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I think you're missing the point.
Some cultures find tanned skin to be beautiful, others find light skin to be beautiful.
In either case, wealthier people can achieve either darker or lighter skin by spending more or less time in the sun.
Poorer people who's length of exposure to the sun is a function of their work, can emulate lighter or darker skin with various lotions and potions.
You sound like a real idiot.
People will perceive beauty according to societal and cultural norms established over millennia.
You can't tell someone what they ought to find beautiful.
It's not racist, given that we're taking about variations within a single race, not comparisons between races.
Imposing your own ideas on what other cultures ought to feel is the height of arrogance.
Similarly, it's incredibly arrogant to presume that your own "enlightened" attitudes will be more prevalent in the future.
Nonsense. You're just parroting catch phrases. Perceptions of beauty are not "intolerance".
I sincerely hope that future generations are less judgemental and ready to label those people they don't really understand.
Honestly, just observe other cultures without trying to assess whether they're good or bad. They just are the way they are.
There there pet. This discussion really hasn't made me happy.
I'm not surprised you feel that way, but surprised you admit it. You doing ok bud?
On the flipside the assumption that your culture is the correct way is pretty xenophobic and racist in its own way.