filipinos, asian or not? Options

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yea. im a flip. and everyone is either sayin. flips are asian. flips arent. what do you guys think??

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COURTESY OF DICTIONARY.COM:
A·sian
1. A native or inhabitant of Asia.
2. A person of Asian descent.

(okay, now read this)
Usage Note: Asia is the largest of the continents with more than half the world's population. Though strictly speaking all of its inhabitants are Asians, in practice this term is applied almost exclusively to the peoples of East, Southeast, and South Asia as opposed to those of Southwest Asiasuch as Arabs, Turks, Iranians, and Kurdswho are more usually designated Middle or Near Easterners. Indonesians and Filipinos are properly termed Asian, since their island groups are considered part of the Asian continent, but not the Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians of the central and southern Pacific, who are now often referred to collectively as Pacific Islanders.

kind of like taiwan. some people think they're their own country, but china considers them theirs. i guess it wouldnt really matter if you call yourself filipino or asian in relation to taiwanese and chinese.

same thing.