Why do white people look older than they are supposed to?

Lighter skin generally does age faster. I think it's to do with sun damage from the lack of melanin giving it natural protection, and aging blemishes just show more on lighter skin.

That does go for Asians as well though, Asians don't age well a lot of times. I work with this Chinese man who I literally thought was about 60... he's 43, I found out yesterday.

Lifestyle has a lot to do with it though. There are some white people who do age amazingly through good habits and skincare (and good genes, I guess)... and some black people who age like bananas too. My (white) Mom is 50 and looks 38.

Depends. You need to be careful with your sample groups. Know the when, where and why. People say a lot of uninformed stuff. People in a certain senior center near a beach in Florida might be predominantly tanner than ones from a place in northern canada, for example. White people in general are people who are fairer skinned to qualify, which results in burning easier and contrasts heavily with things like discoloration of the eyes or skin - it's a harsher contrast, so it looks more dramatic. When we talk about looking old too, we mostly talk about skin. How it sags, deforms or wrinkles. Some people have the genes for skin that doesn't do that, which is why they joke some old people are secretly vampires. It also depends how healthy people are. Drinking, smoking, killing yourself while you're young shows harder when you're old - which again, looks more dramatic by contrast. That's the best I can think is happening with your perception of white people. Try to look at the science and the culture if something doesn't make sense or seems curious.

Hahahaaha Black people don't crack I suggest? Yeah they look 36 at 14 so when they're 36 people think they're still young. No but really, it depends on their diet, habits, health and genetics.

Genetics

I know right!

I hate it! I think I'm part it could be the sun!

Just white skin maybe ages or shows age faster than black or Asian or Latino skin?

Also smoking. Smoking ages skin way fast!

I've been smoking for over a decade now, and I swear in this past year it just hit me like a ton of bricks! It's like I got wrinkles and smokers lines forming on my face around my mouth and I think I look a minimum of 5 to 10 years older than I really am! It's terrible but I know I can't quit smoking so I just have to deal with the fact that it's making me look a lot older in a bad way!

The sun.

light skin is more prone to sun damage and wrinkles

its an easy to answer question , diet.

white people eat bad diets , mostly 90 percent of the caloric intake are seed crops, empty calories , starches so void of nutrition they are sprayed with vitamins just to have something on the side of the box not a zero. these calories activate the master hormone of ageing called Insulin.