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Re: OT: [Let_It_Be_Forever_Islam] THE WORLD OF THE JINN

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Friday, October 17, 2003, 16:12
> > Yes and no - "Asian" has been adopted by a major body of peoples living >in > > the USA as a social identifier like "Black" - in opposition to the (now > > considered racist) "Oriental". This grew from perceived social >prejudices > > against them as a whole. > >In the UK, 'Asian' means those coming from the Indian Subcontinent, mostly.
Interesting. Very diff from the USA. _________________________________________________________________ Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account has exceeded its 2MB storage limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es