I've been hearing this the past couple months. At first I thought it was isolated idiots mistaking perhaps the word "mongrel" for this word. Now I'm reading it on the internet. Mongloid is an archaeological/anthropological term for asiatic races. Is this like an ethnic slur now or what? I don't get it. Can someone please explain to me this stupid phenomenon?
2006-12-28 06:45:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I believe( actually I know it is because I just looked up the spelling)it is spelled " Mongoloid". It refers to people living in Central Asia. Specifically, it refers to people of the Mongol race. It should not be offensive since it refers to a specific racial type, buy I rarely hear it used in reference to people of Asian descent. It is also an offensive synonym for people with Down's Syndrome.
2006-12-28 13:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Persons suffering from Down's Syndrome were referred to as Mongoloid idiots. In this day and age, the latter is considered a substandard reference of this condition.
2006-12-28 14:54:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason is that people with Down syndrome used to be called Mongoloid.
The reason for the insult is basically to call these people mentally retarded. Cheap, I know.
The medical establishment completely avoids this term for Down's now, but it was common even 10 years ago.
2006-12-28 14:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mongol is the tribe, mongoloid idiot is old, unpleasant and inaccurate term for a child with Downs Syndrome a chromosomal defect.
2006-12-28 14:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by justa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mongoloid is a 'slang' term considered insulting when referencing a person with Down's Syndrome.
2006-12-28 14:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our politically correct world you can't tell the truth because it may hurt someones feelings. I have MS and my wife told someone I was crippled. They corrected her and said, I wasn't crippled I was handi-abled. What are they kidding me. I'm a crippled and I'm not abled anything. Maybe someday they'll have a cure but for now I'm disabled and crippled; that's the fact.
2006-12-28 14:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by Ron P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sadly, in todays PC world, just about everything offends someone. Im with you on this but the fact is now a days if a term offends ANYONE its looked at in a bad light
2006-12-28 14:54:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
' Mongoloid. ' Intended as from Down Syndrome.
2006-12-28 14:47:31 · answer #8 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