The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why / Jabari Asim.
Asim, Jabari, 1962-
2007
E185 .A85 2007 (Mapit)
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Title The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why / Jabari Asim.
Author Asim, Jabari, 1962-
ISBN 9780618197170
0618197176
Imprint Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Language English
Description x, 278 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number E185 .A85 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.896/073
Summary Reveals how the slur has both reflected and spread bigotry in America over the last 400 years. Asim pinpoints Thomas Jefferson as the source of our enduring image: in a seminal but now obscure essay, he marshaled a welter of pseudo-science to define the stereotype of a shiftless child-man with huge appetites and stunted self control. Asim reveals how nineteenth-century "science" then colluded with popular culture to amplify this slander. What began as false generalizations became institutionalized in every corner of our society. Asim argues that even when uttered with the opposite intent by hipsters and hip-hop icons, using the slur helps keep blacks at the bottom of America's socio-economic ladder. But, he also shows, there is a place for this word in the mouths and on the pens of those who truly understand its twisted history. Only when we know its legacy can we loosen its grip.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-262) and index.
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Birth of a notion : 1619-1799. Founding fictions
Niggerology, part 1
The progress of prejudice : 1800-1857. No place to be somebody
Niggerology, part 2
Life among the lowly
Jim Crow and company
Dreams deferred : 1858-1896. The world the war made
Nigger happy
Separate and unequal : 1897-1954. Different times
From house niggers to niggerati
Bad niggers
Progress and paradox : 1955-present. Violence and vehemence
To slur with love
What's in a name?
Nigger vs. nigga.

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