Umm, that’s the beauty ideal of a select group of people. Honestly my preference is 5,4ish darker skinned and noticeably muscled. Never been into the whole skinny girl thing, I always feel like they’re starving themselves. Blondes are ok, but hair color doesn’t really matter to me. As for beauty ideals being racist, I’d say that’s an exaggeration at least when it comes to a personal level. For the most part it’s a statement of preference, attraction is subjective. And people can’t really help what they’re attracted too. In the case of what’s perpetuated by the fashion industry, your statement might have some merit, but Id say It’s closer to stereotyping than racism.
Yes, by they are racist by their very nature. My girlfriend is South Asian and even though she is the sexiest woman i've ever laid eyes on; she has all these insecurities over things that just don't matter. She was practically in tears one day because she was worried I was settling for her because she's not very tall, and doesn't have some high-roller career.
Woman of all heights, 4'11-6'1 are considered attractive in the media and real life
Yes the combination of blue eyes and blonde hair is a thing in some beauty standards, but tons of non blonde non blue eyed women are considered very attractive.
Adriana Lima has brown hair and I don't know about her eyes blue or green. Beyonce I don't know she isn't a blond now is she 🙄 . Miranda Kerr I don't know I dont think she is blonde. Most black celebrities aren't and lots of them are super pretty.
Maybe this is just a thing where you live?
Not just racist, but shallow and mentally abusive. We should all except our own Beauty and not trying to be like other people just to please others. That's why so many people are committing suicide and is mentally ill besides depressed today. They need to classify that as abuse and actually get rid of it. Nobody should have to be bullied or ignored because one does not want to meet the standards of others.
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Who said that is a beauty ideal?
There is more than one ideal. Some ideals are just held up more, which is the white ideal, it doesn't mean the other ideal doesn't exist or that you cannot choose to pursue them, as many people do. But one of them is going to be at the top.
The idea that it is wrong that the white ideal is at the top, as opposed to any other ideal, IS racist. You are outlying a special case where only white standards cannot be approved, so it's a racism against whites.
You are a racist. An ignorant, bitter one at that.
The fact that only one race is consistently being represented in the media, in magazines and as models to a disproportionate degree and people of colour are being underrepresented IS racist. I don’t care what your individual “preference” is that has nothing to do with anything. It is the fact that when you walk into a store and the vast majority of dolls you are are white with blonde hair and blue eyes, the vast majority of models are white, the vast majority of people being represented when you turn on your TV are white. Think about it, the fact that Lily Singh has her own talk show as a brown woman is so shocking because that’s literally one of the first times a brown women has ever had her own talk show. Systemic racism exists and if you choose to ignore the fact that white privilege is very much a part of or society today you are being ignorant. Period.
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A girl get Photoshopped to different countrys. Spoiler Alert No she is not blond and blue eyed
Well Asians tend to like white looks more than whites themselves but can you blame them? white people really tend to have the best looks in the world.
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There is "media" in every nation, designed for every culture. They all present "beauty ideals" based on the culture they represent. If you live in a white country they will have white beauty ideals, in an Asian country Asian ideals, in Spanish country Spanish ideals, etc.
Heightism do not exist for women except Nordic countries. Blonde? We dont live in 60's anymore. Slim? Every race can be slim/fit.
No beauty ideals are not racist in general. In Nordics maybe since they except women to be tall.
I think it's not racist because it depends of the place you live... The beauty ideals aren't the same in two different country... And it's the average, but for my part I like the beauty ideals of Belgium, but doesn't mean that I can find a girl completely out of these beauty ideal completely magnificent
These ideals will be the norm when ever races are mixed together and one is the majority or more popular than the others. It isn't necessarily racist as racism is a consciously formed opinion about the superiority of one race over another. These standards just happen because one race was a little more trendy than the others. This can be eliminated by an ethnic home for every race. The sooner races of man can collaborate on this the better it will be. Race is nature after all.
Not racist. All races can use contacts for their eyes to be blue, and dye their hair blonde or get blonde extensions. Height requirement is not racist. And being slim can be achieved by anyone not eating junk food all the time.
Tall slim blonde blue eyes is not my beauty ideal. I guess I'm not famous so my opinion doesn't matter though right?
Go see a Victoria Secret parade. Not all of them are blonde and yet they all represent the ideal version of beauty. They even have in the parede Asians and black girls. In an industry that survives out of beauty, do you really think that they would show anything that wasn't what is considered beautiful by society?
Everybody gets to choose what they want and like. That's not racism.
Racism is about down-casting people due to their origin. Not wanting to date them is not down-casting.
Beauty is one of those society specific things, what is beautiful to a Western eye is not to an Asian, African, or Māori eye. though the Western value of beauty is being seen as the norm as it is being pushed by ad agencies and multinational cosmetic companies.
I wonder if someone is creating these stupid threads on purpose.
Because that whole paragraph is nonsense.
Strawberry blonde I consider myself special cause I'm unique but this dress makes me look fat lol I change my opinion on what I like on guys so I'm sure girls same I used to like tall dark and handsome with dark eyes now I like blonde blue eyes guys or redheads so I guess people can change they basically want what they can't have lol over time I'm 42.
There is not ONE beauty ideal it depends on your country, your culture and on a smaller scale it depends on a personal preference.
But even then, a beauty ideal is not racist, it doesn’t say that others are ugly, it’s just that, an ideal.
Asians can be blonde.
Its not racist to have a preference. Cuz with that kind of argument, im automatically homophobic because I only date men
Everyone has their own beauty ideals. Tall slim blonde with blue eyes? Believe me not everyone describes this as their ideal
It's not racist if you prefer women with traits common in your own ethnic group.
Media ideals are racists if you look on it from perspective of different ethnic groups.
No they aren't. There are different beauty ideals all over the world. Stop whining. The only racists here are the ones who keep bringing it up and making everything they see about race.
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