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.
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Category:English religious slurs: English terms that are intended to offend members of certain religions. Note: This is a category intended for words with a pejorative sense. Words like vagina and terrorism, while uncomfortable to some people, are not in this category as they are not used pejoratively.
Search our database of 47 American slurs, find their origins and meanings. Racial slurs are offensive words or phrases that are used to insult or degrade an individual or group based on their race or ethnicity.
Prominent use of the n-word in hip-hop and rap songs, or the 2017 Supreme Court case Lee v. Tam, involving a band’s attempt to trademark a name that the US Patent and Trademark Office deemed disparaging to Asian Americans, are examples of racial slurs being reclaimed in certain contexts.
Racial slurs are usually created and used primarily by the dominant racial group in society. A variety of sociopolitical circumstances govern the creation and duration of racial slurs.
During the era of intensified European colonial and imperial expansion in the 19th century, ethnic slurs proliferated as tools to dehumanize indigenous and enslaved populations, rationalizing conquest, resource extraction, and forced labor systems.
For the purposes of this list, an ethnic slur is a term or word [s] used to insult on the basis of race, ethnicity, or nationality. Each term is listed followed by its country or region of usage, a definition, and a reference to that term.