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Originally Posted by debaser
I see what you are saying, I'm just having trouble caring. Perhaps I am just stubborn or curmudgeonly. Perhaps it's sort of a litmus test as to whether or not the person in question is too soft to continue talking to. Whatever the case may be, I really don't see myself not using the word in the future. As I mentioned above, the alternatives are useless.
If I point to a crowd of people containing a Russian, an Arab, an Indian, and a Korean and tell anybody in the US about the oriental guy, they will know exactly who I am talking about.
Being of European descent, I have no problem whatsoever using eurocentric terms (as one poster above mentioned) in my everyday vocabulary.
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Ah, but our (I'm also of European descent) ancestors haven't been subjugated for a long, long time. Asians are still treated like crap by many people (just as blacks are treated like crap, etc.). My German ancestors haven't had it hard since the Romans were invading Northern Europe. My Irish ancestors probably had it pretty crappy from the Brits, but they immigrated centuries ago. As a white male, I really can't tell you what it's like to be subjugated. Yes, I'm an atheist, but it's really not that bad.
When you suggest that people are being soft, you're playing down the fact that there still is very serious racism in our society. If you don't know what I'm talking about, name 3 movies in the past 10 years that have featured Asians that didn't use martial arts. Name one show on TV where the main character is Asian. Name an Asian American politician.