Race issues/questions in children

[Taualumna]

Would filling the house with magazines and DVDs that are primarily put out for a (especially immigrant) black audience be helpful? My mom and grandma subscribe to several Hong Kong magazines similar to OK! or Us Weekly to keep up with the goings on of the HK celebrities and that was where I got some of my exposure to what "beauty" is. I don't generally compare myself to anyone, but if I did, I'd probably compare myself to an actress or singer from Hong Kong. I'd never compare myself to an Asian American/Canadian actress, since most of them are plain to butt ugly by Asian standards (my mom (who is addicted to Korean soaps) thought Marie Claire was CRAZY to have Sandra Oh on its cover earlier this year..."they'd never do it in Korea" she said). At the same time, the Hong Kong/Asian standard of western beauty is different too. Maybe it's generational, but my parents don't see why the world loves Reese Witherspoon so much.