In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:
>On 2014-01-14 5:02 PM, Helpful person wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:40:47 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> It's hard to keep up with the PCness of it all. Apparently it is no
>>> longer appropriate to refer to Chinese people are Chinese. They are
>>> Asian, just like the Japanese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Laotions etc.
>>> Indians are no longer Indians. They are south Asians.
>>
>> It's ridiculous. I've know many Scots who
>> would be insulted to be referred to as British.
>> I refer to myself as English.
>>
>> To call someone from Thailand "Asian" I would
>> consider an insult, if I know their true
>> origin.
>>
>
>I guess the problem is that there are too many people out there with too
>much time on their hands and who are quick to take offense where no
>offense was intended. For some reason, it is no longer PC to refer to
>people from China as being Chinese.

I had not heard that. I thought "Oriental" was un-PC because it
kind of implies that Europe is the center of the universe.
(But we all know that the center of the universe is the U.S.


Cindy Hamilton
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