In old movies,books,etc.you always see scruffy cowboys shaving with a straight-razor but you never see an Indian with a moustache or beard!
2006-06-13 17:22:25 · 13 answers · asked by humpmunky 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It's a genetic trait. I'm over 1/4 Cherokee, & I go roughly 5 days between shaves. My uncle, who is over 1/2 Cherokee, takes months to grow a pencil-thin mustache. My late grandfather, a full-blood, would have probably needed a year to grow one, if he grew facial hair at all. Unfortunately, he died before I was born, so I'm guessing, but my mom can hardly remember him ever shaving.
Oh, as for mrcab13, lighten up! Yes, there are differences between races besides skin color, & noticing or asking about such differences doesn't make a person a racist. How else can we learn about one another? Too many people of limited intellect throw around the racist label indiscrimantly, lumping in nice people like this who are curious with people who are actually racist. Growth of facial hair is a genetic trait, as are many other features. This was a reasonable question, & deserved a reasonable answer, which you didn't give.
2006-06-15 22:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Facial hair From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the quantity of facial hair on a man's face varies from person to person, and in addition between ethnic agencies. For instance, guys from many East Asian, Southeast Asian or West African backgrounds most often have a lot much less facial hair than those of European, core jap, valuable African, or South Asian descent, with Native american citizens mostly having little to none in any respect.
2016-08-08 22:13:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genetics, they really aren't that hairy either (so the movies were correct for once) my fiance isn't very hairy at all, only the top of his head and his chin and that's it. Hair won't grow anywhere else on him (thank goodness) and he's 1/4 native american.
2006-06-13 18:06:43 · answer #3 · answered by ditzychik508 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I knew a man who was half Choctaw Indian, and he had only a few whiskers on his chin. And he only shaved about once a week. I ran into him again many years later, and he hadn't changed hardly at all. I think it's genetic. Part of their genome.
2006-06-13 17:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by correrafan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is genetics, if someone doesn't grow facial hair. Usually because somewhere in their genes, ancestors lived in the heat & didn't need it to warm them. Just like people who are really hairy, their ancestors were probably from a cold place.
2006-06-13 17:27:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mindy S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
D.N.A.,(That is A stereo type,by the way)Native americans and typicaly asian descended people have little or no facial hair.it is predominantly stright,and more often than not, dark,their eyes,as with people of African descent,very dark brown or black.
2006-06-13 17:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by foreversmilingirish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All men have facial hair so it stands to reason they shave it off.
2006-06-13 19:05:05 · answer #7 · answered by patkelly1945 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE ORIGINALL A MIX OF A RACE THAT HAD COME OVER THE BERING STRAIGHT AND MIXED W/THE ESKIMOS - NEITHER THE ASIANS NOR ESKIMOS HAVE ALOT OF BODY HAIR..THEREFORE....
2006-06-13 17:29:16 · answer #8 · answered by darkspirit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are really a passive group. scalping never really happened it was a ploy for security and power. if you look closely at a scalp it really is just facial hair. but it worked somewhat!
2006-06-13 17:40:27 · answer #9 · answered by sideall06 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HOW DARE YOU ASK SUCH A RACISTS QUESTION! DON'T YOU KNOW WHERE ALL ALIKE? THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN. IF YOU GO SUGGESTING D.N.A. ANOMALIES THAT WOULD INSINUATE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RACES OTHER THAN SKIN COLOR! AND WE MUST NEVER DISCUSS SUCH ABSURDITY . I'LL PRAY FOR YOU PALEFACE
2006-06-13 21:42:22 · answer #10 · answered by Mr.Obvious 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