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Obama signs measure striking 'oriental' and 'negro' from federal law
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Posted on 05/20/2016 2:15:42 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Kirkwood
Supposedly it's not un-PC to use it to describe things, just people. Google definition does not seem to distinguish the two though.
o·ri·en·tal
ˌôrēˈen(t)l/
adjective
adjective: oriental; adjective: Oriental
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1.
of, from, or characteristic of East Asia.
"oriental rugs"
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posted on
05/20/2016 3:08:29 PM PDT
by
JediJones
(Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.)
To: Ditter
So the letters don't stand for anything any more?
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posted on
05/20/2016 3:10:11 PM PDT
by
JediJones
(Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.)
To: Sub-Driver
So what do we use instead of “Oriental”?
And don’t tell me “Asian” or my Vietnamese wife will hit me. She hates the term “Asian”. She always tells me Vladimir Putin is Asian and so are the Hindus; she’s oriental.
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posted on
05/20/2016 3:13:58 PM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(The reason for Gun Control has always been Government's Fear of Rebellion.)
To: chajin
“The attack on oriental is no occident.”
That’s an interesting slant on the topic.
To: ColdOne
Negro....well they are upset about everything.Negritude.
To: eyedigress
That was my first thought too - hopefully I live long enough to see the day when ‘OBAMA’ is stricken from every federal register in the land.
To: LydiaLong
Personally, I was happy to see Obama nip this in the bud.
To: Sub-Driver
So if I open a restaurant and call it “Oriental Buffet”, I guess the IRS will not accept my taxes since the federal tax paperwork could not use that word.
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posted on
05/20/2016 3:41:59 PM PDT
by
GregoTX
To: LydiaLong; chajin; Daffynition
The attack on oriental is no occident.
Thats an interesting slant on the topic.<<<
The measure sailed through Congress unopposed...
IOW, junk legislation.
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posted on
05/20/2016 3:52:20 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Sub-Driver
Murder on the Asian Express just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
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posted on
05/20/2016 4:04:29 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: Sub-Driver
But what if someone identifies with being oriental or negro???
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posted on
05/20/2016 4:09:08 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
To: ThomasThomas
The correct term is actually Celestial food
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posted on
05/20/2016 4:11:33 PM PDT
by
atc23
(The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
To: Iron Munro
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posted on
05/20/2016 4:13:21 PM PDT
by
atc23
(The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
To: Sub-Driver
That was damned Orwellian of him, or maybe obamian.
To: Sub-Driver
That’ll upset his Mexican illegals. They’ll have to say “no blanco” beans.
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posted on
05/20/2016 4:23:25 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Sub-Driver
What about the United Negro College Fund? What about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people? What about rap music, with its obsession with the “n” word?
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posted on
05/20/2016 4:24:19 PM PDT
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: Sub-Driver
It’s always intrigued me: who are the anonymous people who declare which racial and ethnic terms are now acceptable? It certainly isn’t put up to a vote.
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posted on
05/20/2016 4:27:01 PM PDT
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: Sub-Driver
To: ColdOne
“Since when has the word Oriental been insulting? Negro....well they are upset about everything.”
I had a fellow who worked for me who was half-Chinese. He always referred to himself as an ORNAMENTAL!
To: Thibodeaux
“the colored boy in the White House is a permanent stain on American history”
He’s about as “black” as Rachel Dolezal! The problem is he “self-identifles” as black, even though he’s half white and only 7% Negro (or whatever we’re suppoed to call him now).
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