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WCDT: 2201-2205 (4-8 June 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 Jun 2012, 06:36 ---And yes "Asian", unqualified, is very ambiguous. Padma would be Asian to someone from the UK. Probably Amir too.
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I'd figure those two were Middle Eastern, which technically means their Asians if you want to get literal geography-wise.
Method of Madness:
Why wouldn't you? Doesn't it make the most sense to have Asian = from Asia?
Sure, it covers over half the world, but so what? If you want to be more specific about where someone's from, there's nothing stopping you, but that doesn't make someone from Asia any less Asian.
(And that's not even getting into Europe/Asia vs. Eurasia)
Barmymoo:
That was my point earlier. My usual assumption when I hear "Asian" is Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi because those are the main countries of origin for the first and second-generation immigrants in the area I grew up in, but Asia is a big place. This is kind of touching on some of the stuff that came up in the Discuss racism thread recently - why would we limit "Asian" to a certain collection of countries and not others?
Sorflakne:
I have a Korean friend who constantly reminds me that Russians, Indians, Iranians and Saudis aren't Asians. 'Asian' to her is only people from east and south Asia.
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 06 Jun 2012, 14:58 ---That was my point earlier. My usual assumption when I hear "Asian" is Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi because those are the main countries of origin for the first and second-generation immigrants in the area I grew up in, but Asia is a big place. This is kind of touching on some of the stuff that came up in the Discuss racism thread recently - why would we limit "Asian" to a certain collection of countries and not others?
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You dare question the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? TV show over which countries are in Asia? They had their stuff verified!!
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