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In the US, sometimes it is ok to insult Asians in public so people don't think it's a big deal.
In recent years, words like "Chinaman" have been heard from TV (but never n-word or kik*). People say "ching chong" for fun. And so on.
To put this into context, how many times have you heard " cracker" used compared to other racial slurs.
Granted it's wrong , but FAR less commonplace than other racial epithets.
What is interesting to note is that some racial groups generally refrain from calling each other these types of insulting names, but others revel in it.
Because although racism exists on all sides to some deg. in the Asian and Indian community's they don't elevate criminal activity and gangster following to some icon they embrace. Blacks embrace that kind of activity.
Actually, the Black underclass embraces this kind of activity. Regular Black people are doing what they can to leave crime-ridden places.
And there is also an Asian underclass. Go to Minnesota and Wisconsin where there are Hmong gangs. Asians come in different ethnicities. You don't find gang activity very well represented among Japanese and Koreans in the USA. However, there are quite a few gang members of Hmong and Cambodian descent.
Actually, the Black underclass embraces this kind of activity. Regular Black people are doing what they can to leave crime-ridden places.
And there is also an Asian underclass. Go to Minnesota and Wisconsin where there are Hmong gangs. Asians come in different ethnicities. You don't find gang activity very well represented among Japanese and Koreans in the USA. However, there are quite a few gang members of Hmong and Cambodian descent.
Another thing to consider is that what's classified as Asian in the US is broad spectrum of groups that each have their own language and culture.
Green Mariner touched on a lot of valid points. Black Americans are united by history, experience and shared culture ( mostly decultured of original African origins).
Just like an Eritrean, Kenyan, Somalian or Liberian would be different from each other.
Actually, the Black underclass embraces this kind of activity. Regular Black people are doing what they can to leave crime-ridden places.
And there is also an Asian underclass. Go to Minnesota and Wisconsin where there are Hmong gangs. Asians come in different ethnicities. You don't find gang activity very well represented among Japanese and Koreans in the USA. However, there are quite a few gang members of Hmong and Cambodian descent.
In Canada, especially in Vancouver area, they have crime and gang problem amongst Asian Sikh Punjabi immigrants.
Another thing to consider is that what's classified as Asian in the US is broad spectrum of groups that each have their own language and culture.
Green Mariner touched on a lot of valid points. Black Americans are united by history, experience and shared culture ( mostly decultured of original African origins).
Just like an Eritrean, Kenyan, Somalian or Liberian would be different from each other.
While American Blacks are the vast majority of Blacks in the USA, there are also Nigerians, Kenyans, Eritreans, Somalians, Ethiopians, Ghanians, Haitians, Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Barbadians, and other groups. There is a difference between race and ethnicity. Many people don't understand this. Same goes with Asians. Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Cambodian, Sri Lankan, Pakistani, Bangladeshi,etc. Cultures vary as well. Statistics vary by group as well.
Things aren't as simple at they look. There is a strata within the groups as well, economic and educational.
To put this into context, how many times have you heard " cracker" used compared to other racial slurs.
In or from the media? More often, yet still rare. CNN debated "cracker vs N word, which is worse?", and while for obvious reasons they would not say one pejorative word they had no problem with the other and that was the point I was making. Almost nobody is going to lose their job for using the term cracker.
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Originally Posted by antarez
Granted it's wrong , but FAR less commonplace than other racial epithets.
In the media or on the national stage? I'm not so sure I agree. It's probably, probably, less common among normal Americans, but it is accepted, tolerated, excused, and even embraced in some circles.
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