Afro engineering

Afro engineering (short for African engineering)[1] or nigger rigging[2] are pejorative terms for shoddy,[3] second-rate workmanship,[4][5] with what materials happen to be available.[6] The terms may also convey a quick, temporary fix that is done technically improperly.[7][8] They can also be used as verbs to describe the act of doing such work.[2] "Nigger-rigging" originated in the 1950s;[1] the term was euphemized as "afro engineering" in the 1970s.[2][8] The terms have been used in the auto mechanic industry to describe quick makeshift repairs.[9]

The terms, especially "nigger rigging", were generally considered both racist and politically incorrect towards the late 20th century forward.[10][11]

See also

Look up nigger-rig or nigger rig in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Jonathan (2005). Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (2 ed.). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 10, African engineering. ISBN 0-304-36636-6.
  2. 1 2 3 Green, Jonathan (2005). Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (2 ed.). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 1003, nigger rig n.; nigger rig v.; nigger rigged. ISBN 0-304-36636-6.
  3. ↑ Eisiminger, Sterling K. (1991). The Consequence of Error and Other Language Essays. P. Lang. p. 327.
  4. ↑ Aman, Reinhold (2005). Maledicta, Volume 3, Issue 2. Maledicta Press. Maledicta. p. 167, Afro engineering.
  5. ↑ Green, Jonathon (1996). Words Apart: The Language of Prejudice. Kyle Cathie. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-85626-216-3.
  6. ↑ Droney, Damien. "Ironies of Laboratory Work during Ghana's Second Age of Optimism". Cultural Anthropology 29, no. 2 (2014): p. 363–384, Ironic Africa.
  7. ↑ Partridge, Eric (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 1370, nigger-rig. ISBN 0-415-25938-X.
  8. 1 2 Jackson, Shirley A. (2015). Routledge International Handbook of Race, Class, and Gender. Routledge. Intersections of discourse: Racetalk and class talk. ISBN 978-0-415-63271-3.
  9. ↑ Poteet, Jim; Poteet, Lewis (1992). Car & Motorcycle Slang. toExcel an imprint of iUniverse.com Inc. p. 14, Afro engineering. ISBN 0-595-01080-6.
  10. ↑ Celock, John (March 9, 2013). "Jim Gile, Kansas County Official, Apologizes For Racist Comment". The Huffington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ Temple-Raston, Dina (2002). A Death in Texas. New York: Henry Holt and Company. p. 38. ISBN 0-8050-7277-2.


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