Why do many japanese want to have white skin?

[AestheteHistory]

Pale skin in Japan is sort of an old idea of what is pretty in Japan, working class tan and not working class pale. So basically the same as in Victorian standing it showed your status in life. There are alot of fahions in Japan that pull ideas and such from the older ages so I guess that it is another big factor in wanting to be pale.

[Yfrkw]

I dont think too white skin is so nice. And too black is the same. I like so-so colored skin. Too white skin can lead an image of sickness to me. You can see that white one on some horor movie, can't you? I feel so frighten or scary. I like japanese-color. We need to have in some extent melanine on our skin!! Cosmeticlly and for health.

[jasminoodle]

nobody is black and nobody is white. were just people, and that is a race of its own.

[yukiNnight]

i'm not japanese but i'm chinese but i want white skin because it will look good if i'm in a chineese dress but i dont think i'm that white

[kouichisan]

People should be more proud of their skin tone, I was born in England but have a South Asian Ethnic background and I don't feel people with a pale skin tone look any better than a person with a tanned/brown tone.

I guess girls are just a little picky about these things .

[WishingStar]

I live in England... and my skin is SOOO pale already.. I wouldn't try to be any paler because then I'd look like paper :P I wear a little pink blusher on my cheeks because it looks nice with my skin tone.

I don't know, I guess it's just that we always want what we don't have..
Like people with curly hair want straight hair, and it works in reverse too.

[Mauja]

I don´t like too much pale skin on european people but on asians it looks great in my opinion

[xYinniex]

It's not a racial thing. It just looks better on most far east asian people as our skintones are yellow, so going tanned doesn't look as good compared to a lighter colour.

[iPhantom]

Originally Posted by xYinniex

It's not a racial thing. It just looks better on most far east asian people as our skintones are yellow, so going tanned doesn't look as good compared to a lighter colour.

How does it look lol

[darksyndrem]

Originally Posted by asouatiqah

usually white skin looks prettier than black.
but it depends..

black skin people wish to have white skin n
white skin people wish to have black skin...
this is weired but it is reality ^^"

This....is NOT true. I am pretty white...and I most definately do not want to be dark.