I wouldn't use it myself - for the same reason as I have changed the n-word in some shanties I do. Still puzzles me though - why these terms for any ethnic group apart from white anglo-saxon are frowned upon. It seems to be perfectly acceptable for black comedians to use the terms honky, spook etc. in a derogatory fasion but sing piccaninnie in an innocent historic context and the liberals will come down on you like a ton of bricks.

Don't get me wrong - I am not blaming the ethnic groups themselves. It is the stupidity of some of the people who make the laws that is in question. I know black, asian, chinese and many other people who are as annoyed as me at political correctness gone wrong. I wonder at times if it is the racist faction who dream up these 'rules' to get non-racists that annoyed that they will sympathise with them. Perhaps I am getting too cynical in my old age:-)

Cheers

Dave the Gnome