East Asians Aren't Trying to Look White! (Rant)

[Anonymous]

hey everyone,

So I believe many non-asians have this belief that Asians; typically east-asians, aspire to look Caucasian. As an Asian person myself, I'd like to disagree on that statement. To start off, east asia consists of China, Korea and Japan.

Everything is just a matter of preferences; and it just so happens that Asians and westerners have different trends (and it seems to be difficult for them to accept it?). I don't know, I'm sick of Asians always getting mocked, you feel me?

China:
Their trend: to look like a doll (in selfies).

Which is why you'd normally see them EXTREMELY pale, with enlarged eyes and a small nose and chin (this is normally enhanced with filters/effects - they don't look so doll-like in real life). It has nothing to do with wanting to be another race, because dolls always had enlarged eyes, small nose and small mouths. And yes, I get that most dolls were based off white faces, but if the chinese really wanted to look white wouldn't they just try to get the look straight from whites?

Korea:
Their trend: to look youthful.

This is why you'd see them with very dewy, clear, bright and fair skin. Most of them are already very fair (in fact most east Asians are lol). Their makeup is pretty natural and young looking. I find it funny when people make fun of Korea because they make plastic surgery a norm. However I checked and it seems that there are more Americans than Koreans that had something done? And yea they do double eyelid surgery because they want to get the energetic look (tho I think monolids are v cute). If they really wanted to look western wouldn't they get a bigger lid instead?? Most of them opt for simple lower lids.

They don't even look western???

Japan:
Their trend: extremely diverse.

You can't really group Japan into a single category because they are the most creative ones here - they fully express themselves with unique clothing and makeup. So I'll just talk about anime. People claim that japan based their characters off of white people and I'm here to say it's completely false. "They have blonde hair." is literally one of their proving points.. well, anime has green, purple, pink, red, blue and all sorts of coloured hair? "They have big eyes," so do black people and many others. "They have small noses," all anime characters have small noses.

However, if a manga was based in an Asian city for example Tokyo, the westerner in the show (if any) would be seen with a large nose and more structured face because that's how it normally is. If it's based in like england or something all characters would have the typical nose shape. As for the skin colour, I'm pretty sure it's based off of their own east Asian colour lol...not to mention there are black/brown people in anime. Grey and all sorts of other colours as well because anime is just another way to express their creativity.

Also way back in time east Asians already had been applying white powder (the rich) all over their faces as a sign of their social status because being tanned = poor due to labour work and such.

Yes, some Asians do want to be white, but some white people wanna be white as well.

And I'm done lol this is more of a rant because I'm annoyed with people constantly bashing Asian people and thinking it's okay (some people aren't happy if we get just a little bit of success. Short story: some white girl on instagram got mad at BTS for being popular because..they ain't white..)

So if you've read till here, thank you 😇

[curiousnorway]

Both Asians and Africans today, and Europeans in the past wanted to look fair because of the social class. It has nothing to do with race. Fair skin meant you spent much time indoor and was wealthy. Being tan however symbolized being outside in the sun working in the fields and being very poor. To show off wealth and status to other people, the rich ones wanted to look as light skinned as possible.

If they really wanted to look Nordic, then they would try to change their hair and eye color in addition to change their facial features, which is usually not the case. Nowadays many Europeans and Americans are tanning because the societies thinks it mean they're healthy, lives an active life and can afford vacations in tropic climates.

In the past in Elizabeth 1's era the English royal thought looking white was a good thing to distinguish themselves from their enemy Spain. Therefor the ideal beauty was red or blonde hair, pale skin and blue/green/gray eyes. Spanish people also wanted to look fair skinned because of the wealthy people staying indoor reason. But they didn't try to look white like the English. Asians didn't attempt it either. On the paintings you can see both Spaniards and Asians kept their brown eyes and black hair. Spaniards in Elizabeth's time didn't want to look like their enemy either. Many Asians and South-European were proud of being brown and look the way they looks, they just wanted the indoor-wealthy look.

Nice MyTake by the way. You should just add that reason since it's the main one. ^
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She don't try to look white. She just want to rock the "Spanish indoor look" to show off her wealth.
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[ENTP_EMO]

I don't think they're trying to be white. They're just going with whatever's "In style". That white powder thing has nothing to do with trying to be white. Japan has been white-faced before the first white guy arrived lol.

If you were dark skin it meant you work in the sun = poor social class
If you were white as snow, It therefore means you're the opposite = high class

[myTake Owner]

precisely...

