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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:08:09 PM EDT
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Also, Dude, Celestial is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:09:18 PM EDT
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Japanese and Korean women can certainly be heavenly. I don't know if I'd describe the Chinese I know as being celestial.
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:16:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:18:31 PM EDT
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Celestial.... like aliens?
Never heard that one. |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:18:53 PM EDT
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It's obviously obscure enough at this point anyone looking to get offended on purpose, wouldn't know what it means.
On the same track, I've been using the term occidental a lot.  |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:19:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Celestial.... like aliens? Never heard that one. |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:20:39 PM EDT
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Fairly common in Westerns but I don't know anything about its use.
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:21:45 PM EDT
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Celestial.... like aliens?
Never heard that one. Id assume it has to do with China being "The Heavenly Kingdom" etc. |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:31:33 PM EDT
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It's an old term not used anymore, It was used when China was ruled by an emperor that was said to be then son of heaven.
From wiki: Celestial was a term referring to Chinese emigrants to the United States, Canada, and Australia during the 19th century.[1] The term was widely used in the popular mass media of the day.[2][3] The term is from Celestial Empire (Tianxia, Chinese: ??; pinyin: Tiancháo) a traditional name for China.[4] Quote HistoryQuoted:
....... Asian-American, please. When are minorities going to drop this hyphen crap? How many generations do you need to be here before your just an American? |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:36:39 PM EDT
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Id assume it has to do with China being "The Heavenly Kingdom" etc. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Celestial.... like aliens?
Never heard that one. Id assume it has to do with China being "The Heavenly Kingdom" etc. I see the middle kingdom, Between Heaven and Earth Like the Chinese call, The country of their birth... |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:38:46 PM EDT
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1800's slang. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Celestial.... like aliens?
Never heard that one. No, celestial is in reference to the Heavens. It comes from the reference to the Celestial Empire of which the Chinese considered themselves to be its sons/daughters.. |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:39:38 PM EDT
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It's an old term not used anymore, It was used when China was ruled by an emperor that was said to be then son of heaven. From wiki: Celestial was a term referring to Chinese emigrants to the United States, Canada, and Australia during the 19th century.[1] The term was widely used in the popular mass media of the day.[2][3] The term is from Celestial Empire (Tianxia, Chinese: ??; pinyin: Tiancháo) a traditional name for China.[4] When are minorities going to drop this hyphen crap? How many generations do you need to be here before your just an American? Quote HistoryQuoted:
It's an old term not used anymore, It was used when China was ruled by an emperor that was said to be then son of heaven. From wiki: Celestial was a term referring to Chinese emigrants to the United States, Canada, and Australia during the 19th century.[1] The term was widely used in the popular mass media of the day.[2][3] The term is from Celestial Empire (Tianxia, Chinese: ??; pinyin: Tiancháo) a traditional name for China.[4] Quoted:
....... Asian-American, please. When are minorities going to drop this hyphen crap? How many generations do you need to be here before your just an American? Never. They like their special statis. |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:43:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When are minorities going to drop this hyphen crap? How many generations do you need to be here before your just an American? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: ....... Asian-American, please. When are minorities going to drop this hyphen crap? How many generations do you need to be here before your just an American? Agreed. If you immigrated to the US from ....wherever , then I'd say it's appropriate , but to use it like so many do these days , it just reeks of "GIMME MUH DUE AND PROPER ! Y'ALL OWE ME FOR , REASONS !! "  |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:49:38 PM EDT
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I see the middle kingdom, Between Heaven and Earth Like the Chinese call, The country of their birth... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Id assume it has to do with China being "The Heavenly Kingdom" etc. I see the middle kingdom, Between Heaven and Earth Like the Chinese call, The country of their birth... Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 1850-1864 Seems like a pretty good place to flee from and make a life in America. They sure have gotten boring recently in their naming conventions, PRC really doesn't stand up to "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace", "Celestial Empire" "Divine Land" or even "Middle Kingdom". |
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Posted: 8/29/2015 12:49:41 PM EDT
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He had a shirt ruined in the Silver City laundry. He took the celestial woman's daughter as payment.
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Posted: 8/31/2015 7:21:49 PM EDT
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most chinese back then were not immigrating to the US, they were coming here as migrant workers and sending their fortunes home to their families.
during the gold rush their plan was to make a fortune and take it home to live like a king. They were equivalent to our mexican migrant workers. Unlike the irish/welsh during that period that came here to become citizens as they were essentially starved out of their own homes. |
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Posted: 8/31/2015 7:50:57 PM EDT
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That term went out of style after the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
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Posted: 8/31/2015 8:02:02 PM EDT
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He had a shirt ruined in the Silver City laundry. He took the celestial woman's daughter as payment. Yep that's where I heard it. |
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