Use of the `N` word

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Use of the `N` word

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Use of `N ' Word : A Background

Nigger is word most well-known for its use in a derogatory perspective to denote blacks , and in addition as a familiar slang term , among other perspectives . It is a widespread racial insult . The word is derived from an unbiased background to refer to black people , as a variant of the Spanish and Portuguese Negro , a progeny of the Niger , implying "black (Pilgrim , 2001 Allen-Taylor , 1998

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forms of the `N ' word existed as early as the 1600s . Despite the fact that it did not start as a disparaging term , it finally took on negative implications . Kennedy (2002 ) stated , We do know , however that by the end of the first third of the 19th century , [the word] had already become a familiar and influential insult

In the USA the word nigger was not always regarded as disparaging however was instead applied by many as simply indicative of black skin

In the 19th century , there were many uses of the word nigger with no intended negative connotation

In the UK and other parts of the world , the word was generally signified darker skinned peoples in the British Empire , or simply darker-skinned foreigners

Later as "nigger " started to gain derogatory implications , the word "colored " got reputation as a substitute to "negro " and related terms

Black later became the prevalent term in English in the 1960s , and this remains to...