[ENTP_EMO]

hahahhaahahahhaahahahahahaha :D Oh i see what i did there

[ENTP_EMO]

I read your mytake as "East Asians are trying to look white" Sigh

[cherryphi82]

Yeah, but the fact that there is an association of working in the sun with poor social class in and of itself problematic. It ultimately doesn't matter if it's just the style of work you disrespect, but the fact that dark skin is then associated with lower class overall.

[ENTP_EMO]

@cherryphi82

Yes, I agree. Being Fat used to be a status of the upper class. It'll change in due time.

[BaileyisDarcy]

Its not wanting to look white to me.

Australia doesn't have a chinatown or two in every major city because we want to be china, its there because there's a chinese influence in the food we eat.

If you watch those fashion in different countries videos you can see the closer each gets to the 20th century the more westernised their clothing and hair gets. Its not trying to be white, its a direct effect of the widespread influence that the western world has over all the countries. Except north korea.

Thats all it is.

Like how, again in Australia, there were bar fights over whether or not Trump should be elected in America. We're not trying to be America thats just how much influence the place has over us.

And thats all it is.

[myTake Owner]

i agree

[bubble_tea]

The history of why Koreans started getting eyelid surgery is pretty dark though.. and it wasn't about looking pretty.

Also, most are not naturally very fair, but living without sunlight hitting your skin for so many years will do that to you, and whitening injections and pills.

[COCOCHANEL]

recently a chinese guy from nanjing told me that chinese hate traditional korean face because the eyes "look like being pulled up" and "like fox" and when i said i think millions have that kind of eyes in china he said it's not common in china...

[myTake Owner]

really? my parents and i are super fair. wait actually for me it's only my face because i don't apply sunscreen on my body. mind telling me the history of the eyelid surgery?

[bubble_tea]

@COCOCHANEL I don't know what the traditional Korean face looks like, and I don't know what the Chinese think. If you mean the monolid eyes, I've heard it's only common in North China, and by North, they mean more Northern than Beijing.

[bubble_tea]

In Yakushima, all the Japanese locals grown ups and kids alike were tanned, and spring has only just begun. If you need to apply sunscreen at all times to look fair, you aren't naturally fair, but that's just my opinion. I just know East Asians who don't need sunscreen and what they get you can hardly call a tan. I don't know enough East Asians to say for sure who is the majority and who is not or if it's split in the middle, but there are way more "whitening" products than products without that label for me to suggest it's all natural.
As for the eyelid surgery, it all started during the Korean War when a Korean translator was discriminated by American soldiers because of his monolids. You can read about it here.
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[curiousnorway]

Why did they want to get eyelid surgery then?

[bubble_tea]

@curiousnorway Read the link in my last comment. In summary: To look more pleasing to the Western eyes.

[cherryphi82]

When I walk into an Asian market, the one thing that's always baffled me is the skin bleaching/skin brightening creams. I can say why Asians or anyone for that matter want to play off a look that contrasts extremely pale skin with dark hair/eyes, but it's still suspicious. Why? Because I've never seen a East Asian woman in particular, tan. From the sun. Or express desire to be tan. Which would be a natural occurrence in Asians if they'd let it. Except for the Ganguro, and that's a subculture that appropriates heavily from African American rap culture. It's really a parody of itself. I have heard Asian women express their distaste for other, darker Asians (Indonesians, Vietnamese, Filipinos) and an equally vocal distaste for tanning. I'm not saying Asians want to BE white, but there's an element of colorism involved in these expressions that make me uncomfortable and make East Asians look at the very least elitist. Most people who are not white don't want to look exactly like white people, but they want to look less ethnic or more "gently" ethnic than what they already have. Compare Beyonce to Maya Angelou. Nobody wants to look like Angelou, but they all want to look like Beyonce. And I'm sure Beyonce has had Rhinoplasty. Asians also get surgery to make their nose bridges higher. Not beaky, but higher, and straighter, which is definitely a more Western looking feature. Double-eyelid, straight/high/thin/non-flat noses, and light/pale/rosy skin are ALL features of White people, if you like it or not, and to an extent, that's what most surgeries adjust towards. It's about what standard you measure by, not the exact replica.

[cherryphi82]

*I can see

[curiousme33]

exactly, you really explained this perfectly. It is a colourist society who are appalled by dark skin and usual Asian features (flat nose, monolid etc.) and instead aspire for white features.

