re: Kansas Recalls 731 License Plates over Japanese Ethnic SLur

Nips is also the name of a candy.

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No I think nip is the term for Koreans,

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No - Nip is short for "Nippon" which is what the Japanese call their own country in their own language (not "Japan"). So, Nip would be Japanese, along with Jap and Tojo (WWII was a great war for racist slurs, baws.)

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slope is the term for Filipinos

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As far as SE Asia, I think that Slope is more likely to be against Vietnamese, but probably is more general like asian or even chink.

Specific to Filipinos would be Flip or Noypi.

As someone who grew up in Kansas, the only derogatory term anyone used for Asians was "gooks". Jap, like I said before, was mostly the WW2 generation, I've never heard anyone outside of that generation use it as an insult, same as kraut, frog, wop, etc. The most prevalent Asian groups in Kansas are mostly Koreans, Vietnamese with a few from China and Thailand sprinkled in. There are very few Japanese immigrants, in fact I never met a single one. However, Lawrence, the most liberal, sky-screaming city in the state, does have a "sister city" in Japan. I believe they also have one in Germany. I don't know what the point of the arrangement is, it's not like Lawrence, KS is doing major trade deals with either country. My suspicion remains that the complainers were residents of Douglas County, where Lawrence and KU are located.

Don't they use "JAP" as the abbreviation for Japan for the onscreen scoreboards during broadcasts of the Olympics?

A few years ago ky issued plates with the letters FAP. Lol

Can I keep my ZIPRHED plate?

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Nips is also the name of a candy.

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Racist candy.

It’s a slur but how stupid state be in the first place. Of course,the state needs to ban hate speech.

Where does dink fit into all this?


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