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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

What is the IF Carl?? They are making their Marx every day.

Just add it the list of other ridiculous things. Like.....Aunt Jemima syrup is racist......movie Gone with the Wind, racist.......uncle bens rice, racist. Some groups of people need to invest more time in educationg themselves in history rather than showing their illiteracy by ranting about things. Just an FYI.....Aunt Jemimas family is furious that the name is being discontinued. Jemima was a shining example of an educated black woman who started her own business and prospered. It should be an example of what can be accomplished....not labeled racist

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.

TY for post #77. I now know how to offend just about everyone on the planet :1rotfl:

“Descent” means “ancestors from,” not “born in”! Most people have descent from many countries. I’m of Danish descent because my great-great grandfather moved here from there in 1867. But I’m not Danish. I’m of Norwegian descent because my great-grandmother was born there about 1874. But I’m not Norwegian. I’m of African descent because two of my great-grandparents had mothers who had a European father and an African mother. But I’m not African. I’m an American. 90% European-American. Does that help?

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"

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
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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.

Thank you to all...

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.

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?

Please refer to me as WoodshopMark. The species of tree does not matter.

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?

I'm going with "Hard working successful American"