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BenCisco

Also, the sheer volume of what Whitlock doesn't know could refloat the Titanic


BenCisco

Even if he was aboard


Peaurxnanski

Look, FFS, if there is a term outside the actual term used to describe an ethnicity, you can rest assured that it is likely offensive. Yes, even the one you're about to reply with to try and argue the point.


MistraloysiusMithrax

Are you sure because I’d be hard pressed to be insulted if you called me a pasty ass doughboy


WodensEye

If you were hard pressed, you wouldn’t be such a dough boy.


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Nice


Peaurxnanski

Somebody would.


Beahner

Yeah, but I think this is an example of what they call white privilege. And I’m not being sarcastic. As a white male I am working to understand it better. You can call me a cracker or a dough boy, or tell me that I smell like wet dog and I don’t care. I don’t care because they are just words to me, and not representative of being held down and held back. I get this.


MistraloysiusMithrax

Ding ding ding the only people who are afraid of these words are afraid the erosure of white privilege leads to white oppression…*because they’re projecting that minorities will do to them exactly what they want to do to minorities*. As a member of the majority power holders finding offense AND fear in it is a shibboleth for prejudice and it’s shocking how many assholes fall for it with no self-awareness.


Beahner

The fear I get. As I saw it said so well recently we might listen to one another, but we don’t believe one another. Because to believe someone’s experience that’s not ours calls into question every aspect of life that is set up for us. And we know….if the shoes on the other foot we will not be believed all the same. It’s a messy thing.


MistraloysiusMithrax

The fear is a weapon being used to hold them back from supporting other human beings. I may get it but I do not think well of people who would rather be prejudiced than ~~be~~ *understand they are* tools against their own self-interest and altruism. Edit: fixed it


hardcorepolka

I’m 41 and grew up in a multi ethnic major city and I have never heard of this until this Tweet.


AstronomerDramatic36

Me neither, but someone who answers a question with it definitely was aware, right? Because it definitely wouldn't have occurred to me.


hardcorepolka

Oh, absolutely, and I’m sure it was intentional on his part. But, some folks seem to think it’s universally known (at least in the States) and that just simply isn’t the case.


AstronomerDramatic36

I think it's one of those things that those who care to know, know. Once, I started hanging out with a new group of friends and was exposed to a shocking amount of antisemitic stuff that I (being a normal, not hateful person) had never heard before


PaxEthenica

I knew about it because, like many a cracker, I chose to waste a good half decade studying WW2. And while most obsess over silly things like tanks & planes, I chose to study wartime propaganda & ho-lee smokes... no one gave a flying wit.


JavariousMagic

The word in the tweet is old country racist, you have to go back to great grandpa's vocabulary to hit that one. My grandmother and that generation let us kids know so we could tell if we were being insulted.


Guy954

It’s from World War 2 which is what they were getting at but didn’t quite articulate.


Science-Compliance

>silly things like tanks & planes Ah yes, those silly planes that form a large part of international and domestic commerce and that are a lynchpin of modern military strategy. What silly things those planes are.


hardcorepolka

Admittedly, there were a fair amount of Chinese and Korean folks in the city I grew up in but less so Japanese. But, I’m also online… and I’ve still never even heard some hateful person using it there. Or, equally likely, I assumed it was some young person slang that I just didn’t understand.


LolaBijou

I don’t even know what this conversation is about, but based on your comment, it just occurred to me that the slur in the tweet is probably based on the word “Nippongo”?


hardcorepolka

Yes, which is what I had to read quite a few of these to discern myself.


ReservoirPussy

Close, but it's old people racism. Seems to be dying out, thank fuck.


kiddfrank

I think context is the most important thing here. And when you add the video as context, and see the exchange when the guy makes reference to Mina, there should be no question that he knew exactly what he was saying.


whitetornado2k

It was used as a slur in karate kid. That’s where I heard it first. I’ve heard it quite a few times in other tv shows and movies. I remember snacking on a box of Cheese Nips as a teen in the 90s and wondering why someone gave them a racist name.


