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The full word was a nickname British scientist Charles Darwin and his wife Emma used in their letters to each other in the 1840s. She used it as a "term of endearment" and he used it...
The use of the phrase 'N-word' was created as a euphemism, and the norm, with the intention of providing an acceptable replacement and moving people away from using the specific word. When a person violates this norm, it creates resentment, intense frustration, and great offense for many.
Oct 25, 2016 · Its effect can be explosive and painful: Harvard University professor Randall Kennedy has traced the history of the N-word to understand the evolution of the infamous racial slur.
Apr 30, 2021 · The idea, by then, was that the word was unutterable, regardless of context. Today’s equivalent of that employee would not use the word that way. Rather, the modern American uses “the N-word.”
The n-word is unique in the English language. On one hand, it is the ultimate insult—a word that has tormented generations of African Americans. Yet over time, it has become a popular term of endearment by the descendants of the very people who once had to endure it.
Mar 18, 2021 · The hosts of Still Processing confront the most offensive word in the English language — and discover its “impossible beauty.”
Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor leads a thoughtful and history-backed examination of one of the most divisive words in the English language: the N-word.
