Minorities and their pride

[Shadowrun]

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im pretty sure the way the japs treated the chinese, or vice versa was pretty awful

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don't you mean the "chinks"? of you're going to use slurs, use them all.

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confused[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] japs is short for japanese (as well as jewish A\american princess but that is for another thread)

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im pretty sure the way the japs treated the chinese, or vice versa was pretty awful

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don't you mean the "chinks"? of you're going to use slurs, use them all.

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confused[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] japs is short for japanese (as well as jewish A\american princess but that is for another thread)

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This reminds me of the time I had a manager I was working for who got hired from a company in Toronto (I'm American, of Japanese descent, FWIW).

He asked about some good ethnic restaurants in the area (San Jose, CA) and I told him, "If you head out to this area between Jackson and Taylor and 5th and 6th, there's a couple of good Japanese restaurants there."

He says, "Oh yeah, isn't that called Japtown or something?" I said, "Yeah, I think so...in about 1942."

So, to make a long story longer, no, it's not "short for Japanese". It would be approximately on par with using (n-word), except, rightly or wrongly, the public in general and this board in particular is more sensitive to anti-Black slurs than it is to anti-Asian slurs.

One of the drawbacks of being a "model minority", I guess. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Shadowrun]

well the difference to me is when i used the words japs with asian friends they never say anthing about it
but if i would use the n words that would not be the case.

i mean for godsake im russian (parents) when people use the word ruskis for short do i get mad, do i say that it is racist no because it would be retarded.

you can not argue that japs is on par with the n- word.

even more so should i make my jap friends use the word gaikokujin as opposed to Gaijin.

[fmxda]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap

You cannot argue that "Jap" is on par with "Ruski"

[ahnuld]

jap is obviously bad, and not knowing that is on par with not realising saying "I got jewed" is bad.


OP, I feel the same way within the jewish community.

[Shadowrun]

"It is considered by some to be the shortened version of the word for Japan." I am part of those people but personally i like my japanese friends and culture (i got to a college with lots of asian kids), and well id stop using the word jap.

my last question is should i make my japanese friends use the word gaikokujin as opposed to Gaijin.?

p.s. do you really think the n-word and jap is comparable?

[Shadowrun]

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jap is obviously bad, and not knowing that is on par with not realising saying "I got jewed" is bad.


OP, I feel the same way within the jewish community.

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i am jewish as well but i could care less that sandy koufax, sean green, or whoever are jews.
(i just used sports as an example)

[El Diablo]

Guys,

No more posts on Jap. Refer to Wiki link posted above for any questions.

[AggroFish]

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...We came here about 35 years ago and we’re building a very strong Vietnamese community in Orange County. Some of us are actually involved in politics and are winning some seats albeit small positions.

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Westmister/garden grove scares me.

[MarkSummers]

I have no pride. If I weren't a self-hating Jew, I'd be a plain old anti-semite.