Why is "Paki" considered a bad word?

[Raindance]

Re: Why is “Paki” considered a bad word?

@DaffyDuck

Normally if you say the word “Paki” its considered a **BIG bad word. **In the west, if you say it, its considered racism. (Paki - Wiktionary, the free dictionary)

But i dont understand why do Asians take it so badly, if we Pakistanis are called “Paki”, whats the big deal we are citizenz of South Asia, we are Pakistanis, whats to feel so bad about it. Honestly there are really big bad words ^%^$%$ around that are way more over-offensive than how people take this word.

Okay to some extent - its understandable that racism is a big thing around the world but even if a Pakistani uses the word for another Pakistani, it flares people up and just meter-ghooma deti hai sabka.

But really is it that offensive & big a word that people react so much on it as compared to more derogatory terms like the F word etc that they are so convenient in using all the time?

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I remember the back streets behind my College in East Ham London the wall were full of graffiti and obscenities ‘Wogs’ ‘Jews’ ‘Paki’ which was visible on arches with overhead bridges.
The term ‘Paki’ was/is understood as an obscenity along with the rest of the other racial curses.