Why were the Chinese Called Slow Peds?
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Kanamit99 — 15 years ago(January 23, 2011 11:26 PM)
After turning on the commentary on my blu-ray disc, I discovered "slopehead" was the term used toward the Chinese people.
Well, that is certainly new to me. I have never heard of "slopehead" used to describe Asians before. This must be an older term that has fallen out of fashion. There are plenty of other derogatory comments used against Asians now. -
nickm2 — 14 years ago(April 17, 2011 10:35 PM)
It's was in pretty common usage in the 1950s-70s; we used it to refer to Koreans and Vietnamesealong with the more common term beep sometimes it was shortened to just 'slopes'; I guess you can say it has gone out of fashion
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mam13143 — 12 years ago(December 12, 2013 06:27 PM)
Nickm2 hit that right on the nose. Derogatory term "slopes" used in Nam, etc. there is always a term used in these combat situations even if not particularly derogatory like "Charlie" for Vietnamese soldiers.
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movies789 — 11 years ago(May 12, 2014 07:14 PM)
"Derogatory term "slopes" used in Nam"
"Slopes" wasn't very commonly used in Vietnam; the term "g o o k s" was the common name applied to Vietnam Cong (and NVA).
"even if not particularly derogatory like "Charlie" for Vietnamese soldiers."
"Charlie" (short for "Victor Charlie", radio phonetic alphabet for VC - Viet Cong - not Vietnamese soldiers, North or South) wasn't derogatory at all; it was akin to referring to German soldiers as "Jerry" in WWII. -
chrissso — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 06:01 PM)
Slow Peds is clearly a reference to the well know fact that Chinese people in the 1920's rode their bikes much slower than normal people. It was like they were all on holiday even when they were at war. Quite remarkable really!
