Bizaaaarre... o_o~

to me they just look like magnified versions of north american trailer trash.
just because theyre japanese doesnt make it any more attractive to me personally.

its that hyper fake-tan (or real tan- hello melanoma!) bleached hair look that just screams of the discount bin in your local walmart.
no offense to any fans of the style- its just what i see when i look at the ganguro gals.

i wonder what started that style actually.
socially it doesnt make a ton of sense as far as emphasizing natural desirable qualities of a person. so is it just about extremes? about turning heads with striving to be as alien as possible???

-t

The word ganguro literally means blackface. It's blackface.

Are black people offended by ganguro then? o.o

WOW.
i didnt know that. geeeez.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now when i look at the ganguro girls i see those hideous illustrations from the slave era (thanks disney, always on top of exploitation on all fronts) with the magnified pink lips and bad postures. *shudder*
EXAMPLE FOR ANYONE WHO DOESNT KNOW WHAT IM TALKING about:
racist image i got off google

it really is depicting that stereotyped image, the more i look at it....
anyone else see that?

Um.. i don't quite like how it looks.. because asian's are known pale ne? well most of them. the tan look doesn't look good personally, i prefer being pale ^_^ only my opinion -.-

Following the Gyaru trend (ganguro is a branch off) isn't just about having a tan. It's about following the fashion, having a certain attitude and way of life. It's a lot more complicated than just a tan.

Ganguro originates from the Californian beach look, but it has changed A LOT since then.

It's far from trailer trash. It's about looking your best and having the best, even thought most Gals lack money it's because they follow such an expensive trend. They won't be seen without the latest designer brands etc. I guess the closest Western persona who could only slightly be related to the ganguro trend would be people along the lines of Paris Hilton.

Oh ok.
so its more a magnification of the supposed social hierarchy then?
sort of playing on that "high couture" crud.

weird.
why have a name that means Blackface then? lol
is the similarity to some early illustration coincidental then.

I thought the "having the best" ethos was the kogal thing.

Damn man, they scare the sh!t outta me, I like their hair though ^^"

This is how rumors get started...

"ganguro" literally translates as "black" and "face" but it has NOTHING to do with the racist imitation of "blackface" from '30s Americana.

(Do you really think that Japanese teenagers would pick up on a racist trend from 70 years ago and a different country?)

Ganguro has NOTHING to do with black people... it is a push against the traditional beauty tradition of subtle features, straight black hair and light skin-tones.