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Word: chinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...California court upheld his right to seek damages from a lower court on that basis. Wrote Justice Louis Burke: "Al though the slang epithet 'nigger' may once have been in common usage, along with such other racial characterizations as 'wop,' 'chink,' 'jap,' 'bohunk' or 'shanty Irish,' the former expression has be come particularly abusive and insulting in light of recent developments in the civ il rights movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Price of Prejudice | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

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