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* OutsideInsideSlur
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* YouHaveToHaveJews
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* EthnicityMonarch
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* EthnicityObscuringMutation: Someone undergoes a transformation where it is now impossible to tell what ethnicity they are.
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* BlackfaceStyleCaricature: Exaggerated cartoon depictions of black people that resemble blackface.
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* EthnicGod

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++ MixedAncestry



* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Racism against people who are [[MixedAncestry multiethnic or multiracial]].

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* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Racism against people who are [[MixedAncestry multiethnic or multiracial]].multiracial.
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* BigotWithABadge: Nothing noble about this racist cop.
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+ MediaDiversityTropes


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* SameRaceMeansRelated: Characters of the same ethnic background are assumed or revealed to be related.
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* MistakenEthnicity
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More accurate.


* MagicalRomani: Romani people are stereotyped as having magical powers, often acting as [[{{Seers}} fortunetellers]] who can also put {{gypsy curse}}s on their enemies.

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* MagicalRomani: Romani people are stereotyped as having magical powers, often acting as [[{{Seers}} fortunetellers]] {{Fortune Teller}}s who can also put {{gypsy curse}}s on their enemies.
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* HollywoodNatives

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* HollywoodNativesHollywoodNatives: Stereotypical aboriginal/indigenous/native tribespeople.
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* MagicalRomani: Romani people are stereotyped as having magical powers, often acting as [[{{Seers}} fortunetellers]] who can also put {{gypspy curse}}s on their enemies.

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* MagicalRomani: Romani people are stereotyped as having magical powers, often acting as [[{{Seers}} fortunetellers]] who can also put {{gypspy {{gypsy curse}}s on their enemies.

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* AllJewsAreAshkenazi
* AllMuslimsAreArab

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* AllJewsAreAshkenazi
AllJewsAreAshkenazi: The stereotype that all Jews are ethnic Ashkenazis from Central/Eastern Europe.
* AllMuslimsAreArabAllMuslimsAreArab: The stereotype that all Muslims are ethnic Arabs or speak Arabic.



* MagicalRomani

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* MagicalRomaniMagicalRomani: Romani people are stereotyped as having magical powers, often acting as [[{{Seers}} fortunetellers]] who can also put {{gypspy curse}}s on their enemies.



* MetroSpecificUnderworld



* TheStateless



* YouKnowWhatTheySayAboutX
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* EthnicScrappy: A character is disliked for being a racial stereotype.

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* EthnicScrappy: A character is disliked for being a an offensive racial stereotype.
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Also see PrejudiceTropes. Not to be confused with TheBigRace. The FiveRaces are categories of fantasy creatures.

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Also see PrejudiceTropes. Not to be confused with TheBigRace. The FiveRaces StandardFantasyRaces are categories of fantasy creatures.

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** SlaveRace



* SlaveRace
** SonsOfSlaves
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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel

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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: When a {{time travel}}er from the future who happens to be a member of some historically persecuted ethnic group visits the wrong time and place (i.e. a black American at the height of Jim Crow segregation), well needless to say they're going to get the [[DeliberateValuesDissonance complete historical racism experience]].
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* RacialRemnant
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* IdenticalLookingAsians: The racist stereotype that individual (East) Asian people are impossible to tell apart from one another.


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* RacialFaceBlindness: The racist stereotype that individual people of other races are impossible to tell apart from one another.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican

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* MagicalNativeAmericanMagicalNativeAmerican: Indigenous American people are stereotyped as having magical powers or greater spiritual awareness.
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* ElectricBlackGuy: A black person with electrical powers.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The villains are willing to hire anyone as their minions, regardless of their ethnicity.
* EthnicityObscuringMutation: A person of color undergoes a transformation where it is now impossible to tell what ethnicity they are.

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* ElectricBlackGuy: A black person with [[ShockAndAwe electrical powers.
superpowers]].
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The villains are willing to hire anyone as their minions, regardless of their race or ethnicity.
* EthnicityObscuringMutation: A person of color Someone undergoes a transformation where it is now impossible to tell what ethnicity they are.



* WhiteGangbangers

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* WhiteGangbangersWhiteGangbangers: Because not all GangBangers are black or brown criminals.

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** UglySlavicWomen: The opposite counterpart to the above stereotype.



* UglySlavicWomen
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* LostTribe

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* LostTribeLostTribe: An extremely isolated ethnic group which lives separately from the rest of global human society.

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* FakeMixedRace: A mixed race character is played by an actor who isn't really mixed race.

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* FakeMixedRace: A mixed race mixed-race character is played by an actor who isn't really mixed race.



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* HotGypsyWoman

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* HotGypsyWomanHotGypsyWoman: Romani women are stereotyped as being beautiful in a very sensual way.



* SensualSlavs

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* SensualSlavsSensualSlavs: Eastern European women are stereotyped as being beautiful in a very seductive way.
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While this trope may have potentially racist implications, it's not inherently a racial trope.


* AncientAstronauts: While this trope isn't inherently about race or ethnicity, there can be potentially racist implications if it's used to imply that ancient non-white civilizations most famous for their monuments or technological achievements lacked the intelligence or ability to make these things on their own without the help of space aliens.

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