Is it time for political correctness to die?

[hsher]

Poll question: Is it time for political correctness to die?

G-d help me for posting this, but: I just feel it right now. It has to be said.

As a thick-skinned person whose father is African-American and whose mother is Jewish and East Indian, but who doesn't go to pieces when some bigot calls me the N word, something anti-Semitic, or "a macaca", I am begging us as Democrats: PLEASE, it is time to put an end to political correctness. You don't see minorities out there flinching in the face of racism. Believe me, we face it every day; end of day, you just gotta laugh at it. If we spent every hour of every day railing against it, we'd be exhausted, and it still would be there. We Jews and black folks learned that a LONG time ago. So why do non-minorities continue to police and scream at each other? "That's not PC!" "Ooo, that's offensive!" Offensive to whom? To you? You're not a minority! RELAAAAAAAX! :)

Be sensitive to others, but don't get out of control putting the beatdown on each other for not being "100% pure Ivory soap" perfect in everything you do and say. Just be yourself. Speak your truth. I'm a minority sick of PC. Does anyone else feel this way? Here's my poll... and I hope I didn't "offend"!

[yewberry]

1. Other:

I don't believe that respect costs me anything. There's my truth.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Couldn't have said it better myself!

:thumbsup:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

85. not only does it not cost you...

it enriches you.

[MadHound]

2. No, I think that we need to continue to be intolerant of intolerance

And while it does get carried overboard at times, the societal approbation that accompanies political correctedness is effective in changing society for the better. Does it get carried too far some times? Sure. But frankly I would rather see this be carried too far rather than the blind hatred of intolerance.

[wuushew]

4. what is wrong with being polite?

doesn't pc langauge simply reduce chances for hurt feelings and misunderstanding? Why should that be discontinued?

[wryter2000]

6. Thank you

I don't consider it political correctness. I consider it courtesy.

[hsher]

5. War on Intolerance = War on Terror?

Wars against ideologies are destructive, and don't work. I think we've seen that by now. Politeness is a personal choice; enforcing the politeness of others crosses a line into Freeperville.

And that's my truth.

[wuushew]

8. PC is government mandated?

Last time I checked the Fahrenheit 451 squad had not incinerated my local library. More often are not PC "rules" are merely guidelines by which private organizations and local governments moderate materials and dealings with the public?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

7. Yes, it's too difficult to respect other people.

I'm much too busy of a man
& have way too many important things to do
to take the time or the energy
to treat other individuals with respect
or worry about their little sensitive feelings.

[hsher]

9. I'M "the other people"... :(

I'm not asking Caucasian, non-Jewish Americans to cease being polite; I'm just asking us all to consider STOPPING trying to enforce politeness on PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT OURSELVES. We can only, ultimately, control what we ourselves say and what we ourselves do. It's not constructive to try to control what others say and do. Nor is it American. My only question here is, if policing others' etiquette is okay, then why is policing others' terror not okay? Both "hurt", according to you. Where is the line? Do you see the slippery slope in this?

Why not just be polite ourselves, allow dumb others to be impolite, mind our own business, and go your way? Example is the best teacher - not THOUGHT POLICING. That's all I'm sayin'.

And I'm just sayin'.
As one of the minorities your unsolicited helpfulness is trying to "protect".
Um, I'm not a baby and I don't need your protection...? :)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

28. I don't have the time or the energy to worry about

whatever it is you're wordily begging me for. Please let go of
my trousers, you're spoling the crease & I'm on my
way to a big meeting of powerful white men about something
much more important than what you and your little sensitive
feelings want or don't want. Shoo! Shoo!

[hsher]

37. That's better :)

[blondeatlast]

10. Political correctness is an invention of the RW Noise Machine. The operative word

should be "polite" and/or "civil." Don't fall into the trap of mistaking social conventions for a political tool.

No one HAS to tell that racist/sexist joke but they have every freedom to do so; but if they choose to, I have every right to call them out for it and a duty to do so.

Edit; before it comes up and it will--I'm married to a man with brown skin and a "funny-sounding" name.

[hsher]

11. Blonde's got it 100% right

You hit it right on the head and said it better than I've been attempting. Thank you. :)

[porphyrian]

12. Everyone's a little bit racist.

Muppets told me so.

[hsher]

13. Kermit

It's not easy being green, you know. And by the way: Oscar the grouch used to be orange. He traded up to green. Why is that? Because it's even less easy being orange? And Grover started off BROWN. (Any Gen X'ers out there besides me remember this?) He got out of having brown fur real quick and came out blue. What was THAT about?

[porphyrian]

16. "I need my guitar back..." - Roosevelt Franklin

Actually, I was referring to the lyric in the show "Avenue Q," which you apparently aren't yet aware of, but that you would no doubt enjoy. They are here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_Q
http://www.avenueq.com/

[hsher]

19. "I NEED MY GUITAR BACK"!!!! OMFG!!!

You know this sketch! "I'm making... a design. I'm DECORATIN' it! Ah hahahahahahahaha!" I have this on VHS. Best. Sesame. Street. Sketch. EVER!!!!

[porphyrian]

20. It's my favorite.

;)

[hsher]

21. Mine too

:D

[porphyrian]

24. "...circles, rectangles, triangles and squares...!"

http://muppet.wikia.com.nyud.net:8090/images/5/56/RooseveltFranklin.jpg

[hsher]

31. That sketch is INSANE... and btw...

Did you know Roosevelt was removed from the show because of political correctness? Sesame Workshop, formed from the ashes of the Children's Television Workshop, opted to take his sketches off Sesame Street because they feared "African-American and underprivileged children and their parents might become offended."

Well as a black kid who loved Roosevelt Franklin, seeing him removed offended me, and that, believe it or not, is why I fight against PC today. That's the gospel truth what started it. That, and seeing funny racist Tex Avery cartoons re-edited the funny out of on Cartoon Network.

God's honest truth.

[Annces]

14. I knew a group of doctors who were so outlandish

with the way they were treating the staff, that they were ordered to take a class on harassment by the hospital. I told this to a friend of mine, and how these guys were such jerks. My friend said jokingly like one of the doctors speaking - "Hey I didn't learn anything new in that harassment class".

The joke being the doctors were only interested in learning how to be better at harassment. I thought it was funny and right on.

[hsher]

18. So true

When I was in the South, I saw certain bigoted individuals get sent to anger management and PC classes for stuff they'd said and done. Ironically, these same people, who with a drink in them would have called me a n---r, opened right up to me and talked somewhat intelligently about their experiences. One guy told me he felt the PC "anti-harassment" classes were somewhat educational for him in how to be even more offensive. Braves pitcher John Rocker, off the record, was intelligent enough to know what "re-education camps" were and referred to his class as one. My only point in creating this poll was to hopefully warn us at DU that *any* form of authoritarianism could be the start of a slippery slope straight down into becoming what we hate. Look at a spectrum. If you go far enough into red, you become infrared, ultraviolet and then blue. If you go too far into blue, you go the opposite and become red.

A Jedi knight in a George Lucas script would get this. But if you read above, you see many people calling themselves DU-ers miss the point entirely.

"LITTLE BLACK GIRL, I WILL PROTECT YOU FROM THOSE WHO DON'T TOLERATE YOU WHETHER YOU WANT MY PROTECTION OR NOT!" How diminished I feel knowing that American rights of freedom of speech are being savaged and abrogated simply because certain people, ironically racist, feel I am so weak I cannot handle intolerance mydamnself.

[Bill McBlueState]

72. spectra don't do that

If you keep going into the infrared, you get millimeter and radio. On the other end, ultraviolet becomes x-rays, then gamma rays. The EM spectrum doesn't loop back on itself.

This doesn't diminish your point or anything, but you might want a better analogy.

[Annces]

83. I am not making an analogy

I am telling a story about some people who don't give a rat's ass about people's feelings.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. The TERM "political correctness" deserves to die. But the idea of being sensitive and

not using slurs derogatory to races, sexual preference and gender is a very valid and laudable one.

[Bluebear]

17. PC = a right wing term meant to excuse any damn thing those people say

PC to me is just politeness. One doesn't need to run one's mouth just because a thought crosses the brain.

[file83]

79. Yeah, but PC people are often impolite because someone violated

some sort of unwritten rule or crossed some subjective line. And PC people often run their mouths with all kinds of thoughts crossing the brain.

