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== Other ==

* These Failbook entries: [http://failbook.com/2010/07/24/funny-facebook-fails-no-steven-they-arent/ 1], [http://failbook.failblog.org/2011/03/08/funny-facebook-fails-china-japan/ 2], [http://failbook.failblog.org/2011/03/15/funny-facebook-fails-looting-in-japan/ 3], [http://failbook.failblog.org/2011/03/20/funny-facebook-fails-youve-got-to-be-kidding/ 4]

* These Failbook entries: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100728233412/http://failbook.com/2010/07/24/funny-facebook-fails-no-steven-they-arent/ 1], [http://failbook.failblog.org/2011/03/08/funny-facebook-fails-china-japan/ 2], [http://failbook.failblog.org/2011/03/15/funny-facebook-fails-looting-in-japan/ 3], [http://failbook.failblog.org/2011/03/20/funny-facebook-fails-youve-got-to-be-kidding/ 4]

* These [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]] entries: [http://notalwaysright.com/incheon-further-away-from-the-answer/6491 1], [http://notalwaysright.com/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-thai-again/6989 2], [http://notalwaysright.com/flipping-through-the-atlas/7035 3], [http://notalwaysright.com/incheon-further-away-from-the-answer-part-2/7283 4], [http://notalwaysright.com/the-tower-of-babble/5961 5], [http://notalwaysright.com/so-pho-so-crazy/8857 6]

* Discussed in [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/92/how-come-white-people-dont-all-look-alike this] Straight Dope column.

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* The tragic murder of [[wikipedia:Vincent Chin|Vincent Chin]], a Chinese-American who was murdered by Chrysler plant workers who blamed Japanese automakers for taking their business. The outrage over the lenient sentencing of the murderers was a catalyst for the political organization of Asians in America.

* Thienh Minh Ly, a Vietnamese American, was stabbed and killed by two white youths, one of whom wrote in his journal that he "killed a jap ..."

* Since the 9/11 attacks the number of [http://www.civilrights.org/publications/hatecrimes/arab-americans.html hate crimes against Sikhs in the US] skyrocketed in number as many Sikh immigrants from the Indian subcontinent and their families were mistaken for Arab-American Muslims and horrifically beaten. This most likely relates to clothing customs: Sikhs are required to wear a turban by the customs of their religion. Many Westerns don't know the difference between Sikhs and Arabs, and typically associate turbans with Arabs.

* Since the 9/11 attacks the number of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140220071424/http://www.civilrights.org/publications/hatecrimes/arab-americans.html hate crimes against Sikhs in the US] skyrocketed in number as many Sikh immigrants from the Indian subcontinent and their families were mistaken for Arab-American Muslims and horrifically beaten. This most likely relates to clothing customs: Sikhs are required to wear a turban by the customs of their religion. Many Westerns don't know the difference between Sikhs and Arabs, and typically associate turbans with Arabs.

* A common joke in the Russian [[Anime]] fandom is to call anime "Chinese pornographic cartoons" after one [[Critical Research Failure|utterly clueless]] and [[New Media Are Evil|sensationalist]] newspaper report.

* The website [http://alllooksame.com/ AllLookSame] invokes this trope and challenges you to tell the difference.

* For the 2011 ''[[Green Hornet]]'' movie, The Internet Movie Database [http://www.movieline.com/2011/01/imdb-thinks-asians-are-pretty-much-interchangable.php at one point listed] Korean-American [[John Cho]] as Kato, when in fact the role was played by Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou. About 500 subsequent movie reviews have also committed the same error. Cho himself joked on [[Twitter]]: "I am beginning to suspect that I am not in the Green Hornet movie."

* For the 2011 ''[[Green Hornet]]'' movie, The Internet Movie Database [https://web.archive.org/web/20110303204323/http://www.movieline.com/2011/01/imdb-thinks-asians-are-pretty-much-interchangable.php at one point listed] Korean-American [[John Cho]] as Kato, when in fact the role was played by Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou. About 500 subsequent movie reviews have also committed the same error. Cho himself joked on [[Twitter]]: "I am beginning to suspect that I am not in the Green Hornet movie."

* Actor Daniel Dae Kim, who plays the Korean Jin on ''[[Lost]]'' reportedly said that having played characters of every Asian ethnicity except his own, it was nice to be able to play Jin.

* [[wikipedia:Yoshiko Otaka|Yoshiko Otaka]] (AKA Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Shirley Yamaguchi), is a Japanese actress-turned-politician who was born in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Speaking fluent Chinese and Japanese, she became an actress and singer under the name Li Xianglan, and played Chinese women in propaganda films supporting the Japanese position. Her Japanese nationality was not reported in China, and most Chinese people at the time really did believe she was Chinese. She became one of the "Seven Great Singing Stars" of 1940's Chinese ''shidaiqu'' popular music, and several of the songs she recorded under this identity (夜來香, "Tuberose"/"Fragrance of the Night" for example) became enduring classics. After the war, she was arrested for treason and collaboration with the occupying Japanese, but cleared of all charges and simply deported. As a Japanese citizen, she was legally an enemy (subjected to deportation), not a traitor (punishable by death).