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because indian people aren't asian?Originally Posted by effang
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Should Asians wear tweeds, browns, and bold patterns?
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Indians are South AsianOriginally Posted by justsayno
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Indians are South AsianOriginally Posted by justsayno
In American English they are. The East Asian community appropriated the term "Asian" in American English at the dawn of PC in the early 1990s (perhaps to replace the now offensive term "Oriental"), and they are not giving it back. However, in the UK, and by extension in British English everywhere else, "Asian" generally denotes people of Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi or Indian descent. This goes back much earlier, cf Lester, Richard: Juggernaut (1974).
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If you don't understand the problem with the word 'oriental' then why on earth would you reprimand someone for using it?Originally Posted by winston
Personally I don't let the crazy PC crowd tell me what words I can and cannot use.
My reprimand was jocular, especially since he was Japanese-American. Few individuals can be less PC than I am!
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Indo-europeans... completely different breed than mongolian/chinese.Originally Posted by vitaminc
Which makes them less Asian somehow? And what exactly do you mean by "breed"? We're talking about human beings, not lutino parakeets.
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Indo-europeans... completely different breed than mongolian/chinese.Originally Posted by vitaminc
But the Dravidians of south India--Tamils, Telugus--are not Indo-Europeans/Aryans. Nor, I believe are some of the "tribal" peoples of India.
In any event, I thought a term like "Asian" applied to the continent of origin, not any specific group of ethno-linguistic affinities.
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But the Dravidians of south India--Tamils, Telugus--are not Indo-Europeans/Aryans. Nor, I believe are some of the "tribal" peoples of India.Originally Posted by JLibourel
In any event, I thought a term like "Asian" applied to the continent of origin, not any specific group of ethno-linguistic affinities.
+1.
Too much overthinking going on in this thread.
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I don't know what's going on here but it doesn't make any sense to me. Personally, I subscribe to a Japanese men's magazine because all of the US equivalents are sh*t! Here is a recent advertisement from Men's Club. Tweeds and all other fabrics and cuts look outstanding on Japanese men. They are heads and shoulders above the average American male in their style and elegant clothing. What is going on with this thread?
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+1.Originally Posted by RJmanbearpig
Too much overthinking going on in this thread.
+1. When did "third world" make its way onto the verboten list?
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+1.Originally Posted by iammatt
When did "third world" make its way onto the verboten list?
Huh?
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I didn't know "third world" was on the verboten list. Doesn't surprise me. Practically everything ends up there! I suppose it has undergone a shift in meaning over the years. As I recall its origins, it was coined by Sukarno in which he differentiated between the capitalistic "First World," the communist "Second World," with the neutral, non-aligned countries like his Indonesia forming the the "Third World." I think the term has morphed to mean any poor, non-white country and its people, which isn't the way it started out. Since the Second World has largely vanished except for China, Cuba, North Korean and Vietnam (and maybe Belarus and one of two others), I suppose it has become meaningless in its original sense.
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