“Pakis” and “Chinos”
<p>A friend justified the phrase “Paki Shop” with the “if they can’t hear it, it can’t hurt them” argument. Explanations why that just doesn’t cut it have been trotted out for decades but I wanted to write a piece to get things clear enough in my own head to save myself from a useless, red-cheeked and blustering explanation on why that is in fact racist.</p>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/22634122@N05/3957360290/in/photolist-72GvkQ-9W9kfS-9EA2B2-8QRRoD-72CuXP-hcogwM-8QUWrW-H66Ppe-62ZLzy-5iyQke-eZAH3r-9wsLJL-e2GQ8w-4YM3Te-pq4fEG-B2wXRT-q5C4eg-6eHMNV-jU4uy-qmSZHe-6YupVx-bUHHhh-jxhzoB-dxNjst-dxTMRd-dxTMdy-6NvCof-dxTM8L-dxTMAj-7Tokgr-4faTCE-eiEFJU-5KMeMr-6K5Jxi-4ToRqs-4ToReW-4SYjst-4T3mBd-95eX2a-9CugG4-4SADif-dxTMUN-5UgZYW-Btei2-5UcmjR-6eMQK9-5UcNeB-r8CQBT-6g3fZP-oubTHb" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Wayaffe</a> (Yes, it did come up when I searched “Paki Shop” on Flickr.)</p>
<p>Maybe it’ll help me overcome awkward or plain aggressive reactions to the assertion that fairly common sense assertion that having a language you only use when you’re not in front of a particular race <em>is</em> racist. I’d like to think that it’s not wilful ignorance but just the fact that people haven’t taken a moment to think it through that leads to their use of these terms.</p>
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