nigger

Summary

nigger is a pejorative^[1]. nigger ranks in the top 1% of pejorative entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,145 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• nigger's image is recorded as Why the nigger is not fit to vote.jpg^[3].
• nigger's instance of is recorded as pejorative^[4].
• nigger's instance of is recorded as profanity^[5].
• nigger's instance of is recorded as ethnophaulism^[6].
• nigger's Commons category is recorded as Nigger^[7].
• nigger's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09802^[8].
• nigger's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[9].
• nigger's different from is recorded as nigga^[10].
• nigger's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00022443n^[11].
• nigger's Quora topic ID is recorded as Nigger-racial-slur^[12].
• nigger's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora^[13].
• nigger's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Nigger^[14].
• nigger's Lex ID is recorded as nigger^[15].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for nigger include nigga^[16], a profanity^[17]; Wigger^[18], an ethnophaulism^[19]; and Nigger^[20], a mascot character^[21].

Why It Matters

nigger ranks in the top 1% of pejorative entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,145 views/month).^[2] nigger has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] nigger is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]

Entities named for nigger include nigga^[16], a profanity^[17]; Wigger^[18], an ethnophaulism^[19]; and Nigger^[20], a mascot character^[21].