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<p>Down with political correctness. Point in case, in 9th grade, I used the term "third world country"...keep in mind I am from India, and my teacher told me to use "developing nations"...On the next one i went out of my way to use third world country at least 4-6 times GO me!</p>
<p>w1cked,</p>
<p>The term Third World is a relic from the Cold War days, and has no place in our vocabulary anymore. It's like still calling Russia the USSR, or referring to Eastern Europe as the Eastern Bloc.</p>
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Can a black person born and raised in Japan, speaks Japanese, has only known Japanese culture in their entire life be Japanese?
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<p>To be totally tangential...</p>
<p>Not likely. Most Japanese can't even handle the idea of Koreans or Chinese becoming "Japanese," let along a black. Hell, white Japanese nationals (all 1000 or so of them) still get actively discriminated against.</p>
<p>Anyway, political correctness is dumb a lot of the time. Most of the time. I remember somone pussyfooting all over what to call my girlfriend, and I just said, "Dude, she's just American and her parents are from China. She's just American."</p>
<p>She later confirmed my conviction.</p>
<p>"The term Third World is a relic from the Cold War days"</p>
<p>Actually it was said to be from Mao. The US and the USSR being the first, the developed countries second, and third for all else. He went on to say about the need for Third World support etc...</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight but growing up my teachers used those terms, so they are more or less standard for me.</p>
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It gets quite stupid when people call blacks in Canada "African-Americans". All the black people I've met (which is not a lot, since I live in Vancouver) seemed very comfortable with the term "black". But maybe that's b/c they're Canadian and the label "African-Canadian" just doesn't have the same ring as "African-American".
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The American in African-American refers to the "Americas," I think. But entertaining question.</p>