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Old Fri Jan 28, 2011, 09:46am
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Originally Posted by stiffler3492 View Post
I take it along the same lines as calling a Mexican guy a beaner or an Italian guy a greaseball.

Racially derogatory terms. The way I've heard "Patel" used, it's almost never in a nice way.
I've never heard Patel used this way - but admittedly I've never lived in an area with much, if any, Indian population. However, I can see the point you're making - if you are saying it would be like someone using something like "Paco" to refer to a Hispanic player.

In any of these cases I'd have to be certain it was being done in a racial way.
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