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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart
Interestingly, during my army days, we would call our Malay squadmates " mud", our Indian "Black", and the Chinese "white" or "ching". And we always designate sharpshooter roles to the Indians because "they hide so well in the dark" and pass extra camoflage paint to the Chinese (me) since "they need so much more to even barely cover themselves".
Then back at our quarters, we would all sit around the bunk and laugh it off while still trading insults. It's like we give a serious shit about anyone's race or culture at all - we would always name the one who cries out about racism the racist instead.  |
I think it should be "Mat", short for "Ahmad". But yeah, NS was the ball as far as this part is concerned.