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Old 02-07-2018, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by katrik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Someone was telling me that “oriental” is a bad word now. Is that true?
I had a friend whose family came from Hong Kong that raged at me for using the 'O' word; honestly I've never heard it used in a disparaging or disrespectful way, usually when someone wants to communicate that they'll say 'chinks' or whatever.

Anyway, apparently Oriental is greatly offensive, which I found ironic to be told, when she constantly downtalked 'FoBs'.