The most common mental disorder in TA.

[Tooting Carmen]

What are the chinese, japanese, arab, south-asian, black african 'manias' about race?.

Maybe they have different topics and 'the lighter the better' is only a white/euro mania.

Some members of those other groups believe that too, hence the proliferation of skin-whitening creams and 'racial corrective' surgery in much of the Global South.

[B01AB20]

High Functioning autism is the root cause of many of the problems.

Do you think that high functioning autists are among the usual suspects of 'who's lighter...' threads???

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

Do you think that high functioning autists are among the usual suspects of 'who's lighter...' threads???

100%

[B01AB20]

Some members of those other groups believe that too, hence the proliferation of skin-whitening creams and 'racial corrective' surgery in much of the Global South.

Do you think it's a collateral effect of european colonialism?. Or maybe they think 'the lighter the better' because their own cultural tradition?

[B01AB20]

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But 'high functioning autist' doesn't implies a more or less high intelligence?

[PlattitüdenPaule]

Do you think it's a collateral effect of european colonialism?. Or maybe they think 'the lighter the better' because their own cultural tradition?

This is a thing dating way back before Euro colonialism and you can find it (almost) everywhere around the globe. It`s simply because the aristocracy or higher members of societies/cultures/tribes tend to have less tanned skin, because they dont have to work in the sun all day. So the common census: lighter skin = noble or higher status.

[Tooting Carmen]

Do you think it's a collateral effect of european colonialism?. Or maybe they think 'the lighter the better' because their own cultural tradition?

A bit of both.

[B01AB20]

A bit of both.

Do you think it's fair that I mentioned you as one of the 'maniacs' of the endless discussions about lightness and darkness?.

Do you think I'm maniac too?

[Incal]

Do you think it's a collateral effect of european colonialism?. Or maybe they think 'the lighter the better' because their own cultural tradition?

I thinks there's not a single reason: in most of Asia it's well known that the reason is the darker you are the lower your origins (peasant, farmer, etc) while the lighter you are your origins are supposed to be higher class/caste.

In the rest of the world it also varies but from what I've seen on this forum the people who suffer OWD (or any sort of race obsession) the most are the ones living on the anglosphere but with recent non-anglo (or nordic) ancestry: for example on the US you have Lie-redo, on Australia you had this "italian" member who was banned I think his user was Ctwentysevenj he never posted terroni and I think the adm of Italic Roots is some dude from the Bronx right?

[B01AB20]

I thinks there's not a single reason: in most of Asia it's well known that the reason is the darker you are the lower your origins (peasant, farmer, etc) while the lighter you are your origins are supposed to be higher class/caste.

In the rest of the world it also varies but from what I've seen on this forum the people who suffer OWD (or any sort of race obsession) the most are the ones living on the anglosphere but with recent non-anglo (or nordic) ancestry: for example on the US you have Lie-redo, on Australia you had this "italian" member who was banned I think his user was Ctwentysevenj he never posted terroni and I think the adm of Italic Roots is some dude from the Bronx right?

And in Perú?

Is there an 'indian pride' or similar?

Proud to be Inca, The Incas were an amazing civilization...