RE: Re: [MF:Apes] bush slur (sure)... (via /contact form)

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 [email protected] wrote:

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> Is "Pakistani" a race?

Whether Pakistani's form a "race" is somewhat orthoganal to whether the
term "Paki" is racist.

> Perhaps if it is compared to black, hispanic,
> caucasian, etc.  But when compared to "Indian" (people from India, not
> Native American) I don't really percieve a racial difference there.

Since races are social constructs, I'm not surprised :)

> Perhaps using the word ETHNIC instead of RACIAL would have been more
> fair.

Perhaps. I don't think it's much more fair than "racist", if it is at all.

I think I'm open to being talked round on this, but it's certainly not
worth it for this particular issue. In general, I don't care to be
*solicitious* fine in super-scruplous exacting fairness with regard to
that moronic pig in the white house :)

Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.