Mo0o
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- Jul 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: Hammer
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: Hammer
Originally posted by: amoeba
Originally posted by: Hammer
Originally posted by: amoeba
Originally posted by: Hammer
Originally posted by: amoeba
Just to give you guys a historical reference.
Actually the word chinamen is from the Chinese word "zhi na ren" meaning a weak and feeble man who kow tows (in chinese its ke tou, another english word derived from Chinese) in front of any opposition.
I assume China is actually derived from chinamen as there is nothing in the chinese language that means the country which remotely sounds like China.
The chinese word for China is Zhong Guo, or the middle kingdom.
As to the song, the reason asians are easily portrayed as such is because in the past (say the 80s), asians probably didn't have enough political clout to really do anything.
Also, many Asians, due to a history of being exploited by their government whether domestic or foreign imperialist, have adopted a mindset of "if I don't make trouble, it'll all blow over" sort of approach.
Thus even in the states, you'll see asian american citizens who have the right to vote but demonstrate no political activism.
uh get your facts straight. china comes from Qin, the guy who united all of china.
I have never heard this interpretation. Regardless, Chinamen does come from the word " zhi na ren".
i think a better theory is that chinamen comes from china + men.
then it would not be derogatory. There is a reason why it is derogatory.
japs comes from japanese. it's still derogatory.
China is derived from the dynasty of Qin, which in the Wade-Giles spelling is Ch'in . Thus that is how you get China.
yes, i know. scroll up.
I saw it, i was just elaborating to show the spelling connection.
