The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnic, national, or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise insulting manner. Some of the terms listed below can be used in casual speech without any intention of causing offense. Others can be considered so offensive that they can be reasonably expected to be met with violence by those they are directed at. The connotation of a term and prevalence of its use as a pejorative or neutral descriptor varies over time and by geography. For the purposes of this list, an ''ethnic slur'' is a term designed to insult others on the basis of race,

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, or nationality. Each term is listed followed by its country or region of usage, a definition, and a reference to that term. Ethnic slurs may also be produced as a racial epithet by combining a general-purpose insult with the name of ethnicity. Common insulting modifiers include "dog", "pig", "dirty" and "filthy"; such terms are not included in this list.

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"Aravi" (Arab). , , - , Argie / Argies (plural) , United Kingdom , Argentine people , Extensively used by the British soldiers during the Falklands War in 1982. , , - , Armo , United States , Armenian/ Armenian American , Especially used in Southern California. , , - , Asing, Aseng ,

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, Non- Indonesian people, especially Chinese people , Insult to non-Indonesian citizen, from " rangasing" (foreigner) that rhymed with "Aseng" (Chinese name). This word is often directed at Chinese people due to Indonesia's relationship with the PRC. , , - , () , Israel , Ashkenazi Jews , Pronounced like "AshkeNatzi". Used mostly by Mizrachi Jews. , , - , Aunt Jemima/Aunt Jane/Aunt Mary/Aunt Sally , United States , Black women , A black woman who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout", female counterpart of '' Uncle Tom''. ,

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of '' The Simpsons''. , , - , Chefur (čefur) , Slovenia , Non- Slovenian people of former Yugoslavia ( Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Macedonians) , , , - , Tsekwa / Chekwa , Philippines , Chinese Filipino people , Used in Filipino/ Tagalog and other Philippine languages, which derived it from the late 19th century Cebuano Bisaya street children's limerick, , where "Intsik"/"Insik" is derived from the Philippine Hokkien term, zh, t=, poj=in chek, l=his/her/their uncle, c= 𪜶叔, s=, p=, while "wakang"/"gwakang" is derived from the Philippine Hokkien term, zh, t=, poj=góa kang, l=I work, c= 我工, s=, p=, while "kaon"/"kaun" is from the Cebuano Bisaya term, , while "kalibang" is from the Cebuano Bisaya term, . , , - , Chernozhopy , Russia , Indigenous people from the Caucasus, e.g. from Chechnya or Azerbaijan. , черножопый, or ''chornaya zhopa'', meaning "black-arse" in Russian. , , - , Chilote , Argentina , Chilean people , , , - , Chinaman , United States, Canada , Chinese people , A calque of the Chinese 中國人. It was used in the gold rush and railway-construction eras in western United States when discrimination against the Chinese was common. , , - , Ching chong , China, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines , Chinese people , Mocking the language of or a person of perceived Chinese descent. , , - , Chink , China, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia,Philippines , East and South East Asians , , , - , Chinky/Chinky Chonky , China, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia,Philippines , East and South East Asians. , , , - , Chonky , , Asian people , Refers to a person of Asian heritage with "white attributes", in either personality or appearance. , , - , Christ-killer , , Jewish people , An allusion to Jewish deicide. , , - , Choc ice , , Black people , A person who is figuratively "black on the outside, white on the inside". , , - , rowspan="2", Cholo , Latin America, Southwestern United States , Indigenous or Mestizo people , It may be derogatory depending on circumstances. , , - , Chile , Bolivian people, Peruvian people , , , - , Chon/ Baka-Chon , Japan , Korean people , , , - , Chow , Australia , Chinese people , Used as early as 1864, rare now , , - , Chowmein , India , Chinese people, Northeast Indians , , - , Chuchmek () / Chechmek () , Russia / Russian-speaking regions , Middle / Central Asian people (in rare instances people from the Caucasus), in a broader sense Non-Russians, Non-European-looking people , From Chichimec - a derogatory term used by the Aztecs and other Mesoamericans to describe the Chichimecs as "uncivilized, aggressive savages", similar to how the ancient Romans called Germanic tribes "barbarians". This name, with its derogatory meaning, was later adopted and brought to Europe by Spanish conquerors. , , - , Chug , Canada , Canadian aboriginal people , See Chugach for the native people. , , - , Chukhonets (plural ''chukhoncy''), chukhna , Russia , Finnic people , , , - , Churka () , Russia , Western and Central Asians , 1. Chock of wood
2. Ignorant person , , - , Ciapaty, ciapak , Poland , Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian, and Caucasian people. , Derived from chapati. , , - , Cigányforma , Hungary , Persons with the combination of black hair with brown eyes, regardless of ethnicity , Used in 17th century Hungary; literal meaning is "gypsy form" , , - , Cigány népek , Hungary , Ethnic groups or nations where the combination of black hair with brown eyes is dominant , Used in 17th century Hungary; literal meaning is "gypsy folks" , , - , Cioară ,

