or Arabs

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I thought Russia was part of Europe, and most the Middle East was part of Africa? But, also Indians, as India is a part of Asia.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i'm iraqi does that make me asian? >.<

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Dunno. I'm gonna have another check at a world map. But, the point of the post was, there are countries in continents whose citizens don't spring to mind when you think of the continent. Another example would be that many people in South Africa are white, yet the typical "African" people would be thought of as black.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol i just thought of mean girls...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha, that scene was classic. But, yeah, that's another issue that nationality doesn't equal race. My mate's family moved around a lot, and he's Caucasian, but he was born in Thailand. So, in a legal sense, he is Asian as a nationality (although I think he does have Australian citizenship now), but not by race.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yes yes

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Russia is in both Europe and Asia

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thank you. Is it split culturally/socially, as in how Ireland is sort of divided (North/South with the Northern part being part of the UK)?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because Russia is classified as being in Eurasia, not specifically Europe or Asia.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That makes them both, not neither.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, when people say 'Asian' they usually mean Chinese, Japanese or Korean.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"So are ya chinese er japanese" hank hill

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In the USA Asian refers mostly to Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese etc. Sino-Asia. In the UK it refers more to Indian, Pakistani, Bengali, Sri Lankan. Indo-Asia This is because these respectively are the "relevant referent objects" there is a large population of Japanese in the USA, with relatively few from Bangladesh, therefore it would not make sense to include the Bengali within the term Asian. Whereas in Britain we have a large minority from the subcontinent, hence our term. None of this, of course, much to do with the post, but to clarify: Russia as we think of it is largely European, if not geographically, then culturally. However there are many Russian cultures that are both geographically and culturally Asian.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

p.s. tl;dr

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Russia is generally thought of as part of Europe....

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It depends on if you're talking about nationality or race.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Probably because Russians aren't Asians.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

oh my god. i've said this to people so many times and no one thinks it's as unusual as i do. HIGH FIVE.

by Anonymous 12 years ago