> [sikocan]
> Are you serious that its a racist word?
>
> I'm really sorry. Here in Australia, its a term used
> for Lebanese, middle eastern people and is taken as a
> fun/joke and nothing serious..........
'sikocan' must be fairly young, and perhaps that's
his/her single redeeming feature.
Here in Oz the term 'wog' was a VERY nasty racist term
until about the early '90s when a talented group of local
(mainly Greek-parentage) comedians embraced the word
and, by putting on hilarious TV and stage shows called
'wogs out of work' .. etc., and calling themselves 'wogs',
largely defused and devalued the term's nasty overtones.
Similar to how gays devalued the nasty aspects of the
term 'Queer' by embracing it.
To sikocan ... do your homework before dispaying to
the world your youthful naivety.
Appraisal: Let the name drop.