A friend admonished me a few weeks ago when I totally innocently referred to her sister in law as "Oriental". She, with impeccable politeness, corrected me and pointed out that the current acceptable term to refer to folk from Asian countries is "Asian". Don't know in what cocoon I was in, but I missed that trend.
Just wondering why it is incorrect or offensive to refer to folk from Asia as "Oriental". And while we are at it, when did this become the politically correct usage?
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