Why do people think tanning your skin tone is fighting racism?

[lompardy]

Because it's not fighting racism. If you want to fight racism then you should replace yourself with a naturally darker skinned person, not just tan yourself and take credit for pretending to be dark skinned.

Especially those people who are mixed with genetics from both a light skinned ethnicity and dark skinned ethnicity, it's disgusting to tan yourself and pretend that you're the dark skinned ethnicity. You're only fighting racism when you actually get a naturally dark skinned ethnicity onto whatever role is in question.

[seulmate]

[Sakura Sunshine]

'If you want to fight racism then you should replace yourself with a naturally darker skinned person, not just tan yourself and take credit for pretending to be dark skinned.'

'You're only fighting racism when you actually get a naturally dark skinned ethnicity onto whatever role is in question.'

 

 

...What? Being naturally and ethnically dark isn't fighting racism. There are plenty of racist dark skinned people out there. Also there are ppl who think getting a tan is fighting racism?

[JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY]

[tide]

'If you want to fight racism then you should replace yourself with a naturally darker skinned person, not just tan yourself and take credit for pretending to be dark skinned.'

'You're only fighting racism when you actually get a naturally dark skinned ethnicity onto whatever role is in question.'

 

 

...What? Being naturally and ethnically dark isn't fighting racism. There are plenty of racist dark skinned people out there. Also there are ppl who think getting a tan is fighting racism?

 

i was confused too but i think they're talking about characters/tv roles, not actual people being replaced

[BBIIBBII]

[Holy Cow]

um what

[Sana <3]

No one thinks that?

[HoneyPopCupcake]

'If you want to fight racism then you should replace yourself with a naturally darker skinned person, not just tan yourself and take credit for pretending to be dark skinned.'

'You're only fighting racism when you actually get a naturally dark skinned ethnicity onto whatever role is in question.'

 

 

...What? Being naturally and ethnically dark isn't fighting racism. There are plenty of racist dark skinned people out there. Also there are ppl who think getting a tan is fighting racism?

That's exactly what I was about to say. Fighting for black people's rights and participating on campaigns, donating money to organizations, now that would really be fighting racism

[CareBear08]

lmao. I kind of get what you mean. 

[lompardy]

'If you want to fight racism then you should replace yourself with a naturally darker skinned person, not just tan yourself and take credit for pretending to be dark skinned.'

'You're only fighting racism when you actually get a naturally dark skinned ethnicity onto whatever role is in question.'

 

 

...What? Being naturally and ethnically dark isn't fighting racism. There are plenty of racist dark skinned people out there. Also there are ppl who think getting a tan is fighting racism?

 

For example, hiring someone for a media role, and saying you're fighting racism against South-East Asians buy tanning the light skinned person (who is either North-East Asian or mixed genetics). Or even hiring a tanned naturally light skinned South-East Asian (who would have mixed genetics) into a quota supposed to be filled by actually dark-skinned South-East Asians.

[love&pink]

[starsocks]

It's not, but creating a culture in which people can feel happy and comfortable with their natural skin tone is.

[yowza]

It is self hatred....