The
word nigger is like many other words, it is what we make it. Nigger by Randall
Kennedy gives a nice history of the word nigger and how it became a violent
word by one group over another. Nigger also shows how the victims of the word
nigger took the word and made it a term and managed it differently. Kennedy
tells us how the word nigger can be a term of affection or harm depending on
where it used or who is using it on who. The fact that a word like nigger can
still create so much chaos while our empire is literally falling apart shows
how insane our society is. We tend to pour too much into some words while we
let other words fly. You can read Nigger by Randall Kennedy to see for yourself
the power that the word nigger has on consciousness of the United States.
