"Nithya Sambasivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Whereas in the USA, "Asian" refers to south-east Asians. How did the term > Asian come to not include the Indian subcontinent?
It generally refers to East Asians, subsuming the South-East Asians. I don't know why it doesn't include "South Asians", though the term "South Asian" is widely recognized. The evolution of such words is (as I indicated) fairly mysterious to me. > I thought Caucasian was the term for white-skinned people, although > I have seen "white" on forms too. I believe it has become largely obsolete, not because it is offensive, but because other terms of the same era are now considered offensive. Perry
