Who designed Ghillie shoes

[Phil]

Hold on. Steady there. You have overlooked the fact that the Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, French, Belgians, and even the Italians, all had empires of varying sizes and shapes over the years, and all of them referred to the "natives" by nick-names, not always politically correct. To ascribe this practice soley to the English, is way out of court.If, as you say, the modern day kilt, and all that goes with it, is an English invention, and clearly that English connection seems to bother you greatly, might I suggest you abandon the kilt in all of it's forms and find some mode of dress that will be less distressing to your feelings regarding the English?

I am glad that you are comfortable with these racial epithets. It does not, however, condone their use because other colonial nations have followed suit. To be considered as a "colonial" and by implication a lesser individual is not always agreeable. After all the inhabitants of you adoptive (I say that as I do not know your true origins) country put their lives on the line to remove such imperial rule. Perhaps the English are diminished in not having a specific derogatory epithet to describe them.