Not sure if this was a serious question or not. The real question is not
'when', but
'why'.
The answer is.....It is a word used to further dehumanize the only group of people on the planet who were TOTALLY robbed of their original identity... (names, languages, religions and culture).
To say "comes in all different colors" is an attempt to justify it's use, when in reality, it was never intended to be used for "all different colors". Yes, I'm fully aware that the brainwashing was so complete, that now some blacks think it's a term of endearment. So please don't throw that in my face, thank you.
http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/******-word-brief-history
"Over time, racial slurs have victimized all racial and ethnic groups; but no American group has endured as many racial nicknames as Blacks: coon, tom, savage, pickaninny, mammy, buck, samba, jigaboo, and buckwheat are some. Many of these slurs became fully traditional pseudo-scientific, literary, cinematic, and everyday distortions of African Americans. These caricatures, whether spoken, written, or reproduced in media and material objects, reflect the extent, the vast network, of anti-Black prejudice.
The word, ******, carries with it much of the hatred and disgust directed toward Black Africans and African Americans. Historically, ****** defined, limited, made fun of, and ridiculed all Blacks. It was a term of exclusion, a verbal reason for discrimination. Whether used as a noun, verb, or adjective, it strengthened the stereotype of the lazy, stupid, dirty, worthless nobody. No other American surname carries as much purposeful cruelty"
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Date:
Sun, 1800-06-01
On this date, we look at the history of word “******” in America, a word that still sits at the center of anti-Black verbal distortions.
