Do you count Indians Asians?

Today in class we were discussing India and Ghandi. Well we have a student who is Indian and his name is Noah. Our teacher promised us some free time to talk about what we did over spring break. I raised my hand and I said I had an Asian Party (It was really just a family reunion.) Everyone asked did you invite Noah. I said no , because he's not asian. Everyone said, yes he is, he's Indian. I said I understand he is technically asian but im referring to the south east asian and north asian. But then I thought , i never really counted Indians asian. I asked my parents if they consider Indians asian and they said no. I asked my grandpa and he said no. I asked some of my friends who are asian and they said no. I see where they get the point, when people think of asian, they think of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Lao, Thai, Khmer, Mong.

But I want to ask OT, do you consider Indians Asians?

Option #4 came from a girl who didn't know that there were 2 Indians. Native Americans and Indians :P

I always thought of India as part of the middle east but it is technically part of Asia.

Why did you even say you were having an asian party in the first place?:?

I always thought of India as part of the middle east but it is technically part of Asia.

Pirate700

Why did you even say you were having an asian party in the first place?:?

__Chris__

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I always thought of India as part of the middle east but it is technically part of Asia.

VensInferno

no its the other way round, pakistan was part of india and yes we are asians too!

I count anyone from Asia as Asian.kamikaze_pigmy

Well said, thats what I think

They are from Asia so yes i do. I see what you mean though, when you think of Asians you think of Oriental people.

I always thought of India as part of the middle east but it is technically part of Asia.

Pirate700

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I always thought of India as part of the middle east but it is technically part of Asia.

Yes, I think of them as Asians... because they are from Asia.

However, what you are talking about is Oriental people. No, Indians are not Oriental.

The Middle East is also part of Asia. So Middle Easterners are also "Asian".

I call myself Asian and im Pakistani though tbh all my friends do too. Now when we think of chinese people we consider them Asian too obviously because theyre from Asia but not our kind of Asian. Though when im filling out application forms and other documents in the ethnicity bit, where it says Asian it usually has pakistani, indian and bangledeshi under it and chinese has its own section.

I should hope the majority of people do since I myself am Bengali (Bangladesh is right next to India) and definitely consider myself Asian. Here in the UK, I've never experienced someone not considering myself Asian.fabz_95

I am Bengali too!!! I live in Canada, when you say Asian in Canada, people assume you are talking about Eastern Asian people, like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. In the UK, when I went there I said Asian and they assumed I was talking about South Asians, like Bangladeshi, Indian, or Pakistani

They are from Asia so yes, they are Asian. Not considering them to be Asian is quite frankly, wrong.

Although one thing is that in the US and Australia, when people say Asian those from East and Southeast Asia (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese etc.)

In the UK when people say Asian, they mean those from South Asia (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan etc.)

As most other people have said - they're from Asia, so of course I consider them to be Asian.

They are from Asia so yes, they are Asian. Not considering them to be Asian is quite frankly, wrong.

Although one thing is that in the US and Australia, when people say Asian those from East and Southeast Asia (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese etc.)

In the UK when people say Asian, they mean those from South Asia (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan etc.)

Stunneronureyez

I'm from the UK and when i say Asian i mean Asian.

When I use "asian" I'm always referring to East Asians instead of the entire continent of Asia. Pretty sure most of the US follows this as well.

Yes, definitely. Asia isn't limited to East and Southeast Asia. Indians are just as Asian as the Chinese or the Japanese.

Well, they live in Asia, so not considering them Asians is wrong, though I personally hate to.

No, when I say I don't find Asians attractive at all, I mean Oriental Asians, because my ex is Indian

Most people have a pale, Chinese or Japanese image/idea of 'Asians' in their head.

I think the "race" system is bent out of shape- it's half assed. Most of the "groups" on things like passports and stuff that have you select a race pertain to skin color, until you get to Pacific Islander and Asians, which then becomes regional. Theres obviously much more diversity in Asia.

Does it really matter though? No, it does not.

I count anyone from Asia as Asian.kamikaze_pigmy

I count anyone from Asia as Asian.kamikaze_pigmy

but genetically no they're not. th3warr1or

I count anyone from Asia as Asian.kamikaze_pigmy

[QUOTE="th3warr1or"]but genetically no they're not. gamerguru100

Under racial classification though, Indians are not Asian... Asian is an actual racial classification.

In a technical sense yes, people from India, most of the Middle East, Siberia, etc. could be classified as Asian, since those are all located in Asia.

As a racial classification, though, Asian typically refers to a more specific region of eastern Asia, so in common usage, I do not.

Under racial classification though, Indians are not Asian... Asian is an actual racial classification.sSubZerOo

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]Under racial classification though, Indians are not Asian... Asian is an actual racial classification.Lonelynight

They are usually described as their own.. As being Indian.. Do you realize that the Middle East is also part of Asia? Do we call those people Asian? No they are their own racial subgroups.. Asian in the United States under racial catagorization.. It is direct toward the physical features that are common racially within the Eastern Asian countries.. Such as China, Japan, the Koreas, and everything around them..

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]Under racial classification though, Indians are not Asian... Asian is an actual racial classification.sSubZerOo

They are usually described as their own.. As being Indian.. Do you realize that the Middle East is also part of Asia? Do we call those people Asian? No they are their own racial subgroups.. Asian in the United States under racial catagorization.. It is direct toward the physical features that are common racially within the Eastern Asian countries.. Such as China, Japan, the Koreas, and everything around them..

This topic title? oh my god!!..... Indian is asian pakistan is asian Arab's are asian The Turks are asian Even Gene Simmons say he's an asian (he's from Israel) If you think Asian is only for those who look like jackie chan, jet li, takeshi kaneshiro, rain... then you are wrong. The south east asian like Indonesian are not yellowish complexion like the east asian counterparts., they are brown... even the Papuans are asian.hippiesanta

In the UK Indians are called Asians...in the US the term refers to mongoloid Asians, and Indians are racially caucasian not mongoloid

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[QUOTE="Lonelynight"] Really? What racial classification do they fall under?
I guess I'll have to change my answer...Pirate700

They are usually described as their own.. As being Indian.. Do you realize that the Middle East is also part of Asia? Do we call those people Asian? No they are their own racial subgroups.. Asian in the United States under racial catagorization.. It is direct toward the physical features that are common racially within the Eastern Asian countries.. Such as China, Japan, the Koreas, and everything around them..

There is no such thing as the "African race" and even so, North Africans are mostly Arabs

Well in Australia, we call ourselves curry's (and yes I can say that because I am one), and nope we don't really care about it.

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]Under racial classification though, Indians are not Asian... Asian is an actual racial classification.sSubZerOo

They are usually described as their own.. As being Indian.. Do you realize that the Middle East is also part of Asia? Do we call those people Asian? No they are their own racial subgroups.. Asian in the United States under racial catagorization.. It is direct toward the physical features that are common racially within the Eastern Asian countries.. Such as China, Japan, the Koreas, and everything around them..

There are Japanese people who were born in Brazil. This means that they are South American, their nationality is Brazilian, their ethnicity is Japanese, and their race is Mongoloid.

My ancestors were from France and Germany... but I'm not European. I was born in the USA, so therefore I am North American, my nationality is American, my ethnicity is