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In reply to the discussion: The top TEN questions asked to Asian-Americans.. [View all]yuiyoshida
(43,140 posts)Its a word WE have chosen to give ourselves. Its like African Americans chose Blacks, or whatever. You want to pigeon hole us into something specific... -shrugs- its NOT going to happen. IN the UNITED states you have Hispanics (Or Latinos) Blacks (African Americans) so that leaves Native Americans (Who were once called Indians, ..which was stupid, they had nothing to do whats so ever with India other than what Europeans called them when they arrived in this country...)so what ARE we to call these bunches of people who come from the FAR EAST.... FAR EASTERNERS? No..many of them came from a wide area called ASIA..so they suggested ASIANS... until you or someone comes up with a special name that doesn't employ Racial Stero types... were sticking with Asians.
Russia is in Asia...should they be called Asians?They prefer Russians. The Ainu don't fit the Stereotypical "Asian look", and yet, if they came to the USA would they call them Asians? Probably. We all eat Rice and Noodles.. should we be called Rice eaters? No. Everyone eats Noodles too. Is a middle eastern an Asian...if they are located in Asia yes, but I call them Middle easterners. If they want to be called an Asian in America so be it. Indians are Asian, and yet they don't have our kind of eyes...they are still Asians.
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