Nigger (disambiguation)
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Nigger is a highly pejorative term for a black person, derived from the word "negro"
Nigger may also refer to:
- Orsotriaena medus, or the smooth-eyed bushbrown, a butterfly historically referred to as the "Nigger"
- Nigger (dog) (died 1943), Wg Cdr Guy Gibson's dog at time of Operation Chastise, portrayed in the 1955 film The Dam Busters
- Steam nigger or nigger engine, a steam-powered tool formerly used in sawmills to turn logs[1][2][3]
- Boss Nigger, a 1974 film directed by Jack Arnold
- A black pearl
Writing
- The Nigger, a 1909 play by Edward Sheldon exploring black–white relationships
- Nigger: An Autobiography by Dick Gregory, comedian and activist Dick Gregory's autobiography
- Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, by Randall Kennedy, about the word "nigger"
- The Nigger of the Narcissus, a novel by Joseph Conrad
Music
- "Nigger" (Clawfinger song), first single by the Swedish band Clawfinger
- Untitled Nas album, an untitled album by the musician Nas, originally titled Nigger
- "Rock N Roll Nigger", a song by the Patti Smith Group from the album Easter
- Nigger, Nigger, and other Johnny Rebel songs using "nigger" in their title
- Nigger Fucker, and other David Allan Coe songs using "nigger" in their title
See also
- Nigga, within some contexts a non-pejorative colloquialism, derived from nigger
- Félix Danilo Gómez, who uses the stage name "Nigga" in Mexico
- Niggerhead (disambiguation)
References
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