[godwine]

Its also subjective to the "victim", my buddy Dave doesn't care if he is called a Gaijin or "Gwailo" (Cantonese for Foreigner). I think the term "racism" is being abused these days, people who take certain word offensively may be discriminating themselves in the first place. I have friends that think "Chinese Guy" is a racist term, while I tell my friend to address me as the little Chinese Guy....

Its the same concept with people who victimize themselves, in this case, the individual is even more reactive to how they are address because they themselves think that they stand out different form the crowd