All this new sensitivity has nothing to do with reacting to racism. It has to do with control.
i do not know, but after working in Human Resources for years, i do not use it... anyway, Oriental is less specific than Asian... Orient, Asia...
I wonder if the EU will ban the “Orient Express.”
Agatha Christie is a Racist!
Frankly, I am surprised to see the return of “The Levant” as an acceptable description of the middle east.
Let Ted Cruz say something like that and I doubt he would get by with merely being “criticized”
I think it’s because it’s only “oriental” — Eastern — if you focus on the West as being the relative center. Of course, that begs the question of what constitutes the “West.”
“Oriental” is a perfectly charming word. I think I’ll return to using it instead of the PC “Asian.”
I wonder whether the Lo family, owners of the Oriental Jade Restaurant here in Bangor, is aware that they’ve been committing acts of racism against themselves all these years.
“Orient” and “Oriental” can include not only all of Asia but southeastern Europe and even North Africa.
Northwest Airlines chose to change their name by dropping “Orient” in the 80s.
Or “Celestials”
2) I can hazard a guess about why many Asians object to the use of the word Oriental - my guess is it comes in response to the late Arab leftist academic Edward Said who wrote a book called "Orientalism," essentially a history of the world written through the prism of white people viewing "the Orient" as exotic, violent and backward. So they see "Orient" and "Oriental" as racist. Said was a nut and I don't happen to buy his theory myself, but who cares? In order to not be a jerk, I think I can make a small effort to try to call people what they themselves to be called.
kind of feels freighted with luggage....FEEEELS wrong? Then it must be OK to use as a gaffe..
Oriental assumes a basis in the west since Asia is only east from Europe or the Americas This appears to consider Europe or the Americas as primary. It takes a sensitive soul to object but, reasonably, a term like Asia is more accurate.
Originally the word meant that “you were orienting yourself in the direction of Asia” when leaving on a trip there. An oriental therefor was someone “orienting” not the people of Asia.
Don't send them my way, because I will literally make their pointy little liberal heads explode with a withering barrage of soul crushing, non-PC language that would make a reasonable person projectile vomit profusely.
What’s even funnier to me is “People of color” vs “colored people”.
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The whole thing is really, REALLY stupid.
While its always fun to watch Democrats get caught in their own net, they never really are caught. Instead they’re written off.
Claims of racism and insensitivity are intended for conservatives and republicans which is why I oppose getting wound up about Democrats doing it. All this oversensitive PC BS needs to be tossed in the trash along with hate crime laws.
....ORIENTAL RUGS.
FWIW my wife has always referred to herself as “Oriental” rather than Asian.