People when they migrate to another country they do so for reasons. For some the reason is to integrate into the ethnicity associated with that country. People of European descent are associated with America and Europe, it is just the perception and for some when they migrate to those countries they would like to marry a "local". I am noticing growing numbers of Russians and Ukrainians in parts of North Eastern China, many women go there for work and study. Those that stay find local Chinese partners (not necessarily other international students), is that Chinese worship? I don't think so. The foreigners that don't like Chinese wouldn't take the effort to go there in the first place (selection bias). China is not yet developed like the West. Many go to China because they like the culture and society, though not everyone might like it, those that take the time to integrate into Chinese society tend to want a Chinese partner.
Historically Chinese civilization stemmed from the central plains and the people inhabited there are light skinned (some are even pale) if indoors and can get tanned if constantly exposed to sunlight. It is more of a class issue than racial, Chinese weren't exposed to other vastly different races during the formation of its civilization. Using the Western lens when looking at this issue cannot tell the whole story.
Chinese skin tone also varies from the exposure to sunlight quite a lot. A Chinese can usually get a natural tan easily, but it would go away if they stay indoors. Tibetans for example are traditionally known to be dark but a big contributing factor was exposure to sunlight in high altitude. Those not exposed to those conditions have much lighter skin tone.
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Tibetan singer Alan Dawa Dolma
The boys you have shown probably never done a day of hard labour in the sun and are really young. The market is for young girls, they don't want to see a older muscular tanned man. For older demographics Chinese celebrities are much more into fitness and are more tanned.
Yes, there are some much darker Chinese though fewer in number. They can be found on the extreme south west edges of China in border regions of Yunnan and Guangxi.
南征北战/NZBZ a music group is composed of some darker Chinese. The darkest one's name is Nicheng/尼成 from the Wa ethnic group in Yunnan. The one with long dreadlocks' name is Zhao Chenlong/赵辰龙 from Yao ethnic group in Guangxi. The guy playing the piano name is Tingyang/汀洋 from Hui ethnic group in Liaoning.
I think that generally Chinese are more receptive to people if they fit into the concept of the 56 ethnic groups since they can justify being fully Chinese. Many foreigners that wish to stay in China uses this justification. Those from post-soviet nations say they are Russian (or Kazakh, Tajik, etc if they are central asian) since it is an officially recognised ethnic group and can justify being "Chinese". Vietnamese, Koreans, and many other groups do this too since Gin/Jing and Korean ethnicity are officially recognised as part of the official Chinese ethnic groups. Nicheng the dark skinned man you see in the MV gets good reception in China and is seen as Chinese, as he is Wa ethnic, a officially recognized ethnic group.
IIRC you are a connoisseur of hiphop and rap. You know that it stemmed from African American culture and those that participate are not "white worshippers", they don't care for such things. Most Chinese have relatively lighter skin and the standard of beauty is built around the main group, has been that way for thousands of years. It's a preference but much different from racism. People are not getting enslaved or institutionally outcasted because of their colour, at least from my experiences.
Are they trying to be "white" or is their skin tone discriminating blacks? Is peking opera, geisha doing "white face" and racist towards whites?
Should I be offended that Americans in stereotypical Chinese style, posing with chopsticks, and "exoticising"/appropriating our culture? Darn Pakistani-Americans taking our culture *sarcasm* It's about intentions. Even the "Chinese food" song by some white American girl isn't offensive, just funny.
Should I find this offensive? A Srilankan pretending to be a Chinese, when he could have gotten a real Chinese? Nah, not offended at all, all in good fun. Don't be so serious and feel so downtrodden.
He's famous the Obama impersonator.
I posted his home photos above, anyone can see his real color, slightly tan. There are no dark Chinese, like there is dark vs fair divide/discrimination in India. Absolutely no contradiction. Don't try to spin it, low IQ attempt. It only convince me more abt your flag.
