...uhhhh...I believe that term “Oriental” is no longer in fashion with the current Language Police....I have read over the past few months that that term is now about the same level of distaste as the old “Ni***r” or “Negro” terms....the favored term with the Language Gestapo seems to be “Asian” after all....
My kids cringe when I describe someone as being Oriental. A friend of mine used to call them Ornamentals, lol. I’m trying to remember it’s Asian now, but frankly I’m old and can’t keep up with all the changes so I just don’t GAF anymore.
No, not descriptive enough. Asian is Yemen, to Kamchatka to a Siberian Eskimo, down to someone in Java.
And they still call it an Oriental Rug.
I do not ascribe to the language police. A Chinaman is not a Yemeni.
What do they call the Orient now?
So I shouldn't eat at our local Oriental Gourment restaurant, owned by an ... Oriental and his wife, also Oriental?
If the term “Oriental” is out of fashion, then “Occidental” must also be. The name of my alma mater, Occidental College, is now politically incorrect.