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		mssundaram on Oct 31, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The invisible struggle of the Asian American small... Namaskar. I have found most Americans don't see India as part of Asia for whatever reason.

gwd on Oct 31, 2020 [–]

> I have found most Americans don't see India as part of Asia for whatever reason.

East Asians have a very different culture than Indians; it doesn't really make any sense to lump them together. Dropping the "East" from "East Asian" is just being a bit lazy (because honestly, it is kind of clunky).

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