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maybe there aren't enough asians in spain for the spanish to know how offensive it is.
it's offensive here cuz asians have been here in large numbers since i believe the mid 1800s. plenty of time for teasing to develop and observations of reaction to be made, and developing an understanding of what's cool and what's not.
my dad uses the terms "cotton pickin" and "cotton picker" a lot. like "this cotton pickin dvd player won't work right" or "it's hotter than a cotton picker out here"
he has never lived around black people. i'm sure he just picked that up from people around him when he was growing up (north dakota and montana). he's always said it around me, so it sounds "normal" for me to hear him say it, even though i NEVER hear ANYONE else say it.
for some reason i had the good sense to not start saying it myself.
but in his environment, it's not offensive, because there are no black people to offend.
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