N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
by Jabari Asim
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618197176
- ISBN 13
- 9780618197170
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Synopsis
The debate over the N word touches almost every aspect of American popular culture. Does it ever have an appropriate place in the media? Are rappers justified in using it? Should Huckleberry Finn, which repeats it 215 times, be taught in high school? As the cultural critic Jabari Asim explains, none of these questions can be addressed effectively without a clear knowledge of the word’s bitter legacy. Here he draws on a wide range of examples from science, politics, the arts, and more to reveal how the slur has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the last four hundred years. He examines the contributions of such well-known figures as Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain, W.E.B. Du Bois and Margaret Mitchell, Dave Chappelle and NWA. Through this history, Asim shows how completely our national psyche is affected by the use of the word, and why it’s such a flashpoint today.
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DD0038935
- Title
- N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
- Author
- Jabari Asim
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0618197176
- ISBN 13
- 9780618197170
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- March 26, 2007
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