blue eyes preference has proven to exist for 5000 plus years from documenation.None of the things you are claiming are referenced in the article you just cited.
Moreover, the article you cited demonstrates that racial segregation had a profoundly negative impact on African American children’s self esteem as it led them to view white dolls as more attractive than black ones. This study was used as evidence by the NAACP in Brown vs Board of Education.
The rest of the stuff you cut and pasted from…ummm…wherever…doesn’t support your argument either. In fact, the last paragraph describes attraction to blue eyes as determined by “evolutionary factors, cultural influence, and social status.”
It is unclear to me whether you are even reading the material you are posting or, if so, if you have some cognitive processing difficulties because everything you post is literally the opposite of what you think it means.
None of the things you are claiming are referenced in the article you just cited.
Moreover, the article you cited demonstrates that racial segregation had a profoundly negative impact on African American children’s self esteem as it led them to view white dolls as more attractive than black ones. This study was used as evidence by the NAACP in Brown vs Board of Education.
The rest of the stuff you cut and pasted from…ummm…wherever…doesn’t support your argument either. In fact, the last paragraph describes attraction to blue eyes as determined by “evolutionary factors, cultural influence, and social status.”
It is unclear to me whether you are even reading the material you are posting or, if so, if you have some cognitive processing difficulties because everything you post is literally the opposite of what you think it means.
Your being obtuse. Google. But lets see blue eye preference has existed at least for 4,000 years. So
the preference for blue eyes has indeed existed for thousands of years, predating colonialism. Research suggests that:
- Ancient civilizations: Blue eyes were considered desirable in ancient cultures, such as the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
- Genetic variation: Blue eyes are a result of genetic variation in the OCA2 and HERC2 genes, which code for eye pigmentation. This variation has been present in European populations for at least 4,000-6,000 years.
- Cultural and social factors: Preferences for blue eyes have been influenced by cultural and social factors, such as associating them with beauty, purity, or nobility, long before colonialism.
The white and blue doll experiment has been used by critical race theory in my opinion in a wrong way, the science center on the lowest level had (has if reopened) a retort to this with the documentation. I am tempted not to do your homework, as its not in good faith but just in case your having a bad day:
Here are some articles and sources that support the argument that fair skin preference predates colonialism:
- "The Cult of the Fair Skin in Ancient China" by Vivian-Lee Nyitray (Journal of Asian Studies, 2001)
- "The Beauty of Whiteness: Indian Perspectives" by Roopali Mukherjee (Journal of Women's History, 2006)
- "Skin Color and Beauty Standards in Ancient Greece and Rome" by Margaret C. Miller (American Journal of Archaeology, 2013)
- "The History of Skin Whitening in Japan" by Kaoru Takahashi (Journal of Japanese Studies, 2015)
- "Fair Skin and Beauty in Ancient India: A Study of the Ayurvedic and Sanskrit Texts" by R. H. Singh (Indian Journal of History of Science, 2017)
- "The Cultural Significance of Fair Skin in Pre-Colonial Africa" by T. O. Beidelman (Africa Today, 1963)
- "Beauty and the Bleach: Skin Lightening and the Politics of Skin Color in Ghana" by A. B. Ncube (African Studies Review, 2018)
P.S. I'm usually a typo-prone, unedited poster, but I'm making an exception here to ensure clarity.
P.S. I use cut and paste to bypass typing challenges whenever I can . I rely on the reader's acuity to connect the dots and understand the intended meaning . In this case, obviously this was too high a hope.
so again
In essence, the argument is that:
- Preferences for blue eyes and fair skin have existed for thousands of years, long before colonialism.
- These preferences have been influenced by a combination of genetic, cultural, and social factors.
- Colonialism may have exploited and amplified existing biases, but did not create them.
- Attributing these preferences solely to racism oversimplifies their complex origins and ignores the role of human culture and psychology.
The provided sources and articles support this argument, offering a nuanced understanding of the historical and cultural context of these preferences.
PPS preference does not indicate racism just as men who prefer women as partners are not sexist.
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