Colorism and its impact on anti-Black racism in Asia.

There are some very veiled and not so veiled biases in these comments and brings up the centuries-old ideallogy in Asia that lighter skin is better than darker skin. At its root, colorism, and the resulting discrimination and bias that is a result of colorism has its roots in classism in Asia. Unlike the racist ideology that was a direct result of the rationalism of slavery by Western European countries of Portugal, Spain, Great Britain (Kendi, 2016), colorism in Asia came from the idea that lower-wage workers had to work in the fields and had darker skin as a result. Lighter-skinned people were able to stay out of the sun. “Having white skin isn’t only about being Western. In Asia, there is a deeply rooted cultural notion that associates dark skin with poverty and working in the fields, whereas pale skin reflects a more comfortable life out of the sun and, therefore, a higher socioeconomic status.” from <a href="https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2184747/asias-addiction-whiter-skin-runs-deep-backlash-has-begun" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">SCMP</a>. <a href="https://huangjaz.medium.com/colorism-how-beauty-standards-are-strangled-by-western-ideals-ab8743cac8eb">Read More</a>