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| Some African-Americans express considerable offense when referred to as a ''nigga'' by white people, but not if they are called the same by other African-Americans, or by some other minority. <ref name=Metro/> In this case, the term may be seen as a symbol of ] <ref name=ENQ2>Kevin Aldridge. White people calling other white people nigga is often seen as a sign of fraternity as well, but should closely moderated as it can be taken as an insult by others who overhear it being spoken. , ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'', ], ]. </ref>, and its use outside a ] an unwelcome ]. Critics have derided this as a ]. <ref name=ENQ/> | Some African-Americans express considerable offense when referred to as a ''nigga'' by white people, but not if they are called the same by other African-Americans, or by some other minority. <ref name=Metro/> In this case, the term may be seen as a symbol of ] <ref name=ENQ2>Kevin Aldridge. White people calling other white people nigga is often seen as a sign of fraternity as well, but should closely moderated as it can be taken as an insult by others who overhear it being spoken. , ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'', ], ]. </ref>, and its use outside a ] an unwelcome ]. Critics have derided this as a ]. <ref name=ENQ/> | ||
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| The use of the term may be due to the overwhelming popularity of ] in modern American culture.<ref name=WASH> Darryl Fears. Patent offense: Wayans’s hip-hop line, ''The Washington Post'', ], ]. </ref> Such music often features songs that feature the word ''nigga'' prominently. Examples include: ] and ]'s song, ''Realest Niggas'', The Geto Boys' ''Real Nigga Shit'', ]'s ''The Wrong Nigga To Fuck With'', ]'s ''For All My Niggaz And Bitches'', ] and ]'s ''Real Nigga Roll Call,'' Onyx's ''Bitchasniguz'', ]'s '']'', and the late ]'s album '']''. | |||
| Shakur defined the term ''NIGGA'' as an acronym: "Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished" in the lyrics to his song ''Words of Wisdom'', on his 1991 album '']''. In 1995, two ] men filed an application with the ] for the words "Naturally Intelligent God Gifted Africans", and its acronym. The application was rejected, as were numerous subsequent applications for variations of the word ''nigga''. Most recently, comedian ] twice failed in an attempt to trademark a ] called ''Nigga'', "featuring clothing, books, music and general merchandise". <ref name=WASH/> | |||
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Nigga is a term used in African-American Vernacular English that began as an eye dialect form of the word nigger (which is derived from the Spanish word negro, meaning black, which in turn comes from Latin niger.)
Use in language
Like the term nigger, many people continue to see the word nigga as pejorative and its use both in and outside African-American communities remains highly controversial. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights group, condemns use of both nigga and nigger and bought the rights to the website nigger.com to prevent online exploitation of the term.
Some African-Americans express considerable offense when referred to as a nigga by white people, but not if they are called the same by other African-Americans, or by some other minority. In this case, the term may be seen as a symbol of fraternity , and its use outside a defined social group an unwelcome cultural appropriation. Critics have derided this as a double standard.
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References
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ENQwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - Kevin Aldridge. White people calling other white people nigga is often seen as a sign of fraternity as well, but should closely moderated as it can be taken as an insult by others who overhear it being spoken. Slurs often adopted by those they insult, The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 5, 2001.