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Brands featuring Chinese models with narrow eyes in advertisements have been accused of racism.
The highest frequency of occurrence of epicanthic folds is found in specific populations or ethnicities: East Asians, Southeast Asians, Central Asians, North Asians, Polynesians, Micronesians, Indigenous peoples of the Americas, and some African people (especially among Khoisan and Nilotic people).
There is no complete evolutionary explanation for the apparent slant of the eyes common to Asians. The configuration results from a fold of skin of the upper eyelid, the epicanthic fold, which tends to cover the inner corner of the eye.
3 sty 2022 · Brands featuring Chinese models with narrow eyes in advertisements have been accused of racism.
22 lut 2022 · Monolid eyes, or epicanthal folds, are an eyelid shape commonly seen in people of Asian descent. It’s also seen in people with genetic conditions. With monolid eyes, the skin of your upper eyelids covers the inner parts of your eyes.
16 wrz 2013 · When you talk about the shape of an Asian person's eyes, it seems that people are fixated on two separate things: eyelids and epicanthal folds. Epicanthal folds are the bit of skin on the upper...
The main difference in eye shape is the way the upper eyelid meets the inner corner of the eye. In many ethnicities, including East Asians, Southeast Asians, Polynesians and Native Americans, there is commonly a slight fold at this point, called an ‘epicanthic fold’.