This usually ends up with militant demands and irroneous accusations against people just trying to have a discussion.

That's the "PC" I think we could do with less of.

[LostinVA]

88. Exactly -- good post!

[951-Riverside]

22. Yeah! I can't wait to bash blacks, gays, jews, muslims and women

As an angry white male I can't tell you how sick I am of this PC bullshit.

Edit: Can I get a "WHITE POWER" from my anti-PC DUers?
Edit: :sarcasm:

[LeftishBrit]

23. I think 'PC' just means good manners, applied to those who might previously not have been seen by

the powerful as worthy of good manners.

As with any form of good manners, I think it can go too far, e.g. when it turns into affectation, or when people become preoccupied with form at the expense of substance. But I also don't believe in treating any group as less deserving of respect and politeness than other groups. So I voted for a 'happy medium'.

[hsher]

32. Good for you on that vote

Happy medium sounds sensible to me. In its current incarnation it's just gone too far.

[countingbluecars]

25. This post and poll

really bother me. I feel like I'm on Free Republic. I will continue to get upset when I hear the N word or macaca or other bigoted term. We should all flinch in the face of racism. No way I "just gotta laugh at it".

[951-Riverside]

27. I don't like it either these "people" who complain about PC have their on racist agenda IMO n/t

[Bluebear]

36. I totally agree, the very idea is freeperish. nt

[LostinVA]

111. Agreed -- and no one has the right to tell me what should offend me

I'm gay and female... and I'll fucking decide, not some flamebaiter.

[hsher]

26. PC ignores that people were polite by choice before it

It's just another way a nannying society tries to control itself by vicariously controlling us. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Once again, I. Am. A. Minority., and I am asking "concerned non-minorities" who want to use our plight to demonstrate how non-racist they are - as if being completely perfect and non-racist is even humanly possible - to NOT use our plight to do that. Be yourself. If you're polite, be polite. You have my blessings. But DO NOT use my blackness, my gayness, my Jewishness, my femaleness, my handicappedness, my son being Autistic, whatever, as an excuse to legislate how other Americans, however ignorant, speak and behave. That which you believe in, demonstrate yourself, and do not enforce on other Americans.

How are telling people they can't say this or that, and telling people they can't have abortions for instance, ANY. FREAKING. DIFFERENT.???? Again, that is all I'm saying. And if you feel you want to bulldoze over me as a minority and protect me anyway, pretending it's all about "politeness", more power to you. As Americans you have the right to say what you feel. But so do THE IGNORANT. I'm not ignorant, but I am Democrat enough to defend their ignorance and their right to display it. Get it?

People were civil and polite before the days of political correctness. It was a gentlemen's choice not to use foul language around "a lady" and in "polite company". It was a Southern gentleman's choice, believe it or not, to treat his slaves with dignity and not term them N's in public. I lived in the south and know its history. Some made the choice and were perfect gentlemen despite the racism of the times. It was a lady's choice not to swear or fart in public. It still is. My point is, we do not need PC as a floating, indefensible "ghost meme" enforcing how we think, what we say and what we do. That is NO DIFFERENT FROM CONSERVATIVE ANTI-ABORTIONIST THINKING.

"I don't believe in abortion, and I will fight those who do."
"I don't believe in intolerance, and I will fight those who do."

Why not live and let live, so long as it doesn't land in your living room? I'm just sayin'.

-signed, a black person!

[jgraz]

29. This Poll is NOT funny and VERY offensive!!

:evilgrin:

[951-Riverside]

33. I have to agree with this pasty cracker

Its very offensive :evilgrin:

[hsher]

35. XD

:evilgrin:

[Odin2005]

30. PC is definitely out of control

The difference between actual respect and PC-based faux "respect" is that PC actually stifles the necessary debate needed to achieve true respect my making certain subjects taboo. A good example is the whole "multiculturalism" thing in Europe, fear of being "un-PC and lacking respect for other cultures" if one criticizes an (usually muslim) immigrant community is preventing honest discussion about assimilation and diversity; and thus is encouraging immigrant enclaves that refude to assimilate and are breeding grounds for millitancy, and are causing a rise in xenophobic political parties like the BNP in the UK.

[hsher]

34. Kick

>>PC actually stifles the necessary debate needed to achieve true respect my making certain subjects taboo.

That's my whole point.

:thumbsup:
:kick:

[Odin2005]

39. Thanks!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

38. PC can easily turn into

"soft racism" for example, socially promoting minority children rather than working hard to teach them to read. Sort racism is far more insidious than a some idiot screaming the N word from his truck.

[Odin2005]

40. Very good point.

[951-Riverside]

41. HAHAAHAH!!

"soft racism" for example, socially promoting minority children rather than working hard to teach them to read.

Gee where did you get the idea that minority children can't read.

:eyes:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

44. Now, I'm not much of a logical arguer

so forgive me if I screwed up, but I don't think I implied all minority kids can't read. But I've been teaching almost 40 years and have seen soft racism at work. Some teachers don't grade a child accurately because of political correctness and before you know it he's graduating from high school and can't read. That didn't do the child any favors.

[hsher]

42. Agreed, Tal

Hey Riverside, define "minority" before making her answer the question.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

45. Ha..

I teach gifted kids and 30% of them are minorities, but I'm not saying which one!

[upi402]

43. Words and labels are merely that. They fix nothing

Ignorant smears hurt, but if I keep my eyes on the prize, then it's nothing but ignorance talking.

Also, we've been focused on mere words by the media. That does 2 things;
1) Keeps us misdirected off of real solutions with real world effects.
2) Gives the right another weapon to sneer and smear anything pro-worker/liberal.

I've seen them shake their heads in disgust over how tight-ass we get over words. We do pole vault over mole hills sometimes.

[madmusic]

46. That was the easiest YES vote ever...

Trying to force someone to speak or write "correctly" is like a grammar Nazi who did nothing but criticize everyone's posts and spelling. It wouldn't be long before we all HATED him/her, no matter how right he/she was.

[Bluebear]

57. Using incorrect spelling is different from, for instance, calling Ann Coulter a "man"

and telling transgendered people to "get over it" if they don't like the comparison.

[Minnesota_Lib]

47. Bless you, hsher. I'm totally on your page here.

The freepers are probably having a field day linking to some of the thought-control, humorless, PC nonsense that has flooded DU today.

Honestly, I have been embarrassed reading some of this stuff.

[Bluebear]

55. I'm embarrassed at how insensitive some people are.

And I could care less if the freepers are "having a field day". They don't define how I treat other people.

[kevinbgoode]

48. The only people I ever hear talking about "political correctness"

are Republican con-servatives. And we all know they have a very good idea of their own version of "political correctness."

[Greyhound]

49. To all those that think PC is unnecessary and wrong, the word is NIGGER.

Do you have the courage of your convictions or don't you?

N-word is the epitome of PC, and I think you are being hypocrites for avoiding it, so c'mon and go back and edit your posts to show the world how insensitive you can be.

Gimme a "N"...

Sheesh! :eyes:

[hsher]

50. I didn't want to "offend" people

Do you think saying it offends me?
Think again :toast:

Now when this word re-emerges into the public spotlight, can be used in comedy again, and no longer carries its so-called "invective sting", Hsher will be a happy camper.

Good for you showing courage.
Now go say it in Harlem.

[Greyhound]

52. I thought the whole point(?) of your post was that we don't have to worry about

offending people. PC is about not offending people and you are offended by that so why didn't you use it, but instead use "N-word" several times?

It may have escaped your notice, but the word hasn't gone anywhere, it is still in common use all over the country.

[hsher]

53. Like I said, I didn't want to "offend" people, Grey

I don't give a rat's ass about the word nigger. Nigger nigger nigger. I've been called it as many times as you've had hot dinners. It's.just.A.WORD.

If you don't get it by now, with me having answered you two times, end of conversation...

[Bluebear]

54. 'I don't give a rat's ass about the word nigger.' - well many people DO.

Just because it's "just a word" to YOU doesn't mean that it doesn't bring up deep, visceral hurt in others. You don't get to decide how they feel, ya know?

[Maddy McCall]

58. Hear fucking hear.

:thumbsup:

[hsher]

59. I'm black and I don't, so who are you?

>>Just because it's "just a word" to YOU doesn't mean that it brings up deep, visceral hurt in others. You don't get to decide how they feel, ya know?

