China Swede

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Due to the association of ethnic Finns with Asia, and therefore, crudely, with China; Finland was an integral part of Sweden until 1809.

Noun[edit]

China Swede (plural China Swedes) (ethnic slur, historical, US, Michigan, Minnesota)

  1. a Finn (a member of the Finnish ethnicity) [early 1900s]
    • 2022, Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality‎[1], Helsinki University Press, →ISBN:
      1942, Minnesota: "...because the Swedish kids, they knew our grand-parents were from Finland, they'd go and put their fingers by their eyes and make slanty eyes and say "Hey, China Swede, hey China Swedes […] "

See also[edit]

  • (Internet slang) Finngolian (portmanteau of "Finn" and "Mongolian")
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