I've lived in San Francisco for 17 freaking years and have had to obviously interact with THOUSANDS of ASIANS from the many different countries that are Asian. The City itself has the highest concentration of native Chinese outside the Mainland.

This is the same as the difference between "black" and "colo(u)red".

Just because those other countries choose to still use the denigrating Oriental (reserved for objects), does not make it OK to them at all. They do indeed percieve it as racist, so WATCH IT on the forums if they are ever here since racism is a EULA violation when posting.

Just fair warning.

They are all cloacked.

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It is latin, it means east, started in use to describe what is today known as the middle east. The only thing racist about it could possible be that you equate all people in all of Asia as one people?! Like saying African for people in all of Africa. Or Americans saying Europeans?!

Go ask the ASIANS why they find the word "Oriental" offensive when used to DESCRIBE PEOPLE.

I am not Asian.

Go ask the ASIANS why they find the word "Oriental" offensive when used to DESCRIBE PEOPLE as offensive.

I am not Asian.

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I use British English (being British and all) and as such feel happy to use the word oriental, does that make me a bad person.

Plus oriental rasist ? since when.

Go ask the ASIANS why they find the word "Oriental" offensive when used to DESCRIBE PEOPLE as offensive.

I am not Asian.

Just asking if anyone has seen an influx in the amount of Japanese players in our community. The press release says there are 10s of 1000s of new players and if so I think we should say hi. I just cant find any of them.

1. No

2, For the billionth time, when applying to word to people.

Tell the Asians (just as racist then by your definition,) to instead laugh about the fact that Americans can't tell the difference between one Asian and another and move on.

Go ask the ASIANS why they find the word "Oriental" offensive when used to DESCRIBE PEOPLE.

I am not Asian.

Is this a white thing?


PS: I am white, pale, westerner and I am part of the 1% minority!!

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I think most people would prefer their country / heritage of descent. Russians, Indians, Pakistanis, Japanese, Chinese, Thai etc etc etc are all Asians, and the distinctions between each culture are much more nuanced than just saying "ASIAN"

Just sayin, if you're going to play the, "I know what other people feel" card...

I don't know why, but this conversation reminds me of my cousin trying to tell a "GENTLEMAN OF AFRICAN DESCENT WHO LIVED IN ENGLAND" that he was an African American.

PC terms are just as misguided as terms that were also-once-considered-PC

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Have you even been to Southeast Asia, or is the full extend of your experience expats who have lived in the US for generations?

I'd be willing to bet Krixtal would mix up a Korean and a Japanese person, and as a result hideously offend them both.

And you bring me to the NEXT thing:

They really, REALLY hate the fact Americans confuse them and they get very offended indeed. They are all vastly different peoples and none of them, Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Laotian, etc, mostly CANNOT STAND EACH OTHER.

Sad but true.

Expats. And what diffence if generationtional or fresh off the boat ? You ARE defending racism or something.

You are just BARELY hiding that racism. You reek of it.

MIGHT wanna edit that out....

That is funny, since I am married to a South Korean woman, thank you.

MIGHT wanna edit that out....

http://i.imgur.com/6ZKhq.png

And you bring me to the NEXT thing:

They really, REALLY hate the fact Americans confuse them and they get very offended indeed. They are all vastly different peoples and none of them, Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Laotian, etc, mostly CANNOT STAND EACH OTHER.

Sad but true.