Notion of ALL LOOK SAME (ALLLOOKSAME.com). Is it really true?

taehyun said:

So, Cha Taehyun is Jomon?
I'm little perplexed about a reaction....☝

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Uncle Zed said:

That's an old test that was rigged to make a point that all Asians look the same. They purposely picked out the people that looked similar.


But I got this article from a website:


You Asians all look alike!ﾂ・

Many Asians growing up in mostly Caucasian communities have heard this before. I certainly have.


Well in 1994, I took a trip to China with my Caucasian college roommate. While stopping for some water in a small village, I remember being puzzled when an elderly Chinese woman commented that all the foreigners coming through looked alike. Now it all makes sense to me. I spent much of my childhood growing up in the United States and went to a nearly all Caucasian boarding school in Connecticut. To her, in an environment where she was only exposed to other Chinese faces, she was exquisitely trained at differentiating between other Chinese, but had trouble with my Caucasian friend.

Likewise, Caucasians inexperienced at analyzing Asian faces might find it difficult to differentiate between Asians. They窶决e eyes have not been trained to see the subtle differences because their mean templates represent the average features of a Caucasian, and all the Asian faces perhaps far exceed the sensitivity of their perception skills.


For many Asians who have spent much of their lives in certain mixed Asian populations like Los Angeles, differentiating between various Asian ethnic groups, eg Korean vs Vietnamese vs Japanese and even between southern and northern Chinese faces, is easy and instantaneous.



For many Asians who have spent much of their lives in certain mixed Asian populations like Los Angeles, differentiating between various Asian ethnic groups, eg Korean vs Vietnamese vs Japanese and even between southern and northern Chinese faces, is easy and instantaneous.


Likewise, Caucasians inexperienced at analyzing Asian faces might find it difficult to differentiate between Asians. They窶决e eyes have not been trained to see the subtle differences because their mean templates represent the average features of a Caucasian, and all the Asian faces perhaps far exceed the sensitivity of their perception skills.


For many Asians who have spent much of their lives in certain mixed Asian populations like Los Angeles, differentiating between various Asian ethnic groups, eg Korean vs Vietnamese vs Japanese and even between southern and northern Chinese faces, is easy and instantaneous.



For many Asians who have spent much of their lives in certain mixed Asian populations like Los Angeles, differentiating between various Asian ethnic groups, eg Korean vs Vietnamese vs Japanese and even between southern and northern Chinese faces, is easy and instantaneous.

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