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Old 07-09-2006, 08:00 AM   #9
Eromereorybig

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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.
An interesting view. But do you think it is similar to white westerners wanting to always look well tanned.

The Thais I know are very proud of being Thai. The Chinese Thai ( imo ) are Thai by nationailty, Chinese by instinct. You ask someone born and bred in the Lanna North if they are Lanna or Thai they will say Lanna ( but still have a pride in Thailand and their King )

And have you noticed. A Thai says " My king" not , as in the UK for example, our queen or the queen. .
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