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Actually out of th3 4 main regions that thailand is divided into only 1 region should be fair skinned and those are from the north of thailand lose to the chinese border. Even though the other 3 main regions of thai are dark skinned i believe they are pretty different. Khun issan or the northeast have closer roots to cambodia and speak a type of thai that even most thais don't understand. The central thais those from bkk and surrounding regions are pretty tanned too. It's the southern thais that i believe not thais don't trust hence the saying khun tai(southern thais) jai dum have a black heart. I suppose it's due to the majority of southern thais being muslims and many thais especially in the 3 southernmost states like pattani in the malay peninsula are actually malays that took up the thai culture. Issan thais are dark skinned too but they are considered to be kind hearted amongst all thais but also the most backwards and more in tune with cambodia since it's closer to cambodia.
I do believe there's obviously going to be some sort of class divide amongst the thais especially if you notice most higher classed thais aren't really dark skinned but i don't believe it's just due to skin color. it's more likely due to which region of thailand they come from.
i agree on the different region of thai those dark skinned comes from . i used to have a thai gf when im staying in thai . i love surfing and the beach but my ex thai gf always tell me not to get so dark cause her family dont like dark skinned ppl .