Out of curiosity, are you suggesting 2 wrongs make a right? Or have I completely missed the point you’re making?
Nowhere did I suggest that two wrongs make a right. Please don't turn this into a strawman. I was simply asking the OP to consider the historical context. He in his own right and as he is entitled to, brushed off those comments made in his direction. However, hypothetically if we were to tweak what he said slightly and reverse the roles (i.e. someone from Asia visiting the UK), it is easy to outline something which is not wholesome at all.
"I do know i go to UK with work (or did) and im forever known as a P**i which is most likely a derogatory term for Pakistanis"
Essentially context matters. I don't know the OP's heritage, and without knowing the demographics of this forum I would say the average poster here is a white, middle-aged male who hates the rags, so assuming this holds (and correct me if I'm wrong) I can understand why he wouldn't feel upset by it (again it doesn't make it right either). Likewise I can also see how in the example where the roles are somewhat reversed for it to be deemed by the foreign visitor to be completely unacceptable owing to the considerable historical context at play here.
Further I can see why Webo (Cameroonian) and Ba (Senegalese) might not take kindly to a white European using the description that he did given the colonial past in both those countries, and their experiences as African diaspora players plying their trade across the world.
But that means its ok for some to be racist but not others. How is that equality?
Again. Nowhere did I imply that what the OP was called was acceptable.
So you think that judging the Chinese by the same standards as the west with regards to racism is wrong? It's just us then?
Have a read about how poorly the British were treated by money men up to 60 years ago if you're talking about pseudo slavery, my ancestors had very little to do with how they were treated and how other people were treated too,
Nowhere did I make a judgment either for or against the Chinese. All I was asking the OP to consider was whilst he might be able to brush a slur off easily, others based on their own context may not. One position doesn't invalidate the other.
By that logic, it would be fine for Chinese people to use racial slurs against black people, because they never colonized any African countries. The reason, I suspect, that Bluearmy isn't offended by a particular name given to him in an Asian country that singles him out as a foreigner is because for all intents and purposes, white people are generally singled out as high-status individuals in these countries, not low status people. They are given privileges that other races don't get. Ask Filipinos or Nigerians how they're treated in certain Asian countries and you'll realise that racism now isn't solely linked to the colonial history of the country in question.
I didn't advocate at any point that it's fine for any people to use slurs and I think you may actually be bolstering my point.
The OP coming from (what I assume - again correct me if I'm wrong) a ex-imperialist country like England to Asia still carries status, or privileges as you described, to this day. As you've identified this privileged treatment conferred on him may be the reason why he feels thick skinned enough and can brush off some of those derogatory comments.
Someone from those Asian countries, who if they come to England and who may not have those same privileges might find derogatory comments much less palatable though. That's the point I was making.
And I agree that racism doesn't solely rely on colonial history to fester (there's minority groups that are scapegoated and persecuted in every country on the planet whether they be ex-colonial powers or not) yet it's also important to not completely divorce it from the historical context either.
