Poll: Is Prince Harry racist?

[Prometherion]

Prince Harry apparently called one of his fellow cadets a 'paki' and made a 'raghead' remark. This incident was recorded 3 years ago whilst he was a cadet, but this is not the first time something like this happened (Nazi fancy dress anyone?). I personally think he isnt a racist, but he is an arrogant idiotic toff, who is so sheltered by a cushy life he lacks empathy. What do you think?

 

[jasoncyrus]

I read about this in my local paper.

Obviously they ran out of people to smear so they dug up dirt on one of the people whom we could not give a rats ass about.

Just charge him with the usual race crime deal and move on.

 

[SirSchmoopy]

Wait... paki is an insult?

 

[[Gavo]]

Read about this a while back. The "paki" remark, no, but for the "raghead", it's a racist term. He's just dumb. Not racist.

 

[AuntyEthel]

He's just an idiot, not a racist.

Prince Phillip however, he's an idiot and a racist.

 

[Good morning blues]

The only Harry-related clusterfuck that would be worth a second comment if the guy wasn't a member of the Royal Family is the Nazi costume thing. This one is only slightly more disturbing than the revelation that he drinks and smokes (GASP!) marijuana, which is to say, not at all.

 

[cobra_ky]

i hear paki is actually a pretty huge ethnic slur in england.

 

[Eiseman]

The only Harry-related clusterfuck that would be worth a second comment if the guy wasn't a member of the Royal Family is the Nazi costume thing. This one is only slightly more disturbing than the revelation that he drinks and smokes (GASP!) marijuana, which is to say, not at all.

Oh my god!

He drinks marijuana! Devilspawn!

 

[Good morning blues]

The only Harry-related clusterfuck that would be worth a second comment if the guy wasn't a member of the Royal Family is the Nazi costume thing. This one is only slightly more disturbing than the revelation that he drinks and smokes (GASP!) marijuana, which is to say, not at all.

Oh my god!

He drinks marijuana! Devilspawn!

Pot tea, dude.

 

[Eiseman]

Pot tea, dude.

Oh, those Brits. Always with the tea.

 

[SirSchmoopy]

Wait... paki is an insult?

Insults are based upon intention.

And you might not think it, but when someone calls you that, especially if you aren't Pakistani, then it is even more insulting.

If someone called me a Paki I would just assume there an idiot, then again I'm not an over sensitive pussy. That be like getting offended if I went to "insert country no one has ever heard of here" and getting offended someone called me an american or yanki. Pretty sure I wouldn't even bother to correct them let alone cry a river about it.

 

[Knight Templar]

Wait... paki is an insult?

That surprised me to, even the guy who got called Paki didn't care. Thats what seems to matter here, it was a nickname and the guy who had the nickname was fine with it.

It seems like calling somebody a Aussie, only 30 years ago Aussie wasn't a slur.

 

[Blue Sonnet]

Wait... paki is an insult?

I've been reliably told by Indian friends that if you call an Indian person Paki[stani], or vice-versa, it is a huge insult.

On topic, I don't think he is, especially considering who his mother was. I'm sure that her influence is stronger than his grandfathers.

 

[[Gavo]]

i hear paki is actually a pretty huge ethnic slur in england.

Yep. In America, the term "sand ******" or "Hadji" is used more often.

Although I've heard some of the more cosmopolitan bigots here throw that term around.

Sand ******? Wow, I've NEVER heard that one before. Where do you live?

 

[TheBlueRabbit]

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i hear paki is actually a pretty huge ethnic slur in england.

Yep. In America, the term "sand ******" or "Hadji" is used more often.

Although I've heard some of the more cosmopolitan bigots here throw that term around.

Sand ******? Wow, I've NEVER heard that one before. Where do you live?

Guessing from his SN I'd say Kentucky. It's unfortunately a fairly common term in the southern states of the US.

I don't know much about Prince Harry, so I can't really speak to his character.

 

[[Gavo]]

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i hear paki is actually a pretty huge ethnic slur in england.

Yep. In America, the term "sand ******" or "Hadji" is used more often.

Although I've heard some of the more cosmopolitan bigots here throw that term around.

Sand ******? Wow, I've NEVER heard that one before. Where do you live?

Guessing from his SN I'd say Kentucky. It's unfortunately a fairly common term in the southern states of the US.

I don't know much about Prince Harry, so I can't really speak to his character.

Ah. See, I live in San Diego, CA, so I'm kinda in a huge bubble with terms like that.

 

[Figgis Fiddis]

If he's racist, he's racist.

That's none of my business.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Is Prince Harry racist?
I think a better question would be: Why would anyone care about what Prince Harry thinks?

 

[The Wooster]

Prince Harry apparently called one of his fellow cadets a 'paki' and made a 'raghead' remark. This incident was recorded 3 years ago whilst he was a cadet, but this is not the first time something like this happened (Nazi fancy dress anyone?). I personally think he isnt a racist, but he is an arrogant idiotic toff, who is so sheltered by a chushy life he lacks empathy. What do you think?

Paki is a racist term now?

The term 'sand ******' (also 'Snow ******') is absolutely hilarious because it implies that one day, not far in the future, extra terrestrial will land on earth and a man, perhaps wearing a nascar baseball cap, will stare at the multi-tentacled creature that's traveled millions of miles to talk to us, and call it a 'space ******'.

 

[Dommyboy]

Who really cares anyway? Celebrities and higher figures are judged for everything they do and whoever uses some celebrities as role models are mostly idiots.

Maybe he is racist or maybe he is just an idiot. Though the Nazi dress up did actually make me chuckle a bit. It's not every day a royalty dresses up as a racist figure.