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Meaning Of Nigga In The 1970's
The word nigga is an anti-black verbal word and still is today in the 21 first cenrty it became a word white people use to describe African American as slaves in the 1970’s it became a good to downgrade African American and sergration, does this word offend you today does this word has a different meaning in this millilumen with African Americans today
People have not been able to agree on whether there is a difference between both words, one thing is very clear – there it's ridiculous and a double standard that needs to stop now. Nigga” than nigger". The ending of the word is different but still have the same meaning. If the word ends with an "ER" it's meant to offend a black person, as oppose to an "A", which is used to express friendship

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