Raghead and a Paki

[The Wookiee]

Nicknames or racist abuse ?

 

[The Wookiee]

Full story here!!!

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[algie]

It could only happen to prince Harry

 

[The Keeper]

How dare Harry call him a friend!!!!

 

[clapham_gull]

It could only happen to prince Harry

Makes you kinda proud don't it ?

 

[Robot Chicken]

My favourite royal!

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Nicknames or racist abuse ?

I wonder about Paki, and whether its offensive or not, if someone calls you a Brit should you be offended or is it a way that people use to describe your origin / race ? - surely Paki = someone from Pakistan, or is saying someone is from a certain country offensive

if so, should shouldn't the same be said for all other terms used such as Aussie, = from Australia, Pole = Poland or scum = Croydon?

any offensive part would be what goes in front of that word such as F@*king Paki or F@*king Brit etc, to make an insult, not the use of the word Paki or Brit as offensive or rasist terms.

 

[csider]

I like.........dune coon, along with sambo.

PS. Wookie........where is Sanchez??

 

[cannedheat]

I am often called a f***ing John which is not really offensive at all, I just tell em to call me a white bastard.
I am taking away there car so they are pretty pissed off, whites just threaten or try to punch my face in so maybe being called a John ain't so bad,

 

[The Spanish]

the 'paki' in pakistan is a made up acronym and bears no real relation to an ethnic group at all. it is hardly racist as a term, of course it is used perjoratively but people seem not to understand the origin of the name of the country or its inhabitants, sadly.

 

[Giraffe]

Raghead is factual, they do wear rags on their head. Paki is just a shortened form of the name Pakistani like Jon is short for Jonathon. Whats the problem?

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I like.........dune coon, along with sambo.

Really? How lovely for you. It's pleasing to know that respect isn't a thing of the past.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Paki is usually a racist term, depending on the context. It seems to be one of those words that has been partially reclaimed. Raghead is definitely a racist term and used, in this instance, as a derogatory reference to the enemy.

I read about a case where a black man was sacked for using the word '******' referring to a fellow black man, by email.

He is turning into a young Prince Phillip, so perhaps it will put rumours of his bloodline to bed. Unless he has just spent far too much time with gramps.

 

[Gully]

Doesn't the "Paki" part of Pakistan mean something like clean or pure in Urdu, hence the name of the country means land of the pure...but using that term as a general descriptor for anyone from the Indian sub-continent was first used as an abusive term and should never really be considered otherwise.

 

[NMH]

The French may call us "island monkey" or "ros' beef", the Aussies call us "POMs", the yanks say "limey" and the Germans "der gewinner". (okay so I threw that last one in for fun), but none of these sounds in the least part insulting.

Do we have anything to get all p/c p/o'd about?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I wrote a letter to my local newspaper , complaining , after a court report mentioned verbatim "paki shop" in an article about a serial shoplifter. In Grimsby any corner shop or small convenience store is called a "paki shop" by the indigenous population. I suggested that if grandparents and parents didn't use the phrase the kids wouldn't either as it was a generational thing. Needless to say there were replies to my letter saying that it was not offensive and only meant as a nickname so it wasn't racist.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Does anyone on here ever get offended by the American National anthem, couldn't that be deemed racist / anti British?

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I think it's more to do if the 'recipient' is offended then it is obviously wrong. Sometimes the'offence' is taken up by the PC brigade, on their behalf, often where no offence has been caused.

 

[looney]

paki shop is no different to limey or ghetto blaster/wogbox as it relates to a common steriotype, or did.

Limey derived from Britains then monopoly on the international Lime trade and was originally a sceptic tank slang term for English Sailor.

I think context is all important regardless of what the leftwing Orwellian Thought police think.

 

[Beach Hut]

So if white people beat up black / ethnic minority people this is a racialist attack but what about if black / ethnic minority people beat up whites ?