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Originally Posted by sextile
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-- Looking at the number of businesses, establishments, hotels etc. etc. wch. feature that word: ' Oriental.' possibly your news hasn't arrived hereabouts yet?
- What word would you propose to be substituted and used in stead?
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It's still sometimes used for inanimate and abstract things like restaurants, hotels, art, music, etc. But no longer to refer to people, at least in the US.
The preferred term now is simply "Asian".