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Is 'Jap' still considered an ethnic slur?
~Seventy years after 'The War', is Jap still considered to be an ethnic slur in the US? Is/was it also considered offensive in the UK?
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Is there a pejorative word for an ethnic appeal?
When ultra-conservative Jesse Helms ran against Congressman Nick Galifianakis in 1972, he is considered to have gained ground with the slogan, "Jesse Helms: He's One of Us," presumably referring to ...
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Is “gaijin” considered offensive?
Is gaijin a term that's only acceptable when it's a non-Japanese person using it self-referentially (similar to n-word privileges in TV Tropes), or is it considered ok to use in normal conversation ...
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Why did the descriptive, “Orientals”, shift into a pejorative?
It seems as if a shift occurred and the descriptive "Oriental" was replaced by "Asian" as the accepted term in polite society — what caused this shift?
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Is “Eskimo” a universally offensive term?
I know that "Eskimo" is an offensive term in Canada; they use the term "Inuit".
But I see the term "Eskimo" popping up regularly in news articles that I read; I hardly see the term "Inuit" being ...
