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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago
[-] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Last I checked.

Fun fact: when you say "Asian" to an American, their first thought is East or Southeast Asia, but a British person's primary association with "Asianness", for lack of a better term, is India and Pakistan.

[-] flipthetube@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I did not know that, interesting.

[-] dukeGR4 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 9 points 1 year ago

Only the very old and/or racist ones do afaik

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Wait why? They're literally in the Orient

[-] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 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with a lot of anti-asian bigotry and most of the people who refuse to stop using it are the same ones who use other outdated terms/slurs for non-white and non-western people, so it has tons of negative connotations..

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

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

SIGH

[-] Roundcat@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Geographically it is a subcontinent that slammed into Asia to form the Himalayas, so you could make the argument it is its own thing.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

That's like arguing nothing is its own thing cause they used to be one continent.

[-] AnonymousBaba@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

its not about continent its about himalayas that saparated india and china .

[-] LambLeeg@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Clearly, this dude voted to become mr. worldwide

[-] MrSilkworm@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago

India and Pakistan are considered to be in Asia but more accurately they are considered to be in the Indian Subcontinent. The same way Iran, Saudi Arabia and the rest are also considered to be in Asia but they are more accurately considered to be on the Middle East.

[-] jungekatz@lib.lgbt -4 points 1 year ago

SEA PROBABLY , however India , pakistan , sri lanka and bangladesh are considered a subcontinent coz similar cultures , and are different from rest of asia !

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