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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Kennedy, Randall, 1954- author.     Subjects     African Americans -- Social conditions.     African Americans -- Race identity.     Racism in language.     Racism -- United States -- Psychological aspects.     English language -- United States -- Slang -- Social aspects.     English language -- United States -- Slang -- Psychological aspects.     Invective -- United States -- Psychological aspects.     Invective -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.     United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kennedy, Randall, 1954- author.       by title:      Nigger : the strange...         MARC Display

Nigger : the strange career of a troublesome word / Randall Kennedy ; with a new introduction by the author. by Kennedy, Randall, 1954- author. New York : Pantheon Books, 2022. Subjects African Americans -- Social conditions.   African Americans -- Race identity.   Racism in language.   Racism -- United States -- Psychological aspects.   English language -- United States -- Slang -- Social aspects.   English language -- United States -- Slang -- Psychological aspects.   Invective -- United States -- Psychological aspects.   Invective -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.   United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects. ISBN:  9780593316528 (hardcover) : 0593316525 (hardcover) Description:  l, 194 pages ; 19 cm Edition:  Revised edition. Twentieth-anniversary edition. Contents:  Introduction to the twentieth-anniversary edition -- Introduction -- The protean N-word -- "Nigger" in court -- Pitfalls in fighting "nigger" : perils of deception, censoriousness, and excessive anger -- How are we doing with "nigger"? Requests:  0 Summary:  "Nigger" is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history. In this book, the author traces how the word has been used and by whom, while analyzing the controversies to which it has given rise. The author explores such topics as how "nigger" should be defined and whether blacks have a right to use "nigger" while others do not.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 305.89607 Ke Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.89607 Ke Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.89607 Ke Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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