Being a blond, tall white person with fair skin and big blue eyes would be a plus.[/quote]
East Asia is very racist and adores white skin. They'll do swimmingly.[/quote]

I apologize for the off topic question to this post, but i often wonder about the roots of racism in China and Japan. When I spent time there (lived/worked there for a short time), there was such bias against black/dark skinned people. Even their beauty norms are all about light skin. I am curious. [/quote]
Part of it is simply that historically poor people spent a lot of time outside and necessarily were very dark (farming and other professions) while the upper class spent significantly more time indoors and were consequently lighter skinned (generally). At the very top of society, faces were very white, often painted white for women, to show just how 'untouched' by the sun they were.

There are also elements of western influence but the ancient social hierarchy and how much time people spent outside is a not insignificant part of the story.[/quote]

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