why Oriental is offensive

[James Smith]

--- Mark Odegard <markodegard at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I once had an online contretemps with someone when I
> used 'Canuck'. I was
> accused of being anti-Canadian.
>
My admittedly limited experience is that, like many
other racial or ethnic designators, 'canuck' is a word
freely and shamelessly used for self-reference within
the group but forbidden to be used by outsiders.



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