[ivix]

Because it should be 'married to a jap' but for annoying and outdated historical reasons, people will think you are racist if you say that.

[philwelch]

It's hard to disassociate the word "Jap" from World War II racist propaganda.

http://img.moonbuggy.org/superman-says-you-can-slap-a-jap/

[ivix]

That's not racism, that's politics. Would you say British anti German morale posters are racist?

[philwelch]

Did British anti-German propaganda posters have racist caricatures of German people?

[jessaustin]

There were caricatures, but asking whether they were racist is rather begging the question.

[philwelch]

Credit for using "begging the question" properly, but let me clarify. Propaganda against the Germans was either aimed squarely at Hitler himself or at more abstract representations that didn't emphasize the frankly non-existent physical differences between Germans and Americans. Germans were portrayed with swastikas and Prussian helmets and jackboots; Japanese were portrayed with buck teeth, yellow skin, glasses and slanted eyes.