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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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PC Question / Grammar
I have a co-irker that is generally known to look down on pretty much anyone that isn't "white enough" 
So annoying. This morning I heard him asking someone about an "oriental" man and I was stunned. Isn't this a deragatory term? I was always taught that oriental was used to describe objects, such as a rug and not a person.
I asked another one of my coworkers (who is a friend) and he said that he has never heard this.
Can someone clear this up for me?
Re: PC Question / Grammar
My response to that term has always been:
"Rugs are Oriental, people are Asian." But in a nice way, because like the PP said - it's a term that has just passed out of favor. Similarly, we don't say "colored" anymore.
I do, however, refer to that area of the world as "the orient" because "orient" is a fun word to say, and I like the exotic air it gives off.
Chinese person chiming in...
While I don't necessarily take offense at the term "Oriental," it's just not the contemporary term to use in reference to people of Asian decent. PP is right, use "Oriental" to describe an object like a rug or vase; refer to a person as "Asian."
And, ideally, you should know that there are different Asian countries--not everyone is Japanese or Chinese
I don't generally think of people from the Middle East as Asian either to be honest, but Southeast Asians I do. Don't know why.
I bet neither of them has to deal with ignorant @sses yelling "Konichiwa!" or "Ni hao ma?" in their direction. Now that's offensive!
Interesting point. You know, I grew up in the Middle East and someone here once told me that that makes me Asian. While I suppose that's geographically true, it's not how I identify myself and I think it would be really strange for me to go around telling people I'm Asian.
I think, technically, geographically, parts of the former USSR are "asian" as well.
As are the polynesian islands - including Hawaii... but it just gets confusing.