IIRC the racial fetishization of pale skin really just comes from non-western countries (Korea, China, Japan, etc) wanting to be more like the western countries where white skin is predominant and they can see the culture differences and actions by those of darker and lighter skin. Wouldn't this just be a fetish of a fetish?
I just find girls with pale skin more attractive. It's like asking a gay person why they're gay. Things just are man
I read somewhere that in Korea pale skin is preferred because having tanned skin use to mean you were poor and had to work outside in the fields, and this beauty standard just never went away
There's a difference between skin color and ingrained sexuality. You can 'teach' yourself to respond positively in a sexual manner to things, after all.
That was the same in Europe and America which has now progressed to tan skin to show that people have the free time to tan, but with Asians being behind the times(China continuing to use coal after seeing what it did to Western countries and could have a more prosperous society without smog, but they rather keep their aristocrats happy) they will soon turn to tanned skin as well, it already makes an appearance such as in Ganguro.