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In article <6688@ut-ngp.UUCP> emp@ut-ngp.UUCP (Omega.Mosley) writes:
>are Jewish, Polish, and Indian Indian. Oh yes, two of my business associates
>are from the isle of Nippon, and I consider them personal friends who I trust
>with my life.
>
>...they call themselves Japs as well. They also use the term "Japanimation"
>quite frequently, and look upon it as a positive term of grouping, and not
>a racial slur at all.

Obviously, OM does not know the difference between how
Japanese take the word "Jap" and how Japanese Americans take
it.  It was the Japanese Americans who were forced into
concentration camps during WWII and maliciously called "Japs."
"Business associates" from Japan are most likely ignorant of
the full implication of the word and therefore feel no
inhibition of casually use it, much in the same way OM
casually used it as an abbreviation for "Japanese."
But Japanese calling himself a "Jap" is no different from a
WASP American calling himself a "Gringo" in Spanish-speaking
places or "Gaijin" in Japan, not knowing that both are
actually derogatory terms.
		Takayuki Karahashi,
			 from the Valley of the Wind