Nigger (disambiguation)
Appearance
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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