Article lambasts people for not being able to name a "famous living asian-american" then proceeds to not provide a list of any. So, show us all how stupid we are and give us a list so we can say "how could I forget XX". Unless you can't.
Amy Tan wrote the Joy Luck Club, which was made into a really popular movie in the 1990's. I'm not sure she meets their criteria of "famous", but she's the only one I can think of. Oh, and the chick that was in Agents of Shield and the Mandalorian, Ming-Na Wen, but I had to look her name up, so I guess I don't get credit for her.
Is he Indian? Most people who think Asian think of China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan and not India. If we go by continent then 97% of Turkey is asian but I doubt that Erdogan pops to anyone mind when they think of asians.
Probably because his character on Parks and Rec was forgettable.
Though I will admit to understanding the "more shapes!" bit. And it was a similar type of epiphany where I saw some random piece of abstract art on someone's wall that for some reason really spoke to me.
Jackie Chan, who is not American, was the next most popular answer for the third year in a row (12%). Bruce Lee, who died 50 years ago, was the second most popular choice (6%) and Vice President Kamala Harris was the third (5%).
Funny my first thought when I read this was "who doesn't know Jackie Chan?"
The less anyone thinks about Takei the better. Would have been better if it was someone else like that guy who played Tagomi in Man In The High Castle.
Oh shit, I forgot about him. Did you know he played Shang Tsung in the original Mortal Kombat movie? Seeing that old man as a jacked martial artist is a trip, and really demonstrates the effect 30 years has on someone.
Speaking of, we could throw in the bad guy from Karate Kid 2. He owns a restaurant in Seattle.
I have no idea what either of those guys names are without looking them up though.
Hilariously if you go to the source pdf report they list off the most common description of Asians:
51% intelligent
32% hard working
21% kind
15% awesome
9% motivated
8% ambitious
8% family oriented
And conclusion is "Asian Americans continue to be seen as a “model minority”, which can be harmful to our progress". They're upset that less than 8% of people had anything bad to say about U.S. Asians.
It's a play to get sympathy for being discriminated-against non-white people, but even including Indians and Pakis it's complicated by the fact that it's clearly blacks who are discriminating against Asians:
U.S. Chinese may be a threat? 40% blacks, 20% whites. Asians may get security clearance? 73% blacks, 89% whites. More scrutiny for U.S. Asians? 45% blacks, 27% whites.
In all of the data blacks had the worst view of Asians and whites had the best view, and then there's "where do Asians feel most unsafe?" 29% public transport, highest answer by far - gee which racial group is attacking people on subways /hmm that's a tough one.
I am not American and these are the names I would pick:
George Takei, obviously
Chloe Bennett, Quake/Daisy from Agents of SHIELD
Ming-Na Wen, various roles such as Chun-Li in the live action Street Fighter movie, the voice of Mulan, and also in Agents of SHIELD as May
Do either of those two women count as famous? Because both of them were in Agents of SHIELD it once was described as having "two leading Asian female characters", which is when I learned Chloe is Asian because she sure as fuck doesn't look it in the slightest.
It's almost like using an entire continent as a label is a dumb idea because not only does the concept of "Asian" vary in some parts of the world, but other similar labels have a very large range of characteristics like with "Europeans" and "Africans" because the landmasses involved are fucking huge.
Anyway, more examples:
John Cho and Kal Penn of 'Harold and Kumar' fame
Linda Park, Hoshi Sato in Star Trek Enterprise
Garrett Wang, perma Ensign Harry Kim from Star Trek Voyager
Grace Park, Boomer from Battlestar Galactica
Daniel Dae Kim, voiced Johnny Gat in Saints Row but also starred in a lot of other things like Babylon 5 Crusade, which the less said the better 🙄
And Lucy Liu, from Ally McBeal, to Charlie's Angels, Elementary, and whatever else she's been in
10 names, 10 points, thank you Sci-fi diversity casting I guess 🤔 still a stupid concept as both "famous" and "Asian" vary in definition for other stupid reasons.
Chloe Bennet is half Asian, and apparently that manifested as only appearing Asian at certain angles, under certain lighting. This is the same woman, somehow.. It's in her eyes. Outside of Asians, you pretty much only see epicathic folds in Slavs, and a handful of African groups, but she's got more of a west European, German face, except somebody put the folds slider up two ticks.
It took me a minute, but Lucy Liu is one (still technically famous I think). Ken Jeong is another. One problem for me is knowing if they’re American or not. After checking, both of them are 'murcan.
I thought we were all supposed to be "just Americans": why should this be something I know or care about?
