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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I realize even using the term "almond shaped" is insensitive when describing Asian eyes, but I figure it's still better than the original term she was using. I found a list of descriptors that would be make more sense to me - just describe an individual's eyes using terms like these if you really insist on commenting on their eyes:
Close-set
Wide-set
Hooded or deep-set
Prominent 
Thin
Narrow
Heavy-lidded
Rounded[/quote]

All of the above are more repugnant that almond shaped eyes.  Pandas have almond shaped eyes.  Is this racist?[/quote]

Yeah, I just don't think almond-shaped eyes is a racist term. I'm 100% Caucasian and have almond shaped eyes. It's fine. [/quote]

OP here. This has become the norm. Just the origin of the phrase was by white men exoticizing Asian women. Nowadays apparently that origin is irrelevant and people use that phrase to describe eyes as wider and less round. So I have no issue with my mom using that phrase to describe my kids' eyes (although it gets annoying if she's pointing out the different shape of her/DH's eyes every day). It's the Chinese eyes phrase that I don't want used around my 3 young children. Partly because you can tell little ones not to say things but they pretty much repeat whatever they hear.[/quote]

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