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Alans, an Iranian people and ancestors of Ossetians, their name comes from the word Aryan; Aria, province of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Parthian Empires; Ariana, Greco-Roman geographical term, synonym of Iran; Arya Samaj, considered a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement, their name means "Noble, i.e Aryan, Society" Graeco-Aryan
European scholars of 19th century interpreted the Vedic passages as depicting battle between light-skinned Aryan migrants and dark-skinned indigenous tribes, but modern scholars reject this characterization of racial division as a misreading of the Sanskrit text, [67] and indicate that the Rig Vedic opposition between ārya and dasyu is ...
An assessment of racism in Trinidad notes people often being described by their skin tone, with the gradations being "HIGH RED – part White, part Black but 'clearer' than Brown-skin: HIGH BROWN – More white than Black, light skinned: DOUGLA – part Indian and part Black: LIGHT SKINNED, or CLEAR SKINNED Some Black, but more White: TRINI ...
Derogatory name for a person of East Indian descent. Short for Dumb Indian Punjab. Ditsoon (Italian Americans) Black-skinned person. "tizzone" in Italian. Literally meaning "ember" or "burnt", referring to skin color. Dogan, dogun (CAN) Irish Catholic [19th century on; origin uncertain: perhaps from Dogan, an Irish surname]. [46] Dog Eater ...
Term meaning 'black' in various Indo-Aryan languages, referring to the dark skin colour of South Asian Muslims. The term originally was targeted at all Muslims of South Asia, but more recently is used as a slur directly against Rohingyas due to their perceived Bangladeshi origin. [79]
Anti-Indian sentiment or anti-Indianism, also called Indophobia, refers to prejudice, collective hatred, and discrimination which is directed at Indian people for any variety of reasons. It may be rooted in a person's negative perception of India , Indian culture , or Indian history , among other factors. [ 1 ]
Discrimination based on skin tone, also known as colorism or shadeism, is a form of prejudice and discrimination in which people of certain ethnic groups, or people who are perceived as belonging to a different-skinned racial group, are treated differently based on their different skin tone.
"Wog", in its modern usage in the UK, is a derogatory and racially offensive slang word referring to a dark skinned person, including people from the Middle East, North Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia such as the East Indies, but usually not those from the Mediterranean area or Southern Europe.