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Originally Posted by parmnion
whilst in an agitated state and whilst calling her dirty etc, he also told her she was a dirty knacker...which is another word for gypsy in ireland.
So yes, that was, in this instance, a racist comment....but keep sweeping these things under the carpet cause he is soooooooooooooooo entertaining.  |
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Originally Posted by parmnion
the racist bit is fact.
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Originally Posted by parmnion
oh yes he did.
He called her dirty and a pig just before warning her to keep her dirty knacker mouth shut.
Go ask your irish friends what a knacker is.
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Originally Posted by parmnion
no it's a racist slur as it has connectations that he thinks and classes all gypsys as dirty.
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Irish here, from roughly the region Mark is from. It is not a racist term here. It has racial origins but hasn't had racist connotations in common usage for over a decade. Personally I avoid the word because of it's history but Mark's usage had absolutely no racial connotations. The word literally doesn't mean member of the traveling community to him, or me.
Aaron,
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