#like the romance genre has always been one of the most disastrous ones and im dead serious

[dirhwangdaseul-archived]

In the few years, I’ve noticed there being Thai dramas where the female lead darkens her skin in order to appear “poor” or disguise as a maid. The colorism has been defended so much. Thai model Nonthawan Bramaz has talked about the colorism she has faced in Thailand.

colorism is such a fucking devil, racism's little bastard son and like in countries mostly made of people of color is our bread and butter, im mexican, i haven't talked about it in a while but the thai bl industry does feel like coming home sometimes cause i grew up with telenovelas, i never thought id see the day when the most dramatic dumbassery would be ours, gay, gay and proud, and with the thai bl industry an entire world is open to any gay fucker who wants to see actual fucking attempts at rep and no the mediocrity of the last decade centered mostly in cis white gay men that are only relatable to straight people who want sanitary homosexuality to consume

with that being said it's also exactly as beautiful as it has the same exact problems of racism, colorism that most media with people of color has, which is to say the need to put down dark skinned members in favor of upholding the beauty market, and it makes sense because in the end bl is truly not for gay people, not now, even tho it ha changed in the end its always about the teenage girls it's marketed towards to and well tbh now boys as well, and these companies know it, like for all i love lovely writer the show blatantly portrays a very whitewashed version of thailand and even last year had more color than this year and like im talking about the background shots ffs, but like in the end the fight belongs to thai activists and im just so glad to see artists talking about it and even fandom that usually overlaps with kpop fandom which also has helped worsen the problem if anyone can remember like a year ago or two where most shows were saying their leads were hot like kpop artists like they aren't referencing their fair complexion or w/e but fr it's a huge ass problem and im just rambling here cause it's so wide reaching but really all hinges on one thing, these industries detest dark skinned people and anyone is fair game on that alone, most of the time they portray criminals and no good people with darker skin or just straight up brownface just like today s episode of fish upon the sky, which i guess bring us back to the point, if i were to answer myself what was the need for all that and i wish people remembered this is why it hurts for people of color to see that shit, is that in the end you're always reminded that you're not a person in the eyes of others but something more akin to a barely thought idea, and so the purpose of this shit is never to be funny not really, it is always a reminder of who gets to have what based on looks and looks alone, and like what else is new i guess, but pfft i really wish people would stop ignoring the elephant in the room