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The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why / Jabari Asim.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asim, Jabari, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- History.
- Racism--United States--History.
- Racism.
- Physical Description:
- x, 278 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
- Summary:
- Asim traces the roots and meanings behind the racial slur and argues that using the word keeps blacks at the bottom of America's socioeconomic ladder. He also proves there is a place for this word in the mouths and on the pens of those who truly understand its twisted history.
- Contents:
- Birth of a notion : 1619-1799. Founding fictions
- Niggerology, part 1
- The progress of prejudice : 1800-1857. No place to be somebody
- Niggerology, part 2
- Life among the lowly
- Jim Crow and company
- Dreams deferred : 1858-1896. The world the war made
- Nigger happy
- Separate and unequal : 1897-1954. Different times
- From house niggers to niggerati
- Bad niggers
- Progress and paradox : 1955-present. Violence and vehemence
- To slur with love
- What's in a name?
- Nigger vs. nigga.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780618197170
- 0618197176
- OCLC:
- 71222991
- Online:
- Publisher description
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