
	Where results make sense

Topic: Ethnic slurs

Related Topics

ethnic group

ethnic cleansing

ethnic Germans

List of Chinese ethnic groups

ethnic Chinese

List of ethnic slurs

Ethnic Greek

56 ethnic groups

ethnic nationalism

ethnic Fijians

List of ethnic groups

List of past Chinese ethnic groups

In the News (Mon 6 Oct 08)

Eli Manning

Josh Beckett

Sage Rosenfels

South Ossetia

Super League

Angelina Jolie

West Bengal

Wayne Rooney

Howard Stern

Beth Ostrosky

	ETHNIC SLURS AND TERMS OF ETHNIC OPPROBRIUM, ETHNIC DESIGNATIONS. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
		The slurs and terms of opprobrium are the words that this often unmelted meltingpot, the U.S.A., has learned and unlearned as it has dealt with its ethnic mix.
		Once tolerated in the mouths of otherwise decent Americans, the older terms of ethnic opprobrium are now almost all taboo in Standard English, and ignorance or absence of malice never justify their use.
		Again, the best advice is to call ethnic groups and their members whatever they prefer to be called.
	www.bartleby.com /68/96/2296.html (438 words)

	Ethnic slurs rattle family
		Someone also painted a slur in red on the wooden fence in front of the house in the 700 block of Kroger Valley.
		When he saw the slurs, Dr. Lopez said, “I was kind of disappointed and dumbfounded.
		The Lopezes suspect the slurs were aimed at one of their sons, given the singular nature of one of the slurs.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2001/03/12/loc_ethnic_slurs_rattle.html (524 words)

	[WikiEN-l] Request for help with new article (slurs)
		When the Doukhobors were given that name it was intended as >a slur by the Tsarists; eventually they assumed the name themselves and >the pejorative nature of the word dropped away.
		While I suppose you are correct that ethnic epithet would be more NPOV than either of the other two, it would be a contrived phrase that would not show up if someone was doing a search on the topic (as they will type in racial epithet or ethnic slur).
		Aside from that, I think the way to handle your issue in the article (that not all slurs have always been so, and vice versa) is simply to add a note to those words for which it is relevant.
	mail.wikipedia.org /pipermail/wikien-l/2003-June/004342.html (349 words)

	CareerJournal \| Racial and Sexual Slurs In the Workplace Continue
		When it comes to racial or ethnic slurs, sexually inappropriate language or ageist remarks, about the same percentage of workers report overhearing such language as did two years ago, according to the latest survey conducted for Novations/J. Howard and Associates, a consulting firm in Boston.
		Racial slurs were heard by 30% of the workers surveyed, up slightly from 27% last year and 29% in 2002.
		Employees based in the South were a tad likelier to hear ethnic slurs, with 32% of Southerners reporting they overheard ethnic slurs versus about 25% of workers in the Northeast, 26% in the North Central region and 28% in the West.
	www.careerjournal.com /myc/diversity/20050708-coombes.html?mod=RSS_Career_Journal&cjrss=frontpage (590 words)

	List of ethnic slurs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used to refer to members of a given ethnicity (or in some cases, nationality, region, or religion) in a derogatory or pejorative manner.
		This word is not always a slur, however it is sometimes used by native Mexicans as a derogatory term to insinuate that the person born in the United States is not a true Mexican and, therefore, a "lesser" Mexican.
		Also a slur against people who exhibit their traditional culture regardless of how long they have spent in the new country, including 2nd generation immigrants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethnic_slur (11050 words)

	Learn more about List of ethnic slurs in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used to refer to members of a given ethnicity (or, in some cases, nationality or religion) in a derogatory or pejorative manner.
		The motivation for using an ethnic slur is often racism.
		It is not uncommon for minority groups to adopt an originally disparaging term and use it of themselves, as an act of self-assertion.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_ethnic_slurs.html (1896 words)

