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. . copied DIRECTLY from the "Macmillan Dictionary" offensive words for people according to nationality or ethnicity - synonyms and related words | Macmillan Dictionary Offensive words for people according to nationality or ethnicity RELATED WORDS (BTW MY favorite is the descrition of "Uncle Tom" below...) black NOUN OFFENSIVE a black person. This word is sometimes considered offensive, so you should be very careful about using it. Canuck NOUN AMERICANINFORMAL someone who is Canadian, especially French Canadian. This word is sometimes used as an insult. colored NOUN OFFENSIVE an offensive word for a black person coloured the British spelling of colored Coloured NOUN SOUTH AFRICANOFFENSIVE someone who has one parent or grandparent who is white and one who is not coolie NOUN OFFENSIVE an insulting word used in the past for a worker with no special skills in China, India, and other parts of Asia coon NOUN OFFENSIVE an offensive word for a black person cracker NOUN AMERICAN an insulting word for a poor white person who lives in the southeastern U.S. dago NOUN OFFENSIVE an extremely offensive word for a person from Italy, Spain, Portugal, or South America Eskimo NOUN OLD-FASHIONED a member of the Inuit people. This word is now sometimes considered offensive. frog NOUN OFFENSIVE an insulting word for a French person gipsy a British spelling of gypsy gook NOUN AMERICANOFFENSIVE a very offensive word for someone from Asia goy NOUN OFFENSIVE someone who is not Jewish gringo NOUN an insulting word used by some people from South America for someone from another country who speaks English, especially someone from the U.S. gypsy NOUN OFFENSIVE a Romany half-breed NOUN OFFENSIVE an offensive word for a person who has parents of two different races, especially someone with one white parent and one Native American parent. A more polite expression is person of mixed race. half-caste NOUN OFFENSIVE an offensive word for someone who has parents of two different races. A more polite expression is person of mixed race. haole NOUN in Hawaiian English, a white person honky NOUN OFFENSIVE an insulting word for a white person Indian NOUN OLD-FASHIONED a Native American Injun NOUN OFFENSIVE an extremely offensive word for a Native American. You may see or hear this word, but do not use it. Jerry NOUN MAINLY BRITISHOFFENSIVEINFORMAL an insulting word for a German jock NOUN BRITISHOFFENSIVE an insulting word for someone from Scotland kaffir NOUN SOUTH AFRICANOFFENSIVE a black person kafir NOUN OFFENSIVE a word meaning “non-believer,” used by some Muslims to describe someone who is not a Muslim Kraut NOUN OFFENSIVE an insulting word for a German makwerekwere NOUN SOUTH AFRICANOFFENSIVE a term used in South Africa for foreigners from the rest of Africa mammy NOUN AMERICANOFFENSIVE an offensive word sometimes used in the past for a black woman who took care of other people’s children, mainly in the southern U.S. mick NOUN BRITISHOFFENSIVE an insulting word for an Irish person mulatto NOUN OFFENSIVE an offensive word for someone who has one black parent and one white parent native NOUN OFFENSIVE an offensive word for someone belonging to a group who lived in a place before Europeans arrived there negress NOUN OFFENSIVE an offensive word for a black woman negro NOUN OFFENSIVE a black person. This word is now considered offensive but until the second half of the 20th century it was an accepted word, used by black people as well as white. ****** NOUN OFFENSIVE an extremely offensive word for a black person nonwhite ADJECTIVE belonging to a race of people that does not have pale skin. This word is considered offensive when it is used to separate white from nonwhite people for political or economic reasons. oriental NOUN OLD-FASHIONED someone from eastern Asia, especially China or Japan. This word is now considered offensive. Paddy NOUN OFFENSIVE an insulting word for an Irish person pakeha NOUN NEW ZEALAND a white person in New Zealand, especially someone whose family originally came from Europe paleface NOUN OFFENSIVE a white person. This word is sometimes used as an insult by Native Americans. pickaninny NOUN OFFENSIVE a black child. This word is sometimes used by older white people but most people consider it offensive. Polack NOUN AMERICAN an insulting word for someone from Poland. The usual word is Pole. pommy NOUN AUSTRALIANINFORMAL a slightly insulting word for someone from the U.K., especially someone from England primitive NOUN OLD-FASHIONED someone from a primitive society. This word is now considered offensive. Pygmy NOUN a member of a people who are of less than average height. Most Pygmies live in Central Africa or Southeast Asia. This word is now sometimes considered offensive. Red Indian NOUN OLD-FASHIONED a Native American. This word is now considered to be offensive. redskin NOUN OFFENSIVE a word used in the past to refer to a Native American, now regarded as very offensive savage ADJECTIVE OLD-FASHIONED an insulting way of describing someone or something from a culture that is not considered to be advanced. This is now considered offensive. savage NOUN OLD-FASHIONED an insulting word for someone from a culture that is not considered to be advanced. This is now considered offensive. spade NOUN OFFENSIVE a very offensive word for a black person squaw NOUN OFFENSIVE an old word for a Native American woman. This is now considered offensive. Taffy NOUN OFFENSIVE an insulting word for someone from Wales Uncle Tom NOUN an insulting word for a black person who the speaker thinks shows too much respect for white people. This word is used especially by other black people. WASP NOUN White Anglo-Saxon Protestant: a word for people who are white and have money, power, and opportunities that other people do not have wetback NOUN AMERICANOFFENSIVE an offensive word for someone from Mexico who goes to live in the U.S. whitey NOUN AMERICANOFFENSIVE an offensive word for a white person wog NOUN OFFENSIVEBRITISH an extremely offensive word for a black person wog NOUN OFFENSIVEAUSTRALIAN an extremely offensive word for a person from a Mediterranean country wop NOUN OFFENSIVE an extremely offensive word for an Italian person Yank NOUN IMPOLITE an insulting word for someone from the U.S. Yankee NOUN someone from the U.S.. This word is often used as an insulting word for referring to an American by people who are not from the U.S. yid NOUN OFFENSIVE an extremely offensive word for a Jewish person |
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Colored People on your list?
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. What is their position on recent Black Lives Matter actions and all the murders in the major cities across America? Strangely silent. I personally don't use the term "colored", for being called a racist by the PC police. Quote:
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TY for post #77. I now know how to offend just about everyone on the planet :1rotfl:
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Since "redneck" is not listed, does that mean that it is not an OFFENSIVE term? And I have never found "Yank" or "Yankee" to be offensive. Is it meant to be a slur? Funny, when I was living overseas I had friends that called me "Yank." They seemed sincere in their friendship. They also used the term "boyo"
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I think any term can be offensive. It depends on how you use it, tone, body language etc. even the cat understands me when I want to be offensive.
Of course in writing it is different, it would depend on the context and who uses it. When one tries to offend someone or vice versa, when one tries to make someone feel guilty, my experience has usually been that Newton’s law applies to people as well as things: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The statement means that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects. The size of the forces on the first object equals the size of the force on the second object. |
just maybe we should all refer to ourselves as Americans or US citizens and not this stuff about where your ancestors came from
.... Oh my gosh, that just might begin to bring us back together as one nation.....just saying |
Civilized thread
I am pleasantly surprised to see a civil discussion about what could be considered an inflammatory topic.
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My only comment is not all back people are African. Just think, we the white folk have never been subjected to the same treatment as people of color. I grew up in Florida where blacks went to the movies using the fire escape to get to the third level not accessible by any other level. My drug store soda fountain would not allow blacks past the cash register. "White only"water fountains and bathrooms. Year 1960. You fill in the blanks.
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Thank you for your sensitivity and willingness in asking the question. First of all, the term is Black, not black. Secondly, why should it bother you? You don't own them. How's your inference skill?
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Please refer to me as WoodshopMark. The species of tree does not matter.
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I guess saying colored people is OK in this crazy PC world we live in since the NAACP hasn't been forced to change it's name yet.
I have a black friend that proudly wears his NAACP tee shirt, and he is as liberal as they come. Isn't it strange that we haven't heard a peep from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People condemning these riots and all the skyrocketing murders in the big cities. I guess they're afraid to infringe on the spotlight of the BLM radicals? Quote:
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