Word: chinaman
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...They have to yell at you to make you do something and I couldn't understand why," he said. "I was called once 'Chinaman' by my instructors. I wasn't expecting that when I joined the Marine Corps...
...also too familiar with the human sins of racism, sexism and classism. I know how hard people must struggle against such prejudices and stereotypes. "Redneck" is not a helpful word in that struggle. It's the same struggle I must wage to keep people from calling me "chink" or "Chinaman." I hope Crimson editors add it to their list of racially offensive terms and phrases. Sam Lowe Southern Baptist Chaplain
...CHINAMEN are made, not born, my dear," exclaims Tam Lum, the protagonist of Frank Chin's The Chickencoop Chinaman. Chin's drama, Harvard's first Asian American theatrical production, explores this angry youth's problemmatic quest for cultural identity...
...mainstream America Tam attempts to become a cultural hero, leading disciples such as Kenji along the path to a new and rebellious racial identity. As Chin's drama unfolds, however, Tam's "Blackness" is exposed as a cowardly means of escape. He is nothing more than a pathetic "Chickencoop Chinaman," trapped by both America's prejudices and his own biases against his Asian roots...
Though uneven and occassionally incoherent, The Chickencoop Chinaman deserves praise as a bold and ambitious project. It may not be an outstanding dramatic production, but it is an intriguing cultural event...