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Dr_Cuckoo3

anamenottaken wrote: »

Poster looked at your user name?

Pakistan would be my first thought (although I appreciate they are all the same colour and have straight hair)

anamenottaken

Dr_Cuckoo3 wrote: »

Pakistan would be my first thought (although I appreciate they are all the same colour and have straight hair)

And did they know the difference between the two?

Dr_Cuckoo3

anamenottaken wrote: »

And did they know the difference between the two?

I don't know - they both eat the same cuisine

You can differentiate between Africans and Caribbean's by offering rice and peas apparently

wiseshark

Dr_Cuckoo3 wrote: »

Pakistan would be my first thought (although I appreciate they are all the same colour and have straight hair)

I think your statement could be interpreted as being offensive and would advise that you delete it.

staffie1

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to bite.

Dr_Cuckoo3

wiseshark wrote: »

I think your statement could be interpreted as being offensive and would advise that you delete it.

There are quite a few posts on this forum stating "Indian call centre" when staffed by "Pakistanis"

In particular CITI financial

There are a lot of people who do not know the difference between Indian and Pakistani (main difference - Muslim)

There is quite a difference

My post queries why people suggest India over Pakistan when a brown skinned foreign name is mentioned

Khan is more common in Pakistan - you have the Dragons Den Caan (changed from Khan) for example


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search.php?searchid=151424926


Why don't you complain about these posts - these are Pakistanis not Indians but Sun readers cannot tell the difference

wiseshark

I'm not taking a "bite". In fact I couldn't give a monkeys what people write, whether it's said in good humour or just plain nasty.

People have been PPR'd for a lot less and BTW, I won't be the one that reports it.

Dr_Cuckoo3

use the search function on the loans board - most references to "indian" in fact refer to "Pakistani" because Sun readers don't know the difference between paediatrician and ......

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12

wiseshark

Dr_Cuckoo3 wrote: »

There are quite a few posts on this forum stating "Indian call centre" when staffed by "Pakistanis"

In particular CITI financial

There are a lot of people who do not know the difference between Indian and Pakistani (main difference - Muslim)

There is quite a difference

My post queries why people suggest India over Pakistan when a brown skinned foreign name is mentioned

Khan is more common in Pakistan - you have the Dragons Den Caan (changed from Khan) for example


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search.php?searchid=151424926


Why don't you complain about these posts - these are Pakistanis not Indians but Sun readers cannot tell the difference

I have no intention of complaining as said in my previous post.

I am not interested in a cultural lesson or any of your anecdotes. I do think your comments are in poor taste. Enough said.

Dr_Cuckoo3

wiseshark wrote: »

People have been PPR'd for a lot less and BTW, I won't be the one that reports it.

PPR for pointing out that most people on this forum don't know the difference between Indian and Pakistani will line my pocket nicely
You don't appear to have any criticism for the poster who assumed "indian" on the basis of surname "khan" which is a brown person surname popular in Pakisatan

but the first thought of a Sun reader is brown = Indian