And if "American" is just an "idea" that anyone can aspire to be, than what disqualifies someone like Jackie Chan from being "American" even if he isn't a citizen on paper? Be specific beyond "he's Chinese" in a way that wouldn't also disqualify most American Citizens born in China.
No he is explicitly a Chinese Nationalist. And when he declared himself as such it made a bunch of Americans upset because for some reason they expected him to be otherwise. But there are also a lot of those who have American citizenship.
I'm trying to think of a famous German American or Argentine. Not a clue. All of the German characters in movies are played by English or Austrians. Scottish is easy, Craig Ferguson got American citizenship.
Can you name a famous black american? Of course you can. How did black peoples income level change between 1960 and now? It didn't.
Can you name a famous white petson? Same thing, of course you can, incomes haven't changed.
Ditto with native americans.
And hispanics.
But Indians - the country in asia next to china - their income levels went from below average, to the #2 spot. Can name any famous Indians? If you don't know tech ceos probably not.
Then there's the #1 group who you're largely prohibited from talking about at all.
Just sayin'...seems like your group being talked about? Once that happens it's economic position will never, ever, change. Seems like it's better off to not be talked about.
Last Samurai guy was Ken Watanabe. I looked it up and he was born in Japan and apparently is not an American citizen or resident. I read an article a couple years ago where some journalist tried to get him to bag on The Last Samurai because of its white savior undertones and he defended the film, so props to him for that.
The "Asian American" qualifier seems so arbitrary. We all know famous Asian people, why does it matter if they're not also American?
I can name a famous living African American at least.
Elon Musk.
Charlize Theron, the most beautiful African-American actress in Hollywood.
Also the most psychotic
Article lambasts people for not being able to name a "famous living asian-american" then proceeds to not provide a list of any. So, show us all how stupid we are and give us a list so we can say "how could I forget XX". Unless you can't.
Amy Tan wrote the Joy Luck Club, which was made into a really popular movie in the 1990's. I'm not sure she meets their criteria of "famous", but she's the only one I can think of. Oh, and the chick that was in Agents of Shield and the Mandalorian, Ming-Na Wen, but I had to look her name up, so I guess I don't get credit for her.
Why is everyone forgetting the real Asian American celebrity, Aziz Ansari
Is he Indian? Most people who think Asian think of China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan and not India. If we go by continent then 97% of Turkey is asian but I doubt that Erdogan pops to anyone mind when they think of asians.
Probably because his character on Parks and Rec was forgettable.
Though I will admit to understanding the "more shapes!" bit. And it was a similar type of epiphany where I saw some random piece of abstract art on someone's wall that for some reason really spoke to me.
I member him from Human Giant!
I remember him from "This is the End"
(IT'S TOO LATE FOR YOU AZIZ, YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE HOLE!")
Andy Ngo should be on that list
Funny my first thought when I read this was "who doesn't know Jackie Chan?"
Jackie Chan came to mind for me as well.
Does George Takei count as alive?
He counts as a pedophile.
I am ashamed to admit that George Takei was the first person I thought of.
He would’ve been one of the first for me
Why are you ashamed? Why feel guilt for not jumping to your enemies' tune?
The less anyone thinks about Takei the better. Would have been better if it was someone else like that guy who played Tagomi in Man In The High Castle.
Acceptable answer. Guy burned crazy goodwill from being on cast of TOS.
Oh shit, I forgot about him. Did you know he played Shang Tsung in the original Mortal Kombat movie? Seeing that old man as a jacked martial artist is a trip, and really demonstrates the effect 30 years has on someone.
Speaking of, we could throw in the bad guy from Karate Kid 2. He owns a restaurant in Seattle.
I have no idea what either of those guys names are without looking them up though.
Lucy Liu for me (I always jump to her role in Sleeping Dogs)
Hilariously if you go to the source pdf report they list off the most common description of Asians:
51% intelligent
32% hard working
21% kind
15% awesome
9% motivated
8% ambitious
8% family oriented
And conclusion is "Asian Americans continue to be seen as a “model minority”, which can be harmful to our progress". They're upset that less than 8% of people had anything bad to say about U.S. Asians.
It's a play to get sympathy for being discriminated-against non-white people, but even including Indians and Pakis it's complicated by the fact that it's clearly blacks who are discriminating against Asians:
U.S. Chinese may be a threat? 40% blacks, 20% whites.
Asians may get security clearance? 73% blacks, 89% whites.
More scrutiny for U.S. Asians? 45% blacks, 27% whites.
In all of the data blacks had the worst view of Asians and whites had the best view, and then there's "where do Asians feel most unsafe?" 29% public transport, highest answer by far - gee which racial group is attacking people on subways /hmm that's a tough one.
Aisa Akira? Am I doing this right?
Hollywood has given all the non-white roles to blacks, squeezing asians out.
