03-31-2005, 09:26 PM
Dread Pirate Read Wrote:Look at the definition...
Done.
Quote:
nig·ger (nĭg'r)
n. Offensive Slang.
- Used as a disparaging term for a Black person: âYou can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a niggerâ (James Baldwin).
- Used as a disparaging term for a member of any dark-skinned people.
- Used as a disparaging term for a member of any socially, economically, or politically deprived group of people: âGun owners are the new niggers . . . of societyâ (John Aquilino).
Even better: The origin of the word "nigger" is in the Latin "niger," meaning "black."
More here, no mention of ignorant: http://www.answers.com/nigger&r=67
Now why don't you tell me why you think it means ignorant.
