It's not really whether or not they can be mistaken for a different race or not, it's completely changing skin tones to those that POC have previously and still get assaulted/put down for. It's appropriation. I'm South Asian and they're almost the same shade as me, minus the orange on my part. The difference is that I've been attacked in the past for the colour of skin while they are celebrated (by strange fans) for achieving the same thing with fake tan.
I’m going to sound blunt and horrible and I don’t mean to I just want to try and get it. Yes, racism exists and it’s a horrible thing. It’s a ridiculous notion that even one person is stupid enough to judge someone on the colour of their skin. However, that isn’t lous fault. We’ve only seen her with a filter over herself, she doesn’t even look another race with a tan on, she just looks like she needs a good wash. Like one of those girls in school who didn’t shower in between tanning days because it would wash off the “glow”. She could also tan in the sun, considering she’s been away 99% of the summer that isn’t out of the realms of possibility and she put a bit of tan over it so she doesn’t look patchy.
What’s the solution? Do away with tanning completely? What does that solve other than bracketing people back into skin colour boxes? Obviously if it’s a bigger picture issue with poc then it should be addressed but she isn’t Jessie from LM or Arianna Grande level just yet in my very white opinion. Obviously your opinion on the subject matters more.
(I have no horse in this race, I don’t use false tan and none of my family members who are poc have ever addressed it so it isn’t a conversation I’ve had IRL.)
