The following is a list of ethnic slurs or ethnophaulisms or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as

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or to refer to them in a derogatory,

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, or otherwise insulting manner. Some of the terms listed below (such as "gringo", "yank", etc.) can be used in casual speech without any intention of causing offense. 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

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, ethnicity, or

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. 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, such as "dirty Jew", "Russian pig", etc. Other common insulting modifiers include "dog", "filthy", etc. However, such terms are not included in this list.

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}) in Thai mean ''fraction'' (derogatory). , , - , Chankoro , Japan ,

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

people , ja, チャンコロ, a Japanese reference to a Chinese person. , , - , rowspan="2", Charlie , United States ,

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s , Used in the 1960s–1970s. White people as a reified collective oppressor group, similar to ''The Man'' or ''The System''. , , - , United States ,

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia ** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam. * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overse ...

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Slang term used by American troops as a shorthand term for Vietnamese guerrillas, derived from the verbal shorthand for "Victor Charlie", the

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Viet Cong , , war = the Vietnam War , image = FNL Flag.svg , caption = The flag of the Viet Cong, adopted in 1960, is a variation on the flag of North Vietnam. Sometimes the lower stripe was green. , active ...

. The (regular)

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was referred to as "Mr. Charles". , , - , China Swede , United States ,

Finns Finns or Finnish people ( fi, suomalaiset, ) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland. Finns are traditionally divided into smaller regional groups that span several countries adjacent to Finland, both those who are native to these ...

, Derogatory term for Finnish immigrants to the United States, particularly in

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Mixed-race people, especially Anglo-Indians , Probably derived from Hindi ''chi-chi fie!'', literally, dirt. , , - ,

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Cheese-eating surrender monkeys "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys", sometimes shortened to "surrender monkeys", is a pejorative term for French people. The term is based on the stereotype of the French that they surrender quickly. It was coined in 1995 by Ken Keeler, a writer for ...

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, French people , From the defeat of the French by the Germans in 1940, and the huge variety of cheeses originating from France. Gained popularity after the term was used on an episode of ''

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(Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians) , , , - , wiktionary:Tsekwa, Tsekwa / Chekwa , Philippines , Chinese Filipino people , Used in Filipino language, Filipino/Tagalog language, Tagalog and other Philippine languages, which derived it from the late 19th century Cebuano language, Cebuano Bisaya street children's Limerick (poetry), limerick, ceb, wikt:Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang, Intsik, wákang, káun, kalibang!, lit=Chinese (Coolie, laborer), I work, eat, and shit!, where "Intsik"/"Insik" is derived from the Philippine Hokkien term, , while "wakang"/"gwakang" is derived from the Philippine Hokkien term, , while "kaon"/"kaun" is from the Cebuano language, Cebuano Bisaya term, ceb, wikt:kaon#Cebuano, kaon, lit=to eat, while "kalibang" is from the Cebuano language, Cebuano Bisaya term, ceb, wikt:kalibang#Cebuano, kalibang, lit=to defecate. , , - , Chernozhopy , Russia , Indigenous people from the Caucasus, e.g. from Chechnya or Azerbaijan. , w:ru:черножопый, черножопый, or ''chornaya zhopa'', meaning "black-arse" in Russian. , , - , Chilote , Argentina , Chilean people , , , - , Chinaman (term), Chinaman , United States, Canada , Chinese people , A calque of the :wikt:Chinaman, 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 , United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, India, Philippines , Chinese people , Mocking the language of or a person of perceived Chinese descent. , , - , Chink , United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, India , Chinese people , , , - , Chinky , Mainland India , Northeast Indian people , The sound "chin" refers to China. The slur refers to the shared facial features of Northeast Indians and ethnically Chinese peoples. , , - , 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 peoples of the Americas, Indigenous or Mestizo people , It may be derogatory depending on circumstances. , , - , Chile , Bolivian people, Peruvian people , , , - , Chug , Canada , Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Canadian aboriginal people , See Chugach for the native people. , , - , Chukhna , Russia , Finnic people , , , - , Churka ( , Russia , Western and Central Asians , w:ru:чурка, чурка slur for Central Asians and indigenous people of Caucasus. , , - , Ciapaty, ciapak , Poland , Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian, and Peoples of the Caucasus, Caucasian people. , Derived from chapati. , , - , Cigányforma , Hungary (17th century) , old Hungarian slur against persons with the combination of black hair with brown eyes, regardless ethnicity , Its literal meaning is "Gypsy form" , , - , Cigány népek , Hungary (17th century) , old Hungarian slur against ethnic groups or nations where the combination of black hair with brown eyes are dominant , Its literal meaning is "Gypsy folks" , , - , Cioară , Romania , Romani people and Black people , Means crow , , - , Tiongkok#Tiongkok, Cina / Cokin , Indonesia , Chinese people , Use in media has been banned since 2014 under Keppres no. 12/2014, replaced by ''Tiongkok'' (from Zhongguo 中国) or Tionghoa (from Zhonghua 中华). The President Decision (Keppres) even bans use of "China" in media and formal use. , , - , rowspan="3", Coconut (slur), 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 , , , - , Coño , Chile , Spanish people , Used in to refer to Spanish people given the perception that they recurrently use of the vulgar interjection ''coño'' (lit. "cunt"). , , - , Coolie , United States, Canada , Asian people, Asian people, usually

