Anti-African and anti-black slurs

' ( , ) is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry. When speaking or writing about a singular woman in English, the word is ' (). The use of this term began in areas that later became the United States shortly after the Atlantic slave trade began. Although it has been employed in derogatory contexts, some mixed-race communities reject the claim that the term is inherently offensive and instead regard it as a descriptor that has been mischaracterized by individuals who are not of mixed-race origin. After the post Civil Rights Era, the term is now con

In the English language, the term negro is a term historically used to refer to people of Black African heritage. The term negro means the color black in Spanish and Portuguese (from Latin niger), where English took it from. The term can be viewed as offensive, inoffensive, or completely neutral, largely depending on the region or country where it is used, as well as the time period and context in which it is applied. It has various equivalents in other languages of Europe.

Nigger is a racial slur directed at Black people. References to nigger have been increasingly replaced by the euphemistic , notably in cases where nigger is mentioned but not directly used. In an instance of linguistic reappropriation, the term nigger is also used casually and fraternally among African Americans, most commonly in the form of nigga, whose spelling reflects the phonology of African-American English.

organizational equality training term

a slur used to refer to indigenous black people in South Africa; derived from the Arabic term for "unbeliever", i.e. pagan

derogatory term for German children with a black father and a white mother

thumb|upright=1.5|Photograph by Russell Lee (photographer)|Russell Lee showing historical use of the term in the US in contrast with "white". Besides the big signs, the water cooler itself is labelled with a sign reading "colored". Colored (or coloured) is a racial descriptor historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow era to refer to an African American. In many places, it may be considered a slur.

blackface minstrel character created by Thomas D. Rice based on 19th-century White ideas of African-Americans

thumb|A golliwog in the form of a child's soft play toy thumb|alt=A racist drawing depicting a black rag doll with a big, black head, sitting in a rocking chair, with three white children standing by (as seen in the Beaton household).|Florence Kate Upton's Golliwogg in formal minstrel attire in The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg in 1895 The golliwog, also spelled golliwogg or shortened to golly, is a doll-like play character, created by cartoonist and author Florence Kate Upton, which appeared in children's books in the late 19th century, usually depicted as a type of rag doll.

fictional character

former food brand (1888-2021)

'''''''''' () is a common Polish word for a Black person of Sub-Saharan African descent, cognate with the English word "Moor". Since the 21st century, some Black people residing in Poland consider it offensive.

antiquated term for the Khoekhoe people of southern Africa

thumb|Ethiopian painting depicting a battle between the "Amhara people|Amhara and the Shanqella"

purported historical practice

Abeed or abīd (, plural of ʿabd, ) is an Arabic word meaning "servant" or "slave". The term is usually used in the Arab world and is used as a slur for black people and it dates back to the Arab slave trade. In recent decades, usage of the word has become controversial due to its racist connotations and origins, particularly among the Arab diaspora.

slave who worked, and often lived, in the house of the slave-owner

genre of music that presented a stereotype of black people

A bamboula is a West African-derived rhythm, dance, and percussion instrument or type of drum made from a rum barrel with skin stretched over one end. It is also a dance accompanied by music from these drums.

pejorative term

Frozen dessert