Female oriental face

Everything offends someone. If we took time to make sure what we say doesn't offend someone, nothing would be said.

On the other hand, it don't hurt to know what commonly offends, and use another word. It builds vocabulary! It makes people less angry! Hooray!

And yet people still feel the need to drive a point home when the point was already taken, as in the response to my post.

CrazyJerseyan, I don't care what I'm called. I'm one of those people who doesn't care. Call me paleface. Call me cracker, or mick, or honkey. I don't care. It's just a word and has no meaning to me, specifically.

I am not from Europe. I am from America. I am an American. I am not Asian American, African American, Hispanic American, Japanese American, Native American, Irish American, Italian American or any other.

I am AMERICAN.

Seems to me that if people want to promote equality, then they need to stop labeling.

Isn't "AMERICAN" a label?

Personally, I am MATTER (Can't seem to come up with anything more general than that.)

Hmm.. how about... I AM.

Now, see, I find that offensive, because that's God's name.

*Gathers rocks...*

Edit: you know what happened to the last dude that said that?

You know, I love that song, and it only just now sunk in?

That's it, Avenue Q needs to be required watching/listening for school!

me = as "exotic and mysterious" as a Springsteen song about growin' up in a dying steel city in northeastern Ohio.

me = has a problem with it


therefore, use Asian.

I don't know you. And if you read a little more carefully, you'll notice that I have not CALLED anyone oriental.

You got it paleface...we smokum peace pipe now?

Seriously, I wasn't trying to drive a point home, but there's a difference between nationality and ethnicity when talking about this stuff from an Amercican perspective. American, Japanese, Barizilian, Indian etc =s nationalities. Irish American, African American, Asian American, Hispanic American =s ethnicities. I agree with you and think everyone should just be called American b/c when terrorrists blow up a plane, they dont care what your ethnicity is...only that they killed some Americans.

It always amazes me though in 2009 that people aren't more concious of or don't have much regard to what offends someone or a group of someones (must be my military background). This same exact conversation came up months ago on the boards in regards to the new faces. Someone thought it was still "correct" to say Oriental and Colored in regards to Asians and Blacks. I'm the most non pc guy ever, but even with all the changes...I try to stay current every 40 years or so.

Let's all just get together and have a beer summit

I definitely take your meaning there, sorry if it seemed like I reacted badly. I blame having a sprained back and the prescription painkiller horsepill I have to take.

A beer summit sounds AWESOME.

I'm offended by that.

For once, I have the perfect image to post AND I can actually post THE IMAGE.

LOL, perfect image. Also beer summit now set-up next month in NYC...plenty of "Micks", "Coloreds", "Orientals" and such there...we'll all fit right in and have a blast.

But.... you did.
It's like when someone starts a sentence with, "I don't mean to be rude, but..." You know there's a doozy coming.

Beer does not discriminate! Neither do I discriminate against beer. Ale, Lager, Stout, I love them all!

Shut up, you stupid WOP.

jk

Since Issue 4.

Hey, aren't we supposed to take the offensive against the mobs we face? (pun intended)

(FWIW, I like Young 14 for a soft Asian look. However, the number 14 is not considered an auspicious one in that part of the world. Even office and hotel elevators will have a 13 and 13A instead of a 14.)

Do US hotels still skip floor 13 or has that gone out of practice?