Why do so many men in santa monica dye their hair blonde?

[BarcelonaFan]

Originally Posted by bpeeps

Again, you're like a quarter right, but mostly wrong. Less about social class, more about social construct.

I see what you're saying but it's the dominant class that tends to promote the dominant ideas in society. These ideas don't spring up out of nowhere. I tend to agree with Antonio Gramci's cultural hegemony theory, you should look it up.
Americans tend to act like the concept of class is outdated or something.

[1200RT]

Originally Posted by BarcelonaFan

When white people get a tan it's because they like the healthy outdoors look not because they want to look ethnic. People of ethnic backgrounds want to look "white" because of how whiteness represents a certain social class. It represents someone who doesn't toil out in the sun. It represents the WASP establishment and how they feel closer to it.

How the **** do you know what they tan for?

How the **** do you know what ethnic people want to look like?

Another one of your sociological studies from the valley?

[BarcelonaFan]

Originally Posted by 1200RT

How the **** do you know what they tan for?

How the **** do you know what ethnic people want to look like?

Another one of your sociological studies from the valley?

A.) Never heard of people tanning because they want to look Mexican. It's mostly out of wanting to have a healthy glow.
B.) It's quite common knowledge that in the third world there are creams that make one look lighter skinned and that colonization has led to a mentality that lighter skin is better. How do you not know this? I mean this is mainly what I was talking about.

You don't need a PhD in Sociology to understand this concept.

[yamota]

in some countries, glutathione is worth more than gold. They ingest it, inject it, put it in cream form, soap form, all for that "healthy pink glow" :lol: