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This is learned behavior. All of them need to be suspended.
“Black people say ‘n*gga’ all the time!”
Not all of us use that derogatory term. It’s the Ebonics pronunciation of “n*gger”.
This is learned behavior. All of them need to be suspended.
“Black people say ‘n*gga’ all the time!”
Not all of us use that derogatory term. It’s the Ebonics pronunciation of “n*gger”.
The first documented use of “n*gga” was by a former slave named Mattie Mooreman when she was being interviewed.
“After the end of slavery, Mattie Mooreman went north to Wisconsin with a white family for whom she worked. Members of the family wanted her to go to the circus to watch a black boy’s performance.
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She told her interviewer, “Guess they thought it would be a treat to me to see another niggah. I told ’em, ‘Law, don’t you think I see lots, lots more than I wants, every day when I is at home?’”
Here’s the link for the article: http://theoklahomaeagle.net/2019/06/26/if-you-truly-knew-what-the-n-word-meant-to-our-ancestors-youd-never-use-it/
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Here’s the link for the article: http://theoklahomaeagle.net/2019/06/26/if-you-truly-knew-what-the-n-word-meant-to-our-ancestors-youd-never-use-it/
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