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To: TobagoJack who wrote (65317)8/14/2010 4:46:20 AM
From: Hawkmoon4 Recommendations  Read Replies (3) of 217740
 
the term now is actually more a term of standoff endearment

Oh.. I see.. So it's alright if we Gweilo refer to the fine people of China as "slants" and "chinks", right?

It's just a term of "standoff endearment"..

And it's a good thing that there is no cultural bias on the part of the Chinese.. Some folks have asserted that the Chinese, believing they are part of the "Middle Kingdom" between heaven and hell, gives them a sense of superiority over "devils" living outside the boundaries of their special spiritual fiefdom.

Oh.. and maybe you could tell us about why there are so many dialects of Chinese that people have difficulty speaking to one another? How did they all "get together" into one nation/state? Everyone smoke a peace pipe and voluntarily unify? Hardly.. Unless you're trying to whitewash the history of various Chinese warlords.

The bottom line is that the term "Gweilo" is a culturally derogatory statement of what the Chinese have been taught represents the superiority of their culture.

It's not that they are any different than so many other cultures proclaiming their superiority, including my own.

But let's not attempt to sugar-coat it either.

Hawk
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