A dearth of Asian avatars has been pointed out - any suggestions?
Bonobo raised it in Ask the Administrators:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1259326
Note we do have a few central/south Asian ones - the Dalai Lama, Arundhati Roy, Gandhi. But no others I can see.
I'd suggest Aung San Suu Kyi, for a start. Perhaps Ban Ki Moon, too - while I doubt he'd get that many people using him, there could be a case for having the current UN Secretary General in there as a matter of principle.
Anyone else?
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But of course!
I know Japan best so I will stick mostly to it (with others mixed in)
Authors: Haruki Murakami, Oe Kenzaburo, Mishima Yukio, Soseki Natsume, Kawabata Yasunari
Directors: Kurosawa Akira, Oshima Nagisa, Mizoguchi Kenji, Miyazaki Hayao
Humanitarians: Sugihara Chiune ("Japanese Schindler"
Athletes: Suzuki Ichiro, Matsui Hideki, Asada Mao, Chiyonofuji, Konishiki, Yao Ming
Politicians: Princess Masako, Mazie Hirono, Daniel Inoue
Musicians: Yoko Ono, Shina Ringo, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yo-Yo Ma
Fashion: Miyake Issey
Actors: George Takei, Kitano Takeshi, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Pat Morita, Ken Watanabe
would be awesome.
Gackt
Any of the members of X Japan
Miyavi
Outside of X~Japan .
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Most of my Jrock knowlege is from the 90s.. but I do like what youve shown me so far.. going to go look for more!
and have met the lead singer for a group called Buck Tick. One is a former member and one the current lead singer. (This is in chat, I am too far from Japan.) They were the back up band to X~japan
He sent me.
Atsushi Sakurai is his name. Here is his guitars!
Plasma Jam:
Mika Nakashima!!
OR PUFFY AMI YUMI!!!
Maizie Hirono
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazie_Hirono
Frank Ogawa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_H._Ogawa
For the Socialists.
Ho Chi Minh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh
She's at least fun to look at.
I love this song, which was played on the AM radio the summer of 1963:
remember, this was less than 20 years after the start of WWII. I had no idea what the words meant, but I just loved the melody, as did many others. He died later in the shootdown of Japan Airlines Flight 123: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto
Then, the following November, the world ended.
Just to be clear: I'm not saying this to in any way dispute the dearth of Asian avatars. I just didn't want her to be overlooked.
Gamera!!!
In the 'Misc' category, about a third of the way through (they're in alphabetical order inside each category).
I suppose I hadn't been thinking of him as 'Asian' ...
She's considered one of the world's great violinists: Sarah Chang.
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Clambering up the Cold Mountain path,
The Cold Mountain trail goes on and on:
The long gorge choked with scree and boulders,
The wide creek, the mist-blurred grass.
The moss is slippery, though there's been no rain
The pine sings, but there's no wind.
Who can leap the world's ties
And sit with me among the white clouds?
-- from Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems, by Gary Snyder
Lin Zexu (who tried to keep british opium out of china)
And I was surprised to not see it on his list.
I second the suggestion for President Obama's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng:
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Who better comrades?
Patsy Mink.
Daniel Akaka.
Daniel Inouye.
Top three in my book, from the great state of HI.
This guy, known to most, was born in San Francisco:
For the styling DUers, Vera Wang, who is a generous donor to Dem pols:
I M Pei, who designed a number of remarkable buildings, among them the JFK Library:
And let's not forget another Asian leader in landscape and architectural design, the creator of the Vietnam War Memorial, Maya Lin:
My pal, Eric "Rick" Shinseki, who was right about Iraq, right about Afghanistan, and was screwed by Bushco, only to rise again under BHO as Secretary of Veteran's Affairs:
To continue a military theme, how about BGEN Albert Lyman, who, despite his name, was the first Asian general in the Army:
How about WW2 hero RADM Gordon Chung-Hoon?
Or the fighting Ahns? Susan (on right) was the first female USN gunnery officer:
How about the world of entertainment?
Kal Penn, of Harold and Kumar and tons of other stuff fame--he also works for POTUS on occasion:
Carrie Ann Inaba, of DWTS fame, who is active in animal rights issues, too:
