Originally, this was simply an informal term for Aborigine, and was in fact used by Aboriginal people themselves (such as in the Aboriginal-run newspaper Abo Call) until it started to be considered offensive in the 1950s. Used chiefly by South Asian immigrants to imply confusion about cultural identityīlack and Cape Coloured or Coloured African peopleĪrabic for slave, associated with the Arab slave trade The term implies an otherness or lack of connection to their Chinese identity and (usually) Chinese language however, it has been reappropriated by many Chinese Americans and used to convey positive connotations.Īmerican-Born Confused Desi, Indian Americans or other South Asian Americans, ( desi) who were born in the United States. From the proper name Abraham.Īmerican-born Chinese, Han or other Chinese (including Taiwanese) born and raised in the United States. However, such terms are not included in this list. Other common insulting modifiers include 'dog', 'filthy', etc. Each term is listed followed by its country or region of usage, a definition, and a reference to that term.Įthnic slurs may also be produced as a racial epithet by combining a general-purpose insult with the name of ethnicity, such as 'dirty Jew', 'Russian pig', etc. The connotation of a term and prevalence of its use as a pejorative or neutral descriptor varies over time and by geography.įor the purposes of this list, an ethnic slur is a term designed to insult others on the basis of race, ethnicity, or nationality. Some of the terms listed below (such as 'gringo', 'yank', etc.) can be used in casual speech without any intention of causing offense.

The following is a list of ethnic slurs or ethnophaulisms or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise insulting manner.

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