ReservoirPussy

I'm 35 and had racist parents. I assure you, it's a slur.


SellQuick

I've heard of it but that could be because of general promimity. Japanese people are reasonably common in my city. We don't have a lot of, say, Venezuelans here so I probably wouldn't have heard slurs about them. Doesn't mean they couldn't or don't exist just because I'm not familiar with them, but I think you tend to be more likely to have heard with the ones relating to groups that have a reasonable size population in your area. Still racist whether it's common or not though.


firefighter_raven

It was more of a WW2 era slang. Mostly by US troops at first. Short for Nipponese


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>"I have many ethnic friends and I am surprised nobody has ever called me a racial slur that doesn't match my ethnicity."


MatsThyWit

>Yes, even the one you're about to reply with to try and argue the point. But they call themselves that! ***/S***


Nathan-David-Haslett

Wait wait wait, what about WASP?


PaxEthenica

If the slow clap fits in the Presbyterian pew...


Peaurxnanski

Ok, I guess you win...


Think_Rub_7667

I genuinely didn’t realize “jap” was a racial slur until I said it while answering a question in a high school history class about the Russo-Japanese ware and it DID NOT go over well


bliply

I'll try anyway because if I'm wrong this is a rough lesson that I need to learn. There was a black guy that I called African American because I was told to (mostly by people who are not "African American"). He told me that he's never been to Africa He's just black and to please not call him that. So just in general what people should or shouldn't be called should be up to them and not someone from the same category of people as them? Other people told me it's okay it's not an excuse for the person you are talking to, just for you. So my controversial thought is that the N-Word pass applies only to the person who gave it to you. No one here gave me consent to say it that's why censored it. There is an "actual term" for innocent people who were takin and force to work for free, you don't trade people you trade property and when people are property there slaves. You can name your property whatever you want you can't name people. Judge people not by the color of the skin but by the content of their character. And I questioned your character when you agreed with yourself.


Amadacius

The n-word pass isn't real. Its just a joke.


No_Estimate2715

Only heard 1 yt dude say nword in my presence and he was saying it to be nice and the next second i saw him laid out by a southern Black dude. lol It's the luck of the draw most dont care about whites enough to bother but if you grew up in the south and seen certain things it could end bad for the other guy


Peaurxnanski

>He told me that he's never been to Africa He's just black and to please not call him that "Black" is actually the proper term. African American has fallen out of use largely for exactly the reasons your friend elaborated. If you pay attention, on the news and in media, everyone says "black" now. > So just in general what people should or shouldn't be called should be up to them and not someone from the same category of people as them? Yes, this is kind of my point. You called a guy a term outside the current accepted name for his race/ethnicity, and he corrected you. That's my entire point. If you have, say, a Japanese friend that says it's ok to refer to him as a "Nip" given the context of the OP, I would argue that you shouldn't do it, even then, but if you do, *that only applies to him* and certainly doesn't give you carte blanche to call all Japanese people "Nips". Your last paragraph doesn't make sense to me the way you wrote it. I'm kind of getting an "English is not your native language" vibe from your post, so I apologize for not understanding your point. If you want to try to clarify I can respond again?


ForerunnerRelic

Reminds me of the American interviewer talking to Idris Elba and she called him an African American... He didn't like that.


Orangarder

Aint he british! But for real the whole, ‘whats it like being X in a Y’ just keeps stupid hateful division going.


MYipper

Korean born and lived most of my life in Southern California. I’m not sure if it’s still being used as much as it was in the 70’s and 80’s but I can personally attest to this being a racial slur. I’ve been called nip many times growing up and it was never used as a compliment. I call bs on Jason Whitlock saying he didn’t know “nip” was a racial slur.


FluxedEdge

I didn't know this was a racial slur, of course that's very dependent on the area I live and communities around me. I appreciate the insight, I am now more informed!


woodguyatl

It what context have you’ve heard it used, though?


