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-N- word tp describe black people come from? i was told by one person that it comes from the spanish word ***** which means black and was bastardised by white people back in the day.
now i don't say or claim to know if this is true or not. it is just something i was told. so again where did this word come from?

Answer 1

these are not my words,came from dictionary on line,I just cut and pasted....so dont write me, any mean notes,its copied,,,,,,****** is a term used to refer to dark-skinned peoples, especially Africans or people of African descent. Its use by white people is usually seen as extremely offensive, but it may be used by black people in a neutral or positive way.[1]

At the time of the Atlantic slave trade, it was a standard, casual English term for black people. The word later became associated with an overt contempt, a racist assumption of inherent black inferiority, making it extremely pejorative.

However, in the last 100 years, it has also become an informal and self-referential term among some African-Americans. In such a context, it is often spelled "*****," to mitigate offense, and to imitate the non-rhotic pronunciation used in AAVE.
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* 1 Etymology
* 2 Usage
o 2.1 Literary uses
o 2.2 ****** in popular culture
o 2.3 Names of places and things
* 3 Avoiding offense
o 3.1 "The N-Word"
o 3.2 Near-homophones
o 3.3 Revisionist usage
o 3.4 "******" versus "*****": the new revisionism
* 4 Combinations with other words
* 5 References
* 6 See also
* 7 External links

Etymology

The word ***** originates from the Latin word Niger, meaning black. In English, ***** or neger became negar and finally ******, most likely under influence of French nègre. Neger (sometimes spelled "neggar") prevailed in northern New York under the Dutch and also in Philadelphia, in its Moravian and Pennsylvania Dutch communities. For example, the New York City African Burial Ground was originally known as "Begraaf Plaats van de Neger."

In the United States, the word ****** was not originally considered derogatory, but merely denotative of black, as it was in much of the world. In nineteenth-century American literature, there are many uses of the word ****** with no intended negative connotation (see below). The perception of the term ****** as derogatory is no doubt related to the fact that the ***** race itself was widely regarded as inferior, lazy, simian-like in appearance, stupid, and criminally inclined by many whites of the time. There is an observable pattern of terms denoting black people which have come to be regarded as derogatory, just as exist for all ethnic groups. Some well known ones are: ******, darky, coon, Spooks, and colored, all of which were at various times acceptable, but are now considered offensive in North America. Black was generally the preferred term from the late 1960s until the 1990s, but has now been displaced in politically correct usage by African American, which resembles the term Afro-American that was in vogue in the early 1970s. Consequently, Black continues in widespread popular use as a racial designation.

In Cuba the Spanish word prieto (similar origin to the Portuguese preto) is not derogatory. In Cuba a prieto is someone who is very dark, but not black ("*****"). The Spanish word for "black" is "*****" (nay-gro). White Southern dialect in many parts of the southern United States changes the pronunciation of "*****" (nee-grow) to "nigra" (nih-gruh). The form "******" may have come about from "nigra" through metathesis.

At times, black peoples have appropriated the slur, subverting it to a self-referential term that is often suggestive of familiarity, endearment, or kinship.

The word is occasionally spelt nigguh or even nikuh in imitation of some speakers' pronunciation. However, the forms ***** and ****** are far more common alternatives. Other variations designed to avoid the term itself include nookah and ******.

Usage

In the United States, the word was freely used by both whites and blacks, until the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. A striking example is in televised coverage of a march in Birmingham, Alabama, when protesters, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, were met with attacks from dogs and fire hoses. A white woman from another Alabama county was interviewed. Visibly upset, she said, "It's not right. We don't treat ******* like that here." Louisiana Governor Earl Long also used the term when advocating expanded voting rights for "African Americans". At that time, the term was less noteworthy than the expressions of support by white southerners, as it was a common regional term for blacks, along with ***** and "colored".

Today, the implied racism of the term is so strong that the use of ****** in most situations is a social taboo in English-speaking countries. Many American magazines and newspapers will not even print the word in full, instead using n*gg*r, n**ger, n——, or simply "the N-word". A Washington Post article on Strom Thurmond's 1948 candidacy for President of the United States went so far as to replace it with the periphrasis "the less-refined word for black people". The word was also completely excised from the Microsoft Encarta dictionary, despite its common usage. The shock effect of the word can also be used to deliberately cause offense. Several activists, such as Dick Gregory, have said the use of "N-word" instead of "******" throughout modern English vernacular robs younger generations of the full history of black people in America. For example, using "the N-word" in place of "Nazi", which was also a pejorative term, would rob younger generations of the full gravity of the Holocaust.

In Australia, although in general the meaning of the word is perfectly well understood to refer to African-Americans, it is now rarely used by urban light skinned people in any context; when referring to indigenous Australians, the casual terms Abo and the more derogatory boong are used in its place. However, ****** has seen common use in rural or semi-frontier districts. In this context, the usage was British colonial, that is, applying generically to dark-skinned people of any origin (c.v. Rudyard Kipling). This has led to controversy, since Australian Aborigines have started to take the term strongly to heart, in both the pejorative and revisionist senses (see below under Names of places and things). In neighboring New Zealand the term has been used to refer to the Māori people as well (Simpson, 1989), but the word Māori itself is often used as a derogatory adjective, much the way ****** is used in the US.

In the past, ****** was sometimes used as a synonym for "defect". For example, the May 1886 issue of Scientific American, page 308 said, "The consequence of neglect might be that what the workmen call ‘a ******’ would get into the armature, and burn it so as to destroy its service". Similarly, when performing shoddy but functional work, one is said to "****** rig it", especially when duct tape is used in place of proper equipment. See also: jury rig

Also in the past, ****** sometimes meant a disadvantaged person. For example, Ron Dellums, an American politician once said that "it's time for somebody to lead all of America's *******".[2] Similar uses of the word were made by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.

The term ****** is also applied to a piece of machinery that was used in lumber mills until the mid-point of the 20th century. It refers to a device that turns a log while it is being stripped of its bark. This may be an off-hand reference to the prejudicial use of the word, as until the machine was invented, this was considered a job too dangerous for anyone other than a black man.

Answer 2

Spanish word ***** means black

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The word ***** originates from the Latin word Niger, meaning black. In English, ***** or neger became negar and finally n*gger, most likely under influence of French nègre.

Answer 5

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