KlaasK

Hi there,

At the moment I’m writing my master thesis about xenophobia in South Africa and problems related to it.

For the introduction of my thesis I want to show that you can find xenophobia in every culture. Therefore I need help from you. In every society are foreign minorities which are not popular and normally you can find special dismissive terms for this foreign groups. Which words are used in your country? Which foreign-minority is the target group of these slurs? What does this slur exactly mean?

Example:

Term: makwerekwere
Used in South Africa
Target Group: Foreigners from other African countries
Meaning: a crude onomatopoeic imitation of how foreigners speak - is used to describe foreigners as "those we don't understand"

Perhaps someone can also help me with the words:
Gaijin - Japan

Métèque - France

I really hope that you can help me….

Cheers Klaas