In the UK they actually refer to Indians and South Asian people as Asians regularly, and Asians as East Asian (I think?).
Had like a full 10 minute conversation with someone where he was like “yeah you know that Asian kid you hang out with” and I thought he was losing it because there were no (east) Asian kids in our very small university.
In the UK they actually refer to Indians and South Asian people as Asians regularly, and Asians as East Asian (I think?).
Had like a full 10 minute conversation with someone where he was like “yeah you know that Asian kid you hang out with” and I thought he was losing it because there were no (east) Asian kids in our very small university.