Tough call....As a resident of B.C and due to the horrendous treatment of the ethnic Chinese in this Province and the attitude of disdain and contempt, reoccurring here again with present immigration, the word "Chink" just makes my skin crawl. It has always been used in this part of the world with utter contempt. To some extent the word "Chinaman" has less negative connotations, as the term is primarily archaic and possibly also because the word "Chinatown" is readily accepted as non-pejorative.

Historically, Chinese men were wanted as a form of slave labour here, in the construction of rail lines and in fish canning plants, but they were not wanted as human beings. Canada couldn't get away with something quite as blatant as slave labour, so they devised other more or less subtle means to "keep them in their place". For example, incouraging male only immigration by the use of the use of the Head Tax and at a rate that was beyond most of the men means to bring their wives and children over. Others included the lack of voting rights and other benefits of being a citizen of this fine country and the habit of abandoning them to fend for themselves, on a small island, just off Sidney, outside of Victoria, with little benefit of medical attention, if it was thought they might have Leprosy and sadly enough, the last few in the list occurred during my lifetime.

This was a hard thing for me to resolve as a child. These were the parents and grandparents of the kids I roller skated with and went to school with, my friends.

It is noteworthy that the Provincial Museum, as a painful reminder of those times, has a piece of machinery used in the early automation of the fish plants, with the Words "Iron Chink" emblazoned on it. The expression "doesn't have a Chinaman's chance" came from the use of the Chinese, to light the dynamite fuses during railway construction, with the accompanying horrendous loss of life. The expression, as used in B.C., at least always seemed to come with a sense of sympathy and awe associated with it; that one would even consider something so foolhardy. However looking at a set of old house plans and noticing the notation of the "Chinaman's Room" in the basement, makes me rather uncomfortable.

But I do not think we should deny history. I think, if this music selection was prefaced with an explanation, as suggested by Gary T. it might prove valuable.