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    "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    Also: a snub nose=snooty. Hooded eyelids=seductive and/or 'dopey'. Small eyes=distrustful. I may have looked like an Aryan poster child when I was little, but only until you dissected my face and realised I had (and still have!) all of these. Thanks for the genetics, mum and dad!


    My grandmother told me that her da used to say that the 'family nose' was a 'Roman' nose. Apparently she used to think that it meant something nice and austere, etc... Until he clarified that it was a 'Roman nose' cos it was 'roamin' all over [her] face.' Ha, crushed.


    My nose is small-ish and kinda snub, but also pointy. I had never thought much about it until a boy in my class in third form suddenly exclaimed 'gosh your nose is pointy, Vivien! It's like a witch's nose!' Now? I hide it every chance i get...

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    Image of TurtleSpeak TurtleSpeak
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    That is a weird goddamn book.


    I especially love the "Deceitful head". And that narrowheaded bird looks pretty dangerous to me.

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    Image of squirrelcop squirrelcop
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    Shifty-eyed dog finds this all very questionable.
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    Image of AfroJezeBella AfroJezeBella
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    I think Disney just makes the villains as wacky looking as possible without considering race.
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    Image of the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
    07/02/09

    @Prince Naveen is black. He's just using Murray's.: I find it odd that "wacky looking" automatically means a large, hooked nose and squinty eyes. And that it coincides so well with commonly held xenophobic stereotypes that have been around for a very long time.
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    Image of clevernamehere clevernamehere
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    Doesn't baby-faced killer just mean too young to shave?


    To me, the most fascinating examples of "scientific racism" are the mid-19th century British cartoons comparing the savage features of Africans and Irishmen to the civilized features of the English. Because when I think of two groups that look alike, I totally think of the Irish and Africans (whose tribe/country is never specified).

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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    07/02/09

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    Image of the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
    07/02/09

    @Jack_Burton Wow, I have something in common with Megan Fox! Toe Thumbs was my nickname throughout middle school!
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    Image of the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
    07/02/09

    @Jack_Burton: for comparison:
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    Image of the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
    07/02/09

    @the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene: I fail at image linking.
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    Image of Raederle Raederle
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    I prefer this take on things, from Roald Dahl: "A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."
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    Image of meritxell: an erotic life meritxell: an erotic life
    07/02/09

    @Raederle: Oh god, I forget which book this was from but I always remembered this line, because I think it's so true.
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    Image of Perpetual Ingenue Perpetual Ingenue
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    Facial reading, people do it whether or not they have a manual. Hence all of the plastic surgery. Its why women get their lips injected, because people think fuller lips send out a more "sensual" message. And so many women want small ski-slope noses and stronger facial symmetry. As if a face could map out the complexities of the nature of an individual. Give me the so-called "witchy" face, anyday. I love my Roman nose. :)
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    Image of WashingMyHair WashingMyHair
    07/02/09

    @Perpetual Ingenue: I don't think that the majority of those people are doing it to look honest or trustworthy. This is a whole other issue!
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    Phhttt! Why are you trying to extrapolate this fine and surely accurate information, which is clearly only about teh mens, to features of teh wimmens? Our character is defined by our submissive nature and baby making ability. We can't be reduced to physical stereotypes!
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    Jay Leno is evil. It's not just good comedy that he's murdered.
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    Image of WashingMyHair WashingMyHair
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    Wow. According to this book, half of the elderly people I encounter cannot be trusted. With age, noses continue to elongate, eyelids begin to droop, hairlines recede and dentures get lost. Good to know!
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    Apparently, if you had Morton's Toe (toe next to the big toe is actually LONGER than the big toe), you were dishonest and possibly a whore.
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    Image of sarahxo sarahxo
    07/02/09

    @shorty63136: I have that on one foot and not the other! What does that make me? It's like, just longer on one foot, and the same on the other.
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    Image of the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
    07/02/09

    @shorty63136:Both of my toes are like that! I'm gonna go whore it up right now! See ya!
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    Image of lilbobbytables lilbobbytables
    07/02/09

    @sarahxo: I think you get to choose between being dishonest and being a whore. Congrats!
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    07/02/09

    @shorty63136: Well that sucks. I never get to have any fun. Straight toes.
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    Image of notheretomakefriends notheretomakefriends
    07/02/09

    @shorty63136: I had that too! but I'll never admit it
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    Image of notheretomakefriends notheretomakefriends
    07/02/09

    @notheretomakefriends: correction *have* not *had* I would not change my whorish toes for anything in the world
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    Image of femputer femputer
    07/02/09

    @shorty63136: Now, I thought I heard that was a graceful, enviable feature.... I swear, I remember seeing my mum had it but I didn't and feeling shorted.
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    I always thought that it was less about ethnicity and more about classical "the ideal" until I realized that "the ideal" was developed by European whites.
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    Image of the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
    07/02/09

    @badmutha: Yep, I used to think that too. These images, especially the noses, make it very obvious that the ethnicity of "evil" is definitely not Western European.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    I don't care what you say, Ben Franklin was a vicious bastard! Damn you Ben Franklin! You and your bi-focals can rot in HELL.
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDinosaur PurpleMonkeyDinosaur
    07/02/09

    @bluebears: best laugh I've had all day.


    Hearted.

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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    07/02/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDinosaur: :)
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    Image of PrisonBreakShaker PrisonBreakShaker
    07/02/09

    @bluebears: Did you ever see that Office where they discover that Ben Franklin was a gross jerk and strippers give great advice that rhymes? I suggest you submit that as evidence.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    07/02/09

    @SisterFrost: that was HILARIOUS. I loved that episode.
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    07/02/09

    In reply to "Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
    OMG we totally studied this type of "anthropology", as it were called back then, in my Diversity and Concepts of Race class. By the end of the semester, my professor had shot down every. single. concept about race based on physical appearance that we had when we came into the class (we took a pre-class evaluation of perception and a post-class evaluation).


    We even got to study human remains, used the above type of "science" in order to determine the race of the deceased person based on their bones. WRONG. EVERY. TIME.


    Loved that class. It's why I would always put "race" in quotation marks - but I got tired of going into the abyss that included explaining why "race" doesn't actually exist and why I put it in quote marks as a result.

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