"Chinks"

[Deivon]

I used to live in Toronto. Back there, there were a lot of Chinese people and I always felt welcome and felt like I fit into the majority, race-wise.

Now, I live in America. Everybody here is either black or white (with long noses), with the occasionally Chaldean. There are very few Asian people here, never mind Chinese.

My Korean friend affectionally calls us "Chinks" and I know he's just kidding, but I wonder what the black and white people at our school really think of us. I know that there is a subconscious stereotype of the Chinese being really smart and being geeks with no lives. I am smart, but I have been greeted by the negative side of that stereotype before and it's not pleasant. Also, I know Chinese people at our school who aren't smart but are regarded as smart because they are Chinese.

What do you think?  

[Deivon]

The "c***k" title makes me feel really bad. sad  

[tamcharles]

Deivon

The "c***k" title makes me feel really bad. sad

I've been in a few fights when I was younger over that word. My advice, if at first, violence doesn't solve your problem, you're not using enough.  

[yalie5]

tamcharles

Deivon

The "c***k" title makes me feel really bad. sad

I've been in a few fights when I was younger over that word. My advice, if at first, violence doesn't solve your problem, you're not using enough.

I don't think violence would solve anything. no matter how much you use. if you ignore them enough they'll go away. all violence would do is earn you more lectures from parents.  

[lazyprocrastinator]

I live in South Cali, so there are asians everywhere. I think my hs is 80% asian. I really hate that word, seriously. Sure some asians have eyes like that but dude! gonk  

[[J.C.]]

i've never heard the name "c***k" used before
-i'm so used to having so many whites and blacks around, i'm used to it, when i go to vancouver or toronto i feel wierd cause i'm not used to being around a lot of chinese ppl even though i'm chinese myself  

[Darkaznstargoddess]

Kurama35

i've never heard the name "c***k" used before

Same..
In my high school only 5% of the population is asian.
I know only 2 other cantonese speakers..

While back at my k-8 school.
Being one of the 15/724 asian kids at the school sucked.

I think most people of other races consider me quiet and expect me to be a genuis..
V-v;
Adds more pressure..  

[[J.C.]]

Darkaznstargoddess

Kurama35

i've never heard the name "c***k" used before

Same..
In my high school only 5% of the population is asian.
I know only 2 other cantonese speakers..

While back at my k-8 school.
Being one of the 15/724 asian kids at the school sucked.

I think most people of other races consider me quiet and expect me to be a genuis..
V-v;
Adds more pressure..

hey, i'm exactly the same as u (except that i'm not a girl biggrin lol)  

[yalie5]

Kurama35

Darkaznstargoddess

Kurama35

i've never heard the name "c***k" used before

Same..
In my high school only 5% of the population is asian.
I know only 2 other cantonese speakers..

While back at my k-8 school.
Being one of the 15/724 asian kids at the school sucked.

I think most people of other races consider me quiet and expect me to be a genuis..
V-v;
Adds more pressure..

hey, i'm exactly the same as u (except that i'm not a girl biggrin lol)

I hope not. xp jk whee heart  

[wiim]

yalie5

Kurama35

Darkaznstargoddess

Kurama35

i've never heard the name "c***k" used before

Same..
In my high school only 5% of the population is asian.
I know only 2 other cantonese speakers..

While back at my k-8 school.
Being one of the 15/724 asian kids at the school sucked.

I think most people of other races consider me quiet and expect me to be a genuis..
V-v;
Adds more pressure..

hey, i'm exactly the same as u (except that i'm not a girl biggrin lol)

I hope not. xp jk whee heart

Another exception between you two is the fact that HKC lives in Hong Kong.... blaugh  

[~Plagas Attrayante~]

well...that was bad so bad sad .....lucky me i stay at a place where all race respect each other....there are no differ between us...we speak each other languages...which make us malaysian a peaceful country and harmony...and all of us is capable of speaking many languages... 3nodding  

[Mingo Mui]

yalie5

tamcharles

Deivon

The "c***k" title makes me feel really bad. sad

I've been in a few fights when I was younger over that word. My advice, if at first, violence doesn't solve your problem, you're not using enough.

I don't think violence would solve anything. no matter how much you use. if you ignore them enough they'll go away. all violence would do is earn you more lectures from parents.

I'm with Charles on this one with some knowledge to back it up too ^^ I see it as by us acting this way we are showing we are not what you stereotype us to be. In fact we aren't all smart and some of us will even use violence to solve our problems. Which would result in showing them the stereotype does not exsist!  

[cold_blooded_chick]

never heard of the term "chinks", sounds kinda cute though, unless its meant to be offensive...

in australia we have FOB's, i thikn its fresh off the boats, they're identified as always having the newest electronic gadgets, like mp3s and cmaeras and phones and stuff... oh and i think they suck at english or something...

but more than half of the students in our school are asian, so there's no dissing of the asian people - you practically just hear cantonese in class instead of english.  

[Mingo Mui]

cold_blooded_chick

never heard of the term "chinks", sounds kinda cute though, unless its meant to be offensive...

in australia we have FOB's, i thikn its fresh off the boats, they're identified as always having the newest electronic gadgets, like mp3s and cmaeras and phones and stuff... oh and i think they suck at english or something...

but more than half of the students in our school are asian, so there's no dissing of the asian people - you practically just hear cantonese in class instead of english.

I don't think it was meant to be cute sweatdrop

I don't have the full details about the word but I believe it was from 2 generations back when Canada first had immagrants, that was where the word originated from I believe.

Also in most people's opinion it is rather offensive, since it is stereotyping us.  

[wiim]

To be used in normal life and as a stereotypical name at first, Chinese were called "Chinaman" or "Chinawoman".

I do not know the etymology of "c***k" but I doubt it started out as something good. I would guess that it started out as a racist remark somewhere in the early 1900s....