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[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 46 points 2 days ago

Leave it to 4chan to import all the slurs from around the world

[-] Wolf@lemmy.today 27 points 2 days ago

Perhaps even less surprising, this particular racial slur apparently came from 4chan.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I am seeing the slur in Instagram as well.

[-] Wolf@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago

By came from I mean it originated from there.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Is it actually a slur, or just a stereotypical sounding name? Because if its the second isn't it just like Barry eating his 3rd pie and chips of the afternoon with a pint of wife beater?

[-] Wolf@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's both a stereotypical sounding "name" and a slur in the way 4chan uses it. They don't mean a specific type of Indian person, they mean an Indian person. It's not used like how some Brits use 'Barry' to mean a foolish person or Americans use 'Karen' to mean an entitled person.

I'm pretty sure it isn't even actually a real name, it just sounds like it should be to racists.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah probably this. There's other examples, like calling Soviet citizens "Ivan" in a derogatory way.

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