In 1969, in the course of being interviewed by the British magazine Nova, artist Yoko Ono said "woman is the nigger of the world;" three years later, her husband, John Lennon, published the song of the same name—about the worldwide phenomenon of discrimination against women—which was socially and politically controversial to US sensibilities. Asim, Jabari (2008). The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why. HMH. ISBN 978-0-547-52494-8. Portuguese: Negro (as well as preto) is neutral; [94] nevertheless preto can be offensive or at least " politically incorrect" and is almost never proudly used by Afro-Brazilians. Crioulo and macaco are always extremely pejorative. [95] Brontsema, Robin (June 1, 2004). "A Queer Revolution: Reconceptualizing the Debate Over Linguistic Reclamation". Colorado Research in Linguistics. 17 (1). doi: 10.25810/dky3-zq57. ISSN 1937-7029. Linguistic reclamation, also known as linguistic resignification or reappropriation, refers to the appropriation of a pejorative epithet by its target(s). Patrice, Joe (October 4, 2019). "The original Emory Law School N-word using professor faces hearing on his future today". Above The Law . Retrieved November 18, 2019.

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Sheinin, Dave; Thompson, Krissah (November 9, 2014). "Redefining the Word". The Washington Post . Retrieved May 24, 2019. A new version of an old song. Illustrating the growth of Public Sentiment [Old John Brown, he had a little nigger]". The National Era (Washington, D.C.). November 10, 1859. p.3 – via newspapers.com. In its original English-language usage, nigger (also spelled niger) was a word for a dark-skinned individual. The earliest known published use of the term dates from 1574, in a work alluding to "the Nigers of Aethiop, bearing witnes". [7] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first derogatory usage of the term nigger was recorded two centuries later, in 1775. [8] Review: Nicolas Cage on the high seas, bloody 'Ballet,' a little Dolph Lundgren and more". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 2019 . Retrieved November 20, 2019. Harvard, Sarah (March 7, 2019). "College student delivers presentation to call out professor for using n-word in class". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022 . Retrieved November 18, 2019.Wilson, Cherry (October 4, 2020). "N-word: The troubled history of the racial slur". BBC News . Retrieved May 27, 2023. The prosecutor [ Christopher Darden], his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile he would not utter it. "It's the filthiest, dirtiest, nastiest word in the English language."

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