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**LSg44PDu** · 02-17-2006, 08:00 AM

How Thai people idolise the white race. They dye their hairs, put coloured contacts in to make themselves look more western. This probably comes from the media promoting luk kreungs (mixed Asian-White) all the time.

They also have a bit of an identity crisis. Nobody seems to be Thai enough sometimes. That person is too Laos, or that person is a Chinese, etc. Chinese Thais think they are Thai, but in fact like to pretend they are Japanese and Korean and look down upon darker skined Thais.

The darker ones want to bleach their skins and look whiter so they aren't laughed at so much by the other Thais (usaully Chinese, whom in the past were very much looked down upon by the Thais).

lol....it's a messed up place. I love it.

02-17-2006, 08:00 AM	#4
LSg44PDu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 440 Senior Member	How Thai people idolise the white race. They dye their hairs, put coloured contacts in to make themselves look more western. This probably comes from the media promoting luk kreungs (mixed Asian-White) all the time. They also have a bit of an identity crisis. Nobody seems to be Thai enough sometimes. That person is too Laos, or that person is a Chinese, etc. Chinese Thais think they are Thai, but in fact like to pretend they are Japanese and Korean and look down upon darker skined Thais. The darker ones want to bleach their skins and look whiter so they aren't laughed at so much by the other Thais (usaully Chinese, whom in the past were very much looked down upon by the Thais). lol....it's a messed up place. I love it.
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