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[[File:AliG-Harv.jpg|thumb|The satirical comic character [[Ali G]] invented and played by the British comedian [[Sacha Baron Cohen]].]] |
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'''Wigger''' (alternatively spelled '''wigga''', '''whigger''', '''wegro''', or '''whigga''', also known as '''acting black''') is a pejorative [[slang]] term for a white person who [[Allophilia|allophilically]] emulates mannerisms, [[slang]], and fashions [[stereotype|stereotypically]] associated with [[Urban culture|urban]] [[African Americans]] and urban [[Black British]] and [[Caribbean]] culture, especially in relation to [[hip hop culture]] and British [[Grime (music)|Grime]]/[[UK Garage|Garage]] scene.<ref>Bernstein, Nell: "Goin' Gangsta, Choosin' Cholita", ''Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers'', 5th ed. 605</ref> |
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The term most likely stems from a [[portmanteau]] of the word ''white'' and the derogatory term ''[[nigger]]''. The word is considered offensive by some because of its similarity to ''nigger'' in addition to reflecting stereotypical notions about urban [[Black people|blacks]]. |
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The phenomenon of white people adopting stereotypical black mannerisms, slang, and apparel has appeared in several generations since slavery was abolished in the [[western world]]. The concept has been documented in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]] and other white-majority countries. An early form of this was the ''white negro'' in the [[jazz]] and [[Swing (genre)|swing music]] scenes of the 1920s and 1930s; as examined in the 1957 [[Norman Mailer]] essay, [[The White Negro (essay)|"The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster"]]." It was later seen in the [[Zoot suit]]er of the 1930s and 1940s; the [[Hipster (1940s subculture)|hipster]] of the 1940s; and the [[beatnik]] and [[rock and roll]]er of the 1950s. |
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== References in popular culture == |
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* The satirical newspaper ''[[The Onion]]'' sometimes features an accountant/wigger columnist, [[Herbert Kornfeld (character)|Herbert Kornfeld]], whose columns are written in [[African American Vernacular English|Black English]] slang remarkably similar to that of the Staten Island, New York rap group, [[Wu-Tang Clan]]. |
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* In his song "[[The Way I Am (Eminem song)|The Way I Am]]", [[Eminem]] lashes out at the "cocky [[Caucasian race|Caucasians]] who think I'm some wigger who just tries to be black 'cause I talk with an accent and grab on my balls." |
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* [[Elvis Costello]] uses the phrase "white nigger" to describe the Irish oppressed by Oliver Cromwell's army in his song "[[Oliver's Army]]"; it is rarely censored on British radio. The [[Avengers]] recorded the song ''White Nigger'' about a White person in a dead-end job around the same period<ref>http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/avengers-lyrics/white-nigger-lyrics.html</ref>, so the meaning might be the same. |
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* The song "[[Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)]]", by [[The Offspring]] details how a wigger tries too hard. |
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*''Wigger'' (1995) ISBN 1-55152-020-6 is a novel by [[Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite]] set in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. It explores the class struggle, [[poverty]], [[prostitution]], exploitation of youth, desolation and absence of solidarity in a period of new ''negrophilia''. |
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* The comedy film ''[[Malibu's Most Wanted]]'' is about a wigger from an upper-class family who is sent off to South Central Los Angeles by his fathers political advisors in the hope that being exposed to the crime and poverty in the area will "scare him white". |
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* [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] used his persona [[Ali G]] (whose registered name is Alistair Leslie Graham) to make fun of the then-emerging trend of white British youths unconvincingly impersonating the black lifestyle. |
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* [[Lauren Cooper]], a character from ''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]'' is a white teenager who, along with her friends [[Ryan Perkins]] and Lisa Jackson, impersonates various aspects of the black lifestyle, including rapping, extensively listening to various black artists and groups e.g. [[Beyoncé]], [[Black-Eyed Peas]] saying various phrases popularised by black street culture e.g. "innit?", "is it?", "well fit" etc [http://www.lpsg.org/64935-favo-u-rite-expressions-across-3.html]. |
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* [[Havoc (film)]], 2005. |
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* ''[[Whiteboyz]]'' |
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== Footnotes == |
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== See also == |
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* [[Chav]] |
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* [[Cultural appropriation]] |
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* [[Ganguro]] |
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* [[Jafaican]] |
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* [[Racism]] |
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* [[Uncle Tom]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/hungarian/exr/buzz/buzz25.htm BBC explanation of the term] |
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[[Category:American slang]] |
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[[Category:1990s slang]] |
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[[Category:Ethnic and religious slurs]] |
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[[Category:Stereotypes]] |
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[[Category:African American culture]] |
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[[Category:Cultural appropriation]] |
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[[Category:Race]] |
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