Savages
Thugs
Both words in one sentence
- It's still relatively common to see portrayals of non-Russian Slavs, particularly the Balkan Slavs (and people who aren't Slavs but get lumped with them anyway, such as the Romanians or Greeks) as uncultured thugs and savages keen on getting revenge on their "ancient enemies" i.e.
Source: Acceptable Ethnic Targets -
They are portrayed as blatantly cheating, violent, murderous thugs who consider the Japanese team to be ignorant savages.
Source: Eagleland -
The Americans, which include the people who invented the sport, are portrayed as blatantly cheating, violent, murderous thugs who consider the Japanese team to be ignorant savages.
Source: Anime / Samurai Champloo
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