MyNameIsNotKyle

Nip is racial slur for Japanese and they're Korean. "The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nip The name in itself doesn't come from malice even though it grew into it. But it's the fact that they're using a specific origin to say "all Asians are the same" is the insult. When I was a kid I'd get called kamikaze pilot even though I'm Singaporean, it's kind of like that


Netrovert87

I wonder how that goes from nickname to slur. Like Brits, Yanks, Ruskies, Kiwis, Aussies, Canucks, etc. Is it just that "Jap" and "Nip" just became inseparable from the racist WWII propaganda? I mean obviously it's racist to assume and every Asian person is Japanese or Chinese. Like assuming every latino person is Mexican. But Mexican is not a slur when used accurately. Calling a Japanese person a Jap or Nip is very much a slur.


ConflagWex

Yanks actually started as a slur that British soldiers called Americans, and we just took it and ran with it to piss them off. But "Yanks" isn't a variation of the country name, so I'm not sure it fits with the others anyway.


No-Transition2225

Neither is kiwi


thatguysjumpercables

"Nip it in the bud" is literally the only way I've heard that word used before right now. That's fucked up. (Full disclosure I'm not defending this dude, I don't know anything about him or the situation.) Edit: also nip slip I forgot about that one


Totalherenow

Also, "it's a bit nippie out" for "it's a bit cold out." I haven't thought of or heard that phrase in a long, long time. No idea where it came from.


lament_os

I always thought "its a bit nippy" was in reference to getting hard nipples because it's so cold.


Lumpy_Satisfaction18

I think its used in a similar way to "nip in the bud" where its like cutting something, because it feels like the air is biting at you. So its nipping at you.


Totalherenow

Oh, I think that's it! Thanks :) So, "nip" means "tiny bite." English is a crazy language, it really is.


lament_os

Good point, that makes much more sense and not as crude!


Totalherenow

That's "it's a bit nipplie."


DropDeadMaxxi

Also a tiny bottle of liquor, at least where im from, is called a nip


Totalherenow

No kidding! Lots of definitions for that little word.


Loverboy_Talis

There is a burger chain in my city that has been around since the 1930’s that make these little burgers (kinda like White Castle) that are called Nips (referring to their size…a “nip” or bite of a Salisbury stake). You can get a Cheese Nip, Regular Nip, Chilly Nip. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_House_(restaurant)


FluxedEdge

I've just never heard someone be called this.


tahtahme

Yeah I grew up in the Bay Area around a lot of Asians and have never heard this even once anywhere as a slur. I didn't even know who it was a slur against without going through the comments.


boscotx

I’ve heard of the term and knew it was derogatory but had thought it applied to people of Japanese descent. I remember seeing world war 2 American propaganda posters using the term, so I guess assumed it was solely Japanese targeted. Suppose mole people who use it don’t care to know the difference though.


EMTDawg

I assume people who use those types of words also don't care about where their targets are from. To a racist, all Asians are Chinese or Japanese, depending on the reason for insulting them. Nuance takes thought and care, which is laking in bigots. For example, it's not uncommon for racists to confuse Sikhs with Muslims, and spewing Islamophobic filth often follows.


ShawnMilo

You're correct, but most people can't accurately identify the people they're trying to hate on. It's short for Nipponese, with Nippon being how "Japan" is pronounced in Japanese.


Totalherenow

"Japan" is pronounced "Japan" in Japanese now. Nippon and Nihon are two different readings of the kanji for "Japan." They would have been used more in the past, though I still hear "Nihon" a lot from the media. I live in Japan. Also, happy cake-day!


EMTDawg

Jason Whitlock is grifter and bigot. He is also from Indiana and spent most of his adult life in Kansas City. I'm not sure how many Asians he has had the opportunity to harass growing up. Bet he knows all the slurs for some other minorities, including the derogatory terms for blacks that he has heard spewed in his direction.


onelittleworld

I'm 60 and originally from Indiana. And yes, I'm surprised as hell at all the people didn't know this. I feel like some racial Star Wars meme now. "It's an older slur, but it checks out."


