Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States

Asian-Americans in US not to be called ‘oriental’

  1. Context: The word ‘Oriental’ to describe the people of Asian origin will no longer be used in U.S statute books
  2. President Barack Obama signed a law that removed the word from two places it existed in the country’s laws
  3. The amendments signed by the President also discontinue the use of the ‘n’ word
  4. Laws: The words existed in the law that established the Department of Energy, and in the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act, both made in the 1970s
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  1. Context: The word ‘Oriental’ to describe the people of Asian origin will no longer be used in U.S statute books
  2. President Barack Obama signed a law that removed the word from two places it existed in the country’s laws
  3. The amendments signed by the President also discontinue the use of the ‘n’ word
  4. Laws: The words existed in the law that established the Department of Energy, and in the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act, both made in the 1970s
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