Is "Jap" racist? As in actually derogartoy?
I was thinking today at work, we have a group of people from Saudi-Arabia, who we all refer to as the "Saudis". Yet for certain places it's just not done.
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Tue 7 Feb 2012, 20:23,
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Not sure, but I'm certain if we started calling her a 'Jap'
rather than Japanese it wouldn't be long before the word Racist was being banded about.
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Tue 7 Feb 2012, 20:26,
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We don't get riled by being called Brits.
It's just odd how some become seen as insults.
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Tue 7 Feb 2012, 20:28,
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Speak for yourself, it makes me apoplexic
Though "Eng" doesn't sound like much of an insult, thought. "Scot" is just the normal description, "Wel" just sounds daft (which is quite fitting, really), and "Ir" or, even worse, "North" are just rubbish.
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Tue 7 Feb 2012, 20:32,
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'Jap' is classed as a racial slur. It was used by US soldiers during WW2.
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