Is it a mental illness if you are white adjacent?

[Anonymous]

Basically, this is a condition common among non-white people. Usually these people have deep seated self hatred of their race (though they may not realize it) and often put white people on a pedestal and see them as superior. Often, they look down and don't associate with people of their race and exclusively have white group of friends. These people in a lot of case (mostly women) will put blonde highlights in their hair or even dye their hair blonde in order to appear white as possible. Some people will even go further and wear contacts so their eye colour looks green or blue.

As expected these people will only date white people and state it is just preference. Often if they are having dating problems, they will make complaints online about it and be insistent that they will only date white people and no one else. And when they do have children, they will often bestow this obsession for white people onto them and cause massive self loathing.

Yes

No

[LazerBean]

I think sometimes it can be a mental illness, but when you would take account the various aspects of many Asian cultures it actually has little to do with love of Caucasians and a lot to do with the deep-rooted classism and racism that is present in most Asian cultures. The reason Asians are obsessed with white skin is because it indicates that you are rich and have not had to work in the sun. Being darker skinned means you come from a long line of peasants and have had to do hard work outdoors. Most Asians tend to be very racist and stick to associating with people of their own race, hence why many immigrant Asians never learned to speak English well. For the few Asians I do know who resent their own country and the majority of their fellow countrymen, it's because of how bad they have been treated by them. Someone who hasn't seen the brutal, blatant classism that is common in Asia would have no way to understand how it is, because we don't have it like that here in the west. In many places, they literally have security guards to keep poor looking people out of stores and banks because the sight of them bothers high class people.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

It’s about as much a “mental illness” as instagram is. They’re influenced by colorism alongside colonial standards, it doesn’t change their brain chemistry anymore than any personal bias does.

[jshm2]

Eh... what the fuck are you gatekeeping?

Of course skin tone in colder countries is going to get lighter as there is less need for melanin in the skin. Doesn't automagicallly make you "White" - even if you have the skin tone.

[AngryCarl2]

To be honest it sounds more like a personality disorder.

[provokeesmokee]

Lmaooo did you just try to slip in the Intel Loser? Lmaooo

[Asker]

Well Elliot Rodger backstory is a perfect example. His mom was a self hating Asian, whose world views was transfered to her son. Elliot became obsess with wanting a white girlfriend and got pissed that his Asian colleagues got one instead of him. He felt that him being half white should have made him be the one deserving of a white girlfriend. And he went postal and ended up killing a bunch of Asian. The parents of these kids party blame the mom for warping his mind that ultimately drove him in this direction.

[Dargil]

***stifles yawn***