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Essay heading: Urban Music and the "N" Word
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Postcards, advertisements, television/radio, books, poetry, are just a few of the things that the "N" word was distributed on. This word also had images to support its meaning. In the late 1800's and early 1900's advertisements that obtained the word "nigger" often had a photo representation. Usually a child, maybe an adult, that had dark skin, bulging wide eyes, oversized lips, and were either naked/badly clothed, with nappy hair... displayed 300 characters
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In the late 1800's and early 1900's advertisements that obtained the word "nigger" often had a photo representation. Usually a child, maybe an adult, that had dark skin, bulging wide eyes, oversized lips, and were either naked/badly clothed, with nappy hair. In one child's book was a story and the title read, "Ten Little Nigger Boys... displayed next 300 characters
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