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HnR)hT
United States3468 Posts
On December 12 2008 09:50 himurakenshin wrote: then what should they be called? as long as i'm called brown, I don't see why they should be called asian. As a rule, call groups of people whatever they call themselves. In this case "Asian" seems to be the best option, even if it's not technically 100% correct. | ||
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MamiyaOtaru
United States1687 Posts
On December 12 2008 09:49 HnR)hT wrote: There is a term - Orientals - that collectivelly refers to the Chinese, the Japanese, Koreans, etc., and that excludes, for example, Indians and central Asians. However today this term is considered politically incorrect as well. When the fuck did this happen? Seriously, it's not PC to call someone the equivalent of "easterner"? | ||
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HnR)hT
United States3468 Posts
On December 12 2008 09:53 .risingdragoon wrote: priental is referring to the "place," that's why it's stupid. it never meant what you said it meant. like Occidental is not used to call westerners. fa crissake the misinformation out there... I never said it was the only meaning. It was certainly used this way. When the fuck did this happen? Seriously, it's not PC to call someone the equivalent of "easterner"? Not when using it to designate a related cluster of east Asian ethnicities. | ||
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.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
On December 12 2008 09:52 himurakenshin wrote: calling all middle-eastern people arab isn't racist, its just being ignorant. and pls don't patronize me i watched crash. edit: and i'm well aware that most middle-eastern people are labelled as arab by ignorant people in north america. look pal, I think it's good that you find out, cus it doesn't matter if you use it in a neutral way or a purposely offensive way - the word is bigger than you, bigger than me. it' can be a reminder of some long forgotten personal history for all I know, but it'll offend so don't be stupid like the spanish basketball team, cus it's not about your intent so much as what it means to the people you're talking to. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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himurakenshin
Canada1845 Posts
On December 12 2008 09:58 .risingdragoon wrote: look pal, I think it's good that you find out, cus it doesn't matter if you use it in a neutral way or a purposely offensive way - the word is bigger than you, bigger than me. it' can be a reminder of some long forgotten personal history for all I know, but it'll offend so don't be stupid like the spanish basketball team, cus it's not about your intent so much as what it means to the people you're talking to. what the hell? what word are you talking about? how many arab people do you know. I know a lot of arab people and they are arab and they are proud and its not racist in the slightest bit. seriously man don't patronize me. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On December 12 2008 09:59 himurakenshin wrote: what the hell? what word are you talking about? how many arab people do you know. I know a lot of arab people and they are arab and they are proud and its not racist in the slightest bit. seriously man don't patronize me. Is it just me or is this guy alternating contradictions in every post? | ||
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.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
you either get or you don't, I can't explain it to you any better over internet, cus it's all there already | ||
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ish0wstopper
Korea (South)342 Posts
feeling insecure or something? | ||
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HnR)hT
United States3468 Posts
On December 12 2008 10:07 ish0wstopper wrote: why even bother labeling people? feeling insecure or something? That's what the human brain is evolved to do :O You are seriously fooling yourself if you think that you judge each individual on his own terms. | ||
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randombum
United States2378 Posts
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zobz
Canada2175 Posts
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On December 12 2008 09:26 meegrean wrote: Well, when I hear "Asian", I think of East Asian people. People who are brown are usually referred to as Middle Eastern or Indians. I think "yellow" sounds strange and is associated with the color of urine  As opposed to brown which isn't associated with anything right? It's just because people are used to brown but not yellow. I wasn't aware Oriental isn't PC anymore though. good to know | ||
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A Cup of Zerg
United States40 Posts
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
and plus i think asians work fine.. if u wanna get specific say south eat asians or w.e and if anything i nvr thought we looked yellow at all! more like peach-ish im not sure but i think yellow came from yellow fever... though me my friends we sometimes use hte term yellow.. but not so sure if that's allowed for us cus we r asians? iono race stuff IMO is always over complicating and IMO i think how and wat u call them all depends on the WHO (e.g if i knew u and u called us yellow i wouldn't really mind) | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36375 Posts
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On December 12 2008 10:40 R3condite wrote: erm... how about u just don't call them yellow or brown... >.> ever thought of calling them by the actually country t they are from?!! the whole point is that it's a wee bit hard to tell there's really no need to get hung up on technicalities though.. asian works fine even if slightly inaccurate | ||
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renegade_zerg
Korea (South)525 Posts
yellow vs asian? yellow IS asian | ||
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ish0wstopper
Korea (South)342 Posts
native americans were called indians and still are even though india is actually thousands of miles away | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
On December 12 2008 13:19 ish0wstopper wrote: im ok with being called asian, at least its accurate native americans were called indians and still are even though india is actually thousands of miles away Not here. There are the first nations and the aboriginals but no one is called indian. We say east indian to refer to the people from india. Maybe one day we can call the people from india, indian. | ||
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