How can Michelle Wu be considered a "woman of color"? I didn't know that East Asian people are officially deemed "yellow". At least it sounds as though it's what that CNN anchor man is trying to drill into our heads. 🤷🏼♂️
Non-White or Minority can be interpreted as offensive, so it's a neutral term to refer to all groups that are not White - which Wu does not identify as.
It's sounds to strange to refer to them as "non-white" / "colored" as East Asian people's skin color is also white.
In the US, "White" basically means Europeans, their descendants, and neighboring peoples who physically/culturally resemble Europeans. East Asians do not fit these criteria (and from my observation, generally tan to darker skin tones than Northwestern Europeans).
I get what you mean, but if you take a look at an average Greek, Turk or Cypriot (provided you consider them European), their skin tone is still darker than that of most Japaneses.
I think the term "non-European" or "non-Caucasian" would be more accurate.
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