Content tagged with “race” under “Stuff I Looked Up”

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Ashkenazi Jew
Explanation
October 12, 2022
173

“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…”

Coolie
Explanation
December 28, 2022
140

“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…”

House Negro
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
March 8, 2024
179

“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…”

Hun
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
September 16, 2023
446

“…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…”

Misogynoir
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
October 27, 2021
254

“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…”