The Racial Slur Database - "Yankee" (Is it time to ban the 'Yankees'?)

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[11th_VA]

Slang used primarily by the British. Also used in the former Confederate states to refer to people of the Union states. Origins can be traced to the Ottowa Indians calling the English, "Yang-gees," which morphed into "Yankees" by the British who then took that home after the French and Indian war in 1763.

[blueplum]

Typical Yankee logic.

[Izzy Dunne]

I was 11 years old before I knew “damnyankee” was two words!

[jttpwalsh]

Yes, I was living in Connecticut, at the time, and still got a hearty chuckle, out of it ;)

[Old Yeller]

North Carolina Tar Heels. It would be a heel on a Tar Baby.

[11th_VA]

“carpetbagger” (McAuliffe is the modern colloquialism)

[PGR88]

Then you ought to REALLY be offended by Syracuse University’s mascot.

Orangemen are to the Irish what Hamas or Hezbollah are to the Israelis.

Yes, come to think of it, I am highly offended!

[Resolute Conservative]

Especially if you wear mismatched socks.

[bert]

I never use the term “Yankee”

I prefer to call them “Damn Yankees”

[Old Yeller]

Tennessee Volunteers will have to get rid of their mascot, Smokey. It’s a coon dog.

[11th_VA]

From Wiki:

Irish nationalists and Catholics have compared the Orange Order marching through their neighbourhoods to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) marching through an African American neighbourhood.[113][114] The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association of the 1960s-1970s, described them as "Britain's Ku Klux Klan" who wrote to Fionnbarra Ó Dochartaigh:

“ We viewed the [Orange Order] as similar to the KKK – so bare-faced and confident enough in the bigoted status quo that they wore bowler hats and sashes rather than white robes and pointed hoods.[115]

Who knew? We need to ban them too !!!

[I want the USA back]

Face it. Anything that a normal person says is likely to be taken as a slur.

[massgopguy]

Think the people of Nebraska want to cheer for my high school’s “Golden Tornadoes”?

[rsobin]

The Acromegaly Community is applaud with the insensitive and heartless use of the word “Giants” for a professional football team.

[jocon307]

“I am highly offended by EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE!”

That’s the French in you coming out.

[Osage Orange]

Anaheim too!!!

[jocon307]

“That’s people who moved from the Northeast to Florida, didn’t like it, and moved halfway back.”

That’s cute!

[Osage Orange]

LOL!!!!

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

There used to be a CFL franchise in Ottawa called the Rough Riders, as opposed to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who were founded in 1910. The Ottawa team was named after Teddy Roosevelt's crew in 1898 and folded in 1996. Ottawa sports team colours are red and black. A new, 'politically correct' franchise will start the 2014 season sporting the name Ottawa RedBlacks. How pathetic!

That said, if someone wants to be offended at the name, they will be.

[Osage Orange]

So,,you are like me.

Part Potawatomi, French, and Scottish....

I'm offended by Liberals mostly. And the Democrats too.

I could care less about the Washington Redskins.

The most racist people I've come across mostly are Redskins and Blackskins.

Yeah there's some Whiteskins too....but it seems mostly red's and black's.

I live in a town that's named after an Osage Chief....

All FWIW-

[Prolixus]

More likely a derogatory name for New York Dutch, from Jan-Kees (a typical name) or Janke (a diminutive of the Dutch name Jan).
Yankee is similar to the Chinese for English: ying guo.