Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days 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-up160arrow-down11
arrow-up159arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-23 days 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-squareShimitar@downonthestreet.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·3 days 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?