So I was talking to my (then much younger and very PC) daughter and committed the unpardonable sin of saying that I bought some groceries at the "Oriental Grocery"...the actual name of the store. She demanded to know then how I would like being called an occidental. I honestly (missing the point entirely) told her I didn't give a crap.
But seriously...if you want to describe an oriental (someone from the east, who is racially of a group consisting of Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Burmese etc.) and you use the term "asian" doesn't that term also include people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc; who are racially and culturally very different? When I read an account in the British news about some asian men being arrested for terrorist activities I can never figure out WTF they are talking about! SO is the PC version intended to blur those differences so as to make a statement that those differences are meaningless in the same way that the term "partner" can mean married people, people in a homosexual relationship or people working closely together in a business arrangement? Inquiring minds want to know! Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:32 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bad Drivers last i heard, "asian" is PC but "oriental" is not, but the rules change all the time. On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Richard Hattaway <rhatta...@rocketmail.com > wrote: > > > > >I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack thereof, but merely > >the precision of his syntax. > > I am at a loss here. Is the term Oriental or Asian not politically > correct any more? > > In my redneck area of the world, the two are the same, and neither is > considered offensive or racist. > > Do I need to be re-educated? > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
