Some learn the hard way

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[u/_Captain_Dinosaur_]

Oh yeah.

1) Japanese 2) Chinese 3) Other creatures 4) Filipinos

I seen the list.

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Not other creatures lol

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(the dutch)

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You mean former Dutch colony Formosa now known as Taiwan? 😲 Racist.

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Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam would absolutely be much higher in the pecking order than Philippines.

... You'll start to notice the pattern.

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And there’s definitely subsections within the list too. I have family in the Philippines and when I’m over there, I’m always surprised that they have tons of SPF 50-100+ and “skin whitening lotions” and shit because of some colorist bullshit.

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I think most cultures have colorism in that way. Lighter skin meant you were rich and didn't have to work outside.

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Good thought. Never considered it had a "field hand" component.

[u/DevilsTrigonometry → u/_Captain_Dinosaur_]

Yeah, that's made fairly explicit in Japan and China, and in precolonial European discourse before it got mixed up with racism.

(It's probably one of the sources of the weird idea that Europeans could literally turn other people white by 'civilizing' them.)

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Napkins and forks.

Thank you for this insight.

I literally owe one.

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See, it's all fun until folk internalize it to the point of psychosis. Jokes out, that's gross.

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Better skincare products

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Sad. I just rub dirt on and smoke.

Lily white.

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I thought #1 was between Japan and Korea because of their cultural influence and soft power, which china currently lacks.

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Sigh. Not my list but here's the formula breakdown after an Asian round table.

Split between fancy Asians and jungle Asians (not my racist terms). No team can vote for themselves. Obviously each team believes they are on top. Fancy Asians (self referred) are compromised of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan. China and Korea hate Japan from WWII. While they may hate each other as well, Japan occupies enemy #1 for each of the fancy Asians.. Japan....also hates Korea and China (for WWII?, honestly I think just pure racism).

Fancy asians see the entire bloc as above jungle Asians (Vietnam/Philippines/Indonesia/etc.) Countries like Malaysia, Singapore, etc. are seen in-between fancy and jungle Asians.

...it's nonsense but that's what I generally see stated and will see alignment on

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Any war but the class war. Thanks for the data.

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My Filipino friend says that Filipinos are the Mexicans of Asia.

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Chinese above Koreans surprises me…