Luckily Japanese have yellow faces

I've noticed that black hair is relatively rare in European-derived cultures, and thus is exotic. But in cultures where it's common like there or South America or Turkey, blonde is of course the exotic look.
 
Beerina said:
I've noticed that black hair is relatively rare in European-derived cultures, and thus is exotic. But in cultures where it's common like there or South America or Turkey, blonde is of course the exotic look.
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i wonder if ginger is thought of as desirably exotic anywhere in the world? :)
 
andyandy said:
i wonder if ginger is thought of as desirably exotic anywhere in the world? :)
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The Spanish exchange students that visited when I was young were obsessed by all the blonde and ginger haired boys at our school.

For some reason this thread makes me think of Prince "if you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes" Philip. Can't think why...
 
Darth Rotor said:
I'd say yes.

I was offered a few pointers on why round eyes were not welcome in a couple of bars in Tokyo's Rapungi district, back in about 1990.

Honest, polite, and distinctly bigoted.

When in Tokyo . . .

DR
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In the late 90's I was in Tokyo (Rappongi) on business and a colleague of mine wanted to go to a local bar to hang out. Every bar we tried to go into we were asked to leave. "Japanese only"

I love going to Japan and have many friends there, but there is a racist mentality there that is unsettling.
 
Beerina said:
I've noticed that black hair is relatively rare in European-derived cultures, and thus is exotic.
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Where did you notice that? Plenty of Europeans and even northern Europeans have black hair. I know that a high percentage of English and Irish have black hair as well as Germans.
 
Dustin Kesselberg said:
Where did you notice that? Plenty of Europeans and even northern Europeans have black hair. I know that a high percentage of English and Irish have black hair as well as Germans.
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what do you quantify as "high percentage"?

Europe is a large melting pot of hair colours....but black hair is certainly much rarer than in Asia.

This is an interesting site on the topic.
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/ep/Frost_06.html
 
andyandy said:
what do you quantify as "high percentage"?

Europe is a large melting pot of hair colours....but black hair is certainly much rarer than in Asia.

This is an interesting site on the topic.
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/ep/Frost_06.html
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I'd consider 20% a high percentage. His post suggested that Black hair was so rare in European cultures that it was considered "exotic". The fact is, Black hair is nowhere near as rare among Europeans as blond is among Asians. Natural hair colors here. When you see a black haired brown eyed European it's nothing uncommon. However when you see a naturally blue eyed blond haired Japanese or Chinese person then you look twice. I don't know the percentages of naturally blond hair or blue eyes who aren't Albino's among ethnic Chinese, But I'm sure it's below 1%.
 
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