Oasian/Owasian

So last night when I was in a meeting with other members of the conference planning board we realized there was a problem. There is no word that describes East Asian people that just flows in a saying or phrase. (We were trying to fix our mission statement to be more accurate without having it sound so wordy.)

Most of the time when a person says Asian they automatically assume South East Asian. This is a problem because Asia encompass the middle east and Russia and not just yellow people. White people have Caucasian. Black people have Black. I don't want to identify as a yellow person... (don't get me started)

So I realized what we needed was a word that could describe us "yellow" people. Just like how Huey Newton wanted people to stop using the word negro/nigger because it no longer made sense, I believe that we should stop using the word Asian to describe South East Asian people.

When I came to this realization I was inspired to create a new word that could describe "yellow" people. Oriental was not an option because that is also politically incorrect. (look it up). So I combined the two and created the word Oasian, or as Roger aptly put it, "Owasian". I think this could be a new thing.

We could start the Oasian movement. We could create an Organization that is established to further the advancement of the Oasian people. I am an Oasian person. Oasian Panthers. Oasian pride. etc.

So a possible new word? :)

iDEAS Conference

So I had to come up with a slogan for the iDEAS conference. I thought that these were pretty creative.

1) iNSPIRE iNNOVATION iNTERNATION

2) iNSPIRE, iNNOVATE, eDUCATE

3) iNSPIRE EDUCATE iNNOVATE

4) Bridging the east and west

5) Crossing cultures


I need to brainstorm more!