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• n  (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people

• The 1927 "Shakin' the Blues Away" begins: "Every darkie believes that trouble won't stay if you shake it away.
• I was the darkie one.
• There may have been a time when "darkie' was applied to members of my race with complete impunity on the part of persons of your race.

• darky
• darkey

Quotes

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• Anish Kapoor in Independent
  I know I shouldn't say this, but I'll say it. This morning, my lovely daughter was saying she's doing a film for the school, and I said to her, 'Oh, you're the token darkie.' It was taken in the worse possible way. Nothing to do with her,says...