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Old 12-17-2011, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Merci Alizée View Post
I thought the word chinki is used just here in India. Here people even name their kids as chinki. I didn't know that it isn't a polite term.

Btw, why the word Asian is used interchangeably for Chinese and Koreans is western countries? I mean even Arabs, Indians etc are Asians.
Hahaa, we're totally jacking this thread.


Arabs and Indians are Asians, are they not? I mean of the 7 continents, which one fits them the best? The closest ones are Asia and Africa, but geographically, Asian describes them the best. It's just that the stereotype is that Asian = yellow.
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