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unusual facts about Nigger


Stephen Hagan

In 1999, Stephen Hagan visited the Clive Berghofer Stadium in Toowoomba, Queensland, and noticed a large sign declaring the name of the E. S. "Nigger" Brown Stand, which had been named after the 1920s rugby player Edwin Stanley Brown – also known as "Nigger" Brown, in reference to a brand of boot polish available at the time as he was slick on the Rugby League field.


April in Quahog

Herbert finally attempts to have sex with Chris, Quagmire has sex with Bonnie, and Peter finally manages to steal a lion from the zoo and say the "you-know-what word" in a black neighborhood (he is well respected as a result).

Didier Zokora

Zokora was quoted as saying that Emre called him a "fucking nigger"; national papers including Hürriyet blasted Emre and he later received a two-match ban by the Turkish Football Federation following the incident.

G N' R Lies

The cover art bears a resemblance to John Lennon's Some Time in New York City, an album that contains Lennon's controversial "Woman Is the Nigger of the World", a song Axl cited when he defended his use of the word "nigger" in "One in a Million".

Gordon Porterfield

Authors and the apocalyptic The Earth Is Dead - an evening of one-acts under the collective title Ratsfeet, were the first Porterfield plays offered by the theatre, followed in very short order with a full-length play Universal Nigger (1969), which told the story of a modern-day African-American Christ, following his movements through the stations of the cross.

Haus Vaterland

Sidney Bechet played there in the early 1930s, with "The McAllan Blackband", which was led by the Somali-German drummer William 'Willi' Mac Allan, and the "Tom Bill Nigger Band".

Herbert Campbell

Born in Lambeth, Campbell started his performing career appearing in the amateur nigger band and quickly toured London's music hall's during the early 1860s.

In the Wet

As both men are in altered mental states the story shifts and Stevie becomes David 'Nigger' Anderson, a decorated member of the Royal Australian Air Force, telling his story to Hargreaves.

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

In Hagan v. Australia, the Committee ruled that, while not originally intended to demean anyone, the name of the "E. S. 'Nigger' Brown Stand" (named in honour of 1920s rugby league player Edward Stanley Brown) at a Toowoomba sports field was racially offensive and should be removed.

James A. Colescott

He remained bitter about his forced retirement, and blamed "nigger-lover" Franklin D. Roosevelt and "that Jew" Henry Morgenthau, Jr. for the downfall of the Klan.

Reginald D. Hunter

PFA chairman Clarke Carlisle accused Hunter of racism following the event, as Hunter had used the word nigger during his set.

Hunter often uses variations of the term "nigger" in the titles of his shows; Reginald D Hunter: Pride & Prejudice... & Niggas attracted some controversy, and the poster was banned from the London Underground.

Riley Cooper

A video surfaced in July 2013 of Cooper being denied backstage access at a Kenny Chesney concert and using the word "nigger" in reference to the bouncers.

The Student as Nigger

The Student as Nigger is the title of an essay and subsequent book by American educator Jerry Farber.

Thomas Patrick Huston

His first documentary was on a controversial subject (the use of the word "nigger") and presented in an unconventional way, he managed to beat thirty other documentaries, some by established filmmakers, in a contest sponsored by The Documentary Channel.

Three Week Hero

#"Medley: It's So Hard to Be a Nigger/Jim's Blues/George Wallace is Rollin' in This Mornin'" (Hillery/Traditional) – 7:38

With Apologies to Jesse Jackson

A group of other "nigger guys", including Michael Richards and Mark Fuhrman, scare the rednecks away and invite Randy to join their organization of people who have become pariahs for the use of the word nigger.

Parents Television Council founder L. Brent Bozell claimed that there was a lack of protest against this episode compared to radio host Don Imus's comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team, even challenging Flowers' comments that the episode's use of nigger was not intended to be racist, but in fact the theme of the episode was to argue against those who support civility.


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