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minus-square@LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink44•1 month agoDo I even want to know what a pajeet is?
minus-squareCubitOomlinkfedilinkEnglish65•1 month agoYou probably don’t. I looked it up after not hearing the term before. Tap for spoiler It’s a slur for South Asians. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pajeet
minus-square@BeNotAfraid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink29•1 month agoIt’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.
minus-square@Thunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•1 month agoAccording to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.
minus-square@ryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 month agoYa gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!
minus-square@Thunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•1 month agoTell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!
minus-square@k0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilink3•1 month agoFrom the wiki: The implication makes fun of a typical Indian male’s name. Doesn’t say it’s not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.
minus-square@Thunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 month agoAnd what does it say right above that? An invented term for a South Asian person. And from CubitOom’s link: An invented Indian-sounding given name And from the sources cited on Wikipedia: a derogatory made-up Indian name originating on 4chan in 2015 First seen on 4Chan, The term “pajeet” is an ethnic slur, coined as a derisive imitation of Indian names
minus-square@emergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 month agoIt is possible that there exist a few Indians with the name Pajeet, but it is definitely not a common name here. I’ve never met a Pajeet.
minus-square@ikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoSo is the implication that all Indians think Mush is a hero?
minus-square@5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink16•1 month agoAnti-South Asian/antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory term
minus-square@Kusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilink6•1 month agoAntisemitic…? It’s just a general racist term towards Indians
minus-square@5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink2•1 month ago“Great Replacement” conspiracy theory relies on the idea that elites, Jews (a diffuse entity) are organising the ‘replacing’.
minus-square@Kusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•1 month agoYes, but the term “pajeet” isn’t linked to that afaik, other than that people who support that theory are racists and racists use the term “pajeet”.
minus-square@Kaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilink11•1 month agoIt’s an Indian, from India. Not Native American.
Do I even want to know what a pajeet is?
You probably don’t.
I looked it up after not hearing the term before.
Tap for spoiler
It’s a slur for South Asians. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pajeet
Sadly I assumed correctly
It’s actually a name. Pajeet is a genuine Hindu name. It’s a pejorative, in the same way “Paddy” is both an Irish name and used as a slur for Irish people.
According to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.
Ya gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!
Tell ‘em Wikipedia and their five cited sources sent ya!
From the wiki:
Doesn’t say it’s not a real name though. Neither does the screen cap of the tweet.
And what does it say right above that?
And from CubitOom’s link:
And from the sources cited on Wikipedia:
It is possible that there exist a few Indians with the name Pajeet, but it is definitely not a common name here. I’ve never met a Pajeet.
So is the implication that all Indians think Mush is a hero?
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Anti-South Asian/antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory term
Antisemitic…? It’s just a general racist term towards Indians
“Great Replacement” conspiracy theory relies on the idea that elites, Jews (a diffuse entity) are organising the ‘replacing’.
Yes, but the term “pajeet” isn’t linked to that afaik, other than that people who support that theory are racists and racists use the term “pajeet”.
It’s an Indian, from India. Not Native American.
Racist word towards Indians