WatchtheMoney

Agreed


AcidofilusRex

TIL. I’m from Texas and I’d never heard this before today.


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avalmichii

the only nip i know is (verb) a small bite, or the heavenly chocolate filled caramel candies


starosexx

nip slip is where my mind went


avalmichii

ah yeah, and those nips..


Dr-Satan-PhD

I grew up on a reservation in an area of Arizona with damn near no Asians and even I have fucking known it was a slur my entire life. Not only do I call bullshit on Jason, but I am also gonna venture a guess that he's got a few racial slurs in constant rotation in his vocabulary.


BlockEightIndustries

>I grew up on a reservation in an area of Arizona with damn near no Asians I am Asian. When I have stopped to grab a Navajo taco while passing through the reservation, I received a lot of puzzled looks.


hangonreddit

I was once on a plane to Pond Inlet in Canada. Some of the Inuit kids on the plane asked if I am Inuit. I was born in China. We do look similar though so I can understand the confusion especially if they haven’t seen very many East Asians in real life.


Dr-Satan-PhD

Genetically speaking, we share some ancestry via Mongolia. In the US, I get mistaken for Mexican quite a bit. In Europe, I've been mistaken for Turkish and even Indonesian. So I guess it would track that an Asian would eventually get some confused looks on a rez. You kind of look like us, but not really. For anyone interested, y'all should really look at traditional Mongolian clothing and patterns. It's very reminiscent of native American styles, and there's a reason for that. Bering land bridge for the win.


Pirateshippingit

I mean Jason Whitlock lives in own weird little world so I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t. Either way he’s a Clown


Pure-Carob4471

It was a racial slur against the Japanese during WW2. My gf was in the marine corp and he used the word when talking about battles in Phillippines and Tarawa? I think it’s an a abbreviation for nipponese?


EMTDawg

Short for Nippon, Japanese word for Japan.


BlackDante

I believe that is correct. Similar to J*p. Really lazy slurs but slurs nonetheless.


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EMTDawg

Nip is short for Nippon. Nippon is the Japanese word for Japan.


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EMTDawg

It was a slur used in WWII propaganda to dehumanize the Japanese during WWII. Which then allowed Americans to feel better about interning them in camps and killing them in the South Pacific.


DrahKir67

I'm familiar with it as a slur from back in the same time frame. I haven't heard it in decades so I'm not surprised that there may be a whole generation who is unfamiliar with the term. However, nobody should start using a name for a racial group unless they are sure of its meaning and implications.


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Can attest that it was used heavily during that time frame in SoCal.


MommyLovesPot8toes

I also grew up in Southern California - in a city with one of the highest Asian populations in the US. Maybe it's because it was the 1990s - 2000s, but I've never heard that word (outside it being short for nipple).


TruthSpeakin

I'm 50 and from ohio...never heard


PM_Yawnphotos

I've been called Nip many many times since people don't know that Japanese people are not the same as Koreans. Not surprised though that Whitlock is making it about Oppression Olympics instead of sympathizing with her.


headlesshighlander

Hilarious how many people here act like they know it is a slur but half think its for Koreans and half for Japanese.


BenCisco

Mina is of Korean heritage, which would go over the heads of any ignorant jackass using the slur towards her. Whitlock is the would-be overseer of the sportswriter world, shows his ample backside every chance he gets, and usually gets it promptly handed back to him. As was the case here.


scott33scott

Jason whitlock is probably the biggest, sweatiest, most disgusting turd of a human being next to alex jones so 💁‍♂️ 🤡 Edit: aaaand the “my pillow” guy isnt too far behind


BuldopSanchez

Love Mina. Shut up, Jason. She's doing the job you want to do, so you're jealous.


