BC Lion Khalif Mitchell makes racist comment on his twitter towards Asians

[WHL rocks]

And that means it's not racist?

lol, give me a break, haha.

Anybody with half a brain knows that using words like "chink" is racist, unless you're a moron. They're Chinese people,

[Imuzi]

He certainly picked the wrong city to play in if he knew was going to say that

[Tearloch7]

"CHINK" ...

A number of dictionaries have provided different suggestions as to the origin of chink. Some of these suggestions are that it originated from the Chinese courtesy ching-ching,^[3] or that it evolved from the word China,^[4] or that it was an alteration of Qing,^[5] as in the Qing Dynasty (Ch'ing Dynasty), or that the word evolved from the other meaning of chink, which is a small crevice, crack, gap or a narrow opening, being a simile for small or slanted eyes. (Sometimes, the word is indeed employed as an adjective, as in chink-eyed.)^[6]

The most obvious etymology is chink evolved from the Indo-Iranian word for China, that word now having similar pronunciations in various European languages, such as Persian.^[7] And that the Indo-Iranian and hence European name for China is an alteration of the Chinese name Qin, which has recurred in Chinese history a number of times, including the name of the western kingdom, which took over the rest to form the first Empire. This was the first time the name had been seen, and now it is a very common family name in China and Vietnam (Cheng, Trinh, and similar). Because it is a very common family name, it is impossible to trace it back to any specific time place or person, and the lack of evidence for the coining of the term in English (or any other European language) is therefore not unusual. It is possible that word was imported into Indo-European as the name of the Qin state

Blame it on the Muslim world .. again .. (sarcasm alert) ..

[SterlingArcher]

chink 1 [chingk]

—noun

1. a crack,cleft,or fissure: a chink in a wall. 2. a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings.

chink chink chink that's the sound my keys make when I wave them around

[JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo]

Do you think people would be this liberal in reposting the term if the op was about the n-word?

[KoreanHockeyFan]

Do you think people would be this liberal in reposting the term if the op was about the n-word?

[Jägermeister]

Oh my god, who the hell cares. He said "chink." Big deal.

Racism is so over blown these days...

[nuckin_futz]

Do you think people would be this liberal in reposting the term if the op was about the n-word?

[KoreanHockeyFan]

Warning, there's profanity. (Only saying this cause I'm forced too do so by the board rules...)

Why do we constantly censor ourselves? It's just plain [bleeping] stupid (irony!).

[:D]

I'll give u a break. Because intelligence is not ur strong suit. I did not say it was right or I agreed with him.

I only shared my personal life experience. Any one who didn't see that is a moron.

[Brad Marchand]

Agreed.

I honestly wonder how many Chinese people actually got offended, or if it's just a bunch of non-Chinese people getting upset about it.

[DonLever]

The only reason I know that's a racial slur is because of Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino.

Otherwise I wouldn't know "chinks" was a racist term...Unlikely that he didn't know, but still plausible.

In any event, whether he knew or not, he still posted it. The onus is still on him.

[SterlingArcher]

why everyone so changry? racism is outdated.

[Bleed Blue and Green]

Racism isn't taken as seriously when it happens to Asians.

[Dral]

My grandfather still uses that term regularly.

[DonLever]

To those on this thread who thinks it is ok to call Chinese people "Chinks", is it ok to call gay people, "F-Gs"?

[Fudd]

I rarely ever hear that term used although I still know it's an offensive racial slur.

However, it's not the fact that he used a racial slur that annoys me, it's his ignorance that I find bothersome.

[Jägermeister]

I'm Chinese. Hurt me like a fly.

In other words, I didn't care.

[Tystick]

To those on this thread who thinks it is ok to call Chinese people "Chinks", is it ok to call gay people, "F-Gs"?

[n00bxQb]

I don't think using the term is necessarily racist, but it's definitely disrespectful to use it.