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re: When did the term "oriental" become "derogatory"?
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:48 am to The Egg
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:48 am to The Egg
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when did it become PC to take offense to a derogatory word?
I'm genuinely interested in the genesis of it becoming derogatory. I won't argue the validity, because that's not for me to decide. But when did the switch flip and why?
From a word meaning standpoint, it's "kin" would be occidental, which is neither offensive, nor commonly used to reference westerners.
The whole thing is just interesting to me from a language history standpoint, I guess.
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:48 am to lsu2006
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Says the white guy
I prefer the term hockey Martha.
ETA: stupid speech to text.
That should Read Honky Mu'Fah
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 10:49 am
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:49 am to fr33manator
I can't keep up with all this new PC lingo. What do the Asians want to be called now? Just Asians? That's cool, just let me know. Thanks.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:49 am to lsu2006
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Says the white guy
Now I'm offended. I only want to be reffered to as ecru.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:50 am to Jim Smith
This is news to me.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:50 am to Jim Smith
Just call them all Chinese
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:50 am to Jim Smith
Why isn't the term "European-American" used more?
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:51 am to tigersownall
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This is news to me.
Thank you.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:53 am to Janky
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Asian refers to a person.
If you watch or read European news Asian actually refers to a person who rapes white people or commits violent crimes. Usually that person is from the Middle East, often used as a synonym for refugee.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:53 am to Jim Smith
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Why isn't the term "European-American" used more?
Maybe because Europe is filled with diverse countries and cultures who, at various times during history, have brutally murdered the shite out of each other.
For example.
You'd never confuse a paddy and a wop. Or a Polack and a surrender monkey.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:54 am to Jim Smith
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The chinaman is not the issue here... also dude, Asian American please
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:54 am to Jim Smith
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Why isn't the term "European-American" used more?
My family has been in the states since the early 1700s. I honestly couldn't give two shits about my "European" heritage. I'm a goddamn American and nothing else.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:57 am to fr33manator
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Maybe because Europe is filled with diverse countries and cultures who, at various times during history, have brutally murdered the shite out of each other.
This literally makes zero sense.
As though this isnt true for continents like Africa and Asia.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:58 am to lsu2006
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My family has been in the states since the early 1700s. I honestly couldn't give two shits about my "European" heritage. I'm a goddamn American and nothing else.
Hell yeah.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 11:00 am to Jim Smith
Posted on 3/3/17 at 11:00 am to ErectileReptile
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This literally makes zero sense.
Only for imbeciles
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As though this isnt true for continents like Africa and Asia.
Which is exactly the point. You shouldn't lump various peoples into some hyphenated version of a continental origin.
European American is as stupid as African American or Asian American.
Just call them Chinese or Spanish or Nigerian or Russian or Indian or Finnish or what have you.
And hell, not everyone from Africa is a Negroid and not everyone from Asia is a mongoloid.
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 11:04 am
Posted on 3/3/17 at 11:01 am to Jim Smith
Asian women?
Posted on 3/3/17 at 11:01 am to fr33manator
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Only for imbeciles
wow man, you really got me. sick burn.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 11:02 am to ErectileReptile
well did not know this...
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It is now politically incorrect to use the word “Oriental,” and the admonition has the force of law: President Obama recently signed a bill prohibiting use of the term in all federal documents. Rep. Grace Meng, the New York congresswoman who sponsored the legislation, exulted that “at long last this insulting and outdated term will be gone for good.”
Posted on 3/3/17 at 11:07 am to fr33manator
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calling them Asian is more "racist"
And some hate that term too.
I saw a meme the other day where someone was flipping out because the supermarket had an "Asian" wine section.
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