Kanake

This article is about the German slur; it is not to be confused with Kanak, an ethnicity in the Pacific.

Kanake (or Kanacke, Kanaa(c)k; pl. Kanacken or Kanaks/Kanax) is a German ethnic slur for non-Germanic-looking people, particularly those of Balkan, Turkish, Arab or Iranian origin.

It is also occasionally used to designate ethnic German working class people without a foreign background, particularly fans of football teams like Schalke 04 and others from the Ruhr region, who are referred to as "Ruhrpottkanaken". While it is primarily used in a derogatory manner, since the 1990s the term is also undergoing reappropriation.

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