Where is the Colored Guy?

[RW]

Why?

Washington state prohibits the word Oriental in legislation and government documents..



Why do you feel they did that?

What does that have to do with YOUR feelings?

Why did they do that?



Because it is a slur.

So someone told you it was offensive?

[Anonymous]

Why?

Washington state prohibits the word Oriental in legislation and government documents..



Why do you feel they did that?

What does that have to do with YOUR feelings?

Why did they do that?



Because it is a slur.

So someone told you it was offensive?

Does someone tell an African American the n word is offensive?

[RW]

The N word has deep social and cultural meaning to black people.  If they were asked, they could cite those reasons without any trouble.



You don't seem to be able to say why the term "Oriental" is offensive to you.  Why is that?

[Bricktop]

Oriental simply means someone from the Orient, aka Asia.



The Oriental Express?



Orient watches?



Its not even remotely offensive in any connotation.

[Renee]

Why?

Washington state prohibits the word Oriental in legislation and government documents..



Why do you feel they did that?

Because most of that shitty ass backward state is run by transplanted, white, far left morons. They ignore their constituency that falls outside their little circle of faux intellectuality unless they happen to be a minority. And better yet, a small segment of a minority with a gripe who screams the loudest. They basically take all their sociopolitical cues directly from the Peoples Socialist Republic of California. The entire west cost of the lower 48 might just as well become one big far left progressive welfare state.



Its common knowledge that left-wing d-bags have an obsessive need to place people in little protected classes and then lable them and the only lables that are acceptable, are lables of their own choosing. Progs live simply to be offended by something and if they can't find something to be genuinely offended by, they make shit up. Without their feelings of offense and outrage over the silliest of issues, they have no reason to socially engineer society and therefore no reason to live.

[Twenty Dollars]

Now there's a major league assumption if I ever saw one. ^^^^ Damned girl you fail.

[Anonymous]

Why?

Washington state prohibits the word Oriental in legislation and government documents..



Why do you feel they did that?

Because most of that shitty ass backward state is run by transplanted, white, far left morons. They ignore their constituency that falls outside their little circle of faux intellectuality unless they happen to be a minority. And better yet, a small segment of a minority with a gripe who screams the loudest. They basically take all their sociopolitical cues directly from the Peoples Socialist Republic of California. The entire west cost of the lower 48 might just as well become one big far left progressive welfare state.



Its common knowledge that left-wing d-bags have an obsessive need to place people in little protected classes and then lable them and the only lables that are acceptable, are lables of their own choosing. Progs live simply to be offended by something and if they can't find something to be genuinely offended by, they make shit up. Without their feelings of offense and outrage over the silliest of issues, they have no reason to socially engineer society and therefore no reason to live.

New York state did the same.

[Anonymous]

The N word has deep social and cultural meaning to black people.  If they were asked, they could cite those reasons without any trouble.



You don't seem to be able to say why the term "Oriental" is offensive to you.  Why is that?

Oriental also has deep social and cultural meaning to East Asian people..



People link the term to old stereotypes of East Asians and the era when the American and Canadian governments passed exclusion acts to keep Asian people from entering the country..



Given this, for many Asian North Americans, it's not just this term: It's about much more...It's about our legitimacy to be here..



On the old Asian American forums this issues of perpetual foreigner syndrome were common topics.

[Renee]

Why?

Washington state prohibits the word Oriental in legislation and government documents..



Why do you feel they did that?

Because most of that shitty ass backward state is run by transplanted, white, far left morons. They ignore their constituency that falls outside their little circle of faux intellectuality unless they happen to be a minority. And better yet, a small segment of a minority with a gripe who screams the loudest. They basically take all their sociopolitical cues directly from the Peoples Socialist Republic of California. The entire west cost of the lower 48 might just as well become one big far left progressive welfare state.



Its common knowledge that left-wing d-bags have an obsessive need to place people in little protected classes and then lable them and the only lables that are acceptable, are lables of their own choosing. Progs live simply to be offended by something and if they can't find something to be genuinely offended by, they make shit up. Without their feelings of offense and outrage over the silliest of issues, they have no reason to socially engineer society and therefore no reason to live.

New York state did the same.

The state of NY is run by the same kind of people and has been since Mario Cuomo ran the state into the ground back in the 1980s.



Don't worry, Andrew Cuomo is busy pandering to any little minority voting block he can and if deleting or forbidding some silly word from legislation gets a few extra votes for the democrats, they're going to do it.



Because after all, words hurt. But meanwhile approximately 25% of the state residents live at or below the poverty line. Thankfully they won't have to see the word "oriental" in any state legislation. :001_rolleyes:

[Anonymous]

Why?