, 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, Trinidad and Tobago and South African Indians. , , - , rowspan="3", Coon , 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 (United States), 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 ''wikt:connasse, connasse'', meaning cunt. , , - , Coreano , Chile , Chinese and Japanese people , , , - , Cracker (pejorative), Cracker , United States , White people, especially poor Appalachian and Southern people , First used in the 19th century. It is sometimes used specifically to refer to a native of Florida or Georgia (United States state), Georgia. Also used in a more general sense in the United States to refer to white people disparagingly. , , - , Crow , United States , , , , - , Crucco (m.), crucca (f.) , Italy , Germans, German people , The name was firstly given during the First World War to the troops of the Austro-Hungarian Army of Croatians, Croatian and Slovenians, Slovenian ethnicity. Later the term was used to indicate the Germans. , , - , 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 Ethnic groups of Africa, African Cultural heritage, descent. Originally merely descriptive, in present-day Israel it increasingly assumed a pejorative connotation and is regarded as insulting by Ethiopian Jews in Israel, 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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}) , Russia , Jews , Soviet epithet, originated in the official parlance, as an accusation of lack of full allegiance to the Soviet Union. , , - , Rosuke, Roske , Japanese , Russians , "suke/ske" is a Japanese general-purpose derogatory suffix. , , - , Rooinek , South Africa , British people , List of South African slang words, Slang for a British diaspora in Africa, person of British descent. , , - , Roto , Peru, Bolivia , Chilean people , Used to refer disdainfully. The term ''roto'' ("tattered") was first applied to Spanish Conquest of Chile, conquerors in Chile, who were badly dressed and preferred military strength over intellect. , , - , Roundeye , English-speaking Asians , Non-Asians, especially White people , , , - , wikt:Russki, Russki, ruski (in Poland) , , Russians, from Russian Русский ''Russkiy'', meaning "Russian." , ,

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}, nan, 暹豬) , Bangkoker (Thai Chinese) , Thai people, Central Thai people (usually include Mon people, Mons) , literally: Siamese pig; Low and vile likes pigs, easy to fatten and slaughter, easy money. Mostly refers to Central Thais who migrated to Bangkok. , , - , Sideways vagina/pussy/cooter , , Asian women, particularly Chinese women. , , , - , Skinny , United States , Somali people , A term most commonly used for Somali militia fighters , , - , Skopianoi , Greece , Macedonians (ethnic group), Ethnic Macedonians , derived from Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia. , , - , Skip, Skippy , Australia , An Australian, especially one of British descent , Derived from the children's television series ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo''. , , - , Skævøjet , Denmark , East Asian people , Skævøjet, literally meaning "with crooked eyes", is a reference to their appearance. , , - , Slant, slant–eye , , East Asian people , In reference to the appearance of the eyes. , , - , Slope, slopehead, slopy, slopey, sloper , Australia, United Kingdom, and United States , Asian people (especially Vietnamese in Australia; especially Chinese in America) , Also slant, slant–eye. , , - , Snowflake (slang)#Interracial relations, Snowflake , United States , White people , Mostly used in this context in the 19th and 20th centuries , , - , Smoked Irish/Smoked Irishman , United States , Black people , a 19th-century term intended to insult both blacks and Irish but used primarily for black people. , , - , Somdeang (โสมแดง) , Thailand , North Koreans , literally: red ginseng. (see also ''Somkhao'') , , - , Somkhao (โสมขาว) , Thailand , South Koreans , literally: white ginseng. (see also ''Somdeang'') , , - , Soosmar-khor: (سوسمار خور) , Persia , Arabian people , Persian for "lizard eater," referring to the Uromastyx#Consumption by humans, eating of lizards in Arab cuisine. , , - , Sooty , United States , Black people , Originated in the 1950s. , , - , Southern Faerie, Southern Fairy , United Kingdom , Southern English people , Used in the North of England to refer to someone from the South, alluding to their supposed mollycoddled ways. (see also ''Northern Monkey'') , , - , Soutpiel , South Africa , White English language, English speakers , an Afrikaans term abbreviated as "Soutie" and translates as "Salt-penis," it derives from the Boer Wars where it was said that British soldiers had one foot in the United Kingdom, one foot in South Africa, and their penis dangled in the Atlantic Ocean (filled with saltwater). , , - , Spade , , Black people , Recorded since 1928 (OED), from the Spades (suit), playing cards suit. , , - , Spearchucker , , Africans, African Americans , Derived from the idea that people of African descent were primitive. , , - , Spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty , United States , Hispanic people , First recorded use in 1915. Believed to be a play on a Spanish-accented pronunciation of the English word ''speak''. May apply to Spanish speakers in general. , Interactive Dictionary of Language. Accessed 12 April 2007. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Accessed 12 April 2007.Santiago, Esmeralda. When I Was Puerto Rican. New York: Vintage Books, 1993. , - , Spook , , Black people , Attested from the 1940s. , , - , Squarehead , , Nordic race, Nordic people, such as Scandinavians or Germans, Germans. , Refers to either the stereotyped shape of their heads, or to the shape of the Stahlhelm M1916 steel helmet, or to its owner's stubbornness (like a block of wood). , , - , Squaw , United States and Canada , Native American women , Derived from lower East Coast Algonquian (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''ussqua''), which originally meant "young woman". , , - , Swamp Guinea , , Italian people , , , - , Szkop, wikt:skopčák, skopčák , Poland, Czech Republic , German people , The Polish term was particularly often used for Wehrmacht soldiers during World War II in Poland, World War II. , , - , Szwab , Poland , German people , Derived from Swabia. See also: Fritz ,

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