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  Is Paki a racist slur? I never understood how that one is inherently racist, same with "Japs".

  Seems more like an abbreviation to me. Like "Yanks" or "Canucks" or "Brit" or "Aussie".
  

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  • Do people from Pakistan or Japan use those phrases to describe themselves? .. basically the first two have a history of being used as pejorative terms.lukus_W2
  • history of being used as pejorative terms.lukus_W2
  • yank and canuck also have a history of being used as pejorative terms.
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  • and yanks do not call themselves yanks.
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  • ergot, the term "yank" is racist, although, as with "paki" neither are races.
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  • right there is tonnes of historical connotation with 'jap' and 'paki'... racist contexts not affectionate short namesuuuuuu
  • yank is not affectionate
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  • i know its derogatory. a real yankee would be offended but a lot of that significance is irrelevant these daysuuuuuu
  • shut up, crackers.CanHasQBN

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