Washington state prohibits the word Oriental in legislation and government documents..



Why do you feel they did that?

Because most of that shitty ass backward state is run by transplanted, white, far left morons. They ignore their constituency that falls outside their little circle of faux intellectuality unless they happen to be a minority. And better yet, a small segment of a minority with a gripe who screams the loudest. They basically take all their sociopolitical cues directly from the Peoples Socialist Republic of California. The entire west cost of the lower 48 might just as well become one big far left progressive welfare state.



Its common knowledge that left-wing d-bags have an obsessive need to place people in little protected classes and then lable them and the only lables that are acceptable, are lables of their own choosing. Progs live simply to be offended by something and if they can't find something to be genuinely offended by, they make shit up. Without their feelings of offense and outrage over the silliest of issues, they have no reason to socially engineer society and therefore no reason to live.

New York state did the same.

The state of NY is run by the same kind of people and has been since Mario Cuomo ran the state into the ground back in the 1980s.



Don't worry, Andrew Cuomo is busy pandering to any little minority voting block he can and if deleting or forbidding some silly word from legislation gets a few extra votes for the democrats, they're going to do it.



Because after all, words hurt. But meanwhile approximately 25% of the state residents live at or below the poverty line. Thankfully they won't have to see the word "oriental" in any state legislation. :001_rolleyes:

 I don't know anything about New York's politics and economic situation.

 ac_blush

[Twenty Dollars]

Why is saying "coloured" so offensive?  The guy was probably trying to be as inoffensive as possible and that's what he went with.  These terms change to the whims of PCism that it can be hard to keep up.

That's right, it could have been a lot worse.



He could of said ......"where's my nigga?"



Oops, stand clear while I burst into flames. ac_blush

Oh my Renee.

 

Sorry, I just couldn't let that go.



Please forgive me....I'm weak.

An assumming racsist? You're on a roll Renee.

[Rambo Wong]

I don't give a flying fuck what words anyone uses. It's the tone and intent that causes anger and offense.



From what Herm wrote, it seems that the instructor meant absolutely no offense.



Case closed!!

Holy Angelina Jolie. Only a racist twirlybrained crap n' drool cyberbully like Shen Li doesn't know that coloured is an offensive term.

[RW]

The N word has deep social and cultural meaning to black people.  If they were asked, they could cite those reasons without any trouble.



You don't seem to be able to say why the term "Oriental" is offensive to you.  Why is that?

Oriental also has deep social and cultural meaning to East Asian people..



People link the term to old stereotypes of East Asians and the era when the American and Canadian governments passed exclusion acts to keep Asian people from entering the country..



Given this, for many Asian North Americans, it's not just this term: It's about much more...It's about our legitimacy to be here..



On the old Asian American forums this issues of perpetual foreigner syndrome were common topics.

I found the website you got this from BTW.  I'm not saying you can't be offended by the term but I find it rather telling that you need a website to provide you with YOUR reasoning for being offended by it.



I did keep reading and I found that there's a rather significant split in whether or not Asians find the word offensive at all. Guess Shen's not the only one Rambo.

[Anonymous]

The N word has deep social and cultural meaning to black people.  If they were asked, they could cite those reasons without any trouble.



You don't seem to be able to say why the term "Oriental" is offensive to you.  Why is that?

Oriental also has deep social and cultural meaning to East Asian people..



People link the term to old stereotypes of East Asians and the era when the American and Canadian governments passed exclusion acts to keep Asian people from entering the country..



Given this, for many Asian North Americans, it's not just this term: It's about much more...It's about our legitimacy to be here..



On the old Asian American forums this issues of perpetual foreigner syndrome were common topics.

I found the website you got this from BTW.  I'm not saying you can't be offended by the term but I find it rather telling that you need a website to provide you with YOUR reasoning for being offended by it.



I did keep reading and I found that there's a rather significant split in whether or not Asians find the word offensive at all. Guess Shen's not the only one Rambo.

There are many sources like that RW..



It expresses how I feel about such an antiquated and derogatory term..



This was a big topic of discussion on the old Asian American forums..



John Kuo Wei Tchen, director of the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute at New York University, said the basic critique of the term developed in the 1970s. Tchen has said, "With the anti-war movement in the '60s and early '70s, many Asian Americans identified the term ''Oriental'' with a Western process of racializing Asians as forever opposite 'others'."



I agree with him, Oriental does racialize us as outsiders.

[Anonymous]

The last time I heard a public official used the word "Oriental" they had to apologize for it. I am not saying Ford should have been forced to do that. He was actually being complimentary if you look at the full context. This is the society we live in though. Words matter. There's nothing you can do about, but go along.