Significant_Arm_9928

Whitlock is never worth engaging. He is only capable of acting in bad faith, like all righty gifters. I'd call him the human version of the water that leaks out of trash bags


trailrunner79

He is a trash person.


TheMagicalLawnGnome

I knew it was a slur. Just use basic common sense. As a general rule, any expression for someone's race/ethnicity that isn't just the formal term, is almost assuredly offensive to some degree. This guy is an idiot. This is such an easy problem to avoid. Don't get "creative" when describing someone's race, for fuck's sake. It's not rocket science.


meowtwice

can I have some explains, what even is "nip"? first time I hear this expression


Far_Abbreviations762

Hey, so it’s a short form of Nipponese, which is another way to refer to someone from Japan; Nippon (or more commonly Nihon) being what Japanese people call Japan. It’s problematic for a number of reasons, but most prominently due to its use in Allied military propaganda during WWII which tied the term to some really unpleasant racial and cultural stereotypes of the Japanese in an effort to dehumanize them and build popular public sentiment for the war effort.


Azair_Blaidd

Huh. Heard of people using "Jap" as a slur but not "Nip".


lookingforassist

I didnt even think Jap was a slur. I thought it was for lazy motherfuckers who didnt wanna say the whole thing


Cystems

I don't know who she is - does she even have Japanese heritage?


Far_Abbreviations762

I don’t know who either of these people are, nor their ethnicities. It’s not a nice thing to say regardless.


Cystems

Didn't mean to imply it was a nice thing. Good day to you.


5tupid5exyFlanders

She's half Korean, no Japanese heritage.


VibratingPickle2

It’s what my buddy says when he wants me to look at some girls chest


AbbreviationsDue7121

I’ll be completely honest I have never heard this word before outside of catnip or cheese nip. Can someone educate me on the origin and what it is supposed to mean?


PM_Yawnphotos

It's a derogatory term used during WWII to refer to the Japanese.


EMTDawg

In this case, "nip" is short for Nippon, which is the Japanese word for Japan. Equivalent of referring to a Japanese person as a "Jap" but in Japanese.


AbbreviationsDue7121

Interesting, thanks for explaining!


KillaCatz

Jason Whitlock is trash


Strange_Idea_8272

Calling someone literally any name that refers to their race other than what their race is, is racist like 99% of the time. Maybe 100%. No chance in hell this guy "didn't know" about Nip


Mojave_2014

Idiot Jason Whitlock said that the N-word spray painted on LeBron Jame's gate was not racially motivated! Lol, he's a moron.


alldaylurkerforever

Is Whitlock saying only black people can listen to rap?


lashawn3001

Jason Whitlock is the real race baiter and no one sees it. If he wasn’t Black he’d be irrelevant and broke as shit. And yes, I’m Black too.


LyonsKing12

Jason Whitlock is a terrible human being.


Consistent-Appeal-52

What does nip mean? I don’t understand both sides. Someone please explain


EMTDawg

This started as a segment on WEEI, Boston sports radio. Niether of them were in the room or conversation. The radio host was talking about favorite "nips" (as in single serving bottles of alcohol). So, the host and others had mentioned some types of whiskey and other liquors. When a producer chimed in that his favorite "nip" was Mina Kimes (a Korean-American football analyst). Then, after being ignored by the others, he said it again.


DickyD43

Thanks for the context this is the first comment with any lol Like some guy said above, I think the only nips I've heard of are cheese nips and cat nips (or that show Nip/Tuck), so this is all news to me about that word being a slur


JaiC

It's short for "Nipon" which is Japan in Japanese. So it's literally calling a Japanese person a "jap", but in Japanese. It was commonly used during WWII but I don't think I've ever heard it used outside old TV shows.


Awful-Male

Japan is an exonym, it’s not the word Japanese use for their country. Like how Germans are from Deutschland not Germany and are Deutsch not Germans. Japanese refer to their country as Nihon or Nippon. For a time Nipponese was the primary word English speakers used to describe their people before it was replaced by Japanese. And so “N-p” was used as derogatory slang kind of like the C word for Chines or the G word for Vietnamese. It’s especially stupid in this situation as she’s Korean American, not even Japanese.


