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That's right, I don't believe a word like Oriental is racist, when the word literally means "[b]pertaining to the East or Rising[/b]". Asian is a much worse term because it comes from the name of the area at the very western part of Asia (modern Turkey), and why would those of the east prefer to define themselves as being from the westernmost part of the continent, the small area which borders Europe?
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East of what [/quote]

The west. Duh.

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I meant: east of what? /s

Saying “Oriental” isn’t racist because it just means “eastern” is a bad take because obviously you are then referring to the people of an entire continent not by the name of that continent (as we do for all the others) but in reference to the position of Europe. [/quote]

So what?  Most of the people in this country were European and lots of us still are.  Do you know what "China" means?  Did China talk about the rest of the world in relationship to itself?  It is OK for people, even people of European descent, to admit that they see the world in relation to themselves.[/quote]

But there is a perfectly good word you can use instead — “Asian” — which is the European name for that continent but does not put Europe at the center of the world

That is why continuing to use “Oriental” for anything other that carpets is inappropriate

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