Korean War early 1950s
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| ==Korean War early 1950s== | ==Korean War early 1950s== |
| Canadian troops in the [[Korean War]] initially referred to the Korean labor and support unit providing their food, water, ammunition and other supplies as "G Company" which was short for the racist slur [[gook]].<ref name="Watson 2002"/><ref name="OED"/> They quickly became known instead as "rice burners," due to the Canadians' admiration for their Korean support unit's demonstrated strength and stamina in carrying {{convert|55|lb|kg|abbr=on}} loads over rough terrain, sometimes in snow and ice.<ref name="Watson 2002"/> While dehumanizing the Koreans as machines that ran on rice was a form of contempt, it was condescendingly approved by the men serving at the time as an improvement over the word it replaced.<ref name="Watson 2002"/> Comparably, Alaskan slang for a sled dog is "fish burner," as in a beast of burden that runs on fish.<ref name="Blevins 2001"/><ref name="Gumbel 2003"/> | Canadian troops in the [[Korean War]] initially referred to the Korean labor and support unit providing their food, water, ammunition and other supplies as "G Company" which was code for the racist slur [[gook]].<ref name="Watson 2002"/><ref name="OED"/> They quickly became known instead as "rice burners," due to the Canadians' admiration for their Korean support unit's demonstrated strength and stamina in carrying {{convert|55|lb|kg|abbr=on}} loads over rough terrain, sometimes in snow and ice.<ref name="Watson 2002"/> While dehumanizing the Koreans as machines that ran on rice was a form of contempt, it was condescendingly approved by the men serving at the time as an improvement over the word it replaced.<ref name="Watson 2002"/> Comparably, Alaskan slang for a sled dog is "fish burner," as in a beast of burden that runs on fish.<ref name="Blevins 2001"/><ref name="Gumbel 2003"/> |
| ==UK 1960s== | ==UK 1960s== |
Okumaya devam et...