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Racial ideology

Racial ideology and its impact on the transformation of the term 'nigger' into a pejorative epithet.

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Feb 4, 2026

What is the etymology of the English word 'nigger' and how have scholars traced its history?

The slur "" is etymologically traced by scholars to niger, meaning "black," which passed through Romance-language forms such as negro and nègre before appearing in English variants; over the 18th and ...

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