POLL: do you consider indian ppl asian?

[Shujaa]

Everyone from Pakistan eastwards is Asian in my book. I'm neither Indian nor Oriental but I'm Asian

 

[Shujaa]

Originally posted by: 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?

Bangladesh != India

 

[Abhi]

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..

Ever heard of west bengal .... ??

 

[Shawn]

no

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: Abhi

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..

Ever heard of west bengal .... ??

wait i reworded that wrong...bengalis are indians...bangladeshis are from bangladesh

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
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.

That's what I'm trying to say.

 

[samgau]

Originally posted by: MindStorm
For those people who are saying Indians are Asians because the country is in the continent Asia, I'm sure the poster meant Asian as in ethnicity.

I'm sure this has been stated already, but there are 3 races: Mongoloids, Negroids, and Caucasoids. I don't consider Indians Mongoloids, as in they're not Asian (loosely speaking) by ethnicity; I consider them only Asian by geography. Likewise, many blacks don't consider Egyptians Africans, but Middle-Eastern (and so Caucasoids).

By the way, when I see people use the word "Oriental," I think they're just clueless. I'm sure they didn't use the term in a condescending way so they use it while thinking it's entirely appropriate...so it's a matter of ignorance more than anything. It's just like when Bush used the term "Pakis" - no harm meant by it, but still makes him look like a complete retard. And I think "Oriental" was originally meant to be racist...it just became so integrated that people think it's normal to use it.

There are 4 races btw.... you forgot Australoid

 

[z0mb13]

another question:

why do most indians smell bad? Im talkin bout the one that came straight from india... they smell bad....

 

[samgau]

Maybe they just smell bad to you cause they smell different.... also its only here that deodorant/anti-perspirant is considered a necessity.... most other people simply smell like people and not a chemical/perfume factory...

 

[Glock30]

Are we talking about geography or race here?

Yes, India is in Asia.

No, Indian race (arian) is not the same as asian (mongolid) race.

 

[edmundoab]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
another question:

why do most indians smell bad? Im talkin bout the one that came straight from india... they smell bad....

no idea. maybe its the kind of oilment they use for their body?

but yeah I do notice that when the come as a group. individually its not that sigificant.