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December 18, 2006
Yul Kwon takes Survivor crown

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Yul Kwon beat the field in the latest round of Survivor, which started the season with the gimmick of putting people into teams by race.

What a great quote by Kwon:

"I wanted America to see Asian-American men as they truly are," he said while speaking about the underepresentation of minorities on television. ..."I want to be a very visible spokesman for talking about how we can get more minorities on TV."

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Posted by harry at December 18, 2006 8:10 AM


Comments

What a great quote! Yul truly represented. I got goosebumps as I listened to his quote.

Posted by: Michael Ye at December 18, 2006 10:24 AM

Props to Yul Kwon. Kwon went to my high school, Northgate, in Walnut Creek. Way to represent!!!

Posted by: colbert at December 18, 2006 10:27 AM

I nominate Yul Kwon for the next Mr. Hyphen contest : )

Posted by: justme at December 18, 2006 10:33 AM

Damn, you don't know how long I've waited to hear someone say what Yul said on tv.

Go Yul!

Posted by: Jun Zuniga at December 18, 2006 11:56 AM

Awesome quote YUL, props to u for representing Asian Americans especially Asian American males! Just like our man MR. Hyphen. Much love, much pride!

Posted by: brian G at December 18, 2006 7:33 PM

It is about time someone said something like that on TV. I am sick of this skewed image of the Asian American Male. Yul is just one example of our wonderful, smart and strong Asian American males. Props to the many Asian American ladies who stand by their AA Men!

Posted by: Jen at December 18, 2006 7:40 PM

I was so freaking excited to see Yul win! Of course I was rooting for him all along, respect for my fellow Asian Americans, but it was AWESOME to FINALLY see such a perfect representation of what the asian american male is. Yul was always so well versed, intelligent in all of his actions, not to mention hella sexy. We need more representations of AAs in the media like Yul, insightful, confident people to break down the stereotypes America continues to tote over our heads.

I'm going to go stare in awe at his abs now XD. Come on, I'm only human.

Posted by: Giggle Girl at December 19, 2006 12:27 AM

Yul Rocks! And Becky was awesome too! I guess you could say the odds were with the POC's this Survivor, being 3/4 of the total cast, but still, to have all final 4 be POC's!!! Who stuck together despite enormous odds, when one dissension could have crashed the whole ship??? Who says there are no values on TV!

Do I get dibs on the Hyphen interview - since I interviewed other API's on Survivor :-) Shii Ann Huang and Daniel Lue?

Posted by: Ravi at December 19, 2006 11:52 AM

This is great news for asian-americans. I just heard that another Korean-American guy is on the next "The Apprentice" named James Sun. Maybe, he'll show a different element to Asian-Americans than Yul. Anyways, this is all great news.

Posted by: Jay at December 19, 2006 1:16 PM

Yul is a Stanford grad, Yale law school grad, was in the US Marines officer academy and has killer abs. talk about great combo. He probably cooks too. I nominate him for the next Bachelor!

Posted by: Grace at December 19, 2006 2:21 PM

Yah Yul! Here is a great quote from Yul that I read. It is very reflective of some of the issues HYPHEN covers:

"I saw it as an opportunity. Asians are an under-represented minority in TV and when we are on TV it's usually as a stereotype or a caricature."

Also I just found out that Yul was in People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive Issue. I am gonna go buy a copy of it right now! Brains and body! I hope he is still single...

Oh and I just got my first issue of HYPHEN magazine today, so I am really excited. Great Music Issue guys, awesome cover!

Posted by: Southern Belle at December 19, 2006 2:52 PM

let's be realistic here...Yul doesn't represent the average anyone. he's exceptional regardless of his ethnicity. the average man from any race isn't ivy league educated (undergrad and grad), brilliant, and stacked with rock hard abs.

Posted by: carrie ann at December 20, 2006 4:46 PM

c'mon Asians are unfairly portrayed in media. Yul is like a break he will be a very positive lead to many more images of Asian Americans. Asians in the media do not justify Asian Americans.there is diversity in every race and the positive roles of these characters can finally be portrayed in the media. Finally, the positive images of Asian-American men can be finally be seen on tv.

Posted by: chandler at December 23, 2006 5:37 AM

First of all, carrie ann, there are more Yul-type Asian-Am males than you think.

Second of all, the average white dude is AVERAGE looking and OVERWEIGHT (if not obese) and yet Hollywood TV shows/films are filled w/ the Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Josh Hartnett, etc. types.

But what does Hollywood constantly show to represent Asian males? - The stereotypical short, unattractive, geeky Hiro (Masi Oka) types.

Posted by: dean at December 27, 2006 9:10 PM

There are definitely alot of Yul-like guys out there, especially in the Ivy Leagues and elite schools out west. (their parents aren't old-money legacies nor do they get affirmative action benefits, so they got in by their sheer intellectual and physical merits to raise the averages). Against the norms of American society, we 2nd gen asian guys tend to "gun" in all endeavors (which unfortunately usually means school) because of this huge chip on our shoulders from the stereotypes we carry growing up.

Posted by: anonymous at January 5, 2007 11:29 AM

Check out a preview to Hyphen's Yul Kwon-Mr. Hyphen (Robin Sukhadia) Q&A. See it here.

Posted by: Harry at March 16, 2007 12:22 AM

Yul was bland, Brad was better

Posted by: jennyGB at January 10, 2008 6:19 AM

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