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Help[Opinions] Heres my thoughts on what's been said....
in reply to a message by shangrila_la
is that this is still an issue. "Black" is a beautful term IMO...Afro American, like afro cuban can be used also. Jerome is used for many nationalities, but people dont travel in wide enough circles to know this...so its not racism, but simply thier experience, and yes, somtimes ignorance.
Orient(al)indicates the lands where the sun rises, as seen from Europe. The original designation were for the eastern parts of the Roman empire, the regions that later were turned into the Eastern Roman empire, and even later the Byzantine empire. This included parts of Balkan in Europe, Minor Asia, the Levant, and eastern parts of North Africa.
In modern times, 'Orient' has been used to designate areas that do not belong to the Western cultural hemisphere, and has been expanded to cover the regions of East Asia, with China and Japan as the principal countries.
So I think the word Asian applies more directly...but it isnt nessesarily a rascist comment, just mal informed..lets not get the two confused:):)
Orient(al)indicates the lands where the sun rises, as seen from Europe. The original designation were for the eastern parts of the Roman empire, the regions that later were turned into the Eastern Roman empire, and even later the Byzantine empire. This included parts of Balkan in Europe, Minor Asia, the Levant, and eastern parts of North Africa.
In modern times, 'Orient' has been used to designate areas that do not belong to the Western cultural hemisphere, and has been expanded to cover the regions of East Asia, with China and Japan as the principal countries.
So I think the word Asian applies more directly...but it isnt nessesarily a rascist comment, just mal informed..lets not get the two confused:):)
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