Dante Alighieri wrote:
Howdy all, I just wrote a new article, [[List of
ethnic slurs]]. I've
put a redirect at [[List of racial epithets]]. Now, the list also
includes terms for people based on their religion, but I don't think
that the article title is that big a deal. Now, on to my request.
Because I've from the United States, the list is obviously heavily
populated with American English examples. I'm hoping that people from
other countries (especially non-English speaking ones) will stop by to
add in their own terms.
Just to clarify, I'm interested in this as a scholarly pursuit,
although it will probably be used for unsavory purposes by unsavory
individuals. If you could all take the time to go look and make
whatever changes you think will improve the article, I'd really
appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs
I would express a concern about the title. "Ethnic" is certainly more
comprehensive than "racial", so that part is a clear improvement. On
the other hand I find "slurs" to be more POV than "epithets". I see a
need to maintain a perspective of time. What may be a slur to-day may
not always have been so. 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.
Contrariwise, black Americans were once called "colored", and that term
was generally accepted in its time. It has since evolved away from
acceptability, but it was certainly an improvement over "nigger".
Eclecticology