The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why / Jabari Asim.
The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why / Jabari Asim.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N305.89607/ 10
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English
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x, 278 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
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 uneq...
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"Asim argues that even when uttered with the opposite intent by hipsters and hip-hop icons, the slur helps keep blacks at the bottom of America's socioeconomic ladder. But Asim also proves there is a place for the word in the mouths and on the pens of those who truly understand its twisted history - from Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle to Mos Def. Onl...
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The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why / Jabari Asim.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-262) and index.
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N305.89607/ 10
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74VK7pz687Wy
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9780618197170
0618197176
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305.896073
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991022708449702626
