I had dinner with Dr Wong this evening and I passed on your comment.

'Oriental' is racist in the same way as 'German', Italian, Australian or even 'Westerner' etc, is 'racist'

Once it becomes racist to say 'A person from....', (the Orient, Germany, etc etc), it will be anyone's guess as to how people from various countries can be identified/classified.

Interestingly, I recently watched the American TV series 'House of Cards', and one particular episode depicted black people calling each other the 'N' word.

Apparently it's not considered 'racist' to refer to a person of the same race in a 'racist manner'.

I wonder if the American Senate actually ASKED people from 'The Orient' if they actually MIND being referred to as 'Oriental'?

I guess that's a rhetorical question, lol