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Slavery and colonialism

Historical context in which racist stereotypes about Black people's smell emerged.

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are niggers smelly?

No—there is no scientific or moral basis to assert that (or any racial group) are inherently “smelly”; claims to the contrary are rooted in historical racist stereotyping and social bias even though b...

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are niggers stinky

The claim embedded in the question—that (expressed with a racial slur) are inherently “stinky”—is false as a biological or moral generalization and should be treated as a racist stereotype rooted in h...