I smiled when visiting Britain, my group and I would get teased about being "colonials" also smiled when a lady in a sh
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rangerzep83 — 18 years ago(April 16, 2007 11:16 AM)
A lot of people consider it a slur. I don't believe it should be one, as it is, simply a shortening of the word "Japanese." I mean, by that logic, calling someone from Britain a "Brit" is a slur. It's complete idiocy.
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lacubfan — 18 years ago(April 16, 2007 08:42 PM)
Pleasewe are just a bit too PC these daysdont ya think? Don't you dare call me an AmericanIm not from South America or Latin America. I'm from North America, but not from Canada or Mexico. You better call me a European North American from The United States and dont you dare shorten it otherwise you're a racist. Please.Help. Oh yeah I forgot only white people can ever be called racists.
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jac_at_nac — 18 years ago(June 01, 2007 08:57 AM)
Hmmmmost often its the kettle calling the pot black.
For example; African Americans have no problem calling Anglos "whitey" or "cracker" but god forbid Anglos use the "N-word".
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Gatorman9 — 16 years ago(December 28, 2009 06:20 PM)
It was so commonly used in the 60's and 70's in the USA that it is really hard to say. If it was an epithet, then it was the only one my parents allowed me to use when I was growing up during that period.
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Dumasse — 16 years ago(January 19, 2010 12:04 PM)
There's a difference between a derogatory term and a racial slur. The term "Jap" was definitely used derogatorily. After all, the Japanese were our enemy during World War II. But it wasn't really a slur toward that race. There were plenty of other terms used that WERE racial slurs.
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Marmadukebagelhole — 15 years ago(July 26, 2010 02:17 AM)
It is a British assumption that everyone else in the world likes us so most slang terms for Britons are not assumed to be derogatory.
In the case of 'Jap' though, it is safe to assume that at the time the phrase became ubiquitous as short hand for Japanese, it wasn't in the context of "Oh. The japs make wonderful stereos, dont they." More like. "How are we gonna pay those japs back for attacking us and plunging us into war?" -
vanguard59 — 15 years ago(January 07, 2011 02:07 PM)
JK2:
Does JK2 stand for or represent Jerks off too (two) much? You are just retarded. Probably stays at home all day long with his little fun toy.
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UtopianUK — 14 years ago(September 11, 2011 04:25 PM)
It's the same as saying "Brit" so I see no problem at all. It's just shorter version of the full word. Political correctness is often ridiculous - and this is just another example. People shouldn't take notice of PC bull, but it's difficult when so many people are sheep.
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spiderbat-863-656723 — 14 years ago(October 10, 2011 03:48 PM)
It seems quite simple to me: calling someone "jap" or beep in real life is clearly racism. Letting a movie character use those words is just depicting a racist scene, which is normal in a movie as, e.g., a murder scene, and might even reflect a historic reality. Trying to convince the audience that the opinions of that character have some factual value today would be an act of racism.
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fooseball — 13 years ago(July 22, 2012 02:41 AM)
'Jap' is a rather polite alternative to the more common slang 'Nips' that was used by troops in WW2.'Nips' is mentioned about a dozen times in John Wayne's 'Sands of Iwo Jima'(1949). In this film you'll also hear the Duke himself refer to the 'Japs' as "those little lemon-colored characters".