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This is a list of common [[United States|American]] and [[Great Britain|British]] [[Commonwealth]] words and phrases based on racial, ethnic, religious, regional or other [[stereotype]]s. A majority of these are considered universally offensive.

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==Asian==    
* '''Driving While Asian''', suggests Asians cannot drive well. [http://www.listener.co.nz/default,498.sm]
(contracted; show full)o man''', equivalent to "[[Essex man]]", a derogatory term for an unsophisticated working class man. The name comes because of the popularity of the [[Ford Mondeo]] car among lower socio - economic groups in the UK, widely associated with the [[chav]] stereotype. It was also used by [[New Labour]] politicians who wanted to win over working - class voters from the Conservative Party. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4119695.stm]
*'''[[Wiktionary:Welsh|Welsh]]er
''', someone who refuses to pay off their bets (unclear whether the etymology of this word has a racial origin).

==References==
* Mike Gibson, [http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2002/1202/t_cover.html Taking Out the Trash: What does "White Trash" mean in the 21st Century?].  ''Metro Pulse''.    Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* Pamela Stirling, [http://www.listener.co.nz/default,498.sm Driving While Asian].  ''New Zealand Listener''.  Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* [http://www.themodelminority.com/ Themodelminority.com].  Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* Ling-Chi Wang, [http://www.modelminority.com/article259.html The Sad Truth About Chinese Americans].  Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* [http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayindex.htm Expressions & Sayings].   Retrieved 16 February, 2006.
* [http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm Worldwidewords.org].   Retrieved 16 February, 2006.

==See also==
* [[List of ethnic slurs]]
* [[List of sexual slurs]]
* [[Term of disparagement]]
* [[Non-sexist language]]

[[Category:Lists of phrases]]
[[Category:Pejoratives]]