Nigger (disambiguation)

Nigger is a highly pejorative term for a black person, derived from the word "negro".

Nigger may also refer to:

Film

• A Nigger in the Woodpile, American silent film (1904)
• Nigger (dog) (died 1943), the name of Wing Commander Guy Gibson's dog at time of Operation Chastise, portrayed in the film The Dam Busters (1955)
• Boss Nigger, film directed by Jack Arnold (1974)

Writing

• The Nigger of the Narcissus, novel by Joseph Conrad (1897)
• The Nigger, play by Edward Sheldon exploring black–white relationships (1909)
• And Then There Were None, mystery novel by Agatha Christie, originally called The Little Niggers (1939)
• Nigger: An Autobiography by Dick Gregory, comedian and activist Dick Gregory's autobiography (1964)
• Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, by Randall Kennedy, about the word "nigger" (2002)

Music

• "Nigger, Nigger", and other Johnny Rebel songs using "nigger" in their title (1960s)
• "Woman is the Nigger of the World", song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono from their album Some Time in New York City (1972)
• "Rock N Roll Nigger", song by the Patti Smith Group from the album Easter (1978)
• "Nigger Fucker", song by David Allan Coe from the album Underground Album (1982)
• "Nigger", first single by Swedish band Clawfinger (1993)
• Untitled Nas album, originally titled Nigger (2008)

Musicians

• Félix Danilo Gómez, Panamanian reggaeton artist known by his stage names "Flex" and "Nigga"

Other

• Orsotriaena medus (aka the smooth-eyed bushbrown), butterfly historically and colloquially denoted as "the nigger"

See also

• Nigga, within some contexts a reclaimed colloquialism, derived from "nigger"
• Nigger in the woodpile, American idiom (late 19th-early 20th centuries)
• Niggerhead (disambiguation)
• Sand nigger, ethnic slur