Thursday's Racism Thread

Did you forget you'd already asked that question?

 

My phone said sending failed on the fist one, but actually did post.

 

Depends largely on the historical context in which the word was used and. Jap isn't racist per se, but clearly WW2 had a large effect on the usage and connotations of the word.

If I said "I love Jap manga culture" it clearly means something entirely different to, "****ing Jap's".

 

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Am just going to nippon to club love. Only japs on view were int bogs.

 

theres a bit more to it than that mate.

 

Have you no interest in the history of BFC.

 

Yes ano most of BFC history from the first game I ever went to which was 1996 a will have been 7 yo, don't know much more before then.

 

We've just had one.

And we both referred to it as a chinky.

Its the language I was brought up with and ive never come across (until now) it ever being referred to as racist

 

I wouldn't say Jap as it could be offensive, if in doubt just don't say it unless you don't mind offended Japanese people. I used to call Chinese chinky when I was younger until I knew better. I always called the local shop the Paki shop too, again, until I knew better. I am pleased to say that after a bit of work I got my parents to stop calling it that, and now even my nan doesn't (who isn't intentionally racist/trying to offend anyone, that's just the language she was brought up using).

 

How can you know how the world is like it is today without understanding how it got to be like that?]

And how can you cope if you don't understand the world today?

You're missing so much.

 

Im not offended if you called me an Eng (England) a yorkie (Yorkshire) Lads up here are called Scots (Scotland) so why not say Jap or Paki??? saying the obvious things we do ARE racist like saying " want owt from Chinkee" !!! thats racist!!!!!!!

 

I am fully aware of today's world, it's history that doesn't interest me, I know the important history. Why would I want to know why we call a jap a jap?. It's easy they call them a jap cos it's short for Japanese, doesn't take Einstein to figure that our.

 

No, you just think you know about todays world, but without an understanding of history you are ignorant of the reality.

You said had no idea of the involvement of the UK versus the 'japs' (it was just the americans and pearl harbor).

So, a very quick history lesson -

Hong Kong
The International Settlement in Shanghai
Loss of HMS Prince of Wales & Repulse
Malaya
Singapore - esp. the largest surrender by UK forces in history
Dutch East Indies campaign
Burma
Prisoners of War, death marches, treatment by Japanese, Burma Railway, River Kwai Bridge.
Chindits
Andaman Islands
Indian Ocean Naval war
Imphal & Kohima
Role of India
RAF in India & Burma
India-Burma-China Air campaign
44-45 Burma Campaign.
Submarine/Anti Submarine war

That's 70 years ago, then you have the followups on what happened after the war, Independence of former colonies, Communist uprisings in Korea, Malaya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia. How they were resolved. Hong Kong handover. Current religious tensions in Indonesia, Burma, India, rise of China, Taiwan, geo-political tensions over islands in the South China Sea.

I could go on, but I only know a small percentage, however, I am trying to increase my knowledge as it helps me understand the world.

 

Seems like you know your stuff.
But why would knowing all that history is going to make me understand today's world? Things change, people change and adapt to the modern day. I have never had a conversation with anyone about jap history. Today's society is completely different, bearing in mind I am 26

 

China, Japan, Tawan and the US are currently on high military alert in the South China Seas, right this second China & the US are flying combat air patrols in a show of strength over some ****ing useless island chain virtually no one has heard of before.

Why?

Mineral rights.

The islands are disputed because of what happened 70 plus years ago.

The world might go to a big f4cking hot war and you don't know why.

 

That's all about greed and wealth, having the power of mineral land, to make a profit of us! Let them get on with it, I doubt they will be a big war, cnt see that happening. Don't think it has nothing to do with what happened 70 years ago. I won't lose sleep over it, I understand what's happening in my little world, I work provide for my family and pay my mortgage. That's all I care about.

 

They do say ignorance is bliss.


Just be thankful not everyone is asleep.