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Wikipedia says it’s a word for people of mixed white and Asian descent.
I would add that it's very much an American English and Canadian English term.
There is also blasian, same idea...
I feel its mostly used by people that are either racist or fetishize certain ethnicities.
Wasians themselves often use this term as well. It's just a shorthand.
Not that i would equate the two, but we should all be aware of how meaningless "they use it themselves" is from the n-word. Every time i hear a white guy say "blasian" anywhere on social media its when they talk about how hot a woman is and how its "the best mix". I know its also used completely innocently, but thats just what my experience with hearing it is.
I think youre just looking at too much porn online. Go to a city like Vancouver where like 30% of the population is wasain and you’ll see people use the term descriptively all the time and it’s not a slur.
I'll lyk if anyone ever punches me in the face for using the word wasian or blasian around them.
Thanks :)
Not everything is a slur
Rich coming from a muggle
Whoa buddy yer mom was a muggle!
(And a very nice lady)
Is there a Whack?
Or Blite? Sounds too close to "blight" though.
I bet you feel that about a lot of things, don't you?
Note that the term is most common for people of East Asian backgrounds! And, at least from my experience in HK, the term is also used for Asian people (mixed or otherwise) who grew up in Western culture.