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===Discrimination===

{{See also|Anti-Pakistan sentiment|Racism in the United Kingdom|Stereotypes of South Asians}}

British Pakistanis were eight times more likely to be victims of a racist attack than white people in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=Most race attack victims 'are white' |author=Ian Burrell |newspaper=The Independent |date= 8 February 1999|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/most-race-attack-victims-are-white-1069502.html |accessdate=2 November 2010}}</ref> The chances of a Pakistani being racially attacked in a year is more than 4 per cent – the highest rate in the country, along with [[British Bangladeshis]] – though this has come down from 8 per cent a year in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pakistanis-are-eight-times-more-likely-to-be-victim-of-a-racist-attack-than-whites-596594.html |title=Pakistanis are eight times more likely to be victim of a racist attack than whites – Home News, UK |work=The Independent |date=4 February 2003 |accessdate=27 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref> The term "[[List of ethnic slurs#Paki|Paki]]" is often used as a racist slur to describe Pakistanis and can also be directed towards non-Pakistani South Asians. There have been some attempts by the youngest generation of British Pakistanis to [[Reclaimed word|reclaim]] the word and use it in a non-offensive way to refer to themselves, though this remains controversial.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6740445.stm |title=After the N-word, the P-word |author=Rajni Bhatia |date= 11 June 2007 |work= |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=6 May 2010}}</ref>

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