Pc Bullshit

[Magoo]

i get called an englishman, the scots are cool with scotsman.
if i call someone from china a chinaman my wife gets all salty.
its confuddling

I'm with your wife on this one.   If I hear my husband saying "Chinaman" I get all salty too.  Let Wiki explain.

Chinaman (/ˈtʃaɪnə.mən/) is an ethnic slur, a pejorative term referring to a Chinese man or person, a Mainland Chinese national or, in some cases, a person native to geographical East Asia or of perceived East Asian race. While the term has no negative connotations in older dictionaries[1][2] and the usage of such compound terms as Englishman, Frenchman and Irishman[3] are sometimes cited as unobjectionable parallels,[4] the term is noted as having pejorative overtones by modern dictionaries. Its derogatory connotations evolved from its use in pejorative contexts regarding Chinese people and other Asians[5] as well as its grammatical incorrectness which resembles stereotypical characterizations of Chinese accents in English-speaking associated with discrimination.[6][7][8] While usage of the term Chinaman is nowadays strongly discouraged by Asian American organizations,[9][10][11][12] it has also been used as a self-referential archetype by authors and artists of Asian descent.[13] It may have come from literal translation into English of the Chinese term for "Chinese man/person", 中國人 (Zhōngguó rén) = "China man/person".

so i can call myself a chinaman if im from china, but not someone who isnt chinese?
that doesnt seem right.
its only derogatory because we've made it so through negative usage, like the term 'liberal'
its not the word' chinaman's fault that it was used to portray a certain image.
i dont see the term englishman as derogatory. and im not even from england ffs