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As an American, when I hear Asian I think Chinese/Japanese/Korean. Despite the fact that I know India is in Asia, I don’t think of people from India as Asians.
by booleandilemma 8y ago
As an American, when I hear Asian I think Chinese/Japanese/Korean.
Despite the fact that I know India is in Asia, I don’t think of people from India as Asians.
Incidentally, Israel is also in Asia, but I don’t consider Israelis to be Asian either.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-continent-is-israel-in.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-continent-is-israel...
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