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Originally posted by onetime
When people say Asian do they mean East? West?
Sudanese, Bengali, Pakistani and/or Indian? Or do they mean Chinese, Japanese and/or Filipino? I can never remember which is east or west (or north or south) outta those two though.
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In North America, "Asian" means Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. Indians, Pakistani, etc are South Asian.
In the UK, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc are "Oriental", which is a no-no term in North America. "Asians" in the UK are what we call South Asians here.