NYT: A Conversation with Asians on Race

[WTTCHMN]

White girl to Indian boy:
"You're the color of poop!"
http://nyti.ms/1S6MSRk

 

[Perspective]

The NYT uses "Asians" to include everyone on the Asia continent. Although, I didn't see anyone from Russia or the previous USSR regions. It's such a sensitive complicated topic, readers might be better served if this piece started with how they're defining "Asians" and why they're choosing to define it this way.

 

[Happiness]

All of the "Asians" conversing with the NYT are of the same persuasion: i.e. the liberal white image of the ideal Asian.  News flash to white liberals, not all Asians are members of the Rainbow Coalition. 

 

[momopi]

The NYT uses "Asians" to include everyone on the Asia continent. Although, I didn't see anyone from Russia or the previous USSR regions. It's such a sensitive complicated topic, readers might be better served if this piece started with how they're defining "Asians" and why they're choosing to define it this way.

East Asian/Orientals/"Chinese or Other" (as defined by UK census, in South Africa ethnic Chinese are now "Black")
South Asian/Asians/"British Asians"
Central Asian/-stans/"Them folks from Borat's country"
Sabina Altynbekova = Confuse people who take cultural learnings from Borat