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 9 points 1 year ago

I did not know that, interesting.

[–] dukeGR4@monyet.cc 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only the very old and/or racist ones do afaik

[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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with a lot of anti-asian bigotry and most of the people who refuse to stop using it are the same ones who use other outdated terms/slurs for non-white and non-western people, so it has tons of negative connotations..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