oldbullee Wrote:
My grandfather still says Chinamen. And my other grandfather never said anything nice about Japanese people and usually referred to them as "gawd damn jap." But that was of personal resentment to friends lost in WWII, so I excuse it.
DUDE. I heard Chinamen, Japs, Krauts, and even VC most of my life. Even Dinks from some of my grandparents more colorful friends.
Hell, my dad refers to ALL Germans as Nazis, and most Arabs as "terrorists." It's one of those "I'm joking, but you know I'm right" things.
AND, I think the world was a more fun and colorful place when good natured ethnic stereotyping was the norm. Now, when you get to actual descrimination, (like, say, what Jewelz posted) it's a problem, but the fact that my Polish grandmother would always make spaghetti when her "Little Wops" came to visit, cracks me the fuck up.
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