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another thing i want to say is that i am not saying americans are stupid or ignorant. i know UVA kids are smart enough to know that india/the philippines/malaysia etc are in asia. all i am saying is that the whole american definition/stereotype of 'asian/azn' is exemplified in UVA at times (what i see on its website. i am not on grounds yet). it's just that if you were to tell an american on omegle.com or something that you're asian, he/she'll immediately think of east asian. or if you ask an american if he/she would like asian for dinner, he/she will probably ask you for chinese takeout/sushi or something. although to be fair... naan is pretty popular everywhere.
and mind you, i still believe UVA is tolerant to all races and it is multicultured. no issues with UVA whatsoever; i love UVA so far. all i am saying is that i had previously always heard of how americans would say asian and immediately think chinese/japanese/korean etc. i didn't know if it'd happen in UVA as well, but hey, i guess it does, kind of at least! what is the problem anyway - i'm not saying UVA kids are geographically stupid or ignorant. it is an american definition. though PAFN doesn't mean to only cater to east asian kids, i guess it kind of attracts them more. so yeah, i'm not saying PAFN isn't for pakistanis/indians/middle easterns/filipinos etc. i'm just saying what i noticed about the definition of 'asian'.
so i have no issues with pafn/america/UVA/db123. perhaps i should have been more subtle so you wouldn't misunderstand and think i had issues with the stated entities. i apologize if i was rude or came off too strong. i don't plan to argue on this anymore... especially since i know this issue has become a natural phenomenon and you and i cannot change it with words.
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