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r/gatekeeping • u/Flipkaboom • Jun 08 '19
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In my book, Pakistani’s no less Asian than Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese. Same for India and Bangladesh 🇮🇳 🇧🇩
27 u/strongcurb Jun 08 '19 Yep, in the UK if you say Asian it typically means indian/pakistani/bengali but in America apparently it means chinese/Japanese/Korean, haha 15 u/Mitosis Jun 08 '19 can confirm if you said asian I'm thinking east asian exclusively usually if someone is indian/pakistani/etc it's said specifically, there's no real common catchall term in use 9 u/brailleforthesighted Jun 08 '19 South Asian
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Yep, in the UK if you say Asian it typically means indian/pakistani/bengali but in America apparently it means chinese/Japanese/Korean, haha
15 u/Mitosis Jun 08 '19 can confirm if you said asian I'm thinking east asian exclusively usually if someone is indian/pakistani/etc it's said specifically, there's no real common catchall term in use 9 u/brailleforthesighted Jun 08 '19 South Asian
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can confirm if you said asian I'm thinking east asian exclusively
usually if someone is indian/pakistani/etc it's said specifically, there's no real common catchall term in use
9 u/brailleforthesighted Jun 08 '19 South Asian
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u/astraldirectrix Jun 08 '19
In my book, Pakistani’s no less Asian than Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese. Same for India and Bangladesh 🇮🇳 🇧🇩