variation on a theme:

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[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I don't know if yellowskins and blackskins are as bad,
in that my sense is that redskins was used in the same way
that the N-word is used in the contemporary world toward blacks,
but it could be that I'm just thinking of old western movies,
which might not be a good source.

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

I've always thought the same thing.

I'm not sure there's an exact equivalence in terms of offensiveness between the r word and the n word, but I think redskins is probably the most offensive term for Native Americans in the English language, which makes it as close to equivalent as things can get.

[catlin.livejournal.com]

Squaw is worse. That covers some pretty nasty stuff.