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Speaking as someone from the UK, when I say "Asian" I mean East Asian, and when I mean someone from South Asia, I name the specific nationality. For example, I
by EliRivers 8y ago
Speaking as someone from the UK, when I say "Asian" I mean East Asian, and when I mean someone from South Asia, I name the specific nationality.
For example, I generally wouldn't refer to someone from India as "Asian".
- toasterlovin 8y agoFWIW, all the UK coverage of the grooming gang scandals refers to the perpetrators as Asian (they are mostly South Asian, and definitely not East Asian).
- golemiprague 8y agoAnd mostly Muslims, but mentioning it is "islamophobia"