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[Sirwootalot67]

...You do know that Kaidan's malaysian, right?

[Konane117]

steve1945 wrote...

I find it odd that oriental is considered offensive. I mean im white. I dont care if people call me white. Or anglo saxon. If I was black I wouldnt mind being called black. Of african. If I was asian I wouldnt mind being called asian. or oriental. The Orient is all of the Asian nations. Why not say oriental? It holds no negatives I can see.


That being said I put absolutely no stock in political correctness and actually go out of my way to be non pc. I cant stand political correctness. I guess im just a close minded bigot

what he said. im asian, and i dont find the term 'oriental' offensive at all.

[casedawgz]

Sirwootalot67 wrote...

...You do know that Kaidan's malaysian, right?

Well technically he's Canadian. Vancouver, if I'm not mistaken.

[steve1945]

HK74 wrote...

Sirwootalot67 wrote...

...You do know that Kaidan's malaysian, right?

He's lackadaisical but I wouldn't call him malaisian.

Them lackadaisicalians ARE TAKING OUR JOBS!

[Starfire013]

It's likely that in the future, mixed marriages would be the norm and people no longer really identify themselves as belonging to just one specific ethnic group.

[The Demonologist]

steve1945 wrote...

I find it odd that oriental is considered offensive. I mean im white. I dont care if people call me white. Or anglo saxon. If I was black I wouldnt mind being called black. Of african. If I was asian I wouldnt mind being called asian. or oriental. The Orient is all of the Asian nations. Why not say oriental? It holds no negatives I can see.


That being said I put absolutely no stock in political correctness and actually go out of my way to be non pc. I cant stand political correctness. I guess im just a close minded bigot

I don't like it when people call me African. I'm not African. I'm Black(or African American if it makes you nervous. ;O)

Oriental has been used in a negative context quite a bit. It's an 'archaic' term, and we might as well use asian.

[JudgeQwerty]

Where the heck do we get Malaysian from?

[Ellestor]

There are quite a lot of racial terms that do not mean anything derogatory, yet are considered offensive for socio-historical reasons.

Modifié par Ellestor, 26 janvier 2010 - 02:19 .

[hanmul]

Starfire013 > That make sense!



So.. near future Asari will conquer the universe, right? =O

[Unato]

i won't mind if they did

[vhatever]

Oriental is not offensive. it's simply a dated term, like "******"-- also not an offensive term.



"Asian" is a stupid, useless term. I believe the OP is looking for the term "east asian".

[hanmul]

JudgeQwerty wrote...

Where the heck do we get Malaysian from?

Don't know but he look more like Jew(cause he got the brains)

[hanmul]

vhatever wrote...
"Asian" is a stupid, useless term. I believe the OP is looking for the term "east asian".

I agree the useless part.
It covers too much.

http://www.google.co...gJVU5ABEMoBAmtv

[steve1945]

The Demonologist wrote...

steve1945 wrote...

I find it odd that oriental is considered offensive. I mean im white. I dont care if people call me white. Or anglo saxon. If I was black I wouldnt mind being called black. Of african. If I was asian I wouldnt mind being called asian. or oriental. The Orient is all of the Asian nations. Why not say oriental? It holds no negatives I can see.


That being said I put absolutely no stock in political correctness and actually go out of my way to be non pc. I cant stand political correctness. I guess im just a close minded bigot

I don't like it when people call me African. I'm not African. I'm Black(or African American if it makes you nervous. ;O)

Oriental has been used in a negative context quite a bit. It's an 'archaic' term, and we might as well use asian.

Well Id call you black then. Though I dont see why you would say youre not African. Its your homeland. Thats one of the reasons I have no problem being called anglo saxon, or Germanic. I come from Prussia and I am proud of that. I look at its beauty and acomplishments and I am reminded that I am from a wonderful place.

[TheGuv]

Who went and declared the term "oriental" racist while I wasn't looking? What an absurd suggestion.

You Americans are wierd. It's not offensive here in Britain, and I can't for a second imagine why it would be. It's a geographical descriptor, about as significant as calling someone from England "European".  Seems a shame to declare such an innocent term racist for the sake of it.

Modifié par TheGuv, 26 janvier 2010 - 02:28 .

[Niorcs]

Starfire013 wrote...

It's likely that in the future, mixed marriages would be the norm and people no longer really identify themselves as belonging to just one specific ethnic group.

This. Probably just due to being a spacefaring people in contact and living with aliens, they probably moreso call themselves human, and at most, identify what planet/colony/major part they're from.

[steve1945]

TheGuv wrote...

Who went and declared the term "oriental" racist while I wasn't looking? What an absurd suggestion.

You Americans are wierd. It's not offensive here in Britain, and I can't for a second imagine why it would be. It's a geographical descriptor, about as significant as calling someone from England "European".

You sure its not offensive? No offense man but from the news I see even saying Islamic or black will land you in jail.


Like the cops who where fired for putting up a add in the paper with a dog in it about adopting dogs. Some Muslim and high class white british people decieded it was offensive to Muslim sensibilities.

Or where the Romanians illegaly broke in and are still living in a families home they built. When the woman reported the crime mentioning they looked Romanian the police officer called her a racist and hung up.

[MICHELLE7]

JudgeQwerty wrote...

Where the heck do we get Malaysian from?

I'd like to know that myself.

Modifié par MICHELLE7, 26 janvier 2010 - 02:38 .

[LebatomiBeni]

For those that don't know...



Anderson's ethnic background was covered in the book, "Revelation." Something about a bit of Native American.



Just puttin that out thar.

[steve1945]

MICHELLE7 wrote...

JudgeQwerty wrote...

Where the heck do we get Malaysian from?

I'd like to know that myself.

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He talks about his mother or grandmother being in the original spill which happened over Malaysia and somewhere else.

So he is either Malaysian or Somewherelsian

[TheGuv]

steve1945 wrote...
You sure its not offensive? No offense man but from the news I see even saying Islamic or black will land you in jail.

Like the cops who where fired for putting up a add in the paper with a dog in it about adopting dogs. Some Muslim and high class white british people decieded it was offensive to Muslim sensibilities.

Or where the Romanians illegaly broke in and are still living in a families home they built. When the woman reported the crime mentioning they looked Romanian the police officer called her a racist and hung up.

Absolutely.

There's a lot of guff in the papers about it but people are very easy going and there's a big of an anti-PC fightback that keeps things on the level.  Oriental is about as offensive as saying "bog roll" as toilet paper.  Like I said.  It's a geographical descriptor.

I've called plenty of things Islamic and black.  I'm also immensely offensive to religion 99% of the time except when expressedly asked not to be.

The police spend half their time grinning, to be honest.

[Lethys1]

Kimarous wrote...

Lethys1 wrote...

Oriental is not the preferred nomenclature.

Asian Americans, please.

Yes, because all Asians are Americans... >_>

How about something less ethnocentric... say, "of Asian descent"?

Its a reference to the movie "The Big Lebowski" calm down bro.