[Omega_brie]

That's an extremely eurocentric, and just objectively false way to frame this issue.

The only feature you mentioned that makes any sense there is pale skin. High noses are not a white feature (Arabs, Indians, East Africans), nor are large eyes (literally the rest of the fucking world). Not to mention that high noses only came to Europe via Middle Eastern and Indoeuropean conquerors from the south and east, respectively.

Just looking at your profile picture: your nasal bridge is very low and wide, your lower nose is wide, you have large lips, and you have prognathism. Objectively, your facial features are quite "African". Yet, you're still white, because the ONLY thing that defines whiteness is pigmentation. You have green eyes, pink skin, and light hair, so you're white, "Negroid" features be damned.

East Asians may or may not have a desire to look more white, but your conflation of certain features that have nothing to do with Europe is intellectually bankrupt.

[cherryphi82]

@Omega_brie First of all, thank you for taking so much time out of your day to study my face. I see you must have a lot of time on your hands. Second, it's interesting that you are trying to take a jab at me by calling me "Negroid". Not only are you clearly triggered, but you prove my entire point. You consider ethnic features and especially Black features to be negative and correlate them with "intellectual bankruptcy". I stated that most people adjust towards whiteness, with some pretty poignant examples to boot, whereas you took that as me making some kind of statement of superiority. I suggest you brush up on your reading comprehension, your moral proclivities, and your obviously deep-seated racial issues before you make any kind of public declarations about those topics.

[Omega_brie]

Wow, defensive, aren't we? At no point did I link "Negroid" features to being intellectually bankrupt.

I just stated a fact, which is that you have Negroid features. That's not an insult, your own racist mind simply interpreted it as one. I stated this to highlight the fact that you're still white despite that--whiteness is determined by pigmentation, not morphology.

I wasn't disputing that many people gravitate towards whiteness, I was disputing your false claim of certain features being "white", such as big eyes and a projecting nose. These are not white features--that's just a fact. Light hair/eyes, and pale/pink skin form the entirety of white features.

I'd suggest actually taking time to understand arguments rather than projecting in a dozen different ways.

[cherryphi82]

@Omega_brie I suggest you read thoroughly what I wrote. I never said that big eyes were a white feature. And yes, in the way you described my face (prognathism, anyone), you used it as a negative ("Negroid features be damned"). The only racist here is you. It's also false that morphology is not part of whiteness or whiteness implied traits. People with dark skin but keener features are usually preferred/taken more seriously over those with both dark skin and broad features, hence the Maya Angelou vs. Beyonce example.

[cherryphi82]

Your claim that light hair and pale skin is the only thing that qualifies someone as white is false as well. There are Polynesians with blonde hair. And albinism. If light hair and pink skin made you white, Africans, Indians or other people of color born with that trait would also be considered white. They are not. They are considered people of color born with albinism.

[Omega_brie]

You're all over the place now, blatantly denying things that you clearly said. I guess this is par for the course in 2018, so whatever.

>I never said that big eyes were a white feature.
"Double-eyelid, straight/high/thin/non-flat noses, and light/pale/rosy skin are ALL features of White people"

>you used it as a negative ("Negroid features be damned")
That's not using it negatively. That's a figure of speech. It means that you look white, despite Negroid features.

>It's also false that morphology is not part of whiteness or whiteness implied traits.
No, it is true. Double eye lids are not unique or even overly representative of whites, nor are projecting/tall bridged noses.

>There are Polynesians with blonde hair.
They're Oceanian/Melanesian, not Polynesians. Polynesians are more "Mongoloid" looking and always have Black hair. The Melanesians who do have dark skin and dark eyes, so they are not white.

[Omega_brie]

>If light hair and pink skin made you white, Africans, Indians or other people of color born with that trait would also be considered white.
But they are. Africans obviously can be differentiated easily by hair texture and overall "Negroid" features, but Indians are very hard to differentiate.

A picture of an albino Indian man, whose skin is pockmarked from sun exposure that he can't handle:
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Pretty much looks like a Celt of some sort without the pockmarks.

Then there's the Kalash people, who are genetic Indians (in the continental sense) despite being pretty white, with maybe half of all individuals passing completely for white. They were fathered by Dravidians, but evolved whiteness due to some convergent selective pressure. You're more related to a dark skinned Bedouin Arab than to this girl: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images

[cherryphi82]

@Omega_brie He's not considered white, even though he has those features. There goes way more into whiteness than mere skin color, eye color and hair texture/color. Whiteness implies certain traits. That's why we have racism the way we do. Everything would be a piece of cake if it really were all about physical differences.

