If gook translates as foregner why is it classed as racist?

Answer 1

It was alleged to have been a corrupted pronunciation of the word (or term) for foreigner. People in general, misinterpret practically everything nearly most of the time. The very best example to give you, is the current (or at least during the late 1990's) US government or state, and possibly county, etc., applications for employment: They requested the applicant to place an "X" in the box indicating their race (in some or most cases these were optional & not mandatory); for race they listed NATIONALITIES! By no stretch of the imagination is a person's "Nationality" his race.

But there it was in fine official government (federal, state, county, or city governments) print: Race being interchangable with NATIONALITY.

Nationality MEANS "Nation" from which the person comes from or claims citizenship. Race means something different than from where a person comes from.

So "anything" (today) can be misinterpreted as racism.

There are also two sides to every story; and if a name/title is utilized to a point where it makes people upset, then evolution is occurring (change is occurring), and society deems that title/name to be offensive, and it is no longer used anymore (no longer acceptable).