# Why is 'Jap' demeaning and 'Brit' is not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jap-demeaning-and-brit-is-not/177453>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 25, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jap-demeaning-and-brit-is-not/177453 "2003-05-25T21:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jap-demeaning-and-brit-is-not/177453/61 "2003-05-26T22:41:35Z")

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I think the question has been aswered about as well as it can be in this forum. If some of you want to debate or rant about these issues, there are other forums for that.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ

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