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The adjectival term Oriental has been used by the West to mean cultures, peoples, countries, Asian rugs, and goods from the Orient. "Oriental" means generally "eastern". It is a traditional designation (especially when capitalized) for anything belonging to the Orient or "East" (for Asia), and especially of its Eastern culture .
Oriental (Predominantly US, used elsewhere) Refers to an East Asian person (of the Orient) and/or their ethnicity. [58] [59] [60] In 2016, US President Barack Obama signed a bill to remove the term Oriental, together with some others, as a reference to a person from federal laws. [61] Slope (Australia) a person of East Asian descent.
Wog is a racial slur used to refer, in British English, to Black and South Asian people, and, in Australian English, to people from the Mediterranean region. [1] Whilst it is extremely derogatory in British English, in Australian English it may be considered non-offensive depending on how the word is used, due to reclamation and changing connotations.
Lists of pejorative terms for people include: . List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names
Mongoloid (/ ˈ m ɒ ŋ ɡ ə ˌ l ɔɪ d /) [1] is an obsolete racial grouping of various peoples indigenous to large parts of Asia, the Americas, and some regions in Europe and Oceania.
Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Snake Charmer, c. 1879. Clark Art Institute.. In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world.
It's considered an offensive term if used by people outside the ethnic group. Dipper Derogatory name for a person of East Indian descent. Short for Dumb Indian Punjab. Ditsoon (Italian Americans) Black-skinned person. "tizzone" in Italian. Literally meaning "ember" or "burnt", referring to skin color. Dogan, dogun
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 March 2025. Ethnic slur For other uses, see Chink (disambiguation). A racist postcard by Fred C. Lounsbury, promoting the idea of the Yellow Peril (1907) Chink is an English-language ethnic slur usually referring to a person of Chinese descent, but also used to insult people with East Asian features ...