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*'''Oppose''' presenting this word as slur. The NDTV.com article and the few other sources mention do make it clear that some people consider this a slur and several are suitable sources, but other articles make it clear that its use by many does not offend or intend to offend. Citations that do not make it clear when this became a slur and in what way for such a contentious subject are not enough. I am of the impression that who uses it, who it refers to and how it is used is the deciding factor. Until some sort of more scholarly source explain when, where and how it is a slur we should not present it as such on Wikipedia. I am sure those who feel they have been slighted by this word or those who have sympathy for them feel this is some sort of injustice, but we are not to use Wikipedia to [[WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS]]. Also keep it in mind that it is not fair to those who do not use it as a slur to retroactively claim they were/are racists. Get those sociologist off their butts and write something about the prejudice behind this word's use and we can document it on Wikipedia. Keep in mind the citations do not have to be in English. (Pinging {{re| Capitals00}} as we had this conversation at [[Talk:List of ethnic slurs/Archive 10#Madrassi again]]) [[User:Richard-of-Earth|Richard-of-Earth]] ([[User talk:Richard-of-Earth|talk]] in November 2017) 22:25, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
:I don't get it to be honest. It's pretty clear from these articles that it's at least a highly offensive term. Historically it isn't a slur but its usage has been outdated, and offensive enough to warrant articles on someone using it. - [[User:SourceIsOpen|SourceIsOpen]] ([[User talk:SourceIsOpen|talk]]) 00:30, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
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