Talk:Kimora Lee Simmons
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[edit] Shunned by black Americans?
No references were provided, has she specifically suggested that it happened when growing up? Biracial children have almost always been accepted as simply African American in the black community, its highly disengenuous to simply claim she was shunned without providing references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.54.54.115 (talk) 16:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
As per http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-09-09-kimora-lee_x.htm , she is half Japanese and half black. Mariana 09:22, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
- She also was featured in a cover story of EBONY Magazine not so long ago, along with her husband, hiphop and fashion mogul Russell Simmons. In the article she details how she met her husband, along with the fact that she considers herself to be a black woman. Jalabi99 15:10, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
As per http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/features/9306/index2.html, this article strongly suggests she is actually Korean, not Japanese
I think that this page said that she is 1/4 Japanese 1/4 Korean and half black some time ago. Her name "Kimora" certainly sounds very Japanese. 68.80.241.179 22:28, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- She is half Japanese. She has said this in interviews. That, along with the fact that her, and her daughter's, name is Japanese seems to confirm it. --130.216.191.184 03:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- In my opinion, she doesn't look half Japanese half Black. She just looks like a tall Cambodian or Vietnamese woman. 75.17.14.39 22:27, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
i think the article is missing a link to the report for when she got pulled over Curefreak
The reporting on the arrest is inaccurate. There was no cocaine involved. I will include the link to the CNN article and remove the super dooper erroneous date
This article is not precisely in neutral tone, and could be cleaned up some. I removed some colloquialism from the "other media" portion of the article.
[edit] Is This Her Press Bio Page?
Sure looks like it. In fact, major portions have apparently been lifted from her bio page at kls.com. Compare to: Kimora Lee Simmons: The First Lady of Hip-Hop Scarletsmith 01:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pic?
Out of her illustrious career the pic you choose is one of her at 14 years of age. WTF? There has to be a better one out there somewhere. AD Double J 22:22, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Her parents are both named the same thing?
"Her parents are Japanese mother Joanne Perkins (who now goes by the Japanese name "Kyoko") and African-American father Vernon Whitlock Jr. Joanne (who was adopted by an American serviceman during the Korean War and renamed Joanne Perkins)" Her parents were BOTH named Joanne Perkins? wtf? This is very poorly written. Shinku Hisaki (talk) 23:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] no references?
is it just me or is the "references" or "footnotes" section for this page missing? --Jennyanydots 18:19, 3 December 2007 (UTC)no way
she is the executive director of all Phat fashion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.85.220.10 (talk) 21:55, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Kimora Lee, Half Japanese, 1/4th Japanese and 1/4th Korean or Half Korean?
From an American perspective, I don't think it would matter much since Kimora is 1/2 black and 1/2 Asian. But for accuracy sakes, I want to discuss this topic.
According to this article, http://nymag.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/features/9306/index2.html,
Kimora's mother, Joanne Perkins, was born in Korea. She was adopted by a US serviceman during the Korean War, in Korea (Inchon to be exact). Joanne Perkins claimed that her mother (that would be Kimora's maternal grandmother) was a full-blooded Japanese who came to Korea as a refugee during World War II from Kyoto. This implies that Joanne Perkins' father (Kimora's maternal grandfather) is Korean. So Kimora Lee can't be half Japanese At most, she is 1/4 Japanese, 1/4 Korean and half African-American.
But let's think about Joanne Perkins' claim that she is half Japanese. I find that hard to believe. As the article points out, Joanne Perkins' mother being Japanese would be highly unusual given the history and circumstance between Japan and Korea around the time of WWII and the Korean War. I am Korean American and based on my discussions with my grandparents who lived through that time, some Koreans falsely bragged that they were partially Japanese or were educated in Japan or had relatives in Japan, somewhat similar to a black person who might tried to prop themselves up by claiming to be partially white or from some other exotic background.
I don't care what Kimora's true ethnic heritage is. Whether or not she is Japanese, Korean or both doesn't make her a better or worse person. I just find it amusing, that if in fact, Kimora doesn't have any Japanese blood in her, it is just ironic that she has a Japanese name and her kids have Japanese names. Plus, she gets to use the whole Japanese heritage as part of her marketing because Americans are more familiar with Japan and its culture than Korea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.245.238.249 (talk) 23:20, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
