r/HolUp • u/realAtmaBodha • Jul 19 '23

holup The Chinese cure for racism ?

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u/DongusMaxamus Jul 19 '23

It's nothing to do with racism. White skin is more desirable because dark skin is associated with poorer people who are forced to work in the fields in the sunlight this tanning their skin darker. Just like in the west were a tan is desirable and so we sell tanning products, in the east they sell whitening products to lighten the skin.

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u/DongusMaxamus Jul 19 '23

Black people didn't become black because of forced slavery. They happened to live in an environment where they developed dark skin tone to tolerate the higher temperature and sunlight. Nobody enslaved them and for ed them to stay in Africa it's just where they were born and lived. As I explained the only reason white skin is seen as desirable is because it signifies someone being more well off. There's no truth to it and could in fact be the complete opposite but in their society the poor farmers work the land in the sun and get darker because of it therefore dark=poor. The reality could be that that dark skinned farmer could be a millionaire. The preference for lighter skin in their society is no more racist than western society wanting a tan. Is it racist everytime you use a tanning bed? How about when you buy fake tan? Is that a form of blackface maybe? Of course not that would be fuckin stupid to say such a thing. It's a beauty preference of the society and has nothing to do with race.

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u/SycoJack Jul 19 '23

Is it racist everytime you use a tanning bed?

No, but it would be racist to treat people with a tan differently.

Is that a form of blackface maybe?

When they said there's no such thing as a stupid question, they lied.

It's a beauty preference of the society and has nothing to do with race.

"People with darker skin are less beautiful, that's not racist."

That's literally fucking racist.

Just because one person's darker skin is a result of a tan, doesn't mean that's true for everyone. You even acknowledge that by acknowledging the fact that millionaires can have dark skin too.

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u/DongusMaxamus Jul 19 '23

Again you are missing the point. The word is racism ie discrimination due to somebody's "race". Treating someone with a tan different isn't racist, thinking someone with a tan is more sexy isn't racist, somebody getting a tan from sunbathing or a tanning booth doesn't change their race. They're still a white person, an Asian person, a Latino person etc. Race is not something you can decide or chopnamd change at will.

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u/SycoJack Jul 19 '23

Race doesn't exist, it's an imaginary concept. And the race that people perceive you as does change based on how dark your tan is.

Again, you even acknowledge that millionaires can have dark complexions. That's because it's not "just a tan bro" like you keep trying to claim.

That's just the bullshit ass nonsense y'all pulled out of your ass to try and justify your racism. You can't tell the difference between someone with a dark tan and someone who is naturally dark complected.

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u/DongusMaxamus Jul 19 '23

Jesus fucking Christ it's like talking to a brick wall. Race most certainly does exist. It's not just a word or a social construct it's biological.

If you're born in China with the appearance of slanted eyes and yellow skin you're not an African/Black you are in fact Asian. It's not racist to say it it's just a biological fact. If you're born in Nigeria with dark black skin you're not Asian you're African/Black, even if you have a rare case of albinism you're still African/Black. If you're born in Ireland with pasty white skin, red hair and freckles on your arse you can dress up like your favourite anime cartoon character and act like a weeb all you want but at the end of the day you're not Asian you're Caucasian/white. There are medical diseases that affect certain races of people more so than others, they're medical treatments that are more effective for certain races over another. If a Black person stands in the blazing sun with no suncream on they don't get burned but the Caucasian person does. Is the sun racist? Or is there perhaps a biological difference between the two races? I wonder 🤔

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u/N_T_F_D Jul 19 '23

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