re: Is the term oriental offensive?

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"Texan-American" is my favorite nomenclature

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Deal with it.

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I get that your a black guy, that's fine. But if you prefer to be called African American, what parts of Africa are you from or originally from? Have you ever been there?

If you are here your an american, plain and simple. The segregation of different cultures is what divides. A few years ago when Mexicans wanted to do the strike and they took to the streets holding Cuban flags, Mexican flags, and other latino flags that was their biggest mistake. No one took sympathy for them. Had they acted like they wanted to assimilate and were holding American flags they would have gotten much more support across the country.

A white guy is a white guy, we don't claim that we are offended by term. At least not the vast majority. My heritage is mostly German but I don't demand that people refer to me as German-American or French-American. I'm an American and have been here for generations so none of it matters.

Oriental describes things and objects not people. E.g. An oriental rug = not offensive. Calling a person Oriental = offensive.

Now I will say it's not on the level of a lot of offensive things it's more on the rude/out of date level offense.

I'm so glad I'm not a member of this pussy arse millennial generation and that I'll be long dead when y'all have completed fricking this country up entirely.

Oh the humor when some dim witted American refers to a Canadian of Korean descent as an Asian-American.

I was watching a hockey game on the tube a few years ago and the announcer kept referring to the black player for the Canadeins as an AA. Dude was from Quebec.

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I get that your a black guy, that's fine. But if you prefer to be called African American, what parts of Africa are you from or originally from? Have you ever been there?

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First of all, learn to to read. I posted before you did that I don't have a problem with either "black" or "African American." What's ridiculous is that YOU do.

Secondly, the closest my family can trace the African parts of our heritage ( that's only one part, but also the most obvious ) is "west Africa." That's it. Thanks to the war torn land over there at the time and the slave trade that capitalized upon it. It is what it is.

Thirdly, no, I haven't been there, nor do I intend to go. That isn't relevant in the slightest when it comes to attempting to trace/claim lineage. bullshite tangent on your part.

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If you are here your an american, plain and simple.

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I've never claimed to be anything other.

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A white guy is a white guy, we don't claim that we are offended by term.

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What works for one group of folks won't always work for every group. We're not homogeneous in this country. Acknowledging such isn't automatically divisive.

Also, white people don't get lit up on forums like these when they trace their lineage to specific families and houses and such in the "old country." Let's not pretend these are equitable circumstances here.

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My heritage is mostly German but I don't demand that people refer to me as German-American or French-American. I'm an American and have been here for generations so none of it matters.

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That's all well and good for you.

My surname is German, my great grandfather was Irish, I have native American on both sides, and I claim Texas. Allowing someone to interchange the terms black/AA or someone preferring not to be called "oriental" isn't some terrible inconvenience/absurdity.

Unless you make it one.

I worked with a white guy that was born in Libya. Any time there was a form or a situation to identify his race, he chose African-American. Then, he'd berate the black guys for selecting the same thing, asking them where they were born.

It always made for a few laughs. Laughing at stuff is way cooler than being offended at everything.

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wife is Thai

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depending on the context

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All comes down to this, with any term for a demographic, really.

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She lets me jokingly refer to her as Siamese, so i guess she's chill about stuff like that.

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My wife is pretty chill about everything but the N-word, which I have been trying in vain to get her to say during sex for years now. Because it makes her uncomfortable and I'm an a-hole

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My wife is pretty chill about everything but the N-word, which I have been Because it makes her uncomfortable and

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trying in vain to get her to say now.

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Why???? I hate this word with a passion

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during sex for years

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Way too much information

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I'm an a-hole

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You are but your our a-hole

If someone doesn't want to be called something, you shouldn't call them that. It's my understanding Oriental started out as a word to describe Asian people as savages, but more civilized than other races (n-word).

Big difference between messing with a friend and being a dick though.