Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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Definition"Asia" as a geographic continent does indeed include the countries you mentioned.
However, in a cultural sense, "Asian" refers to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc.
The other countries you mentioned come under the cultural label of "Far East", or "Oriental". Yes, they share a continent with the Indians - but the cultures are quite different.
Therefore when the BBC Asian Network produces programmes, they are catering for the culture of the sub-continent.
As an aside, it's interesting to note that in America they refer to Orientals as "Asians". Presumably they're taking the word in its strict geographic sense. However, in the UK we acknowledge the massive cultural differences between Pakistan and Japan - you could not get more different, really!
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 14:07, Reply)
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