As if all of its sexism wasn’t bad enough, it appears that Jurassic World may have a racism problem, too.
The controversy: The film features a dinosaur species called Pachycephalosaurus, which at times characters call “pachys,” which sounds too much like “paki,” which is a slur for South Asian people that’s used in Britain.
Many on social media expressed shock at hearing the word — and particularly with hearing the line “The Pachis are out of containment!” once the dinos had escaped.
https://twitter.com/sylhetishawty/status/611666095024418816
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British comedian Guzzy Bear has even released a video calling for a boycott of the film — but it seems more like a lighthearted joke than an outraged call to action:
