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shvartz; schvartz
noun
a black person; an Indian or Pakistani person US
Also seen as “schwartz”, “schvartze” and “schvartza”. The Yiddish term schvartz (from the German for “black”) is an adjective, with schvartzer as the noun for “a black person”. “Schvartz” the adjective became an inside, “code” word among Jews for “a black person”.- As soon as they find out you’re Jewish, they wanna have their daughter marry you and not one of the south-of-the-border schwartzas. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 355, 1961
- She irons better even than the schvartze. — Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, p. 12, 1969
- [W]henever Ike showed up in the block all the Jews would close down yelling to each other, “the swartza is coming,” because Ike would steal something off every cart with no sweat. — Babs Gonzales, Movin’ On Down De Line, p. 1, 1975
- A lot of old ladies in Mattapan worried the shvarzehs are out to rape them. — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 154, 1977
- This shagger I have at last nailed is the color of coffee and cream. A shvartzer. — Leo Rosten, Silky!, p. 32, 1979
- At first I thought maybe the shvartze sent them to get back the rock. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 99, 1990
- [L]et me now state that those rumors of her leaving me for some shvartze calypso singer are false. — James Ellroy, White Jazz, p. 290, 1992
- For the love of Christ, LOSE THAT SCHWARTZE! — Terry Southern, Now Dig This, p. 242, 2001
- — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 189, 2002
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