Stone Ethnic

Apr 13
2011



Stone Ethnic
What does “ethnic” mean in reference to one’s facial features?

A little while ago, Lady GaGa was on the cover of Rolling Stone and in the article, the author describes her nose as “ethnic”. What exactly does this mean?
Yeah, see, that’s what I figured but then I thought “Don’t lots of white people have big noses?” I was kind of confused that they would use that phrasing.

Certain races have particular traits. Black people often have large lips, Asians have a slant to the eye. Arabs have large noses. It means she has a noticeable variation from the typical western European look.

Coppa Stone: Live in Europe @ Reggae Ethnic Festival 2008


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