29 May 2007
Is it just me?
Just came across the following statement in a well respected journal (The Lancet):
"The Asian category has a wide geographical variability in its interpretation. Even within the same population, different constructions of the term might exist.7 In the UK, Asian usually refers to "brown" Asians. In the USA, Asian is typically used to describe, "yellow" Asians."
Is it just me, or is that the worse possible way they could have described the difference between use of the term Asian in the UK and USA? Well, perhaps not the worst possible way, but probably the worst way that would still be printed. It sounds like something from the eugenics movement.
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