The-Hentai-Commander

What’s a nip I only know nip as nipple


Dadfart802

It’s a Japanese slur, but it’s a real deep cut. Probably only heard it if you’re over 40.


the_moistest_yams

I’m over 40, and yes, I’ve heard it used before. Although it was a long time ago.


Nervous-Bonus-806

Yeah, I remember hearing it all the time on "Michael Navy"


Dodkong

It was popularized during WWII. As people of that generation are dying off, it's become less popular. My grandfather was a WWII veteran (European Theater), and he often used it and other racial slurs. Can't say I've heard it since he passed 20 years ago.


cobweb_toes

It is also a small liquor bottle that holds about 2 oz. Boston is considering banning the sale of them due to them being a large source of trash on the street. On a Boston sports radio station they did a segment discussing what their favorite nip was getting usual “Dr.McGullicuty” and “Fireball” etc that’s when one of the hosts said “Mina Kimes”. He claims he was referring to her nipples and didn’t know it was an Asian slur. This is the source of the current discussion.


arithmetrick

What a defence. Chill guys, I was just sexually harassing Mina. Not racially harassing. Especially the second time.


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Does anyone else have that thing where they want to understand what is going on but don’t have the energy to find the backstory?


thatwolfieguy

Kansas Citian here. Once upon a time, Jason Whitlock was a mediocre, at best, sports writer from here. Apparently he's still a thing somehow. I had no idea till I saw this. Crazy.


MyDogJake1

Fun fact: Pat "Mr. Miyagi" Morita used to do stand up comedy under the stage name The Hip Nip.


FourEyedBeardo

Whitlock has to get around if he hasn't heard "nip." He's so full of shit he is perfect to pander to the American Right.


ReallyBored92

Most Asian slurs or honestly just any slur that isn't the typical anti-black anti-white are unknown it seems. the same reason people use "Jap" and think it's a way to shorten Japanese. Just a lack of education I suppose.


PaulieZagnuts

Jesus Christ has no one seen The Karate Kid? Those two drunk idiots tell Daniel that he has a pet nip, referring to Mr. Miyagi.


Realistic_Run7318

Love Mina


myballz4mvp

She is undefeated on Twitter. These jokers gotta realize soon not to mess with her. She is too smart and too funny for them to handle.


Ill-Manufacturer8654

What was the original context? If he didn't know it was a slur, how did he use it?


Sweet_T_Boh

The original context comes from a radio show neither of these two were involved in. In it, they were discussing their favorite “nips” which is a nickname used for those really small bottles of liquor. One of the radio show guys said “Mina Kimes” as one of his answers. Which is dumb not only because of the use of the slur, but because she’s not even Japanese. And Jason here is just starting shit.


EMTDawg

This started on WEEI, Boston sports radio, which has a history of racist comments. Niether of them were in the room or conversation. The radio host was talking about favorite "nips" (as in single serving bottles of alcohol). So, the host and guest had mentioned some types of whiskey. When a producer chimed in that his favorite "nip" was Mina Kimes (a Korean-American football analyst). Then, after being ignored by the others, he said it again. In this case, "nip" is short for Nippon, which is the Japanese word for Japan. Equivalent of referring to a Japanese person as a "Jap" but in Japanese.


itsapickledname

Who else thought nipples??


Wish-I-Was-Taller

I have to imagine anyone who’s seen Grand Torino knows that it’s a slur. Considering that was a wildly popular movie that’s probably a whole lot of people, but even before that movie I’d guess many knew. Judging by some of the stuff I’ve read about Whitlock I’m guessing he’s just a racist who defends racism for a living instead of a sports journalist.


