Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And then there are these orientals: http://users.aol.com/oriental33/ http://www.geocities.com/nu_isis/otoconst.html Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Eric Welch wrote: > That generation gap still has some people referring to blacks as > "colored." Highly offensive now. And all my Asian friends (and I have a > bunch down here in Southern California form Japan, China, Korea, > Philippines) would take great offense at me saying "Oriental" in > reference to anything resembling a human being. > > Besides, the "Orient" includes Turkey and other Middle East countries. > So accuracy is even in question when people use it. > > On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 02:09 PM, Jack McLain wrote: > >> We have at worst a generation gap >> here. > > > Eric > Carlsbad, CA > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html