Guest doremii* Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 of course it'd be hard to tell since most of them are only 1/8 Asian or something-___- I don't understand these threads.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bbylove* Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 WOW O_O Mark Paul Gosselaar doesnt even resemble it a teeny tiny bit. you forgot Kristian Kruek!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Inverted Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Nope. I just found it incredibly stupid. And what was stupid about it? It's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest two hearts collide Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 LOL.... these people are mixed, not "Asian" because mixed = Caucasian/Black/... + Asian so OF COURSE they won't look Asian. -____-""" but they wouldnt look caucasian either because theyre mixed with asian... too many people who pass as full caucasian in hollywood and in the modeling world are MIXED rarely are they ever fully caucasian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kiin Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 And what was stupid about it? It's true. All of it was. Generally, the idea that people of different races are as different as cats and dogs. Something that doesn't go together. So "whites" put a claim on some people you feel they shouldn't put a claim on. Like human beings are things. Srsly, those nasty whites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickynisa Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 i didn't know that keanu has chinese ethnicity.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maydx93 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 wow....some of them really surprised me!! LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k r e m e s Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I did know that a couple of them had some Asian descent, but for most of the people listed, the heritage is not obvious. I had no idea that Mark Paul Gosselaar was part Asian though. He is so gorgeous. EDIT: Wow, how Soompi has changed. So much controversy over a rather innocuous thread. The topic starter was simply pointing out that certain mixed celebrities do not look mixed. Why the war over labels. People refer to President Obama as a black man and Cecilia Cheung as an Asian actress, but they're not fully that race, are they? In my opinion, if you have any Asian in you, then you're still Asian. If you only want to call them "mixed", then you're denying their heritage just because it doesn't meet up to your standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ce'nedra Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 In my opinion, if you have any Asian in you, then you're still Asian. If you only want to call them "mixed", then you're denying their heritage just because it doesn't meet up to your standards. I'm not saying you're wrong but I don't necessarily agree with this statement. That's like the "one drop" rule. Technically, nobody is 100% anything if they go back far enough (mixing had always been going on throughout history), however, I would not refer to somebody who is of 1/8 Asian descent and 7/8th Caucasian descent "Asian". For eg, I may have an ancestor far back who is ____ and yes, I would acknowledge it is part of my ancestry, albeit minor, but I identify myself as my predominant makeup. Of course, identity is also a case of upbringing, which differs amongst everyone. On the flipside, I do think it's also important to acknowledge your ethnic roots in all its entirety. Identity and background acknowledgement are 2 different things. Btw, if Cecilia identifies herself as Chinese, why wouldn't that make sense considering she is predominantly so (3/4 if I remember correctly). This is NOT to say that mixed people should ignore their 'other' ethnicity though. Just that if it's a really small fraction (like 1/8), it's a bit silly for us to parade them about. Oh yeah, the reason why some people have made not so complementary comments about this thread is because there have been a LARGE number of similar ones -seemingly emphasising Soompi's strange obsession with claiming anyone with even slight Asian ancestry as one of them and thus exploiting their craze over people with partially (or predominantly) Caucasian background. This may be looking too much into the situation but it seems to hold some truth for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nana Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 but they wouldnt look caucasian either because theyre mixed with asian... No actually they would because their caucasian genes are stronger or more dominant thus they will look mostly caucasian (some even completely). Unless they're mixed 50/50 which is not the case with the majority of the examples here. k r e m e s Actually if u call them Asian are you not denying whatever other ethnicity they have? Someone who is mixed is BOTH thus saying they're mixed does not mean they're denying their heritage but embracing both. They're just sating a FACT. Obama and Cecilia are both bad examples because they are exactly half half (well Obama is Cecillia isn't THAT far off). To me they are both ethnicities and I don't consider either of them just one ethnicity but if they choose to identify more as one then I'll choose to accept that. Like Ce'nedra was saying about the one drop rule. I'll take this a bit out of context now to get my point across easier. If you take one 8 oz glass of water and add a drop of Lemon Juice are you gonna consider it water or Lemonade? There's no denying that there's Lemon in the water but I wouldn't go as far as calling 8 oz of water and 1 drop of Lemon Lemonade. Actually you most likely won't even be able to see the drop of Lemon because in so much water it would be deluded to an almost invisible liquid. It wouldn't be worth mentioning such a small percentage and calling them asian because that small percentage most likely was never a part of their everyday life or culture. It was never a part of their essence as it might be for someone who is 100% asian or even 50%. Unless that ethnicity is a part of your daily life it's somewhat unimportant especially in such small numbers... And agian like Ce'nedra said "Identity and background acknowledgement are 2 different things." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nba3d Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'm picking the ones I listen to their music. Anna Tsuchiya Japanese mother & Russian-American father. Olivia Lufkin Ryukyuan mother & Norwegian-American father Tasha Reid (T) Korean mother & African American father Ai Carina Uemura (AI) Half-Japanese, half-Italian mother & Japanese father Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JaeHoLove Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 You know, it actually depends how much Asian blood a person has, some looks really Asian while some looks really Caucasian, so you can't conclude anything... Only if one of your parents is Asian and the other one is Caucasian, then maybe you'll look either very Asian or very Caucasian but if you only have like ancestors who are of different ethnicity, I don't think it shows on your look if both of your parents are caucasians.. Ahh, I talked retardedly right now LOL!! Ignore me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucasBunny Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 All of these people are mixed race this thread turned to mini cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SeliT Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 crystal kay is part japanese not korean btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucasBunny Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 crystal kay is part japanese not korean btw No she's half korean but she was raised in japan. This thread is lame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest linting Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Naomi Campbell - 1/8 Chinese THIS TOPIC IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR NON-ASIAN LOOKING PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASIAN ANCESTRY. *note that this forum is: OTHER CELEB PHOTOS. A lot of people are simply just posting mixed Asian celebrities that are famed in Asia. Thing is, we all know they are already at least a bit Asian. This thread is supposed to be kind of a shocking thread. Like: WOW. BRITNEY SPEARS IS 1/2 CHINESE? kind of thing. Not like. Oh yeah, I know Daniel Henney is half Korean. And I don't think it matters whether the people posted are like 1/24 Asian and don't look like it or something. It's just cool to know that famed actresses like Kate Beckinsale has Asian roots too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest annameg Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 this is kinda lame. when i read ASIAN, i thought something ATLEAST like half-asian half-something. so it would be godsmackingSHOCKING. not one drop of asian blood and a helluva lot of others. =___= OFCOURSE its not obvious. OFCOURSE alot of people are not gonna know because they would not care if alot of this celebrity's dad's wife's grandmother is part asian. this thread is stressing alot of people out. lol (pardon my rant.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IwishIwasKOREAN Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 when i read ASIAN, i thought something ATLEAST like half-asian. Most of the people I posted are HALF. I'll remove Michelle Branch since it stresses you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Raix Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Mark-Paul Gosselaaar <3 There was a Eurasian thread here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest graphixx012 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Dont we have similar thread to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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