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[quote=Anonymous]Isn’t it possible that in certain places with lots of Asian immigrants—California, eg—it was used in a derogatory way mostly for them? And then in other places with different immigrants it was used more generally and less offensively to mean newly arrived, unused to American norms? I grew up in Maryland and it wasn’t a term I heard much, but if I heard it, it was by a white person talking about a new immigrant, of any race, who was so “fresh off the boat” they didn’t know XYZ. “FOB” sounds more offensive to me. It’s not something I’ve heard much. [/quote]
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