• MagicShel@lemmy.zip
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      17 hours ago

      I haven’t heard anyone use “Jap” outside my grandfather’s generation — and he fought a fucking war against them so no surprise he had some big feels there. But he’s also been dead about 25 years and I’ve never heard the word since.

      But also I don’t hang out with racists, so what do I know.

      • FishFace@piefed.social
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        15 hours ago

        I once met a Chinese girl who was somewhat suspiciously fond of the English slang term (that I hadn’t heard of) “Jap’s Eye” which apparently means “urethral opening” and tbf I would never use the latter term either…

        OTOH I had heard the term from time to time and it always came across to me (not Japanese - important caveat) as a pretty mild one, like “frog” for the French. I would be very unsurprised if it were different in the USA though, where there was such a big impact from WW2 and internment.

    • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      How have I lived with a Jewish family all my life and never heard ‘Kyke’, yet I was well aware of ‘Faggot’ after only knowing about gay people for much less time?

      • breezeblock@lemmy.ca
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        18 hours ago

        Humans are a mysterious race.

        “F……, f……, f……, we can say it together — but only if you let a white girl say n……”