Patridam wrote:Geilinor wrote:Does that mean we can call white people Occidentals?
Yes. It's archiach now, but not even remotely politically incorrect. Besides, shouldn't a PC fellow like yourself be using "caucasian"? If 'black' is bad, why isn't 'white'?
Oriental is one of many words that derive by honest means from Latin. That yahoo definition ignores the existence of Occidental as a term, which makes the Euro-centric point rather null. Besides, even if it was vaguely based around Europe, that is far from being a racial slur.
Irrelevant. If it's generally seen as a slur by members of the group, then it's a slur. Don't like it? Take it up with Asians.