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Readers React: Why saying 'Oriental' instead of Asian American gets so much wrong

Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion September 29, 2022

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To the editor: Objections to “Oriental” can be traced to Edward W. Said’s 1978 book “Orientalism,” in which he analyzes how European intellectuals imagined the “Orient” to stretch from the Middle East to South, Southeast and East Asia, treating the many peoples of these different regions as the same. (“The term 'Oriental' is outdated, but is it racist?” Opinion, June 1) Said argued that this intellectual nomenclature,... + full article



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