Definitions
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- noun The usually
systematic act ofdehumanizing black people.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am not defending the self-demeaning, nihilistic, 'niggerization' that is so called Gangsta, or Thug Life culture.
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Like the myopic white greed, fear, and hatred that fueled the niggerization of black people, right-wing greed, fear, and hatred have made all of us feel intimidated, fearful, and helpless in the face of the terrorist attacks.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Since the ugly events of 9/11, we have witnessed the attempt of the Bush administration — with elites in support and populists complacent — to promote the niggerization of the American people.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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But what happened to me in the police precinct was the building block of all my education, the heart of which I brought with me to Howard University—central, subconscious, leaving scars, the marks of niggerization I carry with me always.
Life Lit by Some Large Vision Ossie Davis 2006
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We only knew that from time to time the niggerization of black folks reached out and touched us all.
Life Lit by Some Large Vision Ossie Davis 2006
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More than a niggerization of college life, I think, is a deliberate manipulation of the minds of students.
CounterPunch 2010
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More than a niggerization of college life, I think, is a deliberate manipulation of the minds of students.
CounterPunch 2010
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As I read that I’m swept back to my own history, to a little boy in the basement of a police precinct with syrup being poured on his head to teach him a lesson about who he was and who he wasn’t, and the process of niggerization that went on at that time.
Life Lit by Some Large Vision Ossie Davis 2006
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