ok, the title says enough.
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alexharperxxx — 12 years ago(February 20, 2014 02:40 PM)
ok, the title says enough.
Yes india is in Asian continent.. but to group people like Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese people with Indian and Pakistani people, it doesnt make sense.
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Diablo-Helldemmon — 12 years ago(February 20, 2014 02:40 PM)
Yap, you're right. India is a different continent. Why would anybody think they are Asian?
And Mexicans aren't Americans are they? North American, granted, but American nonetheless. Or Canadians? Are they not N.Americans?
India is part of Asia, therefore Indians are Asians. And if you really want them to be Indians, well, they are. They are Indians before they are Asians. As someone said: "I am English before I am British, and I am British before I am European!".
Logan: I don't know!
Rogue: You don't know, or you don't care?
Logan: Pick one.
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MissBoom — 11 years ago(May 03, 2014 08:21 AM)
In australia we call indian people Indian
chinese, japanese, etc are referred as asians.
if you want to be technically correct. you should call one group east asian and other south asians but indians and chinese are not in the same category. period. they have completely different facial features and skin tone. -
alexharperxxx — 11 years ago(May 10, 2014 03:34 AM)
EXACTLY, Miss Boom!
They have different physical features, skin color, etc etc.
if we're talking about ethnicity, I think in America we've been labeling people of South Asian ethnicity with East Asian and that just doesn't make much sense as ethnicity goes. I think they should revamp the ethnic labeling system! -
Manth_Sigdaw — 11 years ago(July 02, 2014 10:53 PM)
Things have gotten better. I remember back in the 80s, as a young kid I would hear the horribly dated term "oriental" still being used to refer to people from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc, etcand sometimes even for Indians. I don't ever hear anyone say "oriental" anymore as it's generally considered as offensive as calling a black person a "negro" or "colored".
Technically India is part of the Asian continent, and in technical terms Indians are Asians, but the problem is that in more general terms most of the world does not think of Indians when the term "Asian" is brought up. It confuses most people who want an easy all around phrase to describe one group of people. Most people like calling those from China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam as "Asians", but there is not an equally easy catch all term for people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Fiji islands.
Some ignorant people will call Indians and Pakistanis "Arabs" or "Middle Easterners", but that is very incorrect. As of now, it may just be easy to call South Asian people Indians or Pakistanis (or Bangladeshis or Fijians). -
archer1812 — 10 years ago(February 14, 2016 01:35 PM)
Indian people are not asian
That is the dumbest thing I've read all week.
Your mistake is thinking that "Asian" is a r2000ace. It isn't.
Anyway, in Britain when they refer to Asians they usually mean someone from the Subcontinent (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis), while East Asians (Chinese, Korean, Japanese etc) are referred to as Orientals.