It seems ironical that an establishment which directly or indirectly makes it very easy for vulnerable people to become gambling addicts and ruin their lives would be concerned about such niceties of language. ;-) The damage done to societies by casinos is, in my opinion, almost incalculable.

However, daylia, if your son likes the job there, that's cool for him. Everybody needs to earn a living.

Regarding "squaw", I've heard numerous stories about its origin, but I think most of them are apocryphal. I suspect that bobad's post is correct. The word became popular at that time of early contact and was soon used by most whites (and a great many Natives too) to describe any American Indian woman. It was not intended as a pejorative word at that time, but later came to be seen that way by various people for various reasons. Political correctness keeps changing its coat every generation or so, just like changing clothing styles.

If you read Mark Twain, you will find the word "nigger" used quite a bit by both black and white characters in normal dialogue...not with pejorative intent. Why? Because it was normal to use it that way at the time in the USA. Times have changed. It is now deemed so offensive that most people don't even dare to spell it out when discussing it.

And that is truly incredible. How frightening can a mere word be??? And if it is that frightening, who decided it was, and what did they have in mind?