Is calling someone “chinaman” racist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that the Dad was acting on instinct. He was trying to diminish the bullies power so his son felt defended. He was modeling how to deal with a bully verbally, albeit after the fact. I give Dad snaps for trying.

His instinct is to fall back on racism? That's scary.

in the world right now where several kids don't even have a father figure, no, the above example is not scary

You have a f*cked up moral compass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had people ask me if i was an Irishman on St Patrick's Day, I thought it was a racist slur too.

Was the term "Irishman" ever used in a derogatory manner in or history?

You need to get woke.

[Anonymous]

I am offended.


-Asian American who's been in the US for more than 30 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had people ask me if i was an Irishman on St Patrick's Day, I thought it was a racist slur too.

Was the term "Irishman" ever used in a derogatory manner in or history?

YES, are you kidding. Google "No Irish " sign. Read about prejudice against Irish. Geesh.

I'm well aware of how Americans didn't want the Irish. The question was has the actual term "Irishman" been used in a derogatory manner? I don't think it has. Now, if you called the Irishman a "Mick", then yes, that is derogatory because that term has been used in such a way historically.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs_by_ethnicity#Irish

"Chinaman" is listed as a derogatory term. "Irishman" is not.

In contrast to "Frenchman" or "Irishman" which are generally considered neutral, non-insulting terms, "Chinaman" is considered offensive especially in the U.S. due to the virulent anti-Asian racism of the period in which the term came into popular usage (mid-1800s) and tends to generate objections in contemporary usage. Can be comparable to referring to a Black person as "a Negro", today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that the Dad was acting on instinct. He was trying to diminish the bullies power so his son felt defended. He was modeling how to deal with a bully verbally, albeit after the fact. I give Dad snaps for trying.

His instinct is to fall back on racism? That's scary.

in the world right now where several kids don't even have a father figure, no, the above example is not scary

You have a f*cked up moral compass.

+1 kids learn their racism from their parents. So yes, if a dad's instinct is to use racism as a defense mechanism in front of his kids, then yes, that's scary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had people ask me if i was an Irishman on St Patrick's Day, I thought it was a racist slur too.

Was the term "Irishman" ever used in a derogatory manner in or history?

Uh yes. Please see: early America.

[Anonymous]

The Irish were more persecuted than other immigrants. Please don't split hairs about Irish vs. Irishman, both used to racial target people. That's the whole problem that people have with how the Dad identified the bully, by his race (after his stature). Instead of saying that person in the blue shirt, he targeted his height and ethnicity - which should be invisible. We should not id people by physical characteristics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Irish were more persecuted than other immigrants. Please don't split hairs about Irish vs. Irishman, both used to racial target people. That's the whole problem that people have with how the Dad identified the bully, by his race (after his stature). Instead of saying that person in the blue shirt, he targeted his height and ethnicity - which should be invisible. We should not id people by physical characteristics.

Putting aside the chinaman example, how exactly would you identify someone if not by physical characteristics?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Irish were more persecuted than other immigrants. Please don't split hairs about Irish vs. Irishman, both used to racial target people. That's the whole problem that people have with how the Dad identified the bully, by his race (after his stature). Instead of saying that person in the blue shirt, he targeted his height and ethnicity - which should be invisible. We should not id people by physical characteristics.

Putting aside the chinaman example, how exactly would you identify someone if not by physical characteristics?

Clothing and location only. No gender, race, stature, body type/size, hair are not pc.

[Anonymous]

So Dad should have asked if the bully was the person in the blue tshirt who is beating on a crying kid in a purple shirt - for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Irish were more persecuted than other immigrants. Please don't split hairs about Irish vs. Irishman, both used to racial target people. That's the whole problem that people have with how the Dad identified the bully, by his race (after his stature). Instead of saying that person in the blue shirt, he targeted his height and ethnicity - which should be invisible. We should not id people by physical characteristics.

Putting aside the chinaman example, how exactly would you identify someone if not by physical characteristics?

Clothing and location only. No gender, race, stature, body type/size, hair are not pc.

Good luck to you if you ever witness a crime and describe the person to the police. So unrealistic.

[Anonymous]

It's the context and implications of the word. It's a term frequently used in cartoons and caricatures during the Exclusion acts period and conjures up images of a Chinese person wearing a peasant straw hat. It's use was to imply that Chinese are the other, not one of us. So yes, it is offensive and rascist to call someone a Chinaman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had people ask me if i was an Irishman on St Patrick's Day, I thought it was a racist slur too.

Was the term "Irishman" ever used in a derogatory manner in or history?

Uh yes. Please see: early America.

Show me where the term Irishman was used in a derogatory manner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs_by_ethnicity#Irish

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had people ask me if i was an Irishman on St Patrick's Day, I thought it was a racist slur too.

Was the term "Irishman" ever used in a derogatory manner in or history?

YES, are you kidding. Google "No Irish " sign. Read about prejudice against Irish. Geesh.

DP. This.
The person who's wondering if "Irishman" has ever been used in a derogatory manner must be a chinaman.. or a chinawoman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Irish were more persecuted than other immigrants. Please don't split hairs about Irish vs. Irishman, both used to racial target people. That's the whole problem that people have with how the Dad identified the bully, by his race (after his stature). Instead of saying that person in the blue shirt, he targeted his height and ethnicity - which should be invisible. We should not id people by physical characteristics.

Putting aside the chinaman example, how exactly would you identify someone if not by physical characteristics?

Clothing and location only. No gender, race, stature, body type/size, hair are not pc.

It must be tough to live in your world, PP.. Just sayin'.