Yes, I do know some of the history. But there should be no place for anything that can be even remotely considered a racial or ethnic slur.

I have benefited quite a lot from many, many helpful posts from FTers and won't let this stop me from coming to FT. But you can be sure that I will not click through to any ads or affiliate links here. Not much of a loss though - I haven't seen any yet that are even close to the better offers easily available on so many FT threads!

Really amazing - as seasoned world-wide travelers, who have met people everywhere, I would hope (expect?) that FTers would be the least likely to speak of others in so crass a manner.