Personalised medicine: who is an Asian?

Abstract

“The Asian word is abused…I would rather somebody called me ‘Indian’, ‘Hindu’—but to be called Asian is a violation…Half of Russia is Asian but they are never called ‘Asian’. Chinese are Asians and they are never called ‘Asians’. They are called ‘Chinese’. But Indians, somehow, become ‘Asians’ as though they own the whole of the continent of Asia.” “Actually I'm not an Asian, I'm a Hindu.” 1 Department for Communities and Local GovernmentConnecting British Hindus, an enquiry into the identity and public policy engagement of British Hindus by the Runnymede Trust. 2006. http://www.hfb.org.uk/FileServer.aspx?oID=307&lID=0 Google Scholar These quotations, from a UK Government report in 2006, 1 Department for Communities and Local GovernmentConnecting British Hindus, an enquiry into the identity and public policy engagement of British Hindus by the Runnymede Trust. 2006. http://www.hfb.org.uk/FileServer.aspx?oID=307&lID=0 Google Scholar expresses the views of two Hindus living in the UK about being labelled as Asian.