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Never heard of this before but learned about it when reading about zoroastrianism on wikipedia (i followed a link to read about diadems)

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[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago

I think it's okay to say that people don't match beauty standards. The blonde hair is definitely a factor though since this event used to be openly white-supremacist and now is just marginally closeted about that fact.

[-] whatup@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

White supremacists’ obsession with blonde hair is so intriguing. I’ve always wondered: why blond? Why not red hair? Is it because blond is more closely associated with youth? (The blondest people I’ve seen are children and their hair usually darkens with age).

I get why they don’t like brown hair, though (i.e. because a lot of pocs have it). Kinda funny story: saw a screenshot of this racist trad wife account complaining about the men in her group only ever posting images of pale blondes, never brunettes. A literal call for DEI in a white supremacist group—the internet truly has it all. I guess it’s white ppl colorism lol.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

Red hair is prettier,* but that's more associated with the Irish and other "lesser" peoples, rather than the nords and anglo-saxons, among whom blond was the designated bright color. This shouldn't be surprising since this is all rooted in Aryanism and the like.

I think you're also right about the youth thing, though it's worth noting that "dirty blond" hair gets noticeably brighter if you get a good amount of sun exposure, which I think is part of the "Americana" aesthetic of being tan with bright blond hair.

It's always really funny in a sad way seeing hard right people feel marginalized not even by a society that hates their bigotry but by a society that embraces it. For example, t's a perennial issue for Lauren Southern, a proto-fascist great replacement influencer type that she has trouble with the ridiculous levels of misogyny of people in her sphere. At least if I ever personally knew someone with these issues, it might be a good opportunity to reach out and say "Hey, maybe what is hurting you is a part of this ideology rather than an aberration from it" or something.

*Yeah I'm biased but come on, it's a more interesting color to occur on a human while blond is just a really light shade of brown when you get down to it, meaning it's fundamentally a difference it brightness between itself and all the shades it is supposedly more desirable than.

[-] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

red hair was often associated with Jews which is probably why no white supremacists embraced red hair @whatup@hexbear.net

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