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Re:Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimi... by gpm on Sunday February 03, 2019 @07:26AM (#19069242)
There is a vast difference between randomly labeling some things with a nationality, and labeling everything about a nationality the same way.

If I say 'French car' I don't mean 'sexy car', if I say 'that French dude with brown hair' it doesn't have any connotations about sex or something.

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Re:Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimi... by iguy on Sunday February 03, 2019 @09:29AM (#19069702)
True. But I think "French" in particular was used this way for lots of things in English, maybe 100 years ago. "French letter", advertising "French lessons", etc. I guess it faded as the place became less exotic.
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