man it's so hot outside. Went for usual walk and now I am sweating and puffing.

So I was aksing Bao, if he would take offense if I called him oriental He's vietnamese. I fail to understand why one would. I can understand why nigger or jap are offensive. Cuz these words came out of hatred and disrespect. I do not think the same for oriental.

My boss said I should use the word "Asian" for being politically correct. Now that confuses me cuz, geographically, being from India, I am an asian too and so are middle eastern ppl.

So, what word should I use without offending any1 when refrening to ppl from china, japan, vietnam, laos etc etc...