	European Union Standardizes Ethnic Slurs
		The new slur, called "The Euroff" was conceived through a collaboration of eminent linguists, historians, and skinheads from each of the Union's fifteen member states.
		Although most Europeans welcome the new slur as a boon to cross-cultural solidarity, many older citizens lament the passing of traditional invectives.
		"Our country has proven that ethnic slurs will thrive when assholes are given the freedom to generate and distribute their insults as they choose, not as the King orders.
	www.umich.edu /~uac/threeweeks/storyc64f.html?fpvol=3&fpiss=9&vol=3&iss=5&sto=1 (328 words)

	Laura Ingraham: Ethnic Slurs and Double Standards - Michael P. Tremoglie - MensNewsDaily.com™
		Obviously, this sobriquet is as much a classist slur as it is an ethnic one.
		Ethnic and other type slurs normally did not disturb me. At least, not until certain ethnic slurs became politically incorrect, and the hypocrisy of what is and is not an acceptable ethnic slur became apparent.
		It is a universe where some ethnic slurs are more equal than others.
	www.mensnewsdaily.com /archive/t/tremoglie/2004/tremoglie061504.htm (761 words)

	Greenwood Publishing Group I1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		In this extensive study of ethnic labeling in the United States' popular speech and usage, Irving Lewis Allen explores the major traditional themes behind the making of ethnic slurs.
		Anyone interested in ethnic identity in the United States, in the workings of a plural society, or the origins and uses of American ethnic slurs, will find Unkind Words fascinating reading.
		-- Flippity Floppity: The Semantic Inversion and Trans-migration of Slurs
	info.greenwood.com /books/0897892/0897892178.html (411 words)

	theLounge.com.au
		Turning the other cheek or tolerating an ethnic slur, whether against an employee, a supervisor, a customer, or someone in the general public, is poor management.
		Any ethnic slur is destructive to the public-good portion of the company image and can undo the efforts put into human relations among employees.
		Prejudice presumes that there is a stereotype of an ethnic group, and disregards its members as individuals with different characteristics.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/15190/20010712/www.thelounge.com.au/welcome/article46e7.html (421 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Titan Tire Corp. was wrong to fire strikers accused of yelling "burrito head," "dog eater" and other racial or ethnic slurs at replacement workers crossing a union picket line, an administrative law judge has ruled.
		Racial slurs, "although offensive, are not justification for discharge," Benjamin Schlesinger, an administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board, wrote in a ruling released this week.
		At least four of those strikers were accused of yelling racial or ethnic slurs at replacement workers.
	www.dmregister.com /news/stories/c4788993/14999660.html (401 words)

	Language in India
		This alleged statement of President Musharraf may not amount to using a slur, but this is not very far from the intent of a slur, in some general sense.
		By a general definition, an ethnic slur is "used to refer to members of a given ethnicity (or, in some cases, nationality or religion) in a derogatory or pejorative manner."
		These should not be considered as isolated events nor should these be considered as a slur on the individuals who appeared to contradict their own positions (as in the case of Dr. Annie Besant).
	www.languageinindia.com /sep2004/sindhiethnicslur2.html (2638 words)

	Stereotype - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Common stereotypes include a variety of allegations about groups based around: race, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, and religious belief, and also profession, social status and wealth (see social stereotype).
		(See also: racial stereotype, ethnic stereotype, and racial profiling).
		A variety of stereotypes usually exist within major social groups, and relate to the variety of identified sub-groups that exist within their own group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stereotype (568 words)

