Would you answer someone if they called you "chink"? Like many words today, chink has transcended from our ordinary vocabulary into a derogatory slang word. Now, it has manifested itself into its own meaning. In the dictionary, chink means a crack, chip or narrow opening but chink isn't being used properly by slang users. They use it to refer to people of East Asian decent in a demeaning manor. The word chink holds the same power, offensiveness, and terms as the "N" word does. Often enough, oriental cultured persons would call each other chink as African Americans call each other nigga, but if another race were to address the primary race as such, it abruptly becomes an insult. It seems that no matter where you are, there is a cultural word for a race to address each other. These words are very delicate yet powerful and may stimulate additional issues when being used the wrong way.
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