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06-26-2007, 08:30 AM
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| | | Iggy Pop in racist controversy
nme: Iggy Pop in racist controversy | News | NME.COM   Iggy Pop in racist controversy BBC apologises after singer's outburst 2 hours ago
The BBC has been forced to apologise after Iggy Pop used a racist term live on air.
During the broadcaster's coverage of the Glastonbury festival (June 23), Pop made a comment about visiting shops in north London.
In an interview after his performance, Pop launched into a long anecdote about going to Camden and visiting: "Paki shops."
Hosts Jo Whiley and Mark Radcliffe made no on-air apology on Saturday night (June 23) prompting three viewer complaints.
A spokesman for the corporation said: "We would like to apologise if anyone was offended."
The presenters on the BBC Two programme made no reference to the word after it had been said, reports BBC News.
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06-26-2007, 09:27 AM
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| | | oh dear. maybe he thinks its just an abreviation of "pakistaani" and doesnt realise its an offensive term over here. |
06-26-2007, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Severine  oh dear. maybe he thinks its just an abreviation of "pakistaani" and doesnt realise its an offensive term over here. | More than likely, probably what it was really.
I find it interesting the headline says "apologises after singer's outburst", though I wonder if it really was a "outburst" (I'd have to hear it). The use of that word is probably out of context and reeks of sensationalism. Next thing you know the Iggster will be branded as a "racist". If he was racist, he wouldn't be going to those "Paki" shops, now would he? Also, this wouldn't be a “controversy” if NME wasn't reporting the shit out of it like so. Ahh, what people do to sell the funny papers. |
06-26-2007, 09:54 AM
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| | | i disagree with paki being a racist term. it's an abbreviation. i know WHY it's considered offensive, but it simply sould not be. it's an abbreviation. it's only as racist as calling someone pakistani, english, belgian etc. ina negative way. are those racist terms? no. |
06-26-2007, 09:55 AM
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| | | oh please poor iggy |
06-26-2007, 10:21 AM
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| | wtf? and it is a short for Pakistani.
Iggy kicked ass at Glastenbury - that's what is really important!  |
06-26-2007, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ThePirate i disagree with paki being a racist term. it's an abbreviation. i know WHY it's considered offensive, but it simply sould not be. it's an abbreviation. it's only as racist as calling someone pakistani, english, belgian etc. ina negative way. are those racist terms? no. | i used to think that too. i thought it was the same things as shortening "polish" to "poles".
The problem is that racists use the term paki to describe ALL asian people, i.e iranians, arabs etc which is why its a derogatory term. |
06-26-2007, 10:38 AM
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| | | i shouldnt have my speech tailored by racists. |
06-26-2007, 10:40 AM
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| | | to my understanding that word means 'clean' in urdu.
dave you fucking clean |
06-26-2007, 10:41 AM
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| | | racism is so confusing
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06-26-2007, 10:44 AM
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| | | you're still pretty good at it though |
06-26-2007, 10:47 AM
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| | | omg so not funny!
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06-26-2007, 10:53 AM
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| | | isnt she! |
06-26-2007, 10:55 AM
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| | | HAhaha OI!
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06-26-2007, 02:51 PM
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| | 3 complaints. 
Who gives a shit what three people think?
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06-26-2007, 03:19 PM
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| | | Im sure it was a slip of the tongue, and not an extremely offensive one at that given the context.
Leave him alone. |
06-26-2007, 03:41 PM
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| | | Shakespeare wrote a really good play about this. |
06-26-2007, 03:52 PM
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| | | i'm far more offended by that last stooges album. granted, i'm not from pakistan. |
06-26-2007, 03:58 PM
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| | | and i have a feeling his comment wasn't entirely innocent anyway. it seems a lot of people are fine with racism, so long as it isn't against people of african descent.
it's the dice clay school of racism. make fun of asians to seem edgy, just be sure to mention you're cool with black people. |
06-26-2007, 04:47 PM
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| | | EXCUSE ME
Saying "paki shops" is having a racist outburst?
It's fucking Iggy Pop, come on. I think there's more things important than this shit. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | |
