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phumeonce t1_jeb8udh wrote

Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL in the 1920s, Coco Chanel accidentally got a tan, and helped inspire the trend of sunbathing. Soon "sunlight therapy" was prescribed for almost every ailment from fatigue to tuberculosis. Before this, tanned skin was associated with the lower classes who work outside, and fair skin was revered. by Pfeffer_Prinz

There's even a caste system is some parts.

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dr-dog69 t1_jebu4mf wrote

There are caste systems in most of the world, even America and the EU

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Daniel_The_Thinker t1_jec3mrx wrote

Do not compare America's classism with an actual caste system. They are different animals.

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mh985 t1_jecytpf wrote

>They are different animals.

Literally

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Beowulf_98 t1_jedrbkn wrote

Yet again, everything shit in the world has to be compared to America

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