debaser

I'm not playing down the seriousness of racism, just the fact that some people are overly sensitive toward terms that have no real perjorative meaning, like oriental. If there is some sort of shame that comes with originating from the east, I could understand the problem. But there is not, so I don't see it as an issue.

I might also add that I have never had any of my oriental friends so much as bat an eye at the word, and most use it in the same context as I do.

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