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Originally Posted by Alex Linder
@AlexLinder5 'Gora' or 'firangi' refer to Whites. But they aren't slurs exactly though not used in polite conversation
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Investing those terms is quite informative as they seem to carry a lot of White (Aryan) history.
The term 'gora' has two relevant associations.
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- Gora (clan), a clan of Jats found in north India
- Gora (racial epithet), or gaura, a Hindi and Indo-Aryan word for Europeans or a light-skinned person
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With the regards, to the first association, the 'clan of Jat'
W Gora (clan)
Following many hyperlinks on those pages the common factor is north-east India and modern Pakistan which would be considered the home of the Indian branch of Aryans and all that that implies.
Gora (racial_epithet) #G
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A South Asian adjective for a yellow-skinned or light-brown person, whether from India, Pakistan or other regions. The word literally means "white" or "fair-skinned" in Indo-Aryan languages like Hindi and Punjabi.
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The term 'firangi' ...
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Firangi TV is a channel from the Sahara One Media, one of India's media giants based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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The target audience for channel is aimed at 20-40 year olds residing in northern and western India.
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Not sure if the word has a different meaning in this context. Either way, what makes the people of north-west India so distinct from the rest of India that they are targeted with different entreatment? Is this a race issue like in America where Whites and niggers have different tastes?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/firangi
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(India, UK, Pakistan) A foreigner, especially a British or a white person.
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The origin of the word may be related to Franks, which in the East, during the Middle Ages was used as a synonym for European. This would be similar the reason why "linga franca" (the language of the Franks) which really meant language of the Europeans, not the Franks.