Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word

Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word is a 2002 book by Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School about the history and sociology of the word nigger.

Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
AuthorRandall Kennedy
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher
Publication date
2002
ISBN978-0-375-42172-3 (first edition)

The book was prominently featured in an episode of Boston Public in which a white teacher, played by Michael Rapaport, attempted to employ the book to teach his students about the history and controversy surrounding the word (season 2, episode 15: "Chapter Thirty-Seven").

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