Speaking of terms for white people, I am amused when fair-skinned redheaded folks are referred to as "daywalkers".
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- Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:24 pm
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- Topic: Why Did 'Asian' Replace The Word 'Oriental' & Other Things?
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- Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:36 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Why Did 'Asian' Replace The Word 'Oriental' & Other Things?
- Replies: 41
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Re: Why Did 'Asian' Replace The Word 'Oriental' & Other Things?
Using chopsticks seems to take a lot of practice, which I have no interest in doing.
Whenever I have eaten Chinese food with Americans who know how to use chopsticks, I feel like they flaunt their skills at it in a superior fashion.
I'm glad their flaunting of their superiority over us staunch spoon/fork/knife users enhances their personal validation. :-)
We have spoons, forks, knives, and even sporks to get the job done. :-)
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I had a boss who came from Lebanon. When he came to this country to attend college, he was confronted with application questions regarding his ethnicity such as "Caucasian, Native American, Hispanic, African, African-American, European, or Asian".
He filled out all these forms as "Asian". He was asked by people why he chose that definition since he didn't look Chinese or Japanese.
None of the others fit him, so he chose Asian. There was no "Arabic" choice.
SIA
Whenever I have eaten Chinese food with Americans who know how to use chopsticks, I feel like they flaunt their skills at it in a superior fashion.
I'm glad their flaunting of their superiority over us staunch spoon/fork/knife users enhances their personal validation. :-)
We have spoons, forks, knives, and even sporks to get the job done. :-)
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I had a boss who came from Lebanon. When he came to this country to attend college, he was confronted with application questions regarding his ethnicity such as "Caucasian, Native American, Hispanic, African, African-American, European, or Asian".
He filled out all these forms as "Asian". He was asked by people why he chose that definition since he didn't look Chinese or Japanese.
None of the others fit him, so he chose Asian. There was no "Arabic" choice.
SIA