Russell

I thought he was Asian.

My wife and I justed watched this film. She didn't see Russell as Asian, which is odd, since she'll speak Korean to the correct people, japanese to the correct people and 3 different chinese dialects to all the right people. I am not that worldly as to "know" which greeting to use based solely on facial features and the way people dress.

Now I assumed Russell was at the very least, of Asian-American heritage, based on his facial features and especially the very specific ways they chose to depcit his eyes as having an Epicanthic fold. I never doubted he was anything but a sweet, American kid with a high drive to earn merit badges and an adorable gentle love for animals.

However, I would like it if Pixar never answers the question because then it is a non-issue.

For those wondering what I was talking about regarding his eyes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicanthic_fold

Just remember the line from the article above: "There are various factors that influence whether someone has epicanthic folds, including geographical ancestry, age, and certain medical conditions........Epicanthic folds occur in East Asians, Southeast Asians, Central Asians and some South Asians, Indigenous Americans, some Arabs, the San people, Berbers, Inuit, and occasionally in Europeans (e.g., Scandinavians and Poles)."

I was just watching that Finnish film BIG GAME and the kid in that film has Epicanthic folds and he's Finnish, most likely of Saami ancestry. Europeans can have them too, as do some people of Turkic ancestry. Many of these folks have immigrated to the USA and Canada and often on these boards, we see discussions about actors and actresses who are clearly of European descent but have "asian" looking eyes. So, I'm just saying, this is a feature found all over the world, even in Africa. So.. who knows?

Russel is Russell and he's one neato kid!