famous folks you didn't know were asian
Steve Wei
dean caine, 1/4 japanese, paternal grandfather
tyson beckford, 1/4 chinese, maternal grandmother
freddie mercury, 1/2 indian
chilli of tlc (?)
prince (?)
jennifer tilly 1/2 chinese, father
phoebe cates, 1/2 filipino
tiger woods, 3/4 chinese-thai
keanu reeves, 1/2 chinese-hawaiian, father
that guy on saturday night live, 1/2 filipino, mother
can't think of any more right now... anyone else?...
peace.
Steve Wei
small annoying child
>I'm running a workshop on this... can anyone add to or correct this list?...
>tyson beckford, 1/4 chinese, maternal grandmother <--my friend (100%
filipina) met him and took pictures. damn! he looks even BETTER than in POLO
SPORT ads. yum!
>chilli of tlc (?) <---1/2 or 1/4 indian (father)
>prince (?) <----racially ambiguous =)
>tiger woods, 3/4 chinese-thai <---his mom is thai, dad is some other mix
--didn't think it was chinese though. nayway, he considers himself to be "90%
asian" as far as his bloodlines and "cultural values" go. read it in Ebony
Magazine about him being an up-and-coming African-American athlete. strange
>that guy on saturday night live, 1/2 filipino, mother <---what guy on SNL?
>can't think of any more right now... anyone else?...
that's it for me too (unless you count meg tilly)
tara =)
oh wait! my roommates and i actually have a long list of "you wouldn't
guesses" from all races. but i cna't remember.
>peace.
>Steve Wei
Sugar
How can anybody not include the famous guitraist who's half-Japanese...Eddie
Van Halen.
TchdnJesus
writes:
>Steve Wei (SCW...@psuvm.psu.edu) wrote:
>: I'm running a workshop on this... can anyone add to or correct this
>list?...
>: tiger woods, 3/4 chinese-thai
>Isn't Tiger at least 1/2 black?
according to an article in the San Jose Mercury News (closest thing to a
newspaper in all northern california!), Tiger is: [from his mother side]
1/4 chinese, 1/4 thai, [from his father's side] 1/4 black, 1/8 cherokee,
& 1/8 scottish.
another person who could be used, though not terribly famous (at least in
the US), is Miki Berenyi, lead singer/rhythm
guitarist/writes-half-the-songs with Lush, who's mother is Japanese.
written a couple songs about her familial relations -- "Light from a Dead
Star" of _Split_ being the best of them.
"You wanna hear about my new obsession/I'm riding high upon a deep
depression/I'm only happy when it rains." -- S. Manson/B. Vig/S.
Marker/D. Erikson
MERKIN MUFFLY FOR PRESIDENT
TchdnJesus
>Ron Darling, pitcher for the Oakland A's - 1/2 Chinese?
><he's from Hawaii, not that it means anything>
ex-pitcher for the oakland a's. i think he's half-hawaiian though
(ethnically hawaiian), not chinese. i think he's now starting a career as
a minor league instructor for the a's, but i'm not sure. could also
mention atlee hammaker, who was with the whitesox last season; his mum's
japanese.
The Funky Yellow Bro
>
>How can anybody not include the famous guitraist who's half-Japanese...Eddie
>Van Halen.
Hmm... that's interesting... never knew that... but one question... if Eddie
Van Halen is half-Japanese, does that mean that Alex Van Halen is also half
Japanese? I always thought that he looked somewhat Asian, but was never
too sure about that...
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Happ...@netcom.com
ugly Frankenstein-shaped head:
>Jesus, Beethoven, and Cleopatra were Asian too, all western
>culture and technology was stolen from the Chinese. All
>intelligence stems from the genes that determine the shape
>of the eyes..... Can I get a tenured professorship now?
Try again loser. Man, you and Peter KrANG are the two unfunniest
neo conservative geek losers posting. C'mon! make a funny already!
Yuck Yuck.
