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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)
There is not a particular negative meaning associated to the word 'moro' that would make it an insult in the same way as 'stupid' or, to use an ethnic example, 'mongol'. However, the word itself can be considered negative because it is often used in a derogative way to refer to any native of North African and even some Middle East countries.
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.
Jan 19, 2023 · Modern Meaning of the word Moor. In today’s world, colloquially, the word Moor can have 2 meanings: A native of the Maghreb. Any Muslim, usually in a derogatory tone. The word “Moro” sounds derogatory in Spanish in Spain, depending on both the sender and the receiver.
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- August 13, 1989
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.
The authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language does not list any derogatory meaning for the word moro, a term generally referring to people of Maghrebian origin in particular or Muslims in general. [20]
Oct 20, 2012 · To gain the sympathy and support of Christianized native Filipinos, the Spaniards infused the term “Moro” with derogatory connotations, such as “pirates,” “traitors,” “juramentado,” “enslavers,” “cruel” and “uncivilized.”