[Omega_brie]

>There goes way more into whiteness than mere skin color, eye color and hair texture/color
Actually, no. That is what whiteness is. If we want to be insanely specific, there are two conditional ways to be white:

1. Have light hair, eyes, and skin, and have non-African hair.

2. Have light skin, and have "Caucasoid" features. Hair and eye color can be dark.

>Whiteness implies certain traits.
No, it really doesn't. Whiteness implies being white. Now, there are definitely traits that racist people ASSOCIATE with being white, some of these associations are generally true (white countries are richer) and some are outright false (whites are better drivers). But whiteness is just the state of being white, everything else is an association.

>He's not considered white
Drop him in the US or any european country and he'd be considered white, perhaps with some sort of skin disease. His offspring would not be white unless they also inherited the albinism.

[cherryphi82]

@Omega_brie One thing you are right about is that these associations are racist. The problem is that these biases are deeply ingrained in most of us. Only a person who is not affected by these associations could say that they don't matter. Strictly speaking, it should only be about physical traits. But that would be ignoring hundreds of years of history and treatment based on those traits being associated with other things. Stating that whiteness is associated with more than just physical traits is not racist, believing it and treating people accordingly, is.

[Omega_brie]

Yes, but you are mixing up the definitions of "association" and "definition".

Whiteness is defined by pigmentational physical traits.

Whiteness is unconsciously associated with other non-physical traits.

Claiming that these non-physical traits are "part of whiteness" is legitimizing them further than they should be; and just plain incorrect. They're part of a vaguely defined, inconsistently applied, social stereotype of whiteness. A stereotype is not part of a construct.

[Omega_brie]

If we wake up tomorrow and Africans rule the world, and black people keep whites as slaves, white people would still be white. Because whiteness is not defined by social status, it is simply correlated with it due to recent developments of history (colonialism and industrialization, etc)

[cherryphi82]

@Omega_brie They are not part of whiteness defined in the physical sense. They are however, part of white privilege. African rulers are already in place in their various territories. They still don't enjoy white privilege.

[ObscuredBeyond]

What Chinese can't understand about Americans is that trying to look like a doll is not what makes them attractive to us. Their willingness to work hard in white collar sectors makes them attractive. As does their emphasis on self-education. Also, those skinny bodies and slanted eyes and jet black hair. Men aren't ashamed to be men, and women aren't ashamed to be women. That's very appealing, when we have fruit loops in America who think female armpit hair and poor female hygiene and men with unkempt beards that smell like weed everywhere they go is some sort of symbol of progress.

Koreans can't understand why American men are attracted to the Korean women who let their age show just a little bit. Here's a hint: we get wanting to appear youthful. But if you take it too far, your western admirer feels like a pedo, and gets grossed out and runs away for fear of being stigmatized as one. Which can be a social life death sentence in America.

And traditional Americans have given up trying to make sense of Japanese pop culture. They just roll with it now. Because samurai wielding katanas on screen look cool, even if Hollywood actors use katanas all wrong. (I saw a video on YouTube from a swords expert claiming Deadpool should be using falchions rather than katanas, or at least shorten his katana handles and add a pummel or two.) Katanas look awesome onscreen, but are a very impractical sword in real life. Samurai would have been even more menacing in real life if they had medieval French blades. Eastern martial arts + western weaponry standards = nigh unbeatable.

[Sesiero]

Ill agree with OP, but there are some key points to throw out.

China: They do not quite fall in with the rest. However, pure white skin is a key social point that is expressed often. Untainted pure skin is seen as a sign of wealth at times.

Korea: This one is a bit difficult to get into because it is south Korea specifically and its pretty drastic. Yes, plastic surgery is the key but it is two things specifically which is most popular to "fix". Fish eyes, and jaw lines. While western jawlines are more angular, they aim for a smooth/pointed jawline more often in surgery.

Japan: While you pointed out the whitened skin which china has, there are a few more factors. While I won't get into the social freedom I will get into history a bit (not much) to explain a bit of anime. Most of us know by now how WWII went. Japan was in the Axis powers being one of the Tripartite. (Going to cut this short because im actually boring myself doing this) Most of the western steriotypes seen in Anime hail from germany. Following that, in order, would be Americans, Italians, and "Islanders" being the most seen. The tripartite being Germany, Italy, and Japan. America being a rather large part because of "modern" times. The military bases in Okinawa ( Yokosuka and Hiroshima to a lesser extent), and the rather large amount of Japanese tourism in Hawaii.

