![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was upon the arrival of European colonialists that ideas of fair skin and its class connotations were established, which were then solidified by Hollywood, and more recently the North Asian Pop wave.Īnd while throughout these decades there have always been small counter currents of nationalism reminding us to embrace indigenous (darker) skin tones, these voices mostly remained merely virtuous and never really became mainstream aspirations. There was a time when beauty ideals reflected Indonesians’ broad range of indigenous skin tones. In pre-colonial times skin colour was thought and talked about in a wider variety of shades: not just white, but also yellow and brown. For over 50 years, white skin has been the dominant beauty ideal in Indonesia. Celebrities and models have mostly been white, and most people have aspired to have white skin.īut this wasn’t always the case.
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