Niggers in the White House (Simple English Wikipedia)

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"A Tempest in a Teapot". White House History. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.

"A Tempest in a Teapot". White House History. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.

This was even more controversial at that time since Frederick Douglas, a black man, was married to a Caucasian woman.^[16]

The word Nigger is a noun in the English language. At first it was a neutral term. It meant black people and was a variation of the Spanish/Portuguese noun negro. This word in turn comes from the Latin adjective niger ("color black"). Over time it became a very offensive and insulting name for a black person. It is sometimes used between black people themselves. But it is most upsetting when used by people of other ethnitities (people who are not black).^[1]
The word "African-American" came into popular use in 1988. Jesse Jackson was a candidate for the Democratic party nomination for President of the United States. In a speech he said, people of African descent preferred the term African-American over the word "black".^[3] Since that time African-American has become acceptable when referring to Black citizens of the United States. This is also true for Black citizens of South American countries. However it is not used for Black people living in Africa or African citizens living elsewhere.^[4]