New York Times Says McDonald's 'Asian Salad' Is Racist

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Just now, OriZ said:

Absolutely not.

Then why is Asian? 

[OriZ 3,157]

Just now, spookyturtle said:

Then why is Asian? 

I never said it was, quite to the contrary. I find this all to be incredibly silly.

[IAMX 3,055]

8 minutes ago, ccneat said:

 

Depends, tossed can be offensive to some

[spookyturtle 9,466]

3 minutes ago, OriZ said:

I never said it was, quite to the contrary. I find this all to be incredibly silly.

It is silly. Maybe even idiotic. 

[yuna628 9,676]

4 hours ago, ready4ONE said:

My understanding of the issue is that oriental refers to objects and things, Asian refers to people. Using oriental to describe a person is demeaning and was historically a racist thing to say.

That's also my sort of understanding of it. But one does have to ask, what exactly makes this salad 'Asian'? Which I think the OP link was asking in a roundabout way, regardless of if I agree with the outcry or not. There are so many amazing dishes in Asian cuisine and the best we can do is drop some oranges on some wilted lettuce and dub it 'Asian'? Meh.. don't mind me I've been binge watching Samuari Gourmet and man is that show amazing. Learned about so many amazing foodstuffs with a sweet story to boot.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

As stated earlier in this thread, Oriental literally means from the East, so it could apply to anything (objects or people) that come from the East based on the observer's perspective.  I don't see a lot of derogatory meaning there, but it is an outdated word as from everyone's perspective it could literally mean anyone or anything with origins East of their vantage point.  People in California could refer to anyone or anything that comes from New York as Oriental.

I wonder how long it will be before MDL  becomes outdated and  THE LEFT finds it offensive?  I just asked my middle of the road Asian wife if her or any of her , friends found that offensive. She thought it was a silly thing, and said of course not.

 

I suspect it is more white uber offended leftist in a rush to prove how enlightened and hip they are.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

4 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

That's also my sort of understanding of it. But one does have to ask, what exactly makes this salad 'Asian'? Which I think the OP link was asking in a roundabout way, regardless of if I agree with the outcry or not. There are so many amazing dishes in Asian cuisine and the best we can do is drop some oranges on some wilted lettuce and dub it 'Asian'? Meh.. don't mind me I've been binge watching Samuari Gourmet and man is that show amazing. Learned about so many amazing foodstuffs with a sweet story to boot.

I find the term redneck and southern fried very offensive. 

[IAMX 3,055]

25 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I find the term redneck and southern fried very offensive. 

Describes much of my mothers side of the family.. the ones that aren't German. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 minute ago, IAMX said:

Describes much of my mothers side of the family.. the ones that aren't German. 

All of my mother's people are Salzburg in origin  or those #$% Nazis as my dad use to call them when he was forced to go to family gatherings 

[IAMX 3,055]

Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

All of my mother's people are Salzburg in origin  or those #$% Nazis as my dad use to call them when he was forced to go to family gatherings 

Yeah. I can't stand pretty much any of them. But then again, despite being an extrovert, I mostly find myself hating people in general nowadays.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

36 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

That's also my sort of understanding of it. But one does have to ask, what exactly makes this salad 'Asian'? Which I think the OP link was asking in a roundabout way, regardless of if I agree with the outcry or not. There are so many amazing dishes in Asian cuisine and the best we can do is drop some oranges on some wilted lettuce and dub it 'Asian'? Meh.. don't mind me I've been binge watching Samuari Gourmet and man is that show amazing. Learned about so many amazing foodstuffs with a sweet story to boot.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

14 minutes ago, IAMX said:

Yeah. I can't stand pretty much any of them. But then again, despite being an extrovert, I mostly find myself hating people in general nowadays.

How surprising. 

[yuna628 9,676]

33 minutes ago, ccneat said:

His wife though! So mean to him all the time.. that girl just needs to settle down a little. Always running off to 'choir' or 'yoga' uh huh... likely story!

[Jacque67 7,328]

1 hour ago, yuna628 said:

That's also my sort of understanding of it. But one does have to ask, what exactly makes this salad 'Asian'? Which I think the OP link was asking in a roundabout way, regardless of if I agree with the outcry or not. There are so many amazing dishes in Asian cuisine and the best we can do is drop some oranges on some wilted lettuce and dub it 'Asian'? Meh.. don't mind me I've been binge watching Samuari Gourmet and man is that show amazing. Learned about so many amazing foodstuffs with a sweet story to boot.

Watch Tampopo- some great food scenes...this one is pg

 

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

1 minute ago, yuna628 said:

His wife though! So mean to him all the time.. that girl just needs to settle down a little. Always running off to 'choir' or 'yoga' uh huh... likely story!

Ahh, that's her revenge!! When he was a salaryman he was always going off to office nomikais at hostess bars!!!