To be honest b, until to day recently when China murdered a quarter of the world’s population and destroyed the global economy, ‘chinks’ was considered an extremely bad word.
These days, not so much.
I let Awimb decide in these cases. Up until the point when it gets all asterisksy with a word then I think it's fine to use. After this point you have to use your own discretion.
'Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before'
'Met a dwarf that was no good, dressed like Little Red Riding Hood'
'Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd'