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

In a message dated 2003:10:17 07:27:28 PM, markjreed@MAIL.COM writes:

>On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 01:05:08PM -0400, Paul Bennett wrote:
>> "Oriental" is considered racist?
>
>By some, yes.  As with most such terms, it's purely a matter of perception,
>and what is politically correct changes over time, but "Asian" is currently
>in fashion.
    It is not so much Political Correctness as geo-cultural accuracy - hence
the National Geographic's current policy of using _Asian_ and _Asia_ versus
"Oriental" and "[the] Orient."
    Nowadays, use of the words "Oriental" and "[the] Orient" smacks/smells of
exoticism and "Orientalism" - European conceptions and misconceptions of Asia
and Asians. It also creates the false dichotomy of "Orient" and "Occident."


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