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[2020-09-11 18:04:56] - a: I mean, I am on the side of it being incredibly silly to call the cops, but.... I dunno, I guess I have gotten to the point where I don't take any "obvious" things for granted anymore. I thought outrage over the "chink in the armor" comment from the Chinese announcer about a Japanese baseball player was just as ridiculous as this but apparently was wrong about what everybody else thought. -paul

[2019-04-05 15:20:11] - Paul: Yeah that seems not great.  Certainly much closer to the chink in the armor guy.  -Daniel

[2019-04-05 14:23:32] - Daniel: Although, just to be clear, you think it's fine that Biden called Obama articulate and joked about not touching kids after his "#metoo" moment but also think the Chinese sports announcer should've gotten in trouble for saying "chink in the armor" about a Japanese pitcher? -Paul

[2018-10-17 10:29:38] - aaron: "it depends on the intent of the speaker" Okay, so then the baseball announcer who said "chink in the armor" is off the hook? What about Roseanne? She claimed her intent when saying "monkey" wasn't to be racist. That seems about as believable as Handler's defense (given her history) to me... -Paul

[2018-10-17 09:56:03] - aaron: "using a racial slur is offensive to people of that race" And I'm assuming that you are saying this to reference the "chink in the armor" comment, but I don't see how it applies. Tanaka is not Chinese, so he's not of that race, even if we assume that chink is a slur in all contexts. -Paul

[2018-10-17 09:47:41] - the intent of "chink in the armor" was innocuous because the statement makes sense regardless of the target's race. you would call an irish basketball player a "chink in the armor" the "valerie is half gorilla" statement is offensive because it makes no sense if the target is non-black. would roseanne describe Cyndi Lauper as half gorilla? how would that make any sense? - aaron

[2018-10-09 22:04:52] - a: So, I'm seeing one non-slur use (chink in the armor) and one slur use (ironically by Daniel). Is that right? -Paul

[2018-10-09 15:08:43] - https://aporter.org/msg/?action=search&search=chink / https://aporter.org/msg/?action=search&search=chinks . . . only one of those results is an actual usage of that word (in 2002).  also weirdly enough, the *2012* discussion regarding lin had miguel on the opposite side of the argument from paul, but maybe i'm mis-assessing things a little bit.  ~a

[2018-10-09 14:18:29] - a: "i wouldn't have said it about a white dude" Whoa, really? So the phrase "chink in the armor" is completely off limits to you in all contexts now? -Paul

[2018-10-09 10:57:13] - a: I guess it could make a difference if he said it and then followed it up with: "Get it? I said chink in the armor because he's Japanese..." or something like that, but I am positive anything like that would've been included in the article itself. What are you looking for in terms of hearing? -Paul

[2018-10-09 10:26:31] - Daniel: I agree we shouldn't be tossing around racial slurs, but I think when people say something that sounds like a racial slur but clearly isn't (like this case), we need to stop getting worked up over it. Chink has a clearly defined definition that has nothing to do with racial slurs. -Paul

[2018-10-09 10:18:18] - Paul: I currently have no idea why it would be unless hatchet is secretly a racial slur for Indians or Pakistanis?  Yeah its definitely anecdotal but I can't remember a single instance of "chink in the armor" being said in normal conversation.  -Daniel

[2018-10-09 10:12:35] - Daniel: Oof. Count me as a strong disagree. I've heard chink in the armor much more than I've heard it used as a racial epithet. Granted, I might be biased by where I grew up, but I don't think that detracts from my point. People have different experiences, and I don't like this trend towards catering to the most sensitive people among us. -Paul

[2018-10-08 14:24:19] - Daniel: I guess I disagree with the "terrible word choice". Chink in the armor is a pretty common saying, it's a perfectly cromulent use of the word, the person clearly didn't mean anything by it, and the person he was talking about is Japanese. -Paul

[2018-10-07 13:31:33] - https://sports.yahoo.com/tbs-announcer-ron-darling-uses-unfortunate-phrase-discussing-masahiro-tanaka-alds-025501697.html People are mad because somebody who is partially of Chinese descent said "chink in the armor" about somebody Japanese... -Paul

[2012-10-26 09:25:14] - mig: In the context it doesn't seem as bad.  Among racial slurs that one seems the most context sensitive to me given its usage by rap / hip hop / etc communities.  Whereas I don't think there are any Chinese communities that use "chink" in any way among themselves that I'm aware of.  -Daniel