A retired U.S. Air Force officer, who is white, recently had his conviction overturned by a federal appeals court that found that the his use of the word “nigger” was protected by the First ...

Some thoughtful teachers determinedly avoid vocalizing “nigger.” I think here of the distinguished University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey R. Stone, an eminent scholar of constitutional ...

Do a Westlaw search for nigger & da(aft 1/1/1990), and you will find a bit more than 10,000 such cases, and there are many cases that quote other epithets as well; nor is the pace slowing down.

It merely suggested to the reader that if you don’t know what a Nigger is, just look at a Negro or dark-skinned person and you’ll find out,” Miller stated.

A generation ago, Luciano wrote a poem that he has since performed widely: "Jibaro, My Pretty Nigger." Jibaro refers to a person from Puerto Rico, and Luciano, who grew up in Harlem, calls himself ...

Nigger has never been cool when spit from white lips.'" Historically, African Americans' use of the word has been ironic, satirical, or even affectionate. Too often, however, ...

The word "nigger" is the most powerful and notorious racial insult in America, yet Randall Kennedy says he would oppose any effort to erase it from our language.

“Nigger” began as a neutral descriptor, although it was quickly freighted with the casual contempt that Europeans had for African and, later, African-descended people.

Growing Up Nigger Rich Gwendoline Y. Fortune, Gwen Y. Fortune. Pelican Publishing Company, $22 (256pp) ISBN 978-1-56554-963-0 ...

It seems “Bow Nigger” spoiled us. It showed us what matters in videogames: The overwhelming sensation and emotion which the player is subject to, the way the gamer feels, reacts, and understands.