YEAH! As in:

Just because it's "more than a word" to YOU, even though it doesn't apply to you or your race, doesn't mean that it doesn't bring up deep, visceral hurt in others, to whom it actually supposedly applies. You don't get to decide how we feel, *either*... ya know?

Also, PC and you who agree with it have had approximately 20 years of fun enforcing and policing how the rest of the world feels. Isn't it not-so-sensitive-and-offended-people's turn again? Be nice; take turns on the swing. Remember?

[Maddy McCall]

61. When did all blacks get together, vote, and determine you the spokesperson...

of what is acceptable or not for each individual?

Just because it doesn't matter to you doesn't mean that it doesn't matter to others. What about the child in second grade who gets called that every day by boys on the bus? What about the grandfather who fought his ass off in Freedom Summer, who walks down the street today and is called that?

Did they defer to you, to make the decision whether or not such words are "PC" (that you even use that term shows you have so much to learn, Grasshopper)?

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

62. You sound like a passive-aggressive playground bully, sorry.

"Be nice; take turns on the swing. Remember?" indeed.

[hsher]

64. I'll go to the back of the bus now; you two return under the bridge :)

The day you're black and can tell me what a black child feels like being called nigger on the way to school - which is something I experienced and you did not and never will - we can discuss this. Until then, you sound rather insane.

End of contact.

[Maddy McCall]

66. Blah blah blah.

You are the expert of all things black.

[Bluebear]

69. A) You don't know what color anyone is here.

B) You are not the "Queen Black" Decider.

"End of contact" - I'm heartbroken.

[boolean]

80. I got yelled at for saying Dems should "have some balls"

Because this is apparently offensive to women. Can't use cunt. Can't use bitch. Can't use pussy. Now, I can't use balls. I'm running out of words here, people!

I LOATHE PCness. It's all bullshit. The use of language is more than just the use of words. There is context to the way we speak. (Or, type on a message board). I understand that people get offended, but to me, that's their problem for not understanding the context and meaning of words. It's not my problem you guys are stupid, you know. :evilgrin:

What's the difference if I call someone a "wussy" instead of a "pussy". The meaning is exactly the same. But it's OK to use one word and not the other because of some perceived insult to women? Fuck that. The only reason I WON'T do it is because I respect that there are rules and we gotta follow them, but that's the only reason. I just don't want to get banned. In real life, I'll use "pussy" all I want.

It's stupid to call PCness "being polite". What if I don't want to be polite? What if I'm trying to make a point? I'm not talking about politeness to one another here on the board. I'm talking about when we talk about, say, the Democrats, or the freepers, or a particular public figure. Why should I use polite language if I want to say something negative about Rush Limbaugh? If you're offended because I use a certain word to denigrate Rush Limbaugh, it's because you're not understanding that I'm insulting HIM. It's all about the context. It kind of deflates it if I can't even use a strong word to insult the bastard. Why even bother, in that case?

See, did I just insult people born out of wedlock when I called Rush a bastard? Or do you guys born out of wedlock not give a fuck. I would certainly hope it's the latter. Otherwise we just gotta pack it in around here.

[hsher]

87. Excellent post

There's a flamewar going on, on someone else's post, because some DU-ers were poking fun at the Unafreeper for living at home in his mom's basement. Some delicate soap bubble posted a whine that those guys were making fun of him or her because, lo and behold, he or she still lives in his or her mom's basement. The Unafreeper joke was seen by this person as "a personal attack". To me this is pathology. Codependent, much? Enmeshed? "I am you and you are me"? Context, people, it's all about the context!

Anyway, look at the bottom of this thread. The reactionaries are now comparing me to Bush. "She's the Decider!"

Childish... honestly I want to diaper these dingbats and dump em in a crib.

You hit it on the head. Let's go to PMs and leave these snarling scratch cases to the shelter officials.

[hsher]

51. In fact, here's the list:

From Wikipedia, the List of Ethnic Slurs (this is by no means a complete list):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs

I'm offended by none of the beneath. Yet there are people on this board offended by the fact that I'm not offended by it. Take a Fukitol, phone a waambulance, and call me in the morning.

BOO: THE SCAWY, SCAWY LIST OF WORDS THAT CAN DESTROY US... SOB, SNIFF...


5 and 2 / 5 by 2 / 4 by 2 / 3 by 2
(UK) Cockney rhyming slang for a Jew. Originated in the early 1900s.<1>
925
(Southern California) a term for blacks, comes from the Los Angeles Police Department code for "Suspicious Person".<2>

A
Abbie / Abe / Abie
a Jewish male. From the proper name Abraham. The Hebrew name for father is "Abba". Originated before the 1950s.<3>
ABCD
(Subcontinentals in U.S.) "American-Born Confused Desi" used for American-born South Asians who are confused about their cultural identity. Often used by ABCDs about other ABCDs. ABCD is the most common version of the phrase, but there are variations of it that extend all the way to the letter 'z' in at least two different versions: "American Born Confused Desi, Emigrated From Gujarat, House in Jersey, Kids Learning Medicine, Now Owning Property, Quite Reasonable Salary, Two Uncles Visiting, White Xenophobia Yet Zestful" and "American Born Confused Desi, Emigrated From Gujarat, Housed In Jersey, Keeping Lotsa Motels, Named Omkarnath Patel, Quickly Reached Success Through Underhanded Vicious Ways, Xenophobic Yet Zestful"<6><7><8>
Abd
(Middle Eastern Countries) This term, literally "slave" in Arabic, is used as a slur against Blacks and persons of mixed African descent. Usage is consistent with the Arab institution of black slavery that lasted from approximately 900 to 1962. <9> <10> <11>
Abo / Abbo
(AUS) Australian Aboriginal person. Originally, this was simply an informal term for "Aborigine", and was in fact used by Aboriginal people themselves until it started to be considered offensive in 1950s. In remoter areas, Aboriginal people still often refer to themselves (quite neutrally) as "Blackfellas" (and whites as "Whitefellas"). From the 1870s until the 1920s, the word Ab was used instead. Although "Abo" is still considered quite offensive by many, the pejorative "boong" is now more commonly used when the intent is to deliberately offend , as that word's status as an insult is unequivocal. <4>
Adolf / 'Dolf
(U.S. & UK Commonwealth) Germans, referring to Adolf Hitler.<12>
Africoon
(North America) a Black person.<13>
Afro-Saxon
(North America) A young white male devotee of African-American pop culture.<5>
Ahab
(U.S.) an Arab, from the novelty song "Ahab the Arab" by Ray Stevens; in the Bible, Ahab was the sinful king of Samaria married to the equally wicked Jezebel.<14>
Alabama Blue Gums
(U.S.) a black person.<15><16><17>
Albino
(U.S. Blacks) whites, also a derogatory term for light skinned blacks used by darker skinned blacks.<18>
Alligator bait
(U.S.) also "Gator Bait." A black person, especially a black child. More commonly used in states where alligators are found--particularly Florida. First used in the early 1900s, although some hypothesize the term originated in the late 1800s.<6>
Alter kacker / alter kocker (Yiddish) / alter kucker / A.K.
(North America) a disparaging term for elderly Jewish people. Although the word is of Yiddish origin (literally meaning old shitter), it has been adopted by non-Jews as a slur against Jews. First used in the early 1900s.<7>
Americanadian/ Am-Can/ Can-Am/ Can in the Am/ Am in the Can/ Wannabecan/ WannabeAm
(US, CAN), one who is an American but acts Canadian, or in reverse a Canadian who acts American, or someone who is of both Canadian and American ancestry, or an American wanting to move to Canada, or a Canadian who wants to move to U.S. (Note that Americanadian isn't offensive, but Cam in the Am or Am in the Can is)<8>
Americunt / A Merry Cunt
(UK) an American tourist.<19><20><21>
Amo
(North America) the Amish.<22>
Angie
(Quebec) Anglophones in Canada.<23>
Anglo
(U.S.) Any white (northern-western European) person, regardless of whether they have English ancestry. This term is most often used by Hispanics and Italians and often not meant to be offensive.<9>
Anglo-pilferer
An Anglo-Australian possibly of convict lineage. Based on the belief that all Anglo-Australians are descended from convicts. Particularly offensive.<10>
Ann
A white woman to a black person--or a black woman who acts too much like a white one. While Miss Ann, also just plain Ann, is a derisive reference to the white woman, by extension it is applied to any black woman who puts on airs and tries to act like Miss Ann.<11>
Antique Farm Equipment/Outdated Farm Machinery
(U.S) a Black person; slaves were mostly used for farming.<24><25>
Ape
(U.S.) a black person.<12>
Apple
(North America) An American Indian (Native American) who is "red on the outside, white on the inside." Used primarily by other American Indians to indicate someone who has lost touch with their cultural identity. First used in the 1980s.<13>
Apu
(North America) a person with roots in the South Asian subcontinent, popularized by the homonymous Kwik-E-Mart operator from The Simpsons.<26>
A-rab
(U.S.) Alternately Ay-Rab, someone of Middle Eastern descent (pronounced /'eiræb/). The term is used in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Argie
(UK) a native of Argentina, used by the British press during the Falklands War. Coined by Britain's The Sun newspaper in 1982.
Armo
(U.S. & Australia) person of Armenian origin.<27><28>
As dry as a pommy's towel
(Australia) very dry. Pommy=Englishman. From the perception that Englishmen do not bathe very often at all.<14>
Aunt Jemima / Aunt Jane / Aunt Mary / Aunt Sally / Aunt Thomasina
(U.S. Blacks) a black woman who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout", female counterpart of Uncle Tom.<15>
Aussie Wuzzie
(Australia) a black person native to New Guinea.<16>

