# Is "chink in the armor" an offensive racist term?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 21, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chink-in-the-armor-an-offensive-racist-term/613563 "2012-02-21T21:06:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chink-in-the-armor-an-offensive-racist-term/613563/61 "2012-02-24T16:53:25Z")

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Great sports commentary which would not fly today:

In one of Ring Lardner’s baseball stories, he refers to a low-scoring pitchers’ duel by saying “Runs were as scarce as Chinese policemen”. :D:eek:

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