Theres no word here that would put indians and Pakistanis in the same category. Everyone between pakistan and turkey are middle easterners. Indians are indians...their not really asian and definitly not middle eastern.
In the US any time we see news where the immigrants are called asian, people here figure its Euro news hiding that theyre middle eastern.
Oriental is an offensive term in the US now.
Not in the UK, it's the official term to use, funny how shit changes.
Asian applies to Indians and Pakistanis over here.
Theres no word here that would put indians and Pakistanis in the same category. Everyone between pakistan and turkey are middle easterners. Indians are indians...their not really asian and definitly not middle eastern.
In the US any time we see news where the immigrants are called asian, people here figure its Euro news hiding that theyre middle eastern.
For us its:
Arabs - middle Easterners
Asians - Indian subcontinent
Orientals - US Asians