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Hakan · 05-15-2006, 09:31 AM

I believe it became a bad word after Edward Said published Orientalism.

Oriental, in a nutshell, was a word used in the west to exoticise and de-humanize people from the east. The book is great, I recommend it.

05-15-2006, 09:31 AM	#52
Hakan Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: do not want Exp:	I believe it became a bad word after Edward Said published Orientalism. Oriental, in a nutshell, was a word used in the west to exoticise and de-humanize people from the east. The book is great, I recommend it.