Maybe you haven't been paying attention, but there's a lot of friction in very concrete cases of mockery like various sports team names and mascots, especially

Maybe you haven't been paying attention, but there's a lot of friction in very concrete cases of mockery like various sports team names and mascots, especially the Cleveland Indians. Their mascot is literally a caricature of an "indian". It's from a time when that sort of thing was acceptable because we didn't have to listen to such voices. We'd just sweep them off to reservations and strip them of their dignity and rights. Great times. So if you want to presume Oriental isn't a slur, go right ahead and keep using it. Just don't raise a fuss if someone comes to you and says "You might not want to use that word, it's got certain connotations."