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People Magazine Thinks All Asians Look the Same

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OFFENDING ARTICLE Not Rain
Apparently the editors of People have a bit of a problem differentiating between Asian males. On page 38 of this week's issue, in which an interview with Korean Speed Racer actor Karl Yune is accompanied by text identifying him as Korean pop star Rain.

Still, there are two reasons why the mistake is particularly unforgivable. One: Rain, who routinely places first in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" online poll, honestly looks nothing like Yune. Two: the story was written by someone named Alexis Chiu, whom we assume is Asian and should thus totally have known better.

Luckily, it still isn't as bad as this.

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must i comment again because it didn't save??

I emailed Alexis and they were aware of the error right after it went to the press! Someone in the photo dept apparently mislabeled the photos. Sucks for Rain's American debut!! Big whoops!

Posted by: joannie on May 13, 2008 1:45 PM

And you guys are making a similar mistake. Karl Yune is not in Speed Racer - Rain is. I guess I'm the only one who saw the movie last weekend...

Posted by: spenceke on May 13, 2008 2:02 PM

Looks like Radar got it wrong. The interview was with Rain. The photo is Yune. How is that Alexis Chiu's fault? She was the writer, not the photo editor. And not to Rain on your parade, spenceke, but Yune is listed in Speed Racer's credits. He played a bodyguard.

Posted by: elephant on May 14, 2008 1:20 AM

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