词汇 | redskin |
词源 | redskin. A term invented by white men, who are not really white, for all Indians, who are not really red, in about 1699, long before whites went West. Red man is first recorded in 1725 and the derogatory red devil in 1834, all before the West was “won.” See also red indian. |
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