[anArbitraryOne]

"They were always looking for beautiful children with white skin." But most of the children in the video appear to be non-white. So they're not even good at anti-affirmative-action?

[graemep]

Possibly it means white by the standards of the culture and language the statement was made in.

[throwfaraway135]

Or it's just BBC doing BBC stuff.

[micromacrofoot]

it's likely referring to colorism within the country, generally lighter is viewed as favorable