Editor’s Note: The Cereal List is pleased to welcome Vietnamese-American countertenor, Ludwig Van, to the aggregate as our Diversity Correspondent. Mr. Van lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his partner, Rod Xavier, and their cat, “Butch Cassidy,” and Pomerian, “Little Bear.”

Okay, so we’ve elected our first black president and recently confirmed our first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice (a female, to wit), but our country still has a lot of work to do to get rid of long-held racial stereotypes, even when most of them are true.

Angella, Lucia, and Maria Ahn of the Ahn Trio are determined to set the record straight when it comes to Asian women. I recently caught up with the Ahn sisters and took a photograph of them. The photograph itself dispels several of the most common stereotypes:

I asked the Ahn sisters what assumptions people make about Korean women. Maria replied immediately, “Oh, people always say ‘Your parents must have been really strict,’ just because they’re Korean. But actually our parents are pretty laid back.”

Angella agreed, “Yeah, and it’s not like they choose our husbands for us or anything! In fact, they sent us to Juilliard so we could find a good man on our own.”

Lucia interrupted, “Which is much easier when you have a classical music pedigree!” The trio laughed while clapping their hands together.

I spoke for quite some time about my own taste in men. Then I asked the sisters if they had eyes for anyone in particular. ”Nicholas Cage is pretty hot,” Lucia said, “but he is such a racist.” There was a moment of silence before Angella said, “Yeah, but with all that money, just imagine how many Prada handbags you could buy!”