POLL: do you consider indian ppl asian?

[OulOat]

I don't even consider them people...

I kid, I kid

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: Excelsior
To all of you "They are ASIANS no matter what you think since india is part of the Asia". Who gives a fvck. We all still think of Asians as people from countries such as China, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan, etc. Who here refers to people from india as Asans on a daily basis? I don't know anyone who does. I call them Indians. Screw this "TECHNICALLY they are Asian" crap.

Actually, I generally refer to them as people.

Wow...just wow.

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

Well yeah, in the strictest sense. Anyone who says otherwise needs to take remedial geography.

-Q

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: Sid59
lol .. im not answering a poll where you refer to asians as orientals

oriental is a eurocentric word. I wouldn't want to associated by WEST of EUROPE.

Wow, are you serious?

serious about what? the origins of the term Oriental?

Serious about acting so offended

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

Yeah and the word "Oriental" most certainly isn't Asian

-Q

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
Yeah and the word "Oriental" most certainly isn't Asian

-Q

Probably not, but what does it mean?

 

[whaleskinrug]

of course they're asian

 

[whaleskinrug]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
Yeah and the word "Oriental" most certainly isn't Asian

-Q

Probably not, but what does it mean?

Oriental means "eastern" just as Occidental means "western" -- so most white people are Occidentals

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
Yeah and the word "Oriental" most certainly isn't Asian

-Q

Probably not, but what does it mean?

it's a eurocentric word meaning east of europe. as in .. europe is the center of the world.

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: Sid59
lol .. im not answering a poll where you refer to asians as orientals

oriental is a eurocentric word. I wouldn't want to associated by WEST of EUROPE.

Wow, are you serious?

serious about what? the origins of the term Oriental?

Serious about acting so offended

the term is offensive. I don't think Eurpoeans would like to be called .. North of Africa.

 

[clicknext]

I don't know why, when I think of asians I only think of orientals. I just think of Indians as Indians, no continental lable.

 

[mchammer187]

russioas west of urals are asian

and so are indians

might as well combine europe and asia and say eurasian

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
Yeah and the word "Oriental" most certainly isn't Asian

-Q

Probably not, but what does it mean?

it's a eurocentric word meaning east of europe. as in .. europe is the center of the world.

OK - I thought it only meant Eastern. Don't many Asians refer to Americans as "Westerners"?

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
Yeah and the word "Oriental" most certainly isn't Asian

-Q

Probably not, but what does it mean?

it's a eurocentric word meaning east of europe. as in .. europe is the center of the world.

OK - I thought it only meant Eastern. Don't many Asians refer to Americans as "Westerners"?

sure. but that's more of truncation of Western Culture.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
Yeah and the word "Oriental" most certainly isn't Asian

-Q

Probably not, but what does it mean?

it's a eurocentric word meaning east of europe. as in .. europe is the center of the world.

OK - I thought it only meant Eastern. Don't many Asians refer to Americans as "Westerners"?

sure. but that's more of truncation of Western Culture.

As opposed to Eastern Culture?

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
Yeah and the word "Oriental" most certainly isn't Asian

-Q

Probably not, but what does it mean?

it's a eurocentric word meaning east of europe. as in .. europe is the center of the world.

OK - I thought it only meant Eastern. Don't many Asians refer to Americans as "Westerners"?

sure. but that's more of truncation of Western Culture.

As opposed to Eastern Culture?

yes. am i gonna have to outline the differences between Western Value Cultures and Eastern Value Cultures? I wish i could but im too damn drowsy from this drug. CHEERS!

 

[Tom]

What is the origins of this understanding of "oriental" as refering to inaminate objects only, or being a slur ? The part about inaminate objects seems particularly stupid, American and European are used to refer to objects that come from those parts of the world, and this doesn't mean it doesn't also mean a person from that part of the world.

And "Asia" the word, is what the Romans called the places east of them, I think, so why does anyone make a distinction between "Asian" and Oriental" when they are both European words for places east of Europe ?

It seems like some people from eastern Asia decided they don't like the word "oriental", why, I don't know, and so decided to start misusing the word "Asian" to refer to themselves exclusively.


Oh, and mixing up the racial classifications, mongoloid, causcasian, etc, is even more inaccurate, because there are Caucasian people native to Asia, and mongoloid people native to America, etc.

 

[Lifer]

well, from the poll, it seems as if most people don't consider indians to be asians...
BUT, indians do consider themselves asian.
interesting...

 

[Maverick]

I'm Indian and I don't consider myself Asian even though thats what I put on the census reports...I don't feel we look anything like Asians. We have deep set eyes longer noses, darker skin, etc. We're as different from them as we are from caucasians. To lump us in the same ethnic group seems ignorant to me.

 

[JohnnyH]

If you're talking about geographic locations... then

Russia is in "Asia" .... are Russians -- Asian?

 

[edmundoab]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
I thought Malaysians (not counting the ethnic Chinese ones) were a mix of South and East Asians.

yes we are South East Asians

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

I say oriental for chinese, japapense, korean, veitnamese, philipinos, etc..

and asian encompasses them as well as pakistanis and indians and bangladeshis, etc..

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Inasmuch as I consider Canadians to be American, since Canada is part of the North American continent.

 

[sxr7171]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
I say oriental for chinese, japapense, korean, veitnamese, philipinos, etc.. and asian encompasses them as well as pakistanis and indians and bengalis, etc..

Bengalis are not Indian?

 

[geckojohn]

Originally posted by: OulOat
I don't even consider them people...;:beer:

WOW, omg!!!