In Oklahoma over half the towns and counties have Indian names. They did manage to ban Little Red and replaced him with this.
Posted on 01/22/2017 6:31:19 PM PST by vannrox
In memory of the GREAT works of Obama....
(Daniel Jennings) It is now prohibited for the federal government to describe people as American Indians or Spanish-speaking, according to a new law signed by President Obama on May 20
The law, House Resolution (HR) 4238, targets what supporters of the bill called outdated and even offensive terms in laws which were written decades or generations ago, Media Research Center reported.
Seven terms are now prohibited: American Indian, Indians, Eskimo, Oriental, Aleut, Spanish speaking and Spanish descent. They have been replaced by phrases such as Native American, Alaska Natives, Asian American, Hispanic and Pacific Islanders.
The law amended the Department of Energy Organization Act, and the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976, each of which used old terms.
“Many Americans may not be aware that the word ‘Oriental’ is derogatory,” the bill’s sponsor US Rep. Grace Meng (D-New York) said in a press release. “But it is an insulting term that needed to be removed from the books, and I am extremely pleased that my legislation to do that is now the law of the land.”
“What we Northern MiQ’Maw find offensive is the New Age Wiccan Vendors who seem to think that mixing a few Chinese dream catchers in with their crystals and goddess amulets somehow make them fit right in.”
No kidding! A bit of California Hollywood makes everything just so cool. Add a bit of pan flute on the recorded track and you’re ready to dance. Yuck!
Fine, then go back to WWII terminology and call the “Japs.”
The last big war we won, that stayed won.
That’s funny. I don’t find the word ‘Oriental’ derogatory.
In Oklahoma over half the towns and counties have Indian names. They did manage to ban Little Red and replaced him with this.
It’s been the politically correct “thing” for a while now. THINGS are oriental, PEOPLE are Asian.
Oriental is for things (rugs etc.), Asian is for people.
Does that apply with ‘Occidental’?
I have no idea. I do know that I can’t say stuff like “Chinese fire drill” and “too many Indians, not enough chiefs” any more.
Maybe the Occidental peoples are not thin skinned and don’t suffer from outrage-by-proxy-syndrome ;-)
Oriental means “of (or from) the orient” and was not considered offensive until recently. I’m not going to kow tow to the tender feelings of those orientals.
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