Although my father describes mostly positive experiences from serving in Kuwait and Afghanistan, one of the negative things he tells me is that some American soldiers ignorantly call the native people who live there "Hadjis" or "Hajis." While Pfft, Science! can't fully get behind this slur, else our financial backers will pull their funding, we must admit there is a certain part of us that finds it cynically amusing that a lesser known 60s cartoon character, Hadji Singh from Johnny Quest, would be a reference point for making a racial slur. Though it must be noted Hadji was technically Indian, but hey, whatever, close enough.
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What, you want your racism to also be ACCURATE? Man, you can't expect americans to come up with a distinct slur for EVERY ethnicity.
I have to wonder what grand conspiracy is behind 20 y.o.s knowing about a show that is 40 years old. Geeks know Johnny Quest, but otherwise I'm not sure. It's almost like the military has a class that teaches esoteric references to incorporate into your racism.
We live in an age where we have hundreds of cable TV channels, the shows of our childhood are worshiped and re-marketed to no end...so it's possible they could know it...
BUT...it's much more likely that they heard their dad say it.
@Wester ummmm.....i dont know what you're talking about, i grew up with jonny quest and im still in high school.....
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