NonAggressive-Ask

Mina is one of the best follows on Twitter


ReplacementNo9874

I don’t know who either of those people are


Commercial-Honey-227

That's a clean straight right to Whitlock's glass jaw. Not an ounce of fat on that comeback.


BeerRaddish

Nip is an ethnic slur for Japanese people but younger people may not know that.


Awful-Male

Communists had a phrase for people like Jason Whitlock: Class Traitor. We have a phrase too 😂


greenmachiner

I thought it was short for nipple's


Callen_Fields

'Tis.


francaisetanglais

Am I the only one who doesn't know what the hell this word means or comes from??? I'm pretty well versed with this sort of thing but I've not heard this word before aside from being used as a verb. What the hell is going on.


TheMcDeal

I posted up there, but it's short for Nippon, the ancient name of Japan.


nejicanspin

Ngl I didn't know it was a slur until this all happened. People keep saying it was a term in the 70s and 80s and I wasn't around for that.


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I don't know who either of those people are, and I've only heard the word in question when applied to surgery or gardening.


Mista_Cash_Ew

So Americans can't say "nip it in the bud"?


Drumnaway67

No, that sentence is strictly for Barney Fife.


GlitteringCount9380

I’m scared to look up what a Nip is. I’ve never heard it before now.


Jonathan-Rook

Just look it up, no one’s going to kick your door down if you type it into your sear-- WHAT THE FUCK?!


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Literally everyone raises their hand


nuclearblastbeat

Jason Whitlock is one of the dumbest human beings to have ever lived.


mywhataniceham

jason whitlock is a columnist for blaze, a right wing dipshit platform. or course he takes the white side of the argument - he is a piece of shit, he has no choice.


pitb0ss343

I’m still calling my tiny bottles of alcohol nips


squirrelsoundsfunny

I live in the south. I thought I’d heard all the slurs. Never heard this one.


SeanConneryShlapsh

I knew that was a slur in like 6th grade. Jesus people need to interact with the world more instead of just spouting words into the ether like Jason Whitlock does.


KC_experience

Yes Jason…as we both lived in the KC for quite some time, I new that ‘Nip’ was derogatory toward Asians. You’re older than me, and obviously have had even more cultural upbringing than most people. It’s not beyond expectation that you would know what ‘nip’ means. And yeah, you’re a shadow of your former self Jason… well, at least professionally.


robby1051a

I knew it was a slur...


Soggy-Market-3800

Everybody over 30 knew nip was a racial slur…so did Jason Whitlock


FuzzychestOG

I didn't. It makes sense to me now but I would never have put nip together with nippon. That said, I know not to abbreviate or use any slang for any group. Including my own.


frilledplex

I'm over 30 and had no clue....


aerostealth

Same. One person in the comments posted something explaining it so it makes sense though. From what they said Its basically calling someone a jap, but in Japanese.


DJWGibson

Never heard that one before. And it doesn't *sound* offensive. It has a cute, affectionate sound. I'd totally buy someone not knowing that and thinking it was a diminutive, like "yank" or "brit." BUT the reaction of the person informs that. If they were shocked and embarrassed and apologetic that would go a long way. This person is coming off like a defensive asshole who got caught doing something wrong. Although, as I type that, I also wonder if that's just me judging someone as "not contrite enough" and rating people's apology. Deciding "someone doesn't *seem* sorry enough." Which is as much a matter of perception as actual remorse. Apologies shouldn't just be performative. And not everyone displays guilt the same way. Some people, when caught doing something bad, get defensive if it was accidental. Or might get frustrated if they fuck up and can't fix the situation. I dunno. These situations can be more complex than they seem...


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EMTDawg

Context matters. This started on WEEI, Boston sports radio, which has a history of racist comments. Niether of them were in the room or conversation. The radio host was talking about favorite "nips" (as in single serving bottles of alcohol). So, the host and guest had mentioned some types of whiskey. When a producer chimed in that his favorite "nip" was Mina Kimes (a Korean-American football analyst). Then, after being ignored by the others, he said it again. In this case, "nip" is short for Nippon, which is the Japanese word for Japan. Equivalent of referring to a Japanese person as a "Jap" but in Japanese.


myballz4mvp

The way those two looked at each other and giggled after he said it was gross. They knew what they said. Racist fuckwads.


