it really isnt worth 'debating' with someone who doesnt think race is a thing, who doesnt think people get treated differently due to their skin colour, ............
Race is a thing and skin colour does matter. Unfortunately. All over the world. Can’t think of a country where having darker skin commands more respect or is associated with privilege. It reflects class. Money.
Thai’s with light skin regard Thais with dark skin as low class, best suited to positions of servitude or farming. Dark skinned Thais are under represented in most industries where image ‘counts.’ Would not surprise if the rest of oriental asia was similar.
Apparently in the arab world, a word still in popular usage for black people is ‘abeed’ which means slave. Imagine using the word ‘slave’ when talking about black people here...
Even in India and Africa the rich like to have light skin.
Ironically woke identity politics and far right wingers will ensure that race and skin pigmentation (and religion) remain long term important considerations in how we view one another here.