B
Balander
(Aus.) Aboriginal English term for non-indigenous person. Used by many Aboriginal cultures of Northern Australia such as the Yolngu. .<17>
Beaner
(U.S.) derogatory term for a Mexican or South American.
Black Irish
(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) an Irish person with dark features. While the term is largely inoffensive, the distinction between fair and swarthy Irish people is historically baseless and fundamentally racist. Black Irish often are considered to be of poor ancestry (labourers and such, rather than aristocratic blood.) These darker features are often attributable to ancient Hamitic and Iberian ancestors present in the ancient British Isles. The Fomorians, believed to have sailed up the Atlantic seaboard from Africa and Iberia, were aboriginal Hamitic peoples.<18>
Boche; bosche; bosch
(France; U.S.; UK) a German .<19>
Bog Irish
a person of common or low class Irish ancestry.<20><21>
Bog Wog
(UK) An individual of African descent who attempts to obtain cash in exchange for personal grooming services in toilets.
Bohunk
A person of east-central European descent. Was commonly used toward Ukrainian immigrants during the early 20th century.<22>
Boong / boang
(Aus) Australian aboriginal.<23> Related to the (extinct) slang word bung, meaning "dead", "infected", "dysfunctional". Highly offensive.
Boonga / boong / bunga / boonie
(New Zealand) a Pacific Islander .<24>
Brown Sahib
a term - often used in a disparaging tone - to refer to natives of the Indian Subcontinent who have been heavily influenced by Western (usually British) culture and thinking.
Brownie
(U.S.) a. a person of mixed white and black ancestry; a mulatto. b. (U.S. black) a young, brown-skinned person 1940s-1950s<25>
Buffie
a black person.<26>
b. (U.S. black) a young, brown-skinned person 1940s-1950s<27>

C
Canuck
(U.S. & CAN) a Canadian national. (Rarely offensive, and considered by Canadians to be obsolete and silly -- compare "Yankee") The Vancouver NHL team is even called the "Vancouver Canucks". When pronounced Can-OOK it is somewhat more derisive, although in a comical sense.
Canuckistan or Soviet Canuckistan
(U.S.) Derogatory reference to Canadian socialism or the Canadian welfare state used by American political conservatives. See Soviet Canuckistan: Such a rare country, National Review, Nov. 8, 2002
CBCD
(Subcontinentals in Canada) - Canadian-Born Confused Desi - Similar to ABCD, but used for Canadian-born South Asians who are confused about their cultural identity. <29><30>
Charlie
(U.S.) a Vietnamese person (shortened from radio code for the Vietcong (V.C.): "Victor Charlie"<31>); term also used by African Americans (mainly in the 1960s and 1970s) to refer to a white person (from James Baldwin's novel Blues For Mr. Charlie.
Chee-chee
a Eurasian half-caste <28>
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys
(UK, US) the French, known in Britain since the 1980s, and popularised in the US by TV program The Simpsons.
Chicano
(U.S., Mexico) a person of Mexican descent born in the United States. This word is not always a slur, however it is sometimes used by native Mexicans as a derogatory term to insinuate that the person born in the United States is not a true Mexican and, therefore, a "lesser" Mexican.
Chigger
(US) An Asian person acting black.
Ching Chong
(U.S. & Canada) A person of perceived Chinese descent. A very offensive term, equivalent to Chink, or nigger.
Chink
(U.S.) used to refer to people of perceived Chinese descent. Considered extremely derogatory, .<29>
Chinky
(India and UK) used to refer to people of perceived Chinese descent. Considered derogatory, although not as derogatory as Chink, or Ching Chong.<30>
Clog Wog
(AUS) a person of Dutch origin, not always offensive.<31>
Cochise
(U.S.) a Native American, after Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache warrior chief who resisted white usurpation of Indian land
Coconut
(U.S./UK/AUS) a black, Filipino, or Hispanic person who is perceived to act "like a white person" (a coconut is dark on the outside but white on the inside)
Colored
(U.S.) a Black person. Now considered a slur, it was acceptable in the past. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for example, continues to use its full name unapologetically.
Coloured
(South Africa) a community of mixed origin, including Khoikhoi and Asian slaves, not derogatory but the normal term for this community
(UK Commonwealth) a black person (while not usually intended to be offensive, the term is not regarded as acceptable by many black people)
Coolie
(North America) a Chinese (originally used in 19th-century for Chinese railroad labor). Chinese Coolies have a long history and Chinese are still exploited Coolies. Also racial epithet for Indo-Caribbean people, especially in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and South African Indians, where it is considered on par with "nigger".
Coon
(AUS,U.S. & U.K) a black person. Possibly from Portuguese barracoos, a building constructed to hold slaves for sale (1837).<32>
Coonass
(U.S.) a Cajun person, either from French 'conasse' (meaning 'stupid bitch') or (more likely) because they were regarded as lower than Coons (see above). Today, some Cajuns use the term among themselves as a mark of pride or an in-joke, but many consider its use by non-Cajuns derogatory.
Cowboy
(Europe) an American, often used by political cartoonists. (Not offensive to many Americans, who aren't aware of the European stereotype).<32>
Crow
a black person,<33> spec. a black woman.
Cunt-eyed
(U.S.) adjective: a person with slanted eyes <34>

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Dago
(U.S.) someone of Italian descent (originally derived from the Spanish name Diego, it was applied to Spanish, Portuguese or Italian sailors)
(UK) a Italian or Spanish person, often greasy dago; any person from a Spanish-speaking country
Somebody from Argentina (increasingly common since Argentine economic crisis of 2001)
Darkie or darky
(U.S. and elsewhere) a derogatory term for a black person; also a racist, iconic caricature with inky-black skin, googly eyes and exaggerated red, pink or white lips; a celebrated example of its use was in a popular song of 1928 entitled "Mississippi Mud," performed by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and sung by the "Rhythm Boys," whose members included Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer. See also Blackface.
Darkness
(N. America) An extremely dark skinned black person; gained popularity from its use on 'Chappelle's Show'.
Desi
Self-referential racial term used by South Asians (Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis) living in the US and UK. It's considered an offensive term if used by people outside the ethnic group.
Dogan, dogun
(CAN) Irish Catholic <19th century on; origin uncertain: perhaps from Dugan, an Irish surname>.<35>
Dutchman
noun. (1) <19th century on, Dutch being corrupted from the Pennsylvania German self-descriptive word Deitsch> Anyone of Germanic heritage (as with Anglo-Celtic Pennsylvanians) a Pennsylvania German; (2) (mid-1800s to 1920s) a foreigner, especially one who does not speak English well; (3) a bar keeper;<36> (4) anglophone South African whites, used for Afrikaner<37>

E
Egg
(U.S, Canada) a white person who "acts" like an Asian (white on the outside, yellow on the inside)