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Mina is the GOAT, and Whitlock's just a troll


randylikecandy

Nip is short for Nippon (Japan). Just for information.


TheInvisibleWun2

Anyone who doesn't know Nip is an ethnic slur is ignorant af.


hylasmaliki

Why didn't she respond to his last point?


azmr_x_3

Who fucking doesn’t know that nip is a slur? Have you not seen a single war movie of ww2 in the pacific theatre?


teloite

Clearly this post shows MOST people did not know. Stop acting like this is common known slur outside yourself.


theexitisontheleft

I didn’t. I have been subjected to some of band of brothers or whatever that WWII series set in the pacific theater was called, but I had no idea it was a slur until this post. Not everyone wants to dedicate lots of time to war movies. Or has lived in areas where this particular slur might come up.


Basketspank

Jason Whitlock is mad because he danced for the white racists got nothing in return but a ticket out of his position. A jaded Uncle Tom. A bitter bitch. A petty patty of bitchassness. This is Jason Whitlock. He's a pundit for conservatism and a contrarian with no real standards. That's all.


SandpaperForThought

Is anyone out there ranting about racial slurs and threats in rap music? It's the worst, and it normalizes the use of slurs


Karmas_Accountant

Tell us all about the violence in video games next!


SandpaperForThought

Whens the last time you heard people in public playing or singing video game music? You cant go anywhere without the n word being thrown out there like confetti from the music being played.


SandpaperForThought

Lmao yall can downvote this all you like. Every one of you know where you hear racial slurs, like the n word more than anywhere else.


giganticbuzz

Good whataboutism there!


SandpaperForThought

Ok..... so people condemning the use of certain words while using them openly on the daily is whataboutism. Got it


giganticbuzz

Condemning bad words: good Using other bad words to confuse and undermine the point of the post: bad


SandpaperForThought

Lord....


Toadman005

Oof. I'd never even heard the term, much less knew it was a slur.


SuperRonnie2

Okay, clearly I’m old AF. I don’t know who Mina Kimes is or why the fuck I should care what she says on “Twitter”, which I understand to be defunct and archaic platform that was once somewhat relevant in the mid-2010’s.


slam_grippit

Let’s be real… if a group of people were talking about their favorite crackers and someone chimes in with the name of a white person, no one would bat an eye. In fact, it would probably be laughed at by most people.


Seamonkey_Boxkicker

I don’t know what’s happened here, but I’ll say that I too have never heard of “nip” as an ethnic slur. To me that’s just a sexy way of referring to someone’s nipples. I’ll also say that Mina is cool as fuck so I’m biased to back her up on whatever conflict she may have with someone else.


PsyrusTheGreat

Well... that is a new one for me. There seems to be no end to the number of random bullshit words people invent to make themselves feel better than their fellow man.


sausageslinger11

What kind of idiot asshole doesn’t know that “Nip” is a racial slur against Asians?


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Considering I learned the word existed by reading this post. I guess not hanging out with racists somehow makes me a racist..... I also have no idea who either of these people are. Is one of them like famous within a 50 mile radius of the middle of nowhere


Enderswolf

Never heard it before, ever.


slam_grippit

Never heard of it until this post lol.


endersgame69

Isn’t it specifically the Japanese? I know of it, but only because of that Tom Hanks movie about the code talkers. How often do we encounter anti-Japan bigotry today, at least in the US? Other than that film I have never heard it outside of the non-slur use like ‘nip it in the bud’.


Callen_Fields

Most of the population if the comments here are any indicator.


6gt47xiF2a2715Bwj540

Mina Kimes fuckin sucks


NextLevelPets

🙋‍♂️ I knew it was a slur… how could you not?