I assume from your posting that you are not Asian. If you were, you would realize that children tend to use any ethnic slur that would come close to describing any Asian for any other Asian:eskimo, gook, chink, jap. That was my experience as a child. It wasn't just bad taste. For any of you that don't mind it so much - would you mind if I yelled it at your Asian children?
Jap ( P ) Pronunciation Key (jp) n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Japanese birth or descent.