"Mike........" > wrote in message
...
> Following up to Tracy
>
>> riental" and people were "Asian". I don't
>> think my Japanese SIL likes to be called an Oriental.
>
> the UK census seperates "Asian" from "Chinese", so I assume we replace
> "oriental" with "chinese", didnt realise oriental was defamatory, does
> every racial word become an insult over time?


Yes they do, negro.