One person in this photo is not Japanese. Can you guess which one? Bonus points if you can figure out his ethnicity.
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November 24, 2007
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The dude in the plaid shirt.
Posted by: enrique | November 24, 2007 at 12:38 PM
I want to say the guy with the orange bag might be Taiwanese, but the guy in the white shirt facing away from the camera might be Hispanic. Hmm...I'm going with the guy in the white shirt.
There's a web page somewhere that has people guess nationalities.
Posted by: vagrant | November 24, 2007 at 01:24 PM
The guy with the orange bag.
He looks very Korean.
End of thread. I win.
Posted by: Billy Blanks | November 24, 2007 at 02:31 PM
Can we get a better resolution?
I'm guessing the guy with the dark skin in the photo is Filipino.
Posted by: Dragonfang18 | November 24, 2007 at 03:04 PM
i agree with vagrant. the guy with the orange bag looks very korean. at least given the low-resolution of the photo
Posted by: markbale | November 24, 2007 at 04:26 PM
i agree with vagrant. the guy with the orange bag looks very korean. at least given the low-resolution of the photo
Posted by: markbale | November 24, 2007 at 04:26 PM
The black guy behind that woman to the left. African?
Posted by: number1guy | November 24, 2007 at 05:54 PM
Yup, I'm going to agree with Billy Blanks. Although the pics resolution is pretty bad, the guy with the orange bag looks super Korean (but what do I know?).
Hmmm, maybe he's Korean-AMERICAN! AH-HA!
I used my Mac to ZOOM (awesome) into the pic a little more and it doesn't seem like there's a black guy behind the girl on the left, just the back of another girl's head. Although it looks pretty deceiving from a regular view, I'm going to rule that one out.
The dark-skinned guy, a Filipino? No way. His nose looks too Japanese. Maybe Okinawan? I don't know, but I'm still thinking he's Japanese nonetheless. Apologies if Okinawans get offended if they're called "Japanese" and not "Okinawan".
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I'm probably stereotyping and under normal circumstances it's probably wrong... but I'm doing it in the spirit of this post so please don't hate me! Of course there isn't any ONE way any particular race looks and of course we all know looks can be deceiving. I write this because a close friend of mine is constantly mistaken for being Japanese and gets mad when people tell her she, "doesn't look very Korean". 0:)
I wanna know already... TELL US LISA!
Posted by: Mike san | November 24, 2007 at 08:59 PM
Hmmm, maybe one of the people on the stairs?
Posted by: number1guy | November 24, 2007 at 09:53 PM
I guess it's the photographer.
Posted by: Pixoshiru | November 25, 2007 at 02:20 AM
Eh -- my guess is the "girl" in the foreground on the far right is actually a white dude.
Posted by: jay | November 25, 2007 at 10:43 PM
Well, whoever it is, it's obviously not the guy in the invisibility suit on the far left.
Posted by: Mitchell | November 25, 2007 at 10:53 PM
I think Lisa is playing a trick on us. ニューハーフ
I can't tell the ethnicity, but I wondered about it after I made my previous post.
Posted by: vagrant | November 25, 2007 at 11:10 PM
the one w black hair...;) obviously!
Posted by: stuz | November 26, 2007 at 04:20 AM