{{unreferenced}} {{not verified}}A slur can be anything from an insinuation or critical remark to an offensive insult. The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or contemptuous), or downright insulting and racist manner in the English-speaking world. For the purposes of this list, ethnicity can be defined by either race, nationality, region, religion, or socioeconomic class. See also List of ethnic slurs.

Geraldo Rivera stuck his foot in his mouth again and equated the Republican Univision debate to putting “lips on a pig.” Republican’s opposition to illegal immigration, Geraldo said, meant they had to convince Hispanics “they don’t hate.”

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An Islamic imam calls homosexuals "pigs." One homosexual responds that Islam is "a backward religion," and that the country should close its borders to Muslim immigrants.