She clearly coined Nigeria from an elision of 'Niger area.' What we should question is the etymology and semantic content of the term 'Niger.' Does it share etymological affinities with the racial slur '
nigger'?
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For more than ten years, he has also been very interested in the saga of "
Nigger Rock" that took place in St.
Sir John Johnson Centennial
"All of a sudden I hear this older man behind me tell the [diner], 'You never give up your seat for a
nigger,'" Johnson told the magazine, adding that the man continued, "You should have made her get her fat
nigger ass up."
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Does it appear to represent a bona fide recovery or re-Africanization that overcomes the identity losses that underlie the slavery imposed "negro and
nigger" identities?
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Nillmon feels himself lunging toward Fon, pushing him out of the car with his foot, and blasting his body till it swells and bleeds black blood like that Huntsville
nigger they got last year ...
Fon: A short story, from Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction of Henry Dumas
"
Niggers should never be allowed to mingle with the whites," said a member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature in 1855.
Oregon's well-documented history of racism marches on
"We don't keep
niggers," he said, "we don't want social equality."
On being crazy
obviously sitting around saying, 'We want to cut this' is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than '
nigger,
nigger'." Reflecting on her experience in Tampa, Patricia Carroll, the CNN camerawoman who had peanuts thrown at her said: "I can't change these people's hearts and minds ..
The Polarised Election
How much worse the word seems in the hate-filled phrase: "If you want a
nigger for a neighbour, vote Labour.'' This was the election slogan that was used in Smethwick in 1965.
Remember and learn from the mistakes of the past
has done for peasants." (CL I 430-31) Then there occurs the delayed, dramatic entrance of the Afro-Caribbean Wait that focuses all eyes on the "
nigger" and draws attention to his surname.
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Douglas, 31, wrote in a national newspaper that he was called "
nigger" by a fellow guest at the award show but did not name him.
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And that old
nigger does nothing but look up at her with one chalky eye and shake his head, all grateful.
Blood into Butterflies
Sometimes it was blatant and I remember being called a "f***g
nigger" at the age of four.
Racism a daily occurrence in 70s Belfast
Jabari Asim admits, in his final chapter, that he envisions a "
nigger" as a man, perhaps because he is a man himself (233).
The N Word: Who Can Say It. Who Shouldn't. And Why
Although the slang epithet "
nigger" may once have been in common usage ...
"Nigger": a critical race realist analysis of the N-word within hate crimes law