Look, there are beautiful people of all races. I believe women are less likely to agree with me on this topic, but the fact of the matter is every ethnicity has its subset of beautiful people. Does it mean you're necessarily attracted to them? No, but you can't deny a person who's beautiful. So to assume that Asians who get plastic surgery, wear colored contacts or dye their hair color do it to intentionally be "white" instead of simply enhancing their looks is not only reductive, but also an implicit self-concession on your part that being white is the de facto standard of beauty.
That, in and of itself, is a false assertion. Asians want to look beautiful just like any other goddamn human being or creature on this planet. Race is irrelevant.
I don't know about you but I've seen plenty of ugly white people. Plenty. I have also seen plenty of ugly Latinos, Blacks and Asians. And for the ones that are good-looking, guess what? They all share similar characteristics of beauty. Beauty has no racial preference. These are physical characteristics that are borderless, timeless and vary depending on the era. No race is biologically predisposed of looking more beautiful over another. That is not reality. That is however, the unfortunate perception of reality due to the influence of the mass media. For instance, let's compare and contrast how American and Asian entertainment portrays Asian males (I'm feeling positive that Hollywood is finally getting their act together or they'll just yellowface the shit out of us).
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| Han Lee (Actor: Mathew Moy) from 2 Broke Girls |
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| Tae-Shik (Actor: Won Bin) from The Man From Nowhere |
Get my drift?
that AF is a ditz. I can't believe you're quoting her as validating Asian opinion.
ReplyDeleteit's like the Japanese manga/anime defenders saying only the blonde haired characters are Asian and the more contrasting Asian looking characters are other Asians.
You can still be a futz and have a valid argument. They ain't mutually exclusive. Case in point, Elvis Presley dyed his hair black. Was he trying to look Asian? Doubt it.
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