The phrase was "Chink in his armor." In context it was meant as, this guy is so amazing, he must have a weakness.
Are you fucking kidding me? This phrase got someone fired? It is a term that has been around since men went into battle wearing armor. A chink in the armor refers to a weak spot, maybe from prior damage that had been fixed, but is not as strong as it was originally. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN CHINA, ASIA OR BE OF ASIAN DESCENT. It's a hole in the protection, the armor. A weak spot in something. It's not racial.
This kind of stupidity makes me crazy. The saying has been around since at least the 1400's. In Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night Dream, in act 5 during the Pyramis and Thisbe scene the talking wall tells about a chink in the wall that the separated lovers would talk thru. Should that word be changed? Is someone in the audience going to get up, offended, and storm out because they are talking about a hole in the wall?
What other phrases or sayings can be misconstrued to be made into something racial? Hmmm...
Tie one on. It's normally about getting shit-faced drunk. Would someone of Thai descent think they are going to be bound to something?
Black as night. Or Pitch. This is to describe a color. Will people think blacks are lurking in the darkness?
That guy is yellow. Mainly you would hear this in old westerns. It meant he is scared. Doesn't mean he's Asian.
My point is there are everyday idioms and sayings in the English language that if you want to take the time to get offended at, go ahead. But it seems like a lot of time wasted when there are really offensive words out there meant to hurt people's feelings. Whether it's race or gender or sexual orientation. If you want to get offended, get offended for the right words. Don't waste your time on the ones you create the offense.
I wonder if Orientation offended anyone...
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