Kate Matsuda · 7 answers · 3y

Hey black guys, I got a question : In Germany there exists an old 16th century word for black African people: Mohr, or Maure, for any sort of people from North Africa. Now some say it is a racist term. Is it?

Thank you, Race Court is now in session, order, order!!! I haven't heard anyone use it outside of literature, and from that context it never really seemed to be used as a pejorative, just a descriptor of a person's origin/ancestry, maybe the 'problem' is that you're lumping all of North Africa together? Kind of like how 'oriental' fell out of favor because it was overly broad and euro-centric? Anyway this court finds that the word is NOT racist, but shouldn't be used because we have so much more information about said ancestry now and there are more useful/helpful terms. Next case please!!

In Italian we have Moolinyan. Which is pretty racist and literally translates to eggplant. Maybe their cousin words 😁

You need to talk to Cubans about this. They still call their black beans and rice dish— moros con cristianos. 🤦🏻‍♀️

You mean the moors? I don't think the word itself is offensive, although it might be in a different language. The term "Negro" came from the Portuguese word for black which they used to describe slaves, that's pretty racist when it's used in english, but in Spanish or Portuguese it's fairly acceptable, same as calling someone "black".

How dare you, Kate! But despite being biracial I don't really know... I suppose it depends on context it's used in...

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