That is what might usually means, yesBubba Elvis XIV wrote:Might say....but you might not. It has become a bit un-PC in the UK to use the expression Oriental.switchblade327 wrote: In England and elsewhere they might say "Oriental" which is more accurate but for whatever reason, that's racist in North America. I guess "Negro" would be the equivalent, in being the historical term that is both more specific and currently perceived as racist.
Personally Asian means jack...I don't get what an Asian person is, Indian? Chinese? Or are they all the same?
Anyone got any ideas for a new word?
In North America it is most definitely "Asian", as unspecific as that may be. "Oriental" is a borderline racial slur to some.