Re:Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU
by xkyscore on Sunday July 19, 2020 @12:31PM
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It always baffles me when people claim "Paki" is an ethnic slur when used for Pakistani citizens. Do you consider "Brit" for a British citizen to be an ethnic slur as well?
Re:Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU
by scott_w on Sunday July 19, 2020 @04:04PM
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No because "Brit" is never used as an ethnic slur.
For a good example of P* being used in a derogatory form, watch Bend it like Beckham, where it's used against an Indian girl because of the colour of her skin.
Re:Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU
by DanBC on Sunday July 19, 2020 @01:38PM
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People don't push dog shit through your letter box and spray paint "pakis out" if you're white British, but they do if you're Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, etc etc.
Re:Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU
by detaro on Sunday July 19, 2020 @01:42PM
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Is "Brit" widely used in a derogatory sense when bullying or attacking British-looking people? You can't decide "slur or not" just by "is it a shortened form of a country name".
Re:Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU
by hellofunk on Sunday July 19, 2020 @01:24PM
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Despite that you’re getting downvoted, I’m rather curious about the connotation of these words myself.
Re:Amazon’s UK FBA operations will be split from the EU
by detaro on Sunday July 19, 2020 @01:41PM
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In the UK it's a derogatory catch-all term for anyone that vaguely looks South Asian and was initially widely publicized in the 60s/70s around "paki-bashing" (= aka "lets gang up and beat up some immigrants").
While economic "freedom" was pushed by the official campaign, however, you can't deny the widespread publicity of the Nazi-esque "Breaking Point" poster. Anecdotally, I saw people pushing to vote Brexit to stop "the scum of Eastern Europe" from coming here and taxi drivers who voted Brexit to "kick the P*s out" (ethnic slur for Pakistani citizens).
The people airing these views weren't hardcore nationalists but regular working class people. Economic circumstances certainly made these voices louder (as hardship always causes populations to turn on "the other"), I will agree there.