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Why is the word “oriental” considered offensive? - Reddit Oriental is less accurate because the orient includes those places you listed The eastern terminal of the Orient Express was in Istanbul “Orient” basically means “east of Europe” Reply reply More replies Swagganosaurus • Reply reply tequilathehun • Reply reply Reality_Break_ • Reply reply more repliesMore repliesMore replies
Is the word Oriental Derogatory? : r asian - Reddit Is the word Oriental Derogatory? I think I could google this but I'd like a direct answer from real people So my family lives in the southern US and the older people say Oriental like, a lot I default to simply saying asian, but idk I asked my grandma what it means and she loosely said it means Asian but specific to China, Japan, Korea, etc
Why is it offensive to say oriental? : r AskReddit I have oriental flavored ramen noodles, oriental rugs, a lot of old literature uses the word orient Yet, I called a person Oriental, and the room went silent I had no idea this happened When did it become a bad word? Nobody told me I have since been told to use Asian, which is fine, though a little less specific After doing a little research, in some languages and countries the orient
Why is Oriental racist? : r NoStupidQuestions - Reddit Oriental was used to refer to anyone with yellow skin (like the Chinese) and is considered on par with the N word, though asians don’t tend to get nearly as upset about its usage Canada especially has a sordid history with the word, since we forced “orientals” of all types to build our railroads and such
So. . . Oriental Trading Company? : r weddingplanning Hi all! Simple question here Anyone use Oriental Trading for their wedding? Is the quality terrible? Not worth the risk? Good for some things not others? Is Amazon cheaper? Thanks, as always!!
Asia expansion: which mod is better? : r CrusaderKings - Reddit Rajas of Asia - Pretty good, has a lot of flavor for Southeast Asia and China, and pairs especially well with CFP It's also integrated some other mods like Dharmachakra (which adds flavor to India) and Governments+ (which adds Nomads for Central Asia) Asia Expansion - Most of the flavor is on East Asia, which I don't usually play in, and what flavor there is in Southeast Asia is pretty barren
ELI5: How and why did oriental become offensive? : r . . . - Reddit With Oriental though it doesn't have that same deliberate offense Oriental rugs are the prefered description of the rugs and no one complains about it Likewise there is a watch company called Orient (japanese)
Shanghai Tower or Oriental Pearl tower? : r travelchina - Reddit Oriental Pearl tower is actually more beautiful when you are not on it We picked Shanghai World Financial Center during our last visit It was not a good pick The strange design makes the fog stays around it while other buildings are fine We barely saw anything
Whats your take on the term Oriental? - Reddit What does "Oriental Art" even refer to? East Asian art? Art from the Islamic world? From the Indian subcontinent? All of these different art cultures can be considered "oriental" by definition, but which one do you mean? If you pick one of them, for instance, East Asian, then you reveal the first flaw of the term: you could literally just say "East Asian Art" and be more concise and