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Title: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: old-school-lifter on September 02, 2014, 08:19:33 PM
please comment Kyomu
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Stormspirit on September 02, 2014, 08:26:37 PM
Not necessarily. Depends on the context, as with any word pretty much...Including the N-word.  Some people are hyper-sensitive and may find a particular word to be offensive/racist, no matter what the context...Their opinion is irrelevant though.
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: old-school-lifter on September 02, 2014, 08:43:53 PM
i used to go on chad nicols muscle mayhem boards

i used the term jap as an abreviation

some half jap board member cried to the mods and i got a warning

can u beleive that?
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Smokincrazy on September 02, 2014, 08:52:02 PM
They don't like:
Gook
Slant eyed gook
Yellow bastards
Zipperhead

The rest is fair game
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: OTHstrong on September 02, 2014, 09:01:11 PM
i don't know but the races term is ''japos'' they hate that
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: forillagorilla on September 02, 2014, 09:30:51 PM
Pretty sure nobody have a fuck when the sneaky bastards attacked Pearl Harbor
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: old-school-lifter on September 02, 2014, 09:34:06 PM
zipperhead

never heard that one b4
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Var City on September 02, 2014, 10:14:40 PM
(http://s9.postimg.org/xgzi6m14b/troll.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/xgzi6m14b/)

hope this helps*

















*just a joke. not being RACIST
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Bevo on September 02, 2014, 10:21:42 PM
No cause u can talk bad about any other ethnicity on this board but if u mention Jews u automatically get your comments deleted and possible time out  ::)
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Var City on September 02, 2014, 10:25:08 PM
No cause u can talk bad about any other ethnicity on this board but if u mention Jews u automatically get your comments deleted and possible time out  ::)

uh oh... i hope i don't get TIME OUTED for my post above..
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Bevo on September 02, 2014, 10:26:27 PM
uh oh... i hope i don't get TIME OUTED for my post above..

 :D
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: thegamechanger on September 03, 2014, 12:55:17 AM
no since most of them dont understand english you can call them pretty much anything
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Griffith on September 03, 2014, 03:10:18 AM
They call foreigners 'gaijin'.

Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Skorp1o on September 03, 2014, 03:59:12 AM
In the UK we call the pee hole in the penile a "Japs Eye"
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Bevo on September 03, 2014, 05:16:24 AM
In the UK we call the pee hole in the penile a "Japs Eye"

Wtf??!! ;D
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: BigCyp on September 03, 2014, 05:43:09 AM
In the UK we call the pee hole in the penile a "Japs Eye"

Yup
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Donny on September 03, 2014, 05:53:16 AM
In the UK we call the pee hole in the penile a "Japs Eye"
or the One eyed snake  ;D
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: BigCyp on September 03, 2014, 05:59:35 AM
or the One eyed snake  ;D

The trainer calls it lunch
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Donny on September 03, 2014, 06:08:24 AM
The trainer calls it lunch
;D
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: forillagorilla on September 03, 2014, 06:13:14 AM
zipperhead

never heard that one b4

Come on man - yes you have. Used that a lot back in the 70's and 80's
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: kyomu on September 03, 2014, 10:20:49 AM
please comment Kyomu
Me personaly, not offended.
To the contrary, i feel something ourselves as bad asses. Because when we were fighting against USA in WWII, they called us like that.
If US people didnt consider us as a threat, they wouldnt have called us like this.

But, I think that many people dont feel good if some americans call jap to japanese in their face.
More than disrespect, they would take you as a sign of fight.
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: njflex on September 03, 2014, 10:31:55 AM
I worked at a place where they called black folk'canadiens'it would be like 'its cause he's a typical canadien'al Sharpton fuk that canadien.mind u i'm from nj not Canada..
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: tom joad on September 03, 2014, 03:00:18 PM
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Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Var City on September 03, 2014, 03:04:09 PM
The trainer calls it lunch

The trainer has a new breed of avian bird flu aids
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Bevo on September 03, 2014, 03:36:07 PM
Me personaly, not offended.
To the contrary, i feel something ourselves as bad asses. Because when we were fighting against USA in WWII, they called us like that.
If US people didnt consider us as a threat, they wouldnt have called us like this.

But, I think that many people dont feel good if some americans call jap to japanese in their face.
More than disrespect, they would take you as a sign of fight.

Yeah it's a means of being derogatory like some use the word "krauts" to describe the German people , to make it sound offensive. Personally I find it funny!
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: tonymctones on September 03, 2014, 05:13:57 PM
Im a half breed and I have friends that call me a Jap all the time, some call me a kamikazee lol

It is a derogatory term though and if someone I didnt know called me a "Jap" there would defintely be words.

Its like calling a white person a cracker, its meant to be derogatory but i think it depends alot on who you say it to.
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on September 03, 2014, 05:37:04 PM
They don't like:
Gook
Slant eyed gook
Yellow bastards
Zipperhead

The rest is fair game

What about plate face?
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on September 03, 2014, 05:43:52 PM
Im a half breed and I have friends that call me a Jap all the time, some call me a kamikazee lol

It is a derogatory term though and if someone I didnt know called me a "Jap" there would defintely be words.