[BS123456]

I can say what I've read is this. Korean women are attempting to whiten their skin while the Chinese women are working on their eye's as other's work on their nose and chin. East Asia consists of Vietnam, Khmer, Thai, Lous, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and so many others. As a caucasian man, really Mediterranean by heritage I can say there is nothing more stunningly beautiful than an Asian woman and I really wish this would stop. They are all so magnificent, as for my tastes I am not attracted to any other.

[Schrodingerscat]

So white people who ran are trying to be Latinos, Middle Easterners or South Asians? Lol.

But you gotta admit, there's some heavy colorism going on behind the rising sales of skin bleaching and white powders.

I also read an article somewhere where it said how differently white people are treated in Asia. You also must recall that Chinese washing machine commercial.

So East Asians (or all Asians for that matter) may not try to look like white people, they shire want a lighter skin which is associated with higher status and beauty

[ScaryCool]

I dont thinj they aspire to look white. Is this something that a lot of easy Asians hear? I never thought about that.

I mean I'm sure maybe a select few may just like there are a select few of Caucasians that aspire to look Asian, but vast majority of both are just doing what they want.

On a side note, I've been really liking Asian fitting/styles of clothing that I find online lol
-Cheaper at times.
-Fits me better as I'm a bit smaller framed. I'm not short but I like more fitted clothing at times.
-Have some unique styles I've never seen.

But I'm not doing it to try to be Asian, I just like it and feel it's best option for me. Only downside so far is the wait time on shipping 😅

[Anonymous]

I'm part Chinese/Italian/English, I'm extremely pale, I have the thick italian eyebrows, lashes and lips, and I have chinese shaped eyes and nose. And I always get comments like this from guys:
"wow, you're so pretty for a chinese girl!"
Like firstly, I'm not actually chinese, and secondly, who says Asian girls aren't pretty?

[Anonymous]

You know what is so funny everyone who wants to wear a different style or look different is accused of wanting to look white. I wonder why that is? However when white people wear ethnic styles they are just being trendy cool and different. Colored women are judged heavily based upon their own personal choices of how they want to look. Men do not have these same difficulties.

[myTake Owner]

exactly

[Omega_brie]

It's because whites are obsessed with themselves.

[Omega_brie]

To clarify: the rest of the world is catching up, both socially and financially. China in particular has already caught up, Kpop is mainstream now, etc.

Within the US, there's more racial diversity than ever before and this is carrying on to the soft power and pop culture.

When faced with such an onslaught of signals, many whites feel insecure about their declining position in society, even if it is still higher in absolute terms. Think of it as a rich person losing money; he's still rich, but he still feels like shit.

When this happens, a large portion of whites will lash out in various ways. This way seems to be concern trolling about how other races are still obsessed with them; which may actually be partially true, but is becoming less and less true with each passing year.

[Anonymous]

They try to look Eurasian and they like White feature there's denying this. They want double eyes lids, in Korea they like what they call "Glamorous body" which is a White woman body (White models, skinny with some curves) and they like a high straight nose which is an European / White nose.
Too the dolls they're trying to look like are White dolls.
And I'm sorry but for me if a person is willing to pay to get European / White eyes and nose they're trying to look White or "Eurasian" like so much Asian like to put it.

[Opinion Owner]

Too in anime the character look White. You can't deny this. Look at the character in Black butler, look at Ciel, Elizabeth, etc... Look at their facial features, they're British people and they look like a White British person.
And now look at the Asian character of the anime "Lau". See how different they look?

Look at Monster character (this is set in Germany), look at Nina do you think her face feature are "structured" or that she have a big nose?
Look at Historia in Attack on Titan? At Sasha, do you think they have structured face feature?
They look like your regular / common Anime character look like and they're White character.
Look at Winry in FMA and look at Ino Yamanaka (Japanese name so I assume she's Japanese) they look the same, no big nose or "structured" face feature.

Anime character have White face features and so look White.

Now compare the White character of Black Butler to the other anime character, let's say

[andreasderjuengere]

Agreed. Similar hereabouts. Many 'Westerners' have a quite self focussed view on things. The wish for a light coloured skin does not mean to try and look 'Western'. Often (here), a dark tan is perceived as 'lower classes', like people working on farms or construction sites. I cannot fully agree about this thinking, because the 'lower' guys make our food, where the 'higher' folks grab everyone's money from within their offices.

