I think I may have accidentally upset someone by referring to them as yellow. I saw it as a simple statement of fact. Black people are black and white people are white so why would a yellow person not be yellow? Is it normal?
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I guess it depends on how it is intended. If someone wants their words to hurt me, it doesn't matter what they say, and I have to be careful my words aren't misinterpreted as being intentionally offensive.
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"White" is the preferred term for white people. The preferred term for Asian people is "Asian". Also, were you not listening? Asian people aren't yellow. Their skin isn't yellow.
I have never heard an Asian person teased by saying he's yellow. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen but by the same token you can't say that no white person has been teased by calling them white.