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Author Asim, Jabari, 1962-

Title The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why / Jabari Asim.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  305.896 ASI    DUE 10-26-12 Assumed Lost
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.896 AS42    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  305.896 ASI    Check Shelf
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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.896 ASI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.896 AS42    Check Shelf
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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  305.896 AS    Check Shelf
Description x, 278 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-262) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Birth of a notion : 1619-1799 -- Founding fictions -- Niggerology, part 1 -- The progress of prejudice : 1800-1857 -- No place to be somebody -- Niggerology, part 2 -- Life among the lowly -- Jim Crow and company -- Dreams deferred : 1858-1896 -- The world the war made -- Nigger happy -- Separate and unequal : 1897-1954 -- Different times -- From house niggers to niggerati -- Bad niggers -- Progress and paradox : 1955-present -- Violence and vehemence -- To slur with love -- What's in a name? -- Nigger vs. nigga -- Epilogue.
Subject United States -- Race relations -- History.
Racism -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0618197176
9780618197170
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