Jordan Hayes wrote:
> From hliu at mindspring.com Fri Jun 4 21:25:16 1999
>
> Margaret wrote:
> >
> > Henry wrote:
> >
> > >In the Vietnam War, "I am going get me a Charlie" is a racist
> > >remark.
> >
> > I disagree, Henry. 'Charlie' was a shortened form of
> > 'Victor Charlie', they being the military-phonetic
> > codes for the letters V and C, which of course stood
> > for Viet Cong.
>
> You are technically accurate. Yet the term Charlie has
> followed the GIs back to America and many Vietnam refugees in
> this country, in Texas for example, were addessed with
> hostility as Charlie and they resent it bitterly.
>
> Then why didn't you say ``Today in Texas, "I am going to get me a
> Charlie" is a racist remark.'' ...?
>
> Sheesh.
>
> /jordan