Do you find it offensive when other people refer to the people in your race as: "Oriental"? I'm not but some people say that I look like I am asian and they say, "Oooh, she looks so oriental!" I mean, oriental doesn't seem like a word you should use to describe a person, it should be used to describe a thing.
2006-08-08 04:54:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
freakazoid, no wonder u have that name. U are rude. Greak oOPA sjefsj...now you will have a curse on you for the rest of your life HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE...lol jk
2006-08-08 05:05:32 · update #1
Yes it's very rude. I live in texas and you can't imagine the ignorance and hatred I experience everyday, and I was raised here in the USA for over 30 years.
I have tried my best to break negative stereotypes of asians but there are too many stereotypes. I have tried to correct people in not saying "oriental" but it's like talking to a wall.
People are just too ignorant and too damn stupid to realize.
Of course it's 1000 times harder for me since I live in Texas.
If you are asian here, you get **** on by mexicans, blacks, and whites because we are considered the "passive" and "weak" race.
Yes it's very offensive to be called "oriental" but after 3 years of battling people here in texas to not be called that, it's exhausting and I end up just ignoring it now. No point in talking to someone that acts like a wall.
2006-08-09 21:26:58 · answer #1 · answered by TiredofIdiots 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not Asian, but my brother's girlfriend is, and he actually had a conversation with our grandmother about this....she called the young lady Oriental, and my brother told her later, that Oriental "refers to rugs, and Asian refers to people".
2006-08-08 12:02:07 · answer #2 · answered by Genea_80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oriental beauty... sounds good
i like it better than asian.
'yellow' would be offensive
2006-08-08 12:00:24 · answer #3 · answered by bamboo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dun really care...for all u know...we 'orientals' could have our own version of oriental for u....
2006-08-08 12:00:24 · answer #4 · answered by freakazoid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may not be offensive.But it sounds odd
2006-08-08 12:04:18 · answer #5 · answered by Padmini Gopalan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ionno...im korean and i dont really find it offensive...BUT i prefer asian... AZN PRIDEEEEEE~ lolz
2006-08-08 19:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by gloreo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