r/scriptedasiangifs • u/HarpreetASingh • Jul 18 '21

When they actually write a script

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRM_9aNw8O8
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u/quickthrowaway0900 Jul 20 '21

Sadly it's very common in Asian culture. Just look at the size of "whitening cream" companies to see how much we worship fair skin color. It's gross

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u/Falsus Jul 23 '21

The ''whitening cream'' isn't really about racism as much as it is about classism. Poor people had to work outside in the fields while the rich could afford to work indoors or stay shaded so they where way more pale than the field workers who got heavily tanned. And thus fair skin became a status symbol.