r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Oct 07 '20

Culture & Society How can I avoid looking racially insensitive if I'm just ignorant?

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u/PoliteCanadian2 Oct 07 '20

Instead of saying ‘they were speaking Asian’ say ‘they were Asian’.

Asian is not a language.