I’d honestly feel better to hear someone calling us dog eating chingchong than this tankie shit. At least they’re open about being racist and there’s some truth to it.
I’d honestly feel better to hear someone calling us dog eating chingchong than this tankie shit. At least they’re open about being racist and there’s some truth to it.
lmao the phenomenon where women put on makeup that makes their face look white predates any American involvement in Korea by ages. Also, the same is true for China, does it then mean that Chinese women look up to America? truly impeccable logic
And Americans love to tan, so how would white makeup mean they are copying Americans
It’s not even a uniquely Asian thing. Sun tanned skin meant that the people had to work in the field while light skin meant higher status. If anything, tanning as a beauty trend is the relatively recent development.
That’s because we are indian exclaves /s
The history of white skin in Korea is still kind weird though right? I think it’s American exceptionalism to pretend it’s all America’s doing but capitalism has definitely taken up the white skin cause in a big way in South Korea lol
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/popularity-skin-whitening-sparks-debate-south-korea
The industry is wild
you’re right, capitalism has definitely contributed to its rise in popularity. nevertheless, this phenomenon is ancient, and not limited to Korea
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_whitening#East_Asia
Not as weird as other cultures where lighter skin is preferable. I wouldn’t even blame is as a capitalism thing as a lot of cultures have skin whitening/bleaching for centuries.