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People Magazine thinks all Asians look alike | Korean singer-actor Rain (Bi) is dissed
WTF? Major US publication People Magazine thinks all Asians look alike! Case in point: they profile popular Korean singer-actor RAIN (Bi; real name: Ji Hoon Jung) since he's making his States-side debut in the film Speed Racer (too bad it bombed)...and beside his interview People inserts a picture not of Rain but of model-actor Karl Yune (brother of actor Rick Yune) instead!
Rain is a superstar -- bigger than big -- not only in Korea but in the whole freaking continent of Asia...including the mass market of the expat Asian communities around the world...so People's faux pas (written by a writer with the name Alexis Chiu no less) is a slap in the face! Maybe they need to test themselves on All Look Same. Geez.
Can't decide if you should laugh because it's funny, or shake your fist because it's offensive...right?
More: Schema's blog: Let RAIN pour - Korean popstar heading for the US market | Sources: All K Pop blog & OhNoTheyDidn't blog | People article under the cut
IMAGE CREDIT FROM ONTD -- they added "All Asians Look the Same?" to the image below.
People Magazine article:
You be the judge! Here are Rain & Karl Yune:
Rain (Bi):
Karl Yune:
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It is clear that Asians don't look the same. If anything, we look too different. Our visible differences are often used as a wedge by non-Asians to divide our people. We should intermarry to look more similar, so anti-Asians can't separate us into distinct groups.
May 14, 2008 at 12:03 AM
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