Uh, for a loser who posted Rushton's racial deterministic research
and argument, this is rather hypocritical and retarded of you.
On one hand, you argue that conservatives who believe in
racial determinism for intelligence etc. are right and posted
Rushton's stats to prove this point and now, you're pissed
that some Asian Americans are simply asking who might
have asian blood that are famous or notable.
This makes me laugh cause you neocons are so uptight and retarded.
For the longest time, Arthur Hu, you lame geek , was posting
about race deciding intellect and other attributes. Now, you're
pissed that some asians are using YOUR same argument.
What is your point? That you're inferior because of your race?
You have a micropenis and you're an egghead?
I mean if you're so freakin' smart then why are you some
lowly C++ porgrammer posting out of a MS account?
Then your web page has a statement seeking employment.
If you're so damn brilliant, you'd come up with
the world wide web or some web browser to beat netscape.
All you are and will be is a lowly loser named Arthur Hu.
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MA...@chevron.com
American Samoa).
MA...@chevron.com
Gosh, you say these things as if...it's almost
matter-of-factly. Are you a native Californian or
originally from the deep south? If you are form the deep
south, that would make you almost 1/32 American! Ha?1
MA...@chevron.com
Kane Koo
: actually, Ron darling is 1/2 Samoan. (His mother is from
: American Samoa).
Sorry if I missed most of this thread...can someone e-mail the answers
people came up with?
I could think of the golfer Tiger Woods, who is part Thai, part Chinese, and
part African American. The media hyped him as both one of golf's great
young stars as well as one of the few blacks in the sport. He once was
quoted as checking the Asian American "box", however.
Kane
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Penn Law '98
k...@dolphin.upenn.edu
Sugar
asian/americans that aren't mixed?
I don't mean to deny people with mixed blood their ethnicity, but it just
interesting to see that people seemed to mention people who are mixed.
headrush
Sugar (i842...@wsunix.wsu.edu) wrote:
: I have read through this post for some time...is there any famous
: I don't mean to deny people with mixed blood their ethnicity, but it just
: interesting to see that people seemed to mention people who are mixed.
I think the post was concentrating on "famous folks you didn't know were
Asian". So if they were not mixed-blood but full-blooded then most people
would already guess that they were Asian.
Therefore its the mixed blooded Asian/____ celebrities that are
mentioned.
Steve Wei
<i842...@wsunix.wsu.edu> says:
>
>I have read through this post for some time...is there any famous
>asian/americans that aren't mixed?
sure, there's lots... michael chang, margaret cho, ming-na wen, jason scott
lee, james iha, etc.
>I don't mean to deny people with mixed blood their ethnicity, but it just
>interesting to see that people seemed to mention people who are mixed.
well... that's the thread... 'famous folks you didn't know were asian'... :P
peace.
Steve Wei
MA...@chevron.com
asian"
If they were famous and looked full-blooded asian...then we
would know they were asian wouldn't we???
Wake up and smell the coffee!!!! ;) ;)
P. Royce Chang
>
>Sugar (i842...@wsunix.wsu.edu) wrote:
>: I have read through this post for some time...is there any famous
>
>
>Asian". So if they were not mixed-blood but full-blooded then most people
>would already guess that they were Asian.
>
>Therefore its the mixed blooded Asian/____ celebrities that are
>mentioned.
While we're on the topic -- why didn't anyone mention
JAMES CARVILLE?!? (Clinton political strategist)
I mean, holy crow--look at those eyes!! My COUSIN'S got
bigger eyes. My GRANDMA'S got bigger eyes. I'VE got bigger eyes.
This guy's a total asian!!
P
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Man About Town
>In article <4j9rbj$t...@malasada.lava.net>, headrush <head...@lava.net> wrote:
>>
>>Sugar (i842...@wsunix.wsu.edu) wrote:
>>: I have read through this post for some time...is there any famous
>>: asian/americans that aren't mixed?
>>: I don't mean to deny people with mixed blood their ethnicity, but it just
>>: interesting to see that people seemed to mention people who are mixed.