[taleswapper]

Okay... glad you got that off your chest. Hope it helped, really...
I'm not Asian. In my neighborhood, there aren't many. From where I sit, it's a non-problem. I don't care if they're trying to look like Venetians, frankly; taste is taste. Don't get yourself all knotted up about a fashion thing; in a decade or three, it will be different. :)

[Anonymous]

I thought I was included but I'm Southeast Asian haha

Anyway, some are probably aiming for a Western look for example South Korea. They are really famous for plastic surgery and most of the people undergo surgeries for tall nose and double eyelids.

And I agree that Japanese people are soooo creative! Just look at their commercials hehe

[myTake Owner]

im southeast Asian tooo

[Opinion Owner]

Cool! :) Which part? :D

[myTake Owner]

singapore. u?

[Opinion Owner]

ooh, I'm from KL :)

[Anonymous]

its fine, anyone can do anything.

i hate the cultural appropriation for clothing.

i wish so badly that i could wear a rice picker's hat. but i'm a white dude and it would be offensive. but all i see is a great sunhat that also keeps rain away. its so perfect!

am i off track? probably

[abc_dc]

If you want to wear a rice picker's hat, you should go to Viet Nam. It's very sunny over there and a lot of people wear it. In Korea or Japan, rarely will you see it. Their countries are more developed. You don't need a rice picker's hat if you're inside a building, creating technology and machinery. So yeah, travel to Viet Nam or most places in SE Asia for that matter.

[myTake Owner]

i know right? to me, people are just finding things to be offended at this point lmao. unless u're wearing something to mock a race, i really just feel that the only reason why u'd wear something race related is because u like the style of it?

[Opinion Owner]

@abc_dc i have to go to vietnam to wear a hat?

i want to be at my home in my garden in the southern us pulling weeds in the brutal sun we have wearing a rice pickers hat without offending anyone

[abc_dc]

Most people have fences on their property, especially if they have a garden. I assume you have fences around your house, too. No one's gonna see you.

[COCOCHANEL]

it's true, koreans don't want big double lid and it's the same in japan almost monolid/slight double lid is considered the cutest but some do big double lid here like ageha models

[myTake Owner]

lol obviously those are the extremes. the ones u'll see on the streets mostly don't look like that?

[COCOCHANEL]

yeah and they are emulating ayu

[COCOCHANEL]

also, about the chinese trend you mentioned, how popular is it? because that's been a trend in japan for at least 2 decades

[smt133]

Oi, stop trying to culturally appropri... Just kidding.

It's pretty racist to tell people they have to look/behave a certain way because of the country they were born in or the colour of their skin. But for some weird reason, some confused people seem to think the opposite.

[SaintJonesy]

Is race even classified the same way in Asia? It seems like it has less to do with superficial traits, and more based on where you're from, like pre-1700's Europe. For example the Teutonic Race was German and the Anglican Race was English.

[FýrdracaDócincel]

You know, I can buy your points for China and Korea. But your argument falls apart at Japan. You use anime and manga as the excuse while conveniently ignoring that anime/manga is the way it is BECAUSE of white features.

[myTake Owner]

it really isn't tho?

[BaileyisDarcy]

Complains that argument falls apart while supplyig their wn poorly constructed argument that isn't even put together with cellotape. its just waiting for a slight breeze.

[FýrdracaDócincel]

How is it not?

[ElizG45]

uh, not really. Anime characters have a blend of different features.

They have very large eyes, which is more of an Indian/Middle Eastern characteristic. They also have wide faces and large heads, which is an Asian features. And they have different colored eyes/hair, which is a white feature.

The colored eyes/hair is just the easiest way to differentiate between characters. They don't limit it to blonde and brown, they also have pink/purple/white/turquoise eyes and hair, most of which are impossible to have even for whites.

[Salmon4056]

I believe in what you said. I don't see a whole race as trying to look like one other race. And I do love and am happy how japan makes diverse skin tonned characters in anime.

[Yuki_JPN]

well this girl isn't korean

i guess she's Japanese

[myTake Owner]

oo i just got it off the net lol because i had to post a pic for this to be uploaded

[Yuki_JPN]

I see😁

[Logorithim]

Plenty of us Caucasians like the (natural) appearance of East Asian women, thank you.

[myTake Owner]

and we really dont care