Raising a biracial DD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i agree with 11:18, and not with you, PP. I'm not "everyone," and don't ridicule people. In any case, maturity/respect is not saying things even if you may think them.

do you hate anything ? human nature.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, not the Oriental/Asian debate again.

Asian is the non-offensive term for the US. In the UK, Oriental isn't offensive, but that's because it's a whole separate country with a completely different history from the US.

If you aren't Asian, I don't know WHY you'd argue with an Asian person telling them that it's okay to call them Oriental because your Asian husband doesn't mind it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, not the Oriental/Asian debate again.

Asian is the non-offensive term for the US. In the UK, Oriental isn't offensive, but that's because it's a whole separate country with a completely different history from the US.

If you aren't Asian, I don't know WHY you'd argue with an Asian person telling them that it's okay to call them Oriental because your Asian husband doesn't mind it.

Did someone do that on this thread? I didn't see that. I also didn't see where the persons arguing that Oriental was an acceptable term said they were Asian (or not).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, not the Oriental/Asian debate again.

Asian is the non-offensive term for the US. In the UK, Oriental isn't offensive, but that's because it's a whole separate country with a completely different history from the US.

If you aren't Asian, I don't know WHY you'd argue with an Asian person telling them that it's okay to call them Oriental because your Asian husband doesn't mind it.

Are you Asian??? Anyway this is the US not the UK

[Anonymous]

The guy that came up with the term whello again. Seriously I think everyone just forgot the orignal topic of this thread.

[Anonymous]

OP here--wow this post went off on an unexpected tangent!

[Anonymous]

Sorry. I blame my wife for using my term whello.