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Word: niggerized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...shot Mohammed in the forehead, killing him. When Abdi ran, another shot him in the spinal chord, paralyzing him from the chest down. Abdi says the killers wanted him to know why. They told him he was stealing South African land, taking South African money. They called him "kuwara" - nigger. "But they were black," says Abdi. "They were African, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apartheid's Victims as Victimizers | 7/9/2007 | See Source »

...should we erase the word "nigger" even though it won't make a difference in the whole scene of racism? -Jose Costa in Luanda, Angola One, we want people to understand the messages that rappers are giving on radio. Two, because my children and my parents are likely to be offended by it and this is mainstream radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Questions with Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...have recently recommended that the words nigger, bitch and ho should be banned from the radio versions of songs, labeling them "extreme curse words." Why are you focusing on only these three words? -John Kensall, TorontoBecause every time you speak to a black activist, he will tell you that these three words offend him the most. [Eliminating] these three words will alleviate a lot of the pain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...care what happened to him. What he said was hurtful: the difference between those words coming out of a rapper's mouth and his mouth is that when a rapper says them, they are not racial. If I walk up to a black man on the street and say "nigger" with a blank expression, nine times out of 10 he would hug me. That is a fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...should we erase the word "nigger" even though it won't make a difference in the whole scene of racism? -Jose Costa in Luanda, AngolaOne, we want people to understand the messages that rappers are giving on radio. Two, because my children and my parents are likely to be offended by it and this is mainstream radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

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