“ I think that the use of the term is appalling and offensive… The ‘c’ word is for Asian Americans like the ‘n’ word is for African Americans. And if he [Anthony Federico, the writer of the headline] was using it all those times, that is extremely sad. The word was used since the 1880s to demean Chinese Americans and to deprive them of rights, and it is used on playgrounds specifically to humiliate and to offend Asian Americans. So I don’t know where he’s been all this time.
