Mongoloid

Mongoloid is a word that represented in the past indigenous people to East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, North Asia, South Asia, the Arctic, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands. One common trait they shared was a birth mark named "Mongolian spot" which was a mark each individual received on their lower lumbar, and was a flat blue to gray discoloration marked on the skin. This was usually resolved by puberty. Elders would refer to children as "blue butts" for example due to the commonality of the condition amongst the mongoloids. This term was then phased out in the late 60s and had a resurgence in the early 80s due to a popular punk band that used the word "mongoloid"to denote it as a word to reference severely handicapped individuals, or to be more frank, people with Down syndrome. This term is now used as a derogortory term in any way other than its original use. Although the use of it to describe the previous stated nationalities, it is now deemed derogatory as well. To sum this explanation up, today the word is used to insult others of their sever lack of intelligence, and in the past it was originally used to denote a large group of ethnic ethnicities.

Stevie and Sarah saw Scott run into a wall that he mistaken for automatic sliding door. Stevie laughed and told Sarah he must be a Mongoloid. Scott overheard this conversation and felt extremely insulted and upset. Sarah insisted on Stevie to apologize for the rude comment.

Dr. Blake requested simple information such as what his patient's rave was, and the patient replied, "Mongoloid". The Doctor instructed his patient that term is no longer applied to her, and so she responded with a more politically correct term.

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