This is a serious question i would like to ask, and would appreciate serious responses.
I find that if a non-Pakistani calls a Pakistani a ‘Paki’, many of them take it as a racial attack and are offended. Although if they call one another ‘Paki’ it doesn’t seem to matter. However, the Pakistani friends i used to hang out with, didn’t mind me callimg them a ‘Paki’ at all, probably because we knew each other well enough.
How would you react if someone called you a ‘Paki’? Would you be insulted and react, or would you take it with a pinch of salt?
It all depends on the context does it not? I am always calling my Paki friends Pakis, but it is a throwaway term. If Norman Tebbit said it , it would come across different. I sometimes call white friends Honkies but it's done tongue in cheek so they just laugh. It's no big deal is it? Still, there might be some silly Pakis who would object. Not that I am saying NYAhmadi would...but he might. In no way should NYAhmadi be associated with the term silly Paki. I am just using his name as a possible example of someone who might object. Possibly.
My right honorable friend Mr. Xtreme is Wrong yet another time!!!!
Actually not. In England the word "Paki" has some negative connotation attached to it, but in other countries it is just a term to refer to Pakistanis. In England the term is used to describe all from the Indian Sub Continent, and is used in somewhat "racist context". When I lived in England, I heard it a lot.
Personally, I am least disturbed by encountering racists or racism. I actually feel proud of myself that I am not one of those who judge people based upon their ethnicity. Such is the lowest kind of human behavior.
A proud Paki (who acts silly once a while!!!!--- Mr. Xtreme, you can call me silly Paki, it wont be that far off from reality. Being silly is just part of growing up, you silly boy).
It is da smae problem as, when a African American person calls anoher African American a Niggor o no one seems to mind but if a person of anotehr race does, it beomes this whole controversial issue.
this is how i see it when someone of another race calls u a paki its sort of a stereo type, like "oh he's a paki" and then there are certain things attached to being a "paki". and people get offended by stereo types. But if a frnd calls u a paki u know for sure its not a stereo type and u dont really get offended>
dear john
you sound like an AUSIE are you . but you certainly do n’t sound like a GORA . you are
not a GORA i am pretty sure . you are asian
probably[please let me know if it’s correct ]
iam not just guessing that .
and yes
i hate being a pakistani . i never like some body calling me paki . that’s the worse thing
that can happen to me . i hate pakistan so much .please tell me what chould i do . i wanted to be a chinese . is there any way you help me out
people, all i can say that "paki" depends how you take it,i.e. "paki" "paak" got it....but if its in England then certanly it is offencive as the english batch are after all form the land of "PALE" . I am sure john would know.
"Personally, I am least disturbed by encountering racists or racism. I actually feel proud of myself that I am not one of those who judge people based upon their ethnicity. Such is the lowest kind of human behavior. "
SHEZI PLEASE TELL ME U R NOT SERIOUS IF U R U SUCK REAL BAD
anywayz i wuz talking 2 my sis and she told pakistanis hate wen ppl of other races call them pakis , especially GORAS, cuz when dey ruled over da subcontinent dey had a name 4 pakisytanis "BLOODY PAKIZ" i guess dats da reason ppl hate it. coz its disrespectfull
BTW John ji how old are??????and are u doing some research on us pakis .....?
well if u ask me i am a muslim by birth but not a paki so i dont call myself paki neither do i look like one.....though my roots do lie in the soil of my beloved country but it always causes confusion ....and to u all i am just speaking for myself so dont bash me .....
as for my children they are australian borns so they will be australians who are again muslims by birth but not pakis
why u ask well as the famous saying goes
"do kishtiayon may sawaar honay wala hameesha doobta hay"
and for u John ji
"Those who try to travel in two boats always drowns"
Word Paki is a racial word against people who migrated from Pakistan. It is just like saying "White Shit" or "Nigger". I personally hate those racist words, which are mainly based on hatred, cast or creed. Under the skin we human being are the same. Is there any difference in color or structure of human body beneath the skin? Then why these racial words?
Adding to farid, the webster dictionary prsents paki as a racial derogatary word, and theres no question about it, that it has the same status as nigger.
If however someone thinks its "cool" and "in" to use a derogatary word towards himself, why would anyone mind.
[This message has been edited by jewels of insignificance (edited May 29, 1999).]
Most of the non Pakistani people use the word Paki as a derogatory remark. It is down right racist. It is similiar to the word Nigger in the States - Its OK for a black person to call another black person a Nigger but if some one else calls them that then its is racist.
Between me and my Pakistani friends we sometimes refer to ourselves as Pakis but this is in a nice way - but there is no way we would stand for any one else calling us Pakis because we know how they are using the word.
As some one said earlier it is all dependent on the context of the word.
offdachain!!!!!!
ofcourse iam kidding buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
i love to call myself a PAKI
all of my GORA friends call me PAKI
i can n't see any thing wrong with it .
it's not like calling some one a niger
infact it's like calling an American
how ever it does mean some thing bad in england
and they are tro blame themselves for this.
[This message has been edited by shezi (edited May 30, 1999).]
the country where i live it mean actually "water which is frozen and cut it into cubes". this term usually use in North Pole!
So far i know people who needed a fraesh water they went jumped into iceflake (you probably seen on tv where people take adventure to North Antarktis, during travelling you meet some ice-hills floating by it own and somes flake) well people take those "pakkis" into the ship and tin those up and viola "you get fresh water".
therefore when someone call me pakkis, then i always think fresh water. ahahahahahah
Hello john,
I would respond to the intention rather then the choice of word....Vrey few ppl would call me Paki without any hint of hostility...
The other part of your question ...As nation we have done very little to be proud of..I dont try to diffuse my identity , but a lot needs to change , before I can take pride in being a Pakistani...
