I respectfully disagree, using j for h is an americanization perhaps but really does not change the word otherwise, also I am not suggesting that the folks mentioned here created the term, but rather, my point is an otherwise slang term has been promoted, because their was a desire to hide the word hemp, as it was a well known term at the time. Obviously that term has adopted wide spread use at this point, however the federal scheduling still refers to cannabis as Marijuana and makes the claim that it is a compound with no legitimate use, medical or otherwise, yet hemp is still regarded as a safe and valuable crop globally. There is not a biological difference between hemp and cannabis cultivated for medicinal compunds such as THC, so if it's not a racist term, why then are criminal statists still using a spanish word to describe a demonized plant with asian origins?