Digital BW, The Print

Dear jnhugo,
You've piqued my interest. I don't know the history of why the 'jap' 
is derogatory. I studied medieval Asian history in primary school and 
mostly 19th century European history (up to  WWI) in secondary school 
in England. 
So what's the history of the term?
Andrew

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jnhugo" 
<jacknadelle@h...> wrote:
> it is  derogatory to refer to Japanese products as "Jap". Of 
> course if you don't know your history then you are excused.