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Posted by Jon, Sat Mar-05-05 08:14 AM
the word "asian" is being used in the SAME EXACT way the word "oriental" was used by the average cat. "asian" IS a word that describes all people from asia, so you do have a word for that. however, when the particular collection of cultures formerly known to most as "oriental" became THE asians, it did nothing to stop lumping them together, and just did it with yet another inadequate word. my main issue with all this really has hardly anything to do with the removal of "oriental". it has to do with the act of putting "asian" in it's place. and i'm not deeply hurt, i just brought it up because i think it's absurd.