There is a "joke" thread on here, which I haven't seen lately. One of the first "jokes" was specifically based on this word. I was horrified when I saw it and more horrified that nobody had apparently complained about it at the time. I don't think the post exists any more, because some time ago a lot of posts disappeared when the forum was updated. For what it's worth, I think the term is racist, and I called someone out on it when he used it at a party I was at. There are bad eggs in any group of people. That doesn't mean it is OK to casually insult all of them by using racist terms about them.