Confused re PP AA and PP talking about Filipino person. Is it the almond shape or slit shape eyes we're talking about?

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I am a Caucasian parent but I have an adopted Asian child. What is the Asian smirk?? I have even googled it but cannot find it??? Thx. . . .

me too. I googled it and didn't find but I think it is the same as pulling your eyes so it shows how asin eyes look like?

If it is that...well...what a f* drama. Is it really offensive? Please tell me I am wrong.

Yes if it is the eye pull its offensive
- signed AA (African Amer) with almond shaped eyes

I am Eurasian and have mostly lived in Europe. Here I have had to adjust to the very American habit of listing a growing number of words and expressions as taboo.

It's laudable to wish everyone felt at ease in our society, but isn't this going too far?

If pulling back your eyes is the so-called Asian smirk, I have no problem with it (and have had it shown to me by numerous classmates in the past).

Anonymous wrote:Sheesh, if I hired an Asian nanny, I'd want her teaching my kids calculus or something.

Ignorance. If you're going to in, go big.

LOL. I thought tiger moms don't let their kids become nannies.

OP, can you please explain? I actually, have never heard of this. Is this a face that an Asian person makes when they are annoyed? I really don't understand how your nanny is teaching this to your kids? For example, does your nanny make a smirk when she is annoyed or shows them the smirk and tells them when it would be appropriate to make that expression?

Signed,
So Confused

Sheesh, if I hired an Asian nanny, I'd want her teaching my kids calculus or something.

Ignorance. If you're going to in, go big.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, it's the pulling of the eyes? But how is this a "smirk"? A smirk is a smug, silly, or conceited smile. How does "pulling eyes" = "smirk." I don't get it!

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It's based on the emoticon ; -) or ;-J with the "winking eye". Since those are called smirking emoticons, some liken the pulling back of the eyes in the Asian gesture to the semi-colon winking eye of the smirk.

Very new lingo. When I was a kid, they were just called "Jap eyes" but then WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnamese War were all much fresher in people's memories.

I think you need to talk with the nanny in front of the kids and let her know that some people find that gesture offensive and that you don't want your children learning to do that because they don't know if the person will be offended or not. Then explain to the children that while not everyone finds that gesture offensive, some do and so they should not use it.