	Unkind Words — www.greenwood.com
		Description: In this extensive study of ethnic labeling in the United States' popular speech and usage, Irving Lewis Allen explores the major traditional themes behind the making of ethnic slurs.
		The book offers an overview of the major traditional themes used in the development of ethnic slurs as well as the most recent fads of covert and devious slurring with codewords and various kinds of sly word games.
		Flippity Floppity: The Semantic Inversion and Trans-migration of Slurs
	www.greenwood.com /books/bookdetail.asp?sku=H217 (386 words)

	ethnic slurs still in use
		This isn't supposed to be just a list of insults per se---these are phrases or words that started out as ethnic insults but became applicable to people in general.
		You're a Thug A reference to the "Thugs" or "Thugees" of India...but that was a sort of organized crime group, not an ethnic group, so this was sort of like saying "you're a gangster." Doesn't fit the ethnicity requirement, so it doesn't really count, but it's interesting and a good effort.
		Somewhat similarly, the word "assassin" comes from "hashishijian", a bizarre pseudo-religious sect in Persia in the last century, that recruited members with drugs and women, and sent them off to commit political killing as well as, er, thuggery.
	www.creekcats.com /pnprice/slurs.html (445 words)

	ipedia.com: Racism Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Assuming that every individual's character can be adequately determined by racial or ethnic stereotypes is race prejudice, and giving or withholding privileges based on such stereotypes is racial discrimination.
		A police officer who spends most of his day in that same city interacting negatively with people of a certain ethnic background, might be expected to react negatively to a member of that same ethnic group whom he meets off-duty.
		These riots have followed cases of perceived racism - either the public displays of racist sentiment (including crimes against members of ethnic minorities which were subsequently ignored by the authorities), or, as in the Brixton and Toxteth riots, racial profiling and alleged harassment by the police force.
	www.ipedia.com /racism.html (3939 words)

	Hate Speech Predicts Immigrant Suicide Rates
		The researchers also reviewed the ethnic slurs used at the time to label each group.
		"Ethnic immigrant groups subjected to more negative ethnophaulisms, or hate speech, were more likely to commit suicide," write Mullen and Smyth in Psychosomatic Medicine.
		The pattern held true after considering other factors, such as the size of the ethnic groups and suicide rates in their countries of origin.
	my.webmd.com /content/Article/92/101864.htm (255 words)

	Hernando: Ethnic slurs shouldn't diminish work of school finance director
		Ethnic slurs shouldn't diminish work of school finance director
		She is to be congratulated for maintaining a high level of professionalism and integrity, especially given the environment in which she was working.
		Benedict's ethnic slurs are not condoned by our school system.
	www.sptimes.com /News/121900/Hernando/Ethnic_slurs_shouldn_.shtml (745 words)

	Welcome to Tourettaville - Frequently Asked Questions
		It is a neurological disorder characterized by tics - involuntary, rapid, sudden movements and/or vocal outbursts that occur repeatedly.
		The fact is that cursing, uttering obscenities, and ethnic slurs are manifested by fewer than 15 percent of people with TS.
		The very rare use of ethnic slurs stems from an uncontrollable urge to voice the forbidden even when it is directly opposite to the actual beliefs of the person voicing it.
	www.tourettaville.com /info/faq.html (574 words)

	The Journal Times Online
		Racial and ethnic slurs and insults usually fall into one of those two categories.
		Gardner and the Racine Chapter of the NAACP were quick to condemn Engel's comments as racist and Milwaukee and Racine area Latino groups denounced Belling's on-air comments and staged a protest Friday outside the radio station.
		It continues to be a matter of community and national shame, evidence of an intolerant attitude that should not be tolerated - not at home, work, school or anywhere - and certainly not something that can be sanctioned from a government representative or from a radio program.
	www.journaltimes.com /articles/2004/11/08/opinion/iq_3199811.txt (429 words)

	Precious Children: Insensitivity to Physical, Racial, or Ethnic Differences
		Ethnic, racial slurs, or personal comments about individuals with physical disabilities are examples of behaviors that need to be stopped.
		For instance, a younger child may have heard an older child or adult use words ridiculing some ethnic group or race.
		Racial and ethnic slurs and comments based on physical disabilities cannot be ignored.
	www.pbs.org /kcts/preciouschildren/diversity/read_insensitivity.html (414 words)

