Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoJust watched DJANGO UNCHAINED got me wondering did they use the N word back then? Or how far back does the N word go? When was it attached to black people?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareJust watched DJANGO UNCHAINED got me wondering did they use the N word back then? Or how far back does the N word go? When was it attached to black people?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-21 day agoI always thought it was a mispronunciation of Niger or Nigeria or something like that. I had the mental image of some stupid white slave owner who’s barely capable of reading misusing that word and it spread. So this is new information to me.
minus-squareShimitarAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 day agoAre you serious? Where are you from?
I always thought it was a mispronunciation of Niger or Nigeria or something like that.
I had the mental image of some stupid white slave owner who’s barely capable of reading misusing that word and it spread. So this is new information to me.
Are you serious?
Where are you from?