members of the
asian race, comes from the word gook, which was american slang for the vietnamese during the vietnam
war. used by pvt. eightball in the movie "full
metal jacket".
"personally, I think, uh... they don't really want to be involved in this war. you know, i mean... they sort of took away our
freedom and gave it to the, to the gookers, you know. but they don't want it. they'd rather be alive than free, i guess. poor
dumb bastards." -full
metal jacket