you people
Group being addressed
You people is an address to a group, setting them apart from the speaker.
The phrase often carries accusatory or dismissive tones, implying the group shares some trait the speaker finds objectionable: You people never listen, What is wrong with you people?
When directed at racial or ethnic groups, the phrase is widely perceived as offensive, signaling the speaker views them as a monolithic other rather than individuals.
Jointly organized group
- groupAssembled collection of things
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
crowd · everyone · folks · y'all · direct address · vocative
Those not belonging
- themThird-person plural object
- foreignersPeople from elsewhere
- strangersPeople unknown to you
- aliensBeings from other worlds
intruders · interlopers · unwelcome · different · segregated · divided · apart · separate
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
- finger-pointingAssigning blame openly
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
criticism · condemnation · denunciation · frustration · exasperation · confrontation · hostility · dismissiveness
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- pigeonholingAssigning to narrow categories
generalization · assumption · oversimplification · caricature · typecast · discrimination · stigmatization · misconception
collective
Jointly organized group
- groupAssembled collection of things
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
assembly · crowd · everyone · folks · y'all · direct address · vocative
outsiders
Those not belonging
- themThird-person plural object
- foreignersPeople from elsewhere
- strangersPeople unknown to you
aliens · intruders · interlopers · unwelcome · different · segregated · divided · apart · separate · distancing
blame
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
- finger-pointingAssigning blame openly
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- reproachExpression of disappointment
judgment · criticism · condemnation · denunciation · frustration · exasperation · confrontation · hostility · dismissiveness · generalizing
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
pigeonholing · generalization · assumption · oversimplification · caricature · typecast · discrimination · stigmatization · misconception · trope