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and Black people , Means crow , , - , Cina / Cokin , Indonesia , Chinese people , Use in media has been banned since 2014 under Keppres (''Keputusan Presiden'', lit. Presidential Decree) No. 12 of 2014, replaced by ''Tiongkok'' (from Zhongguo 中国) or Tionghoa (from Zhonghua 中华). The Keppres even bans use of "China" in media and formal use. , , - , rowspan="3", Coconut , rowspan="3", United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia , Hispanics/Latinos, South/Southeast Asians , Named after the coconut, in the American sense, it derives from the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside. A person of Hispanic/Latino or South/Southeast Asian descent who is seen as being assimilated into white American culture. , , - , South Asians , A brown person of South Asian descent is perceived as fully assimilated into Western culture. , , - , Pacific Islander , , , - , Colono , Brazil (mainly Rio Grande do Sul) , Italian Brazilians and German Brazilians , Although it is not generally considered an insult in other parts of Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul it is considered pejorative because it is considered an offensive nickname similar to Caipira and is given to those who are native to the Rio Grande do Sul countryside (mainly Caxias do Sul and Bento Gonçalves), who are descendants of Italians or Germans and who have a strong accent compared to those who are native to the state's capital, Porto Alegre. , , - , Coño , Chile , Spanish people , Used in to refer to Spanish people given the perception that they recurrently use the vulgar interjection ''coño'' (). , , - , Coolie , United States, Canada , Asian people, usually Chinese, and Indo-Caribbean people , Unskilled Asian laborer (originally used in the 19th century for Chinese railroad laborers). Possibly from Mandarin "苦力" ''ku li'' or Hindi ''kuli'', "day laborer." Also racial epithet for Indo-Caribbean people, especially in Guyana,

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and South African Indians. , , - , rowspan="3", , cooney , United States, Commonwealth , Black people , Slur popularized by Coon songs played at Minstrel show. Originally associated in the 1830s with the U.S. Whig Party who used a raccoon as their emblem. The Whigs were more tolerant towards blacks than other main parties. After the party folded the term "coon" evolved from political slang into a racial slur. Within African American communities, the word has been used to refer to a black person who is allegedly a "sellout". , , - , Australia , Aboriginal Australian , , , - , New Zealand , Pacific Islander , , , - , Coonass, Coon-ass , United States , Cajun people , Not to be confused with the French '' connasse'', meaning cunt. , , - , Coreano , Chile , Chinese and Japanese people , , , - , Cotton picker , United States , Individuals of African descent, including African-Americans and Cape Coloureds or Coloureds , Historically referred to someone who harvested cotton by hand, often used in the context of American slavery when enslaved black people were forced to pick cotton on plantations. The phrase originally referred to the actual occupation of picking cotton on plantations in the American South, but that it later became a racial slur used to denigrate people of African descent, including African-Americans and Cape Coloureds or Coloureds. , , - , Cracker , United States , White people, especially poor Appalachian and Southern people , Entered general use in the United States as a pejorative for white people, though may be used neutrally in context. Can specifically refer to white settlers, as with Florida or Georgia crackers. , , - , Crow , United States , Black people , , , - , Crucco (m.), crucca (f.) , Italy , German people , The name was firstly given during the First World War to the troops of the Austro-Hungarian Army of Croatian and Slovenian ethnicity. Later the term was used to indicate the Germans. , , - , Culchie , Ireland , Rural Irish people , Applied by townspeople or city folk as a condescending or pejorative reference to people from rural areas. , , - , Curepí , Paraguay , Argentines , A common term used by people from Paraguay for people from Argentina, it means "pig's skin". , , - , Curry-muncher , Australia, Africa, New Zealand, United States, Canada , South Asian People , , , - , Cushi, Kushi (כושי) , Israel , Dark-skinned people , Term originated from Kushite, referring to an individual from the Ancient Kingdom of Kush. This was also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible generally used to refer to people usually of African descent. Originally merely descriptive, in present-day Israel it increasingly assumed a pejorative connotation and is regarded as insulting by Ethiopian Israelis; and by non-Jewish, Sub-Saharan African migrant workers and asylum seekers in Israel. , , - , Czarnuch (m.), czarnucha (f.) , Poland , Black people , ,

