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“This refers to the largest ethnic groups of Jews. (Note: there are a lot of different ethnic/racial divisions among Jews .) The Ashkenazi was a group of Jewish people who migrated North from the Middle East to Eastern Europe about 1000 BC. In turn, this group immigrated heavily to the United…”
“This is a (presumably) mildly racist term mean to describe a low-paid member of the working class of a race other than the speaker. In most cases, the speaker is White, and the worker is either Black or Hispanic. Wikipedia specifies Asians: is a term for a low-wage laborer, typically of South Asian…”
“A slave in the antebellum South could be a ‘field negro’ or a ‘house negro.’ The former worked as a laborer in the fields, the latter worked as a servant in the house, and usually had an easier workload and better working conditions. However, to work in the house, a slave had to be compliant and…”
“…maybe? The Huns were a nomadic civilization in Eastern Europe. They’re mainly known for their King Atilla (‘Atilla the Hun’). The area in which they roamed and ruled very closely corresponds to the area of modern-day Hungary. The Huns were active in 300-400 AD. The country of Hungary was declared…”
“A new word, coined in 2008 by Moya Bailey , it means a prejudice or dislike of Black women specifically. She wrote : I was looking for precise language to describe why Renisha McBride would be shot in the face, or why The Onion would think it’s okay to talk about Quvenzhané the way they did, or the…”