Being a middle class, middle aged Englishman I May be guilty of being overly racially aware but "farang" while not a direct racial slur the entamology of the word and its meaning in contiguous nation's native tongue "barang","farangee" is overtly racist.The frequency with which the word is used irritates me greatly, although I sometimes make referrence to myself by using the term especially when highlighting to educated Thais their moronic use of the word "farang ruu mak mai dee"