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What were some derogatory slurs for interracial couples?

[I also asked this under Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered]

"Miscegenation" (e.g. whites mixing with blacks) was once a crime. With it, there certainly must have been lots of insults. I'm looking for a listed variety of slurs that would have been used at the time.

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Now, you don't NEED to be this specific if you don't have this much info, just provide what you can. I'm just setting up an optional benchmark for people to use if they happen to have a lot of rich knowledge.

If possible to explain the connotation involved (e.g. including a subjective scale from 1 to 10 in severity), that would be great,

for example:

-A word for an african-american person may be a "black" person (Negativity: 0/10, but context could make it 3/10 - 7/10): But it's rarely used in a negative connotation and is often used respectfully in place of the lengthy phrase, "african-american"

-A word for an african-american person is a "******" (Negativity: 8/10 - 10/10): This is an exclusively intensely negatively connotative slur (though some modern cultures have sort of "taken back" the word, usually in the form of, "*****", meaning something like, "brother" or, "fellow", though potentially to the dismay with those who don't sympathize with the culture.)

Any known tiny nuances would be great to explain too,

for example:

-A word for a homosexual person may be a "gay" person (Negativity: 0/10, but context could make it 3/10 - 7/10): But it's rarely used in a negative connotation and is often used respectfully in place of the lengthy word, "homosexual"- HOWEVER... while referring to a person as a, "gay person" ("It's common knowledge that gay people tend to X") is usually neutral, referring to them as "a gay" ("It's common knowledge that the gays tend to X"), holds a soft but potentially passive-aggressive, negative, potentially tone, possibly (with or without intent) to a dehumanizing effect. (Thus- Negativity: 3/10 - 8/10), kind of like a "black person" ("Why do black people tend to X?") vs "a black" ("Why do blacks tend to X?").

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-and if it's based on freehand knowledge, let me know where you heard it/why you know it (e.g. Having lived during the era, what year range are you recalling it from and how old were you at the time? If you heard it from a relative, how old were they? etc)

While I'm asking in the context of USA's history, all feedback from across the world is welcomed and I'd love to know what country the slur is from.

Thank you in advance, Yahoo community!

Update:

Made a miss-copy/paste. This is no longer under Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered... As obviously, it has nothing to do with LGBT. Sorry, lol.

Update 2:

There's two sets of asterisks (*****) censoring what it clearly thinks is hate speech.

For the sake of clarification: The first asterisked word says "n*gger", the second says "n*gga".

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  • Nelson
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    I'll tell you a slur from my own experience as I can remember the miscegenation statutes in WV. If a very white-looking person married a black person, he or she had to present an affidavit (the white one) that she had "***** ancestors" for the wedding ceremony to take place. The affidavit was never questioned. Disgusting!!!

    The slur came from such a married couple, who, when they were at a dance, were called the "Hoary ol' Oreos"

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