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Yup. It's likely that colourism dates back to the Indo-Aryan invasion/migration of/to India around 4000 years ago. More recent invaders include the Persians,

Yup. It's likely that colourism dates back to the Indo-Aryan invasion/migration of/to India around 4000 years ago. More recent invaders include the Persians, Mughals, British, etc..., all of whom are typically lighter in complexion than the indigenous peoples of India.

thw4234234 6y ago
Sure it does. I suppose the Geisha of Japan also put on white paint because they're descended from an alien source planet of pure white Asiatic races. P.S: Japanese is far more similar to Indian languages than any of their supposedly 'close' Indo-European cousins.
- fiblye 6y ago
  I have no clue what you're trying to say with your first paragraph, and your second paragraph is a massive [citation needed]. I've never even heard anyone say Japanese has a close Indo-European cousin. I've never heard anyone say Japanese has any cousin. Only strictly the opposite.
- rayiner 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_skin_in_Japanese_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_skin_in_Japanese_culture > In Japan the preference for skin that is white and free of blemishes has been documented since at least the Heian period (794–1185), as in books like The Pillow Book and The Tale of Genji.[1] There is an old proverb "white skin covers the seven flaws" (色の白いは七難隠す, iro no shiroi wa shichinan kakusu) which refers to a white-skinned woman being beautiful even if her features are not attractive.
AmericanChopper 6y ago
This is such a wildly unsubstantiated theory, that should simply be immediately disqualified from any serious consideration by the fact that countries like Thailand, China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea all share exactly the same obsession with skin whitening. The western obsession with tanning has exactly the same characteristics, but I don't see people presuming that some oppression narrative is the only possible way to explain it.

thw4234234 6y ago

Sure it does. I suppose the Geisha of Japan also put on white paint because they're descended from an alien source planet of pure white Asiatic races. P.S: Japanese is far more similar to Indian languages than any of their supposedly 'close' Indo-European cousins.

fiblye 6y ago
I have no clue what you're trying to say with your first paragraph, and your second paragraph is a massive [citation needed]. I've never even heard anyone say Japanese has a close Indo-European cousin. I've never heard anyone say Japanese has any cousin. Only strictly the opposite.
rayiner 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_skin_in_Japanese_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_skin_in_Japanese_culture > In Japan the preference for skin that is white and free of blemishes has been documented since at least the Heian period (794–1185), as in books like The Pillow Book and The Tale of Genji.[1] There is an old proverb "white skin covers the seven flaws" (色の白いは七難隠す, iro no shiroi wa shichinan kakusu) which refers to a white-skinned woman being beautiful even if her features are not attractive.

AmericanChopper 6y ago

This is such a wildly unsubstantiated theory, that should simply be immediately disqualified from any serious consideration by the fact that countries like Thailand, China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea all share exactly the same obsession with skin whitening. The western obsession with tanning has exactly the same characteristics, but I don't see people presuming that some oppression narrative is the only possible way to explain it.