Is this headline racist?

[Fritzo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100218/wl_africa_afp/nigerunrest

:hmm:

 

[waggy]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100218/wl_africa_afp/nigerunrest

:hmm:

lol.

ok..

yeah.

 

[blackdogdeek]

*snigger*

 

[Nitemare]

<----starts lolling and walking towards the shortbus

 

[Train]

Niger please!

 

[NFS4]

Are you stupid?

 

[yh125d]

Whatchu China say?

 

[DivideBYZero]

Your FACE is racist.

 

[SonnyDaze]

Uh..hmmmm...no.

 

[shiner]

Hey look, it's that Niger guy!

 

[Phoenix86]

Coworker was reading that article and pronouncing it incorrectly. Multiple times. Aloud.

He wasn't joking... Had to explain a few thing to him in private. His face turned bright red. /facepalm

 

[JS80]

At least they didn't fuck it up like this

http://rofl.wheresthebeef.co.uk/great person&#37;20Innis.jpg

 

[Nik]

Are you stupid?

Either they don't know that Niger is the name of a country or they're trollin

 

[yh125d]

Coworker was reading that article and pronouncing it incorrectly. Multiple times. Aloud.

He wasn't joking... Had to explain a few thing to him in private. His face turned bright red. /facepalm

Are you Syria?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Niger is a country... Can't see how that is racist...

Edit-Because I fail at knowing the names of countries in Africa.

 

[Jittles]

Really it should be "Nigerian soldiers" right?

America soldiers seized yada yada...

Doesn't make sense^

So it could be a purposefully racist typo that could easily be viewed as a mistake?

 

[Fritzo]

Either they don't know that Niger is the name of a country or they're trollin

It's a joke. We all know it was supposed to say Pollack soldiers...

 

[Train]

Niger would simply mean from Nigeria. Can't see how that is racist...

Wow, geography fail.

Niger and Nigeria are separate countries.

 

[Cyco]

Dont be Niggardly.

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

So, if a Nigerian comes from Nigeria
What do you call someone from Niger?

 

[Nitemare]

So, if a Nigerian comes from Nigeria
What do you call someone from Niger?

African?

 

[Mike Gayner]

Niger would simply mean from Nigeria. Can't see how that is racist...

Really it should be "Nigerian soldiers" right?

America soldiers seized yada yada...

Doesn't make sense^

So it could be a purposefully racist typo that could easily be viewed as a mistake?

Holy fucking shit Americans suck at geography.

 

[SlitheryDee]

"Inferior Race Soldiers seize president in coup"!

 

[Cattlegod]

Holy fucking shit Americans suck at geography.

at least the US can hold and not screw up the olympics

 

[Train]

So, if a Nigerian comes from Nigeria
What do you call someone from Niger?

Nigerien, pronounced Ny-Jur-E-uhn

Nigerian is pronounced Ny-Jeer-E-uhn

For the record I'm an american and I rock at geography. I'm sorry a lot of people form my country accumulate their knowledge from MTV.