It's called "the cross race effect" and it's been commonly observed.
Basically, a person typically finds it easier to pick out distinct facial details, and tell people apart, when it's people of their own ethnicity (or other ethnicities they frequently see). When looking at people of other races though, that ability gets muddied and you find it harder to distinguish.
I used to think all Asians looked the same. Then I had a brief phase when I went crazy on Kpop. It eventually got easier for me to immediately recognise different singers. It's just about how exposed you are to different races. Get familiar with their features, it gets easier to immediately pick up on their individual looks.
I do still think caucasians (objectively) do have the widest range of phenotypes, between all our hair colours, eye colours and varying facial bone structure. No other race seems to have that variety. I also think caucasians have a lot more "developed" sexual dimorphism, clear physical distinctions between men and women, but that might be my bias as a white(-ish) person.
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It's called "the cross race effect" and it's been commonly observed.
Basically, a person typically finds it easier to pick out distinct facial details, and tell people apart, when it's people of their own ethnicity (or other ethnicities they frequently see). When looking at people of other races though, that ability gets muddied and you find it harder to distinguish.
I used to think all Asians looked the same. Then I had a brief phase when I went crazy on Kpop. It eventually got easier for me to immediately recognise different singers. It's just about how exposed you are to different races. Get familiar with their features, it gets easier to immediately pick up on their individual looks.
I do still think caucasians (objectively) do have the widest range of phenotypes, between all our hair colours, eye colours and varying facial bone structure. No other race seems to have that variety. I also think caucasians have a lot more "developed" sexual dimorphism, clear physical distinctions between men and women, but that might be my bias as a white(-ish) person.