>>
>>
>>I think the post was concentrating on "famous folks you didn't know were
>>Asian". So if they were not mixed-blood but full-blooded then most people
>>would already guess that they were Asian.
>>
>>Therefore its the mixed blooded Asian/____ celebrities that are
>>mentioned.
> While we're on the topic -- why didn't anyone mention
> JAMES CARVILLE?!? (Clinton political strategist)
> I mean, holy crow--look at those eyes!! My COUSIN'S got
>bigger eyes. My GRANDMA'S got bigger eyes. I'VE got bigger eyes.
>This guy's a total asian!!
What I really know is if he has the stereotypical small asian male
pecker!
>P
snip
>
Jenny Chiu
Naomi Campbell (she has some Chinese blood)
That cartoonist Ms. _____ Barry, (I don't remember her first name)--her
mother is 1/2 Filipina.
Douglas M Matheson
Happ...@netcom.com (Man About Town) wrote:
>What I really know is if he has the stereotypical small asian male
>pecker!
>
>
>>P
>snip
>>
>
>
I think it's rad that white people always try to go back to phallic symbols
for everything. In high school, I alwys remember the white males saying
things like, "Yeah, that is as big as my dick...OOhhhh!"
Why is this? I think that a large portion, but not all, of whites are very
insecure. They always try to bring false statements on other races and
peoples so that they can boost their visibly fragile ego. Come on, mr.
Happyface, be open about your small John Thomas. Hey, whites may have been
conquering people for a long time, and that is just to cover up their own
inadequecies.
bye, Happy.
Douglas M Matheson
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
dmm...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
Man About Town
>In article <4jdnh6$f...@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>,
> Happ...@netcom.com (Man About Town) wrote:
>>What I really know is if he has the stereotypical small asian male
>>pecker!
>>
>>
>>>P
>>snip
>>>
>>
>>
>I think it's rad that white people always try to go back to phallic symbols
>for everything. In high school, I alwys remember the white males saying
>things like, "Yeah, that is as big as my dick...OOhhhh!"
Boy you must have hanged out with losers.
>Why is this? I think that a large portion, but not all, of whites are very
>insecure. They always try to bring false statements on other races and
>peoples so that they can boost their visibly fragile ego. Come on, mr.
>Happyface, be open about your small John Thomas. Hey, whites may have been
>conquering people for a long time, and that is just to cover up their own
>inadequecies.
>bye, Happy.
Uh, from Alex Lam's description of me, I am half asian and half
italian. Stop assuming cause you're a black asiaphile.
You'll win no brownie ass kissing points from me.
Man About Town
>In article <4jdnh6$f...@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>,
> Happ...@netcom.com (Man About Town) wrote:
>>What I really know is if he has the stereotypical small asian male
>>pecker!
>>
>>
>>>P
>>snip
>>>
>>
>>
>I think it's rad that white people always try to go back to phallic symbols
>for everything. In high school, I alwys remember the white males saying
>things like, "Yeah, that is as big as my dick...OOhhhh!"
>Why is this? I think that a large portion, but not all, of whites are very
>insecure. They always try to bring false statements on other races and
>peoples so that they can boost their visibly fragile ego. Come on, mr.
When did I say I have a big or small penis?
And you? Do you have difficulties with premature ejaculation
Douggie?
>Happyface, be open about your small John Thomas. Hey, whites may have been
>conquering people for a long time, and that is just to cover up their own
>inadequecies.
>bye, Happy.
take...@delphi.com
mongolian but married to a russian women. his father was a mongolian tea
merchant
it was rumored that kadinskys aunt was a mongolian princess. whenever i bring
this fact out to some of the artist that i meet they are sooo amazed!
Minphay Chiou
Lynda Barry:)
I missed the earlier parts of this thread, did anybody already mention
Yvonne Elliman of "If I can't have you" from Saturday Night Fever?
Does anybody know what happened to her?