[Magdalen] Asian?

[Jay Weigel]

East Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Sri Lankans are now more
commonly referred to as "South Asians", while Chinese, Japanese,
Mongolians, and Tibetans are "East Asians" or simply "Asians" and
Filipinos, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, Malaysians, Indochinese and
Singaporeans are "Southeast Asians"......confusing, isn't it? Especially
since half the time people throw Pakistanis and Afghans in with the Middle
Easterners simply because most of them are Muslim, the heck with geography.

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> I spent part of the morning today reviewing material for my CME
> (Continuing Medical Education) requirements.  This is needed to
> continue medical licensure.
>
> Several articles in my review dealt with "Asians" vs.  "Caucasians"
> and various aspects of skin cancer.
>
> I note that many other areas have this category of "Asians" not the
> least of which is the periodic US Census.
>
> It seems to me, though, that this is a very inexact label for very
> different
> groups.  For example, East Indians who make up a subgroup of
> Caucasians, are lumped together with Chinese and Japanese, etc.,
> who are Oriental/Yellow race, and thus very different.
>
> I'm not so surprised the US Census would use the "Asian" term, but
> it really has no place in a scientific study,  at least IMHO.
>
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>
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> David Strang --- 4% Oriental/Yellow race/Laplander DNA, and 96%
> Caucasian.
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