asian or oriental?

[almaty 19]

i got in a discussion with a friend, who insists that using the term Oriental for asians is kin to Negro for african-americans? true????

[scandal 951]

I think yes, true.

It's a derogatory and offensive term and should not be used.

[Jenn! 918]

Many Asians find it offensive. People are Asian, rugs are Oriental...

[mawilson 2,133]

No more offensive than Occidental is to Westerners.

[Immigrant2009 0]

i got in a discussion with a friend, who insists that using the term Oriental for asians is kin to Negro for african-americans? true????

Yes it is, as far I know.

Many Asians find it offensive. People are Asian, rugs are Oriental...

Well said .

[Ladylethal 12]

All in the eye of the beholder. In Brasil calling people black instead of negro can raise a lot of eyebrows.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

asked to remove.

Edited June 30, 2009 by Randomizer

[Niels Bohr 72]

I prefer Asians. What the hell is oriental? A rug?

Edited June 30, 2009 by Niels Bohr

[mawilson 2,133]

Many Asians find it offensive. People are Asian, rugs are Oriental...

So you buy an Oriental rug from an Asian person, and an Asian rug from ...

[justashooter 430]

as long as they didn't grow up watching charlie chan movies they don't seem to mind the word. actually, they seem to prefer being identified by ethnicity, rather than just as an "asian". call a chinese a chinese, but don't call a korean a chinese, buddy, and don't call a fillipina a thai. and whatever you do, don't call a japanese anything other than japanese.

as for the term negro, i use it to describe the ethnicity. there is no such thing as an "african american". i usually use the term "black", but that includes so many ethnicities that are not true negros.

"oriental" and "occidental" are terms that don't define ethnicity, rather only regional ethnicity, meaning simply "eastern" and "western".

[^KK^ 3]

i use negro all the time...

[Jenn! 918]

as long as they didn't grow up watching charlie chan movies they don't seem to mind the word. actually, they seem to prefer being identified by ethnicity, rather than just as an "asian". call a chinese a chinese, but don't call a korean a chinese, buddy, and don't call a fillipina a thai. and whatever you do, don't call a japanese anything other than japanese.

Yes, I'd agree with that

[Niels Bohr 72]

true...you don't want to be calling Cambodians "Thai" or "Vietnamese".....big no no....

[Jenn! 918]

Many Asians find it offensive. People are Asian, rugs are Oriental...

So you buy an Oriental rug from an Asian person, and an Asian rug from ...

a rug salesman.

[Immigrant2009 0]

Well It's a historical fact as we all know. White folks gave demeaning names to every other race besides their own, since they thought they were superior and God was white and wanted white folks to rule and all other races are inferior.

Edited June 30, 2009 by Immigrant2009