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?
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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").