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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
As of 2006, the word nigga is used, without intentional prejudice, among all ethnicities in the United States, including African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and White Americans. In practice, its use and meaning, when used in reference to another individual, is heavily dependent on context.
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.
a nigga is yo nigga u no nigga
References
- ^ Kevin Aldridge, Richelle Thompson and Earnest Winston. The evolving N-word, The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 5, 2001.
- Kendra Pierre. 'Nigger,' 'Nigga' or Neither?, Meridia, May 1, 2006.
- ^ J. Douglas Allen-Taylor. New Word Order, Metro, April 9, 1998.
- Kevin Aldridge. Slurs often adopted by those they insult, The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 5, 2001.