I think my Filipino neighbor is racist.

[dainthomas]

My neighbor calls other people of East Asian decent "orientals". Is there an actual rule against this or is it just a lame PC thing?

 

[Chunkee]

ineedtogetalife.org is that way -->

 

[MrChad]

An actual rule?

 

[joesmoke]

zomg she said orientals! its official, kill her and rape the body...

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: joesmoke
zomg she said orientals! its official, kill her and rape the body...

Eh, I'd do it the other way around, but to each their own I guess.

KT

 

[Leros]

I've heard Filipino people say Oriental, not in a racist way. Just to differentiate.

 

[dainthomas]

Is that a quadruple time warp?

 

[hanoverphist]

oriental is now a racist word? holy crap, how fuckin sensitive can people get!

 

[Howard]

There's nothing wrong with the term Oriental. The people who think that it is are creating a self-delusion.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
oriental is now a racist word? holy crap, how fuckin sensitive can people get!

how fuckin sensitive can people get? very. it's recockulous the lengths some people go to so they can state that they are offended.

 

[Crono]

Wasn't the "original" meaning of Orient "East"? IIRC, it was originally used for what we call the Middle East.

 

[nakedfrog]

"Rugs are oriental, I'm Asian"
Or something like that. IDKWTF

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
oriental is now a racist word? holy crap, how fuckin sensitive can people get!

how fuckin sensitive can people get? very. it's recockulous the lengths some people go to so they can state that they are offended.

Mosh, you're turning me on.

KT

 

[mrkun]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
My neighbor calls other people of East Asian decent "orientals". Is there an actual rule against this or is it just a lame PC thing?

I think it's just considered to be "colonial" in American English. In the UK, that's the normal term. For them, Asian = Indian/Pakistani.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

"Oriental" means "eastern", and "Occidental" means "western". Where's the racism...?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
oriental is now a racist word? holy crap, how fuckin sensitive can people get!

how fuckin sensitive can people get? very. it's recockulous the lengths some people go to so they can state that they are offended.

Mosh, you're turning me on.

KT

i think a stiff breeze could do that. :Q

 

[gwlam12]

I've heard that Oriental is a term that is only used to describe objects. Not sure where it started from.

 

[Kirby]

After talking to my japenese friends, they have no problem with oriental, yellow, or jap. This PC shit is fucking ridiculous.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
"Oriental" means "eastern", and "Occidental" means "western". Where's the racism...?

Quiet, you Occidental fool!

😛

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
After talking to my japenese friends, they have no problem with oriental, yellow, or jap. This PC shit is fucking ridiculous.

Would they be offended if you referred to them individually as "uhohs"?

 

[zerocool84]

If you saw a white guy calling an Asian person Oriental, I can guarantee people would call it racist.

U.S.A.................the land of double standards

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
If you saw a white guy calling an Asian person Oriental, I can guarantee people would call it racist.

U.S.A.................the land of double standards

This just in: peopl are stupie

 

[OCGuy]

Wow people are dumb.

Up until recently, there would be travel commercials on TV: "Come to the Oreint" , etc.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
If you saw a white guy calling an Asian person Oriental, I can guarantee people would call it racist.

I woudn't, but people might. Same if some white guy referred to a black person as "colored". Terms change, but it's not necessarily racist (unless context indicates so) to use either oriental or colored. A bit behind on the supposed politically correct standards of the day (whether willfully or not), but not racist.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
oriental is now a racist word? holy crap, how fuckin sensitive can people get!

how fuckin sensitive can people get? very. it's recockulous the lengths some people go to so they can state that they are offended.

Mosh, you're turning me on.

KT

i think a stiff breeze could do that. :Q

I do have a thing for red hair and berets.

KT