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, Tutsi people , A person of the Tutsi ethnic group in Africa. Literally means "Cockroach" and reportedly derives from how Tutsi rebels would attack at night and retreat, being hard to kill, like a cockroach. Most notably came to worldwide prominence around the time of the Rwanda genocide, as it was used by the RTLM in order to incite genocide. , , - , Injun , United States , Native Americans , Corruption of "Indian" , , - , Inselaffe , Germany ,

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in general , Translates to "Island monkey" , , - , Itaker , Germany , Italian people , Formerly used as a nickname for Italian soldiers and the since the 1960s as a slur for Italian immigrants. ,

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}), the term ''Tanka'' is now considered derogatory and no longer in common use. The people concerned prefer to call themselves by other names, such as 'Nam Hoi Yan' ( zh, c=南海人, cy=Nàamhóiyàn, l=People of The Southern Sea) or 'Sui Seung Yan' ( zh, c=水上人, p=shuǐshàng rén, cy=Séuiseuhngyàn, l=People Born on The Waters), and other more polite terms. , , - , Tar-Baby , United States , Black children , Also used to refer without regard to race to a situation from which it is difficult to extricate oneself. See tar baby. , , - , Tàu , Vietnam , Chinese people , Variant form of "Tàu khựa" , , - , Teabag , South Africa , Black and Cape Coloured or Coloured individuals who have a light skin , , , - , Teapot , , Black people , Originates from the 19th century. , , - , Terrone , Italy , Southern Italian people , , , - , Teuchter , Southern Scotland , Northern Scottish people , Used to refer to somebody from the north of Scotland or rural Scottish areas. , , - , Thicklips , United Kingdom , Black people , , , - , Tibla , Estonia , Russian or Soviet people , In widespread use by the Estonian War of Independence, this word was forbidden under the Soviet occupation of Estonia. It may be a shortened corruption of Vitebski, workers from the Vitebsk Governorate during World War I who were seen as dumb. It may also come from the Russian profane addressing "ty, blyad," "ты, блядь" ("you bitch", and the like or, truncated, "ty, blya," "ты, бля. , , - , Tiko , Indonesia , Native Indonesian people , Tiko stands for ''Tikus kotor'' (Dirty rat). It may also derive from Hokkien (ti-ko), which means "brother of a pig", referring to their majority Muslim heritage. , , - , Timber nigger , , Native Americans , Refers to the Native Americans on the East coast living in areas that were heavily forested. , , - , Timur , , Syrian people from Damascus , Refers to the children born of the mass rapes that the Turco-Mongol Tatar soldiers of Timur committed against the Syrian women of Damascus in the Siege of Damascus (1400). , , - , Ting tong , United Kingdom , Chinese people or East Asians. , , , - , rowspan="3", Tinker / tynekere / tinkere / tynkere, -are / tynker / tenker / tinkar / tyncar / tinkard / tynkard / tincker , Britain and Ireland , Lower-class people , An inconsequential person (typically lower-class) (note that in Britain, the term "Irish Tinker" may be used, giving it the same meaning as example as directly below). , , - , Scotland and Ireland ,

