The 'fox eye' beauty trend is it really racist towards Asians?

Social media’s latest makeup trend is the fox eye, a look that involves shaving off the tail end of your eyebrows to draw on a straighter brow; using a brown or black eyeshadow to create a sharp, cat-eye; and then, adding a touch of eyeshadow to the inner corners of your eyes pointing towards the bridge of your nose. The final look creates the illusion of Asian eyes.

On social media people from all over the world have been posting videos and photos modeling the look -- using makeup and other to show the lifted, almond-shaped eyes of celebrities such as Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Megan Fox.

However, some people have taken to social media to raise the issue of racial insensitivity, calling the fox eye trend out for culturally seizing of Asian features.

The fox eye look also comes at a time when hate crimes against Asians are on the rise yet are not openly condemned by President Trump, who instead insists on calling COVID-19 “the China virus,”

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But is the fox eye beauty trend is really racist. Going through comments from Asian people on social media we can see that they assure that this trend racist and it is even not resembling asian eyes.