F
Fenian
(Northern Ireland & west of Scotland Protestants) originally the name of a political movement, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, but now a derogatory term aimed at Catholics, especially those thought to sympathise with the IRA.<38>
Field Nigger/Field Slave
(U.S.) A dark skinned or uneducated black person. Usually used by other blacks. Derives from slave times when dark skinned blacks were relegated to outdoor work. See house nigger.
Flapdragon
obsolete: German; dutchman.<39>
Flip
A derogatory term for Filipinos. <40>
Free Stater
(Ireland) a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, especially to Ulster Protestants. Also used by Irish republicans to refer to Irish people who they believe are less than patriotic.<41>
Fritz
(UK, France, Hungary ("fricc"), Russia <фриц> ) a German .<42>
Frog
(UK) A French person. Comes from the French recipe for eating frogs' legs (see comparable French term Rosbif). Also used in Canada to refer to both the French and French Canadians.<43>

G
Gaijin
(Japan) a foreigner (lit. an outsider), usually a white person. The more socially acceptable term is "Gaikokujin," lit. an outlander.
Gable
a black person.<44>
Gin
(AUS) an Aboriginal woman.<45>
Ginzo
(U.S.) an Italian-American.<46>
Golliwogg
(UK Commonwealth) a dark-skinned person, after Florence Kate Upton's children's book character
Gook
(U.S. military slang) A misunderstood word thought to be derogatory by American troops in the Korean War that was derived from the words “hangook” and “migook”. “Hangook” refers to Korea<33> <34> and “migook” is the common word for America.<35> American troops misinterpreted "migook" (sounds like "me gook") as an assertion of "I am a gook". During the Vietnam War, it was mistakenly labeled to the Vietnamese people who also have a similar word “han quốc” which means country. Popularized to include any `Mongoloid' Asian after its widespread use during the War. Like chink, extremely offensive.
Goombah or Goomba
(US) an Italian American. Occasionally non-offensive.
Goreh
(India) "White man" or non-Indian, used in a derogatory manner.
Goy (גוי)
(Jews) a non-Jew (Gentile) or someone who does not practice Judaism; The Hebrew and Yiddish word goy (plural: גוים, goyim) means "nation" or "people" (and not "cattle", as is sometimes asserted). While the word is used over 550 times in the Hebrew Bible referring to both the Israelites and non-Israelites, it can be used as an insult. When applied by Jews to other Jews in modern times, it is almost always derogatory and implies either non-compliance with Jewish law or behavior inconsistent with traditional Judaism. "Goj" (plural "Gojiem") is also the accepted Dutch word for a non-Jew.
Goyisher kopf
(Jews) This exclamation is said by Jews when they say or do something stupid (literally, "gentile-head"). Seems to reinforces a "positive" Jewish stereotype that all Jews are smart.<47>
Greaseball
(US) A person of Italian descent. Occasionally used to refer to anyone of Mediterranean or Latin heritage. <48>
Gringo
(The Americas) Non-Hispanic U.S. national. Hence Gringolandia, the United States; not always a pejorative term, unless used in an offensive manner.
(Brazil) Any foreigner.
(Northeastern United States) A tourist from Middle America.
(Most countries in Latin America) Blonde, blue-eyed or green-eyed or person with white features, not a pejorative term.
(may be from "griego", the Spanish word for "Greek")
Gubba
(AUS) Aboriginal (Koori) term for white people<49> - derived from Governor / Gubbanah
Guinea
(U.S.) someone of Italian descent. (Derives from "Guinea Negro", which came from the popular belief that Italians were part African because of their darker skin, and/or former Moorish domination of parts of S. Italy.)<50>
Gweilo, gwailo, or kwai lo (鬼佬)
(Hong Kong and South China) A White man. Loosely translated as "foreign devil;" more literally, might be "ghost dude/bloke/guy/etc." Gwei means "ghost." The color white is associated with ghosts in China. A lo is a regular guy (i.e. a fellow, a chap, or a bloke).<36> Once a mark of xenophobia, the word was promoted by Maoists and is now in general, informal use.<37>
Gyppo, gippo, gypo, gyppie, gyppo, gyppy, gipp
(UK) a. A Gypsy (see below). b. (UK and Australian military) Egyptians,<51> sometimes used affectionately, but "bloody Gyppo" was a term of abuse.

H
Hajji
(North America) an Iraqi, Arab, Muslim, or occasionally other nonwhite, a discouraged U.S. military term; to Arabs who have made the Hajj to Mecca, the title Hajji is a compliment (See Hajj for non-offensive usage). Also associated with Hadji of Jonny Quest
Hans
(Turkey, Russia) German man, see Helga<52>
Hindoo
(AUS) 19th century, Hindu. Often not offensive.<53> In Canada, this in either spelling is heavily offensive when used in reference to Canadian Sikhs.
Heeb
(U.S.) offensive term for a Jewish person, derived from the word "Hebrew".
Holy Roller
(U.S.) ritualistic Protestants prone to shaking (Shakers), quaking (Quakers), rolling on the floor, suffering from fits or "speaking in tongues" (Pentecostals during worship or prayer). However this term is applied to some Evangelical Protestants, usually Baptists, who are not only vocal about their own religious views, but are critical of other Christians not meeting their standards. Similar to Bible Thumper.
Honger
Derogatory name for immigrants from Hong Kong. Also a derogatory name for a spoiled teenage brat from Hong Kong.
Honky also spelled "honkey" or "honkie"
(U.S. blacks) a white person (derived from "hunkie" or from "honky-tonk", or possibly from the perceived nasal quality of white speech as compared with black speech) offensive. Also used in S.E. Asia in reference to people from Hong Kong, mostly by people from Hong Kong.
Hoser & Hosehead
(North America) derogatory term for Canadians (sometimes used by Canadians to disparage other Canadians)
Husky
an Eskimo of Labrador and northeastern Canada or his language -- sometimes taken to be offensive <54>
Hymietown
(U.S.) A derogatory term for New York City, referencing the prevalent Jewish population there. Apparently in 1984, Jesse Jackson referred to NYC by the handle Hymietown in off-the-record conversations with reporters. When he was initially called to task for this anti-Semitic remark he flatly denied having ever said it. Milton Coleman, a trailblazing African-American reporter from the Washington Post, insisted that Jackson had used the expression, and Jackson later admitted his "error".

I
Ikey / ike iky : a Jew <55>
Ikey-mo / ikeymo
a Jew <56>
Indian giver
(North America) slur against Native Americans implying dishonesty, But rarely actually used in reference to Native Americans. "Indian giver" is a general descriptive slur meaning to give something and then want it back.
Inkface
a black person.<57>

J
Jap
(U.S., UK, & AUS) a term denoting anything Japanese.
JAP
(U.S.) Jewish-American Princess, referring to perceived spoiled, snotty daughters of rich Jews.
Jazz-bo
a black person.<58>
Jerry
(UK Commonwealth, especially during WWII) a. a German national. b. a German soldier <59>
Jewish American Princess (JAP)
(U.S.) Affluent/spoiled Jewish woman. Often used in the American Northeast as a descriptor for any stuck-up and spoiled teenager or young woman, regardless of religion. /Aust., spoilt Jewish adolescents (Jewish American Prince or Princess)
Jewbagel
(U.S.) Referring to the use of kosher bagel and egg sandwich.
Jigaboo, jiggabo, jijjiboo, zigabo, jig, jigg, jiggy, jigga
(U.S. & UK) a black person (JB) with stereotypical black features (dark skin, wide nose, etc.).<60>
Jim Crow
(US) a black person; also the name for the segregation laws prevalent in much of the United States until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Jim Fish
(South Africa) a black person<61>
Jock, jocky, jockie
(UK) A Scottish person, used by the English.
John Bulls
(U.S.) Englishmen, not necessarily a derisive term but can be mildly derisive
Jook-sing
a Cantonese term used to describe an Overseas Chinese person who has grown up in a Western environment.
Jungle bunny
(U.S. & UK) a black person.<62>

K
Kaffir, kaffer, kaffir, kafir, kaffre
(South Africa) a. a black person. Very offensive. Usage: Kaffir Boy was a famous autobiographical book by Mark Mathabane about his childhood in South Africa. (The South African Consul General in Lethal Weapon 2 calls Danny Glover a kaffir and Mel Gibson a 'kaffir lover'.) b. also caffer or caffre: a non-Muslim. c. a member of a people inhabiting the Hindu Kush mountains of north-east Afghanistan (Origin is disputed. Possibly from the Arab word kafir meaning 'non-Muslim' or 'infidel', perhaps originating in the East African slave trade which was largely run by Arabians and migrating to South Africa.)<63>
Kike or kyke
(U.S.) a Jew. From kikel, Yiddish for "circle". Immigrant Jews signed legal documents with an "O" (similar to an "X").<64>
Kimchi
(North America) a Korean, from the spicy pickled Korean cabbage, known for its strong odor.
Kinder Surprise
(North America) a dark-skinned person who acts like a white person. (Dark on the outside, white on the inside)
Kraut (from Sauerkraut)
(North America & British Commonwealth) U.S. and British term for a German, most specifically during World War II.