, Origin unknown – possibly relating to one of the "traditional" occupations of Romanis as traveling "tinkerers" or repairers of common household objects. , , - , Scotland , Native Scottish people , 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", possibly derived from a reputation for rowdy and alcoholic recreation. Often confused with Romani people. , , - , Toad , United States , Black people , Prison slang. , , - , Toku-A , Japan , Chinese and Korean people , Literally means "specific Asia", A term used by netto-uyoku referring to the only specific part of Asia with strong Anti-Japanese sentiment in their countries (

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and North/South Korea). , , - , Tonto , United States , Native Americans , Native American character in the American television and radio programs The Lone Ranger. Spanish for "Idiot". , , - , Touch of the tar brush , Commonwealth , White people with suspected non-white ancestry , Phrase for a person of predominantly European ancestry with real or suspected African or Asian distant ancestry. , , - , Towel head , , Turban wearers , Often refers specifically to Sikhs, or Arabs and Muslims—based on the traditional keffiyeh headdress. However, in British English, the term is only used to refer to Arabs. Americans use the term 'rag-head' to apply to wearers of turbans as well, because the cloth that makes a turban could be described as a rag, but in British English the term towel-head solely refers to Arabs because the traditional, Middle Eastern keffiyeh, such as the red and white Saudi one or the black and white Palestinian keffiyeh worn by Yasser Arrafat, resemble the most common styles of British tea-towels – dishcloth in American – while Sikh turbans do not. , , - , Tumba-Yumba () , Post-Soviet countries , Africans and by extension any culture perceived as uncivilized , From " Mumbo-Jumbo" (). , , - , Tourk-alvanos (, "Turco-Albanian") , Greece , Muslim Albanians , Ethnographic, religious, and derogatory term used by Greeks for Muslim Albanians since 1715. , Millas, Iraklis (2006). "Tourkokratia: History and the image of Turks in Greek literature." ''South European Society & Politics''. 11. (1): 50. "The 'timeless' existence of the Other (and the interrelation of the Self with this Other) is secured by the name used to define him or her. Greeks often name as 'Turks' various states and groups—such as the Seljuks, the Ottomans, even the Albanians (''Turkalvanoi'')". , - , Turco ,

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, Chile , Syrians, Palestinians, Lebanese, Jews,

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, Meaning "Turk" in Portuguese and Spanish. The term originated in the late 19th century to refer those who came to Brazil, Argentina and Chile from the

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. Since Jews (both Sephardic and Ashkenazi) frequently occupied the same roles as peddlers as Syrians and Lebanese (who were the majority of those with Ottoman passports in Brazil), they were also called "turcos" in Brazil. Ironically, there was no relevant immigration of ethnic Turks to Brazil. , , - , Turčin, Poturčin , Serbs , Bosniaks , In reference to the supposed ambiguity of Bosniaks and their ethnic origins; referring to their acceptance of the Muslim faith as them becoming "Turkified" or "Poturčin" , , - , Turk , South Wales , Llanelli residents , The origin of this term is uncertain; some theories suggest it due to Llanelli's popularity with Turkish sailors in the late 19th to early 20th century or possibly when Turkish migrants heading for the United States stopped in Llanelli and decided to settle due to there being jobs available. However, most likely it's due to the fact that during World War One there was a trade embargo in place during Gallipoli, but Llanelli continued to trade tin with the Turkish; this led to people from neighbouring

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and other surrounding areas referring to them as Turks. , , - , Turkentrekker , The Netherlands , Turkish people , A combination of the word "Turk" and "kurkentrekker" (corkscrew). , , - , Turko , Sephardic Jews , Ashkenazi Jews , Ladino word meaning "Turk". The exact history of the term is uncertain, but possibly refers to the Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry. , , - , : , United States , European Americans, Asian Americans , European Americans with few or no social or genealogical links to an indigenous tribe, who claims to be Native American, particularly a New Age practitioner purporting to be a spiritual leader, healer, or medicine man/ woman (). Also an Asian American who has become assimilated into mainstream American culture (). , , - , Type C , Malaysia , Chinese people , Type C was another name for USB-C before being used as a slur referring to Chinese people, its proclaimed meaning is 'Type Chinese'. ,

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