Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank Good luck in the Grand Prix of the United States! Jerry Frank Dernie wrote: > I think the terminology depends on where one comes from and the > "generic" terms for different racial groups varies depending on ones > own racial group and the ethnical mix of the society in which one > lives. Here in the part of the UK where I live "Asian" means from > India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. An individual seen as an Asian by an > American would probably be referred to as "Chinese" rightly or wrongly. > There are very many people here from the Indian subcontinent (which is > just as Asian as China or Japan) and quite a few Chinese but very few > people from Japan or Korea. > Unless offence is meant we should be less thin skinned about > terminology because these things are very regional and frequently > offence is taken where none is meant. > I am off to the USA and Japan for 3 weeks so will now unsubscribe - I > have been so busy of late I have been deleting most digests unread. > The best of health to all > Frank > > > Mark Rabiner continued > > 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