I know many Asians and none use bleaching creams. I don't know why everyone says that.
No one is giving this as much attention as you claim, fyi. No group of people is the same. But you have to admit that western culture from whites/blacks in America DOES INFLUENCE the rest of the world.
And using whitening products DOES= I want to be something else. For example, in class yesterday I read about kids in South Korea(note this is a democracy and people can do what they want) going through EXTREME MEASURES to make themselves taller such as: acupuncture, stretch on a rack, etc. You can't deny that this comes from western culture and not Eastern. The culture obviously does not value their natural appearances( this is similar to American culture: plastic surgery, relaxing, bleaching,tanning,) and you can't deny that people all over the world want to be different very few are happy the way they are.
If you are Happy then don't worry about it. To answer your question of why people think that you are so white-washed, this is because of your western culture's EXTREME arrogance in thinking that EVERYONE wants to be as we are. But, can you deny that our culture and standards are taking the world by storm.
This always happens to the most successful. If China keeps developing the way it is then we may have eastern culture forced upon us for a change. We may even all speak some dialect of Chinese (As apposed to the fact that most educated people speak English).
In short, there are many easterners that are open to and eager about westernization, this is just the truth. But don't act as if all people think this way, I for one don't care what you want to be.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.