It's all too common to see someone driving a car on a busy freeway while cursing and gesturing at another motorist whose poor driving has offended him or her. Cursing and gesturing are an individual's attempt at

Negative Sanctions.

Explanation:

A negative sanction especially in sociology/social studies are "unofficial", non-governmental punishments for violations of social standards. Informal negative sanctions more often than not are in the form of gossip, public mockery, societal ostracism, verbal abuse or insults, or even threats of bodily harm by other members of the community.

Negative sanctions range on a variety of stages which can be from judgmental looks and mild disapproval, to life captivity or in rare case death penalty.

unless they converted, many non-christians (mainly jews and muslims) were persecuted

nigger, that word was originated for white folks   to keep black people under

and when black people use it, they know that's just how they greet each other

and when white folks use it, they know there's a double meaning under