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Latke or Latka
(U.S.) an Eastern European immigrant - from the television program "Taxi" (also a potato pancake)
Lawn jockey
(US) African American.
Leb / Lebo
(AUS) Lebanese. Considered highly offensive to the point of being a 'fighting word'.
Limey
(US) A British person. Comes from the historical British naval practice of giving sailors limes to stave off scurvy.<65>
Lubra
(AUS) a. Aboriginal woman, similar to "squaw" . b. a woman in general.<66>

M
Macaca
epithet used to describe a Negro (originally) or a person of North-African origin (more recently).
Makak
(Belgium & the Netherlands) a Moroccan; derived from macaque. Also macaca, in reference to North or Subsaharan Africans, originally used by French and Belgian colonialists.
Mammy or Mammy Woman
(U.S.) an unflattering term for a mature black woman - usually subservient (term popularized by Al Jolson in song and film), a pop culture example is Hattie McDaniel's character in Gone with the Wind for which she won the Academy Award
Māori cannon
(New Zealand) a badly-played shot in billiards or snooker. used from the 1940s to the 1950s<67>
Māori car
an old or broken-down vehicle. used in the 1980s. (New Zealand)<68>
Māori day off
(New Zealand) unauthorized absence from work<69>
Māori holiday
(New Zealand) the day after payday<70>
Māori P.T.
(New Zealand) taking it easy and doing nothing<71>
Mashed potatoes
(Gay Asian Americans) a white person who is exclusively attracted to whites (an emerging term by association with Sticky Rice)<72><73>
Master Race
(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) a mocking term for a German or the German people (from Hitler's term for the "Aryan Race")
(Scotland, Wales) English persons possessing strong Unionist opinions and an attitude that other parts of the UK are the "property" of England.
Meatball
(U.S.) a sometimes derogatory term for someone of Italian descent. Referenced in the movie Rocky III by Hulk Hogan to Rocky Balboa.
Meeskite or Meeshkite
(North America) an unattractive Jewish woman - a Yiddish term (for example, Barbra Streisand refers to herself as a Brooklyn Meeshkite)
'Merkan or Merkin
(British) an American, sarcastic reference to the North American pronunciation of the word 'American'. Spelling is variable but internet use tends to use the former when being "polite" and the latter when deemed appropriate (as a merkin, a pubic wig, is something "very close to a prick").
Mick, Mickey, Mickey Finn
a. (Britain, Commonwealth & U.S.) an Irish person or a person of Irish descent. From the prefix "Mc"/"Mac" meaning "son of" that is commonly found in Irish surnames. b. (Australia) a Roman Catholic <19th century on, from Michael>.<74> Mickey Finn, a popular date rape drug.
Miney
(Passaic County, New Jersey) A term for Ramapough Indians, since Ramapoughs worked in the iron mines of Ringwood, NJ. It has replaced the more pejorative Jackson Whites.
Mock / moch
(U.S.) a Jew <75>
Mocky / moky / moxy / mockey / mockie / mocky
(U.S.) a Jew <76>
Mohawk
(North America) This is a derogatory word for the Kaniengehagas or Kanienkehaka Native Americans that means "cannibal" in Algonquian. It has been adopted by Western settlers as the actual name for that nation.
Moke / moak / moke
(U.S.) a black person<77>
Mongolian
(Australia) obsolete: a Chinese immigrant<78>
Mongrel
(U.S.) a person of mixed ethnic heritage.
Monkey
(UK) a black person.<79>.
Mosshead
a black person.<80>
Munt
(among whites in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia) a black person from muntu, the singular of Bantu<81>
Mustard seed
(U.S.) a light-skinned person with one white and one black parent<82>

N
Napkin Nigger
Offensive term used to describe Indians<83>
Navajo
(North America) name given to the Diné Indians by their enemies, the Tewa Pueblo Native Americans. It may mean "thieves" or "takers from the fields." It was adopted by Western settlers as the actual name of the Diné, and despite its dubious origin, many Diné today accept being called Navajo rather than insisting on Diné.
Nez Percé
(North America) this phrase, which means "pierced noses" in French, is the name given to the Nimipu Native North Americans by French trappers.
Nig-nog
(UK & U.S.) a black person.<84>
Nigger / niger / nigor / nigra / nigre (Caribbean) / nigar / niggor / niggur / nigga / niggah / niggar / nigguh/ nuh
(U.S., UK) a black person. From the word negro which means the color black in numerous languages. Diminutive appellations include "Nigg", "Nigz" and "Groid". The terms "Nigga" and "Niggaz" (plural) are frequently used between African-Americans and between whites without the negative associations of "Nigger." Use of the word is often perceived as extremely offensive if used by a white person in any context.
(Australia, New Zealand) a Māori or Aboriginal person.
Nigger baby
(U.S. Military) obsolete: a type of large cannonball <85>
Nigger shooter
a slingshot<86>
Nigra / negra / niggra / nigrah / nigruh
(U.S.) offensive for a black person <87>
Niglet (2)
(UK) Similar to the U.S. version but without the combination with piglet, refers to a baby or child "Nigger".
Nip
(U.S.) someone of Japanese descent (shortened version of Nipponese, from Japanese name for Japan, Nippon)<88>
Nitchie, neche, neechee, neejee, nichi, nichiwa, nidge, nitchee, nitchy
(CAN) a North American Indian .<89>
Noggy
(Australia) An Asian, or a person of Asian origin

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Ocker
(AUS & NZ) Uncultivated Australian.<91>
Ofay
(U.S.) A white person
Oreo or Oreo Cookie
(U.S.) someone of black and white descent (or a black person who "acts white"; black on the outside & white on the inside; see Carlton) often used by lower class blacks against professional and educated blacks, and/or inner city blacks against suburban blacks.
Oriental
(UK Commonwealth & U.S.) an Asian person, considered offensive by Asians because they claim that objects (rugs, art, etc) are Oriental and people are Asian, although in the UK Asian is only ever used to refer to people originating in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

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Paddy or Patty
a. (UK & U.S.) an Irish person (from the popular Irish name "Patrick"). In 19th-century America, police wagons were called "Paddy Wagons"; it's unclear if this was because most of the police, or most of the arrestees were Irish or "paddies". See also Plastic Paddy.
Paki / Pakki
(Primarily UK, sometimes US and India) a Pakistani or other South Asian. It is considered offensive when used by a non-South Asian in the UK.<92>
Paleface
(U.S.) a White person. Literal translation of the word for White people in several Native American languages, and also in several Native language-English pidgins.
Patel
(U.S.) a derogatory term for someone of Indian descent. Patel is a very common surname for Indians, like "Smith" is in America. Featured in the movie Glengarry Glen Ross <93>
Payo
(Spain; U.S.) a non-Gypsy.<94>
Peckerwood
(U.S.) a white person (southerner). The term "Peckerwood", an inversion of "Woodpecker", is used as a pejorative term. This word was coined in the 19th century by southern blacks to describe poor whites. They considered them loud and troublesome like the bird, and often with red hair like the woodpecker's head plumes.
Peeler
(Northern Ireland) a Catholic who informs the authorities to a crime. Originally the name given to those who inform against the I.R.A. The term is now used for anyone who talks to the Police.
Pickaninny, pickaninnie
(UK & U.S.) black child, from Spanish peque niño (little boy) — in South African picannin is used.
Pikey / piky / piker
(Britain) a. gypsy, b. a lower-class person. Sometimes used to refer to an Irish person <19th century on>.<95>
Pima
Name given to the Akimel O'odham or Ahkeemult O'odham Native Americans. It means "I don't know" in their language, which was apparently their reply when asked their name in Spanish by an early explorer. Despite its origin, many members of this tribe refer to themselves as such.
Plantain or Platano
(U.S./Latin America) Used towards Dominican immigrants, especially those of black physical features.
Pocho / pocha
(Southwest U.S., Mexico) adjective: term for a person of Mexican heritage who is partially or fully assimilated into American culture (literally, "over-ripe").<96> (See also "Chicano")
Pollack
(US) A person of Polish descent.
Pom, Pohm, Pommy, Pommie
(AUS/NZ/SA) a British (usually English) immigrant. Some claim it derives from "Prisoner of Mother England", but it probably derives from pomegranate, rhyming slang for "immigrant,<97> jimmygrant, pommygrant". It is often used irreverently and is not usually considered offensive. Many such migrants to Australia call themselves "ten pound poms", because they paid ten pounds for their passage to Australia in the 1950s. Often combined with an adjective, particularly whingeing pom, a reference to migrants who complained about their adopted country.
Porch monkey
(U.S.) a black person. Recently popularized by the film Clerks II. (See also "Alabama porch monkey".)
Porridge Wog
(N. Ireland, UK military) A Scot, from their supposed diet
powder burn
a black person.<98>
Pretendian or Pretindian
(North America) Used primarily to describe a white American of limited (or nonexistent) Native American ancestry that claims to be racially, and culturally American Indian.
Prod, proddy, proddie, proddie-dog
(Scotland / Ireland / Liverpool) a Protestant.

