It’s 2021. By this time, you’d expect that people have become more intellectually-sensitive towards cultural and racial tropes in entertainment.
You know, stuff like blackface, brownface, yellowface, the works.
Malaysian singer Choo Hao Ren released a music video portraying a ‘tan’ girl in brownface who magically turns fair after using a skin-whitening product.
IMAGE: 朱浩仁Haoren / South China Morning Post
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