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X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
(www.theguardian.com)
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Seriously, I've heard people say "Pakis" as a short for Pakistani in a non-insulting way, similar to Spaniards or Aussies.
Funny enough it actually mentions in the Wikipedia article that most Americans are unfamiliar with the slur. I'll be honest without this thread if I heard someone say it, I would probably have used it unknowingly just assuming it was similar to Aussie or something.
This is not to make light of the slur, but if someone called me an "Ameri" I would probably just assume they're French, which might be meaner than anything they're trying to say to me.
Is Spaniard not the correct term?
the one person from spain that i knew told me not to use it. she said it was like using ‘chinaman’
“Spaniard” is the preferred and most-official demonym. IDK what she was on about.
um, being from spain.
where you from internet stranger?
Canada originally, but I worked in Caceres and then Madrid for almost 15 years.
NGL I sat here for like 40 seconds wondering what you call people from Spain before remembering that Spanish can refer to both language and people.
The bigger issue is that Spanish is an adjective, and we're looking for nouns. You can say "an Aussie" or "a Spaniard". You can't say "a Spanish".
What about "A Spanish Inquisition" tho Zag ? :)
indeed.
Non-insulting according to whom? Some people are so ingrained to racism that they don't even sound racist. It's like old people who say "negro" but don't mean to offend. They're just unconsciously recycling the racism in which they were indoctrinated.
As discussed in this thread, America doesnt really have the same historical racist context. I would not be shocked if Pakistani people here were okay with it because the context is different or i would not be shocked if American Pakistanis also didn't know. This is not a defense of the word, I will not (and really have never used it) just idly noting that context is very important.
Ah, but it is such a fun word! Shortening it takes out the fun of saying the full Pakistani.