Timeline for Does "the N-word" have implications other than a word used for racial discrimination?
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| Feb 22, 2013 at 10:18 | comment | added | Jon Hanna | Nah, Carlin would have known the work of Lenny Bruce and his "Are There Any Niggers Here Tonight?" piece far too well, and the degree to which both pieces overlap, to move directly into its territory. If you aren't familiar with it, Bruce's bit is an early stab at the idea of reclamation (he goes on to mention several other racial epithets, before ending with anti-Semitic terms that could be used of himself). The difference between theory and practice, are another matter though. | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 10:09 | comment | added | Pitarou | @JonHanna Good point. I've amended the answer to say, "too shocking for normal use". I'll put it another way in this comment: If George Carlin were performing his "Seven Dirty Words You Can Never Say on Television" sketch today, there would be an eighth dirty word, and it would begin with "n". :-) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words) | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 10:08 | history | edited | Pitarou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 22, 2013 at 9:56 | comment | added | Jon Hanna | If they'd succeeded, then it would be known to those of us with an interest in the history of language, but not to anyone else. This is clearly not the case. | |
| Feb 22, 2013 at 9:55 | history | answered | Pitarou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |