Chink

For other uses, see Chink (disambiguation).

An angry caricatured Chinese male face with spiny facial hair and a snake-like tail. Beneath is a five-line poem which begins, "He's a Yellow Peril Chink of surprising versatility."
A racist postcard by Fred C. Lounsbury, promoting the idea of the Yellow Peril (1907)

Chink[1] is an English-language ethnic slur usually referring to a person of Chinese descent,[2] but also used to insult people of East Asian, North Asian, Southeast Asian appearance. The use of the term describing eyes with epicanthic fold ("Asiatic eyes") is considered extremely offensive and is regarded as racist by many.[3][4]

  1. ^ Also chinky, chinkie, chinki, chinker, chinka, or chinkapoo
  2. ^ "Chink | Definition of chink by Merriam-Webster". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ Hsu, Huan (21 February 2012). "No More Chinks in the Armor". Slate. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  4. ^ McNeal, Greg (18 February 2012). "ESPN Uses 'Chink in the Armor' Line Twice UPDATE- ESPN Fires One Employee Suspends Another". Forbes. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.