"Oriental" is considered offensive and no longer acceptable to many people, BTW

We've been down this road before. In order to truly clear up this contention, juan, you'll have to stop using the term "Hispanic".

None of the Orientals I know mind being called 'Oriental'... it's because they *are what I'm calling them (ie they call themselves that). The *issue occurs when the term is incorrectly placed out of ignorance or assumption... this also *goes for assuming someone is misusing or ignorant of the applicability of the term.

I don't like being called a white guy, either, but if you'd call me a "whiter guy", I can relate. Anyone like to tell me why 'Caucasian' or "white" is still supplied on forms and surveys?