Anyway, Gaza's a place where one can see black Asians and blonde Asians living next door to each other. Come to think of it, it's a place where conventional Western ideas of ethnicity break down pretty quickly all around.
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 10:46 PM, // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
What exactly does this term “Asian” mean? It encompasses half or more of
> the world’s population, with a wide range of cultures, religions, cuisines
> and languages, some stretching back millennia. Is that your point, perhaps?
>
> A while ago, I was talking to someone at work and he was talking about
> some sales dude he had just met (I think, I forget the exact details),
> trying to describe this person and having a tough time of it. “Is he
> Indian?” I asked, thinking I had an idea who this guy was. “No, no”, came
> the answer, “he was Asian”. :-)
>
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