A question about Janice Kim

Stefany93 · #1

Hello folks,

Janice Kim is my favorite female go player, because she is always well dressed and
she wrote the great books '' Learn to play go ''

So my question is, is she really a pure american, or she also has an Asian origin, because my father is convinced she has Asian origin because of her surname - Kim.

Thank you
Best Regards
Stefany

nagano · #2

She is Korean-American, I believe.

Kirby · #3

Her father is Korean.

Bill Spight · #4

Stefany93 wrote:

Janice Kim is my favorite female go player, because she is always well dressed and
she wrote the great books '' Learn to play go ''

So my question is, is she really a pure american, or she also has an Asian origin, because my father is convinced she has Asian origin because of her surname - Kim.

There are very few pure Americans.

Janice is American. Her father is from Korea, her mother from the U. S.

hyperpape · #5

One might say she's the purest type of American, since she has racial origins which infrequently arise outside of the US.

topazg · #6

Presumably pure means Native American though, or something indigenous?

Kirby · #7

In Korea, there is a greater sense of (or at least focus on) "purity" than there is in the US. Hence, it is not uncommon to here people referred to as "Korean", even though they live outside of Korea.

Of course, this is a generalization, and different individuals may have different preferences.

dfan · #8

What is a "pure American"?

Kirby · #9

dfan wrote:

What is a "pure American"?

An X is a pure American of course, for values of X equal to your favorite political party.

hyperpape · **#10**

topazg wrote:

Presumably pure means Native American though, or something indigenous?

Note that my criterion easily handles Native Americans

On this basis, I'm totally putting my race as American on the 2020 census.

tundra · **#11**

Bill Spight wrote:

Stefany93 wrote:

Janice Kim is my favorite female go player, because she is always well dressed and
she wrote the great books '' Learn to play go ''

So my question is, is she really a pure american, or she also has an Asian origin, because my father is convinced she has Asian origin because of her surname - Kim.

There are very few pure Americans.

Janice is American. Her father is from Korea, her mother from the U. S.

She was featured in a Sports Illustrated story back in 1988, when she was around 19 years old. It mentions that her father is Korean:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

(Which proves, btw, that go is a sport. In case there was any doubt.)

DrStraw · **#12**

tundra wrote:

She was featured in a Sports Illustrated story back in 1988, when she was around 19 years old. It mentions that her father is Korean:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

(Which proves, btw, that go is a sport. In case there was any doubt.)

I beg to differ. You are assuming that all output of the media is true.

imabuddha · **#13**

DrStraw wrote:

You are assuming that all output of the media is true.

They wouldn't print it if it wasn't true, right?

:lol:

DrStraw · **#14**

imabuddha wrote:

DrStraw wrote:

You are assuming that all output of the media is true.

They wouldn't print it if it wasn't true, right?

If the media printed only the truth then the government would have collapsed long ago.

imabuddha · **#15**

DrStraw, you placed your reply within the quote which makes it appear as if those were my words. :/

I'm not sure if political discussion is allowed here, but FWIW I doubt the veracity of your assertion. There's not much evidence that the US electorate cares about facts.

ChradH · **#16**

DrStraw wrote:

tundra wrote:

She was featured in a Sports Illustrated story back in 1988, when she was around 19 years old. It mentions that her father is Korean:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

(Which proves, btw, that go is a sport. In case there was any doubt.)

I beg to differ. You are assuming that all output of the media is true.

It has to be true! I'm sure I've even read it somewhre on the internet!!

DrStraw · **#17**

imabuddha wrote:

DrStraw, you placed your reply within the quote which makes it appear as if those were my words. :/

I'm not sure if political discussion is allowed here, but FWIW I doubt the veracity of your assertion. There's not much evidence that the US electorate cares about facts.

Ah! Sorry. Fixed it. That is what happens when you have lots of white space before your final smiley - I missed the closing quote.

Magicwand · **#18**

i am korean so i will give you my opinion about who i think is Korean.

first, they have to have pure blood:
therefore Janice Kim is not a korean

second, they have to speak korean:
i discriminate against people who have pure blood and if they dont speak a word of korean. i consider them a GARBAGE.
althought i dont express them, that is how i think. i am thinking many other koreans feel same way towards them.
i have few friends who are half blooded but speaks korean fluently and i consider them more korean than those who are pureblooded and can not speak korean.

please dont hate me for posting this because i did it so people understand how many koreans think.
consider me as a mailman.

phrax · **#19**

tundra wrote:

She was featured in a Sports Illustrated story back in 1988, when she was around 19 years old. It mentions that her father is Korean:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

(Which proves, btw, that go is a sport. In case there was any doubt.)

Now if we could just get ESPN to cover an occasional Go tournament...

Magicwand · **#20**

phrax wrote:

Now if we could just get ESPN to cover an occasional Go tournament...

i sometimes watch poker game on TV. but if i can watch go game on TV that will be a heaven on earth.

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