Why do oriental people have slitted eyes?
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An epicanthal fold, epicanthic fold or epicanthus is a skin fold of the upper eyelid (from the nose to the inner side of the eyebrow) covering the inner corner (medial canthus) of the human eye. This fold covers and appears to lower the inner corners of the eyes, creating the appearance of "slanted eyes." It is commonly known amongst Asians as "single-eyelids", as opposed to "double eyelids".\n\nThe occurrence of the epicanthic fold is believed to be an evolutionary defense against both the extreme cold as well as the extreme light that occurs in the Eurasian arctic and north. A few have opted to have them minimized by blepharoplasty. Epicanthal folds may also be seen in young children of any race before the bridge of the nose begins to elevate.\n\nThe distribution of epicanthal folds is numerous. It can also be found in significant numbers amongst Native Americans, the Khoisan of Southern Africa, many Central Asians and some people of Sami origin. The presence of epicanthal folds is normal in people of many, though not all, groups of East Asian and Southeast Asian descent. It also occurs sometimes on people of South Asian descent. Children of a parent with a pronounced epicanthal fold and one without an epicanthal fold will have varying degrees of epicanthal folds as a result. Epicanthal folds are also common in people with Down syndrome.
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Your question is "Why are some people eyes whiter than others?"\nThe answer: Cos some people take care of them much better than others, or are not stressing them that much in comparison to the red eyed ones.\nIt cud also be genetic.
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"Epicanthal folds and oblique palpebral fissures that create almond-shaped eyes are common among most Mongoloid individuals, though their occurrence among Amerindians is almost absent, except for those in the North American west coast and far north. The presence of epicanthal folds is most common in people of East Asian and Southeast Asian descent. The fold covers and appears to lower the inner corners of the eyes, creating the appearance of 'slanted eyes.' It is commonly known amongst Asians as 'single eyelids', as opposed to 'double eyelids'. The occurrence of the epicanthic fold is believed to be an evolutionary defense against both the extreme cold as well as the extreme light that occurs in the Eurasian arctic and far north."
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I've never heard of that. What I have heard, is that Asians are not very hairy. All of the Asians I know are so lucky,they don't have to shave,wax,or anything.
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to look pretty?\ni haf no freakin idea man... the japs do a lot of weird of stuff of which i cant even understand sometimes... they haf weird sense of fashion n makeup too... silver eyeshadow... white lipstick.. all in daylight... they even go to the temple like tt... man... there r some weird twisted pple there...
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It looks like it's just a reflex. No one really knows why it happens (and it turns out that there are SOME people who are able to hold their eyes open.)
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It probably made the ones with weaker eyes survive and reproduce, where they would have easily died without glasses, and that's why so many people have the eye problems that are present today.
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i can understand what u r talking about.....i saw an episode in oprah that they go thru surgery to look like western women... chinese ppl most of them hav smaller eyes(squint) , right?\n\ni was astonished ... must be the effect of maybe ..hollywood? who knows... it seems they do it to get males to like them.. that was kinda what was said in the show....
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Its something to do with the eyes I think. Sorry I cant give any further info.
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cause people are stupid and that is one of the dumbest stereotypes out their.  people dont know any martial arts just because they are asian.  \n\nof coarse its not the most harmful stereotype out there.
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I'm not quite sure but of course, droopy eyelids can definitely occlude some part of your vision.
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"There are hundreds of reasons why someone might have two different-colored eyes, known as hetero-chromia, says Dr. Richard Hertle, a pediatric opthamologist at the National Eye Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Two of these are direct injury to the eye or an underlying disease that affects the eyes."\n\nSee link for further information.
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Er...to be sure, I don't think anybody has slanted eyes.  It seems like a sort of caricatured view of Asians.  \n\nHowever, it does seem as if Asians have thinner/wider eyes than most people, and that would be because of the epicanthal fold, which ancient Asians developed in order to combat the fierce northern weather.  It's similar to the camel's multiple eyelids.
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Americans lie,cheat,steal anything goes, They don't trust asians in general as they don,t trust others races such as the indiguos "American Indian" they were treated by European decendant americans worse than black slaves! Yeah I know about cooly labor and slaving out the irish in the mid 1800s! Do you think you can find any other race then asian working for Asian employer say in Chinatown in San Francisco? Yet there are state and federal laws against discrimination, and yes it works against them cause americans won,t hire them! What about the one where China discovered America first, i have known one american indian family that had slanted eye features! The truth!A family that went by the last name of Blazedel spelling could be wrong!
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i guess. lots of chinese people wear glasses so.
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"Chinese" is not a genetic distinction, it's a geographical one.  The people in China are a mixture of countless smaller groups and tribes of people, with the expected large number of recessive genes.  Hair and eye color does change over time, as different genes are expressed differentially based on age-related regulation of transcription factors.  You are just at one end of a typical bell-shaped curve for these specific traits.
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I haven't seen that personally.  Actually, according to scientific studies, people with lighter eyes (especially bright blue) tend to have more eye problems than any other eyecolor.  There could be some vitamin or mineral deficiency that Asians have that I am unaware of though.