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Negro/Nigga Interview Analysis
The interview by Dr. Veronique Thompson really moved and touched me. She really hit home and it was very informative about the African American community. There are a lot of truth and reality that she spoke during the interview. For example, when she touched on the names that we were once given as a race: Negro, colored, Black and African American. However, my mother never allowed us to use the word nigga, she always told us that the word came from a white group stemming from prejudice. She also informed us that the word negro/nigga caused a lot of pain and hurt to our ancestors because many of our ancestors, were killed, beaten and lynched. In addition to that, I never heard my father say the word Negro/Nigga, the only word he uses is Black

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