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"They were always looking for beautiful children with white skin." But most of the children in the video appear to be non-white. So they're not even good at anti-affirmative-action?


Possibly it means white by the standards of the culture and language the statement was made in.


Or it's just BBC doing BBC stuff.


it's likely referring to colorism within the country, generally lighter is viewed as favorable




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