For decades, there have existed two n-words, one that ends in “er” and one that ends in “a.” For many, they have distinctly different meanings.

Mr. Kennedy talked about his book, Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, published by Pantheon Books. The book chronicles the hi… read more Mr. Kennedy talked about his book ...

Dear Mexican: These days, using the word "nigger" is considered so offensive that, in its place, we now use the term "N-word." Of course, never mind that African-Americans use it among themselves ...

In Hollywood, there are lots of jokes in the system! The social pattern that allows Quentin Tarantino’s “Nigger joke” to work is set in the South, two years before the Civil War, but my ...

Updated January 6, 2011, 3:57 PM I live in a city where I probably hear the word “nigger” 50 times a day from people of all colors and ages, though primarily from young people on public ...

The Nigger of the Narcissus (1897) was Conrad's first major novel and, as an early work, its title has some peculiarities. For a start, the Narcissus was the only real ship's name Conrad ever used ...

“You start out in 1954 by saying ‘Nigger, nigger, nigger.’” But by the late 1960s, “that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, ‘forced busing,’ ‘states’ rights,’ and ...

REPORTER AT LARGE about troubles on the schooner "Kingsway" with a cargo of lumber bound for the Gold Coast. Earl Battice, a Negro cook, killed his wife, and after that was put in chains; every ...