	Tolerance.org: SOCCER SLURS: A Level Playing Field in Iowa?
		In the weeks since that game, Onesto resigned his coaching job, "under force," he says; his team was briefly suspended for the season, then reinstated; and state and high school officials are saying no such slurs were uttered and no such problems occurred on or off the field.
		When asked about the many people who have said they heard slurs, Saggau said "kids have started changing their stories." He vowed, however, to continue asking people at schools he visits about possible ethnic or racial slurs.
		He said he is tired of officials sidestepping the issue of ethnic harassment on the playing field.
	www.tolerance.org /news/article_tol.jsp?id=985 (1302 words)

	Comments for: Friday night topic: Is race real? - ja.zz
		The former goes through the ethnic slurs the latter goes through the racial slurs.
		So people casted ethnic slurs because of their "non-American, non-Nordic appearance" even though they were Caucasians, their non-Nordic look opened up the doors of ethnic prejudice and were labeled as stupid bums for the Irish and the swarthy Italian was looked at as a criminal and street hoodlum.
		Because of their non-Nordic swartheir appearance even through they are racially Caucasian, people like to butt jokes or ethnic epitaths that they are terrorists or car bombers.
	techreport.com /ja.zz?id=74684 (890 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Worker alleges ethnic slurs
		A 30-year employee of a Salt Lake custom woodworking company is alleging he was repeatedly subjected to ethnic slurs and profane comments about his Hispanic heritage.
		The EEOC's investigation revealed that Ruiz's supervisor "merely laughed" when Ruiz complained of the comments and that Granite Mill's vice president was personally informed of the hostile work environment but failed to take action against the offending workers, said Mary Jo O'Neill, regional attorney for the EEOC's Phoenix district office.
		Granite Mill owner Gary Sandberg said Wednesday that he was unaware, prior to reading the lawsuit, of any complaints lodged by Ruiz, who did general woodwork for the company until he was let go during a general reduction in force.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595096548,00.html (429 words)

	Sparrow's ethnic slurs Re: "Derspatz to English" Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Try putting "yahoodi" and "yahudi" into your favorite search engine and explore from some of the links why various Jewish groups in and outside of Israel prefer to be known as such.
		"Yahudi" is no ethnic slur (I often refer to my own son as Yared Yahudi - which I find far more pleasantly poetic than calling him Jared the Jew) - many Yahudi deem the tag "Jew" to be the slur.
		Oh, perhaps you were referring to "Ozzy" being some form of ethnic slur, or "Yank" for that matter.
	www.errantyears.com /1999/jul99/002250.html (236 words)

	TWL: Ethnic slurs - List policy (Please Read) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Anyone posting racial, ethnic, or religious slurs will be called on to make an apology or _satisfactory_ explanation.
		Additionally, some terms that are acceptable within an ethnic group become fighting words when used between two groups.
		Put those two things together and you've got a poster of unknown ethnicity being read by a member of unknown ethnicity who usually has no way of knowing whether the message was typed with a warm chuckle or a sneer.
	lists.samurai.com /pipermail/trawler-world-list/2003-February/056602.html (457 words)

	Citrus: Ethnic slurs in literature can be used for teaching
		Citrus: Ethnic slurs in literature can be used for teaching
		Ethnic slurs in literature can be used for teaching
		We're never going to be able to weed all of the ethnic references that some find objectionable out of every piece of literature in existence.
	www.sptimes.com /News/020800/Citrus/Ethnic_slurs_in_liter.shtml (599 words)

	[No title]
		The University is committed to providing equal educational access and opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status or sexual orientation.
		Using racial or ethnic slurs against a student, University employee or visitor to a University facility.
		On the UMD campus all instances of racial or ethnic harassment should be reported to the UMD Office of Equal Opportunity (Tel.
	www.d.umn.edu /equaloo/doc/racial.doc (821 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)