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minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoLast I checked. Fun fact: when you say “Asian” to an American, their first thought is East or Southeast Asia, but a British person’s primary association with “Asianness”, for lack of a better term, is India and Pakistan.
minus-squareflipthetube@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI did not know that, interesting.
minus-squaredukeGR4@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoDo they refer to East Asians as “oriental” then?
minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoOnly the very old and/or racist ones do afaik
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoMy mom complained that the ramen she likes isn’t called Oriental anymore. SIGH
Last I checked.
Fun fact: when you say “Asian” to an American, their first thought is East or Southeast Asia, but a British person’s primary association with “Asianness”, for lack of a better term, is India and Pakistan.
I did not know that, interesting.
Do they refer to East Asians as “oriental” then?
Only the very old and/or racist ones do afaik
My mom complained that the ramen she likes isn’t called Oriental anymore.
SIGH