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Season 1 Episode 41

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Season 1 Episode 43

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The Origin of Gender

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Season 1 Episode 45

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Origin of Everything

Why Do We Say "Asian American" Not "Oriental"?

Season 1 Episode 35

The word Oriental is hundred of years old, so why do Americans no longer use the word “Oriental”? And how did the word “Asian American” take its place? Watch this week’s Origin of Everything to find out.

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