Are Japanese people really that racist?

gkc4
Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:55:15 +0000

UCLAri:

gkc4,

You’re confusing the reasoning for the eyelid fold surgery to an extent. While there is an argument that it’s to “caucasianize” the eyes, there is also significant evidence that the double eyelid was considered desirable long before Western influence.



Even if it was popular before western influence, there is no doubt that Asians admire the caucasian double-eyelid. It makes your eyes appear bigger, and that’s what they really want. Now, they associate big eyes=caucasian=pretty, regardless of what it was before.