re: #175 Soap_Man

Oriental is offensive now? I must have missed the memo.

If used to describe a person. It is vague enough to be a dismissive characterization in other contexts as well, ie “oriental country.” In the context of art or certain terms of cultural reference with strong historical antecedents, “oriental rug” “oriental architecture,” it is perfectly acceptable.
A better example might be the term “Asiatic,” a reasonable and inoffensive term in and of itself, which is nevertheless largely proscribed today purely because of its extensive use by racists in the past.