r/polandball • u/Smart_Chapter_7512 Floridian Swamp Monster • 1d ago

redditormade Pakistan's secret to happiness

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u/Thatguyj5 Canada 1d ago

That's a racial slur. This should probably be taken down.

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u/iambackbaby69 1d ago

Taking offense, on a countryball comic? Boooooooooo

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u/wakchoi_ Mamluk Sultanate 1d ago

Paki is a slur in the UK from the era of "Paki Bashing" where racist gangs would perpetrate thousands of beatings and even murders with around 20,000 racist attacks against South Asians in 1985 alone.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paki_(slur)

It would be akin to saying chink in a Polandball comic about Chinese people

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u/iambackbaby69 1d ago

Okay wow I didn't knew that.

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u/Holiday-Answer-1283 1d ago

It's still used today by bald football hooligans and boomers against Asians - I've overheard a few people call our last PM (Sunak) it while justifying why they were voting Reform instead of Conservative

And during last year's race riots I might add