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The N Word
- Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 04-26-07
- Language: English
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $19.57
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Publisher's Summary
In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet. The N Word moves beyond that short, provocative book by revealing how the word has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America.
Asim claims that even when uttered by hipsters and hip-hop icons, the slur helps keep blacks at the bottom of America's socioeconomic ladder. But he also proves there is a place for this word in the mouths and on the pens of those who truly understand its twisted history: from Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle to Mos Def. Only when we know its legacy can we loosen this slur's grip on our national psyche.
Critic Reviews
"Clear, engaging writing." (Publishers Weekly)
"Informed, sensible and impassioned." (Kirkus Reviews)
"He is most eloquent when relating how African Americans have been characterized in our culture; how the word nigger has been employed to oppress, belittle, dismiss, humiliate, and ridicule black people; and how they themselves have increasingly used it to satirize and oppose that oppression." (Library Journal)
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- JaMarrJ
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- 01-05-15
Deeply insightful
Troubling past with hopes for the future
It was painful to get though but I am hopeful for the word to come as a black man
2 of 5 people found this review helpful