The word "nigger" is a highly offensive racial slur used against Black people that originated as a derogatory reference to slaves. It derives from the Spanish/Portuguese word for the color black. While the word was commonly used in literature in the past to refer to slaves, today it is considered hate speech due to its deeply hurtful racial connotations. People now typically refer to it as "the N-word" due to how deeply offensive the word itself is.
The word "nigger" is a highly offensive racial slur used against Black people that originated as a derogatory reference to slaves. It derives from the Spanish/Portuguese word for the color black. While the word was commonly used in literature in the past to refer to slaves, today it is considered hate speech due to its deeply hurtful racial connotations. People now typically refer to it as "the N-word" due to how deeply offensive the word itself is.
The word "nigger" is a highly offensive racial slur used against Black people that originated as a derogatory reference to slaves. It derives from the Spanish/Portuguese word for the color black. While the word was commonly used in literature in the past to refer to slaves, today it is considered hate speech due to its deeply hurtful racial connotations. People now typically refer to it as "the N-word" due to how deeply offensive the word itself is.
people. It is also known as the "hard R", because the word ends in 'er' instead of 'a', as in the word "nigga". The word "nigga" is used in pop culture slang by black people. However, it is commonly used by those who believe that white people are better than black people.[1] The word came from a slang way to say "negro". That is the word for the color black and for black people in Spanish and Portuguese.[2] Before 1865, most black people in the United States were slaves. During that time, the word "nigger" commonly meant a slave. Writers such as Joseph Conrad,[3] Mark Twain,[4] and Charles Dickens[5] used it in their stories and other writing.
But today, the word is a hurtful racial slur
in English. It is called hate speech. "Nigger" is today so offensive to say and hear that most people do not use the word. They call it "the N-word". References
1. Starkey, Brando Simeo (18 May 2017). "If
you truly knew what the N-word meant to our ancestors, you'd NEVER use it" (https://t heundefeated.com/features/if-you-truly-kne w-what-the-n-word-meant-to-our-ancestors- youd-never-use-it/) . The Undefeated.
2. Pilgrim, David (September 2001). "Nigger
and Caricatures" (http://www.ferris.edu/ne ws/jimcrow/caricature/) . Retrieved 2007- 06-19.
3. "The Nigger of the "Narcissus" by Joseph
Conrad" (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1 7731/17731-h/17731-h.htm) . www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2023-01-21. 4. Twain, Mark (2004). Life on the Mississippi (https://books.google.com/books?id=nBW bSj-r4U4C&pg=PA11) . Kessinger Publishing. p. 11, 13, 127, 139, 219. ISBN 978-1-4191-3041-0.
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