false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172462261m/178527.jpg 178527 3 <I>Nigger</I> is Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy's ornate, lively monograph on what he calls the "paradigmatic" racial slur in the English language. A neutral noun in the 17th century, <I>nigger</I> had, by 1830, become an "influential" insult. Kennedy traces the word's history in literature, song, film, politics, sports, everyday speech, and the courtroom. He also discusses its plastic, contradictory, and volatile place in contemporary American society. Should it be eradicated from dictionaries and the language? Should it be, somehow, regulated? What is the significance of its emergence among some blacks as a term with "undertones of warmth and good will"? Do blacks have a historical right to its use or does that place the term under a "protectionist pall"? With courage and grave measure Kennedy has, in effect, created a forum for discussion of the word he calls a "reminder of the ironies and dilemmas, the tragedies and glories, of the American experience." <I>--H. O'Billovitch</I> 172467 2002 Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word total:284|5:52|4:75|3:124|2:31|1:2| 284 996 455 52 4 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 19:57:57 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 16:43:59 -0700 2007
A WORD is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
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The first half of Kennedy's book was the most interesting, he describes uses of the title word by oppressors: slave owners, senators, judges, lawye...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 20:07:41 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 00:15:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 08:52:10 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 19:16:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 23:13:42 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 23:14:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Dec 08 13:21:32 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 13:25:17 -0800 2008 2 2 1 false false Mon Sep 01 16:01:18 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 16:01:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 16:33:09 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 16:34:55 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 18 20:44:32 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 20:45:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 11 15:37:05 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 15:37:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 15:50:39 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 16:51:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Thu Aug 21 13:33:50 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 13:38:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 22:35:34 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 22:46:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Apr 28 15:47:25 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 17:03:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 27 12:33:05 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 17 07:47:19 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 21:47:08 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 07:33:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Aug 08 20:14:47 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 20:18:25 -0700 2007
it's such a loaded word and honestly i've never been able to verbalize it quite right so this book gave some great background. it was an interestin...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jul 18 05:35:58 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 05:55:07 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jun 10 13:16:59 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 13:18:06 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=178527