Yes, traditional Chinese beauty standard is dark skin = more work in the sun = lower class = ugly. But historically, Chinese people haven't had enough contact with people of African descent to deal with the standards of beauty wrt racial traits. So the negative modern stereotypes of Africans and people of African descent (such as lazy, ugly, stupid, etc.) are heavily influenced by American media.
As for anti-Japanese sentiment, no, I don't think that has anything to do with Western media involvement.
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Date: 2021-03-03 16:52 (UTC)Uh...beauty and body image in African-American women is a common topic when discussing white-on-black racism. White standards of beauty is just another vector of racism. For example, hair straightening as practiced by people of African descent is directly the result of racial discrimination. Western racism is not limited to just resource equity.
Yes, traditional Chinese beauty standard is dark skin = more work in the sun = lower class = ugly. But historically, Chinese people haven't had enough contact with people of African descent to deal with the standards of beauty wrt racial traits. So the negative modern stereotypes of Africans and people of African descent (such as lazy, ugly, stupid, etc.) are heavily influenced by American media.
As for anti-Japanese sentiment, no, I don't think that has anything to do with Western media involvement.