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White nigger, sometimes shortened to wigger, is an ethnic slur referring to a White American whose behaviors and mannerisms are similar to Black Americans. It was primarily used to refer to a lower-class White American by upper-class White Americans. The term nigger is a racial slur that refers to a Black American, typically one of low socio-economic status.
Whitenigger, sometimes shortened to wigger, is an ethnic slur referring to a White American whose behaviors and mannerisms are similar to Black Americans...
a portmanteau of white and nigger, or whitenigger. One dictionary defines the term as a slang derogatory reference to "...a white youth who adopts black...
In the English language, nigger is a racial slur directed at black people. Starting in the 1990s, references to nigger have been increasingly replaced...
"Niggers in the White House" is a poem that was published in newspapers around the United States between 1901 and 1903. The poem was written in reaction...
This article treats the usage of the word nigger (now widely considered a racial slur) in reference to African Americans and others of African or mixed...
). nigger | meaning in the English-Korean Dictionary. Retrieved March 6, 2023, from https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/english-korean/nigger "Алина...
"Woman Is the Nigger of the World" is a song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono with Elephant's Memory from their 1972 album Some Time in New York City. The song...
Boss Nigger (also known as Boss and The Black Bounty Killer) is a 1975 blaxploitation Western film directed by Jack Arnold, and stars former football player...
self-identifies as a "nigger", which she uses to mean a rebellious and honorable outsider. Duncombe and Tremblay suggest in White Riot that Smith is continuing...
The Irish Times, Major T. B. McDowell, had referred to Gageby as a 'whitenigger' for his views and role in the paper during the Northern Ireland Civil...
African-American Vernacular English that began as a dialect form of the word nigger, an ethnic slur against black people. As a result of reappropriation, today...
"Nigger Blues", written by Le Roy "Lasses" White (1888 – 1949), was one of the first blues songs published. Copyrighted by the Texas-born White in 1912...
longest-serving editor of The Irish Times, Douglas Gageby, was allegedly called a "whitenigger" by company chairman Thomas Bleakley McDowell, because of the newspaper's...
Nigger Heaven is a novel written by Carl Van Vechten, and published in October 1926. The book is set during the Harlem Renaissance in the United States...
adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to nigger, an ethnic slur used against black people. Although the two words are etymologically...
The Legend of Nigger Charley (released as The Legend of Black Charley for television broadcast) is a 1972 blaxploitation Western film directed by Martin...
A Nigger in the Woodpile is a 1904 American silent film, with a runtime of four minutes. The title is derived from the idiom nigger in the woodpile, meaning...
Bicentennial Nigger is the sixth album by the American comedian Richard Pryor. David Banks produced the album, while Warner Bros. Records released the...
movement, it's utterly essential." In 2013, the song "WhiteNigger" was officially retitled "White Neighbor" during a rehearsal with Melvins drummer Dale...
the family losing their wealth. They are pejoratively called "whitenigger" or "white cockroach" by the island's Black inhabitants because of their poverty...
and second rate to white ingenuity and innovation. ... By responding indirectly ... consents to this classed usage of the word 'nigger'. Not only does this...
constantly. One man pointed out of the crowd to Mulholland, calling her a "whitenigger". Around the time Mulholland arrived at Woolworth's, Tougaloo student...
The word nigger has historically been used in the names of products, colors, plants, as place names, and as people's nicknames, among others, but has fallen...
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