Janice Kim is my favorite female go player, because she is always well dressed and
she wrote the great books '' Learn to play go ''

So my question is, is she really a pure american, or she also has an Asian origin, because my father is convinced she has Asian origin because of her surname - Kim.

What is a "pure American"?

Presumably pure means Native American though, or something indigenous?

There are very few pure Americans. Janice is American. Her father is from Korea, her mother from the U. S.

She was featured in a Sports Illustrated story back in 1988, when she was around 19 years old. It mentions that her father is Korean:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

(Which proves, btw, that go is a sport. In case there was any doubt.)

You are assuming that all output of the media is true.

They wouldn't print it if it wasn't true, right?

I beg to differ. You are assuming that all output of the media is true.

DrStraw, you placed your reply within the quote which makes it appear as if those were my words. :/

I'm not sure if political discussion is allowed here, but FWIW I doubt the veracity of your assertion. There's not much evidence that the US electorate cares about facts.

She was featured in a Sports Illustrated story back in 1988, when she was around 19 years old. It mentions that her father is Korean:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

(Which proves, btw, that go is a sport. In case there was any doubt.)

Now if we could just get ESPN to cover an occasional Go tournament...