It is a shame that we are worse than any Puritan when it comes to a little ethnic-related humor and the taboos on various ethnic words. TV shows can show raped and murdered children but never say certain forbidden words. I don’t want us to start dropping the n bomb, k bomb, s bomb, the other s bomb, or h bomb here just for giggles. Still, once various groups see each other as approximate equals, and not oppressor/oppressed, or bloody savages, then it should be another way to let off steam. I just don’t see adequate reasoning for a difference between sexual/religion related cuss words and ethnic ones.

A few years ago some of my friends found on the Internet and circulated around an Excel spreadsheet with ~5000 ethnic slurs, their origins, region, definitions, etymology, etc. It was enormous. We are a pretty mixed group, ethnically, and we were rolling on the floor laughing about it. Turns out 1/5 of the terms were derogatory words for white folks (blue eyed devil, long nosed devil, haole…) in various parts of the world. What did we ever do to anyone…ooh yea never mind.