I think it is probably my Filipino upbringing, unfortunately.
It is good to hear from another Asian race say that it isn't true about "East Asians want to have white skin" because growing up.......that is the perspective that "older generation Filipinos" use to state as their reasoning for all these damn skin whiteners they have over there.
Filipinos, unlike most Eastern Asian countries, are more naturally tan........BUT the old generation has always hated that aspect of themselves when compared to other Asian nationalities and white folk, whom they have no "ill-will towards" in comparisons to Blacks, Hispanics, and the Middle-Eastern Asians.
That is from how I was raised as a 1st. generation Filipino-American from my 1st. generation Filipino immigrant parents, whom their family members have also shared that same mindset.
When I relate to my other Filipino-American friends, we all seem to have been brought up by this same upbringing..........although, our mindset as Filipino-Americans differ from those of the OGs in terms of "wanting whiter skin" and ****. However, most Filipino-American females I know have mostly date white men............so eh
I would like to hope that the rise of some Filipino-Americans on social media AND some mainstream media shows would be influencing more of the younger folk in the motherland to embrace that mindset.
Unfortunately like
frink85
said, nah.......whitening products are still poppin' over there