Yes. No-one should be described by another group as what they are not. It is for the person to affirm what they are. Then they must be honored and referred to as this. Period.
An abelungu is a pejorative term for a group of white people, used as a pejorative term in South Africa.
A baniak is a pejorative slang term for a fool.
It's a pejorative term, meaning "bitch."
A beardo is a pejorative term used for a person with a beard.
A berk is a pejorative or slang term for a foolish person.
A banyak is another term for a baniak - a pejorative slang term for a foolish person.
A word or phrase is pejorative if it expresses contempt or disapproval about the thing or person described. Most pejorative expressions may also be used in a non-pejorative way, however, and (as with any implied meaning) determining the intent of the speaker is problematic.Although pejorative means the same thing as disparaging, the latter term may be applied to a look or gesture as well as to words and phrases.Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually grow to have a non-pejorative sense.
Absolutely not.
Negative words can hurt and often there are ways one can rephrase to give a pejorative term a positive spin. This is called reappropriation.
Bob was making pejorative remarks about his customers behind their backs, so I had to fire him.
A barmpot is a pejorative term used in Northern England for an idiot.
A yarpie is a pejorative term for a white South African man.