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Actually on the daily communication context these two nationality words are used as representation of races. You probably will not call a black/white people wit
by astkaasa 6y ago
Actually on the daily communication context these two nationality words are used as representation of races. You probably will not call a black/white people with China nationality "Chinese". And I will present you another example if you consider the previous too rare: you will definitely not call people from Tibet or Uighur "Chinese", right?
- mtrower 6y agoWhat else would you call a person born and raised in those countries, if not Russian or Chinese? Are descendants of Irish immigrants to America not American? Perhaps language is used differently in our respective circles. If you're born in Russia, raised in Russia, you're certainly Russian to me. A black man born in China, I'd absolutely include him in "Chinese" if the context was nationality. However, yes; Chinese is commonly used for both race and nationality, I'll give you that. > you will definitely not call people from Tibet or Uighur "Chinese", right? I will confess I am not educated enough on these regions to have an opinion here. Do Tibetans(?) identify as Chinese nationally? Or do they resent the Chinese takeover and view them as unwelcome oppressors? I think that would have a lot to do with my perspective on them (and I think maybe a lot of label-based identification comes down to perspective).
- astkaasa 6y agoBlah blah blah, so the answer is no. I get it.
- mtrower 6y ago...excuse me? There’s no call for that. Why come to a discussion forum if you don’t actually want to talk? Furthermore, the answer is not “no” —- I acknowledged that your usage may be acceptable, not that mine isn’t. I explicitly stated that while you may not call those people that, I would.