<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
Why are Chinese people called Chinks?
<|assistant|>
The derogatory term 'Chinks' has been used to refer to Chinese people since the late 1600s. It is a reference to the shape of the earliest porcelain products created in China, which had a distinctive neck or 'chink' in the middle when they were fired in the kiln. This term was later adopted as a racial slur towards Asian people in general.