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Black people
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Black is a racial classification of people, a skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid- to dark brown complexion. Often in countries with socially based systems of racial classifi
Marble portrait of a Nubian man c. 120–100 BC.
Marble portrait of a Nubian man c. 120–100 BC.
Haratin women, a community residing in the Maghreb (Northwest Africa)
Haratin women, a community residing in the Maghreb (Northwest Africa)
An Ibenheren (Bella) woman
An Ibenheren (Bella) woman
Cape Coloured school children of South Africa
Cape Coloured school children of South Africa
Nigger
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Nigger is a racial slur directed at Black people. References to nigger have been increasingly replaced by the euphemism "the N-word", notably in cases where nigger is mentioned but not directly used.
Black people
…Southeastern Africa (Mozambique and Madagascar): 4.7% By the early 1900s, nigger had become a pejorative word in the United States. In its stead, the term colored became the mainstream alternative to negro and its derived terms…
Lyrics for the song "Run, Nigger, Run", about a fugitive slave escaping from a slave patrol, printed in 1851
Lyrics for the song "Run, Nigger, Run", about a fugitive slave escaping from a slave patrol, printed in 1851
The US edition of Joseph Conrad's The Nigger of the "Narcissus" was called The Children of the Sea.
The US edition of Joseph Conrad's The Nigger of the "Narcissus" was called The Children of the Sea.
Historical American cartoon titled "Why the nigger is not fit to vote", by Thomas Nast, arguing the reason Democrats objected to African-Americans hav
Historical American cartoon titled "Why the nigger is not fit to vote", by Thomas Nast, arguing the reason Democrats objected to African-Americans having the vote was that, in the 1868 US presidential election, African-Americans voted for the Republican candidates Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax. "Seymour friends meet here" in the background is a reference to the Democratic Party candidate: Horatio Seymour.
1885 illustration from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, captioned "Misto Bradish's nigger"
1885 illustration from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, captioned "Misto Bradish's nigger"