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'Something personal about me'
I remember we were having this discussion in RE once,
about name-calling. People were going on about what
names black people and Indians get called, and someone
said that saying something like 'going to the Paki shop'
was okay, because it was just short for 'Pakistani'.
Then someone else said it was just like saying 'I'm
going to the Chinky restaurant'. I hadn't said anything
up to then, but I really laid into him, y'know. I said
no-one Chinese called themselves that, and we thought it
was a real insult, and he'd better not call me Chinky.
The teacher said it was good that people spoke up and
heard each others' opinions, and all that. Trouble is,
this git knew how to get me mad now, didn't he? He and
his mates would say it quietly when they passed, but
just loud enough for me to hear. Then they'd go on about
'a chink of light is showing' and stuff like that. It
went on for a year, can you believe that, before they
got bored?
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