Really? I'm black multiracial and have blue eyes (a lot of black/brown folks where my parents are from have blue, gray, or green eyes). I'd imagine it's even more common among actual white people. |
She still looks beautiful despite her insanely terrible skin. Perfection isn’t beautiful to many. |
The new norms of plastic surgery and flawless skin is venturing into uncanny valley territory. |
Green/blue eyes (teal I guess) brunette. I get a lot of looks- which i do think because it is unusual. Rarity attracts attention. |
My sister is a blue-eyed brunette. Half of my cousins are browned haired green eyes people. My friend from Romania is a blue-eyed brunette. My friend's dd who is part South American, part Egyptian is a blue-eyed brunette. My dad was the same, my aunt from my mom's side is the same. I am Slavic and Balkan, something there, who knows, a ton of people there have blue eyes and brown hair. |
DP but you don't *have* to wear a hijab in any country except Iran and even that is iffy. The pp is just saying that if you honestly believed that your hair was causing a raucous, nothing stopped you from putting on a hijab. Separately, I have a similar genetic makeup to yours and I have blonde hair, but in Jordan people asked if I was Jordanian. Iraq, Lebanon, etc are similar. Sorry, but we don't have the market cornered on the blonde gene. There are plenty of blondes in the ME. I think you just want to be different. Re: East Asian countries, yes, they are more racially homogeneous and being blonde is different. But in the Middle East, you're not special. I don't want to be mean but your insistence that people have never seen blonde people before seems a little ill-informed and offensive. |
In turkey too- lots of dark hair and light eyes. But I do think it is much more rare than the brown/brown or blonde/blue combo |
True there are blondes in the ME, but few, and even fewer natural. And you do stick out and draw tons of unwanted attention. Unless you are totally ugly, but even then. To say otherwise is laughable. |
It's a striking combination. That is why. The dark hair really makes light eyes pop. |
It’s true my brother is very light and blonde and in China he was followed around and his hair and skin touched. The older generation calls is the translation is white devil. The younger generations are curious and intrigued. My husband is Chinese and our son is very white. Adorable as are all children. Hopefully they are growing up in a different world without all this blondes are better nonsense. |
Because you are considered a sl*t! Seriously, cover your hair. Western women are stereotyped there just as the West has their own stereotypes. Not saying it is right, fair, but there I am seeing tourists at the pyramids in skimpy shorts and tank tops! If you don't want to draw the attention, do something about it if it bothers you so much! There I was at the pyramids, being let in all the places that are free to Egyptians... why? I had a scarf over my head! |
Are you Turkish? Thanks to the Ottoman Empire rule my country has great cuisine! Full of spices, great sweets, and yummy meats! |
I find it hysterical that all these women in DC - frump town - are all claiming to be so unique and head-turning. OMG blue eyes and dark hair! You wish. Haha. |
Blue-eyes/red hair is the rarest combination in the world, more rare than green eyes/red hair or brown-eyes/red hair. |
It's also been the target of much hate and reviled in many places around the world. Even with the whole 'red-headed step child' thing. Or the bar drink the 'red headed sl*t" (Jagermeister, peach schnapps, cranberry) To be a 'ginger' in the UK was to be reviled. And, in latin American countries they were seen as the devil. Carrot-top, Bozo the Clown, copper-top, ginger-nut, ginger minger, bluey (among Australians), Duracell, Ronald McDonald, Simply Red, Queen Elizabeth. And so on Ginger is still seen as a derogatory term. South Park came out with the episode "Ginger Kids" that said, among other things, that gingers were sick, evil, and had no souls. "You have no soul!" has become a common accusation directed towards redheads that is often viewed as acceptable in normal society, even at schools and work. This discrimination against redheads is often overlooked, ignored, or discounted because most redheads are white and part of a racial majority in the areas where they are persecuted. In the UK--60% of redheads have faced discrimination because of their hair color: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6725653.stm https://metro.co.uk/2017/02/05/why-britain-needs-a-law-against-ginger-discrimination-6427955/ |