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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do they refer to East Asians as “oriental” then?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only the very old and/or racist ones do afaik

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait why? They're literally in the Orient

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

We don't call it that anymore. Haven't for decades.

As for the why, the time when that term was in regular use was a time with a lot of anti-asian bigotry and most of the people who refuse to stop using it are the same ones who use other outdated terms/slurs for non-white and non-western people, so it has tons of negative connotations..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My mom complained that the ramen she likes isn't called Oriental anymore.

SIGH