>>512507591 (OP)
>>512507872
But now people don't work in fields. Being pale is a sign of being indoors a lot, possibly unemployed and antisocial. Whereas being tanned is a sign you have money to go on holidays to tropical climates.
But whatever the case for specific cultural beliefs of the time the universal fact remains..
Brown skin is the colour of shit: smelly, disgusting, comes from an asshole
White skin is the colour of snow: pure, fresh, clean