I am not American and these are the names I would pick:
George Takei, obviously
Chloe Bennett, Quake/Daisy from Agents of SHIELD
Ming-Na Wen, various roles such as Chun-Li in the live action Street Fighter movie, the voice of Mulan, and also in Agents of SHIELD as May
Do either of those two women count as famous? Because both of them were in Agents of SHIELD it once was described as having "two leading Asian female characters", which is when I learned Chloe is Asian because she sure as fuck doesn't look it in the slightest.
It's almost like using an entire continent as a label is a dumb idea because not only does the concept of "Asian" vary in some parts of the world, but other similar labels have a very large range of characteristics like with "Europeans" and "Africans" because the landmasses involved are fucking huge.
Anyway, more examples:
John Cho and Kal Penn of 'Harold and Kumar' fame
Linda Park, Hoshi Sato in Star Trek Enterprise
Garrett Wang, perma Ensign Harry Kim from Star Trek Voyager
Grace Park, Boomer from Battlestar Galactica
Daniel Dae Kim, voiced Johnny Gat in Saints Row but also starred in a lot of other things like Babylon 5 Crusade, which the less said the better 🙄
And Lucy Liu, from Ally McBeal, to Charlie's Angels, Elementary, and whatever else she's been in
10 names, 10 points, thank you Sci-fi diversity casting I guess 🤔 still a stupid concept as both "famous" and "Asian" vary in definition for other stupid reasons.
Chloe Bennet is half Asian, and apparently that manifested as only appearing Asian at certain angles, under certain lighting. This is the same woman, somehow.. It's in her eyes. Outside of Asians, you pretty much only see epicathic folds in Slavs, and a handful of African groups, but she's got more of a west European, German face, except somebody put the folds slider up two ticks.
Lucy Liu was Vivienne in Sleeping Dogs
It took me a minute, but Lucy Liu is one (still technically famous I think). Ken Jeong is another. One problem for me is knowing if they’re American or not. After checking, both of them are 'murcan.
I thought we were all supposed to be "just Americans": why should this be something I know or care about?
And if "American" is just an "idea" that anyone can aspire to be, than what disqualifies someone like Jackie Chan from being "American" even if he isn't a citizen on paper? Be specific beyond "he's Chinese" in a way that wouldn't also disqualify most American Citizens born in China.
Eh I mean has Jackie Chan ever declared his allegiance to America? It is true you're either born into it or you have to swear. That's the way it is.
No he is explicitly a Chinese Nationalist. And when he declared himself as such it made a bunch of Americans upset because for some reason they expected him to be otherwise. But there are also a lot of those who have American citizenship.
Jared Taylor
I'm trying to think of a famous German American or Argentine. Not a clue. All of the German characters in movies are played by English or Austrians. Scottish is easy, Craig Ferguson got American citizenship.
Sandra Bullock, Bruce Willis and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Had no idea.
jew jew Italian
I would have said Sarah Jeong.
Good thing he wasn't born in a barn or he'd have been a cow.
I choose "me".
Now, I'm not Asian-American, famous, or even in some senses living. But I identify as all those things if I feel like it.
Michio Kaku was who I thought of, and Musashimaru for Hawaii/Pacific, but judging from the article I'm missing the point of the racial kvetching.
no but I can name lots of jews
The only one that I came up with off the top of my head was Tila Tequila.
That guy who jerked off Jonah Falcon on Howard Stern, the star wars guy
I couldn’t think of one. Don’t know why I need to be able to. I can name plenty of famous living actual Asians.
So?
Johnny kim?
I was gonna go with Andrew Yang and the Yang Gang.
Maria Ozawa
Point of order, Canadian.
Can you name a famous black american? Of course you can. How did black peoples income level change between 1960 and now? It didn't.
Can you name a famous white petson? Same thing, of course you can, incomes haven't changed.
Ditto with native americans.
And hispanics.
But Indians - the country in asia next to china - their income levels went from below average, to the #2 spot. Can name any famous Indians? If you don't know tech ceos probably not.
Then there's the #1 group who you're largely prohibited from talking about at all.
Just sayin'...seems like your group being talked about? Once that happens it's economic position will never, ever, change. Seems like it's better off to not be talked about.
What a strange article. Literally who cares. It really is a religion for these people; "44% of Americans can't name the apostles."
Last Samurai guy was Ken Watanabe. I looked it up and he was born in Japan and apparently is not an American citizen or resident. I read an article a couple years ago where some journalist tried to get him to bag on The Last Samurai because of its white savior undertones and he defended the film, so props to him for that.
The "Asian American" qualifier seems so arbitrary. We all know famous Asian people, why does it matter if they're not also American?