Nigger

racial slur towards/against black people

Nigger is a racist insult against black

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.

5. "Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg: Dickens and

Racism" (http://www.estherlederberg.com/
EImages/Extracurricular/Dickens%20Univer
se/Racism%20in%20Dickens.html) .
www.estherlederberg.com. Retrieved 2023-
01-21.

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