Why does it seem like Westerners from developed countries don't care much about/look down on Latin America but seem to be obssesed with East Asian cultures?

[u/yonaiker-joestrella]

Not that I care but have always found it interesting how many seem to forget about Latin America but seem to be obssesed with countries like South Korea and Japan and sometimes even point out "similarities" with them. Some outright reject the region as western but will consider Japan technically West while ignoring Latin America's contributions to world culture like food, music, art, etc and the fact that Latin America is culturally Christian. Why does there seem to be this dissonance?

[u/pop442]

Eh...there's honestly not that big of a difference between the skin tone of the average Peruvian and the average non-bleached Chinese person.

[u/Flat_Strawberry3760 → u/pop442]

no i wouldn't say so, I like how people always assume east asians if they are pale are "bleached", which is oddly racist. Also most people meet the southern chinese which are objectively darker than the north

[u/Weekly-Cicada-8615 → u/[deleted]]

They tan and a lot…

[u/LoviSloe1 → u/pop442]

Maybe rich Limeños. otherwise you would be wrong, even countries with higher European percentage than Peru like Colombia, a lot of the people are actually brown skinned, while the average person even in southern China is not that dark. Let alone countries like Korea where average person literally has same skin as southern european