Shu Qi calls out fans whitewashing her

[benihime99]

#ShuQi replies to whitened fan-edit of her photos: "Why don't you go and be a fan of a white person?" #舒淇 pic.twitter.com/Eyesbbat0P
- Trending Weibo (@TrendingWeibo) 11 mars 2019

• Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress (known for her roles in Viva Erotica, Millennium Mambo, New York, I Love You & The Assassin) speaks out about fans whitewashing pictures of her;

Comments

[djbbgoose]

lmfao i love it

[pikapika217]

GO. OFF!!!!!!!!

This is honestly such a problem with Asian celebrity fan pics. So often you can't even see their actual skin tone because those fans think paler is better, FOH!

[juunanagou18]

It is *so* annoying, and it especially rubs me the wrong way when it keeps happening to naturally bronze-skinned celebs. Like, I just watched this brown dude in all his brown glory on a variety show five minutes ago, and y'all wanna throw 13 filters your fanmeet photo to make him look lifeless and sepia-colored? bye.

[jarellano89]

When did this obsession with whiter skin start? I know it's all over the world, but asian cosmetics always emphasize whiter/snow/lucid adjectives.

[benihime99]

There's several origin to this issue I think
One being classism: poor people worked under the sun and had darker skin. Being darker was/is perceived as being dirty.
People from higher class had fair skin.

The idea of purity

There's also an issue of internalized racism against south east asian who usually have a darker skin tone.

The western standard of beauty also play a part I suppose (especially in most "recent" years)

In europe it used to be the same (whiter=richer)
But it shifted around the 30's (?) because being taned meant being able to aford holidays

[dior_chic]

She’s a literal queen

And omg she’s stunningggg

[nikuru]

Yessss.
A thousand times thank you for this.

[laminy]

Good for her. If you were really a fan of someone, you wouldn't pull this shit. What a great response.