discussion What is the exact difference between "Asian" and "European"?

[Letters From Adi]

I think both terms are a bit hazy when you think deeper.

Like countries like Turkey and Russia are in both continents, but where would its people be classified as.

Turkish is not a European language, and is similar to Turkmen but Iran comes in between. So, are Iranians European too then? 

There are more Azeri Turkish people living in Iran (present President + Khamenei are both Azeris btw) than even RoA

Where would groups like Lipka Tatars in Poland be? Are they Asian or European? 

Do Roma people classify as European since they have been living in Europe for centuries now, or are they considered Asian? 

Also, when we think of migration patterns, it affects perception too. In USA, East Asians migrated more, so people associate the term with them, while Iranians are crazily labelled as "White" 

But in the UK, "Asian" firstly refers to people from the Indian subcontinent instead.

[HausOfPunk]

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[Tropez]

The two areas are actually one continent. Europeans just have this belief that they're separate. Which is why when you look at the Mercator projection map, the size of Europe is blown out of proportion when it's actually tiny. 
 

Most Russians live in the western side of the country which is "Europe". So they are considered "European". 
 

The Turkish migrated to modern day Turkey via Central Europe and intermingled with the Greeks in the Anatolian peninsula. So sorta different group from modern Turkmen but still related.  Research the Ottoman Empire and the fall of the Byzantine Empire for more context. 
 

In the US, Iranians are considered white along with Middle Eastern people previously due to Jim Crow laws. The system in the US was that a person was white or black as a citizen. There were very little East Asians in the US as the US did not allow them to immigrate after many Chinese did to build the railroads. Because many Iranians and Middle Eastern people who did enter the US were Christian. They were classified as white to avoid being put with black people. Recently this was removed as they do face discrimination. 
 

 

 

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[KatyPrismSpirit]

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[PrettyHurts]

one is in asia and the other is europe 

[byzantium]

Both are different mega regions of the Eurasian supercontinent.  

[Broken]

30 minutes ago, glitch said:

 

STOP 

[SharGaga]

European vs. South Asian vs East Asian lady

[Badgalbriel]

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[Delirious]

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[edutada]

Jesus.. 

Serious question:

Do people in USA have geographic class?

 

[Matchatea]

1 hour ago, SharGaga said:

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[Illyboy]

On 10/25/2024 at 6:38 PM, Letters From Adi said:

I think both terms are a bit hazy when you think deeper.

Like countries like Turkey and Russia are in both continents, but where would its people be classified as.

Turkish is not a European language, and is similar to Turkmen but Iran comes in between. So, are Iranians European too then? 

There are more Azeri Turkish people living in Iran (present President + Khamenei are both Azeris btw) than even RoA

Where would groups like Lipka Tatars in Poland be? Are they Asian or European? 

Do Roma people classify as European since they have been living in Europe for centuries now, or are they considered Asian? 

Also, when we think of migration patterns, it affects perception too. In USA, East Asians migrated more, so people associate the term with them, while Iranians are crazily labelled as "White" 

But in the UK, "Asian" firstly refers to people from the Indian subcontinent instead.

Most Russians live on the European side (i.e. west of the Ural mountains and the Ural River and north of the Caucasus mountains) + Russia as a country/nation originated on the western side and later expanded east so they're considered European.

Turkey lies mostly in Asia + the whole cultural difference thing makes them "Asian" (tho personally I'm a fan of calling countries "transcontinental" so for me they'd be that)

Lipka Tatars in Poland I assume have Polish citizenship so they'd be European.

Idk abt Roma people but I do know Middle East also has them (but under a different name) so I guess the ones in Europe could be European and the ones in ME would be Asian.

It really depends on what you define as "European" and "Asian", the first questions you posed seemed more geographical but the latter ones are more into what different cultures define these terms as.

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[P.O.P]

On 10/25/2024 at 8:47 PM, Tropez said:

 

 

The Turkish migrated to modern day Turkey via Central Europe and intermingled with the Greeks in the Anatolian peninsula. So sorta different group from modern Turkmen but still related.  Research the Ottoman Empire and the fall of the Byzantine Empire for more context. 
 

 

 

Wh-what

[Tropez]

4 minutes ago, P.O.P said:

Wh-what

Read on the history of the Ottoman Empire. 

[P.O.P]

4 minutes ago, Tropez said:

Read on the history of the Ottoman Empire. 

Sis turks migrated from central Asia to Anatolia (where Turkey is today). Obviously the modern day turkish people are incredibly mixed given the history.

[Tropez]

27 minutes ago, P.O.P said:

Sis turks migrated from central Asia to Anatolia (where Turkey is today). Obviously the modern day turkish people are incredibly mixed given the history.

That literally what I said in my post.