I wasn't brought up to be racistBut I was brought up calling my local newsagent the 'paki shop', simply as a slang term. In fact I got on with the owners of that shop pretty well.
I don't know any pakistani's personally, but I am good friends with Indian and Bangladeshis and if I were to meet a pakistani I would not hold any prejudice against them.
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shitshitshitshit x_x, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 14:55,
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I can't imagine a situation where I wouldMost of the time it was just things like.. "We're out of milk, is the paki shop still open?".
I don't say that anymore, and just because I used it as a kid doesn't mean I was racist.
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shitshitshitshit x_x, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:02,
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no, it means you didn't know better.now you do. If you were to use it now, it would be racist.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:04,
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Oh fair enoughCan I still say i'm going for a chinkies without everyone wobbling?
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shitshitshitshit x_x, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:06,
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I'm not wobblingJust find such a level of ignorance and prejudice astonishing in the 21st century.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:07,
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Predjudice?Isn't it prejudiced to assume that someone who has used the word 'paki' is an ignorant, narrow-minded racist?
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shitshitshitshit x_x, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:10,
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In that caseI had better introduce you to my Indian, Bangladeshi, Japanese, Nigerian, South African and Greek friends. And you can ask them if I have ever pre-judged them based on their ethnicity.
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shitshitshitshit x_x, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:15,
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What aboutAll the Pakistani cricket fans who go to matches with big banners reading "Paki Power?"
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Lord Gnome, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:15,
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That's a racist term in my eyes(
Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 15:08,
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