![]() The entry continues on to explain that despite alleged other uses or origins, the word was and continues to be a derogatory term for Black people. ![]() “The word now ranks as almost certainly the most offensive and inflammatory racial slur in English, a term expressive of hatred and bigotry.” ![]() “Its offensiveness is not new-dictionaries have been noting it for more than 150 years-but it has grown more pronounced with the passage of time,” read the entry. With close to 200 years of experience defining words, an expanded entry on the Merriam-Webster Dictionary website debunked the claim that the word has other uses. A common misbelief around the word is that it was used to mean simply someone who was ignorant, so that could warrant broader use of the term. The real question is why are white people so focused on being able to say a word that has always been an offensive term leveled at Black people.
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