In brazil, a mostly mixed race country, it's wierdly different
only people with the very darkest skin would call themselves black (preto), and people who we might consider black (such as someone with the skin tone of Obama) will refer to themselves as white (branca) or intermediate terms like pardo and moreno or even quite specific terms like morena branca. (light mixed). The trend has always been for people to consider themselves lighter than they are, as white is the prestige group as you might expect in a country which had far more slaves than America, but I read some recent research that this is changing with a small but growing US style black consciousness/pride movement, with more young people now calling themselves preto.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 5 May 2022, 2:15,
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Isn't the whole 'darker than' prejudice ultimately related to class.
In most countries, people who work in agriculture will get more sun exposure than those in more indoor pursuits deemed higher class/caste.
Even within a particular skin colour some will create distinctions eg. ruddy peasants versus pale intellectual types.
I despair of humans, how did I end up on this planet.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 5 May 2022, 16:23,
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I think that might be only for countries that didn't import millions of west african slaves
But you're probably right about countries like italy and spain and the rural poor
though it was different in the 70s, when a tan was also a sign of wealth which showed you could afford air travel to tropical countries in winter, but with the rise of fake tans (and a general acknowledgement in Australia that 30% skin cancer rates were probably overdoing it a bit) it's now low class again
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 5 May 2022, 23:00,
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