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In Reply to: Sigh . . . posted by JoshT on August 31, 2014 at 13:25:19:
and I appreciate your answer. I understand Gook, Chink, Kike, Wop,Polak etc., etc. but I never knew why Chinaman shouold be offensive. Guess it's just because some think it is.
When I was at Umass Amherst we were the Redmen. Now changed ro Minutemen. I always thought of such terms as more of an honor than an insult. Wrong again, I guess!
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- It was a simple question - kavakidd 15:13:43 08/31/14 (2)
- UMass Amherst, eh? - JoshT 15:24:04 08/31/14 (1)
- Yup - 1965-67 - kavakidd 15:43:11 08/31/14 (0)