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LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You probably don’t.

  I looked it up after not hearing the term before.

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  It’s a slur for South Asians. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pajeet

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  • BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    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.

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    • Thunderbird4@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      According to the link above, and the Hindu American Foundation, it’s not a real name and is exclusively pejorative.

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      • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ya gonna have to tell that to the people I have met with this name, sorry guys your name is not real!

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    • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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  • LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sadly I assumed correctly

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So is the implication that all Indians think Mush is a hero?

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• 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Anti-South Asian/antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory term

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Antisemitic…? It’s just a general racist term towards Indians

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    • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory relies on the idea that elites, Jews (a diffuse entity) are organising the ‘replacing’.

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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”.

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• Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s an Indian, from India. Not Native American.

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• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Racist word towards Indians

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