http://www.blogs.insidetoronto.com/cityhall/general/the-orient-express/ A city hall blog by staff reporter David Nickle Wed, 14 May 2008 03:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.blogs.insidetoronto.com/cityhall/general/the-orient-express/#comment-939 rusty shackleford Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:02:48 +0000 http://www.blogs.insidetoronto.com/cityhall/general/the-orient-express/#comment-939 I grew up ordering Chinese food from take-outs with names like 'empress of the orient' and shopping dollar-stores with names like 'oriental bazaar' but now, if i say the word 'oriental', i am a monster. my ethnicity is consistently and persistently misidentified as 'German'. this is not what 'Germans' call themselves, but there it is on every map. my forebear's religion is everywhere described as 'Amish'. To a Mennonite, 'Amish' has the same connotation as 'backwards' and is used to admonish negative thinking within the community. it is one of those remarks you must resemble in order to get away with using; you know the kind of words i mean. yet, you all use this word and think it cute. ich bien ein auschlander; you are the monster now I grew up ordering Chinese food from take-outs with names like ‘empress of the orient’ and shopping dollar-stores with names like ‘oriental bazaar’ but now, if i say the word ‘oriental’, i am a monster.
my ethnicity is consistently and persistently misidentified as ‘German’. this is not what ‘Germans’ call themselves, but there it is on every map. my forebear’s religion is everywhere described as ‘Amish’. To a Mennonite, ‘Amish’ has the same connotation as ‘backwards’ and is used to admonish negative thinking within the community. it is one of those remarks you must resemble in order to get away with using; you know the kind of words i mean. yet, you all use this word and think it cute.
ich bien ein auschlander; you are the monster now

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