• Cypher@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    It’s because historically dark skin meant you worked in the fields and were extremely poor.

    Light skin meant you did not perform any manual labour and was a sign of wealth.

    The blonde hair part is the weirdest bit to me.

    • PatMustard@feddit.uk
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      7 months ago

      That was the stereotype in the west too, it only reversed when having a tan meant you were wealthy enough to have been on a summer holiday somewhere sunny!