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- The following references to the term by Spanish anthropologists and sociologists qualify its use and/or perception as generally pejorative: "Moro" is Spanish for Moor and is normally used as a derogatory term for people of Arabic origin.
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Apr 20, 2019 · "Moro" is Spanish for Moor and is normally used as a derogatory term for people of Arabic origin. Tying Racism in El Ejido to Spanish and European Politics , Prof. Manuel J Caro Cabrera (Universidad de Sevilla)
Though the term may carry some derogatory connotations for some, the term "Moro" has evolved to become seen as a unitary force especially by the Philippine government, despite opposition from some of the modern Muslim communities in the Philippines who object to the term's origins in the Spanish colonial era.
In this context, Moro became a derogatory term filling, together with heathen, the locally available “savage slot” (Trouillot 1991). This symbolic structure survived the end of the Spanish colony and, notwithstanding modifications, continued to pervade Filipino imagery in the post-Spanish period.
As a diverse community of various ethnolinguistic groups, Moros are marginalized by the state and have longstanding grievances dating back to the Spanish colonial period. Culturally speaking, the term “Moro” as it is used among Muslims tends to denote resistance rather than religious affiliation.
Jan 19, 2023 · The word “Moro” sounds derogatory in Spanish in Spain, depending on both the sender and the receiver. In a conversation, according to the case, you can change this word to Maghrebian, Moroccan, Algerian, or Tunisian.
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7. "Moro" was a derogatory term used by Spanish colonizers to refer to the Islamized groups who resisted colonization and Christianization. “Moro” later evolved to signify the Moro people's continued defiance to colonization, institutionalized discrimination and state oppression. 8.
Dec 5, 2009 · Spanish colonizers used the term “Moro” as a derogatory term for Muslims and portrayed them in negative terms mainly because of their resistance to Spanish colonial rule and Christianity.
