Not all black people are african americans so when referring to a black person that you do not know black is more suitable. That being said I wouldn't refer to an asian person as yellow because they don't look yellow, asians look asian and indians look indian.
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Bosu
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Not all black people are african americans so when referring to a black person that you do not know black is more suitable. That being said I wouldn't refer to an asian person as yellow because they don't look yellow, asians look asian and indians look indian. | ||
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LemOn
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And as for Asians, yellow is used amongst people that don't distinguish Korean, Japanese, Chinese and others. I would think that most people on this site know the differences. So using the term yellow is a little bit ignorant. | ||
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GOLD MAN GOLD. WE ARE THE GOLDEN PEOPLE. fuckn.. surrounded by noobs. | ||
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racially, indians are caucasian. they are not asian. | ||
ZERG_RUSSIAN
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On December 13 2008 02:33 MoltkeWarding wrote: I've rarely found it necessary to use an inclusive adjective for Asian, since the term "Asian" is semantically irrelevant. Lacking a common culture, religion or value system, "Asian" only has meaning insofar as it denotes a geographical location. Saying something is "oriental" or "yellow" possesses perhaps some residual connotations- for "tyrannical," "regimented," or "treacherous," in the Western vernacular, but beyond this, I've never found it necessary to refer to "Asians" as a whole. It's kinda like saying "North American". Sometimes it is necessary. On December 12 2008 22:25 HnR)hT wrote: He's probably not Russian. I think his nickname is a reflection of Western ignorance/propaganda about the Great Patriotic War. It's a play on "zerg rushing". I'm Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Okinawan, Dutch, Irish, Welsch and Native American. | ||
Alizee-
United States845 Posts
On December 12 2008 09:28 SerVanT wrote: Or just look past the color and not call anyone anything. We're all human aren't we? No, that would mean humanity as a whole would actually progress for a change rather than creating 6 page+ forum threads debating in cyclical fashion that does no good for anyone. You're not....CRAZY are you? | ||
shinigami
Canada423 Posts
It was an awkward moment; He assumed I knew what it meant, and assumed I was asking what it meant just to gain an edge in the exchange. So naturally, he did his best to appear as if he knew what I was supposedly trying to do... UrbanDictionary.com wasn't around at the time so I didn't know what the hell he was getting at until I asked a fellow gook friend about it. So in the end, since we still never really use it, I normally refer to gooks and myself as chinks. (Edit: Fixed colour tags!) | ||
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On December 13 2008 08:23 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote: See, that's great and all, but Canada didn't have quite the same history with slavery as America did. Saying "nigger" to someone down here can potentially get you shot. ![]() | ||
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