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Old 11-09-2010, 12:01 PM
Elephant Walk Elephant Walk is offline
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog View Post
Question: Do Asians "expect" to be recognized as Japanese/Chinese/Korean/etc or is it a simple matter of referring to them as "Asian" if you don't know? (Much like you shouldn't refer to a Latino as Mexican/Cuban/Honduran unless you know. As far as I know, Hispanics don't "expect" people to know their native country by looks alone.)
Likewise though you would assume that would be true for white people and the different European countries.

Shoot, even whats suppose to be a defining nature of Ireland...red hair. It's still second in Europe by percentages to Scotland.
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