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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I'm latino and I still do not understand how the fuck you man manage to live always looking at whiteness. Such an hysteria with the skin color.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Yep, Jamaican here. Everyone is black, but there's a huge problem with "bleaching" where people are whitening their skin color, as they perceive it to be of higher status.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I think skin bleaching might be a rampant issue. iirc Africans and Asians also do it. Everyone seems to want lighter skin. Wonder if it's due to Western influence.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I can confirm, I'm also Latino and received various compliments on my skin color. And my friend would refuse to go to the mall in the affluent part of town complaining that she felt discriminated against because of her darker complexion even though she's beautiful. It trips me out because people here swear up and down that racism doesn't exist saying there's only classism.

    Edit to clarify that she felt discriminated against because of her skin color.

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