Chinese,koreans, considered whites in the US??

Question

are they whites??

i'm a DARK south indian from india. what's my color then??

Answer 1

Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Japanese, and some other Asians and Pacific Islanders are considered by many (though not politically correct) 'Orientals'. To some, their skin is considered to be yellow.

The most correct name I can think of (if one does not know the origin of a person) is probably 'Asian', but it would be really nice if each of these groups could be called by their country's individual name.

Basically, though, people should just be called people, or human beings

Answer 2

No - Asians. Skin color is yellow, but in most surveys the classification is either "Asian" or "Asian or Pacific islanders." I've never seen "yellow" as a choice.

By the way, for years, Japanese were considered (honorary) white in South Africa.... Is that where this question comes from?

I'm a naturalized American of Japanese origin.

Why people go hysterical whenever someone mentions skin color or race? It's neither needed or healthy. It is time for us to recognize we are all different and have different background. Everybody may be equal, but everybody is not the same.

Answer 3

There a four races of man for simplicities sake I'll call them red, yellow, black and white. Their are a few blurred lines there for example aborigines of Australia have in some instances been classified as Australoid, give me a break they are black. Chinese and Koreans are classified as Mongoloid Covering east Asia, Oceania, the Arctic and part of the Americas. moving to the US will not make them Caucasoid which covers Europe, west Asia, ie. Russia and north Africa

Answer 4

Chinese,koreans,japanese people are not white but are considered yellow.

Answer 5

I would call them asians but why yellow they're are the same color as whites. whatev

Answer 6

they are Asians. but considered whites in the US doesn't mean they are Americans. that means.they are foreigners in the US as Americans can be called whites or foreigners when they come to Asia too.

Answer 7

No, they are not "considered white". What does that even mean? Are you talking about culturally, officially? I don't understand the question you're asking, and my guess is that you may not either.

Answer 8

how can they be considered white? im half chinese and i couldnt look more white if i tried, and ppl consider me white. thats the only circumstance that i can think of. otherwise, they all look and are asian. why should it matter anyways?

Answer 9

I have both korean and chinese friends and they perfer to be refered to as asians

Answer 10

Um...Nope. They're still considered Asians.