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add "crucco" (pl. crucchi): an italian ethnic oejorative term for "german" (noun and adj.)

From serbocroation "kruh"=Bread. In WW I used for austro-ungarian prisoners of croatian nationality in Italian camps because, when hungry, they begged for "kruh". In WW II applied to german soldiers by italian soldiers fighting with them in the USSR and later by italian partisans. Sources: https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/ricerca/crucco/

https://www.sapere.it/sapere/strumenti/domande-risposte/storia-civilta/crucco-etimologia.html Signor fleming (talk) 19:48, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Richard-of-Earth (talk) 03:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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slurs to call whites

PONC (People Of No Color)

Melanin Deficient

Mayo Monkeys

Snow Roaches

Snow Rats

Paper

Crackers

Colonizers

Bleach Demons

No Purpose Flour

Cornstarch Crusaders

Salt Shakers

Expired Cheese

Marshmallow Minions

Unwhipped Cream

Garlic Goblins

Milk Crickets

Lice Attractors

Elmer's Glue

Yeast Yetis

A Child Of The Chalk

Vanilla Discharge

Boiled Chicken

Flashback Mary

Marshmallow Monkeys

Ranch Racoons

Dandruff Clumps

Yogurt Yodelers

Lint Leeches

Salty Scallywags

Styrofoam Cups

Unscented Candles

Pasty Parasites

Culture Vultures

Vanilla Vultures

Ice Chimps

Vanilla Gorillas

Cultureless Neanderthals

Oatmeal

Yeast Maggots

Tighty Whites

Soup Cookies

String Cheese

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. FifthFive (talk) 23:38, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More slurs for white American men

Brute, barbarian, Neanderthal, caveman, conquistador, colonizer 2601:447:D082:C4C0:884C:6A13:FCEB:35A3 (talk) 10:45, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since when is "brute" primarily used for American men? Dimadick (talk) 21:48, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

South African slur 'Land thief' description should be changed

Original description: "Land thief (South Africa) a white person from South Africa. The term implies that white people stole land from black people during the Apartheid era, and are therefore responsible for the current economic and social inequalities in the country."

The use of "implies" denies the very real consequences of European colonialism . I think a better sentence beginning would be - "The term calls back to when European settlers stole land from ..." Ojasman (talk) 15:59, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That would be an assertion in Wikipedia's voice that could be WP:NPOV. While it may be an historical fact that Europeans have stolen land from peoples around the world, the slur implies that the target is somehow complicit in in land theft which may not be a fact in every use of the slur. Wikipedia is not a WP:SOAPBOX and so should not bring up such social issues gratuitously. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 06:07, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]