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Solid Snake07
11/22/18 12:01:19 AM
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like........what? It just means someone or something from east asia. How did that become offensive?
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DarkTransient
11/22/18 12:02:19 AM
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It's only considered racist by the types of people who consider everything racist.
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11/22/18 12:02:23 AM
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Vicious_Dios
11/22/18 12:03:23 AM
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ImmatureContent
11/22/18 12:03:28 AM
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Words aren't racist. Intentions are. If a word is used with racist intent for long enough the association makes people view it as a racist word.
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A_Good_Boy
11/22/18 12:06:07 AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient#American_English

Distinct within American culture, some American English speakers consider the term "Oriental" to be a pejorative and disparaging term when used to describe a person[1]. John Kuo Wei Tchen, director of the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute at New York University, said the basic critique of the term developed in the U.S. in the 1970s. Tchen has said: "With the U.S.A. anti-war movement in the '60s and early '70s, many Asian Americans identified the term 'Oriental' with a Western process of racializing Asians as forever opposite 'others'."[19] In a 2009 American press release related to legislation aimed at removing the term "oriental" from official documents of the State of New York, Governor David Paterson said: "The word 'oriental' does not describe ethnic origin, background or even race; in fact, it has deep and demeaning historical roots".[20]

In 2016, President Barack Obama signed legislation striking the word from federal law.[21]


Oh, so turns out that's why it's considered offensive.
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catboy0_0
11/22/18 12:07:04 AM
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ImmatureContent posted...
Words aren't racist. Intentions are. If a word is used with racist intent for long enough the association makes people view it as a racist word.

man, stop saying mature things it's freaking me out
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SH_expert44
11/22/18 12:14:51 AM
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Its just an archaic term that gets under peoples skin like Caucasian or Colored.
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catboy0_0
11/22/18 1:01:09 AM
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SH_expert44 posted...
Its just an archaic term that gets under peoples skin like Caucasian or Colored.

lmao are you serious
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glitteringfairy
11/22/18 1:04:52 AM
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catboy0_0 posted...
SH_expert44 posted...
Its just an archaic term that gets under peoples skin like Caucasian or Colored.

lmao are you serious

Well it is pretty inaccurate. My ancestry isn't from the Caucasus. I'm more Anglo-Saxon than anything
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ThePrinceFish
11/22/18 1:05:52 AM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient#American_English

Distinct within American culture, some American English speakers consider the term "Oriental" to be a pejorative and disparaging term when used to describe a person[1]. John Kuo Wei Tchen, director of the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute at New York University, said the basic critique of the term developed in the U.S. in the 1970s. Tchen has said: "With the U.S.A. anti-war movement in the '60s and early '70s, many Asian Americans identified the term 'Oriental' with a Western process of racializing Asians as forever opposite 'others'."[19] In a 2009 American press release related to legislation aimed at removing the term "oriental" from official documents of the State of New York, Governor David Paterson said: "The word 'oriental' does not describe ethnic origin, background or even race; in fact, it has deep and demeaning historical roots".[20]

In 2016, President Barack Obama signed legislation striking the word from federal law.[21]


Oh, so turns out that's why it's considered offensive.

Oh, so it's oversensitive nonsense just like everyone assumed. Neat.
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kuwab0
11/22/18 1:07:07 AM
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catboy0_0
11/22/18 1:12:36 AM
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glitteringfairy posted...
catboy0_0 posted...
SH_expert44 posted...
Its just an archaic term that gets under peoples skin like Caucasian or Colored.

lmao are you serious

Well it is pretty inaccurate. My ancestry isn't from the Caucasus. I'm more Anglo-Saxon than anything

yeah but I mean does it get under your skin though
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Trickfinger
11/22/18 1:13:33 AM
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ImmatureContent posted...
Words aren't racist. Intentions are. If a word is used with racist intent for long enough the association makes people view it as a racist word.

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catboy0_0
11/22/18 1:14:14 AM
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Trickfinger posted...
ImmatureContent posted...
Words aren't racist. Intentions are. If a word is used with racist intent for long enough the association makes people view it as a racist word.

same goes for words that are slurs for homosexual people
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Trickfinger
11/22/18 1:14:48 AM
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catboy0_0 posted...
Trickfinger posted...
ImmatureContent posted...
Words aren't racist. Intentions are. If a word is used with racist intent for long enough the association makes people view it as a racist word.

same goes for words that are slurs for homosexual people

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