Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]not sure what you mean, but asians may be more nationalistic than most areas of the world. i don't know any asian that would rather be lumped into a general category rather than their specific culture. japanese and korean cultures are among the most hermetically homogenous i've seen. i don't even know what the word for "asians" is in korean. doug On 9/22/03 3:38 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > doug kim wrote: >> >> to add the final clarification on this: >> >> oriental and occidental refer to things, actual objects: oriental rugs, >> cooking, antiques, etc. >> >> asian refer to people. but i do call all my white friends occidentals. >> >> doug >> > I hope not by occident! > > Is it true that say Japanese people don't want to be called Japanese and > this is true all over Asia relatively. They want to be called Asians? if > that is true than what's the point of the lack of specification? > Countries are no good? > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html