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Posted on 2/2/16 at 11:50 pm to East Coast Band
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You shall use the term "Oriental American of non-denominational Buddhist- Henti faith person".
Oriental is no longer appropriate.
The only people I hear using that term today are over-60 country folk. They sound like my grandma saying colored or negro and thinking she was being polite.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 12:36 am to Oyster
quote:The former is always to be negatively characterized ("oppressive Englishman", "exploitive Englishman"), NEVER should it be used in a positive light or sense.
So is Englishman or Irishman an ethnic slur?
The latter is more tricky. If a human of Irish extraction is/was in a position of power, then the same rules apply to "Irishman" as to the term "Englishman". If the Gael folk happens to be the exploitee, then the term "Irishman" is acceptable. Context is everything.
Thoughtspeak is here. Careful how you tread.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 12:55 am to Huey Lewis
Since he is buried with the guy that went nuts and they died on the same day, it is very possible that he is that specific Chinaman.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 1:11 am to Brosef Stalin
You had to be hoping someone didn't get the reference so you could follow up with that picture of Walter. 
Cool story, OP.
Cool story, OP.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:27 am to Christopher Columbo
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quote:
Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature
Chinaperson
Asian-American, please. Anyways the Chinaman is not the issue.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:35 am to DeoreDX
This thread is very telling about how PC we've become as a society. The OP brings up an interesting question. But instead of wondering about the question at hand, people are hung up on the word used to describe the person involved.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:44 am to Darth_Vader
Well, it is humorous that "Chinaman" was the only descriptor on his grave.
So it seems the Maniac died the same day.. Newspaper article says it happened on the 11th, tombstone says 13th..did someone else kill Chinaman??
So it seems the Maniac died the same day.. Newspaper article says it happened on the 11th, tombstone says 13th..did someone else kill Chinaman??
Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:48 am to TheIndulger
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Mongoloid /'m??.g?.l??d/ is the general physical type of some or all of the populations of East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Eastern Russia, the Arctic, the Americas, parts of the Pacific Islands and parts of South Asia.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:58 am to TheIndulger
I love this thread
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:09 am to TheIndulger
It may be that the death of a Chinese person in 1907 was not worthy of the news.
Sort of like in Huckaberry Finn story when the aunt was asked if anyone on a tugboat sinking was injured or killed.....the answer was.."No". Then she said a negro died.
Sort of like in Huckaberry Finn story when the aunt was asked if anyone on a tugboat sinking was injured or killed.....the answer was.."No". Then she said a negro died.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:10 am to jeffsdad
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Huckaberry Finn
*Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Posted on 2/3/16 at 7:22 am to Twenty 49
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Oriental is no longer appropriate.
I prefer Oriental. Asia is so huge and has such a disparity of phenotypes that Asian is practically useless as a descriptor.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:06 am to Twenty 49
quote:
You shall use the term "Oriental American of non-denominational Buddhist- Henti faith person".
quote:
Oriental is no longer appropriate. The only people I hear using that term today are over-60 country folk. They sound like my grandma saying colored or negro and thinking she was being polite.
No
, Oriental may only be applied to an item(like a rug, fan, dress, etc.) not a person. Asian is appropriate.Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:16 am to Azranod
No one said anything about the article's use of the term "maniac". Is maniac offensive nowadays?
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:32 am to TheIndulger
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No one said anything about the article's use of the term "maniac". Is maniac offensive nowadays?
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:36 am to Oyster
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So is Englishman or Irishman an ethnic slur?
Of course not, they are usually white and thus they can be (and are generally assumed to be) racist but referring to them canNOT be racist because of their privilege. However, if they are of color then the term would obviously be racist hence terms like Black Irish to distinguish ones without privilege from the pale devil oppressors.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:40 am to Jim Rockford
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price of oil dropped to 10 cents a barrel and he couldn't afford truck nuts for his Model T.
had a model A, not T
(He asian; so accord, not taurus)
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:47 am to jbgleason
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Of course not, they are usually white and thus they can be (and are generally assumed to be) racist but referring to them canNOT be racist because of their privilege.
So going with this logic does this mean it is impossible for a white person to be a racist in a central African country?
Posted on 2/3/16 at 8:58 am to TheIndulger
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Chinaman
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