Professor Randall Kennedy talked about his book, [Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word], published by Pantheon Books. The book traces the word "nigger," to identify how it has been ...

Whiteness cannot and does not exist without the nigger. This is made plain in every picture, every voice-over, every artifact, every page, every scroll and every shackle.

White Nigger: The Struggles and Triumphs Growing up Bi-Racial in America. Book Release Date: October 12, 2017 (pre-orders started July 17) Format: Paperback, hardcover, eBooks and audio book.

“You’re an exceptional nigger Platt, but I fear no good will come from it.” — Master Ford, in 12 Years a Slave There is no doubt that as an artist, Steve McQueen is exceptional.

Like it or not, and you know, that’s another conversation, the word is part of our public and private lexicon, and the notion that contemporary readers of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are ...

Updated Saturday, June 3, 2017, 3:56 p.m. EDT: Ol’ Bill Maher has come out with an apology after calling himself a “house nigger” during the most recent installment of his Friday-night show ...

In the age of Trump, racist white males are really feeling it. The electric calls to build walls and executive orders to ban Muslims have recharged them. This one in particular is a teen at a ...

Mr. Kennedy talked about his book, [Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word], published by Pantheon Books. The book chronicles the history of the word from a neutral word in the 1600s to ...