Is "Jap" racist?

[NuclearFusi0n]

If "Jew" isn't, I don't see why "Jap" is considered racist.

 

[melly]

it's racist.

3....2....1....

 

[0roo0roo]

jap = beloved patriot

jew = ausi

 

[deftron]

What does Jap have to do with Jew ?

And, yes, most Japanese would be offended.

The term was used in a derogative way during WWII.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
If "Jew" isn't, I don't see why "Jap" is considered racist.

Actually, depending on the situation, saying 'jew' can offend people as well.

 

[dahunan]

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[chiwawa626]

heh, its so much easyer to say then Japanese and Jewish, and so much easyer to spell

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: deftron
What does Jap have to do with Jew ?

Jap - Japanese

Jew - Jewish


Both are shortened versions.

 

[melly]

Originally posted by: chiwawa626

heh, its so much easyer to say then Japanese and Jewish, and so much easyer to spell

easier.

3....2...1.... lol

 

[Scouzer]

I don't understand it either. But apparently abbreviating country names is extremely offensive, such as beloved patriot and Jap. I guess American should be offensive too, as thats a shortening of the United States of America. And Brits. And Aussies.

All of the above terms have been used in negative fashions, so that argument isn't fully valid.

P.S. I agree beloved patriot is offensive, if your simply calling someone that of Arabian origin. But if they are actually from Pakistan, and you know this, why is it? I don't know.

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: deftron
What does Jap have to do with Jew ?

Jap - Japanese

Jew - Jewish


Both are shortened versions.

Jew is a real word.

Jap isn't

 

[0roo0roo]

its the context in which the term became used in society.

 

[0roo0roo]

anyone have a link to that old ww2 era time magazine article that told you the way to identify a dirty jap from nice docile chinese? haha

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: dahunan
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GEESH..... well, thanks for the warning

 

[lupohki]

Just shorten it more to 'J' .. Jpop, J-spec, etc

 

[Mani]

A friend of mine who's dad is jewish was at a Jewish Deli and called it "Jew food" and the chick sitting in the next table over b1tched him out for using that term.

 

[Chaotic42]

Jap is just a word. It's all about how the person who is being called "Jap" responds to it. I personally don't see the racism in it, since it's 2003 and not 1944, but hey, that's just me.

Some people find cracker, honkey, redneck, etc racist. I, being a white person, don't. I think that if what someone calls you is your biggest concern, you need to remove your head from your a--.

Once again, that's just me.

 

[DoNotDisturb]

because "jew" isn't a race.

its a religion...

 

[dejitaru]

If you call someone a jap, yeah. If you say someone is jap, no.

a jap (n.) == offensive
jap (adj.) == relatively inoffensive

Just shorten it more to 'J' .. Jpop, J-spec, etc

That's what you do with Korean.

If you call a British person a Brit, is it offensive?

 

[dejitaru]

Originally posted by: DoNotDisturb
because "jew" isn't a race.

its a religion...

Stop being such a Jew.

Jap is just a word. It's all about how the person who is being called "Jap" responds to it.

You're an asshole. It's just a word. If you take offense, you need to get your head out of your ass, bitch.

 

[777php]

You have to look at historical references, if Jap was used in a positive affirming manner in the past then there is no negative stigma today.

If you think about it the n word is just that, a word, but the derogatory manner in which it was used in America's past is why we attach such negativity to it.

 

[DoNotDisturb]

Originally posted by: dejitaru

Originally posted by: DoNotDisturb
because "jew" isn't a race.

its a religion...

Stop being such a Jew.

Jap is just a word. It's all about how the person who is being called "Jap" responds to it.

You're an asshole. It's just a word. If you take offense, you need to get your head out of your ass, bitch.

..... jew is just a derogatory term, but if you take it literally Jewish is a person that belives in Judaism.... if you don't know that go relearn world history.

if i said "stop being gay", would u refer to "gay" as a race? no.

 

[SuperTool]

jap as in Jewish American Princess?
or jap as in Japanese?

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: dejitaruYou're an a--hole. It's just a word. If you take offense, you need to get your head out of your ass, bitch.

Ah, but you see, there is the difference. Jap is a shortened version of the word Japenese. Like Brit for British or Ruski for Russian. A--hole is inherently a derogitory word, because there is only one meaning to it.

Jap can be used as deogitory, or as a shortened version of Japenese.

 

[dejitaru]

A--hole is inherently a derogitory word, because there is only one meaning to it.

OK, so if someone says to someone else "You damn Jap", they should think "I can't take offense, he meant the good definition of Jap. I should get my head out of my ass."