Q
Quashie
a black person.<99>

R
Raghead
(U.S.) someone of Middle Eastern descent
(UK) a Sikh, or any South Asian
Ragtop
See Raghead above.
(Canada) a Sikh, a South Asian, Arab or Persian
Red Man
(U.S.) a name used by Native Americans, but is considered racist if used by other races.
Redskin
(U.S. & UK) a slang term for Native Americans.
Rhineland Bastard
(Nazi Germany) children of mixed African and German parentage.
(UK military) a member of the RAF Regiment (with no associated ethnic meaning)
Rosbif or Rosbeef
(English: Roast Beef): (France) a British person, from the stereotypical belief that the English eat exclusively roast beef (see comparable English term Frog).<100>
Roundeye
(English speaking Asians) a white or non-Asian person.<101>
Russellite
one of the Jehovah's Witnesses (Charles Taze Russell died 1916 American religious leader + -ite)<102>
Rusky
A person of Russian descent or a Russian.

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Salvi
(U.S.) A Salvadoran born or raised in the United States.<103>
Sambo
(U.S.) a derogatory term for an African American, Black, or sometimes a South Asian person.
Sand Nigger
(US, UK) Black person coming from Egypt or desert.
Sawney
(England, archaic) - A Scottish person, local variant of Sandy, short for "Alexander".<104>
Shit-skin
(U.S.) black person.<105>
Skibby
(western United States) adjective: Japanese <106>
Skip
(AUS) a colloquial term for Australians of Northern European (ie, Anglo, Celtic, Dutch, German or Scandinavian) descent. Among people of Mediterranean decent, used as a counter to "wog", and was used to refer to Mediterranean and Middle Eastern people. .<107>
Slope, slopehead, slopy, slopey
(U.S. & Aus) a person of Asian (in Australia, especially Vietnamese; in America, especially Chinese) descent.<108>
Smoked Irish / smoked Irishman
(U.S.) 19th century term for Blacks (intended to insult both Blacks and Irish).<109>
Snowback
(U.S.) A Canadian immigrant.<38><39>
Sootie
(UK & CAN) derogatory term for a person of Afro-Caribbean or subcontinental origin. Derived in the 1860's at the time of the Welsh mining industry.
Sooty
a black person <110>
Spaghetti Bender
(North America and UK) an Italian <111><112>
Spaghetti Nigger
(North America) an Italian <113> <114>
Spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty
(U.S, U.K) a. a person of Hispanic descent. Use of the word is often perceived as extremely offensive if used by a person other than that of Latino descent in any context. b. the Spanish language.<115> (See also Spic.)
Spook
(U.S. whites) a black person (used in the movies Taxi Driver and Back to the Future;<116> its ambiguity – another meaning being "a specter" – is an essential part of the plot of Philip Roth's novel The Human Stain)
Squaw
(U.S. & CAN) Often offensive term for female Native American.<117>

T
Taffy or Taff
(UK) a Welsh person. First used ca. 17th century. From the River Taff or the Welsh pronunciation of the name David (in Welsh, Dafydd).<118> Children's rhyme: "Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief". Highly offensive when used by an Englishman.
Taco Bender
A Mexican
Taco Nigger
A person of Mexican descent acting black.
Tar baby
(U.K.; U.S.; and N.Z.) a black child.<119>
Teapot
(British) A black person. <1800s><120>
Thicklips
a black person.<121>
Tinker / tynekere / tinkere / tynkere, -are / tynker / tenker / tinkar / tyncar / tinkard / tynkard / tincker
a. (Britain & Ireland) an inconsequential person (typically lower class);
b. (Scotland and Ireland) a Gypsy <122>
c. (Scotland) a member of the native community previously itinerant (but mainly now settled) who were reputed for their production of domestic implements from basic materials and for repair of the same items, being also known in the past as "travelling tinsmiths". The slur is possibly derived from a reputation for rowdy and alcoholic recreation. Often wrongly confused with Gypsy/Romany people.
Towelhead
(U.S.) anyone who wears a head turban. Derisively applied toward Middle Easterners, Muslims and Sikhs.<123> Australia, wearers of religious headdress, particularly Sikhs.
Trog
(U.S.) extremely derogatory term for persons of Native American descent. Shortened form of troglodyte. More recently, it has also been used as a backronym meaning "Totally Reliant On Government," presumably derived from the prevalence of social assistance programs on American Indian Reservations.
Twinkie
(U.S) an Asian who acts white, e.g. yellow on the outside, white on the inside.

U
Uncle Tom
(U.S. minorities) term for an African-American, Latino, or Asian who panders to white people; a "sellout" (taken from Harriet Beecher Stowe's " Uncle Tom's Cabin".)

V
Vanilla Face
(North America) - a white person. Popularized by Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

W
WASP
(North America) White Anglo-Saxon Protestant - offensiveness questionable as many "wasps" self-identify as such (originated as shorthand term in sociology)
(Scotland, Ireland, Wales) an Englishmen as described above but also possessing an excessive and offensive attitude of superiority over others not fitting the same description
West Briton
(Ireland) is for an Irish person who has sympathies toward Britain, or who imitates the English.<124>
Welcher
(UK and US) One who dishonors his obligation to pay debts or wagers. <125> Offensive because it implies that is characteristic of the Welsh people.
Wetback, wetter, wab
(U.S.) an illegal Mexican immigrant (presumably having swum across the Rio Grande).
White trash also poor white trash
(U.S.) an unrefined white person - usually poorly educated
Whitey
(US, African-American) A term for white people, particularly those seen as instances of The Man.
Wigger
(North America) A young white male devotee of African-American pop culture (for example Tim Westwood), or a white person who grew up in a predominantly African-American neighboorhood or town.
Wog
(UK) A dark-skinned South Asian or Arab. The origin of this term is disputed, but acronyms such as 'Western Oriental Gentleman' are almost certainly false.
(AUS) A Middle Easterner or Mediterranean-European (especially Greek or Italian) person (sometimes any foreigner). The term, once offensive, has been appropriated by second-generation Mediterranean Australians and is used humorously or with pride, as in "wog culture" and the successful comedy show Wogs Out of Work. Some Australians refer to soccer as "wogball".
Other non ethnic meanings are covered in the main article.
Wop
(U.S. & UK) an Italian (sometimes any Southern European), especially an immigrant; probably originated in the U.S., but later spread to other countries. Probably derives from the Neapolitan slang term guappo! (pretty/handsome one), often used by the first immigrants from Italy to address or call to each other. Popular etymology gives the origin as "WithOut Passport", although some believe the acronym derived from "WithOut Papers" or "Without Official Papers", suggesting illegal immigration. This folk etymology sometimes combines the term with "guinea" to form "Giny Wop," with Giny being an acronym for Going Into New York, hence "Going Into New York Without Official Papers".

X

Y
Yankee
(International outside of U.S.) a person from America; the term may be meant as an insult (e.g., Yankee Go Home). (U.S.) denotes someone from the northern United States; if used by someone from the southern United States the term is meant to be derogatory.
Yid
(U.K./U.S.) Highly offensive term for a Jewish person if said by a non-Jew.
Yob / yobbo
(AUS; N.Z.; CAN) lower-class Australian; lout; yokel .<126>

[eauclaireliberal]

60. When I was an orderly at the VA hospital in Milwaukee

I had a hemiplegic man (paralyed below the waist) who I was helping transfer from bed to wheelchair tell me that he "didn't go to Vietnam and get my ass shot off just so a bunch of guilty white liberals could call me an 'African'-American."

