Page 9 - Let's talk about Racism - Activities for challenging racism

Trainer notes

• ASIAN ACCEPTABLE BUT USE WITH CAUTION: Geographically

confusing since it ought to include the Chinese, but in common

usage it does not.

• Probably for this reason ‘South Asian’ has been increasingly used to

refer to those originating in the Indian sub-continent, who come

from several distinct regions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

• For a while it was generally accepted by the people concerned,

unless used in a context where the many differences between

‘Asian’ groups ought to be recognised, in which case it would be

taken for ignorance at worst.

• Many people often prefer identification by country, for example

Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani.

• Some British born people with Asian heritage may use British Asian.