Which novel by A. Christie was renamed due to the offensiveness and published as "And Then There Were None"?
Correct answer: Ten Little Niggers
Tom
Americans seem to think this was a universally pejorative word. It just did not have the same strength of feeling outside the US. Although I don't think it was ever a positive word.
Under Dog
When I think of how far this country has come as a whole it often makes me think of just how little it takes to divide us. When I think about the book written by Dr. Maya Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." I must say intelligence goes further than a full tank of gas. Another great book to read is titled, "The Cocoa Plantations America's Chocolate Secret...forced child labor..."
Donna
So thankful it was re-named!
Gerran
The funny thing is that the N word is used between African-Americans as a term of comradeship. Niger the Latin root simply means dark.
casualobserver
Gerran, hello and just so that you are correctly informed not all brown or black people of which l am use this term. l know that this applies to anyone without the ability to create a conscious thought. l think that it's sad that some still use the word however that is their choice. l don't allow it from anyone 😣 personally period.
Terri
I hate that word!!
IGOR
it also has a different meaning as, "selfish"-- Shakespeare used it often to re: those who were selfish and ignorant.....at any rate, the word, now, should not be repeated in any context..... it is, and will remain, a pejorative... a vile and nasty word it is.
CySar
Gerran, Not funny. It makes me cringe to hear people use it. When a student in any of my classes would use it they learned real hard from their peers not to.
Trainwreck
Player #29684811, People today still use n the word and know that negro is Spanish, streaming from Latin, for black. They don't mean to be kind about it either. I have never lived in the south but the wild West.
Tishi
charlotte, good luck with that attitude!!!
Player #97184361
Under Dog, The word didn’t divide people by its use alone it was cover to act out radical racial deeds with impunity for over 300 plus years.
Player #97184361
Player #3093136, But do you think it has positive energy to be describe in those terms?
Enigmatic Oxymoron
KK, excuse * but im educated
Timothy
Player #13956508, I'm more familiar with the Indian one myself
Player #3093136
Jo Aldridge, the word originated to describe one's ethnicity. Slavery in America made the word it is today not the word it self.
baymax
Jo Aldridge, yeah I know what you mean!! it's a shame innit?!