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      01-28-2018, 04:08 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by ZPrime View Post
I've never owned a Honda. I had a Toyota a long time ago, but that's not relevant here. I don't really care if you want to hate on Japanese cars, you're entitled to your opinion about them and that's fine.

The term "rice rocket" (or "rice burner") is a racial slur against people of Japanese heritage.

I'll grant that it has lost a lot of its meaning since I'm pretty sure I've heard Japanese-American people use it to describe Hondas... but it's still a slur, by definition.
For the record, I'm a white guy (although I do actually have a Shiba Inu).

Not sure why I have to explain this.
No worries....I really didn't mean to offend anyone but I do get your point. Rice burner, rice rocket, Joe racer...etc etc I guess they all have a "negative" foundation on which they were developed.

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