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why "rat" is a slur
it has come to my attention that some people don& #39;t know this! i& #39;m trying to get some more info, but this is what i know!
why "rat" is a slur
it has come to my attention that some people don& #39;t know this! i& #39;m trying to get some more info, but this is what i know!
please keep in mind that this term is used as a racial slur towards east asians and that when you insult us with this term you are perpetuating the racism this term carries.
it& #39;s been used as far back as world war II to refer to asians, especially japanese men, with roots in the belief that asians are disease-carriers/sick, like rats. (back in gold-rush era australia, they believed that asiansâ skin was yellow because of leprosy.)
here are some photos that provide more info ++ also why we dont use jap, we use JPN (as in japan / japanese)
propaganda :
(of course with this thread, i do not mean the animal rat, i meant the use of the term as a SLUR)
