Racial Epithets

Though the multitude of races throughout the Ealdremen Galaxy have been in contact with each other for thousands of years, derogatory language and xenophobia are unfortunately rather common in certain areas. They can range from mild insults to terms that have extremely loaded connotations and histories for that particular group.
==Usage==
"Reclaiming" an epithet is often not seen due to how varied majority and minority populations are throughout the galaxy -- it's altogether easy to find an area where even "widespread" races such as noctras, rakkos, and tumorians race heavy discrimination and persecution even though in the past, they were often the dominant people. Using an epithet to refer to oneself can be seen as separating oneself from others (which is particularly frowned upon among Alamo Empire or Veriol Alliance-held territories)
Generally speaking, referring to a race by an animal they superficially resemble ("ape" or "monkey" for humans, "housecat" for reots), particularly an animal that is domesticated or appended with a demeaning adjective, is seen as insulting. It's particularly insulting for the cancchia race, as during the First Galactic War and during the time immediately preceding that, slavery of them was justified by referring to them as mere "dumb dogs" and not a people in their own right.
"Dragon" is usually not considered an insulting term for winged reptile races and is more considered a categorical term in the same vein as referring to reots as a feline race or listron as an ursine race.
Metaphorical comparisons to animals in a positive sense, such as referring to a brave person as a lion, is largely not viewed as offensive.
==List of Common Racial Epithets==
===Alova===
*Brittle-wing (used mostly by other flying races, particularly Raljikkan races)
*Screecher
===Cancchia===
*Dog
===Geralkki Lut===
*Hybrid
*Crossbreed
*Cross-walker
===Human===
*Magic-addler (particularly from groups that distrust Chrono)
===Iddun===
*Runt-dragon
===Kannar===
*Relzel
*Bomber
===Rakko===
*Alamo snake
*Imp
===Sabarian===
*Twitch-tail
===Sabarus Alpha===
*Scrapheap
*Senless
*Talking metal
===Shape-shifter===
*Paleskin
===Wolfgang===
*Crooked snout
*Garg
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