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Old 19th December 2001, 11:01   #205 (permalink)
giggzy
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[quote]Originally posted by True Treble Reds:
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The Uzbek’s, Tajik's and Afghani's don't have a problem with dropping the stan and my Pakistani friends don't either. Why do you?

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Uzbeks, Tajiks and Afghanis are the names of races or groups of people from Asia. 'Stan' means Land in Persian., eg. Tajikstan means land of the Tajiks... 'Paki' isn't a race of people.

Davo stated that its been used as rascist term, over the last few decades.
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