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Why Do We Say “Asian American” Not “Oriental”? | Origins

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Published February 13, 2023 at 4:00 AM CST

The word Oriental is hundred of years old, so why do Americans no longer use the word “Oriental”? And how did the word “Asian American” take its place? Watch this week’s Origin of Everything to find out.
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