"It now politically incorrect to use the word “Oriental,” and the admonition has the force of law:
President Obama recently signed a bill prohibiting use of the term in all federal documents. Rep.
Grace Meng, the New York congresswoman who sponsored the legislation, exulted that “at long last this insulting and outdated term will be gone for good.”
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Use of "Oriental" was outlawed by legislation, but the Supreme Court ruled that "slants" is protected speech and slants will be in many federal documents within the US Patent and Trademark Office.