Why Hong Kong should stick with ‘gweilo’ – ignore the thought police

As an Australian of Scottish, Irish and English ancestry, and with pale skin, I definitely qualify as a gweilo (“British worker files discrimination lawsuit after being fired from Hong Kong company and called ‘gweilo’ by staff”, September 5).

When in Hong Kong, I am often referred to as such. I take no offence whatsoever, regardless of the word’s origins and any derogatory use it may be put to now. Indeed, I refer to myself and to my fellow Westerners as gweilos when conversing with my Chinese friends in Hong Kong (“Is ‘gweilo’ really a racist word? Hong Kong just can’t decide”, September 8).