Why is it that whites are "white"...

[KrazyHorse]

srsly

[OzzyKP]

Inuit = Eskimo, IIRC

Though Eskimo is apparently offensive since it literally means flesh-eaters.

[KrazyHorse]

Apparently that's untrue.

[Thoth]

Though Eskimo is apparently offensive since it literally means flesh-eaters.

No. "Eaters of raw fish"

[Drake Tungsten]

I always knew the Inuit were really just snow Japs.

[KrazyHorse]

No. "Eaters of raw fish"

Again, urban legend.

[Thoth]

Again, urban legend.

It's what they taught us in history class.


And everyone knows history teachers never lie.

[notyoueither]

No. "Eaters of raw fish"

I'll bet they eat the heads.

[Thoth]

[notyoueither]

First Nations agitprop.

[Q Classic]

What's offensive about "Oriental"? It's more accurate (when referring to east asians) than "Asian", which means different things to different people.

It's actually different in the US than in the UK.

That said, "Oriental" is used to describe things like Oriental rugs and objects from the Near East, not the Far East, and is based on the assumption that we're still in Europe; East Asia is actually West of America.

Additionally, Asian-American is preferred precisely because it includes people of East Asian (aka, Oriental), Southeast Asian (they look Chinese, sorta), and South Asian.

[Kitschum]

Additionally, Asian-American is preferred precisely because it includes people of East Asian (aka, Oriental), Southeast Asian (they look Chinese, sorta), and South Asian.

Can an Iranian or an Iraqi be an Asian-American or is there another term for them, something like Middle-Eastern-American?

Honest question. The customs of your country anger and confuse me.

[Imran Siddiqui]

"The Big Lebowski" has taught me that 'chinaman' is not the prefered nominclature

[KrazyHorse]

East Asia is actually West of America.

I refuse to accept directions which cross the branch cut at the antipodes.

[KrazyHorse]

"The Big Lebowski" has taught me that 'chinaman' is not the prefered nominclature

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