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Revision as of 12:36, 23 July 2002 by Ed Poor (talk | contribs) (link white trash)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The term nigger is used to designate black people or people from any other dark-skinned race, and is derived from the term negro or negroid. The term serves as an in-word, i.e., it is a perfectly acceptable slang term when used within the black community, although some Blacks use the word either pejoratively or mockingly. It is however considered so pejorative in the mouths of non-Blacks as to be practically taboo. In the United States, the term African-American is used instead.
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