Comments on: The Top 6 Asian Reality Stars That Make Me Cringe

By: 8Asians.com » Comedian Joe Wong: Pretty Damn Funny

8Asians.com » Comedian Joe Wong: Pretty Damn Funny — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:21:41 +0000

[...] try to reproduce the ridiculous ad. He joked about how his love of karaoke was ruined when William Hung appeared on American Idol, and whenever he got on a karaoke stage, people would yell, “Sing” and wondered how [...]

By: 8Asians.com » Sheena from Americas Next Top Model: An Asian American/Asian Canadian Blog

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:39:39 +0000

[...] Asians on America’s Next Top Model have always been hit or miss: There’s been Anchal, the doe-eyed South Asian girl who wore blue contact lenses and got called out by Tyra. (Oh Tyra, always calling out Asians.) There was Julie, the refreshingly down-to-earth girl that had, like, 90 seconds of screentime before promptly eliminated. And who could forget the trainwreck that was Gina? [...]

By: 8Asians.com » Asian-American Idol Watch: Ramiele Malubay: An Asian American/Asian Canadian Blog

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:20:45 +0000

[...] Idol has never been good to Asian Americans: William Hung. That Filipino guy in the pimp suit. That guy who was the anti-William Hung, but got eliminated in [...]

By: kenj

kenj — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:44:36 +0000

c’mon Ernie, you can come up with worse (better?) than that:

Harlemm Lee – lied about his age and that he used to be a singer in the 80’s and camped his way to win “Fame”
Nina Oh – anybody who saw Superstar USA could not forget how she kick, kick, kicked her way into the semifinals
Jun Song – one of the best Big Brother players ever, and she was quite funny at times (although she said some real nasty stuff too) But who could forget her constant stress eating and gaining the most weight of any contestant ever while in that house.

By: akrypti

akrypti — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:39:31 +0000

Okay, Yul Kwon isn’t just an example of the “model minority”…he’s an example of the “ALPHA MALE,” period. And the fact he is recognized by White Mainstream society as an alpha male type AND taken with the fact he is an Asian American is pretty darn progressive if you ask me.

By: Bertie

Bertie — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:45:43 +0000

Okay, scratch that. I just did a Google search, and he graduated from Yale Law School, which is the #1 law school in the nation.

MODEL MINORITY! MODEL MINORITY!

By: Bertie

Bertie — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:43:09 +0000

Okay, true story. My non-Asian LESBIAN girlfriend wouldn’t stop commenting about the hotness of Yul Kwon. I could have been a playa hata, but I realized that Yul Kwon managed to transcend both race and sexual orientation, and therefore he is the man.

Anyway, as to the model minority stereotype, not so much. Remember, you’re only allowed to scream “MODEL MINORITY” at someone with an MD, because that degree actually takes years of undergrad preparation and then at least seven more years of suicidal amounts of studying. A JD can be obtained by anyone with a pulse and a decent credit score to finance such schooling. If you don’t believe me, just walk into the LSAT without studying. No matter what score you get, there will be some law schools who will be begging you to apply.

By: 8 Asians » AZN Asian Excellence Awards

8 Asians » AZN Asian Excellence Awards — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:18:20 +0000

[...] Galactica’s Grace Kim. I caught the part of the show where Yul Kwon, (one of Ernie’s Top 6 Asian Reality Stars That Make Me Cringe) was accepting his award for Favorite Reality Star. What are the AZN Asian [...]

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:06:54 +0000

I’m with Joz. I want to trade Gina to another team a la Dave Chappelle’s race draft.

By: :: jozjozjoz ::

:: jozjozjoz :: — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:31:26 +0000

The Trinitron Dance, for your viewing pleasure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDP47DCKZmw