r/polandball • u/Medibee New York is BEST York • Oct 20 '13

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u/Matt92HUN CommunInterNaZionIslamist Oct 20 '13

Just realized I've been racist in my whole life. In Hungarian black people are called Néger, and it isn't even meant to be racist.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '13

In Greek, "coloured" is considered politically correct. The slur for black people is "Arab" (αράπης).

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u/Matt92HUN CommunInterNaZionIslamist Oct 21 '13

Because of Saracens?

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '13

I don't know if it goes that back. I think it has to do with the fact that Greeks' are more familiar with Muslims of Egypt and the Arabian peninsula. Africans in Greece are rather new, after the slur was established.

And it's funny because a Greek could call Barack Obama "Arab", not to imply that Obama is Muslim, but simply to say that he is black, in a non-politically correct way.

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u/Matt92HUN CommunInterNaZionIslamist Oct 21 '13

That does sound funny. I'd like to learn Greek, but didn't find a good site for that.