Its like calling a white person a cracker, its meant to be derogatory but i think it depends alot on who you say it to.

There's a growing group of white people who believe the word cracker is empowering for a the white man. I believe the word came from slaves who gave this term to their owners who would "crack a whip" on them. 
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Kwon_2 on September 03, 2014, 06:03:56 PM
A cracker is someone who cracks his whip when subordinate hebrews need to be put in place, ie someone with authority over owned Hebrews.

It is something to be revered.
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: tonymctones on September 03, 2014, 06:11:02 PM
There's a growing group of white people who believe the word cracker is empowering for a the white man. I believe the word came from slaves who gave this term to their owners who would "crack a whip" on them. 
I agree, just like kyomu may take pride in the being called a Jap.

Both are derogatory terms though and its probably a best practice to not call anybody them that you dont already know.
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: njflex on September 03, 2014, 07:50:11 PM
guinea
ginzo
wop
greasy wop
meatball...i've been called this and more...
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: local hero on September 04, 2014, 08:00:07 AM
Yeh japs eye... I didn't know that just and English term...

Did any of the English lads sing the Chinese if you please, Japanese if you don't please song, slanting your eyes with your fingers as you sung
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Donny on September 04, 2014, 08:16:36 AM
Remember playing Japs and Commandos as a Kid.. ;D
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: D-Cord on September 04, 2014, 08:23:21 AM
I for one hold Japan -  the nation, its people, its rich history, and its customs - in the highest regard.
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Smokincrazy on September 04, 2014, 01:18:03 PM
I worked at a place where they called black folk'canadiens'it would be like 'its cause he's a typical canadien'al Sharpton fuk that canadien.mind u i'm from nj not Canada..
Yes and we called gay black people French Candians
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Smokincrazy on September 04, 2014, 01:19:25 PM
What about plate face?
Writing it down. Thanks for adding to the list  :)
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: nzmusclemonster on September 04, 2014, 01:47:21 PM
Japs have small cocks.

Scientific fact.

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Conker on September 04, 2014, 02:06:29 PM
they wouldn't have made the term "jap's eye" if they did
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Bevo on September 04, 2014, 02:39:40 PM
Japs have small cocks.

Scientific fact.

Hope this helps.

Did u personally examine them?
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: sync pulse on September 05, 2014, 02:16:17 AM
Yeah it's a means of being derogatory like some use the word "krauts" to describe the German people , to make it sound offensive. Personally I find it funny!

1) Berliners/Prussians/Northern Germans look down on Austrians...they are considered drunken party animals...disparaging term...  "Schnürschuh"


2)Austrians look down on Berliners/Prussians/Northern germans, they consider them pompous assholes...the disparaging term Austrians have for them is "Piefke"...

3)Berliners/Prussians/Northern germans look down on Bavarians as uncouth hillbillies..disparaging term..."Bazi"

4) Bavarians look down on Berliners/Prussians/Northern Germans...disparaging term...Saupreiß.


Otto Waalkes explains Bavarians.

Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: scabbard on October 30, 2014, 03:34:08 AM
Yes, definitely.  Japanese American civil rights and human rights organizations have campaigned to stop Americans (and any other English-speaking peoples) from using this word because of its racist, insulting, and disrespectful connotation.  Americans used "Jap" carelessly, casually, and indiscriminately before, during, and after World War II, with all the negative contexts you could think of (dirty Jap, damn Jap, goddamn Jap, kill the Jap, slap the Jap, etc.), so there has been a drive to stop the usage of this word and to raise Americans' consciousness on the harmful effects of the word "Jap."
     The dictionaries are the final arbiter on  the usage of words, and here is what they have to say on "Jap."

American Heritage Dictionary:  Jap.  Offensive Slang.  Used as a disparaging term for a person of Japanese birth or descent.

American College Dictionary:  Jap.  Colloquial and derogatory.  Japanese.

Random House Webster's New World Dictionary:  Jap.  Slang (disparaging and offensive.  Japanese

Webster's New World Dictionary:  Jap.  Short for Japanese:  a hostile term.

So there you have it.  The word is offensive, derogatory, disparaging, and hostile, according to the dictionaries, so people of goodwill and intelligence know better than to use it.

Random House Webster's New World Dictionary:  Jap.  Slang (disparaging and offensive).  Japanese.

Webster's New World Dictionary:  Jap.  short for Japanese:  a hostile term.

     So there you have it.  "Jap" is a disparaging, derogatory, offensive, and hostile word, according to the dictionaries; and people of goodwill and intelligence will refrain from using it.
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: The_Iron_Disciple on October 30, 2014, 06:35:25 AM
Hahaha !!!!! Why are they called " Zipper heads " ?!?! Never heard that before ! :D
Title: Re: DO japanese ppl consider the term "Jap" racist?
Post by: Tapeworm on October 30, 2014, 09:51:49 AM
Jap is pretty abrupt.  The properly offensive term is Nip, short for Nipponese.

I heard 'skosh' not long ago, meaning a very small amount.  Just a skosh to the left.  From Japanese 'sukoshi' (a little bit). US troops brought it back from occupation and it still persists in US English.