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I've spent a lot of time in Asia and learned to use chopsticks. They are much more convenient for eating certain things like salads and chopped foods. I use them at home quite often. I don't see it as anything other than a personal choice.

Since Orient means to the east, the term oriental meant east of Europe, at one time the center of "the real world". An Asian friend told me the preferred way was to address people from the region as Asian, and "things" as oriental.

But if anyone is offended by the misuse of these terms, that's their problem, not mine. Nice thing about being old is that I don't care what others think.