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Dec 2, 2025
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What is the historical origin of the word nigger and how has its meaning changed over time?

The word traces from Latin niger “black,” entering English via Spanish negro and French nègre in the 16th–17th centuries as a neutral descriptor; by the late 18th and especially the early 19th century...

Feb 2, 2026

: Between 1830 and 1930, nearly 6,000 Latinos were lynched, massacred, or executed extrajudicially in the United State true or false

The simple claim that "between 1830 and 1930 Latinos were lynched, massacred, or executed extrajudicially " cannot be supported by the best published scholarship in the provided reporting; leading his...

Dec 8, 2025

How do peer-reviewed responses to The Harbinger compare with popular media critiques?

Peer-reviewed academic responses to works titled "The Harbinger" are not present in the supplied reporting; available sources are almost entirely popular-media reviews, religiously oriented critiques,...

Nov 19, 2025

What primary medieval sources describe the Khazar conversion to Judaism and how reliable are they?

Medieval primary texts that describe a Khazar elite converting to Judaism include the Khazar Correspondence (notably the letter of King Joseph preserved in later Jewish sources), Arabic and Persian ge...

Oct 5, 2025

Dominik Nagl, The Governmentality of Slavery in Colonial Boston, 1690-1760, Amerikastudien Vol. 58, No. 1 (2013), pp

The claim names an article by Dominik Nagl titled "The Governmentality of Slavery in Colonial Boston, 1690-1760" purportedly in Amerikastudien Vol. 58, No. 1 . The materials supplied do not include a ...