Re: Bush's Racist Slur

On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:27:55AM -0500, gsmullennix muttered something about:
> Get a grip.  Or get some different agenda.  Hardly a racist slur in any case.  

That's simply factually untrue. Would you say the same thing about 'spic'
or 'jap' or 'heb'? Actually, even though you might, the point is that
just like these, 'paki' is clearly a racist slur.

Here's a case: a customer growls at a stockboy in a crowded grocery mart,
"move out of my way, you dirty Paki". Is it a racist slur then?

What about this case: A group of thugs yell "go home you dirty paki!" at a
defenseless immigrant as they beat her senseless. Is it a racist slur then?
"Paki-bashing" isn't just a matter of impoliteness but names a pattern of
racial violence in Britain and elsewhere.

Regardless of my agenda or my grip, "Paki" is a racial slur, and Bush's use
of it, and failure to apologize, are unacceptable.

Kendall Clark