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ive heard its because a tanned person in their culture will mean a laborer, lower class sort of person.
Yes...


I worked in the Sandbox years ago with a labor force from Thailand.... Daytime temps could get to 100-120F and these guys wore long sleeve shirts, and covered there heads with turbans...

When I asked why, I was told that dark skin meant lower class...
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