But Northeast Asians - especially women - have a cultural preference for appearing as pale-skinned as possible. Darker skin signifies that one is lower class, a farmer who spends too much time in the sun. Taller, paler Northeast Asians regard shorter, browner, Southeast Asians about the way white Boston liberals regard Mississippi rednecks and poor blacks.
Asians will inevitably be classified as "white" in the USA because they aren't big enough moochers to make reliable allies for the Left's other tribes. The spoils will not be shared.
I watch a lot of K-dramas and they definitely think pale-skin is a sign of high status