[Teacher317]

his skin was that beautiful golden brown that whispers that this is how humans were supposed to look.

And yet the vast majority of "golden-brown" folk hold lighter skin in very high regard. Girls will avoid the sun as much as possible to stay at light as possible.

Basic human nature: the grass on the other side is always more desirable.

[Teacher317]

Plus, given the many additional advantages of being non-white, and the many negative assumptions of being white, AND the apparent nearly-world-wide decision by majority-white cultures to commit suicide and hand over their nations to non-whites... his viewpoint is not 100 percent unreasonable.