September 8, 2007
a little incidental
A snippet from Maggie Q's biography on Yahoo:
"Born in Hawaii to an American father and a Vietnamese mother, Q moved to Hong Kong at the age of 18 to pursue a career in modeling...."
From IMDB's biography:
"Maggie Denise Quigley was born to a Polish-Irish American father (originally based in New York) and a Vietnamese mother...."
Three points if you can point out the part that bothers me.
It's quite likely that Yahoo means it quite literally: that Maggie Q's father was of American nationality. It may be racial paranoia that makes me think that if he'd been American but, say, black, they would have actually said African-American. Which would mean that the default value of American is white.
What annoys me even more is that I read American and assumed 'white.'
Bother.
Posted by yhirata at September 8, 2007 5:16 PMI'd like to think they would have said "American father" regardless of ethnicity, since the point seems to be that she has a broad worldview, having lived in many places and had parents who were from two countries.
But, you know, I'm an optimist. And maybe overestimate people. Including myself.
Posted by: Joanna at October 25, 2007 8:41 PM