I got the point and have refused to use PC since. This was in '88.

[hsher]

63. ***THANK YOU***!!!!

(Whistling, clapping and cheering!)

:yourock:
:applause:

As a black woman and a Jewish woman, I do not need guilty people who are NEITHER telling me what I "should and should not be offended by".

LEAVE THAT DECISION TO ME, AND STFU!

Really: how racist is that, supposing I'm weak, need protection and need to be told what to do, say, feel and think? Thanks, Massas in the above posts who felt the need to "correct" me. I and the rest of America DO SO NEED your superior, moralist hand to defend us against the slings and arrows of racism and ignorance that have been here since the beginning of time and will exist until the end of it.

Continue railing against ideology. It worked for the Rethugs and their "War against terror", and I'm sure it will work for you. DU-ers like Eauclaire, who know better, you've got my kick for the day!
:kick:

[Bluebear]

65. 'African'-American: In 1988?

Wow, he was certainly ahead of the curve. And instantly offended by the relatively new nomenclature!

[eauclaireliberal]

67. PC goes back to the mid-80's

and from this experience I'll bet he has heard it before.

[Bluebear]

70. But the term "African American" doesn't

I don't ever recall hearing "African American" in the mid 80's. Like I say, he must have been really ahead of the curve.

[jannyk]

90. Oooh goody I have another name for

my husband, a native born Chinese. Currently he is affectionately referred to as my 'personal coolie' but I see from your list I can now address him as "cunt-eyes" - he'll get a kick out of that!

Not quite a comprehensive list though. I grew up in England and us of the Jewish blood were indeed referred to as 4x2's but also, in cockney rhyming slang, as 'front wheel skids' abbreviated to 'skids'. Why? Because it rhymes with Yids short for Yiddish - the language of my grandparents (on one side anyway). Can't say it ever bothered me, in fact, thinking about it, it definately didn't.

[hsher]

94. Doesn't bother me either

And my mom is Jewish. I figure let the ignorant be ignorant; the too busy are, simply that, too busy to wring their hands and agonize over what words dingbats use for us. If you look below, though, we have a lovely collection of mixed nuts furiously stamping out invectives for me for, golly gee, posting a poll they disagree with without their permission.

They don't see a bit of irony in their resemblance to the RW-ers they hate in goosestepping around trying to control, intimidate and silence other points of view. No, they're too busy thinking themselves clever by comparing people like you and me to the right wing. Check out "take the whole tablet" down there and his or her "cuckoo" gif. It's so pitiful and unimaginative it smells kind of Freeper to me from here. Seems a real Democrat would have created something more visually interesting.

As I said on another post, something smells real *Freeper* about these reactionary PC newcomers... gosh, if their party has driven them to our side, why not start a site of their own instead of bringing that kneejerk Reverse Limbaugh crap here?

[Bluebear]

96. .

One month here and you're shitting in our bed.

[hsher]

97. Hey Bluebear, did you donate?

LOL:rofl:

AT LEAST I AM CONTRIBUTING TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE BED

[Bluebear]

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[Bluebear]

103. Heather you are a sorry lady.

I don't know what happened to you in life to become so arrogant and hateful, it's a shame. As you say "end of contact".

[Maddy McCall]

56. Lovely to see supposed liberals use conservative catch phrases.

And then to see that the majority of DUers who voted in this poll have also been infected by the conservative lexicon.

:eyes:

[Chovexani]

74. Sad, isn't it?

Then again, DU is just FR colored in blue with crayon lately.

[bobbolink]

68. Sure. Go ahead and offend as many as you like. It'll improve the world.

:eyes:

[hsher]

71. Go ahead, hand-wring and whine. It'll save it.

Yeah, racism has absolutely plunged since you thought police got here in about 1985.
Oh yeah, I don't face racism anywhere in America at all: good job; it's sure working.

[stepnw1f]

86. Actually, You are the One Whinning

you started a thread based on whinning.

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[Bluebear]

75. SHE'S the Decider!

Sound familiar?

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[countingbluecars]

92. Get over yourself!

Your responses are simply mean and juvenile-not those of an "enlightened black person who doesn't toe the PC line".

[hsher]

76. Then why are you using the word "queer"? ;)

Yada yada yada. Read original post, please. Have a nice day.

[lumberjack_jeff]

77. PC is necessary - to a point.

When we start being offended at the term "nanny state" I draw the line.

The "child care professional state" doesn't cut it.

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[boolean]

84. G-D? I think you mean "God"

See? We all know what that word is. Why put a dash in it?

PCness is STUPID.

[stepnw1f]

89. LOL...

Lolololol....

[Maddy McCall]

91. I actually laughed at her hypocrisy. G-d for God...but she's got no shame...

when she types "nigger" 40 times.

:eyes:

[Bluebear]

93. Frankly it sounds like some pudgy Republican white guy . . .

adopting this "mixed" female persona as a way to be able to type "nigger nigger nigger" with supposed impunity because "she" is a minority. I'm not buying it.

As far as the people clicking "die PC die", I don't think they are even actually reading the poll. I hope not.

[Maddy McCall]

104. Nor the thread.

Lots of people have no knowledge where the term "politically correct" originated--nor that it's a right-wing emo-tool to prod the ignorant into rebellion against "those hypersensitive liberals."

I think the OP is one of those people.

[Bluebear]

106. Well clearly she is an angry young lady.

I don't think there is any sensitivity there. Why post a poll and start a discussion when you are just going to belittle people who don't agree with you?

[Maddy McCall]

108. Must suck to live that way.

Wish she'd come to Mississippi and use the word she's so freely tossed around here.

I'd bet, though, that she has little knowledge of the civil rights movement, and even fewer friends or relatives who participated in it.

[Bluebear]

112. Narcissists often disregard what has come before them.

Especially when they are youths. They act like they are the first ones to experience anything, total lack of respect for history and those who paved the way for them. Nobody is going to ever tell me to freely call people "niggers". Just typing it gives me the creeps.

[hsher]

95. Sigh... dear ignorant: G-d for God is a Jewish thing.

>>Many Jews do not actually ever write God's name on paper or say it, this is to sanctify his name and not to come to desecrate God’s name. In many Jewish communities one would say Hashem instead of God's name. It has been the tradition of many Jews to write G–d or L–rd instead of actually spelling the name out.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism

Ignorant, much? But then I am sure you won't turn this into an anti-Semitic discussion, right? Seeing as you're OH SO PC.

[Maddy McCall]

107. So you ascribe to "PC" when it fits your views?

It's not ignorance when YOUR hypocrisy is pointed out.

So, you're "anti-PC" until it's not about race. Hypocrisy, thy name is Heather.

[jannyk]

101. Does anyone remember the guy that was fired

for using the word 'niggardly'? It was on the left coast somewhere and he was shitcanned for having a better vocabulary than his colleagues and superiors. That event, if nothing else, showed what a joke the PC culture is.

The problem I have with the term 'african-american' is what do you calla black person that isn't american? I have a friend, a Jamaican, and she gets really bent out of shape when any refers to her as 'african-american'. She's really proud of being Jamaican and says it demeans her - "why the hell do they assume I'm american just 'cause I'm black" is her lament.

So, a bigot might say 'all black men have big dicks' (which is false), but how is it any less bigoted to call all blacks living in the US 'american'?

By the way, I'm a half shiksa married to a chinese and my daughter is not Amerasian either. If anything she's Eurasian - so stop with the PC labels please - they are as offensive to some as the original epithets.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

105. Is this basically a whine about DU rules?

[Maddy McCall]

Either that, or she's trying to set herself aside from...

the majority of black DUers who would rightly be offended by people using the term she loves to use here.

[yewberry]

110. No. This thread came about as a response to the "Mann Coulter" discussion. nt

[LostinVA]

109. I'm not 100% if OP is flamebait, though I think it might be

But, many of the OP's later posts certainly are....

[hsher]

113. It wasn't meant to be flamebait. I was curious. Then...

I got attacked and became angry, and started lashing back.

[pinto]

114. Locking.

Enough.

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