I've seen some people who want to shorten Japanese nationality to "jap". Please don't. It's derogitory and I will chase after people not to do so. If you're mad that I'm upset that you use this word, wouldn't you be just as upset if someone used "Chink" without knowing what it meant, "Gook" the N word, or another racial slur?

Why is it a racial slur, often people ask me. It's because people in the United States after World War II would post up in their store windows that people of Japanese descent were not allowed in their stores with that racial slur. It was the American soldiers that made it into a racial slur. If you want to be angry, be angry at them. Because of the scars they left behind for the Nisei of Japan, this word has become derogitory.

I also see people say, "But I didn't mean it in a derogitory manner" Doesn't matter. Some person comes up to you and calls you a "bitch" and they say, "But I don't know what that meant..." are you really not going to still be mad and try to educate them?

I'm not one for super tight PC, but I draw the line at racial slurs, even unintentional ones. If you are really that lazy, please type jpn. Because you don't know it, but words have power, history and movement. So I'm showing the history of this word.