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Sometimes other substitutes for "nigger" were used. "Nigger Head Mountain", at Burnet, Texas, was named because the forest atop it resembled a black man's hair. In 1966, the First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, denounced the racist name, asking the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and the U.S. Forest Service to rename it, becoming "Colored Mountain" in ...
Niggerhead. Nigger Head Tobacco trading cards from the United States featuring racist stereotype caricatures of African Americans; late 19th century. " Niggerhead " or " nigger head " is a term that has been used in English-speaking countries with things associated with the head of a black person. [1][2] Like the word "nigger", the name is now ...
As an ethnic slur, it means a very stupid New Englander, especially a Rhode Islander. As a sexual slur, this term for clam is similar in meaning to "cunt." Also the name of the fictional city in Family Guy. Quaker. (U.S.) Usually a harsh term for people residing in the Midwest and Eastern United States as farmers.
Cracker (term) Cracker, sometimes cracka or white cracker, is a racial slur directed towards white people, [1][2][3] used especially with regard to poor rural whites in the Southern United States. [4] Although commonly a pejorative, it is also used in a neutral context, particularly in reference to a native of Florida or Georgia (see Florida ...
Beaner. Beaner is a derogatory slur originally from the United States to refer to individuals from Mexico or of Mexican American heritage. [1][2][3][4][5][6] It originates from the bean being a staple ingredient in Mexican cuisine, such as Salsa Verde Soup or Bean Quesadilla.
Chink [1] is an English-language ethnic slur usually referring to a person of Chinese descent, [2] but also used to insult people of East Asian, North Asian, Southeast Asian appearance. The use of the term describing eyes with epicanthic fold ("Asiatic eyes") is considered extremely offensive and is regarded as racist by many. [3] [4]
Cossack cuisine. v. t. e. Oseledets (Ukrainian: оселедець, IPA: [oseˈlɛdetsʲ]) or chub (чуб [tʃub]) is a traditional Ukrainian hairstyle that features a long lock of hair sprouting from the top or the front of an otherwise closely shaven head (similar to a modern Mohawk). Most commonly it is associated with the Ukrainian cossacks.
Hottentot (racial term) "Korah Hottentots preparing to remove" (Samuel Daniell, 1805) Early 19th-century caricature by George Cruikshank showing settlers being attacked by cannibal "Hottentots" [1] Hottentot (British and South African English / ˈhɒtənˌtɒt / HOT-ən-TOT) is a term that was historically used by Europeans to refer to the ...