Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:

> necoandjeff wrote:
> 
> > I wouldn't recommend sitting in any sort
> > of professional job interview anywhere in the U.S. and using the words
> > orient or oriental.
> 
> This is the first I've heard of "orient" as being a word to be avoided.

I assume it's an extension from the avoidance of "oriental".

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