I wear a black leather jacket and black jeans instead of a red costume.
My black hair has trendy chartreuse streaks.
My grandmother was Japanese.
Do you remember me? I am 1 Modern Circle Ken.
I don’t care what the Press claims or the People believe. I know my Story. I know my Heritage. Shouldn't I be the first Asian American Ken? What do you think?
4 comments:
This is a tough one! great response to Dolls of Color's post, though. I think it gets at the thorny issue of how much "blood" you need in order to have a certain ethnic heritage.
oh c'mon... he's already using the FIRST ever KEN sculpt... stop being so greedy... LOL
Hi Dana! This is one of the guys I wanted. I didn't know he had Asian ancestry. Did it say in his box? :)
Thanks, Kim! Yes, that's what intrigued me ... how much "blood" suffices for status and by whose determination? The individual? The individual's society? Which members of which groups - Ken's other family members, friends, neighbors? What makes that Ken "Asian American" or "White American?"
Therese, he's greedy and I am too, LOL. That Mattel used the FIRST Ken face sculpt for a Ken with a "mixed" ethnic background provoke these questions - did they just "cheap out" and use the early mold because it existed already or did they feel that the Japanese grandmother's "blood" contribution was insufficient to produce a markedly different Ken from the default, i.e., "White" Ken?
Hi, Niel! 1MC Ken is thrilled that he is one of the guys you wanted ;-D This Ken's ancestry was in the online blurb and I think in a pamphlet or booklet that came with him. I'll investigate to see if I can find the exact source ;-)
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