As an English woman, I have to say we call Indians and Pakistanis wogs. Western Oriental Gentlemen. ‘Wog’ is very much verboten here in rioting U.K., however. Doesn’t nigger come from the romantic languages word for black? I’ve never heard the idea that it comes from Nigerian - I think most people who owned or knew of slaves would have no idea and would care even less which particular African county the blacks came from. Was that country even called Nigeria in slaving days? I really don’t know.
Aug 7, 2024
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