Why are oriental eyes slanted

I personally think this is a characteristic of DNA, it would explain the color, size and body of the Japanese. Many Asians in China have a darker skin, while Brazil has a good mix, even Indians in Brazil have slanted eyes, so I believe that the climate is not so related. I think that the determining factor for differentiating Easterners from Westerners is exactly the absence of mixing peoples in the past centuries, this helped to pass the gene on.

Nowadays the Japanese have more open eyes than the Chinese and Koreans, and with the westernization of Asia these characteristics can increasingly spread and diversify around the world. Just as people are more brown or white due to the amount of melanin produced in the skin.

Asians and Westerners have differences in faces, eyes, sizes and weights due to climatic conditions, food, lifestyle and due to genetics and characteristics of parents and descendants.

What do you think? Is there a secret behind the eyes of the Easterners? I hope you enjoyed the article, we appreciate the comments and shares! Why do the Japanese and other Asians have their eyes pulled up?

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They are air-kissing her, to the left, to the right, to the left again, pointing at the cover, telling her how beautiful she is. She smiles at them, bisous , she's learned to stop pronouncing the "S" in most French words she comes across, bisous, she rolls the tiny black spheres of caviar in her mouth, bisous, she's doing well. The Plaintiff herein, Lucie J.

The Defendant herein, Miley Cyrus, is a popular American actress and recording artist. On the 10th day of February , the Defendant posed for a photograph wherein she pulled back her eyelids in a slant to look like a derogatory Asian caricature.

As a result of the Defendant's global fame as a teen idol, the photograph went "viral" on the internet, catching the attention of millions around the world. The Defendant's conduct contravenes a statutory provision contained in the California Business and Professions Code [BPC] which prohibits businesses from discriminating against people based on, inter alia, race, gender, and ethnicity. The Defendant knew or should have known that the photograph would be in the public eye. The photograph was taken by an employee of celebrity news website TMZ, which is well known for publicizing such candid photos as part of their coverage of the lives of celebrities such as the Defendant.

In addition, the Defendant knew or should have known that the photograph would be further promulgated via mass media channels such as the internet and local tabloid publications, which the Defendant knew took great interest in her personal life. The Defendant must, therefore, have recognized the risk that her conduct at that point in time would be seen by a large group of people and, in reckless disregard of that risk, struck a pose which amounted to a racial slur.

The image of slanted eyelids imitated by the Defendant has its lineage in a long and unfortunate history of people mocking and denigrating individuals of Asian descent. Not only have the Defendant and the other individuals in the photograph encouraged and legitimized the taunting and mocking of people of Asian descent, she has also insulted her many Asian-Pacific American fans.

The inclusion of an Asian-Pacific American individual in the photograph does not in any way make it acceptable. It is highly undesirable as a matter of social policy for blatant acts of racial discrimination, especially those committed by people who are in the public eye, to go unpunished.

This will only serve to destabilize the delicate balance of our multi-racial community. By reason of the facts and circumstances stated above, the Defendant has violated a provision under the BPC. Given the centrality of looking to this exhibition, it's also interesting to think about how the dynamics of the presentation will change with each city, and how it relates to the borderlessness alluded to in its title, No Country.

But to answer your earlier question. I think there are numerous contemporary Asian artists whose work interrogates the "modern" Asian experience. When Der Blaue Reiter riff off of African objets d'art or Chinese paintings, we say, how original; we consign them to the avant-garde.

But when an Asian artist references Fauvism or uses a motif of Kandinsky's, we say, how derivative. I believe that intelligent curatorial practice can contribute to how we look at cultures, how we interact with various cultures. At the same time, of course, curating is not a neutral exercise. Curating is my point of view, my interpretation of what is going on. When I started producing exhibitions for institutions that were not from my own country, I had to take on a different position.

I had to try and see what the region, these artists, and these works looked like through someone else's eyes. At the same time, what was imperative to me was to challenge romanticized perceptions of the region. It is not to deny that you see the Southeast Asian region as exotic. But—I could very well think you are quite exotic as well. See, it's a matter of relativity, an impulse to return the gaze.

But I get ahead of myself. Look at this work. Counter Acts , by the Filipino artist Poklong Anading. It is a black-and-white lightbox showing a group of people holding up circular mirrors to cover their faces, which in turn reflect the bright sunlight in which they have been photographed.