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KGhaleon t1_jebdrtd wrote

That hasn't changed, there are parts of Asian where pale skin is idolized.

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dromni t1_jeboehn wrote

Even in many countries were almost everyone is black or brown lighter skin tends to be preferred.

I once saw some theory that because women in average tend to have lighter skin than men of the same race that was associated with femininity by many civilizations. Richer men would then marry women with lighter skin. Give it a few generations, and there would always be an elite / aristocracy with lighter skin than the plebeians, regardless of the main race of the population.

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RaisinEducational312 t1_jedg9lj wrote

Interesting, always wondered why guys with the same parents oftentimes are darker than their sisters

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goldflame33 t1_jee2ish wrote

West Africa, too. Every other billboard is a skin bleaching product

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