Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lasspvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!lasspvax!chu From: chu@lasspvax.UUCP (Clare Chu) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics Subject: Re: Ethnic Epithets Message-ID: <228@lasspvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 13:16:42 EST Article-I.D.: lasspvax.228 Posted: Thu Mar 7 13:16:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 06:33:42 EST References: <285@ptsfc.UUCP> <281@panda.UUCP> <166@sdcc12.UUCP> <1120@amdahl.UUCP> <> <> Reply-To: chu@lasspvax.UUCP (Clare Chu) Organization: LASSP, Cornell University Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.flame:8716 net.politics:8012 Summary: In article <> chu@lasspvax.UUCP (Clare Chu) writes: >In article <> ellen@reed.UUCP (Ellen Eades) writes: >> >>No, no, no. What we really need to do is increase affirmative >>action so that there will be encouragement of Asians in the >>liberal arts field. That way we Japs and Chinks will dominate >>the world one day, like Go intended. :-) >> >> Love, Ellen > > > Comeon Ellen!!! "Japs and Chinks" is so-o archaic... > > Clare Sorry if I offended anyone. What I meant was that these epithets should be retired from general usage along with all other derogatory names that have been ascribed to various peoples in our "melting pot" nation. A person is a person is a person and referring to certain people by certain derogatory epithets implies un underlying attitude of tolerance for racism. One day I hope "japs and chinks" will truly be archaic.