"And having adopted it into English, Mandarin is literally a job title that refers the exact same role - and the same word is used no matter what the race of the holder."

I actually don't think that's the case - I think the Jedi just kept thinking they could help him/believed he was the Chosen One so he wouldn't fall/needed to keep him around because he was actually usually pretty good at his job and was apparently wildly powerful.

Yep.

Agreed. Holy shit.

I think that second situation would have worked better, but I'm not sure his fall doesn't exactly make sense.

Still race-specific, at the root.

..."stem from." The Dictionary.com definitions provided seem to align directly with the origin of the word "Mandarin" to refer to Chinese officials, as outlined in the Online Etymology Dictionary:

Interesting. Do you happen to know where they do, then?

That being said, I'm almost certain those uses of the word stem from racial stereotypes.

Burlesque dancers do the same thing.

Yeah, it's all teeth and head - what does it need arms for?

....

"One thing I do know— black Lois is way hotter than white Lois."

I mean, forgive me for not forgiving, though I'm inclined to not be all that upset if you were just unable to escape the Althea Gibson connection.

A-fucking-men.

Rick Santorum: "Did God give us the right to pursue a good time?... But is that what our founders really intended to be the pursuit of our country and its people-to be happy?"

Yeah I would say it's not against her philosophy to take advantage of things being given to you.

They prayin'

Why oh why is that where #15's dong is?

^ This.