Ethnic Studies 2016-2017


 * Af
 * (Rhodesia) African to a white Rhodesian (Rhodie).[1]


 * Ape
 * (U.S.) a black person.[2]


 * Béni-oui-oui
 * Mostly used during the French colonization of Algeria as a derogatory term to describe Algerian Muslims.[3]


 * Bluegum
 * An offensive slur used by some United States white Southerners for an African-American perceived as being lazy and who refuses to work.[4]


 * Boogie
 * a black person (film noire) "The boogies lowered the boom on Beaver Canal".[5]


 * Buck
 * a black person, also used to describe Native Americans.


 * Buffie
 * a black person.[6]


 * Burrhead / Burr-head / Burr head
 * (U.S.) a black person (referencing stereotypical hair type).[7]


 * Colored
 * (U.S.) a Black person. Once generally accepted as inoffensive, this word is now considered disrespectful by some. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People continues to use its full name unapologetically. Some black Americans have reclaimed this word and softened it in the expression "a person of color."


 * Coon
 * (U.S. & U.K) a black person. Possibly from Portuguese barracoos, a building constructed to hold slaves for sale. (1837).[8]


 * Crow
 * a black person,[9]  spec. a black woman.


 * Eggplant
 * (U.S.) A black person. Notable for appearing in the 1979 film, The Jerk.[10]


 * Fuzzies
 * (U.K.) A black person. In the 1964 film classic, "Zulu", the British officer played by Michael Caine refers to the Zulus as "fuzzies".[11]


 * Gable
 * a black person.[6]


 * Golliwogg
 * (UK Commonwealth) a dark-skinned person, after Florence Kate Upton's children's book character [12]


 * Jigaboo, jiggabo, jijjiboo, zigabo, jig, jigg, jiggy, jigga
 * (U.S. & UK) a black person (JB) with stereotypical black features (dark skin, wide nose, etc.) Used to refer to mannerisms that resemble dancing.


 * Jim Crow
 * (U.S.) a black person; also the name for the segregation laws prevalent in much of the United States until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.[13]


 * Jim Fish
 * (South Africa) a black person[14]


 * Jungle bunny
 * (US and UK) a black person.[15]


 * Kaffir, kaffer, kaffir, kafir, kaffre
 * (South Africa) a. a black person. Considered very offensive.


 * Macaca, same as "macaque"
 * a person of black African descent, originally used in languages of colonial powers in Africa<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-huff_16-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[16]


 * Mammy
 * Domestic servant of African descent, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mammy_17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[17]


 * Monkey
 * a person of black African descent.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-huff_16-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[16]  See also Macaca (slur). It also gave rise to the racist "monkey chants" in sports.


 * Mosshead
 * a black person.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Spears_118_6-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[6]


 * Munt
 * (among whites in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia) a black person from muntu, the singular of Bantu<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[18]


 * Nig-nog
 * (UK & U.S.) a black person.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[19]


 * Nigger / nigra / nigga / niggah / nigguh
 * (U.S., UK) An offensive term for a black person. From the word negro which means the color black in numerous languages. Diminutive appellations include "Nigg" and "Nigz." Over time, the terms "Nigga" and "Niggaz" (plural) have come to be frequently used between some African-Americans without the negative associations of "Nigger."


 * Niglet / nigglet
 * a black child


 * Nigra / negra / niggra / nigrah / nigruh
 * (U.S.) offensive for a black person [first used in the early 1900s]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[20]


 * Pickaninny
 * a term – generally considered derogatory – that in English usage refers to black children, or a caricature of them which is widely considered racist.


 * Porch monkey
 * a black person,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[21]


 * Powder burn
 * a black person.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Spears_118_6-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[6]


 * Quashie
 * a black person.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Spears_118_6-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[6]


 * Sambo
 * (U.S.) a derogatory term for an African American, Black, or sometimes a South Asian person.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mammy_17-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[17] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[22]


 * Smoked Irish / smoked Irishman
 * (U.S.) 19th century term for Blacks (intended to insult both Blacks and Irish).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Spears_118_6-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[6]


 * Sooty
 * a black person [originated in the U.S. in the 1950s]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[23]


 * Spade
 * A black person.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[24]  recorded since 1928 (OED), from the playing cards suit.


 * Spook
 * a black person.


 * Tar baby
 * (UK; U.S.; and N.Z.) a black child.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[25]


 * Teapot
 * (British) a black person. [1800s]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[26]


 * Thicklips
 * a black person.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Spears_118_6-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[6]